While all Std X students spent an anxious morning as they started writing papers for their first board exam, this 16-year old SSC student&rsquo;s problems would make their performance anxiety seem trivial.
<img title="Vipul Pujari" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/mar/Vipul-Pujari.jpg" alt="Vipul Pujari" /> Vipul Pujari
Barely three days before his exam, Vipul Pujari injured two fingers on each hand, after they were crushed in a spring-motion seesaw at a playground near his school in Airoli.
The injury was so grave that it required an operation. Vipul was discharged on Sunday, with less than a day to go for his exams. Not one to give up easily, he decided to go ahead and give the exams, with the help of a writer.
Vipul, a student of Saraswati Vidyalaya School at Sector V, had gone to school to collect his hall ticket on Friday. He said, &ldquo;My friends and I reached school early in the morning and went to the playground, as we had nothing to do. While I was sitting on a seesaw, it crushed my fingers. For five minutes, nobody could pull my fingers out.
I was bleeding profusely and when my teachers were informed, they rushed me to a hospital.&rdquo; At the hospital, Vipul&rsquo;s mother Surekha was informed that the wound would have to be operated upon.
&ldquo;The school management has been extra generous and caring towards my son. Not only did they pay a part of my son&rsquo;s medical expenses, but also arranged for a writer for him when he said that he was keen on taking the examinations,&rdquo; said Surekha.
Vipul said, &ldquo;I had prepared for the exams all through the year. After being discharged from the hospital on Sunday afternoon, I rushed home and brushed up on the syllabus. I wanted to appear for my first paper, come what may.
Thankfully I was able to so.&rdquo; The teenager said that he is happy with his performance in the examination. A student of Std IX was appointed as his writer.
Vipul however is worried that his present handicap may hamper his performance in the exam. &ldquo;I am trying my best. But I am worried that a writer may not be able to write the paper at the same speed I could have written in,&rdquo; he said.
&gt;&gt; On Friday, he had gone to school to collect his hall ticket &gt;&gt; Since he reached school early and went to the playground, where his fingers got stuck in a seesaw

While all Std X students spent an anxious morning as they started writing papers for their first board exam, this 16-year old SSC student&rsquo;s problems would make their performance anxiety seem trivial

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