Source : INDIA TODAY NEWS
A medical aspirant appeared for the NEET PG 2026 exam with her parents missing after their Kailash Yatra group was caught amid the Nepal floods. Tanvi, who took the exam on August 30, said she spent nearly half of the three-hour paper crying, but continued because she knew her father wanted her to sit for the exam.
Taking to Instagram, Tanvi shared a picture of her inked thumb and opened up about appearing for the NEET PG exam without her parents. “Out of the three-hour exam, one and a half hours, I have spent crying,” she said.
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She added that there were moments when the questions became difficult to read because her eyes were filled with tears. For Tanvi, the emotional distress was compounded by the fact that she was reminded of her father during the examination itself.
HER FATHER HAD TAKEN THE PHOTO ON HER ADMIT CARD
Tanvi recalled that while sitting for the NEET PG exam, she could see her photograph displayed on the screen along with her admit card details. “That photo was taken by my dad,” she said, explaining that seeing it made the examination even more difficult.
Despite struggling emotionally, Tanvi said she kept reminding herself why she had to complete the examination.
“I just knew that my dad wants me to give this exam and I have to do it for him, I have to do it for my parents,” she said.
‘MY MOM WOULD GIVE ME DAHI SHAKKAR’
Beyond the exam itself, Tanvi said it was the absence of familiar family rituals that made the day particularly painful.
“More than the exam, the most difficult part was, before the exam my mom would give me dahi shakkar (curd and sugar),” she said.
This time, however, that familiar gesture did not happen because her mother was among those whose whereabouts remained unknown.
In her latest video update, Tanvi also became visibly emotional while talking about her parents. She appeared to wipe away tears as she expressed hope that they would return safely.
PARENTS WERE ON KAILASH YATRA WITH 67-MEMBER GROUP
According to Tanvi’s earlier social media update, her parents, Venkatram Annamdevara and Anagha Annamdevara, were travelling on a Kailash Yatra with a group of 67 people.
She said the family had been unable to establish contact with anyone from the tour group or the organisation handling the trip.
Tanvi said the last known location of the group was around the immigration centre and the Friendship Bridge in Nepal.
With communication still unavailable, the family has been waiting for information about the group and hoping for their safe return.
‘THEY HAVE TO COME BACK’
In the emotional video, Tanvi repeatedly expressed her hope that her parents would return.
“They have to come,” she said, becoming tearful as she spoke. She also referred to the little things she associated with her parents, including her mother’s pre-exam ritual of giving her curd and sugar.
The video ends with Tanvi thanking people who have been checking on her and sending supportive messages. Still visibly emotional, she appealed for continued hope and safety for her parents and the others travelling with them.
AN EXAM TAKEN AMID UNCERTAINTY
For most medical aspirants, NEET PG is the culmination of years of preparation and carries enormous academic pressure. For Tanvi, the three-hour examination unfolded alongside the far greater uncertainty surrounding her parents.
Yet she went ahead with the test, holding on to what she believed her father would have wanted her to do.
Tanvi’s experience turned an already stressful examination into an intensely personal ordeal. As she waits for news of her parents and the rest of the group, her decision to sit for the NEET PG exam stands as a deeply emotional tribute to them—and a reminder of the personal struggles that can remain invisible behind an examination hall door.
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SOURCE :- TIMES OF INDIA
