AMITY-UNESCO RESULT
Answer: (Jarawa in Andaman, Lepcha in Sikkim,Jaunsari in Uttarakhand, Kondh in Orissa,
Bodo in Assam, Khasi in Meghalaya, Gond in Madhya Pradesh, Gaddi in Himachal Pradesh,
Rabari in Gujarat, Bhil in Rajasthan)
I opened my eyes. It was 5.45 am. Had it been any other day, I would have still been snoring, but today I was up and about. I was so anxious that I just felt like running away from everything. I got out of my bed, and started pacing back and forth in my room.
Thank God for the chirping of birds, I was distracted from the countless thoughts that rattled my brain. Glad that everything wasn’t as gloomy, I tip-toed from my room to the balcony. As I stepped out of the room, I could see the night slowly fading away and the sun piercing through the darkness. As I tried to focus on the pleasant sunrise before me, I suddenly felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned around to find my dad standing next to me. “What’s wrong Ahana? How are you up so early?” he asked, looking all hassled. After all, noon was my default morning and this was perhaps the first time I was up without him waking me up for an hour.
I stood there, still as ice. My dad held me by my shoulders, looked at me straight in the eye and said, “Relax Ahana! It’s going to be alright. You are going to be fine.” I wanted to believe him, believe that everything will turn out just as expected, but nervousness had got the better of me. With a warm hug and more words of encouragement, my father left me to my own. I saw him leave for office, and it dawned upon me that it was just my world that had come to a standstill. The rest of the world, my dad’s office included, continued as usual.
I was still in the balcony, when I heard Sharma uncle tell my father, “Must be really tensed today? After all, it’s the day of the final judgement.” I was nervous before but Sharma uncle’s words left me nervous as a wreck.
With all the courage I could muster, I geared up to face the day. I turned around to walk back to my room. I saw my mother run towards me and give me the tightest hug possible. “You’ve done it again, Ahana! You topped your boards,” she said, with the widest smile I had ever seen on her face. With those words, I finally heaved a sigh of relief.
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