"Hi, I hope you are well. I just encountered your column (CSS Mishap), and I can feel the pain of the deceased student because my (CSS) result came out yesterday. I didn't qualify the written part. Could you please write another article? As a female, a day before my exams, my PMS (pre-menstrual syndrome) started. This 9-day exam became extremely tough for me. I dragged myself every single day, sitting on those strange, uncomfortable chairs where, by the time you return home, your back is so stiff that I don't even know how to describe it. An exam you study so hard for, and in the end, biological changes push you to such a point. How many females like me are labeled as failures? Will anyone ever understand this agony? How did I survive those 9 days when a person's attention span already shrinks and years-long efforts are decided in just 3 hours (paper)? Please write something about it."

The email I received, carrying the story of a female aspirant, in the aftermath of CSS-2026's written results this past week,........

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