Hyderabad, June 21 -- Anxious, nervous, stressed, and optimistic were just some of the emotions going through the parents standing outside St Ann's College in Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad, as students crammed last-minute material before writing the NEET (UG) exam for the second time on Sunday, June 21.

For Noorjahan, who travelled an hour for her daughter's exam, the stress was not restricted to students. Speaking to Siasat.com, she said that after the paper leak and the subsequent re-examination announcement, she felt extreme sadness. "Takleef hui sunke (It was painful to hear). Because these children suffered through so much to write the first one, health problems, no sleep, we as parents got depressed. It was a lot."

Expressing frustration...