few days ago she wrote some lighthearted poems on indian weddings and breakupsplaying with furry babiesmany students take some time off from studies during examinations to play with the pets and even strays and for them that is their ultimate destress mantra elaborating on the same student president of kdk college dimple khirwani says my exams are starting next week as im involved in a lot of college initiatives and extracurricular activities i dont get much time to finish the entire syllabus and so its natural to get stressed as the exams are fast approaching but i have a perfect solution to bring down my stress levels i spend time with strays who i call my kids they give me immense positivity and of course unconditional love after my mom passed away in 2012 i started taking care of the strays since i had no one to talk to and spend time with also whenever im little stressed out in college i play with the strays on my campus premises im truly sorted desserts to deal with stressmost of the collegians admit that the easiest way to keep the examination stress at bay is to indulge in something that gives you immense happiness doing exactly that a student of lad college aishwarya deshpande has been trying out various dishes to disconnect from academics for some time as the popular saying goes stressed is just desserts spelled backwards to counter the menace of stress i have been making lovely desserts these days and treating myself and my friends she shares game oninterestingly the popular online game pubg is one of the biggest stressbusters for the students this examination season im absolutely hooked to this game it destresses me completely not just me many of my friends also prefer to play pubg during exams and im using it to motivate myself says a student of raisoni college harsh nahata and explains i have set goals for myself only if i finish revising two chapters a day i allow myself to play the game plus i make sure that i dont play it beyond a certain timecolleges put in efforts toowhile students are resorting to various fun destress mantras college authorities have also put in efforts to comfort the examinees in this stressful time for this rozina rana a grooming expert at priyadarshini college has been giving pep talk to the students before examination in a formal session we gave them guidelines on how to study without getting stressed we told them to take short breaks after every 50 minutes of revision and do something entirely different from academics we also catch up with random groups of students and chat with them like friends to comfort them we also tell them not to stress over a paper gone bad and offer snacks to lighten their moodto this yogesh deshpande hod humanities and social sciences at vnit adds that it is important to make students understand that examination is a part of life and