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Capturing the spirit of Sainik School Goalpara

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Capturing the spirit of Sainik School Goalpara….. an imagination of an ex-ssgian ! 50 years to Golden Jubilee Ratneswar Saikia was lucky to have found  a seat in the red ASTC bus on a pleasant November morning. He had taken the route from Gaurisagar to his in- laws home at   Dergaon on many occasion but never had the luxury to travel seating. Perhaps destiny was changing, thought Saikia.  Previous two years were toughest for Saikia. A bad monsoon and his aging father’s health condition forced him to sell off his 2 bigha beetle orchard. But, on that particular morning, from the comfort of his window seat he looked towards the boundless paddy fields and felt optimistic. He had a bumper harvest and was expecting the birth of his third child in two months.  Amidst his changing mood he picked up a newspaper left behind by a co-passenger in Jorhat.  Turning the pages Saikia came across a news on inauguration of a Sainik School in Goalpara....