Capturing the spirit of Sainik School Goalpara
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....