My gratitude to Shri T K Phukan Sir,
My gratitude to Shri T K Phukan Sir, ( former Secretary of Assam Volleyball Association ) On that December night, we the ball boys, all between 10 to 15 years old, were shivering from the cold. The last match of the day continued till mid-night. It was the senior national volleyball championship organized by Assam Volleyball Association (AVA) at Guwahati in 1989. Exhausted after continuously performing ball boy duty for the entire day we were feeling hungry and sleepy. There were hardly any spectators on the stand, only the officials watching from the nearby stand. Just when I was waiting to hand over the ball to the server, an elderly person came from behind , took the ball from me and said "etiya juwa vat khuwa goi, bahut rati hol" (now go and have your dinner, its already too late) . That elderly person was none other than Shri T. K Phukan Sir, a senior member of AVA. On the other corner I saw another senior official taking charge of the ballboy ...