Book on renowned Assam sports persons released

Online Staff/GUWAHATI, Dec 17: ‘Akaxh Subor Mon’, a book on 20 distinguished sports personalities of Assam with interesting anecdotes of their aspiration, struggle, and success, was released in a function held at the Cotton College Alumni Hall in the city today.
The function was attended by Justice (rtd) Arup Kumar Goswami, Chairman, Assam Human Rights Commission as the chief guest, Subodh Malla Barua, president, Assam Sports Journalists Association and veteran shuttler Pradip Chaliha as the guests of honour. The trio also released the book jointly.
The book is authored by Anindya Borgohain, a former sports reporter and retired bank official and was assisted by Atanu Kumar Choudhury, former Vice Principal of Pragjyotish College. The 20 sports personalities of the state who were covered in this book : Bhogeswar Barua, Badal Thakur, Swadhin Deka Raja, Harakanta Borgohain, Tayabun Nissa, Gilbertson Sangma, Debasis Roy, Probon Saikia, Joydeep Das, Rajesh Bora, Jewel Bay, Monalisa Barua Mehta, Dipanka Bhattacharjee, Mithu Barooah, Jayanta Talukdar, Mallika Barua Sarma, Abhijit Bhattacharya, Arunjyoti Baruah, Elvis Ali Hazarika, and Krishna Dekaraja. Several of them were present in today’s function
In his speech, the author Anindya Borgohain said, "It is a humble effort to unearth some living heroes of Assam who have done us proud in the field of sports at the national and international level.”
IMAGE CAPTION: Pradip Chaliha (left), Arup Kumar Goswami (C),Subodh Malla Barua (2nd from right) and author Anindya Borgohain releasing the book.