NE archers hopeful of hitting the bull’s eye

Abdul Gani Guwahati: Two women and a man from the Northeast, who comprise half of the six-member London-bound Indian archery squad, have judicious confidence to hit the bull’s eye. Their London mission will start on July 28. They will leave for London from New Delhi on July 15. Their medal prospects are high as they are in good touch, and morally high. Jayanta Talukdar “We are in good shape, and confident that medals will come. We are sure of doing well in the team event, and if everything goes well, the individual performance will get also get a boost,” Assam archer Jayanta Talukdar told Seven Sisters Post from Kolkata. Talukdar...

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Death is an art: Hiru da no more

Abdul Gani Guwahati: So it was his last piece of ‘art’ as the poet himself once wrote “Mrityuto eta shilpo, jibonor kothin shilot kota nirlobh bhaskarjya” (Death too is an art, an unimpassioned sculpture on life’s granite). Hiren Bhattacharyya, who was also popularly known as Hiruda among his innumerable fans and admirers, breathed his last at Dispur Hospitals around 11.30 am on Wednesday leaving thousands in tears. The 80-year-old poet had been undergoing treatment at the hospital since June 14 for his lung and kidneyrelated illness and since then his health continued to deteriorate in spite of the efforts of the doctors and the prayers...

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