SINGTAM, OCTOBER 18: Anjana Rai, football player who recently played the 19th Junior Girl's National Football Tournament at Goa returns to her old school to thank her teachers. She was given a warm welcome at Singlebong JHS where she had started her football lessons.
She was a regular left wing player for the school and latter got an opportunity to represent Sikkim at Karnataka for RGKA, last year. Talking to this reporter Rai said she is fortunate to have Pritam Shilal as her coach who was her teacher in her previous school. On her words, she thanked her coach for the encouragement and assistance to her football skills. He is next to my parents, she said.
The Sikkim Girls’ team lost at the National Football Tournament to the mighty teams of Maharastra and Haryana. It was an exposure for us, an experience we learnt from it, added Rai. Pritam Shilal, a proud coach said it’s more than a dream comes true to watch your student getting opportunity to perform for the state. Anjana was a dedicated students and I never had doubts at her skills, Shilal went on to say. Rai is presently a student of class ix at Syaplay JHS.
AN ENVELOPE A PIECE OF PAPER LIST OF ADDRESSES INSIDE THE ENVELOPE I was part of a successful newspaper at Gangtok; the weekly newspaper “Weekend Review” was then considered the third party in Sikkim after the Sikkim Democratic Front led by Pawan Chamling and Congress led by N B. Bhandari, former Chief Minister of Sikkim. I had just completed my graduation when I got a chance to join the big-wig WR team. It took me a week to decide, and I was a news reporter. Even then, my primary concern was looking for Sikkim's old history. The new job was interesting, challenging, and more of an adventure. I never knew what I would do the next day or where I would be. I was only told to file a report to the newspaper office at Gangtok every Thursday. I was associated with the WR team for more than two years till our editor was replaced, and I found it uncomfortable to work with the new editor. His lack of journalism ethics made me leave WR. Within the fol...

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