By Mayukh Goswami (PNI)

 

Mangaldai  :‘Nagaon’, a sleepy village at a distance of about ten kilometer from Mangaldai , which was in the news limelight some months back for an unique social initiative called “ Good neighbor initiative” to support the needy villagers in renovation of their dwelling units with very deplorable condition , presently yet again in the news for organizing a public felicitation function in a different way on Sunday . Unlike the normal  felicitation functions of meritorious students, this function organized by the Nagaon village development committee at the campus of Kolia Gossain temple campus witnessed felicitation not only to those students who carried high percentage of marks in  the mark-sheets of their respective exams but also to all other students who appeared in this year’s HSLC and HS final exams from the village even though he or she could not come out successful .

 

A total of fifteen such students were feted each with a locally made Gamosa , a citation and a sapling . The function presided over by a true son of the village Dr Hiranya Kr Ntah , Professor , Sam Houston State University , USA also featured offering public honour to the grannies of the meritorious students and other few local elderly persons. Participating the function as the chief guest progressive writer and thinker Mayur Bora termed the initiative as yet another extra ordinary example of  social responsibility and unity like that of their earlier efforts of “Good neighbor initiative” . He called upon the youngsters to study hard to establish themselves in future  and at the same time carry forward the paths of social commitments shown by their village elders. “ Study hard to get marks in the exam and become established but always spend few minutes for your neighbouring society”, he shared .

 

Speaking from the chair , Dr Hiranya Kr Nath observed that a good mark-sheet is not everything in life , there are lot of other things important to do in life . “ A good mark sheet would help you only to get a lucrative profession but not help you to become a good human being . Try to become a good citizen with human qualities like  love , respect , sympathy , honesty , helpfulness etc.”, maintained Dr Nath . The function ended with a vote of thanks from Secretary of the village development committee , Sarat Ch Nath was also addressed by Harimon Deka , Associate Professor , Mangaldai College and a State award recipient voluntary blood donor , Child activist Rashmi Rekha Sarma and local leading citizen Lankeswar Saharia among others .