Tagore’s birth anniv celebration today

SHILLONG, May 7: The 163rd Rabindra Jayanti, an occasion to mark the birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, will be celebrated on the premises of the Rilbong Sports and Cultural Club in Rilbong at 4 pm on Wednesday.
The event is organised by the Rilbong Sports and Cultural Club in collaboration with the Department of Arts and Culture and ICCR Shillong.
As part of the programme a drawing and painting competition was held on Tuesday at Brookside Complex, Rilbong. The winners of the competition include Srijoni Sarkar (1st) of Laban Bengalee Girls HS School, Samsho Jama (2nd) of Laban Presbyterian HS School, and Sunandan Chanda (3rd) of Laban Bengalee Boys HS School, under Group A (Class VI to class VIII); and Sumana Sinha (1st) of Laban Bengalee Girls HS School, Rajdeep Modak (2nd) of Laban Bengalee Boys HS School, and Ananya Das (3rd) of Lumparing Vidyapith Secondary School under Group B (Class IX to Class XII).
Prizes will be distributed on Wednesday on the premises of the club.
Rilbong Sports and Cultural Club members will pay tribute to Tagore at his bust located at Jitbhumi Bungalow at 9 am.