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Assam boy selected for International Tinkle Award

By Mowsam Hazarika |

Barnadhya Hazarika, a 7th standard student of Maharishi Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Guwahati has been selected for the Tinkle Online Editor’s Choice Awards’. He is placed in 1st position for his write up, namely, ‘The Beauty of Nature’, which is declared in the July (2009) edition of ‘Tinkle’, an international monthly for children, published by the ‘Amar Chitra Katha Pvt. Ltd.’, Mumbai.

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