Meme finds new home at Digboi

Correspondent SIVASAGAR, Feb 11 – Meme as the people of the town used to call the deaf and dumb 14/15 year old familiar girl roaming about the streets in rags and a begging bowl in hand took leave of Sivasagar recently and headed towards Digboi with a new identity and a new name 'Gauri'.The unfortunate child probably left on the street by her hard-hearted parents when she was barely 3/4 year old was a painful blot on the psyche of the conscientious citizens of the town over the years, finally met her saviour in the form of Ram Krishna Sewa Ashram, Digboi. Reading about the unfortunate girl in a report filed by a young journalist Muktab Hussain in the Janambhumi , the Sewa Ashram society in Jorhat and Digboi decided to adopt the girl and cotacted Sivasagar DC Nawab Mamud Hussain. The deputy commisioner accordingly completed the formalities and handed over the girl to the members of the Ashram.