[Assam] Hot Chillis! - AT

[Ram Sarangapani]

Hehehe! You are right. Who would have thought that the AT would slip by
another story? But am glad both Julie and Anandita are being helped by the
GOA.

Does the Guiness record come with a cash award also?

Ram

On 8/4/06, Dilip/Dil Deka <dilipdeka at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>  Read the news a little more carefully.
> Anandita and Julie are not the same person. Anandita eats chillis and is
> going to London for Guiness book. Julie is a good student but lost her arms
> in a bus accident and she is determined to study further.
>
> However, I can't understand why GOA is spending money for a world record
> in chilli eating. Mass appeal - may be? Guiness book record may be important
> to Assam.
> Dilip
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> *Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>  40 red-hot chillis in 2 mts! Congrats to Anandita and to the GOA for
> providing for her London trip. It is amazing that the GOA will not only fund
> the trip, but will also pay for her studies and give her a job.
>
> She has also hit the international press. Wonder the chillis were - bhoot
> jalukias or kon jalukias.
>
> --Ram
> **
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> **
> *Govt to bear cost of Anandita's London trip
> *By A Staff Reporter
>  GUWAHATI, Aug 3 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today announced that the
> State Government would bear the expenditure for Anandita Dutta Tamuly of
> Titabor, who has been invited by the Guinness Book of World Records
> authorities to demonstrate her unique ability to eat red-hot chillis, up to
> 40 in just two minutes. Anandita, who performed in the city yesterday
> following her record-breaking feat in Zee TV's Shabash India, had cast
> doubts on her proposed London trip due to financial constraints. *The
> Assam Tribune* had also carried an elaborate report on Anandita and her
> remarkable exploits.
>
> In a message today, the Chief Minister conveyed his best wishes to
> Anandita so that she could bring more laurels to the State by establishing a
> Guinness world record in chilli eating. The message also said that the State
> Government would bear the air fair to and from London for Anandita.
>
> The Chief Minister further announced that the State Government would bear
> all the expenses associated with Julie's future studies and would also
> provide her with a job after she completed her studies, official sources
> said. The Assam Tribune had earlier provided an extensive coverage of Juli's
> plight, who lost both her arms in a road mishap.
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