Summary:
BHUBANESWAR: With an aim to create awareness about athletes and athletics ahead of the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship to begin from July 6 in the city, Bakul Library organised an interactive session with Olympian Anuradha Biswal at Patha Utsav here on Sunday. The foundation also conducted a sports quiz for youngsters to create interest on sports and especially athletics among them. There were also rare books such as Bhutanese storybooks autographed by the King of Bhutan, books from countries such as Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. Paan Singh Tomar was a seven times national steeplechase champion and represented India in the 1958 Asian Games. There were books from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, from Korea, China and Japan, from Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar and also from Iran, Iraq, Israel..