Parents pray for Atanu's success

KOLKATA: Father Amit and mother Arati withdrew themselves from everything since Friday morning. Their son Atanu Das was to resume his Rio Olympic campaign later in the evening in archery. He reached the round of 16 on Tuesday. “We are just praying to god for his success,” said father Amit.


“I have not moved out of the temple in the house since morning,” said mother Aditi. For a brief 20 minutes on Thursday, cricket as the nation’s obsession faced a threat from a 24-year-old. Atanu Das, the boy from Bansdroni, put up a gritty performance in archery in the men’s individual category. He lost to his counterpart in South Korea.