Test of power which Sankar exemplified many a times but the case of Brahmaputra is something prominent of all times. It was during monsoon season of Assam when the mighty river Brahmaputra swells to the brim that often creates chaotic flood from time immemorial. Sankar’s favorite past time was nearby Brahmaputra as he loves to make his dip down to its bottom and crossing it to the other side at tiny age. He was barley ten when he along with his file of friends went to the river side for swimming.
Nobody dares to challenge crossing a swelling Brahmaputra which is regarded as the widest river in India. But these tiny little boys of Sankar's gang dived in to the swelling bosom of the river to challenge who can swim far. Since the water was rising dangerously the other boys swam to the nearest distance before retreating back to the shore. They found Sankar missing and they could never imagine him to carry far along the speeding water current of the swelling river. Unable to see him in sight most of the guys thought he was drowned and his younger brother Bongayagiri wailed out of emotion.
This disappearance act of Sankar left the guys with gaped mouths in a speechless condition unable to understand what could happen to him. The group of boys was dampened with tears unable to understand how to relate about the tragedy to his grandmother. But Sankar was simply amazingly he continued to swim and he reached the other side of the river bank. He took rest for a while before starting off again and after an hour appeared from the water, reviving back the spirit of his friends with thrill of joy.
The most amazing and enthralling part for his friends was not that they found Sankar alive but the sight of the dolphin with which he emerged from the surface of the water. Finding Sankar not empty handed but had a wonderful catch of a baby dolphin that is quite rare to find in Brahmaputra were exuberantly delighted and the boys played with it for a long time before releasing it back to the water.
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