Dehradun, November 17
The day a person realises the motto why he was born and come out of the fight of caste, politics, religion or seat, it will be the best day in my life. I will feel complete if I am able to change the minds of inhabitants so that they could feel the problems of a poor man, feels Sanjeeba, an artist from Kanpur.

His name might not ring bells in the minds of residents of the capital city of Dehradun, but back home he is a very famous person among the public, bureaucrats and politicians, for the audacity with which he exposes those who are involved in corruption. He has carved a niche for himself in the field of fight against social injustice.

Sanjeeba was in the city to display his 21 photographs, to which he has given the name of “Cameragraphy”. He has coupled the photographs with his feelings written on them. “I am the first person who started the technique,” he claimed.

This is for the first time that this lean thin and tall lad has put up an exhibition here. The photographs were on display on the premises of the Municipal Corporation yesterday. It was inaugurated by Mayor Vinod Chamoli. When asked why he selected Dehradun to display his art, Sanjeeba said: “The state is celebrating its 10th year. Thus, I planned to visit here”. About the MC, he said: “It is the office of the first citizen of the city and I wanted to flaunt my work to the Mayor first”.

Aggrieved at the working of the system in the country, he said: “People want to make their child a doctor or engineer and so on, but they forget to make him a good person. They forget to teach the child a lesson in humanity”.

Sanjeeba was born in a family of an affluent businessman. He did his graduation from Kanpur and was planning to pursue postgraduation, but an incident changed his life completely. One of his seniors committed suicide by hanging himself and blamed the system prevalent in the country for his death. Later, it was an acid attack case when a boy threw acid on a girl’s face who refused to marry him. “I get hurt when I see others in problem. Thus, I decided to bring out the social issue and started as a roadside juggler,” he said, adding, “I have been jailed umpteen times for making a mockery of democracy, bureaucracy, judiciary and political system. Not only this, I faced police wrath and also underwent third degree torture. But, despite the harrowing experiences I continued with my pursuits”.

He also gave up his surname and quit parental house to pursue his dream. In all these years he tried his hand as a director, lyricist, actor, studio recorder and writer. His three books have already been published, two editions of “Ye Desh Angrzo Tum Chalao”, which was critically acclaimed by readers, and the other “Nange Paw Sanjeeda: Discovery of Indian Democracy”. He has also made documentary films on various social issues and will be starting a feature film of two hours involving students from the NSD by next year.

“My main motto is to create awareness among the masses to rekindle the flame of self-esteem so that they rise up against the social and political system,” he said. “The lack of education is the reason for rampant corruption. It has led to negligible awareness among the masses and, thus, there is a large-scale exploitation”.

“Earlier, people used to take street plays as the mockery, but now they do understand what I am trying to present. I remember when I played a natak outside a police chowki where the staff had tortured a woman after removing her clothes, as many as 5,000 people gathered and appreciated my work. The next day all staff of the police station was suspended,” he said.

“A team of 50 persons is working with me. It mainly consists of the ones who belong to poor families, but they work voluntarily,” Sanjeeba signed off.

Dehradun, November 17
After annexing the girls’ title, Dehradun boys bagged titles in all three categories during the state-level girls handball championship that concluded at Guru Ram Rai Inter College, Nehru Gram, today.

In seniors final, Dehradun beat Bageshwar 14-3. Mohit and Rahul Pokhriyal scored four points each and Sohan scored three points in the win. While in the juniors final, Dehradun defeated Udham Singh Nagar 13-2.

Manish scored maximum four points, Kuldeep and Satya Prakash scored two points each for the winning side.

Dehradun also emerged champions in the sub-juniors category surpassing Udham Singh Nagar 16-3. Himanshu Rawat and Nadim scored five and four points to make an easy win for Dehradun.

Ashish Verma and Rohit Sen with three points each also contributed for the winning team. Meanwhile, the two title winning sides were given away prizes during the prize-distribution ceremony.

Dehradun, November 17
Carman School Dalanwala and hosts Welham Girls School have registered final berths at the DDCSA Junior Girls Basketball Tournament being played at Welham Girls School here today.

The hosts in their semifinal routed Summer Valley School 26-8. Welham won the quarters 6-0, 6-0, 6-0, 8-8.

Priyalol Baruni scored four points for the winning team and Sagarika Joshi scored three points for SVS.

In the second semifinal, Carman School Dalanwala drubbed The Aryan School 23-9. Priyanka topscored with 13 points for Carman and Riya scored four for the losing side.

Earlier, The Heritage School was outplayed by Welham Girls School 23-6. All four quarters remained in Welham’s favour 11-0, 4-2, 6-0, 4-4. Priyal Choudhary scored maximum 16 points.

Carman School Dalanwala had also surpassed The Heritage School 16-4. Samridhi and Priyanka with six points each fashioned the win of Carman. Madhu Rawat of THS scored four points.

Dehradun, November 17
The Indian Cambridge School defeated Raja Ram Mohan Roy Academy 14-12 on the second day of the Inter-Council Schools Junior Boys Basketball Tournament held at The Heritage School here today.

In the second match played in the morning, Hilton School beat Shivalik International School 12-11. Two matches were played in the evening.

Hilton School in its second match beat RRMR Academy with a big margin of 33-16. Rishbah Srivastav of the winning team was adjudged the best shooter of the match for scoring 16 points.

The host, The Heritage School also registered win beating Shivalik International School 18-13. Anubhav Vohra with eight points of the winning side was the best shooter of the match.