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WEEKLY Saturday, October 16 ! 2010 ! Issue No Established in 1936 The Doon School WEEKLY Saturday, October 16 ! 2010 ! Issue No. 2263 OUR OWN REGULARS CWG YEAR 75 2 ARMS 3 4 4 TributeTribute toto aa SchoolmasterSchoolmaster Number thirteen was indeed unlucky for the Doon I was never taught by Bond – that privilege fell to a younger School on Wednesday, as it proved to be a day of generation. I have yet to meet a schoolmaster like him who great loss. Sheel Vohra, the longest-serving teacher of made a school and his students so entirely part of his life. The Doon School and former deputy headmaster, There was never an occasion that I know of where he was who taught generations of Doscos from 1959 to not actively involved with boys of all ages – in the classroom 1998, passed away this morning. Exactly, a week or on the games field or on a cycling or mountaineering ex- before the School begins its platinum jubilee celebra- pedition. That’s true – there was one other place that one was tions. Mr Vohra had viral fever and this morning, he sure to see him, an Old Boy’s wedding! To had a heart attack. bless his student, he was known to leave at Known lovingly as ‘Bond’ by 2 p.m. from Dehradun on a rickety bus to thousands of Doon School boys Delhi and be back on time for a first school down the years, Mr Vohra was a the next morning! It was this devotion to well-known and well-loved person- his students that singled him out as an ex- ality of the Doon Valley. He was a traordinary schoolmaster. There can be no simple, disciplined and affectionate man, with an ever-smiling face. His gathering of Old Boys, as old as those who devotion to cricket is legendary and left in the ‘60s, where conversation would stories of his dedication to cricket not veer almost naturally towards the one have been part of the Doon and only Bond! And it would be accom- School’s treasure of anecdotes and panied with merriment and laughter hued interesting tales. by nostalgia and affection. As a colleague I Mr Vohra was often the only link found him to be steadfast and wise. He that the Weekly had with generations led by example and ensured that he was of Old Boys as well as well-wishers where he was meant to be, on time and of the School. He kept up with 1936-2010 fully prepared. A teacher of math, he took them and supplied the Weekly with a enormous pains to ensure that boys un- steady flow of information pertain- derstood the subject and was available at ing to former students and old associates of the all times to help. But it was cricket that was his mantra and School. The “Old Boys’ News” section depended even when he was stricken by a chronic foot problem he most heavily on news given by Mr Vohra. would continue to stride out to the centre of the main field Says School’s Director of Public Affairs, Piyush unmindful of his pain which was visible to all and then stand Malaviya, “Even though he retired many years ago, he throughout an innings umpiring, advising and occasionally was at the School almost every day for the matches, for playing by keeping wickets. It is fitting that the Old Boys have developing the Archives and for providing guidance to decided to give him a cricket match as a farewell – nothing the students. His is an irreparable loss for us.” could have been more appropriate. Courtesy: The Pioneer, Doon School Legend Sheel Vohra’s Innings End by Jaskiran Chopra Shomie Das, Headmaster (1988-1995) * * * (Message at The Sheel Vohra Farewell Cricket Match, 1998) Two events will always remain in my mind as I * * * reflect on Mr. Vohra’s extraordinary passion for the His kind will not disappear, he has seen to that. A game as well as his unique nature. One was the wet novice once, he learnt with humility and admiration from evening when the rain had driven everybody indoors the stalwarts of the time, who gave The Doon School its on Ground 2, but Mr.Vohra was on the prowl, a character. What Sheel imbibed from them were the solitary figure picking up pieces of clothing and kit left principles of their practice, embodying a perfect under- behind by careless schoolboys scuttling for shelter. He standing of the educational needs of a growing boy. slipped and fell, seriously injuring his knee which later These insights Sheel has passed on to successive waves of needed surgery. The second was during a staff match, young teachers and deserves credit for being the most where I was keeping him company at first slip. He had consistent influence on our School culture in recent times. been struck by a nasty delivery and actually wrung his As he has given, so has he received. While people speak in hand in pain (something one hardly sees him do) – it awe of his dedication in the classroom, to School sport was only many overs later when the glove turned red and the boys past and present, he makes no claim for did we realize he had broken his thumb. Left to such recognition. He has lived his life simply, one day at a himself he would have certainly continued but the time, responding to the calls of the School. It is all he ever doctor, fielding at 3rd man, intervened. wanted. John Mason, Headmaster (1996-2003) Philip Burrett, Deputy Headmaster (HM’s Address at The Sheel Vohra Farewell (from End of an Innings) Cricket Match, 1998) 1. The Doon School Weekly Saturday, October 16 ! Regulars NEW SCHOLARS (contd. from page 1) Bharat Ganju and Arjun Sethi have been awarded the Adieu... Scholar’s Blazer Mr. Sheel Vohra (SKV) Congratulations! -Joined The Doon School – 1959 MUSIC COLOURS -Served as Housemaster of Jaipur B – 1975-1984 -HOD, Mathematics – 1984-1994 School Music Colours for 2010 were awarded to -Senior Master – 1985 Shantrunjai Rai Dewan, Uddhav Prasad, Divyam -Officiating Headmaster – February-March, 1996 Agarwal, Arpan Agarwal, Siddharth Bathla and Yashasvat * * * Kapur. Generations of Doscos hav known Sheel Vohra Congratulations! as ‘Bond’ - a nickname he earned soon after joining School because of his James Bond-like ability to IH BASKETBALL detect anything going wrong. The nickname, I feel, is The following are the results of the recently-concluded perfect but the reasons for it are not. If SKV is to be Inter-House Basketball Competition: called ‘Bond’; it should be because he was the living Seniors: Juniors: bond between the School and generations of its old 1st: Kashmir 1st: Jaipur pupils and associates. Without recalling this incident, 2nd: Oberoi 2nd: Tata and my tribute to SKV would never be complete. It was 3rd: Tata Hyderabad during the Round Square Conference at Doon in 4th: Jaipur 4th: Oberoi 1991. Some boys requested SKV and me to act in a 5th: Hyderabad 5th: Kashmir skit as ourselves. The story, most expectedly, was Congratulations! about Bond and myself catching boys breaking bounds to have fun in town, and taking to task the FINANCIAL TALK chowkidar who had fallen asleep, allowing the boys Ravi Kumar, co-founder, India Bulls gave a talk on to escape into town. We were just told the story line stock marketing and careers in finance in India, in the about an hour before the performance. There was no AV Room on Thursday, October 14. rehearsal and we did everything impromptu. Mr. Vohra knew exactly the words the boys wanted him HINDI LAURELS to say were, and the gestures they wanted from him. Chandrachuda Shukla has been awarded School Hindi Mr. Vohra had the audience in splits, caricaturing Debating Colours himself! Masters come, masters go. We are unlikely to Congratulations! see anyone of the stature of Sheel Vohra. He will remain a legend at The Doon School. PT PRIZES Janajit Ray The following have been awarded the PT Commen- Master-in-Charge, The Doon School Weekly, 1998 dations for 2010: Kartic Sharma, Aseem Balraj Sahni * * * and Viren Kapoor. In the centre of the School that we love so much PT Jerseys were awarded to Shivam Katyal, Karanbir lies a hallowed plot of green. As boys from The Doon Dhariwal, Abhishek Jain, Arvind Sharma and Faraz School, this wide open space that we call the main field Khan. will always be part of our collective memories. As Well done, all! enduring for many of us is the memory of a presence OCCER CCOLADES that has most often stood in the centre of that ground. S A And “Smell the ball,” is one of the many sounds that The following have been awarded Soccer Half Colours rings clear with this eternal memory. for 2010: Udai Bothra, Tushar Gupta, Anmol Jamwal The first reaction for most of us who remember and Yuv Vir Khosla this would be to automatically put a foot forward, Full Colours were awarded to Karanbir Dhariwal, heads down, and imagine our bats close to our pads. Shivam Katyal and Neel Madhav. It is uncertain if anyone can actually remember the Full Colours were reawarded to Shiva Gururani. smell of the cricket ball, but undoubtedly, no one will ever forget the man. Sheel Vohra, aka ‘Bond’ is as THE WEEKLY REQUIRES... permanent as our memories of The Doon School itself. For over four decades, generations of boys (and All D, C, B and A formers interested in joining the the occasional girl) have been influenced in some way Editorial Board of The Doon School Weekly must e- or other by the man who dedicated himself completely mail a poem, short story, report or cartoon to to the School.
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