IT News
Imphal, Oct 8,
What is specific about personnel of the Manipur police is that they are not known for their courage in fighting or protecting common people but some among them are too good in photography.
Moirangthem Ajoy @ Da Naoba , son of M. Bijoy singh and M. Jobonlata devi of Khagempalli Pankha Nganapithong Mapan, presently serving as a Rifleman at 2nd Manipur Rifle under Commandant P.Manjit Singh (MPS), known for his courage in protecting the common people of Moreh town in mid 2000s as Nepali, was honoured as the best Photographer Award of the year by New Delhi Based A. R. Foundation .
Moirangthem Ajoy has been awarded the prestigious award in recognition to his contribution to the issues and aspects pertaining and relating to Humanity.
The award was handed over to him yesterday during mega event at Green Peace Foundation, Din Dayal Upadhyay Marg, ITO, New Delhi -02.
Moirangthem Ajoy Singh is popularly known to his friends as Da Naoba. He was borne and brought up in a chaotic society due to conflict between groups which follow different ideology.
“I was many time upset by the way people get destroyed or seeing people destroying the beauty of my mother nature. I was often driven in deep pain seeing old ladies struggling for survival, young children deprived of their rights and homeless searching to hide from the summer heat and the stormy rains”, Ajay said to Imphal Times after receiving the award.
The man who is trained to use rifle said , “the virtue of patriotism that runs through my veins make me chose Security Force, as I am curious of bringing normalcy in my state and to highlight the beauty of my native state gifted by Mother Nature”.
Photography is Ajoy’s passion. He enjoyed capturing the beauty of the gift of Mother Nature. He waited at foothills for hours waiting to capture the sun rising from in between the hills and spend many evenings to capture shot of the sun dipping in our Loktak Lake.
“The more I went out to capture the beauty of my state, the more I started noticing women in my mother’s age struggling for survival, daughters and sons of my son’s age spoiled by leaving them at field when they were supposed to be seen in school”, Ajoy said to this newspaper.
“With my SLR (Rifle) on my left shoulder and the DSLR on my Right shoulder as I am left handed. I always wanted to be a peacekeeper and I followed order of my superior to do things that will restore peace”, Ajoy said and added that he like more shooting with his DSLR than with the SLR.
