Ranchi, Aug. 5 -- Shibu Soren was 13 when his father, Shobaran Soren, was killed by goons employed by a local moneylender (or Mahajan as they were called). In Bihar's tribal badlands, some tribals were in the grip of Mahajans, others, liquor, and still others, both. The killing prompted Soren, born in Nemra village under Gola block in Ramgarh district of the state in January 1944, to launch a campaign against the Mahajans and alcoholism. A Santhal (or Santal) himself, he formed a social reformist body, Santhal Navyuvak Sangh, in the early 1960s when he was only 18. The Santhals were illiterate and Soren started conducting classes. The Santhals honoured Soren with a title, Dishom Guruji -- meaning "teacher of the world". That was the term hi...