Toon tunes 
City cartoonist dreams of making it big at a young age
Amritsar, June 13
She’s a budding talent. As a kid Simarjeet Kaur always dreamt of being in big league. No wonder, her inspirations were R K Laxman and Sudhir Dhar who had endeared newspaper readers across the country with their witty cartoons and illustrations. A final year student of commercial art and jewellery designing at local BBK DAV College for women, Simarjeet has a collection of wide range of caricatures depicting various ills in the society on the canvass.

Simarjeet Kaur with her work. Photo: Vishal Kumar

Dining Den
Broaden your culinary horizon
Amritsar, June 13
Amritsar is a city with myriad traditions and tastes. The food stations here, serving authentic Indian delicacies, have a carved a niche for themselves among the gastro lovers. Marwari Dhaba in the alleys of Katra Ahluwala is one such destination.



A family savours all-vegetarian delicacies at Marwari Dhaba in Amritsar on Friday. Photo: Vishal Kumar

Campus Pulse
Focus on character building, teachers told
Amritsar, June 13
Teaching community should focus on character building of students. It could remove various ills from the society. This was stated by CS Talwar, Jalandhar municipal commissioner, who was the chief guest during the inauguration function of of a faulty development programme being conducted by Amritsar College of Engineering and Technology.

Campus Buzz
‘Media has become an industry’
Amritsar, June 13
Media have become an industry now and its main motive is just to earn and churn money no matter whether the content presented lacks moral or ethical values.

Entrance exams: Free coaching for poor students
Amritsar, June 13
The Manav Kalyan Trust, which is running top-notch free schools for children of the poor strata of society, has come up with another scheme to provide free coaching for various entrance examinations for processional courses.

Chinmaya camp to boost nationalism among youth
Amritsar, June 13
Chinmaya mission will organise 3rd North Zone six-day camp “Feel India” from June 21 to 26 at Bhawan’s SL Public School here. The president of the Chinmaya mission Avinash Mahindroo told the Tribune that more than 150 youth in the age group of 15 to 30 would participate in the camp which would inculcate the spirit of nationalism and patriotism. He said they would focus on feeling of pride for the country.

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