HEALTH

Dental exhibition from April 16
Tribune News Service

PANCHKULA April 14 — The Dental Health Awareness Society, a Panchkula-based Organisation, will put up a three-day dental health awareness exhibition at Art Gallery, Chandigarh, from April 16.

Stating this here today, the Secretary of the society, Dr (Mrs) Kalra, said 98 per cent of the Indians suffer from dental diseases of one kind or the other. She said the most important cause behind this was neglect, ignorance and myths about dental diseases and their treatment.

The exhibition will be inaugurated by the Director-Principal, Government Medical College, Chandigarh, Prof V.K. Kak, Dr (Mrs) Manju Dutta, Director, Health Services (Dental), Haryana; and the Head of the Department of Oral Health Sciences, PGIMER, Chandigarh, will be the guest of honour.

SPORT

‘Image of game has suffered’
From Surbhi Bhalla

CHANDIGARH April 14 — Our heroes have failed us. The day the match-fixing controversy arose, many a budding cricketer agonised that how could their role models be so fickle.

But all is not lost. Although they are busy discussing the controversy, cricket as a game has not dampened their spirits. The gentleman’s game has been reduced to another money spinning game. Somewhere down the line, the game has been reduced to a commodity while those playing it resemble products on a store shelf waiting for the highest bidder.

“I don’t think it actually took place,’’ says Aaseem, captain of the district team which was playing at the St. John’s School in Sector 26 here this morning. Hansie just “sold” some of his tactics only. He was not involved in match-fixing. He simply gave an estimate of how his team would play.

“The ICC should have strict control over the cricketers. The players should have limited means of communication and things like mobiles and e-mail should be banned”, he asserted.

His teammate Gouhar Pruthi, who is the vice-captain, firmly believes that nowadays players just play for money. The cricketing world has totally changed these days. I am sure that once the hue and cry is over , only Hansie’s involvement would come to the fore.”, he said

“Gibbs, Boje and Strydom had nothing to do with the controversy. Only their captain took money and that too when he knew the pitch was bad “, he added.

Jasraj Bhatti, feels sorry for this state of affairs which has spoiled and shattered the image of a great game. A lifetime ban should be imposed on Hansie, chips in Manuday, a student of 9th standard. One player can never be responsible for throwing away a match. It is team effort, so others should also be heavily fined,” he forcefully added.

On the other hand, Rajat and Saurabh believe that it is true since Hansie has admitted that he had not been entirely honest but we think people like Kishan Kumar, Rajesh Kalra and Sanjeev Chawla must have forced him to do so. Anyway the lure of easy money must have been too much for him. It is a failure of human values but being a reliable allrounder he must be forgiven “, they added.

To prevent recurrence of such things, there should be strict supervision of the players by the governing bodies. Big money should not be channelised into the game so that players never fall prey to bookies,” they opined.

Amarjeet helps LIC win
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH April 14 — A fine knock of 51 runs in just 30 deliveries by Amarjeet helped the Life Insurance Corporation of India team beat the Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation team by eight wickets in the inaugural Salzer Cup League Cricket Tournament organised by the District Panchkula Cricket Association here at the Sector 5 grounds today.

Batting first, HSIDC-XI were in a solid position in the beginning as they had scored 78 runs for the loss of two wickets at one time. Vijay Godara was in a good form as he struck seven boundaries in his knock of 39 runs which came off 32 deliveries. Amarjeet got four wickets for 2 runs to bundle out HSIDC for 95 runs.

The LIC team ran into trouble and lost two wickets for just 19 runs on the board. Amarjeet scored 51 and Sumandeep remained unbeaten on 22. Together they kept their cool and took the team to victory in the 11th over.

Brief scores: HSIDC — 95 runs all out (Vijay Godara 39, Neeraj Tyagi 18, Amarjeet 4 for 22, Gundeepak 2 for 16, Sumeet Chauhan 2 for 21); LIC XI — 96 runs for two in 11 overs (Amarjeet 51 n.o., Sumandeep 22 n.o., Arun Sood 2 for 29).

The next round of matches will take place on Sunday with BBMB pitted against the Oriental bank Of Commerce and JAL-XI against Kaysons-XI.

The quarterfinals will be played on April 29 and 30, semi-finals on May 6 and the final on May 7.

ADMINISTRATION

Corbusier's dreams to travel through city
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH April 14 — To celebrate 50 years of Chandigarh, The Arts Council of Switzerland, the Swiss Embassy in New Delhi and Chandigarh-based Saakaar Foundation has prepared an ambitious project. It includes a travelling exhibition titled A Dream Realised — An Architectural Overview of Ideas that Became Cities. This exhibition shows life and works of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret and their influence on India's modern architecture.

It was inaugurated on January 14 in New Delhi by the Swiss Ambassador, Dr Walter Gyger, and Dr R.V. Vaidynatha Ayyar. Culture Secretary to the Government of India.

After travelling to major Indian cities like Bombay, Calcutta, Chennai, Bangalore and Ahmedabad, the exhibition will hold its last show in Chandigarh. The exhibition has received wide publicity and has been appreciated all over the country.

According to the organisers, it has been seen by 15,000 professionals, including architects, planners, designers and lay persons.

It will be shown at the Government Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10, Chandigarh, between April 18 and 25. There are plans to show films, slides and CD-ROM on the same subject. The salient features of this exhibition include some of works of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret.

According to an architect, Mr S.S. Bahga, the exhibition is not merely a work-show. It is aimed at educating professionals and laymen on their philosophy, besides tracing their influence on modern architecture in India.

On this occasion, a book titled Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret — Footprints on the Sands of Indian Architecture,

authorised by Chandigarh architects Sarbjit Bahga and Surinder Bahga, will also be released. This voluminous treatise is a critical commentary on the works of Corbusier and Jeanneret, besides their influences on the contemporary architecture.

The book touches such controversial aspects like the move to build residences at a a proposed site for Sukhna Lake, besides the bus stand at Leisure Valley.

The book contains eight chapters illustrated with exclusive photographs, specially prepared drawings and analytical text. The foreword of the book is written by the Swiss Ambassador to India, Dr Walter Gyger, and preface by the Union Minister for Urban

Development, Mr Jagmohan. An epilogue by an eminent architect, Jeet Malhotra, who was a close associate of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, concludes the book with suggestions for solving the problems of urbanisation in India.

The purpose of the multimedia CD-ROM is to provide the visitors with additional information about Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, besides their work. It helps in exploring new media and innovative forms in order to enhance the comprehension of the visitor during the exhibition. It will also include a rare interview with Le Corbusier which will be shown with the projector on a big screen.

The CD-ROM contains a linear programme, for example, a slide show, designed for the exhibition which will be beamed onto a screen. the CD-Rom also contains an interactive kiosk with different chapters. The visitor can explore more information on a subject according to his interest.