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VOCATIONAL COURSES Chandigarh, June 3 The UGC had invited proposals from universities and colleges to “ extend them support for starting vocational subjects in the existing degree courses from the forthcoming academic session.” Sources said after preliminary scrutiny of the proposals, certain colleges have been shortlisted for a final consideration. The commission “ is separately inviting the representatives of these institutions for face-to-face discussions with a group of experts constituted for the purpose”. The meeting is being viewed as a “fruitful” exercise for a final decision in the presence of representatives of the respective universities. The meting is scheduled for June 11. Among the 12 university applicants for the vocational courses in the list as many as seven have opted for computer applications. These included SDP College for Women, Ludhiana, Ramgarhia Girls College, Ludhiana, Dev Samaj college for women, Ferozepore, Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College for Women, Hoshiarpur, SD College, Hoshiarpur, GGSDAV College, Ludhiana and AS College, Khanna. The GurU Nanak Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, has opted for functional English, Kamla Lohtia SD College, Ludhiana, has opted for office management and secretarial practice, MCM DAV College has opted for food science and quality control, the local GGDSD College has opted for industrial chemistry and mass communication and video production and Gujranwala Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Ludhiana, has opted for foreign trade practices and procedures. The preliminary scrutiny of the proposals has been completed. The matter now awaits a final decision. The existing vocational studies courses have not really achieved the desired results in the actual practice , says Mr P.S.Sangha, Principal of the local SGGS Khalsa College. However, in certain courses the colleges have offered courses which could be well managed by the existing faculty, Principal Sangha said.  |
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School’s cultural function Pinjore, June 3 |
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PU CET results today Chandigarh, June 3 |
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Forum dismisses plea Chandigarh, June 3 Mr Rajinder Singh, a resident of Sector 35, had complained against Amritsar Beverage Private Limited through its Managing Director and partner. Earlier, the Consumer Forum had dismissed his complaint. He had alleged that the bottle with the burnt ‘bidi’ had been found on July 10, 1996, in a crate of Fanta and Coke bottles that he had bought from a Sector 35 shop. The shop owner had then told Mr Rajinder to contact the company. The complainant had alleged that it had been a case of careless bottling. He had sought a refund and Rs 80,000 in compensation. The Bench comprising Mr Justice K.K. Srivastava, Mr P.K. Vasudeva, and Ms Devindejit Dhatt said the point raised by the complainant was not enough to get him the compensation. The Fanta bottle was a defective article because the ‘bidi’ was in its contents. In such circumstances, the person who had sold this article to the complainant could be asked to either refund its cost or replace it. The Bench said the order of the District Forum-II did not have any infirmity. |
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Moga resident declared PO Chandigarh, June 3 The case against the accused was registered under Sections 306, 34, 304 B, 489-A, IPC, on January 29, in police station South. He was declared proclaimed offender after the anticipatory bail plea moved by the accused was dismissed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The magistrate observed that under the law, the accused could not put any conditions for his surrender before the investigation. So the condition that in case of dismissal of anticipatory bail application by the Supreme Court, he will surrender before the police was wholly untenable under the law and no accused could be allowed to dictate like this. |
Professionals not effective in community theatre: Chani Chandigarh, June 3 “Theatre is a live form, with a soul of its own. So to codify it in certain terms and conditions is unjust”, say GS Chani and Harleen Kohli while talking to this correspondent at their residence in Sector 16. Chani’s community theatre is very different from the plastic, formalised theatre one is used to watch. Chani, over the years, has proved that theatre is possible without managers, directors, stage, lights, microphones,even actors and well-made scripts. His community theatre encourages just any group of persons who want to express themselves on certain issues, to sit together and evolve a play and perform it at any public place. ‘‘Actors are activists in our plays,’’ says Chani. ‘‘Though almost all theatres are focusing on certain issues, but when professional actors are involved to enact them , it is not so effective,’’says Chani. ‘‘But when certain people are involved in the making of the play right from selecting the theme to staging it in front of audience , the issue they are trying to highlight gets imprinted in their mind,’’ he adds. Chani, after passing out from the National School of Drama in 1976, came to Chandigarh and started this movement called community theatre in the city. His first play ‘‘Daffa 144’’ about the repression by the state during the Emergency in 1977 , became quite a sensation. After that followed a string of community plays ‘Disturbed Area’,‘Bulldoze Notice’, ‘Dukka Dumbi Billa’, ‘Mera Bharat Mahan’, ‘Akh Di Dehleez’, ‘Mein Jala Di Jaungi’, ‘Desh Di Surakhya Ton Sanu Khatra Hai’, ‘Khulli Hawa ki Talash Mein’, and ‘Janata Express.’ Chani’s better half Harleen Kohli is also into community theatre. Harleen, who is more into designing community theatre workshops, admits of being motivated to a great deal by her husband. ‘‘We share similar view points when it comes to politics,’’says Harleen. ‘‘This is the reason we find it easier to work as a team,’’ adds Harleen.In fact it was their love for theatre that united these two in the bonds of matrimony. As a couple they have also produced about 26 TV documentaries, six tele-films and three TV serials. Chani and Harleen do not resent the lack of interest on part of the audience in attending the stage shows here.‘‘So many trash productions have come up in this field , that, it is not really the fault of the audience that they have lost interest in theatre,’’ say the couple. ‘‘Going to watch a play is like going for a blind date, you are uncertain of everything till you finish the whole show,’’says Chani.‘‘So why waste time ?’’ he asks. ‘‘Political interference in this line have made the situation even worst,’’says Chani. ‘‘During the Khalsa tricentenery celebrations about 350 theatre groups mushroomed in Punjab , most of which died down as soon as they grew. The main intention of many of those groups was to derive political millage,’’ he says. ‘‘Even the Cultural Department has become just another extension of Public Relations Department, doing the publicity work for the government,’’ he alleges. |
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Translating theatre into real
life Chandigarh, June 3 In city on invitation from a local theatre group, Chandigarh Mafia, to conduct three theatre workshops, Pranab today shared his concerns with The Tribune. After an interface with this short-statured man, one knew why he was being roped in by more and more outfits all across the country to sensitise students to a playwright’s use of language. Pranab’s kind of theatre is informal, so is his methodology of production. A major production in the pipeline is Hamlet in puppetry. Pranab is associating with long-time friend Prabal Pramanik, (a famous paper cutter) to bring this one through. From Chandigarh, he will proceed to Brahmlada in Himachal Pradesh where Prabal lives to see this dream project come alive. Currently on a three-year Media and Theatre Fellowship being funded by the Interact Movement, Pranab is engaged in a project which aims at voicing the concerns of the less fortunate children. He is working with the children of sex workers in about 11 Indian cities. Informing about the project which is going on in tandem with the respective NGOs, Pranab said, ‘‘We target the dropping shelters. It is not easy to get such children to understand our point of view, but the need is pressing. The idea is to give them a perspective in life by translating classic literature into easy scripts and then helping them live the characters of that script by merging the story into their real life situations.’’ The exercise is laborious, but truly inspiring as well. In fact, Pranab now has about 35 production to his credit, and all follow the line of Badal Sircar, pioneer of the Third Theatre movement. As Pranab informed, ‘‘Our working is different. We don’t believe in standing out from the crowd. The attempt is to informalise the ambience to an extent where the viewer starts feeling a part of the happening. So here the reality is brought to you as it is for you to judge.’’ During his workshops, Pranab even aims at replacing furniture with real life characters. ‘‘If we can manage, where is the harm?’’ asks the enthusiastic man, whose role extends much beyond theatre. He has conducted 500 quiz shows till date, and all without depending on written chits. He laughs, ‘‘My memory never fails me. I can handle my shows well.’’ Pranab has conducted shows for the NIIT, IITs, University of Roorkee and many other prestigious institutions. Pranab is also a journalist. Assimilation of varied characters seems to be easy for this young theatre man, who also acts and writes. That is because he finds a commonality in the objective which his three roles are supposed to achieve. ‘‘The idea of journalism, theatre and quizzing is to inform. So for me, one role complements the other. I take situations from my life as a quiz master and recreate them in theatre. It’s wonderful.’’ As Pranab gets ready to hold three workshops, the city can be ready for some refreshing productions to be staged between June 22 and 27. Interestingly, Pranab met Gyan Dev Singh of Chandigarh Mafia at the University of Roorkee. ‘‘That is where we thought about this project in Chandigarh,’’says Pranab. The three workshops he is conducting are the Chandigarh Mafia workshop, the young adults workshop (for the Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Academy), and a kids workshop. Pranab will have three productions with Chandigarh Mafia : one based on a British script, another based on his impressions of Paash, a radical Punjabi poet, and the third one based on a Badal Sircar play. Students from other cities of India will also join the Chandigarh theatre group to stage these joint productions. This workshop will go on for about a month. The workshop for schoolchildren will go on till June 6, and the one for Sangeet Natak Academy will be held between June 10 and 15. Known as he is for his project of Shakespeare in Education, which aims at making the Bard’s works friendly to children, Pranab will try the technique here also. His weaving of Veerapan's kidnapping of actor Rajkumar into the Shakespeare play ‘Merchant of Venice’ is a commendable example of this technique. |
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Sa Re Ga Ma Punjabi
shooting Chandigarh, June 3 |
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Little guests from Pakistan Chandigarh, June 3 Madeeha appreciated the effort of Beston Foundation for sponsoring the visit of these children to India. This would help promote peace, love and harmony, she said. |
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