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September 29, 2001, Chandigarh, India
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WTO has farmers worried about their
future Ludhiana, September 28 They do not know whether they should go in for diversification or not. This year, 100 per cent procurement of paddy has assured to the farmers by the state government. What worries them is that what will happen when paddy and wheat of better quality are available in the Indian market. According to a random survey conducted by Ludhiana Tribune during the Kisan Mela at Punjab Agricultural University, it has been revealed by farmers coming from different parts of the state and from neighbouring states, that it will be difficult for them to cope up with competition after WTO. A farmer from Bathinda district, Mr Jaswant Singh, was confused when asked about the implications of the WTO. He could not answer the question properly, but it appeared that he was not satisfied with farming as it was no longer a lucrative business. He believed that agriculture involved a lot of labour, effort and investment, but had low returns. Due to the affects of the WTO, the condition of farmers would become worse, he added. He further said our competition would be with the farmers of developed countries, who had more resources and were technically advanced. A farmer from Hanumangarh in Rajasthan, Mr Manjit Singh said the condition of farmers in the country would become worse after WTO. He further said the paddy and wheat had been the two popular crops among the farmers because of minimum support price and the farmer knew that his produce would be procured at a certain fixed price. What would happen if there was no MSP and the farmer would have to compete in the open market with the produce of better quality worried him. He opines that either we have to improve the quality of our produce or we have to leave the agriculture. A farmer from Patiala, Mr Karnail Singh, was of the view that it would be difficult for Indian farmers in the future and they did not know what kind of remedial step should be taken before entering into competition of agricultural produce. He said there was no shortage of land, but he did not know what he should grow other than wheat and paddy. |
Minister’s assurance on exam centre
charges Ludhiana, September 28 Stating this in a press note, Mr Rajinder Sharma, president of the association, said Mr Tota Singh, Education Minister, had assured them that the charges for setting up an examination centre would be brought down from the current amount of Rs 11,000 to Rs 6,500. Mr Sharma said they were told that different slabs would be introduced for endowment funds taken from the schools. An endowment fund of Rs 60 per student would be charged from schools with less than 500 students, Rs 45,000 would be taken from schools with 500 to 700 students and Rs 60,000 would be taken from schools having more than 700 students. The Principals felt relieved after they were assured that they would not have to apply for a fresh affiliation for opening a new building of the school within 2 km radius from the old complex. Regarding the issues of exemption of the schools from road tax for their buses and applying charges on water, sewerage and power consumption on domestic rate basis, the minister said he would take up the matter with the Chief Minister. The Principals were also assured that the sports charges to be deposited with the District Sports Committee would be reduced so that the affiliated schools are able to provide better sporting facilities in the schools. |
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colleges hold NSS camps Ludhiana, September 28 Mr B.D. Budhiraja, Principal, asked the NSS volunteers to work for the public cause and help in eradicating the social evils. At Master Tara Singh College, coaching classes for sewing, embroidery, flower making and soft toy was held and the volunteers were asked to spread the know-how to the needy and encourage
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Career counselling cell inaugurated Ludhiana, September 28 Students of Classes IX to XII were invited for a career counselling session in which they were told about various avenues open to them. Addressing the students, Ms Kiran Saini, career counsellor, said students should choose a career at the right time on the basis of their interest and capability. She said the cell would remain open during school hours and all required information, including dates of various entrance tests, courses available and list of colleges and universities offering those courses, would be provided to them. Ms Shelly Ahuja, lecturer, Khalsa College for Women, spoke about new courses for the students of humanities, science and commerce groups. She distributed a hand-out to the students giving them a long list of courses available to them. For the humanities students, the courses available included degrees and diplomas in journalism, travel and tourism, advertisement, secretarial work, performing art, fashion designing, interior designing, special education, film technology and civil services examination. The science students were advised to take entrance tests to merchant navy, NDA, NIFT, MBBS, BDS, CET and courses in foreign languages and agricultural sciences. The commerce students were suggested to appear for CA, CS and MCom examinations. Those interested in information technology courses, were told to do advance courses in java, oracle, auto CAD and BE in computer sciences. |
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Life term for one in double murder case Ludhiana, September 28 Pronouncing the judgement, Mr S.S. Arora, Sessions Judge, Ludhiana, held that prosecution has proved the guilt of accused and also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 besides severe punishment. According to prosecution, accused used to cast an evil eye on his own daughter-in-law Kamla, and Kallu (brother-in-law of accused) and his wife, objected to it, for which they were eliminated. A case was registered against the accused on September 11,1996, at police station Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana, on the statement of Darshan Singh of Sunet village, wherein he had alleged that while he was passing by a house in BRS Nagar in the afternoon, he heard the voice of someone weeping loudly. On entering the house, he found two dead bodies and a lot of blood on the floor and Vijay, son of accused, was near the bodies and weeping. Vijay disclosed that his father had killed his maternal uncle, Kallu and maternal aunt-Premia the night before by inflicting “kahi” blows. He also told that after the death of his mother he used to live with his maternal uncle and his father was working in the adjoining house. |
Mesmerising Kathakali
performance Ludhiana, September 28 The most intriguing part of this dance is its extraordinary make-up. Mr Balkrishnan said: “All the tales are taken from the Mahabharat, the Ramayana, and the Vishnu Puran, and to differentiate between Gods and mortals the make-up and the dresses are exaggerated. Kathakali originated in the 17th century and since the dance continued throughout the night, only males participated in the performance, but now girls are, at times, doing better than men.” He demonstrated different movements of eyeballs, eyebrows, eyelids, cheeks and arms to show different emotions. There are 24 mudras made by hand gestures. The body language or the mudras enabled the students to understand the figure of an elephant and a bee. The combination of mudras makes a sentence. The students greatly enjoyed when he depicted with mudtras the sentence “We are glad to be with you, and how does a principal act when he receives an important guest.” The piece-de- resistance was the story of a king who armed with a bow and arrow is out on a hunt. He sees a female antelope, heavily pregnant, and takes aim at her. Before shooting he sharpens his arrows and cuts his finger. The pain is transferred to the audience with telling effect. The antelope tries but to her horror finds a hungry ‘cheetah’ waiting there. She moves in another direction only to turn back to protect herself from a fierce forest fire. She runs forward only to be confronted by a swollen river. One had to see to believe how beautifully he presented the pathos and heart rending helplessness of the antelope. Finally she prays. The prayers are answered. A bolt of lightning kills the king. The taut arrow goes in the direction of the cheetah and he is killed. The rain that follows puts out the forest fire. Without uttering a word, he depicted the pangs of birth, her relief and her maternal instinct when she cuddles her young ones and helps them to stand up. In the second dance sequence Sri Nathan Krishnan enacted the role of Lord Krishna and Kala Mandam Amaljit, danced as Draupadi. The story is taken from Mahabharta. Lord Krishna is going to the camp of the Kauravas to urge them to prevent a war. Draupdi reminds Krishna of her vow of not tying her hair until she wets them with the blood of Dushasan. Krishna promises her that her wishes would be fulfilled at the right time. The make-up man, Shiva Dasa, said that it took a person three years to learn the art of make-up. Each character took from one to three hours to dress up. Hanuman was the most difficult to be made-up, he said. After the performance, Mr Balkrishnan answered questions of the students. He advised the school authorities to start the subject of
performing arts as the knowledge of classical dance, music and performing
arts would enable the students to appreciate their heritage better. |
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Raghu Rai’s slide show bewitches audience Ludhiana, September 28 The first slide showed sparrows eating seeds, but the moment a more powerful ‘maina’ came, the birds made room for her and distanced themselves. In another slide he had captured
various angles a small train at Darjeeling. It captured a man walking beside the train, the ribbon of the road through the window glass and the tired travellers and on the other side one could see the mountains. His slides had a lot of animals. The slides of ‘Burning ghats of Benaras’ left a long lasting impression. The black and white photographs had an unusual force. The rhythm of an ordinary woman moving and the clouds overhead in the same movement was quite eye catching. In one coloured photograph of Rajasthani women in their scarlet attire
who, it appeared, did not want to be photographed, was par excellence. All slides had plenty to say
despite being scenes from every-day life. What was extra-ordinary was the way he had photographed them. Mr Navin Talwar, one of the organisers of SPIC MACAY, informed the audience that Mr Rai would be visiting Ludhiana next month to inaugurate the new art gallery in Guru Nanak Bhavan. He would then exhibit his famed photographs of Mother Teresa, his favourite subject. |
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