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PU prof made national institute
chief Chandigarh, January 31 Sources said he was the first chemical engineer of north India to get this honour in the 55 years of the institute’s existence. The institute is the oldest and the largest organisation of chemical engineers in Asia with 16,000 members. It has 38 regional
centers spread all over the country and is affiliated to the Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineers, the European Federation of Chemical Engineers and the American Association for Advancement of Science. Prof Sharma is the most senior professor of the department, who has done pioneering work in renewable energy sources, energy conservation and environment engineering. He has also received the Surya Award for promoting alternative sources of energy. He has to his credit more than 105 research papers in national and international journals. Prof Sharma is a member of a number of prestigious committees of the Planning Commission, the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources and the Governments of Punjab and Haryana. He is also a consultant for various international bodies like the Commonwealth Secretariat, UNICEF and the FAO. |
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Essay contest for schoolchildren Chandigarh, January 31 The topic for the junior category, comprising students of Classes VIII and IX was “How to inspire patriotism among schoolchildren”, while the topic for the seniors from Classes XI and XII was “National achievements since Independence”. The results are expected to be declared within 15 days. The first two winners in each category will get a cash prizes of Rs 750 and Rs 500 each, respectively. There will also be 10 consolation prizes. Meanwhile, a caption contest for teachers accompanying the students was also organised. They will also be awarded prizes of outstanding captions. |
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Psycho Vision
function Chandigarh, January 31 Psycho diagnostic cells were engaged to test intelligence, motivation, adjustment and personality of students. The cells were inaugurated by Mrs Vijaylakshmi, the college principal. Over 100 students were tested and given a feedback on their IQ, personality types and motivational abilities in each cell. This was followed by a talk on “mental health among youth” by Dr N.N.Wig, a renowned psychiatrist. An inter-class poster contest was organised on the occasion. The winners included Gurmeet, Ashima, Harnoor, Rashmi Bala, Chenglauhen, Divya, Reetika, Geetika, Purnima, Garima and Isharpal. |
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Street plays
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Court summons 3 IAS
officers Panchkula, January 31 Pronouncing the orders on a complaint filed by Mr Jagir Singh Bhonsle, manager, HAFED, against Mr M.L. Tayal, member enquiries, Mr P.R. Kaushik, former Financial Commissioner, Printing and Stationery, and Mr Naresh Gulati, Commissioner, (Sports), Youth and Cultural Affairs, the Judicial Magistrate, Mr P.R. Yadav, said “... the complainant has stated on oath that he has been falsely implicated by the accused persons and so served a false and frivolous charge sheet, based on fake and motivated grounds to humiliate, harass and lower the image and reputation of the complainant.” The orders state that the complainant was charge-sheeted only because he belongs to the Scheduled caste community and the promotion of the complainant was also due. “... Because the HAFED administration did not want to promote the complainant, they worked under a conspiracy and it is also pertinent to mention here that the promotion list was likely to be out on October 26, 1990, while the charge sheet was served on the complainant on October 15, 1990, which clearly established ill intents of the above mentioned officers.” The court has summoned them for April 16. |
Versatility his hallmark Chandigarh, January 31 “Whether poetry or painting, these just serve the purpose to express the real me,” says Sukhinder. A person who loves to experiment with different art forms, Sukhinder recently designed a website “Pulse of people”, combining his poems with flash animation using new media technology. “The field of the new media design is a way of approaching the diverse meanings of
life. It is a way to connect us with each other, helping us to know, to express as who we are, explaining our existence in the cosmos with reference to the dimensions of space, time and matter,” says Sukhinder, giving a glimpse of the poet and the scientist that lies within him. Sukhinder visited India to deliver a lecture on New Media: Canadian-Punjabi literature and culture at Kurukshetra University. Sukhinder defines himself as a courier of cosmopolitan culture. So all the art form that flows from this versatile man bears broader perspective. Be it his poems like Shaihar, Dhund Te Roshniyan, Ek Khat Kishu Likhan or his series of paintings, he has not limited himself to the problems or prospects of the Punjabi community abroad, but highlights the issues that have touched everyone’s life at some point of time. Handling paint brush has been a recent phenomenon for Sukhinder. “Though after migrating to Canada in 1975, I did a few cover designs for books on request, it was not until recently I had taken up painting seriously,” says Sukhinder. He drew on a series of women’s issues, child psyche, which he exhibited in Punjab Bhavan in Delhi during his recent visit. The series was an effort on his part to bring out a cultural exchange between the two countries, not as a separate entity but on a bigger canvas. Though Sukhinder has been a way from India for long now, he is quite in touch with his counterparts here. Giving his opinion about his contemporaries Sukhinder says Punjabi poets are doing poorly here because nobody is interested in creating real stuff anymore. “Poets write according to the specifications of the critics rather than writing for the sheer joy of it,” he adds. His novel Alarm Clock is focused on problems of people, especially women who have been the target of physical abuse irrespective of their nationality or social status. Sukhinder is also planning to come up with his next painting exhibition in near future. |
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Soulful rendering by Ustad
Salim Chandigarh, January 31 “Yoon hi besabab na fira karo, kisi roz ghar bhi raha karo.....” This Bashir Badr’s couplet was a prelude to a ghazal which Ustad sang for the audience at Pracheen Kala Kendra today. “Tere liye zehmat hai mere liye nazrana, jugnu ki tarah aana khushboo ki tarah jaana...” charmed the listeners with its grace and melody. The hall burst into applause with yet another couplet of the same ghazal “Chehre ke nakushe se zakhmon ne badal daale...duniya ne mujhe meri aawaaz se pehchana.” Following this ghazal was another one which read, “Vo koi gustakh, pagal manchala htha mai na tha, aapko cheda tha jisne doosra tha mai na tha...” In each melody that Ustad struk today, he reflected his lineage well. The grandson of reputed Haji Rahmat qawwal of Amanat Khani gharana from Malerkotla, Ustad Iqbal later enthralled the audience with dode of Baba Bulle Shah and Baba Farid. The sincerity of Baba Farid’s expression touched the heart in “Maar na mullan bol boladiyaan, meko apni tod nibhavan de, kanjri banya meri izat na ghatdi, mainu nachke yaar manavan de”. He also presented the famous Shiv Kumar Batalvi song: “Mainu tera shabaab lai baitha...rang gora gulaab lai baitha.” Ustad Saleem Iqbal’s son Safdar Samil also impressed the audience when he portrayed a disciplined riyaaz through his rendering of “Ishq mein kya kya mere junoon ki ki na burai logo ne, kuchh tumne badnam kiya kuchh aag lagai logon ne.” Ustad Salim was accompanied by his son on the harmonium, Amjad Salim on marquis, Virendra Chopra on tabla and Dennis on guitar. The programme was presented by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. |
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‘Mamla Kursi Da’ on air from today Chandigarh, January 31 Among the prominent people to feature in the programme are Capt Amrinder Singh, G.S. Tohra, Capt Kanwaljit Singh, Balramji Das Tandon, Simranjit Singh Mann, Chowdhry Kanshi Ram, Jagmeet Brar, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal and Parkash Singh Badal. Apart from the top politicians, distinguished journalists and intellectuals will also participate in the live debates on various topics concerning the voters. The panel of experts includes Dr Jaspal, Arvinder Bhatti, O.N. Garg, Prabhjot Singh, Attey Singh. Harkishan Mehta, Ms Gurtej Kaur, Dalbir Singh, among others. Conceived by Jaspal Bhatti, the series will have 10 episodes. Script for the series is by Dalbir Singh, while music scores have been provided by Brijesh Ahuja. The programme will be directed by Jaspal Bhatti and Rajinder
Kashyap. |
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Winter carnival
opens Chandigarh, January 31 According to the Principal of the school, Charles Samuel, the school wore a festive look with students taking ride on he giant wheel, the Columbus boat, the merry-go-round, the dinosaurs and other swings which had been put up on the school premises. The other schools which took part in the carnival were St Stephen, St Mary’s School, the Sector 15 DAV Model School, Shivalik Public School, Stepping Stones High School, Shishu Niketan Senior Secondary School and the Panchkula Satluj Public School. Some guest items were also presented by students of the host school on this occasion. |
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Melody captured in colour and clay Chandigarh, January 31 S.C. Ahuja, a Delhi-based artist, who has the distinction of working on ‘Rhythms’, is currently showing his sculptures and water colour works at IndusInd Bank art gallery. The show features series of art works on chosen topics. To begin with, S.C. Ahuja has executed sculptures on musicians. There are also some pen and ink drawings on the same theme. Interestingly, the artist began working on this rather fresh topic of Rhythm way back in 1987. Drawing inspiration from a host of communities which resided in his vicinity, he actually went on to get a Government of India fellowship for research on this theme. His works therefore largely focus on musicians in concert. While some works show a musician on sitar, others show him playing instruments like the veena and the sarangi. The flow of strokes compliments the nature of melody being played. In water colours, S.C. Ahuja’s landscapes are especially interesting. Such is the variety of execution that at times one mistakes his water colour works for prints. ‘Moods’ is yet another topic which interests the artist. About six of his canvasses capture human emotions in colours. |
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NEW RELEASES ‘Raaz’ is a psycho-thriller. The story is of a young couple who are on the brink of divorce. Their house is haunted, which seems to be linked to their crumbling marriage. ‘Raaz’ has story by Mahesh Bhatt, cinematography by Pravin Bhatt, dialogue by Girish Dhamija, art direction by Gappa Chakraborty and choreography by Ganesh Acharya, Lollypop and Bosco-Ceaser. Lyrics are by Sameer and music by Nadeem-Shravan. The film also stars Ashutosh Rana, Anang Desai, Shruti Ulfat, Malini Sharma, Vishwajeet Pradhan and Ali Sagar. Mink makes a guest appearance. Bold and beautiful With an unconventional storyline on surrogation and the exotic locales of South Africa, Jhamu Sugandh’s ‘Filhaal’ has cost about Rs 6 crore. The film opens today at Neelam, Chandigarh, and Suraj, Panchkula. National award-winner Tabu and Sushmita Sen are in daringly different roles. Euphoria’s lead singer Palash Sen, Sanjay Suri and Shivaji Satam play other important characters. Singer Shaan makes a brief appearance. Gulzar’s daughter Meghna Gulzar (Bosky) makes her debut as director with this film. Gulzar has penned the lyrics, which have been set to music by Anu Malik. Cinematography is by Manmohan Singh.
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Black out dance bash Chandigarh, January 31 The organiser of the event Diwakar Jaiswal, had taken good care to see that the party has more to it than the routine party stuff. So while he had especially called in a Mumbai-based deejay Veeru to play music, he had also roped in the local Jamm Squad people to charm the audience. While the rustic and loud music played in the background to suit those in the dancing shoes, there was yet another attraction in the day. Prashant Jaiswal, a famous member of the squad who has also featured in a number of films, danced on hot numbers as also on the musical scores being mixed by the deejay. |
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A Tips Films and Mahesh Bhatt presentation, ‘Raaz’ opens today at Batra, Chandigarh. Directed by Vikram Bhatt, it stars Bipasha Basu and Dino Morea. It has been completed in two schedules in Ooty and Switzerland and has cost around Rs 3 crore.