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100 students for IDP Australia seminar Chandigarh, June 15 The key highlights of the seminar will be to provide basic information to students to familiarise them with the Australian environment. The seminar will also dwell on climate, culture, laws and people of the country. Nearly 100 students are expected to participate in the seminar. The IDP Education Australia is an independent international education organisation which was established in 1969 as a “not for profit” company. |
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Hunger strike by
PU students’ bodies Chandigarh, June 15 Malwinder Singh Kang and Harveer Singh took part in the hunger strike accompanied by two girls and Amit Rana. Students are complaining against “high-handedness of the warden in hostel administration, which was against the academic culture expected on a university campus”. Harveer Singh said the university had constituted a committee to look into the grievance of the students but to no avail. Students said they were assured of an action by the Vice-Chancellor into the issue but nothing “positive” had occurred. Students said they would continue the indefinite hunger strike till the university authorities took an acceptable action. The hostel warden however maintained that she was acting only according to university rules. |
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PU results Chandigarh, June 15 The courses under M
Sc (honours) include bio-chemistry, chemistry, geology, microbiology and zoology. The courses under M Sc (two-year course) are bio-technology, physics, and human genomics and environment. Copies of the result gazette will be available at the main enquiry counter on all working days. |
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SIAU MURDER
CASE Chandigarh, June 15 As per the prosecution the accused in connivance with the other accused had committed murder of two infants and had allegedly thrown the bodies in the village pond. The police had registered a case against the accused under Sections 302, 148, 149, 120-B of the IPC on June 22, 2001 at police station, Sohana. Later, the police had arrested the accused on June 29, 2001. The accused had moved the bail plea under section 12 of the Juvenile (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000. The counsel for the accused argued that the juvenile was detained in the jail and was likely to be associated with hardened criminals which would affect his career. He further said there was no provision to keep the juvenile in custody if the birth certificate was put on record. Moreover, there was no proof or any document brought on record against the juvenile. It was prayed by the counsel that keeping in view that law laid down by the Supreme Court and High Court the accused should be released on bail. It was further stated in the order that after committing the murder of the children their bodies were thrown in the village pond by the accused party in order to erase or destroy the evidence with an intention of escaping legal punishment. Hence the facts of the case make it abundantly clear that the accused had committed brutal murder of two infants and had also tried to destroy the evidence. |
Crusading against foeticide Chandigarh, June 15 Pran Sabharwal did well to pick up the sensitive theme which he thoroughly analysed in the one-act play titled ‘Daayre’, staged at Pracheen Kala Kendra in Sector 35 today. In their handling of this outstanding social problem, the director and his wife, Sunita, proved to be crusaders for a cause. And as the play wound up after one hour and ten minutes, it had left everybody absorbed; it had made a statement which suggested that it was about time society rose up to the cause of women. The script by Satish K Verma was full of punch for the male chauvinists who resort to the all sorts of medical procedures to determine the sex of the child. While this time the director focused on the theme of female foeticide, it would be better if gravity of this issue is seen in the backdrop of all-foeticide. In the play, wherein main characters are Harish (played by Davinder Singh) and Shakun (played by Kiranjot Kaur), the focus is on female foeticide. Another interesting element of theatre used by directors to add weight to rhetoric was the sutradhaar (played by Davinder Mann), who put across the problem in a crisp tone, laced with sting. As a blender of sequences, the sutradhaar made quite an impact, apart from serving to shorten the length of the play which had music by Akhilesh Happy. In its finality, the play went against all those males, who did not care for the mother’s sentiment. There was also a subtle reference to the fact that the woman was the source of all creation and that she need not relent to injustice. Last but not the least, the script held in esteem all those doctors who refused to become a party to the sin of foeticide. Pran and Sunita Sabharwal were assisted in direction by Davinder Mann; set was designed by Sampan Sabharwal; costumes were by Kumud; lighting was by AGA Shahi and Parveen. The cast included Gulshan Pandey, Suneeta Chauhan, Sunita Sabharwal, Gagandeep Kaur, Harjit Singh, Akshay Uppal, Baljit Balli, Gopal Sharma, Akhilesh, Mansi Saxena. The play was preceded by a dance recital by Manasi.  |
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FILM REVIEW The Anil Kapoor-Satish Kaushik production has attempted a slick humorous package in middle class settings peculiar to Hrishikesh Mukherjee genre of Bollywood classics. Kapoor is fit in the “funny fat man” garb similar to that of a Hollywood, hit Eddie Murphy-starrer “Nutty Professor”, but the story is original. A rather average music score of Anu Malik hinders the pace of the package where the screws of the script also could have been tightened a little. Greater care was also needed in sprucing the characters of the supporting cast that draws heavily from elements of a farce but somehow fails to tickle the fun muscles. Anil Kapoor lands up one day in the serene settings of a town in Himachal Pradesh. Neighbouring families of Amrish Puri and Vinay Jain who were once great friends are now daggers drawn. The girl of the Hindu family of Amrish Puri had eloped with the Christian boy of Vinay Jain. Kapoor comes as the son of the eloped pair and attempts to bridge the gap between the two families. Elders of the family want him back but uncles Govind Namdeo and Anang Desai will not let that happen. Grandmothers (Farida Jalal and Rohini) want him to marry into their respective families. Here Kapoor concocts a story and says he is already married. Shilpa Shetty lands on the scene saying that she is his wife which Kapoor vehemently denies. Shilpa does not leave the scene until Kapoor discovers that she was the real child of the eloped pair. Kader Khan plays the supporting role of a ‘out of tune’ musician who never forgets to pray to the goddess of music but ends up eating into the ears of the neighbours with his hoarse renderings. The role of Amrish Puri as Kapoor’s grandfather has strong impressions of one of his earlier releases ‘Muskurahat’. Also featuring in the production is Keerti Reddy. Sharmishtha Roy has done an impressive art direction; Rajeev Jain is the cinematographer; Ahmed Khan has done the choreography; and Javed Akhtar has penned the lyrics. |
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Shiamak’s students ready to rock the city Chandigarh, June 15 While the final show is scheduled to be held at Tagore Theatre on June 17, its excitement could be felt today, as trainers allowed the parents of participants to come and witness what the 15-day-schedule was all about. No wonder parents and siblings of participants had gathered at the venue. Many of them were busy shooting videos of the batch in progress. With all arrangements — from costumes to props — nearly over the trainers are also looking forward to the show, which will be attended by Shiamak Davar himself. Shiamak will reach Chandigarh on June 17 and will oversee final technical rehearsal. Another reason behind allowing relatives and friends to come and witness the almost final dance sequences prepared by seven adult and about four children's batches, is that the number of seats in Tagore Theatre is limited. Passes for the show are hard to get because these are being issued by the SDIPA. The participants will be given two passes each which means the number of visitors to Tagore Theatre well reach 560. The total seating capacity of the hall, however, is just 578. No one will be allowed to stand. Therefore, only limited passes are being issued for the June 17 show. The interesting part of the show will be its truly professional element. Trainers Smita, Nazim, Lester and Mridang have made no compromise on the quality of choreography. Each batch has been given a different song sequence to dance to. Interestingly, the spirit of the song will reflect the spirit of the group performing it. So whereas the morning batch (9 am to 10 am) being trained by Smita and Mridang will dance to the famous salsa number “Oye salsa”, Nazim's adult batch has been given the inimitable “Mohabbat kar le kar le re.” Yet another group will dance to the famous Sandeep Chowta number “Kambakth ishq hai jo”. Lester's kids' batch is dancing to Stereo Nation's “Nachange sari raat sonyo vai”; yet another batch will present K3G's “You are my Sonia”. “Let the party go on” has also been choreographed for the final show. More than happy and satisfied, the participants are already looking forward to performing in front of dance diva Shiamak, who is said to evaluate the energy levels of the groups. No wonder the trainers have been focusing on the energy generated by participants as a group on the stage. The final show will be of about one-and-a-half hour duration. The grand rehearsal will take place tomorrow. |
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‘Nat Khat Kanhiya’ staged Chandigarh, June 15 Based on the famous folk tale “Sher Aaya”, the improvised version of the story gave an opportunity to the slum children show their creative talent both in acting and stage production. Written by Manjit Saini and directed by Ajay Rana, the production ensured co- operation from each and every participants, involving them into costume making and stage setting. The story revolved round two naughty characters who used to have fun at the cost of unsuspecting villagers with a string of lies. However, at the end when they lose their fleet of sheep to a ravenous tiger, they learnt their lesson for adhering to the truth. The cast of the play included Balbinder as Kanhayia, Surjan as Kanhiya’s friend Madhav, Sandeep as the mother of Kanhayia, Johny as Taoji, Vinod as Mohan Lal, a villager, and Summet, Shohal, Anup and Manoj as sheep. The music was composed by Vijay
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Workshop
ends with a bang Chandigarh, June 15 The show was put up by participants from the age group of 7 to 16 “ Ekta, an adapted version of the famous folk tale about sparrows and rats directed by Archana Mahajan was a beautiful mixture of colours and acting skill brought out on stage by younger participants. The next play “Hittu Kaun “ was based again on a “Panchtantra” tale but the slight adaptation enfused freshness into the age old-story. The play was directed by Munisha Rajpal. Another group staged “Little Boy Blue” showing a child haunted by the fear of Mathematics which he considers scarrier than ghosts. The fourth play “Refund”, a story by Frintz Karenthi directed by Rajesh Rajpal, had a socially relevant theme in which a 40 year old man comes back to his school and asks for refund of his tuition fee since the education given to him in the school could not get him a job. Gaurav in the main lead supported by anchit, Seerat, Rashmika, Keerat and Sabiha did justice to their roles. The children also put up an art and craft exhibition at the entrance of the auditorium. The craft part which required the children to make various models gave participants the first-hand knowledge of making sets for stage plays. The grown-up participants were also given a chance to handle the lighting system for the plays. Rajesh and Munisha Rajpal who run Kidz World, are products of the Indian Theatre Department of Panjab University and later the National school of Drama, New Delhi. Besides working in a number of serials like “Kashmakash”, “Yeh Zindegi ka Safar” and “Dharkan” the couple is actively involved in working with children. Munisha has also written scripts like “Real Kids Real Adventure” and “Wedding Story” for Discovery Channel. This is the 10th summer workshop organised by Kidz World in the city. In the end, the best participants were honoured. Seerat, Rashi, Niharika Pathak,
Abhishek, Anchit and Keerat were adjudged the outstanding participants while Nakul and Anchit bagged the prize in the art and craft section. |
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“BADHAI Ho Badhai” (Jagat and Suraj, Panchkula) is a clean drama with a strong tinge of humour sustaining a faltering pace of action at places.