College girls display creative skills
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, March 4
Home science and fine arts students of the Khalsa College for Women organised an exhibition here today. In the first section, dupattas, sarees, suits and bedcovers with different tie and dye patterns were on display. In the second section, embroidered kurtas, suits, dupattas, file covers, kids’ wear, handkerchiefs, table mats, table covers, bedcovers, pillow covers and other articles were put on display. In the fine arts section, students arranged landscapes, portraits, compositions, posters and book covers made out of oil and water paintings.

The exhibition was inaugurated by Dr Raminder Grewal, wife of the vice-president of the Khalsa Dewan. Ms Asha Singhania of the Singhania College of Arts delivered the judgment on home science articles. Ms Tarvinder Minhas, an artist, gave the judgement on fine arts items.

Winners of the tie and dye contest were Saloni Arora and Shubha from BA II. For table mats, Monika Pruthi clinched the first prize while the second prize went to Khushboo and the third prize was given to Mahinder Kaur, all from BA I.

For embroidered items, Prerna of BA II stood first, followed by Neeti of the same class. In the contest for landscapes and life, Geetika Goyal of MA I won the first prize, Shafi of MA II stood second and Priya Dhand of MA I got the third prize. For compositions, Balroop of MA II was declared first, Suchika of MA II second and Poonampreet of MA I third.

Sohanjeet of BA II was adjudged the winner of the book cover designing contest and Enisha Oberoi of BA I was declared the winner for portraits. The composition by Shruti Sood of BA III was adjudged the best.

Dr Chawla to speak at Adelaide meet
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, March 4
Dr Livtar Singh Chawla, founder Vice-Chancellor of the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences and president of the Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD), has been invited to deliver the keynote address at the anti-nuclear conference, being held in Adelaide, Australia, from March 14 to 16.

Dr Chawla will speak on ‘Nuclear confrontation in South East Asia’. The conference is being sponsored by the Medical Association Prevention of War, Australia.

The IDPD is affiliated with the International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), which has its units in 86 countries. It came into being in 1981. The IPPNW has been spearheading the campaign against the use of nuclear weapons. It was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985.

Dr Chawla, before leaving for Singapore en route to Australia, said here today that tensions between India and Pakistan were a matter of concern. A nuclear war between the two countries would be a losing proposition, he added. The bombs would cause colossal losses to both countries, he said.

Captivating images of rural Punjab
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, March 4
The preview of a documentary, “Punjabi Village”, produced and directed by Joginder Singh Kalsi, a Canada-based cinematographer, was organised here. The 42-minute documentary presents captivating images of village life. The director goes down memory lane to show the daily chores in his village.

A strong but simple narrative traces the dynamics of rural life over a period of time. Kalsi, a professionally qualified film-maker, has used the spontaneous reaction of villagers to good effect. This is his fourth film in a series. The earlier ones were “The Khalsa”, “The Hindu and Sikh Wedding”, and “Guru Granth Sahib”.

After viewing the film, suggestions for its improvement were given by Toronto-based NRI J.S. Grewal, Dr K.S. Gill, Professor of Journalism, Dr Avtar Singh, Associate Director (Publication), and Dr R.K. Dhar, Associate Professor of Journalism.

Dr Sarjit Singh Gill, Additional Director Extension Education, Centre for Communication, Languages and Culture, PAU, suggested that the negative and positive influence of the Green Revolution on Punjabi society should also be depicted in the film. 

SPORTS

Arya College XI triumph
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, March 4
A superb knock of 143 runs by Rajiv helped Arya College XI to rout GGNIMT XI by 93 runs in the inter-college TCY cricket Tournament being played at the SD Government College for Boys ground here today.

Batting first, Arya College XI made 219 runs for the loss of five wickets in their quota of 20 overs. Their captain, Gaurav Marwha, contributed 23 runs. For GGNIMT, Aman took three wickets for 22 runs in four overs. Arya College bowlers then restricted GGNIMT to 126 runs, with only Ashish reaching the double-figure mark (22).