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CET: local students a harassed lot Chandigarh, April 17 Students competing for seats to the Government Medical College and Engineering colleges need to have passed class XI and XII from a school in Chandigarh to become eligible for seats reserved under the Chandigarh quota. Since no domicile status is required, parents in the neighbouring states get their children admitted in Chandigarh in class XI and XII so that they become eligible for medical and engineering seats in Chandigarh. Thus, the local students,
whose parents have been living here for decades, loose out. To be eligible for seats in Engineering or Medical colleges in Punjab, a students needs to have passed class XI and XII from a school in Punjab and his/her parents need to be domicile of the state. Chandigarh students do not qualify under this rule. A domicile status is given to those residing in Punjab for the past three years. The same is true for Haryana. In case of Himachal Pradesh, a student belonging to that state may have studied anywhere but is still eligible for seats in medical colleges in the hill state. All he or she requires is to have passed a middle or high school exam from a school in Himachal Pradesh. Interestingly, wards employees of the board and corporation of the states having their headquarters in Chandigarh are considered domiciles of the state and not Chandigarh. Till last year, wards of Panjab University employees were also considered to be domiciles of Punjab. However, this has been withdrawn. In Chandigarh, there are 39 seats in medical college and another 350 seats in the engineering streams. Parents of local students have been demanding parity but to no avail. |
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Report on trends in automobile engines Chandigarh, April 17 Manager (Engineering Division), Maruti Udyog Limited, Dr D.S.
Khatari, delved upon evolution and developments in this field over the century. Stating that electronic components will account for 35 per cent of the cost of cars in future, he added that fuel cells, hybrid engines, use of ethanol and methanol fuels, waste heat recovery and hydrogen fuel are among the thrust areas of the future. Speaking on the occasion, Mr
R.P. Sehgal, executive director (manufacturing), Punjab Tractors Limited, stressed upon the significance of quality in the Indian manufacturing environment. Stating that quality should be the prime concern of an engineer, he stressed upon a high degree of improvement in the manufacturing process of companies. Earlier, a presentation on “Kaizen” was given by Bikram
Bindra, a third-year student of mechanical engineering. Kaizen is a Japanese system for generating and implementing employees’ ideas for bringing about gradual and continuous improvement in an organisation.
Farewell party
A farewell party was organised at the local Dev Samaj College for Education, to bid adieu to B.Ed and M.Ed students of the 2002-03 batch here today. A dance and modelling session was also organised. Among the B.Ed students, Monita was declared Miss Dev Samaj while Ramanjeet was declared Miss Stylish and Jaskaran was declared Miss Personality. Among the M.Ed students, Lovleen Sharma bagged the title of Miss Dev Samaj, while Archana Guleria and Rupal were declared first and second runners-up, respectively.  |
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Prabhakar, Gyani exam:
roll nos sent Chandigarh, April 17 The roll numbers have been dispatched at the residential addresses of the candidates. Students who do not receive the roll numbers have been asked to approach the office of the Joint Controller of Examination on April 19. Students have been asked to get along a passport-sized photograph and a letter of ‘request’. Students are required to pay a fee of Rs 35. Student are also required to bring along sufficient documentary evidence of having submitted the examination form earlier. |
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School World Helpline
Not only are over-scheduled children prone to stress, but they also miss out on important childhood experiences. It is important that children are allowed to play in a natural, creative way. Unstructured play allows children to pursue their interests, express their personalities, and learn how to structure time. Children need time to explore things in depth and be creative. However, involving children in too many adult-directed activities and over structuring their time not only squelches creativity but also leads to acquisition of superficial knowledge about the subject. For children family relationships are more important than enrollment in a host of extra curricular activities. There is no substitute for quality parental time with children. Parents need to spend time talking, reading, playing games or just hanging around with their kids. Families that are constantly running their children from one activity to another have little opportunity for being with their kids. But why do parents push their children so hard? Parents usually have good intentions; they want children to have a happy childhood. They often sacrifice their own time to make sure their children are at practices and at competitions to have that extra bit of edge over other children. However, some parents may simply carry this too far, and may push their children to succeed and excel to satisfy their own childhood dreams or simply because of social pressures. In the service of developing a child’s abilities, talents, or performance, adults may experience a complete loss of ability to differentiate their own needs and goals for success and achievement from those of the child and in the process make children objects for their own narcissistic gratification. Paradoxically, the more talented, outstanding the child, the more at risk is the child for pressure to succeed. It is important for children to perceive that parental love is unconditional and not contingent on winning or excelling in any one educational, sporting, social or career goal. Undoubtedly, participation in extracurricular activities, especially sports, is correlated with several benefits including higher levels of self-confidence, fewer behaviour problems, and decreased risk for engaging in high risk behaviour. The problem arises when children are forced into too many activities too early and pressurized to excel in at least one. The “achievement by proxy” syndrome could potentially damage children with long-term psychological consequences. Concerned adults need to acknowledge the child’s individuality and act according to child’s developmental level, aptitude and requirements rather than their own wishes and
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History
Something that is as beautiful as the Koh-i-Noor does not have a price. This is what Prince Humayun is reported to have said when a courtier from the Malwa region in the Madhya Pradesh of today tried to sell him this diamond. Such jewels, Humayun said, are either won in a battle or given as a handsome gift.
It is a historical fact that the Koh-i-Noor has never been sold. Since it has never been sold, always been either won as a trophy of war or given away as a gift there is no estimate about its price in the market. In the simplest sense of the word, it is priceless.
The latest keeper of the Koh-i-Noor is the current Queen of England, Elizabeth. Her ancestor the then Queen Victoria had been gifted the diamond by Lord Dalhousie who had looted it from Duleep Singh in 1849, the erstwhile maharaja of the Sikhs in Punjab. After taking it from Duleep Singh Dalhousie kept the diamond in his personal possession, double sewn into his belt and that itself secured to a chain passing around Dalhousie’s neck. Later he gifted it to the young queen Victoria. His bosses, the owners of the East India Company, were quite annoyed at his gift. They would have preferred to keep it or made the gift themselves. I feel like “a bundle of hay between two asses” with the owners on one side and the queen on the other, Dalhousie wrote. In 1852 Mr. Voorsanger, a cutter was brought over from Amsterdam to bring out the shine of the diamond even more by cutting it a little. The duke of Wellington personally put on the first facet. Later it was mounted into the crown of England. Maharaja Ranjit Singh used to wear it on his arm band ever since he obtained it from Shah Shuja, the Afghan ruler in 1813. Nadir Shah, in 1739, after sacking the city of Delhi and murdering 20,000 citizens in revenge of the death of some of his soldiers, had taken it from the weakling Mughal emperor of Delhi, Muhammad Shah in exchange of giving the throne of Delhi back to the
Mughals.
In history we are not always certain about what happened in the past, how something came to be. In the absence of supporting evidence the information remains an estimation, a story. One story says that the Koh-i-Noor was found in a mine on the banks of the river Godavari and belonged to Karna, king of Anga, one of the heroes of the Mahabharata. Another story claims that it came from the mines of Golconda. A third version insists that it was quarried in the Kollur mines on the banks of the river Krishna, in antiquity, it was misplaced and forgotten for centuries. Closer to our times, we are told that the rajas of Malwa in the present day Madhya Pradesh, owned the Koh-i-Noor for many generations, until Allaudin Khilji snatched it from them on becoming emperor at Delhi in 1304, and also that the Ghori, Tughlaq, Syed and Lodi rulers at Delhi all possessed the gem in turn, until Timur took it away from Delhi to Samarkand in 1399. More than three centuries later, Timur’s descendent Babar, the first Moghul emperor in India brought it back to Delhi in the 16th century. Still another story says that Kohinoor was given to Humayun by Bikramjit, Raja of Gwalior in 1526 after the Battle of Panipat. In his memoirs, Babar writes: “of their own free will they (Bikramjit’s people) presented to Humayun a peshkesh (tribute) of... precious stones. Among these was one famous diamond, which had been acquired by sultan Allaudin. It is so valuable, that a judge of diamonds valued it at half of the daily expense of the whole world...on my arrival Humayun presented to me a peshkesh, and I gave it back to him as a present”. *Department of History, Panjab University, Chandigarh |
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Brush up your English at British Library Chandigarh, April 17 On the first day of the workshop which is being dedicated to the corporate sector, Ms Brinder Aullakh, Director, Regional Institute of English, will speak on Business English while the second day will be for the teaching community. The main emphasis on the day will be on written English and grammar while the third day is open for all and will deal with spoken English. “Though the workshop is open for all, due to limited capacity of space, we are going to give preference on the first come first basis,” says Mr Sushant Banerjee, manager of the library. “Interested participants should register their names by April 26,” he adds. Registration will be done free of cost. |
Iraq to Kalpana — colours
tell all tales Chandigarh, April 17 Right at the entrance to the show are images from the war-torn Iraq. It is only natural for the artists to pick up threads of inspiration from her surroundings. So she paints the horrors of war and strikes relation with the world at large. These works translate agony into colour. And even while colours retain their beauty, they reflect the ugliness of existence, which stands sold out to messengers of strife. Kalpana Chawla continues to inspire some others like Hemant, who unfolds the universe in the space of the gallery. A colourful tribute to the woman who dared to soar high and beckon the stars, this collection is truly inspiring. Right opposite to it hangs a literal celebration of life. Flowers dominate this collection, replete with hues of fire. Petals and leaves complement the beauty of forms on the canvases. Figurative work dominates the exhibition which provides the students a chance to play up their talent in plenty. Creative to the hilt, the painters have also risen to the occasion by strengthening the show with elements that define life . Standing tall in one section is the aqua collection mounted by Rajesh, whose affair with nature appears strong. There are vibrant frames that invite you to enter the world of nature. Alongside hangs the works of Anubhuti, whose focus is also nature. She uses motifs like frog and fish to bring alive the beauty of water. She also experiments with installation. Rain is the recurring theme in her works. Red surfaces abundantly in the collection of Japneet, who handles the medium effectively. Themes are sometimes abstract, sometimes direct. Images create an illusion that reinforces peace. The 188 works on display have their respective strengths. Among others who form a vital part of the show are Deepti, Neha, Geetanjali, Kanwardeep, Manjari, Anita and Alka. The show will be on till April 21 and can be viewed between 11 am 6 pm. |
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The perfect picture of a balanced childhood, one in which children do a little homework and play in open fields with other children with little care is increasingly becoming a myth for many of our young children and adolescents. Children, like adults, are involved in far too many activities ranging from team sports, enrollment in special dance/music/painting classes and a round of tuitions and have little leisure time. Many “over-scheduled” kids can feel overwhelmed and pressurized and may respond with symptoms of stress. Symptoms may include headaches, upset stomach, chronic fatigue, listlessness, bed-wetting, tearful behaviour, irritability, disinterest in activities once enjoyed, clinging behaviour, complains about homework, school refusal, declining school grades, argumentative behaviour, and temper
tantrums.
Dr Prabhjot Malhi, Associate Professor, Child Psychology,
APC, PGIMER
Koh-i-Noor is not the largest diamond on earth, being smaller than a pigeon’s egg, but it is the most beautiful. It is one gemstone that has never been sold and has changed hands many times. While many of its minders and keepers have vanished into the abyss of history the Koh-i-Noor lives on both in legend and in
fact.
Many centuries later when the Sher-e-Punjab Ranjit Singh was about to acquire the diamond from the erstwhile Afghan ruler Shah Shuja, the Afghan is said to have replied: “its price is lathi. My forefathers obtained it by this means; you have obtained it from me with many blows; after you a stronger power will appear and deprive you of it using similar means”. 