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Students
exhorted to plant trees Chandigarh, August 3 The DPI (Schools), Mr D.S. Mangat, who was the chief guest, planted the first sapling, followed by the Headmistress, Ms Jiwan Lata. Others who planted saplings of medicinal plants included the Deputy Director Adult Education, Ms Sudesh Kalra, the District Education Officer, Ms Rajesh Chaudhary, the Deputy DEO, Mr Chanchal Singh, members of the PTA and students. Addressing the students, Mr Mangat expressed concern over the depleting green cover in the city. While welcoming the chief guest, Ms Lata lauded the efforts of the students in making the environment green and clean. A programme to highlight the importance of trees was also presented. Teej festival was also celebrated with traditional fervour at the school. Decorated swings and mehandi added colour to the festivities. Interactive session:
It was decided to hold monthly meetings. As apart of the programme, saplings were planted on the school campus to promote and propagate the “Save Environment” campaign. Session begins:
The Director of the SIE, Dr Saroj Saini, welcomed the chief guest and said primary teachers were the caretakers of children in their formative years. Dr Gupta exhorted the teachers to commit themselves to the profession and become role models for tiny tots. |
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PU to seal hostel rooms Chandigarh, August 3 The students include those who reportedly attacked Malwinder Singh Kang, president of the Panjab University Students Union, and those who indulged in the clash between two groups of the Haryana Students Association. |
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SCHOOL WORLD Today, most of the students are at a crossroad. With fierce cut-throat competition and a very difficult job situation, dismay and discouragement strongly prevails in the student community all around. This article written on the basis of my intensive personal interaction with my students over a period of nearly 37 years could be of help to a vast majority of students. As a human being we have been gifted with innumerable most valuable and beneficial things, one of these is our mind. I wish to illustrate the importance of a proper frame of mind in our day to day studies and success in examinations. A person who wishes to construct his house, first conceives and visualizes where he wants to have his house, where he wants his living room, how big and where his kitchen should be, etc. Then he takes the help of are chitects, contractors and labour and his financial resources to see his dream-house come true. Our worthy Prime Minister did not have the strong desire to have children, so he never got married and consequently does not have any children. But he did visualize in his mind to be a political leader and became one from very humble be ginning. Like wise, if we wish to succeed in our studies, can we do so by imagining that we would be a failure? Certainly not! Most un fortunately, however, this is the mindset of most of the present generation of students!! One of the common ingredients of all the great scientists and achievers in every field of life is positive thinking. They perceive and visualize success much before they realize it. Obviously, positive thinking is an essential requirement for a student as well. It is common sense that if you perceive failure in any field of your life you cannot put your very best effort into it, that is why doubting Thomases end up as failures. Another very important factor for success in our studies is to look at our own shortcomings and make every effort to remove them rather than blaming others for our lack of achievement or our failures. World renowned magazine "Readers Digest" in its recent issue talks about the story of two brothers," One of them served ten years for armed robbery. When asked why he'd done it, he said that his father had been an alcoholic and had spent years in and out of prison, so how could he be any different? The second brother, who had a happy family and good job, said that his father's alcoholism and life of crime has made him determined to do the opposite." Can you clearly see what difference thinking made to the lives of the two brothers who had viewed the same situation in their life differently. We in India, in general, form the habit of blaming others or our circumstances for our misfortunes and failures. If you disagree with this fact, please glance through any newspaper and see what our leaders are doing day in and day out. For over half a century, we have been blaming Pakistan for our troubles in Kashmir and elsewhere and to what result? This approach doesn't allow us to see our short comings, and totally weak ens our ability to take re medial measures. Those students who do this introspection, make a note of their shortcomings and remain committed to remove them one by one are able to achieve much better results than those who simply blame their teacher, the subject, the school or others for their failures. Dr Vinod C Khera, renowned educationist and Director, Chandigarh Coaching Centre. |
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NEWS QUIZ Answers to the following questions are hidden in the last one weeks’ Tribune. Happy Hunting!!!! 1. Who has become the new SGPC chief ? 2. Who is the new Governor of RBI? 3. Where is the Champions Trophy 2003 in Hockey to be held? 4. Who won the ASEAN Cup at Jakarta? The first ten correct entries received will be published in this space next week along with the names of their schools. Your entries should reach us by email at
contest@tribuneindia.com by August 9, 2003 Answers to last week
quiz: 1. Rai Purani 2. Akhnoor 3. Ambala 4. Advanced Jet Trainers Correct entries sent by
: Divya Aggarwal, Sharukh Bansal, Risham Harman, Varun Sharma Simarjeet Dua. |
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TRICKY CROSSWORD-24
Down 2 A lond of plant without chlorophyll (5) - 3 Also known as (3) - 4 Rubber moved along a surface with great pressure (3) - 5 Electro-magnetic equipment to control the flow of electricity (6) - 6 Alight from a vehicle (4) - 7 To throw away, as from a jet (8) - 8 As yet, upto the present time (2,3) - 9 Anagrammatically tea it is used for solid food (3) - 11 Alpha, bravo, delta this is L (5) - 13 To be situated under (8) - 17 A large scamp, er shrimp prepared in garlic sauce (6) - 18 Perhaps, it may (5) - 20 What? that is absurdly eccentric (5) - 22 The imidic group has an NH group (5) - 24 Enraptured with emotion (4) - 26 Many years that have passed by (3) - 28 The time denoted in BCE and CE (3) - 29 The colour of the sea linking Arabia with the Indian ocean (3). Solution to last week’s crossword: Across: 1 Oca, 4 Ilium, 10 Obstacle, 12 Panel, 14 Nets, 15 Opt, 16 Eccles, 18 Nor, 19 Drear, 20 Podge, 22 Nib, 24 Allied, 25 Doe, 26 Bels, 27 Inert, 29 Executor, 31 Tyros, 32 BSE. Down:
2 Controller, 3 Abe, 4 It, 5 Lance, 6 Icelanders, 7 Ulterior, 8 Mess, 9 Upon, 11 Sledge, 13 Apoplexy, 17 Credit, 21 Disco, 23 Bets, 24 Abet, 28 Nob, 30 Us. © Dr. M . Rajivlochan
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Rafi remembered with
his melodies Chandigarh, August 3 That the golden era of Hindi music can never be over was evident by the way people waited in line to be seated in Tagore Theatre that was filled beyond capacity. Unlike in the past years when the organisers used to accommodate people by arranging seats in corridors of the hall, this year it could not be done in the wake of new flooring that the hall got. Thanks, however, to the magical spell created by about 40 finalists of the Rafi finals and Rafi award nite, people kept standing wherever they found space. As the evening rolled, it was time to relive the magic of melodies created by the legendary Naushad, Roshan, Madan Mohan, O.P. Nayyar, Shankar Jaikishan and Laxmikant Pyarelal. As a norm, only Rafi and Lata songs were selected for the Rafi finals, which initially drew 500 applications from the entire North. Around 40 finalists were chosen after two rounds of screening. Today, 18 seniors and 20 juniors contested for the Rafi award, that was later given away by Bir Devinder Singh, Deputy Speaker of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. Music arrangement by Raman Kant complimented the beauty of the evening. The coveted Rafi award in the male senior section went to Ganesh Ghidiyal, who presented “Mai kaheen kavi na ban jaun”.... The second prize went to Harvinder Happy and the third prize was shared by Kifayat Ali from Kashmir and Hari Sandhu from Delhi. In the female section, the award went to Manju Arora from Ambala; the second and the third prizes went to Ravneet Bhullar from Ludhiana and Meenu Kumari, respectively. In the boys junior section, Nishank Jaura lifted the award by his beautiful rendition of “Mere mehboob tere dum se hai”. The second prize went to Vipul Mehta from Amritsar, followed by Manvir Sood who stood third. In the girls junior category, Kiran Upadhyay won the rafi award for “Aaj ki raat naya chand leke aaye hai”. Nitika Burman from Chandigarh came second, while the third prize was shared by Sharmishtha Banerjee and Gursakhi Lugani. The mood was set by the beautiful melody “Tumhe aur kya doon main dil ke sivaay....” presented by Poonam Dogra. Some of the best songs of the evening came from children in the junior section. Nitika Burman’s rendition of the timeless Baiju Baawra melody written by Shakeel Badayuni, “Bachpan ki mohabbat ko dil se na juda karna” was commendable, so was Sharmishtha Banerjee’s presentation of “Mujhe mil gaya bahana teri deed ka”. Purnima earned applause for her presentation of “Ruk jaa raat thehar ja o chanda”, so did Vipul Mehta, who comfortably sang the Majrooh Sultanpuri song “Vaadiyaan mera daman, raaste meri baahen”. In the senior category, the quality of presentation varied significantly. Whereas some contestants found it difficult to maintain the scale, others like Hari Sandhu, an announcer with Delhi Radio Station, Ramesh Dhiman, the Ambala boy who is participating in the contest consecutively for the third time and Kifayat Ali, the Kashmiri singer, were particularly impressive. Hit songs of the evening were “Subhaan Allah haseen chehra by Hari Sandhu; “Kaun hai jo sapnon me aaya” by Kifayat Ali and “Likhe jo khat tujhe” by Ramesh Dhiman. |
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Coming of Onam
celebrated SAS Nagar, August 3 It was a little Kerala come alive on the stage of Sanatan Dharam Mandir Hall here in Phase IV where Samajam members got together to hold their annual general meeting which was followed by a cultural programme. The function started with a prayer followed by group dances, dumb charades, songs, skits and quiz. Conceived and planned by children themselves, some of the children were facing the audience for the first time. Those who performed on the stage included Remya, Jeshney, Akhil, Manish, Mebbin, Subin, Binoy, Akhil Raj, Prajith, Viji, Sujit, Mebin, Samson, Manoj and Riju. The cultural night followed the annual general body meeting of the Samajam annual report and accounts of the Samajam were presented duties the meeting. Mr Benny Thomas was elected unopposed the President of the Samajam while Mr Raveendran Nair Vice-President. Mr P.A. Martin Secretary, Mr M.K. Thankachan, Treasurer and Mr Ramnathan Madathil joint secretary. |
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