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10-day NSS camp ends Chandigarh, October 5 In the interactive session with volunteers, Dr Neelam Rattan of the Department of Psychology of the college spoke on creativity, acting, monologues and stress management through written exercises. The volunteers were made to play guessing games, interpretation of behaviour and assessment of personalities on the basis of tests. This was followed by a lecture on female foeticide. The chief guest at the concluding function, Mr Hassan Shifau, senior programme officer, Commonwealth Youth Programme, Asia Centre, informed the volunteers about the programme and objective of the NSS. He said his organisation was presently involved with spreading awareness about the twin problems of HIV/AIDS and drug abuse. He added that the CYP was also working on a plan to tackling unemployment. He favoured youth participation for creating mass movements on social issues as well as cultural exchange programmes and said his organisation was involved in creating employment opportunities for women and youth. He also gave away prizes to 30 volunteers. Later, a cultural programme was staged by the volunteers. From solo dances to the vibrant giddha, the programme came in for appreciation from those present and marked the end of the camp. The Principal of the college, Ms Usha Wahi, said students should keep the flame of selfless service burning in their hearts. “This would bring happiness and content,” she added. Ms Wahi presented the vote of thanks. During the 10-day camp, the NSS volunteers, along with programme officers Neelam Rathi and Cheena Gambhir, held rallies and campaigns highlighting the need for cleanliness at their adopted village, Khuda Jassu. The villagers were educated on the need for healthy food habits, nutrition and drug de-addiction. The volunteers also visited the Old Age Home in Sector 15 and the Missionaries of Charity to entertain the inmates. Rally held: NSS volunteers of the Government College of Education, Sector 20, held a rally on “water conservation” at Kajheri village, here today, to educate villagers on the subject. Flagged off by Ms Surinder Tangri from Government High School, Kajheri, the rally went around the village with volunteers carrying placards and raising slogans on the need for conserving water and containing wastage. Later, the volunteers went door to door to convey the message. A street play, “Toya”, was organised as part of the campaign. In the afternoon session, the volunteers presented a cultural programme to entertain the villagers.  |
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City becoming grooming ground for Chandigarh October 5 The Seven Sisters, as the North East is known, have been facing the problem of unemployment for some time. A pilot project was started to tackle this problem by the Government of Mizoram, which has started to yield results. The project to groom unemployed graduates for the service industry was formulated last year between the Mizoram Government and the ITFT. Consequently more than 500 unemployed youth were given training by the ITFT in Mizoram itself. It culminated in all of them getting placements in various sectors of the service industry in September this year. To tackle the handicap of language, teaching in Hindi and English is being imparted to the students. The NEC, which is funded directly by the Development of North-East Region (DoNER) Ministry and the Planning Commission, convinced of solving the unemployment problem and in the process the insurgency and militancy problems through the programme, started negotiations with the ITFT, which resulted in imparting of job orientation training to over 350 educated unemployed youth for one year here in Chandigarh. According to Achun Panmei Alex, a Naga student studying in Panjab University, around 1,000 students from the North-East study in Chandigarh at any given time. But the number has increased by about 35 per cent with the NEC-ITFT project materialising just two months ago. “The city has students from the North-East studying in different colleges, pursuing different careers. They are around 1,000 in number. However, the NEC project through which unemployed youth will get a chance at employment has increased our numbers significantly. I believe there are over 100 persons from my community itself studying at the ITFT North-East Campus,” said Achun Alex when contacted on the phone. According to Ms Sangeet Jaura, Director (Administration) of the ITFT NE Campus, located at IMA House in Sector 35 B, they have students numbering around 350 from Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. Sikkim, which had been recently been included in the North East Council’s states, is not part of the project. “We try to make them feel at home as much as possible. Dispelling the psychological problem among the students from the North-East about feeling alienated from the rest of the country has been our first priority,” she said. Teachers on the North-East Campus say that in spite of having been in Chandigarh for less than two months, the students have adapted themselves well and, except for minor problems, there have been none that cannot be solved. |
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Exchange programme seminar ends Panchkula, October 5 The two-day seminar, aimed at “outgoing exchange programme”, was attended by about 50 delegates from Delhi, Jaipur and Chandigarh. Speaking at the seminar, Mr Siddharth Pandey, vice-president of the “outgoing exchange programme,” said the AIESEC aimed at providing powerful learning experience through international internship. Mr Sarthak Aggarwal, president of the Chandigarh chapter, said the organisation aimed at developing individuals, professionally as well as culturally, through the international internship programmes. The traineeship package offered an opportunity to experience the culture of other countries. The seminar concluded with a talk by Mr Dhirender Nirwani on his experiences during the recently concluded internship with the Youth Challenge International, based in Toronto, Canada. |
Where most lawyers work in open air Chandigarh, October 5 On entering the court premises, one sees advocates functioning in the open air with just a bench and two chairs. The space adjacent to the entrance gate on the left and right sides is occupied by notaries. About 2,000 advocates are practising in the court, but since 1986, there are only 108 chambers which can accommodate only 324 advocates. The situation is becoming worse as on an average, hundreds of advocates are joining the court every year. The advocates are left with only two options — to make temporary arrangements in the space in the old building block or operate from the congested makeshift wooden chambers built in the corridors of the three floors. Talking about the chambers’ problem, a young advocate, Mr Manjit Singh, said due to lack of proper seating arrangements, advocates were not able to entertain their clients. “At least, the administration should allow many of the young advocates to built makeshift chambers adjacent to the court boundary. Another young advocate, Navdeep, said despite the fact that every year a number of advocates were joining the court, the administration was not thinking about solving the problem. The president of the District Bar Association (DBA), Mr Sajal Koser, said the association would soon take up the matter with the UT Administration. Mr Koser said as the number of lawyers was increasing every year, there was an urgent need to make proper seating arrangements for them. A former president of the District Bar Association, Mr N.K. Nanda, said in November, 1998, the administration had proposed to built a new court complex in Sector 43. Thereafter, the matter was not seriously pursued by anyone. Another former president of the DBA, Mr H.S Hundal, said many of the advocates had to work in makeshift chambers. |
Playing tricks with notes Chandigarh, October 5 And that explains why they call themselves Taan Trikz, to imply that they play tricks with the notes. All four members of the band — Braulio Soares, Tony Fernandes, Ulrich S.N. Gomes and Greg D'Souza — come from Goa and obviously boast of strong musical influences. Talking on behalf of his band, base guitarist Braulio said although all band members came from Goa, they were from different settings. “None of us is trained formally in music. We are all self-taught and go by our instincts. We all create music sometimes and sometimes recreate eternal melodies, both western and Indian. We sing the hit numbers, right from Robbie William’s songs to “O humdum suniyo re...” While Tony takes care of drums and Ulrich plays on keyboards, Greg is the lead guitarist of the band, which is a regular at China Town restaurant in Ashoka hotel. They have also been performing regularly with the CII. As Braulio informed: “This is the fifth consumer fair of the CII for which we are performing. We love to sing for the Chandigarh crowd which is very receptive.” Already having floated their website — www.taan-trikz.com — the members are now thinking of participating in major band contests in the country. Also, they are being managed by Sabir of “Parikrama”, the rock band, which is making waves internationally. Regulars at the Cecil Oberoi in Shimla, Taan Trikz mostly perform on New Year’s eve and also on the Christmas. Their most recent performance was at the IIT festival in Delhi. |
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UK band performs in city Chandigarh, October 5 However, the only thing that did not match in their today’s performance at Aerizzona, Sector 8, was the kind of music the band offered and the mood of the crowd. Paul and Verity, who came to the city to perform as a part of “The Wills Classic Passonite” tour, failed the strike a chord with the young crowd that seemed reluctant to join the band on the dance floor even as Verity and Paul kept throwing hot numbers like Tom John’s 60’s hit “Sex bomb” or all-time favourite “Dance with me”. “We arrived in India just four days ago. Besides performing at different places, we are trying to figure out what kind of music people like here,” says Verity. Twenty-four performances in 11 cities, all packed within a month’s time, are on their schedule. Trained singers from Brits School of Performing Arts, London, Paul and Verity are on their way to carve a niche for themselves in the International musical scenario. “This is the first time we are performing outside Europe, but back home we are gradually moving up in the chart of popularity,” says Paul. Paul, who takes care of composition and lyrics writing, says Demand’s offerings include melodious music that bears the nuances of pop, rock, hip hop and ragge. “Since live performance is making a come back once again, we are focusing more on performing live. However, we are also going to come up with an album shortly,” he says. For Verity, it is a different story altogether. “I started my showbiz career as a stage actress. Later, I discovered my singing talent,” says Verity who has already bagged ‘bit parts’ in a number of films. |
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Gramin Udyami Mela concludes Chandigarh, October 5 About 20 stalls were set up. As many as 52 participants from rural areas in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh displayed their wares at the mela. The mela, inaugurated by Mr A Ramanathan, Chief General Manager, NABARD, Chandigarh, on September 27, was the first of its kind to be held anywhere in the country. Entrepreneurs trained under Rural Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (REDPs) organised by NGOs like NITCON, Society for NEED, ISI, GNVBT, Chinmaya Tapovan Trust had put up stalls showcasing their handicrafts and other products. ‘‘The objective of such an initiative is to provide a forum to the rural entrepreneurs for the marketing of handicrafts and products to urban clientele,’’ said Mr Ramanathan. Such ventures are expected to promote rural entrepreneurs. The participants were given certificates on the concluding day today. Encouraged by the response of the people the participants said they were ready to return the next year as this mela will be an annual feature henceforth. Speaking on the occasion Mr Ramanathan said a similar mela would be organised at Ambala soon and another one would be held at Fatehgarh Sahib in December. Mr A.K Das, MD, State Bank of Patiala, who was among several senior officials who visited the mela said it was an innovative idea and a good platform for the rural entrepreneurs to market their goods. Considering marketing of handicrafts/ products as the major problem of entrepreneurs, generating enthusiasm and confidence in entrepreneurs and facilitating them in marketing of their handicrafts and other products. Talking about the various programmes of NABARD, Mr Ramanathan said development of Rural Non Farm Sector (RNFS) had been recognised as a major component of our national rural development strategies. It is now a well accepted fact that agriculture alone will not be able to generate adequate employment opportunities to absorb the large and growing rural work force. Therefore, it is desirable and prudent in economic sense to promote sizeable number of sustainable employment. |
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Ram Lila panel to hold contest Chandigarh, October 5 The Central Ram Lila Committee will also hold a competition for the best Ram Lila performance. The competition will be held near Sidhu Petrol Station in Sector 9.
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