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19 DAV students honoured Chandigarh, April 10 Students of the local DAV honoured on the occasion include Piyush Goswami (96.4%), Abhishek Arora (94.2%), Prateek Sikka (93.6%), Apoorav ( 91.2%), Preeti Deewan (93.6%), Shipra Sehgal (93.6%), Abhishek Aggarwal (92.2%), Garima Sharma (92%), Sreyanshu (90.8%) Anshul Jain (90.6%), Abhay, Shwetabh, Sameer, Manoj, Apoorva scored 90 per cent each. Meeting held: A meeting of the school principals and observers to review arrangements for conducting the preliminary examination of the CBSE All India Pre-Medical entrance test and observers was held at the Regional office of the CBSE, here today. As many as 11,000 students from Chandigarh region are appearing for the test which will be held in 22 centres from 10 am to 1 pm. For the first time, the CBSE would be taking thumb impressions of the candidates on the attendance sheets.
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Anuradha’s students display talent Mohali, April 10 While performing her students aged between three to 20 years, gave an ample proof of her methods of teaching. They began the programme with “Jai Maa Sharade Kalyani”, an invocation to Goddess Saraswati. A group of six girls performed this with amazing poise and confidence. It was followed by kathak solo by Vibharti, a three-year-old child and kathak by a group of five girls. A Manipuri dance was also performed. The Jaipur gharana kathak complete with its “thaat”, “tode”, “tukre”, “paran”, and “chakradar” was performed on stage. |
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Adult education workshop Chandigarh, April 10 The workshop was
inaugurated by Mrs Madhvi Kataria, SDM (South), and chief guest was Mr S.S. Bhandari, Senior Regional Manager, PNB. Mrs Kataria also interacted with SHG workers and advised them to start some gainful activity. Other speakers of the programme included Prof
S.L. Sharma, Mr D.D. Sharma and Mr Arjun Kamboj. As many as 75 members of SHGs participated in the programme. A group has 10 to 20 members from a homogenous strata. The members mostly collect regular thrift of small amount on a monthly basis and use it to give interest-bearing collateral-free loans to needy members. |
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Education board panel Mohali, April 10 |
Film Review THIS seems to be Bollywood’s season of adultery. But now it is the turn of the husbands to go astray. Indra Kumar’s “Masti” is a frothy fun flowing from sex-centric jokes.
Three hubbies — Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani and Ritesh Deshmukh — take a pledge to devotedly pursue a girlfriend. Henpecked, Ritesh throughout, carries that unhappy expression which is sure to set off many happy smiles. When his eyes twitches, know for sure that his imagination is imitating something from a joke book. Aftab, sick of his temple-going wife, is desperate for a spicy change. With his goofy grin, he plays a real goose. Vivek Oberoi is a suffocated husband who is seeking space from his “satellite” wife. A pretty lass, Lara Dutta, lulls them into that lustful promise. The only tough man, Ajay Devgun, appears in the second half to add some twist. There is one word of advice — do not try to make any sense out of the storyline. It is no “Munnabhai MBBS”. Many times the funny lines cross the limit of decency. Neverthless, the threesome have infused their roles with enough spark to make it watchable.
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‘Khul Ja Sim Sim’ stage show Chandigarh, April 10 That these people will not be seen on television, or that the show was merely a live game show, having a similar name and celebrity host, Aman Verma, as on the entertainment channel, was just a coincidence. Many of the thousands of participants, had their aspirations of being on TV crashing down when the reality finally struck. The show began almost two hours late, but the crowds kept their cool. They jostled with each other to get to the front rows, occupied mainly by the city’s bureaucrats and their families. Celebrity host Aman Verma seemed as confused about the sequence of events as was the confusion among the audiences about it. He came on stage once, wished his fans, and again went backstage, giving way for four dance numbers in a row. The show finally got underway at about 9 pm, but it was difficult for the police and the security men to manage the crowds. It may surprise many, but the city can claim its fame for television’s hottest star and Balaji Films ace entertainer, Aman, spending a few years in the city. “My dad was in the forces, and I would visit him here,” he says. From the goody-boy image to the evil in black, Aman says that he transcended the journey with pleasure. “I was so bored with acting good on screen — dutiful husband, forgiving big brother, or in films — Baghban and Tum. I wanted to get a shade of grey, so accepted the role of a psychotic in ‘Devi’ on Sony TV, and now in ‘Kum Kum’ on Star Plus,” he says. He says that he always wanted to be an actor, and is happy the way his acting career has turned up. He spoke at length about his successful game show, ‘Khul Ja Sim Sim’ on Star Plus. “I am enjoying every bit of the game show, as it takes me all over the country. I meet all kind of people and see life in all its varied hues,” he says. |
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Harmony of word and music Chandigarh, April 10 The book release ceremony was as rhythmic as the singing part as Sardar Anjum recited his favourite couplets, his long time friend Pandit Gautam Kaul, retired DGP and critic who performed the ritual. The melody that followed was good. Starting with a nazm, composed in raag bhairvi, playback singer Madhushree kept the audience on the thrall for the better half of the programme. As she moved from one ‘nazm’ to another, more beautiful composition followed. Madhushree, an exponent of the Kirana Gharana, has a voice that effortlessly rises and falls. Anjum’s lines “Chalo baant lete hai apni sajaye, na tum yaad aao, na hum yaad aye”, “Sar pe saya bane the tumhare liye, bojh tumhe lage to utar jayange” kept on ringing long after Madhushree’s rendering. If it was Madhushree’s husky voice that ruled the first half, Pankaj’s nasal voice proved equally attractive. The singer presented three ghazals by the poet — “Jab koi apna ajnabi ban sa lage”, “Gum ki jo ghata aiye, phir jhum ke barsegi” and “Sharab cheez hi aisi, mere yaar ke jaisi”. |
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Building Indo-German
friendship Chandigarh, April 10
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