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PEC seats not to be reduced Chandigarh, June 24 The case of not reducing the seats in PEC was taken up by officers at the AICTE Headquarters in Delhi. Though any official communication from the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in this connection has not been sent to the Chandigarh Administration, senior officers in the administration said the council was convinced about the genuine case of the PEC students. It may be mentioned that AICTE had stated that as special case the excess admissions made by PEC against the councils approval of 30 seats and 60 seats in the Computer Science and Engineering and Electronics and Electrical Communication, respectively, would be regularised and the excess admissions would be adjusted in the academic session 2004-2005 and 2005-2006. Sources in the administration said the matter would be sorted out within the next few days. The students of PEC have been protesting against the move of the administration to regularise 60 students each in Computer Science and Engineering and Electronics and Electrical Communication of the Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology (CCET) in PEC. “The 120 students, who had ranked lower in the All-India Engineering Examination 2002, were made to attend classes at the PEC as CCET had not then been granted approval by the AICTE”, alleged the students. |
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Seminar for civil
services’ aspirants on June 27 Chandigarh, June 24 Dr Sardana said those desirous of attending the seminar could call at phone No. 9417307292, the 24-hour career counselling helpline of the society. Moreover, the helpline will be exclusively reserved for civil services aspirants on June 25 and 26. |
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High Court Chandigarh, June 24 This order was passed on a petition filed by Baba Abdul Razak, Mahant of Pir Lalanwala Dargah in village Daria, Chandigarh. In the petition, Baba Abdul has alleged that some people are trying to forcibly grab the land belonging to the dargah. He also alleged that Sarup Singh Saini, Hari Singh Saini, Jagir Singh and others have been harassing him and the devotees in a bid to encroach upon the Dargah land. The Baba has also alleged that some miscreants came to the Dargah on a car sometime back and harassed the devotees, following which he got a DDR registered at a Police Station, Industrial Area. But, he added, no action was initiated by the police in the matter. After hearing counsel for the petitioner, the High Court directed the SSP, Chandigarh to get the matter investigated. |
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Sur Taal 2002 awards presented Chandigarh, June 24 Although the Punjab Chief Minister failed to turn up at the function, Speaker, Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Mr Kewal Krishan was present along with Mr Ashwini Sekhri, Minister for Culture, Punjab. Also present was Jaspal Bhatti, chairperson of Punjab Sangeet Natak Akademi. Those who received the first prize of Rs 51,000 each under various categories were- SD College, Barnala for bhangra; KMV Jalandhar for folk orchestra; Khalsa College for Girls, Sidhwan Khurd for giddha; Mohinder Singh Sunam for painting and Ramneek Jalal from Ludhiana for folk singing. The winners of second and third prizes were given Rs 31,000 and Rs 21,000 each, respectively. The function, compered by Prof Rajpal Singh, secretary of the Akademi, began with a beautiful giddha presentation by the team of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. This was followed by another giddha presentation by girls of BBKDAV College, Amritsar. After the presentation by North Zone Cultural Centre (NZCC) team, Mohali, it was time for some real folk treat by none other than the famous Gurmeet Bawa, who enthralled the audience for long.
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New Release Thirtythree years of incarceration, torture, inhuman imprisonment and brutality can do a lot to a man. Forgotten by us, whose borders they defended, these prisoners of war have apparently become a pale shadow of what they used to be. Gaurang Doshi's "Deewar - Let's Bring Our Heroes Home" is dedicated to the 54 Indian soldiers remained unaccounted in the 1971 war. "Deewar" focuses on a prison escape with an Indo-Pak backdrop. This one will be released today at Piccadily (Chandigarh), Fun Republic (Manimajra) and Suraj (Panchkula). The publicity campaign of this film has already made it ‘‘hot’’. ‘‘There has not been a Hindi feature film yet,’’ claims producer Gaurang Doshi whose first film was "Aankhen". This film about prisoners of war is directed by Milan Luthria of "Kache Dhaage" and "Chori Chori" fame. In the Rs 30 crore film Sanjay Dutt rescues war heroes from a Karachi prison. The Rs 1.5 crore prison set in Mumbai's Film City is the highlight of this film. Yet another cross border action adventure that stars Big B Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role. Angry youngman Amitabh Bachchan as he was called in his earlier days plays this time a prisoner of war. The audience once again expects only the best from Big B. The film also stars Sanjay Dutt and Akshaye Khanna who is said to have dropped "Khakhee" for this film. Deewar focuses a thrilling rescue operation. A powerful and bold project from the banner of V.R. Pictures, Vinod Doshi presents this film, which also stars Amrita Rao, Tanuja, K.K. Menon, Raghuveer Yadav, Raj Zutsi, Virendera Saxena, Akhilendra Mishra and Sanjay Narvekar. "Deewar" has screenplay by Sridhar Raghvan and Milan Luthria, dialogue by Milan Luthria, cinematography by Nirmal Jaani, action by Tinu Verma , choreography by Saroj Khan ( Piya Banvari) and Raju Khan. Nusrat Badr has penned the lyrics for Big B's favourite music composer Aadesh Srivastava and Aadesh has justified his selection by giving scintilating compositions. DP
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‘Glitz 2004’ tomorrow Mohali, June 24 Ms Kiran Vashisht, centre head, NIFD, Mohali, told mediapersons at a press conference here today that students had prepared colourful apparels laying stress on embroideries, sequins, glitters, frills, laces and patches. She said six models from places like Delhi, Bombay, Jaipur and Chandigarh would be displaying the creations of the students. She said that stress had been laid on making wearable dresses. Ms Angel, manager of the local NIFD centre, said first year students had designed leather creations while the students of second year had tried their hands on rough jute while designing dresses. The fashion show will be divided into 11 segments according to the theme. The first round “Vivah” will be ethnic and traditional where lehanga cholis and sherwanis would be displayed while in the second round “Mid Summer Night Dream” Indo-Western collections would be presented. For the dresses which would be displayed in the third round “War and Peace” students had made use of white and black colours while for the fourth collection “Saturday Night Fever” shimmery fabric and vibrant colours had been used. For the fifth and sixth collections, “Fragrance of Love” and “Moonlight” respectively, students had used fabrics like georgette and cotton. Similarly, students had prepared dresses using rough jute for the seventh collection “Muddy Stream” while the eighth collection “Flora” was a beachwear collection. Stress had been laid on frills and glitters for the ninth collection “Angels in the Dark” while the tenth collection “Jhinga Lala Hu Hu” was a tribal one. The last collection “Fusion” was a mixture of Indian and Western dresses. |
Ethnic furniture popularity on the rise Old is new — at least in furniture and other home accessories. If you do not believe this, just go to some of the palatial houses in the posh northern sectors. You will see ethnic pieces of furniture and other articles placed meticulously all over the place, giving house a museum-like look and fusing contemporary sensibility with traditional art. In fact, you will see heavy bureaus — carved out of wood — in the corners. Also, chairs that have been polished in dark hues. You also have chest of drawers and closets in traditional designs. This is not all. A house in Sector 8 here has dining chairs with cane painted yellow, especially designed to give the furniture that antique look. Hanging on the walls are paintings with impressive carved borders. Instead of teak beds polished hard to give that glistening look — or the ones made of wrought iron — you have wooden ones with heavy carvings at the back and the legs, giving the room a “filled-up look”. Furniture shop owners in the city reveal that ethnic furniture has been in vogue for the past three or four years, but their popularity has greatly increased during the past year or so. The reason behind craze for such goods, the shopkeepers reveal, is not hard to see. “Heavy furniture with carvings polished in dark hue adds a touch of class to the house. It also lends sophistication to the existing set-up,” says Raman Mahajan, working with a furniture store in Mohali. There is another reason — Mr Mahajan says. “Most of the serials on the small screen show modern houses, owned by the rich and the famous, with traditional furniture. Impressed by it, many residents try to imitate the style. As such, they place orders for pieces of furniture displayed in the serials”. Sociologist Pardeep Bedi has another explanation. “If you have new furniture with shining teak, it simply means you belong to the category of neo-rich. But if you have antique furniture, it implies that you belong to the generation of rich. Such furniture is also a symbol of royalty”. If you also wish to buy the stuff, you too can go to any furniture shop or department store in the city. You can take home a brass lamp in the shape of a helmet — like the one worn over an armour — for less than Rs 1000. For placing it, you can pick up a pillar costing something like Rs 2000. Side tables with age-old looks can also be taken home for the purpose”. “You can also add glamour to your living space by buying ‘jharokhas’,” says an employee with a department store in Sector 8. “Just in case you do not know what a jharokha is, let me explain it to you. It is a mirror with thick wooden frame embellished with carvings. The design is predominantly Rajasthani or Gujarati. You can hang it in the lobby or any other place in the house. It can be picked up for less than Rs 3,000”. A chest can also be purchased for using as a settee in the lobby. It can be used as a low table as well. You can keep on the chest jewellery boxes with rich meena work for Rs 150 and above”. He adds, “The residents can also buy a chowkidar or a gatekeeper sculptured out of wood. Clutching a sword, the chowkidar can be placed in front of the main entrance”. |
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Harsha likes watching Pak team play Harsha Bhogle pumps passion into anything he does. Be it commenting on cricket or writing. This trait has not only won him a lot of admiration, but also given him a lot of self fulfilment. Though he himself has not played cricket, he knows the pulse of the game. Harsha was in the city in connection with Teacher’s Highnights event organised at Hotel Shivalikview, Sector 17. He is quite spontaneous. “I never prepare beforehand. Confidence is a beautiful thing and you keep on getting better day by day”, says Harsha, adding “live commentator is different and you have to live with a fact that you cannot make a mistake”. He said of course mistakes did happen sometimes. The best way was to apologise immediately and to laugh on oneself. Harsha revealed that when he had joined the profession in Doordarshan, he faced no competition. He was immediately accepted. But now it had been difficult to become a commentator because the expectations of the people were very high. The Indian television had given audience a world class broadcasting. That made the competition more tough, he said. Harsha says, “I am not teaching cricket. My job is complete entertainment while in commentator’s box discipline, knowledge of the game, communication skills and sense of humour are essential”. “I and Navjot Singh Sidhu share a lot of common things. We are of same age and are vegetarians”, he said smilingly. “When asked how did he feel when India lost a match, he said he did feel bad but his profession demanded an unbiased opinion. “He likes watching Pakistan team play”, he said. His advice to aspiring commentators is: He or she should be passionate about the game. Apart from having enough knowledge of the game, he should have no inflated ego. Besides he should be an excellent communicator and able to sum up a description of hundred words into 10 words. |
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I accept roles which enthuse me, says Irani
“Sometimes, doing different characters helps me discover more about myself,” begins Boman. “To know who you are and where you come from is important. Knowing more than that is a dangerous thing. In the most negative or positive character I portray, you see a Boman Irani,” he said. His favourite actor is Balraj Sahni. He played a 75-year-old Punjabi character in the play — “Baajirao”.”I accept only those roles which enthuse me. The roles should be enjoyable and I should be able to play in my own way”, says Boman. An optimistic to the core, he says each one of us has a talent, The only thing required is to recognise it at the right time and encourage it. And what is his preferred profession? “It’s what one enjoys, not prefers,” he quips. “I’ve done a lot of fashion photography and theatre; this is an extension of another kind. I love shoots and shoot every month, which keeps me in touch with the craft and I can get back to theatre whenever I want. Everything is eventually a hobby,” he said. ‘Darna Mana Hai,’ ‘Munnabhai MBBS’ and now ‘Main Hoon Na’, all turned the spotlight on Boman and he is now comfortable with the popularity. “Popularity is just something we hear about, but the main thing is to enjoy what one is doing,” he says. “It happened quite by chance,” says Boman throwing light on how movies came along. “Theatre plays a big hand. I never intended to do movies even though the offers kept coming. ‘Let’s Talk’ a small-budget film that did the rounds of the festival circuit, was received very well and played a key role. It was noticed by the people who mattered in Bollywood,” he said. He enjoyed his role in Lakshya , in which he plays Hrithik’s dad. His coming movies untitled, and ‘Khosla Ka Ghosla’ due for release in two months are what he’s looking forward to. “No, there is no comedy here. ‘Khosla Ka Ghosla’ is a villainous, nasty piece of work,” he said.— OC
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ARE you looking for something nice and glittery to dazzle the visitors to your house? Forget all about those traditional decoration pieces — like flower vases made out of terracota. They are too bulky and unimpressive. Go in for something more eye-popping, like miniature crystal pieces. Yes, you have guessed it right. The pieces are the latest in vogue among city residents excited about perking up the living space. You too can buy the stuff by pulling out anywhere between Rs 350 and Rs 3,000 from your wallet. Just drive down to any card and gift shop, or else some departmental store ,in the city. Displayed under the dazzling lights are alluring crystal pieces in different shapes and hues. In fact, you can pick up a harp or a man playing guitar. If you are not interested in buying articles associated with music, you can pick up flowers, including red and pink roses. For pet lovers in the city, there are dogs, even cats, made out of crystals. You can even pick up monkeys and rabbits. If you like, that is. In any case, there is something over for everyone. “Crystals were always popular among city residents,” says a salesman working with a Sector 9 department store. “But their popularity has increased over the years”. Explaining the trend, the salesman asserts, “Crystal items were initially very expensive as most of them were imported from France and other countries. Only a few residents belonging to affluent families could afford to buy them. But now the things have changed. You can buy miniature crystal show pieces for less than Rs 500”. He adds with a smile, “Crystals lend a touch of sophistication to the house. They add to the grace. No other show piece — no matter how expensive it is — can match the beauty of a crystal”. So, residents go and pick up the stuff without wastage of time. Handle it with care as it is fragile. Keep it out of children’s reach and place it under light to enhance the beauty. — OC
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THE man who aggressively propagated laughter therapy, in his role in box office hit” Munna Bhai MBBS” was again at his humorous best. Yes you guessed it right. Film actor Boman Irani was in city for the Teacher’s
Highnights event .