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PU campus wears deserted look Chandigarh, September 25 With the week-long vacation at the campus beginning today, there were hardly any students there. The only indication of the hectic activity which had gone on the entire last week was the grounds littered with torn posters, flags and stickers of student organisations. Posters were torn up and showered on the winners, littering the entire road up to Student Centre. Rag-pickers were busy picking up these pieces of posters. The area where the three student organisations had put up their tents had their party colour-paper strewn all over the place. Sans students, the only sign of activity on the desolate campus was the removal of tents and chairs, hired by the organisations. Hostel rooms, too, have been vacated. Some of the students left yesterday while many others left this morning. The student leaders too, had left for their homes. None of the winners or their supporters had stayed back to celebrate their win after the university authorities, apprehending post-election clashes, asked them to leave the campus. Last night, too, elected representatives were denied permission for the usual celebrations at girls’ hostels. Seminar A seminar to mark the national day of the People’s Republic of China and observe the 50th anniversary of Panchsheel was held at the ICSSR Complex, Panjab University. The seminar, organised by the Indo-China Friendship Organisation, was inaugurated by a former Member of Parliament, Prof S.S. Mohapatra. In his inaugural address titled “Pancheel — A Corner Stone”, he said India and China constituted 1/6 of the global population of the world and consolidated world forces against colonialism and neocolonialism. “Those were the days of anti-colonialism and anti-imperialist fight against apartheid and economic exploitation which brought many world leaders on a single platform,” he said. Iraq was today the most vulnerable nation and France, Germany, Russia and China had shut their eyes when the war began. “No proof about weapons of mass destruction was available and yet war was waged by the USA. Now, Panchsheel is at the crossroads. Though forgotten, it was still a pathfinder,” he said. Dr D.S. Gupt, a journalist and former Principal of MLSM College, Sunder Nagar, said Panchsheel’s five principles which were based on peaceful co-existence were relevant even today. “It is basic to all human relations and significant to all the countries in the world,” he stated, adding that India and China should take likeminded countries into their fold to resist nefarious designs of mighty forces to impose sanctions and war on Iraq or other countries,” he mentioned. Mr Harbhagwan Singh said Panchsheel was doubted by many but was still relevant. Dr Kehar Singh said there was a need for cordial relations among various nations of world.
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SC record in dispensing justice unparalleled,
says expert Mohali, September 25 Expressing views to this effect at a lecture on “The Supreme Court: the eventful years” at the Army Institute of Law (AIL) here today, Mr K.K. Venugopal, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India, focussed on certain aspects of the functioning of the apex court. He began by examining the first three decades of the history of the court, when as a result of court invalidating laws related to land reforms and nationalisation of industries, Parliament had to pass a series of amendments to the Constitution. Its judgements in the Golaknarh and Keshvananda Bharati cases resulted in a confrontation between the legislative and the executive wings of the state on the one hand and the judiciary on the other. He said it was during the Emergency declared in 1975 that the Supreme Court, contrary to the bold and courageous stand taken by many of the high courts, touched its nadir with the judgement in the A.D.M. Jabalpur case, when it held that the suspension of Article 21 resulted in totally depriving a person of his basic right to life and liberty. Mr Venugopal, who was speaking under the AIL distinguished lecture series, 2004, said it was only after the then government was swept out of power that the court rehabilitated itself, embarking upon a course of judicial activism unparalleled in the history of the world. The concept of public interest litigation was utilised fully by the court to protect the rights of the disadvantaged sections of the society, who on account of poverty, illiteracy and ignorance were unable to approach the courts. Finally, a query was posed regarding the legitimacy of the Supreme Court encroaching upon the powers reserved by a quasi-federal Constitution to the legislative and executive branches and deal with some of the negative factors arising out of the judicial activism of the Supreme Court.
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Tendulkar’s play ‘Kanyadaan’ enacted Chandigarh, September 25 Those who acted in the play were Ranjider Sharma, Harjot Kaur, Rajiv Kaushal, Kanchan Sahni and Vijay Jaiswal. The story starts from the house of an MLA (played by Sharma who has also directed the play), whose daughter Jyoti falls in love with a Scheduled Caste man. In the face of criticism from her brother and mother, she insists that she be allowed to pursue her relationship with the man in question. Jyoti’s father supports her cause. He argues that she is a major and has the right to decision on her own. While harping on the issues of woman’s liberation, the play moves on to trace the journey of a girl who knows nothing about what she is entering into. Soon after she ties the knot, Jyoti’s husband begins to harass her in order to avenge the wrongs upper caste Indians have done to the lower caste. She suffers silently for having taken the liberty to speak. Her family watches helplessly. The director alters the script in the end to ensure that people return home happy. The woman gives birth to a girl child, who unleashes a process of transformation in the man. He admits his follies and promises to start afresh. |
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Good for a few laughs Rajiv Kaplish CHANDIGARH: That Om Puri is a consummate actor we always knew.That he is also a seasoned clown we never knew till we saw "King of Bollywood" (Kiran, Fun Republic). They should have named it "Clown of Bollywood".With our desi Elvis Presley Om Puri gyrating to raunchy tunes in outlandish outfits, the movie scales new heights of buffoonery. Touted as a satire on the life of a Bollywood actor who is past his prime but refuses to face the reality, it turns out to be nothing more than a slapstick comedy. It's the story of Karan Kumar,better known as KK (Om Puri), who, in his heyday, was the top Hindi film actor.With one smash hit after another, he was once called the "King of Bollywood".Not any more.With his sheen fading, he is now nothing more than a shadow of his former self. But KK still lives in a world of delusion and has big notions about himself. Comes Crystal Chaurasia (Sophia Dahl), a 24-year-old NRI documentary film-maker from the UK, who wants to make a documentary under the aegis of the International Film Commission on KK. Finally, KK is convinced that he is over the hill and tries to persuade his son to become an actor to carry forward his legacy. Except for a few clownish antics of Om Puri and ravishing looks of Sophie Dahl, the film contains nothing substantial to make it measure up to the standards of a rollicking comedy.
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Blossoming of Diya Mirza Rama Sharma
Look out for two things in “Tumsa Nahi Dekha”: the blossoming of Diya Mirza as an actress and an appealing sound track. As a striptease dancer, she looks ravishing and is a delight to watch. Emraan Haashmi exhibits his capacity to charm. He is a drunken chap who is head over heels in love with Diya. But he marries a high society girl (Pooja Bharti) for money. So the only way out for him is that Diya should become his mistress. Anupam Kher has a subsidiary role while Pooja Bharti just snarls. Surekha Sikri is repugnant whenever she smokes hooka or delivers her two-liners. The script makes no point here. You don’t expect much when the plot is an ancient as the quest for love and money. — TNS
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