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Education board holds
state-level competitions
Mohali, October 25 The programmes was inaugurated by the Chairman of the board, Mr Harbans Singh Sidhu, by lighting a lamp. He said these competitions were dedicated to the 400th Parkash Utsav of Guru Granth Sahib. He said education did not mean only teaching books to students but also making them embibe moral values. He said the administrative shortcomings found in connection with the reservation of two per cent seats for higher education for the winners of the state-level competitions would be removed. Following
emerged winners of various competitions today: shabad gayan: Inderjit Kaur I (Shri Guru Har Krishan Public School, Doraha); Navpreet Kaur and party II (Jeevan Jot Public School, Kotla Vadala, Fatehgarh Sahib); Mohkam and party III (Shining Stars Senior Secondary School, Harbang Nagar, Jalandhar). Declamation contest: Rajbir Kaur I (Central Public High School, Ghumaan, Gurdaspur); Deepark Jaggi II (Mahavir Jain Model Senior Secondary School, Phagwara, Kapurthala); Arzoo Sharma III (Adarsh Bal Vidyalaya, Nawanshahr). Fancy dress: Germanjeet Singh I (Saint Solider Day Boarding Senior Secondary School, Jandiala Guru, Amritsar); Abhishek Soni II (Shri Mahavir Jain Model Senior Secondary School, Phagwara, Kapurthala); Jaideep Singh III (Gurmat Model High School, Belan Road, Ropar). Folk songs: Maniderjeet Singh I (Central Public High School, Ghumaan, Gurdaspur); Rajan II (DAV Senior Secondary School, Hathi gate, Amritsar); Subeg Singh III (Montessori Public Senior Secondary School, Raiya, Amritsar). Handwriting: Mandeep Kaur I (Government Primary School, Himmatpura, Patiala); Mohamad Rafiq II (Central Public High School, Ghumaan, Gurdaspur); Manpreet Kaur III (SBS National Model Secondary School, Garhshankar). One-act plays: Rajat Arora and party I (Shri Mahavir Jain Model Senior Secondary School, Phagwara); Amarpreet Kaur and party II (Ramgarhia Girls Senior Secondary School, Millan Ganj, Ludhiana); Ravinder Singh and party III (Major Ajaib Singh Senior Secondary School, Jeevan Wala, Faridkot). Painting: Satpal II (Doaba Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Jalandhar); Amanpreet Kaur III (Doaba Public School, Dohalron, Hoshiarpur).
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R&D results should reach market: VC
Chandigarh, October 25 Prof K.N. Pathak, Vice-Chancellor, presided over the workshop, sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. Dr Laxman Prasad, advisor, to the department was the guest of honour. Dr Prasad said the institute and the industry should synchronise their efforts so that benefits of research and development could reach the market. He said most research products never see the light of day either because these were not financially viable or did not suit the industry. “Now, we are trying to make the industry a partner in R and D by making them a 10 per cent stakeholder in the entire process,” he explained. Prof Pathak said the priorities in today’s world were directed at solving the problems plaguing food –its quality or quantity –or health domain and scientific endeavour has been targeting the newer developments. He said that biosensors had been one such innovation in the last decade that had changed the face of modern biology. It was now possible to find out which molecule, medicine, hormone or a plant product responds to a particular change. Prof I.S. Dua, convener of the workshop, said this was the sixth workshop of the series organised by the department and attracted maximum number of participants from all over the country. The uniqueness of the workshop was that seven institutes, namely, Panjab University, the PGI, IMTECH, the CSIO, the DRDO, NIPER and the Department of Science and Technology, and the Chandigarh Administration, pooled in their resources for the academic exercise. Also, for the first time a book containing the abstracts of presentations to be made during the workshop was released during the inaugural session. The organisers plan to release the review of all presentations on the valedictory day function which is to be addressed by Mr Kapil Sibal, Minister of Science and Technology, Government of India. Prof Dua informed the gathering that a leading publisher from the USA has agreed to publish the proceedings of the workshop by February 2005. The inaugural function ended with a vote of thanks to all the collaborators and institutes and was followed by lectures by Prof P Rama Rao, Director, NIPER, and Prof B.D. Gupta, Professor Emeritus, PGIMER, Prof Amit Ghosh, Director, IMTECH, presided over the session.
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Internet lab opened
Chandigarh, October 25 Now the college has 60 computer systems and three servers. Addressing the gathering, Mr Gujral exhorted the students to make optimum use of the facility. Prof Balwinder Singh, Principal of the college, said this year computer had been introduced as an elective course in the science stream.
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NSS camp concludes
Chandigarh, October 25 The activities undertaken during the camp included preparation of nutritious food for village women, sanitation campaign, personal hygiene, maintenance campaign for children, adult education, health education campaign and health assessment camp. Special lectures on employment opportunities for youth, yoga and vermiculture were also organised.
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Bar groups hold meetings
Panchkula, October 25 It may be noted that seven members of the Bar - general secretary — Anuradha Giasra; treasurer — Harsukhchain Singh; and executive body members — Rajinder Mittal; Varinder Garg; Ashish Goel; SK Thana; and Stayavan Ahlawat — had submitted their resignation last week, in protest against less number of chambers for lawyers in the court complex here. They had alleged that the issue of construction of more chambers on the second floor was not being taken up by the Bar. Today, three of these members — Ms Giasra, Mr Garg, and Mr Mittal withdrew their resignation, and the Bar accepted the resignation of the other four members. Mr Ved Bhushan, secretary of the Bar, informed that Mr Navdeep Singh Sodhi had been appointed treasurer, while Mr Rajesh Arora, Mr Parminder and Mr Ramkesh Gopal executive body members. Mr Deepak Kapoor, president of the Bar, said that a committee had been formed to study the issue of construction of new chambers on the second floor. He said that the general body meeting would be held soon. Meanwhile, the dissident group, too, convened a meeting of lawyers. As many as 54 lawyers attended the meeting. They, too, decided that a general body meeting of the Bar be convened to discuss the issue.
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Burail jailbreak hearing on Nov 18
Chandigarh, October 25 According to information, the date was fixed by the Judge after hearing the counsel for the state and defence.
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Actors against nudity in videos
Chandigarh, October 25 "There is hardly a movie or a musical video produced these days which does not purvey sex in a bid to enhance their mass appeal", they said. "We feel that to some extent, the audience should also share the blame for increasing nudity and sensuality in movies and videos because the viewers do not seem to be objecting to it. On the other hand, they appear to be liking them, as reflected in the phenomenon sales such videos are record. This is spurring producers to make more and more such programmes. But this phenonemonon cannot last. It is a bubble waiting to burst," they exclaim. Interestingly, their strong views against sexuality and nudity in movies and music videos has not prevented them from using a rather suggestive title "Kiss Kis Ko" for their movie which purportedly potrays the struggle of an all-male musical band which is shooed off by producers because it does not feature any sexy girl. Produced by band promotor Manu Kumaran (Bombay Boys) and Ram Punjabi, the film is scheduled to be released on October 29. The movie juxtaposes the struggle of the band to make a mark against the romantic misadventures of the boys. They find that life is a bit of struggle, what with the music companies hitching themselves to the "sex sells" band wagon. But there is hope till the heroine enters the life of each one of them. "Pals before gals", the motto of the boys, is put to severe test as they find themselves hopeless involved with the heroine who seems to have been just made for them. Bhoomika Puri plays the heroine who wreaks havoc with the boys’ lives. She carries on an affair with each one of them, leaving them to wonder whom will she kiss finally." Written by Pankaj Kapoor and directed by Sharad Sharan the film has eight songs composed by "A Band of Boys" and Vikesh Mehta. Shot entirely in Bali and Jakarta, Indonesia, the film has been shot by cameraman Santosh Thundiyil of "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" fame. |
For Shernaz scripts are utmost
An attempt to dissolve cultural barriers will be made when “Molly Sweeney”, directed by Rehaan Engineer , will be staged at Tagore Theatre, Sector 18, here on Tuesday.
The story revolves around three characters — Molly Sweeney (Shernaz Patel ) Frank (Rehaan Engineer) and Dr Paddy Rice (Vijay Crishna). Each one lives in their own world spinned by the web of the mind. Molly sweeney, the central character of the play, is a blind woman who leads a contended and fulfilling life despite her disability. She gets a chance to get her sight restored partially. The play is all about how she copes with different situations.
Two shows of this play have already been staged in Mumbai. Shernaz Patel of “Love Letters” fame got the best compliment when a blind woman came to her and said,” You have understood us”. ‘I think it was an achievement for me, she says. She has done around 25 plays in English and has no plans to do Hindi plays. The damsel, whose birthday falls on October 27, has not thought about the way to celebrate it. “I guess that I will be on the road to Delhi that day”, she said Getting back to theatre life she shared few witty experiences. “You become very sensitive while doing theatre. While portraying other characters sometimes you get in touch with your darker side” . You will get a chance to see her in Leela Bansali’s movie “ Black” in which she plays the role of the mother of the lead actress. How was it like playing the role of a mother at such a young age? “I really enjoyed working with Leela Bansali. In the movie I become a mother at a young age so there is full scope to live the character. For her the deciding factor of the play is scripts. It is very important for me. The best thing about her that she has a constant desire to improve herself and hungry to learn something new. But she doesn’t open up easily and is an introvert by nature. Shernaz doesn’t likes make up. Glamour is the last word for her. What is more important is that you have to be beautiful from inside. Talking about television she said I hate watching “saas bahu” kind of serials. These kind of serials have suppressed the real image of woman. I think it is enough and we should come out of it. Ask her about obscenity of skin in movies and you get a terse answer. “I don’t think it is bad. The person who is displaying the skin might be very
natural. But the problem lies in the attitude of the viewer”. She strongly believes that women are far stronger then men and more beautiful . “If women would rule the world then at least there will be no wars”, she quipped. Though this claim can be disputed but one agrees with her that a woman handles a situation with more sensitivity than a man. Vijay Crishna, who played father of Shahrukh Khan in “Devdas” does not hanker for the celluloid. “I really don’t have time to act in movies but I don’t have regrets as my two companies are doing well. Because of lack of time he had to pull out from :”Lakshya” and “Black”. You have to make choices because there are some commitments with the family also. His love for the theatre can be gauged from his priorities. “English plays reach limited segment but definitely leave an impact”, he said. He has done couple of movies and many TV
serials. Though he has tried his hands at directing plays but enjoys acting more. A lot of things are involved in doing plays. You have to do a lot of home work. Giving an example of a historical play he said,” We had to show some expensive weapons of an era. But I made it in my factory. The play was based on Bernard Shaw’s “Saint John”. His reverence for the prodigal, Mahesh Dattni, is seen to be believed. The language of the theatre is universal. When put on the stage it can reflect any culture and any
situation. Time flies on wings of imagination, he adds. According to Nadir Khan, director of the play, English theatre is really growing, especially in Mumbai. A lot of young people are coming to watch it which is a good sign.
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Music of ‘Pind di Kudi’ released
The music of Punjabi film, “Pind di Kudi” was released at Sector 27 today. In all there are nine songs in it.
The producer, Iqbal Singh Dhillon, actor Sarbjeet Cheema, and actress, Shibha Pakhdi were present on the occasion.
Talking about their movie Iqbal Singh said,” The movie is full of entertainment and is basically a comedy. The good thing about it is that artistes from Pakistan India have put in their efforts. Most of the shooting have been done and it will be in theatres in India and abroad by the end of November. There is also plan to shoot few scenes in Gujranwala in Pakistan”. Shibha Pakhdi who is playing the character of modern woman in the movie said,” I am playing a ‘Shahar ki kudi’ in it and I enjoyed a lot while shooting for this movie as there is a lot of comedy in it. The theme of the movie is different as the character of the modern woman has not been shown in bad light.” Sarabjeet Cheema, who is singer by profession has acted for the first time in a movie. We know him for his popular Punjabi numbers including “Rang rara reeri raara”, “Chak de dholiyan” and “Chandigarh shahr di kudi”. “Initially it was difficult for me to face the camera but slowly I learned to be comfortable with it. Now there is no problem for me. It was really a different experience for me”, Sarabjeet said.
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Rani Mukherjee is Pargati’s role model
When she received the best artiste award on Independence Day from Mayor Kamlesh and Madhu Bansal, wife of MP Pawan Kumar Bansal, she felt elated. Pragati is also good in studies too. At such a young age she is cherishing to be an actress and wants to act like Rani Mukherjee and Priety Zinta. One hopes that she keeps on getting more chance to hone up her skills. On her part she should not stop till the goal is reached. —
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Digital film festival opens today
THE digital Film Festival opened on Sunday at Lalit Kala Akademy, Sector 16. It was inaugurated by Ms Alice Cicolini, Secretary of Arts and Culture, British Council India.
It has been organised by British Library in collaboration with the Punjab Lalit Kala
Akademy.
The festival will continue till October 29. In all 68 movies will be screened.
On the first day of festival films including ‘Jo Jo in the Stars’, Cosmopolis-two tales of a City’,’Un Amor la Vida’ and ‘Hakim Tar Toosie’s Potency Oil’ were shown.
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PRAGATI Trikha, a student of class fourth of DAV School, Sector 15, loves acting. But she is an extraordinary child as till now she has acted in four films and six teleserials. But it was a role of school student in Yash Chopra’s film with Shahrukh Khan, Priety Zinta and Rani Mukherjee which awakened her talent and gave her a big push. She has played a small role in forthcoming movies including “Veer Zaara”, “Nalayak” and “Des hua Pardes”.