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PU fest ends with lively performances
Chandigarh, October 30 The host college walked away with the first prize in the contest, followed by GGDSD College, Sector 32, and MCM DAV College, Sector 36. The individual prize in the contest was bagged by Sarabdip Singh of GGDSD College, Sector 32. Parvesh Kumar of Government College, Sector 46, and Japneet Kaur Sammi of SGGS College, Sector 26, were adjudged second and third, respectively. In naqqals and saang competitions, the team of SGGS College, Sector 26, bagged two prizes. The host college also won two prizes. Another contest that attracted the attention of the audience was the folk instruments. The first position in the event was bagged by GGDSD College, Sector 32. DAV College and GCG, Sector 11, came in second and third position, respectively. Other events like embroidery (dasuti/phulkari/bagh), knitting, hand fan designing and mehndi design were keenly contested. Results of different events are: Pulkhari:
Geetanjali Rajdev (GGDSD College, Sector 32) — 1, Shaminder Kaur (Government College for Girls, Sector 42) — 2, Mohita Jain (MCM DAV College, Sector 36) — 3. Embroidery:
Dasuti (cross stich): Veena Sharma (Government College, Sector 46) — 1, Sharanjit Kaur (Government College for Girls, Sector 42) — 2, Surekha Longjam (GGS College for Women, Sector 26) — 3. Bagh:
Rajdeep (Government College, Sector 42) — 1 and Harmandeep (MCM DAV College, Sector 36) — 2. Hand fan designing:
Anita (GGS College, Sector 26) — 1, Ashna (GGS College, Sector 26) — 2, Bhagvinder (Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45) — 3. Knitting:
Pooja Rani (Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45) — 1, Tanvi Kashyap (GCG, Sector 11) — 2 and Surmala (MCM DAV College, Sector 36) — 3. Crochet work:
Reena (GGS College for Women, Sector 26) — 1, Suman (Government College for Girls, Sector 42) — 2 and Paramjit Kaur (MCM DAV College, Sector 36) — 3. Mehndi:
Neha Sahni (GGDSD College, Sector 32) — 1, Kanika Kohli (MCM DAV College, Sector 36) — 2, Sujata (Government College for Girls, Sector 11) — 3. Naqqals:
SGGS College, Sector 26 — 1, DAV College, Sector 10 — 2. Individual: Kuljit Bains (SGGS College, Sector 26) — 1, Manjinder Singh (DAV College, Sector 10) — 2 and Happy Shergill (SGGS College, Sector 26) — 3. Folk instrument:
GGDSD College, Sector 32 — 1, DAV College, Sector 10 — 2 and GCG, Sector 11 — 3. Saang:
Anil Kumar (SGGS College, Sector 26) — 1, Mandeep Singh (DAV College, Sector 10) — 2 and Sharanjit (SGGS College, Sector 26) — 3.
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Nadia bags three titles in TT
Chandigarh, October 30 Nadia won women’s singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles. The men’s singles title was won by Disney, while Harish and Vikas emerged champions in men’s doubles. Results: Women: singles: Nadia Saini b Gurvinder Kaur 8-11, 11-4, 11-3, 11-7, 11-5; doubles: Nadia and Anjali b Manu K.C. and Sunanda 11-7, 11-8, 11-9. Men: singles: Disney b Vikas 11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-5; doubles: Harish Sharma and Vikas b Harpreet Singh and Tarun Verma 11-7, 11-9, 14-12. Mixed doubles: Nadia and Dheeraj b Disney and Anjali 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7. Judo meet
The CBSE National Judo Championship concluded at Gian Jyoti Public School, Mohali, this evening. In under-14 boys section, Shah Satnam Ji Boys School, Sirsa, finished overall first, while in under-19 girls section, Maharaja Aggarsain School, Sirsa, earned the first spot. Mr M.L. Sharma, SDM, Mohali, was the chief guest and awarded prizes. Basketball meet
Hosts Panjab University, Chandigarh, defeated Dr BRA University, Agra, 133-57, while Punjabi University, Patiala, beat Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, 77-65 on the fourth day of the North Zone Inter-University Basketball Tournament at PU grounds here today. In other matches of the day, Delhi University beat GND University, Amritsar, 85-73, while Kurukshetra University defeated CCS University, Meerut, 80-61. Volleyball tourney
Sports Complex, Sector 7, in boys’ section and Government Model High School, Sector 26, in girls’ section emerged champions in the Chandigarh Sub-Junior Volleyball Championship at Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, here today.
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Shivalik School celebrates annual day
Mohali, October 30 The functions, one for the senior and other for the junior wing, were held separately. Mr M.L. Sharma, Deputy Director, Jawahar Navodhya Samiti, chief guest for the junior wing of the school, was presented a ceremonial guard of honour. Students gave a colourful cultural programme. The staging of a fairytale “Red Riding Hood” and “Saviour of joy” were among the highlights of the day. Tiny tots, dressed in colourful costumes, gave impressive presentations in their nursery rhymes and song and dance sequences. Prizes were given to meritorious students by, Mr Sharma. The programme for the senior wing started with the presentation of vandana. A colourful show presenting folk dances from different states mesmerised the audience. Western dance, presented in perfect synchronisation with the music, left an impression on the audience . The chief guest, Mr J.N. Joshi, chairman of the Jan Shiksha Sansthan and the governing body of the DC and former DUI, Panjab University, Chandigarh, gave away the prizes to students. The school awarded scholarships on the basis of their performance in Class Xth examinations.
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Convention for interface between law, psychology
Chandigarh, October 30 Around 80 delegates, including lawyers, psychologists, psychiatrists and victims of crime, participated in the convention, which was organised by the Human Rights Lawyers Network along with NGO Saarthak. The delegates recommended that interface between the law and psychology should begin at the level of filing of an FIR itself in the form of a victim impact statement, which shall be recorded and should have an evidentiary value in the presence of trained mental health professionals. The participants at the convention were also unanimous that an amendment be made to the Indian Evidence Act and the Criminal Procedure Code.
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From Schools Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 30 Mr G.S. Bains, who was the chief guest, spoke on various aspects of the Science and Technology Department’s year-long observance of the “Year of Scientific Awareness-2004”. He said there was a need to generate scientific temper among the community. The Principal of Tender Heart School, Ms P. Suri, said the science models were the original work of students. The results: science models: St Kabir — 1, Tender Heart School — 2 and 3. Quiz contest: St Kabir — 1, Tender Heart — 2 and Sacred Heart — 3. Film show: Sacred Heart and Government Model School, Sector 35 — joint first, St Kabir — 2 and St Stephens — 3. Annual function
The Air Force School, 3 BRD Air Force Station, celebrated its annual function here today. The programme began with “Saraswati vandana” followed by a performance by tiny tots. The Principal of the school, Ms Kiran Dutta, read out the annual report of the school. The chief guest, Air Cmdr S.P.S. Virk, appreciated the effort of the children. Ms Manjeet Virk, president of the AFWWA, awarded prizes to children. UNO Day
A function was organised at Government College for Girls to mark the UNO Day. Dr Manjit Kalra, Principal of the college, was the chief guest on the occasion. Various activities were organised to highlight the multi-dimensional role of the UNO. Poster making contest on “United Nations and Terrorism” and a debate on “United Nations and its relevance in the present context” was organised on the occasion. The winners: Poster making: Bhawna — 1 and Bhawna Bhatia — 2. Debate: Nandita — 1, Harsimran — 2.
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CBSE deadline extended
Chandigarh, October 30 The Regional Office of the CBSE will now accept forms of students falling in reappear, fail and improvement categories with late fee till this date. The earlier date was October 23, 2004.
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IETE gets growth centre award
Chandigarh, October 30 The Chairman of the IETE Centre, Prof P. Prabhakar, informed that an interaction session with the past chairman and executive committee members of 2002-2004 was held at the Sector 30 office of the IETE centre today. The points on the basis of which the award was given were arranging seminars/ promoting and conducting basic engineering and continuing technical education programme, conducting computer-related courses. The centre has 435 corporate members and around 2000 student members.
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Cosmid 2004 festival from Nov 1
Chandigarh, October 30 This one-day programme will include lectures by eminent scientists, science
quiz, scientific plays, games and exhibition on college campus, according to Dr Romesh Dogra, head of the Department of Biotechnology of the college.
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Teddy’s birthday
Chandigarh, October 30 They came dressed as teddy bears and carried their teddies with them. Students of pre-nursery, nursery and LKG sections recited a poem, “Teddy Bear”. The story of “Goldilocks and Three Bears” was told by one of the teachers with the help of a pop-up book.
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New HC Judges to take oath next week
Chandigarh, October 30 According to highly-placed sources, all the five have received their appointment letters and have been asked to be prepared to join early next week. The five - Faridabad District and Sessions Judge Nirmal Yadav, Punjab and Haryana High Court Registrar-General Pritam Pal, Ludhiana District and Sessions Judge Baldev Singh, Punjab Legal Remembrancer M.M. Aggarwal and Special Judge of Central Bureau of Investigation, Patiala, S.N. Aggarwal - are being elevated from the Judges' quota. Sources said that so far there had been no further movement on the issue of forwarding of names of lawyers for elevation to the Bench. The file of all the five lawyers recommended by the Punjab and Haryana High Court collegium last time was returned without any further action due to some reason. Since then, the collegium has not decided on any names to be sent for elevation. The present strength of the High Court Bench is 26, which will go up to 31 after the oath of these five new Judges.
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In search of moorings
Chandigarh, October 30 Neelam Mansingh’s latest play “Sibo in Supermarket” addresses the concerns that stem from the longing to locate oneself in an increasingly lost world where nothing is constant except change. Deeply inspired by “Supermarket Soliloquy”, a two-page short story by Moira Crosbie Lovell, the play evolves as a pleasant allegory where symbols of a space as impersonal as that of a supermarket reflect life in its myriad shades. Surjit Patar’s heart-aching verse works wonders on the stage where the protagonist (played by Ramanjit Kaur) is desperately striving to relate her untroubled past with her turbulent present. The play was staged at Rock Garden this evening. Products in the supermarket become reference points for the woman pining for home and for everything that made home so special. The fragrance of the village neem tree returns to her as she spots patented neem products on the shelves of the store. From the dark days of terrorism to the abandon of countryside, she relives her past that has paved the way for her present. Wrought with pain, she fights for a space that can aid the process of her evolution as a woman. Intense prose and poetry by Patar, muted sets by Sumant Jaykrishnan and purposeful direction by Neelam Mansingh lead the script home where the protagonist’s heart meets its destination. The denouement is structured as striking narrative that travels back home with you. “When you leave home in a hurry, what will you take? Some photographs, some flowers, some symbols to remind you that the place you left once existed. I took some soil and a packet of seeds. My seeds have done well in a strange land and they will now have to find home here….like me.” The play will be staged for six more days at Rock Garden. |
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Film Review Rama Sharma Cashing in on the craze for music videos, director Sharad Sharan has tried playing to the gallery in “Kis Kis ko”, with a pulsating soundtrack and excellent choreography, but the end product is no different from the routine stuff. In the first-of-its-kind Bollywood movie on band boys, five young boys of a band — Sudhanshu Pandey, Karan Oberoi, Chin2 Bhosle, Siddharth Haldipur and Sherrin Varghese — frantically search for a girlfriend. It goes without saying that these first-timers need to learn some acting tips. Riya (Bhumika Puri) is the girl who is bent to teach these Romeos a lesson. So she cleverly plays the Julie for each of them, giving some fun-filled moments. The hilarious part being all landing at her place on Valentine’s Day. Sudhanshu Pandey and Karan Oberoi show some spark. Bhoomika and Aparna are more than glamourous but they need to be more relaxed and natural. The camera has captured a picturesque Indonesia. In the second half, the film’s downfall begins when Riya falls for hunk Siddharth. You cannot expect much when a music video is stretched to over two hours with a feeble story line. TNS
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Striving for pure music
Chandigarh, October 30 In Chandigarh today to participate in the Chandigarh Sangeet Sammelan, Prasanna minced no words while analysing the trend of fusion which, he said, had damaged the classical tradition more than anything else. “The irony is that legendary artistes are corrupting our heritage in the name of international peace and brotherhood. Fusion does not beget world peace. It hardly promotes friendship between nations. The whole concept of fusion is misplaced,” he said. A diehard traditionalist who has mastered both the shehnai and flute, earlier made famous by his forefathers, including Pt Gauri Shankar and Pt Raghunath Prasanna, Pt Rajendra Prasanna defines Indian music as special. “Our music is fiercely individualistic, so much so that it can appeal only when presented in a certain mould. The moment you step out of its discipline, the mood of ragas changes for worse. And when you bring Indian classical music down to the level of Western, the melody crumbles under the weight of change. That’s what fusion has done to our age-old treasures,” said Prasanna, who is currently working on chant music and its possible translations on flute. A firm believer in the esoteric value of Indian musical traditions, Prasanna says he is concerned only about perfecting shehnai and flute recitals. He is already well-regarded for the admirable ease with which he plays both the instruments at the same time. Now, he is exploring new dimensions of his art. And for this, he has constantly been refusing offers to make music for films. |
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Pt Rajendra Prasanna has no regard for the fad called fusion. For him, it is something that classical artistes flaunt for the sake of gaining commercial mileage. A puritan given to preserving musical traditions of the Benaras and Rampur Seswan gharana, flutist Pt Rajendra Prasanna would rather eat less for a day than sell his art in the music market of the world.