College organises seminar
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, November 15
Punjabi Sabhyachar Academy in collaboration with the Master Tara Singh College for Women today organised a seminar and an exhibition on Punjabi paintings. The function was held on the college premises.

Mr N.S. Nanda, president, Hotels Association, Punjab, presided over the function. Dr Pritam Singh Kamboj from the UK and Mr Jasbir Singh Dhiman from Kuwait were the guests of honour.

Famous novelist Karamjit Singh Aujla read a paper on contemporary Punjabi paintings. He related the works of Punjabi artists to that of national and international painters.

Earlier, Dr Madanjit Kaur Sahota, Principal, welcomed the participants. Dr S.N. Sewak highlighted the activities of the academy.

An exhibition of leaf paintings by Inderjit Singh Raja was inaugurated by Mr Nanda. The exhibition will remain open for three days.

The function was compared by Mr Gurdeep Pandher, general secretary of the academy. Ms Harman Dhillon, Head, Fine Arts Department, thanked the participants. Ms Harminder Kaur coordinated the function.

‘Waiting for Godot’ to be staged in Punjabi
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, November 15
Media Artists will stage “Waiting for Godot” tomorrow at Nehru Sidhant Kendra here. The play has been adapted into Punjabi. Media Artists had earlier staged the Punjabi adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”. “Waiting for Godot”, written by Samuel Beckett, has been adapted into Punjabi by Balram. In the one of its kind experiments in the theatre, the play will be jointly directed by Balram and Sanjay Solanki, both alumni of the Theatre and Television Department of Punjabi University, Patiala.

Though difficult, and sometimes baffling, “Waiting for Godot” is one of the most important works of our time. The play, called the quintessential play of the twentieth century, revolutionised theatre in the twentieth century and had a very deep influence on generations of succeeding dramatists.

The play was originally written in French and later Beckett only translated it into English. It was staged in London in 1955 and in the United States in 1956 and has been produced world wide. The play has come to be considered an essential example of ‘Theatre of the Absurd’.

By way of plot, the story is of two tramps, waiting by a sickly looking tree for arrival of Godot. They quarrel, make up, contemplate, contemplate suicide, try to sleep, eat a carrot etc. Two other characters appear, a master and a slave.Then a young boy arrives to say that Mr Gordot will not come today, but will come tomorrow. The play is a development of the title — “Waiting for Godot”.

SPORTS

Hockey meet from Nov 21
Our Correspondents

Doraha, November 15
The 6th Divali hockey meet will be organised from November 21 to 23. Mr R.S. Pali, in charge of this tournament, said the inter-school Divali hockey tournament was organised every year. It was initiated by late Dr Ishwar Singh, founder president of the managing committee of Guru Nanak National College and Guru Nanak Model Senior Secondary School, Doraha.  “He wanted to make the game popular here and abroad with promotion of which he began with this tournament which is now being organised in his memory, “Mr Pali said.

There will be no entry fee and the team securing first prize shall be awarded a cash prize of Rs 3,100 along with a memento and the runners up shall be given Rs 2,100.”

The teams expected to participate in the tournament are: Punjab Public school, Rupalon; Government Senior Secondary School, Doraha; Government Senior Secondary School Kaddon; Government Senior Secondary School, Sahnewal; Guru Nanak Model Senior Secondary School, Doraha; Sacred Heart Convent School, Ludhiana; Government High School Rampur; R.S. Khalsa High School, Jaspalon; Government Senior Secondary School, Jatana; Malwa Senior Secondary School, Model; Captain M.S. Gill Senior Secondary School, Dhamot; and Govt Senior Secondary school, Dhamot. The last date of receiving the entries is November 16.