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UBS alumni meet on December
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Chandigarh, December 16 “We will also honour the oldest alumni, Mr S.P. Oswal, chairman of the Vardhaman group, who is also our chief guest. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof K.N. Pathak, will preside over the function,” he said. While an award, Chander Mohan Singh Memorial Department, instituted in the name of a former student, will be given to the topper of the MBA (HR) course, one more award for the “Most Potential Manager” of the MBA (General) course to be given from this year onwards. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 24,000 and a gold medal. The president of the Alumni Association, Mr Kuldip Kaul, said some former students, settled abroad, had also expressed keeness to participate in the proceedings. While the 1979 batch would be felicitated on the occasion, the department would hold an in-house meeting with the alumni to gather from their experiences in the industry.
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Christmas celebrations at Little
Flower
Panchkula, December 16 He was addressing an ensemble of over 1,000 devout audience at a ‘Christmas celebration ceremony organised by the Little Flower church at the ‘Little Flower Convent School, Panchkula, auditorium today. Students of Little Flower Convent School, presented a welcome and prayer song. Students from St. Stephen’s Convent School, Sector 45, Chandigarh, staged a musical play. Immersed in devotion, the audience watched the angel (Akashdeep), Marry ( Manpreet), Joseph (Parvez) and Elizabeth (Visakha) depicting the chronology of events leading to the birth of the god incarnate, Jesus Christ. The musical repertoire comprising carols like, “Hail Mary Full of Grace, My soul glorifies, Sway in a manger, Jhoomti hai Zindagi” and others , all under the music direction of Geoff were well applauded. The spiritual sanctity and gaiety marked the celebrations as the carol singers sang “Santa Clause is coming to town” as the elegantly dressed “Santa” appeared on the stage. The audience joined to commemorate the wisdom and glory of sagacious Jesus Christ with” “Merry Christmas”... Father Edward Dcunah, on behalf of the 192 families, felicitated Bishop Jerald for completing 25 years of priestship and wished all to be blessed by the Christ, whose very name cools, satiates and nourishes one’s soul.
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St Soldier’s kids
dazzle
Mohali, December 16 The students clad in thin decorative dresses shivered in the cold and the function that was to begin at 3.30 pm finally began at 5 pm. The students and the teachers had made elaborate arrangements for the function and once it began, the show presented before the public was breathtaking. A torchlight show, a power point presentation, a Gujarati dance, a rhythmic beat and drill and many other colourful items were performed. Tomorrow the school will organise “Panorama” various inter-school competitions for students followed by “Junior Jingles” on December 18. The same day the school would organise its annual two day fete for the general public.
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Tiny tots celebrate annual
day
Mohali, December 16 Tiny tots presented a series of cultural items. A Saraswati Vandana was presented by Shireen followed by a song by the play group students. A jungle scene was presented by the nursery class students while rhymes and bhangra was presented by other students. School principal Mrs Manjot Bhullar welcomed the guests and annual report was read out by Mrs Ravneet, the function concluded with giddha.
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Saupin’s school function
held
Chandigarh, December 16 The English plays — ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ and ‘Christmas’ were presented by children of Class I and II. The tableaux prepared on the four different states — Maharashtra, Rajasthan, West Bengal and Punjab — were main attractions of the function.
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Lok adalat settles 51 cases
Chandigarh, December 16 They motivated employers and the workmen to arrive at settlements so that time and litigation expenses could be saved. Union leader Mr R.K. Singh Parmar, Mr N.K. Zakhmi, labour law adviser and other representative of the workers and management spoke on the occasion and suggested amendment in the labour laws so that the process of adjudication could be made speedy. Around 250 persons attended the lok adalat.
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HC reserves verdict
on PGI Dean’s issue
Chandigarh, December 16 Dr Gopalan had earlier challenged the selection and appointment of Dr Suri as Dean on the plea that she should have been appointed to the post as she is senior to Dr Suri. In an earlier hearing, the court had made it clear that it was not going to proceed in the matter any further till the PGI Governing Body decided the issue of seniority of the two women at its level. Later, in its meeting held on October 2 in Chandigarh, the Governing Body decided that Dr Gopalan is senior to Dr Suri. However, Dr Suri moved the High Court against the Governing Body decision and claimed that she had been unfairly treated.
After arguments today, the Bench of Mr Justice G.S. Singhvi and Mr Justice Amar Dutt reserved its
judgement.
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Lawyers decide to continue strike
Panchkula, December 16 A meeting of the Bar Association was held today, wherein it was decided that the strike would continue till a meeting was arranged between the lawyers and the Chairman, and the latter tendered an apology. The strike by the association has been on since Monday. Lawyers earlier met Superintendent of Police, Mamta Singh, and urged that an FIR be registered against the Chairman, Mr Amir Chand Chawla. The SP insisted that the accident of Mr Gupta’s car with the Chairman’s Tata Safari took place in the Zirakpur area, which was not in the jurisdiction of Panchkula police. When Bar members insisted that an FIR be registered, she said she would conduct an inquiry into the incident, which took place on December 10, and if the complaint by the lawyers was found to be false, she would initiate action against them. Efforts were on for a compromise between the two sides till late in the evening.
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New Release After ‘Lagaan’ the much-hyped Rs 30 crore ‘Swades’ will be Ashutosh Gowarikar’s new release with Shah Rukh Khan in the lead. The launch of the movie got delayed due to Shah Rukh Khan’s back problem last year. Finally ‘Swades’ is slated to be released today at Neelam Chandigarh and Fun Republic, Manimajra. It will be interesting to see what the Gowarikar and Shah Rukh Khan combination brings up. After the super success at the box-office of Ashutosh’s Oscar-nominated film ‘Lagaan’, he became the best selling director of the Bollywood. So expectations are high from ‘Swades’. The story is of a NASA scientist who returns to his village before the launch of the weather satellite he was working on. He stays and works hard towards the betterment of his village. It is the first Hindi film to be shot in NASA. ‘Swades’ is about how easily we accept the wrongdoings. The promos have generated a lot of interest in the film. Javed Akhtar’s lyrics and A. R. Rahman’s melodious score have also raised expectations from the film. In ‘Lagaan’ Gowarikar introduced Gracy Singh and in ‘Swades’ he introduces yet another beautiful new girl Gayatri Joshi. Kishori Ballal and Master Smit Sheth also star in the film. The film’s executive producer is Sunita A Gowarikar. A UTV Motion Pictures’ presentation, it is written — produced and directed by Ashutosh Gowarikar. UTV has also acquired the overseas distribution rights of the film. — D.P.
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Shiamak: taking dance to spiritual heights
Shiamak Davar is wedded to novelty. No wonder he refuses to be part of the film rut where everything passes as dance. His kind of projects must essentially be ingenuity driven lest the fine art of dance gets a bad name. In Chandigarh today to prepare for his winter funk show opening tomorrow, the dancer-choreographer told us of the latest best thing that has happened to him.
“Subhash Ghai’s “Kisna” is a choreographer’s delight. I am doing one sequence featuring British actress Antonia Barnath and Vivek Oberoi. The piece is purely experimental, said Shiamak, whose association with Subhash Ghai was much expected especially after his impressive delivery in “Taal”. As such Shiamak believes in flooring one and all with the spiritual appeal of his dance. “My work has to have spiritual ties. It has to mesmerise the participants and the audience alike. I got many film offers after “Dil to Pagal Hai” but not every film was worth my taking. My logic is simple. Every piece of art must have a spiritual dimension if it seeks sustenance on the world stage. That’s why even while I am directing a dance, I am working on every aspect of the song. I am involved from lights to costumes.” Also a spirit caller, Shiamak has never cared for recognition of his enterprise. He says, “These are personal matters where faith is supreme. Faith works wonders, even helps people converse with those that no longer exist in flesh and blood. But this is my belief and I have never pressured others into honouring it. Those who believe are welcome, those who don’t are welcome too.” Rooted in tradition, Shiamak loves to flaunt his Parsi antecedents. “Parsis are lovely people,” he says, “because they can laugh at themselves. We also value humility a lot. Perhaps that’s why when I first won the national award for dance, my brother thought little of it. My worth for him did not change with that extra award. That attitude helps us remain rooted.” As for work, there is plenty with Shiamak Davar’s Institute of Performing Arts (SDIPA) opening centres at various locations including Chandigarh. As for style, Shiamak loves to make one of his own. So he would even style a Shiamak bhangra, if he has to. “You will see that when we return to cast a spell on the city in March next year. Moreover, I believe in extracting the best from folk dances and creating something new. Why should we repeat a traditional dance which has been performed to perfection?,” asks Shiamak admitting that singing is not his favourite cup of tea. Shiamak dance school to open in March next year Shiamak Davar announced today that the SDIPA branch would be operational in Chandigarh from March next year. The school will function in tandem with Durga Das Foundation’s Strawberry World School in Sector 26. In fact, Shiamak is already preparing for the big launch which will witness a massive gathering of stars. “We will also showcase some of our new works in March,” the dancer said.
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Wax is her muse
It is difficult to suppress the creative spirit as creativity, like a volcano lava, finds ways to come out and express itself in myriad ways, says Mallika Ghosh, a city-based wax artist. Her life story proves it. Equipped with a diploma in fashion art and fashion merchandising from NIIFT, Delhi, she started her career in 1976 in an export house. Twentyeight years later with many bitter-sweet business ventures behind her, her creative spirit shines in the colourful display of wax statues and designer candles with which her house is filled. Painting and making murals are her other hobbies.
Her experiments with wax started as a hobby as this lady with magic fingers made one gift in wax for a friend’s birthday last year. There has been no looking back since then. Wax mountains, delicately carved ice buckets, ice-cream cones, abstract figures, X-mas trees, apart from gel candles and floaters studded with coloured stones and kundan beads, sunflowers, roses and aquarium candles in paraffin, opaque and gel wax, her collection has it all. And why she chose wax “we ask” and pat comes the reply that wax as a medium has immense beauty. ‘‘It is like an artist’s mind and can take a thousand shapes and shades but it is the beauty of the abstract that fascinates me,’’ she reveals. ‘‘I wanted to test my own creativity in this field which I had suppressed for a long time thus began my affair with wax art.’’ Malleable it may be, but wax is not easy to work with as one has to be extremely cautious as it catches fire very easily. One also has to be careful of the temperature. It should neither be too hot or too cold. Colours thrill her and her creations display a wide range of colours with which she expresses her artistic bent of mind. ‘‘Fashion designing has strengthened my colour combinations and this makes my wax figures unique,’’ she says. She has a special fascination for candles in different shapes and sizes. ‘‘Candles have always enchanted me with their rustic and earthy appeal,’’ she says, adding that ‘‘almost everyone has a fascination for candles as these are reminders of the innocence of childhood as a child brightens up at the very thought of a birthday cake illuminated with candles or of a youthful romance with emotions reflecting in the flickering light at a candle light dinner. This is what inspired me to try to make candles that were different but still had the old charm,’’ she says. ‘‘According to me each individual has his or her ambition and own way to express their feelings and moving my fingers over the hot wax gives me the inspiration to create artistic pieces.’’ She has held an exhibition of her creations and is also supplying these to some leading stores in the city.
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