From Schools & Colleges
GNIMT students shine in BCA semester results
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, January 6
Students of Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology, Gujarkhan Campus, have performed well in BCA semester examinations of Punjab Technical University held in May, 2004. Amrit Pal Kaur of BCA, 2001 batch, has got the overall seventh position in the university securing 3633 marks out of 4200. In the BCA II semester examination, Preet Chawla of the institute has secured the tenth position in the university with a percentage of 83.86.

Dr A.S.Bansal, Director of the institute, has appreciated the performance of the students. He has said students of the institute have achieved remarkable results not only in academics but also in the fields of sports and cultural and literary activities.

Salad-making competition: A salad-making competition was held at New SMD Senior Secondary School here on Thursday. More than 180 students from the Vth Standard onwards participated in it.

In senior girls category Yashwinder Kaur stood first, Pallavi Agarwal second and Itika Singla and Jyoti Bala were adjudged third. In junior girls category Lakshmi Gupta won the first position, Ekta Dixit second while Toyama Verma and Anjali Bajaj won the third position.

In the senior boys category Gurdip Singh and Ratul Soni stood first and second respectively while Abhineet Godayal and Pawan Kumar were adjudged third. In the junior boys category, Prabhjot Singh stood first, Ashish Kumari second while Chandrakant Chada and Sahil Jaidka were adjudged third.

Primary teachers flay govt: The Government Primary Teachers Association, Punjab, has condemned the decision of the Punjab Government to recover the higher grades awarded to higher qualification teachers from January 1986. It has decided to start their ‘struggle’ against the “black law” and to file a writ petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

A meeting of the association will be held on January 8 at Atam Park to chalk out the struggle plan. Mr Piara Singh Dhillon, state President of the association, said the recovery would be in lakhs and a large number of teachers had retired from the service.

CULTURE

Octogenarian enjoys making leaf paintings
Shivani Bhakoo

Ludhiana, January 6
Mr Inderjeet Singh Raja, (80), may be leading a retired life, but his life is full of colour. Even now he is as busy as when he was young, making beautiful leaf paintings and arranging exhibition of his paintings at various cities in Punjab. Age, seems to have not to dampen his spirits and passion for art.

Talking about his work, Mr Inderjeet Singh Raja said though his children wanted him to enjoy retired life, doing nothing, but this work of art gave him both enjoyment and satisfaction. He has made some beautiful paintings of Sikh Gurus on different leaves. “I am a religious minded person and religion-remains to be in focus in all my work. Not only on Sikhism but I have made paintings using water colours and poster colours on Christianity, Hinduism and Islam which have been appreciated by all. With the encouragement of my wife, I am enjoying my work and my life”, said Mr Raja.

Mr Raja has already held many exhibitions at different colleges in the city. An art exhibition of his leaf paintings was inaugurated at Government College for Women here today by Ms N.K. Sekhon, Vice-Principal GCW. Mr N.S. Nanda, President Punjab Hotels Association was the chief guest and Ms Manjit Kaur Sodhia, former Principal GCG was the guest of honour. A number of faculty members and students of the department of fine arts and many visitors view the exhibition.The exhibition was organised by Punjabi Sabhyachar Academy.

Mr N.S. Nanda said that Mr Raja was a senior citizen and had made more than 1000 paintings. He admired the work of Mr Raja and described him as a perfect artist in this field. Prof Gurcharan Singh, Head Department of Fine Arts also appreciated the work of Mr Raja.

Earlier Dr S.N. Sewak, President of the Academy pointed out that Mr Raja had enriched the cultural activity in Punjab with his paintings. A number of students also interacted with Mr Raja, who gave them tips on leaf paintings. He was honoured by Mr Nanda who presented him with a memento at 
a function.

Punjabi singers enthral
Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, January 6
Noted Punjabi singers including Romy Gill, Lakhwinder Lucky and others enthralled people here last night. The cultural night was organised by Win Cable and ITV to mark the new year celebrations in the open theatre at Punjabi Bhavan.

Despite chilling cold hundreds of people converged on the open theatre to listen to their favourite singers. And they were deservingly treated to some great numbers like ‘Jogiya ve jogiya’, ‘Nehro par bangla’, ‘Dhruvtara’, ‘Teri meri Akh ladd gayi’ and a number of other songs. The programme continued till past midnight as the fans refused to withdraw wanting more and more.

The singers were felicitated by the directors of Win Cable, Mr GS Arora and Mr A S Dhaba.

The singers expressed their gratitude to the fans. Romy Gill said while the fans may have felt great over the night, their (the singers’) joy was much more as “it is a great honour to learn that you are admired”. He said, he was touched by the interest and the enthusiasm shown by the fans despite the temperature dipping to an all-time low during the night. 

Ghazal programme organised
Our Correspondent

Mandi Gobindgarh, January 6
The local Desh Bhagat Institute of Management and Computer Science organised a ghazal programme on January 6. It was inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner S.K. Ahluwalia. Ustad Shameer Iqbal shared the magic of his voice and ghazals in the programme. Eminent personalities of the area, teachers and students enjoyed the ghazals.

The Deputy Commissioner said the Desh Bhagat group had helped in creating awareness in society in all fields, be it education, cultural activities, sports or any other area. He praised the efforts of the group in developing the personality of the students by organising such programmes.