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Sacred Heart, Bhawan Vidyalaya teams win
Chandigarh, January 10 While the Sacred Heart School team comprised Naemat Sandhu, Shivani Garg and harjot Kaur Dhaliwal, the team from Bhawan Vidyalaya had Nitish Goyal, Sameer Madan and Kriti Puri as its members. Two separate quiz contests were held to select two teams to represent the region in the national semi-finals to be held in Delhi on January 12. Both teams opened their accounts early and were leading at the end of each of the
rounds in the five-round quiz based on science and technology. Beginning with a “world of science” round and going on to famous scientists, then to selecting the right answers and a crossword, the quiz ended with a
quick-fire round of questions. With seven participating teams from Panipat, Rohtak, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and the city vying for a position in the semi-finals, the quiz was keenly contested by the three-member teams from various schools. However, the one exception was Mohit Thakur of Model School, Rohtak, who was a one-student team from Model School, Rohtak, trying to fight for
a place. The other participating teams included SD Vidyamandir, Panipat, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jalandhar, Guru Nanak Public School, Chandigarh and Ludhiana.
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Reopen canteens, demand students
Chandigarh, January 10 The HSA activists led by president Vikas Rathee met the Vice-Chancellor, Prof K.N. Pathak, in this regard and said students were being forced to eat from shops at the Student Centre at rates higher than those being charged in department canteens. Unable to bear losses, canteen contractors have shut shop in the Department of Laws, Chemical Engineering, Botany and Physics. Professor Pathak assured the delegation that reauction of the canteens would be held shortly. The delegation also demanded shifting of the fees deposit counter from the Administrative Block to the respective departments to save harassment to students. The VC promised to look into the matter. Inaugurated: A three-day entrepreneurship development programme was inaugurated during the Career and Placement week at GGDSD College, Sector 32, by the Principal, Dr A.C. Vaid, here today. Prof Vivek Sharma delivered two lectures on “Motivation and Characteristics of Entrepreneurs” and “Indian Model Entrepreneurs”. Blood donation camp: As many as 300 students donated blood at a camp held at the MCM DAV College, Sector 36, organised by the NSS unit of the college, here today. Sponsored by the Lions Club, Chandigarh Plaza, the District Chairman of the Blood Mission, Mr J.K. Sondhi, urged students to motivate one and all to donate blood. The Head of the Department of Transfusion Medicine, Dr Neelam Marwaha, apprised the students about the significance of blood donation and how one unit of blood could benefit a number of patients. The Principal, Ms Puneet Bedi, urged all staff members to donate blood. Option submitted: The Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ employees of the Union of Punjab Engineering College, in a letter to the Home Secretary, opted for permanent absorption for serving the PEC deemed university. This also includes employees who had earlier moved court against the decision of granting deemed university status to PEC.
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Garcha distributes uniforms
Mohali, January 10 She was welcomed by the panchayat which had contacted here for help for students who belong to economically backward families. The panchayat also informed Ms Garcha that the village had not received the promised assistance of Rs 50,000 for works from the government.
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Law institute case: HC asks UT about audit objections
Chandigarh, January 10 The Bench of Chief Justice Mr Justice BK Roy and Mr Justice Surya Kant, which is hearing the PIL that seeks quashing of the allotment of the land to the Institute on the ground that it was made in contravention of rules , also asked about the views of the Administrator on the issue, if he knows about the objections. In a major step, the Bench directed the UT Adviser or the Finance Secretary to file an affidavit on behalf of the Administrator to this effect. Resuming the hearing in the PIL, the Bench also asked UT Counsel why the Administration did not give a proper reply to the audit objections. To this, the UT Standing Counsel claimed that since the matter was sub-judice, the reply was the same as that given in the reply to the PIL. On hearing this, the Bench remarked that UT was trying to take shelter behind the PIL. Arguing on the issue of locus standi of his client, Mr Neeraj Sharma of Jalandhar, who filed the PIL, advocate Ajay Kaushik cited some judgements of the Supreme Court to buttress his stand that his client was well within his rights to file the PIL. It may be recalled that on the last hearing, the Bench had asked the UT Administration to tell it if reports saying that the Administration suffered a loss of Rs 139 crore due to alleged irregular allotment of the land to the Institute were correct.
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‘Mera Ujjarheya Gawandi’ — a true life story
‘Truth is, sometimes, stranger than fiction’ and the elite audience at the Tagore theatre was a witness to the proving of proverbial phrase, during the theatrical presentation of a true life story ‘Mera Ujjarheya Gawandi (My displaced neighbour) today. It was penned by Punjabi litterateur Santokh Singh Dhir.
Scripted and titled as an original story, playwright Sanjivan Singh, however, had introduced several aberrations to augment the dramatic presentation. The piteous wounds and pangs of Partition were brought alive throughout the play as the packed hall witnessed it, many with moist eyes. The play was presented under the aegis of Sarghi Kala Kendra in association with the Indo-Pak Freidship Association. Unlike most of the Indian and Pakistani films, aimed at hurling the abuse of atrocities and blaming each other for the catastrophe, the play dwelt on a righteous note of ‘self-introspection’ with regard to the accesses committed during Partition in 1947. Himself a legal adviser, director Ranjivan Singh recreated a perfect harmony among all communities weaved in the rustic ambience on the stage depicting the pre-Partition days. But sometimes the play appeared to be dragged as every minute detail was enacted and nothing left to symbolic display of events. The usual hustle and bustle and rejoicing in the folklore traditions before the gloomy Partition days were prominently shown where the terror, fear, hatred oppression ruled at the hands of the barbaric agents of hypocrites, politicians and the opportunists resorted to killing with reckless abandon. This part was portrayed well as the lead actor Sahib Singh swayed the audience with the emotional outbursts along natural acting spells from Satwinder Kaur (Jeena), Piara Singh (Amli) and Sanjiv Dewan (Lakha), Narinder Pal (Bachan Singh) Manpreet Kaur (Jennab), and Gunjandeep. Ramandeep Dhilon and Jatinder Shah provided good musical renditions while the chiaroscuro effects were sometimes confusing. Mr Hans Raj Dosanjh, a Punjab minister, was the chief guest while Choudhry Snaoullah Ghuman from West Pakistan, along with Harnek Singh Gharuan, occasion.
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Taking music to new heights
“Bade miyan to bade miyan, chhote miyan subhaan Allah” veritably applies to the versatile young maestro Salil Bhatt who, following the footsteps of his father, Pandit Vishva Mohan Bhatt, the living legend of Indian classical music, has created a musical instrument satvik veena. About three decades ago
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt modified the western musical string instrument, Hawain guitar to give it the look and feel of the traditional Indian musical instrument and christened it mohan veena.
His innovation paid the dividends when he introduced the melody and sublimity of our music to the foreign audience and this won him a Grammy award. Salil Bhatt, truly devoted to propagation of rich Indian classical art, has given solo performances at nine prestigious concerts abroad and has won acclaim. Talking to the Chandigarh Tribune, at the Pracheen Kala Kendra, Salil disclosed that the “richness and melodic opulence of Indian classical and folk music was confined to the esoteric group of audience only due to the limited participation of our artists in concerts abroad and certain technical limitations in some instruments which required innovations. Though Mohan Veena, created by my guru and father Vishva Mohan Bhatt, had been widely accepted as an Indian musical instrument but I never wanted to be complacent and have experimented with my innovative ideas for many years. Finally I am contented with my creation of satvik veena which emanates the soulful vibrant music because of innumerable variations of its ‘baaj’ style which immaculately assimilates the Gayaki and Tantakari styles”, said Salil. As it has been made from a single piece of 100-year-old oak wood block and its top has been made from pine wood to filter the sound and resonate, there are nineteen strings including five drone and twelve sympathetic
strings. According to Salil the beautiful musical instrument is the most melodious and anyone having a doubt can check it out tomorrow when he performs with it at the monthly baithak of Pracheen Kala Kendra.
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