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UNESCO declares 2005 International Year of Physics
Chandigarh, March 10 The IYP is being celebrated with great enthusiasm world over. In India an elaborate plan has been drawn by the Indian Physics Association (IPA) and Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT) in association with other organisations. The local units of IPA and IAPT have drawn, in association with the Department of Physics, Panjab University, an ambitious plan of activities through out the year for celebrating the IYP. The activities include celebrating the birthdays of great physicists, public lectures and talks in schools and colleges on history of physics, physics in daily life and other topics. A poster competition and a quiz for students and a workshop for physics teachers of schools have also been planned. The IYP celebrations will be formally inaugurated by Professor K.N. Pathak, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University, on March 14, — Einstein’s birthday — at 3.30 p.m. in the Department of Physics, PU. Prof S.P. Puri (Retd.) of Panjab University will give a talk on “Einstein: Man, Philosopher and Scientist” on this occasion. Observed: Population and Development Education Cell in Regional Resource Centre, PU observed International Women’s Day by organising a programme for the Literacy functionaries of Chandigarh at ICSSR Complex, here today. The coordinator of the programme, Dr Dazy Zarabi and Ms Binwant Pannuan, said that even though women’s access to education and health has increased, participation in paid labour force has grown and more number of women are participating in society as policy makers but nowhere in the world women claim to have all the same rights and opportunities as men. The main speakers at the programme were Prof Kuldip Kaur from CRRID, Dr Kuldip Puri from RRC, PU, Ms Sangeeta from IDC, Chandigarh, Ms Jasbir Bawa from State Health and Family Welfare, Punjab, and Dr Manmeet Kaur, State Consultant, European Commission, Haryana Health Department. Blood donation camp: The ninth blood donation camp was organised under the banner of the Joint Action Committee of PU employees, here today. As many as 175 units of blood were donated. The camp was held in the memory of late Prof. H.C. Sharma, a champion blood donor, sports person and social worker. The camp was inaugurated by Prof K.N. Pathak, Vice-Chancellor, PU. Held: To mark the ‘Year of Scientific Awareness, a programme was organised by the Department of Bio-Chemistry, here today. The theme of the programme was ‘Biochemistry in Health and Disease’. Dr Girish Sahni, Director IMTECH, Chandigarh, was the chief guest on this occasion. The programme began with a Saraswati Vandana which was followed by an address delivered by the Dean University Instruction, Prof J.K. Gupta, who extended a warm welcome to the chief guest, Dr Girish Sahni who is an alumnus of this University, particularly of the Department of Microbiology. In his keynote address, Dr Girish Sahni shared his contribution in the development of indigenous technologies for clot buster proteins. In his talk, Dr Sahni said that 50-60 per cent of heart attacks occur as a result of occlusion of blood flow due to clot formation and many of these lives could be saved with the use of clot busters. This was followed by a scientific quiz competition where five teams participated. A declamation contest was also held where the topics debated included — ‘India as a Diabetic Capital’, ‘Tailor made Drugs’ and ‘Promises, Problems and Prospects of Stem Cell Research’. Collages were made on ‘Health and Nutrition’, ‘Journey of DNA’ and ‘Gene Therapy’. Teams from NIPER, Mohali, P.G.I., Chandigarh and other science departments participated actively. The winners are as follows: Science Quiz: Ayesha Chauhan, Navita Gupta & Neha Agarwal-1, Varun Devan, Bhupiner Kuar, Deepika-2, Manjula, Jatin and Ambika-3; Declamation: Meghna Pant; Gunjan Tyagi, Komal Arora and Natasha Sehgal.
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Inter-college paper reading contest held
Mohali, March 10 The topics were “Gender Equality - A Mirage or Reality?”, “Impact of Media on Portrayal of Women” and “Empowering Women through Reservation - India-2020”. Ms Isha Kataria from APJIM, Jalandhar, stood first in the contest while Preeti Singh of RIET, Nawanshahr and Simran Lamba of IET, Bhaddal, shared the second position. Aditya Khanna of RIET Nawanshahr stood third and Aseem Gill of IET, Bhaddal, won the consolation prize. Ms Renu Saigal, Chief Architect, Chandigarh Administration, was the chief guest on the occasion. Mrs Kulwinder Gurcharan Singh gave away certificates to 40 girls of neighbouring villages who had attended six stitching, embroidery and tailoring courses run by the institute at village Haripur village. A sewing machine was also given to Ms Darshan Kaur of Brahminwala village as the best student of the stitching course. For the convenience of the girls, the next on-site course will be held at Hirdapur village. Till now, 50 girls have already been enrolled. A blood donation camp was also organised. A team of 16 members headed by Dr Usha Rao, Blood Transfusion Officer, PGIMER, Chandigarh, collected 400 units of blood. The camp was sponsored by the Oriental Bank of Commerce, Mianpur.
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Dharna by teachers, school employees
Chandigarh, March 10 The agitators also organized a protest march to Matka Chowk under the leadership of Mr Gurcharan Singh Chahal, state president of the Punjab State Aided School Teachers and other employees unions, and raised slogans against the Punjab government. The protesters have been demanding restoration of pension gratuity scheme 1992, which the Punjab government had withdrawer since June 2003, merger of 50 per cent of the Dearness Allowance (DA) in pay and pension, release of grants for the fourth quarter of this year, permission to fill vacant posts, rural area allowance, approval of 34 posts of primary schools and release of their salary, promotion scales after eight and 16 years of service, grant of senior scale to clerks, practical allowance to science teachers and administrative allowance to heads of institutions. Addressing the agitators, Manohar Lal Chopra, a leader of the union condemned the government for its story silence on the demands of the union which have launched a state-wide agitation since December last. He urged the Punjab Chief Minister to invite a deputation of the union for discussions on their demands. Mr Chahal threatened to hold a protest march to state assembly on March 18. He also claimed that thousands of teachers would court arrest on the day. Mr Jaswant Singh, Amritsar, Mr Rajinder Kumar Shastri, Nabha, and Mr Sital Singh, Phagwara, were among those who addressed the gathering.
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Jasmeet is Miss Dev Samaj
Chandigarh, March 10 The occasion was the farewell party for BCA/B.Com and BA III students. The highlight of the day was the Miss Dev Samaj contest. Jasmeet of BCA III was crowned Miss Dev Samaj. Isha of B.Com III and Vamika of B.Com III were declared the first and second runners-up, respectively. Ms Satyawati, chairperson of the college, crowned winners. A warm farewell was also given to the outgoing students of the Guru Gobind Singh College for women, Sector 26, on Wednesday. Girls attired in their best outfits wanted to capture every pleasant moment of the college. The juniors didn't miss any chance to impress their seniors and they sang beautiful songs for them. A fulfilled play 'Instant choley.com' was appreciated by all.
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Examination postponed
Mohali, March 10 The Controller of Examinations, Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur Saroya, said in a press note here today that the examination had been postponed as the festival of Holi fell on March 25.
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Provide complete drainage in Mohali by June: HC
Chandigarh, March 10 Completion of the Rs 1.06 crore project, for draining rain water into the Sukhna Choe, would bring relief to residents of the phase and adjoining areas. Mr Tejinder Singh Sudan, an advocate here with 14 other residents, had filed a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging that both the Punjab Urban Development Authority(PUDA) and the Municipal Council(MC) had been dilly-dallying on the provision of additional drain pipes in the area, where water from other areas of the township collected during the monsoon and flood-like situation existed during rainy season for years now and the situation had become worse for the past few years “due to environmental degradation and unavailability of outlet for the rain water, the PIL had alleged. Feeling happiness over the court decision, the advocate said that the residents had to move court for the provision of basic amenities in the area. Last year, residents also moved the court under Section 151 of the Civil Procedure Code for appropriate directions to the authorities concerned for the compliance of the interim orders and to place on record the status report on the implementation of the schemes on water-logging.
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SC stays CAT order on daily-wage workers
Chandigarh, March 10 Granting interim stay on the operation of the CAT directives, the Supreme Court while hearing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by the Chandigarh Administration granted the stay on March 7. Orders of the tribunal were upheld by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The tribunal directing the administration to treat the daily workers with 10 years of service as regular employees had asked for the creation of new posts. The tribunal also allowed pensionary benefits to the applicants. The orders of the Supreme Court were today conveyed to a bench of the tribunal, comprising of Mr L.M. Mehta, Member (Administrative) and Ms Syhama Dogra, Member (Judicial), which was hearing a case of pensionary benefits. The CAT after hearing a bunch of applications by daily workers had directed the Administration to treat the daily wagers with 10 years of service as regular employees. Pensionary benefits had also been allowed by the tribunal and the administration was asked to create posts for such employees. The decision of the CAT which was challenged by the administration in the High Court was upheld by the latter. Then the administration had moved the Supreme Court.
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New Release Video Director Sanjay F Gupta makes debut as director of ‘‘Karam’’, emotional thriller starring John Abraham and Priyanka Chopra. Harry Baweja produces ‘‘Karam’’ directed by Sanjay F Gupta. It will be released today at Piccadily, Chandigarh and Fun Republic, Manimajra. In ‘‘Karam’’ action film John Abraham has performed death-defying stunts. He plots, double crosses and triple crosses everyone. John fights the forces of nature and cuts loose from masters of puppets. John Abraham plays an assassin. It is a story of one man’s retribution borne out of his dark past. ‘‘Karam’’ stars Bharat Dhabolkar, Vishwajeet Pradhan, Anjan Srivastava, Major Bikramjeet and Shiney Ahuja. Film is a based on a story by Suparn Verma. Dialogue by Sanjay Chauhan, cinematography by Narendra Khanna, action by P. Kumar, choreography by Bosco-Caesar and visual effects by Prime Focus are major credits. Dev Kohli, Irshad Kamil and Vishal Dadlani have penned lyrics for Vishal-Shekhar. It is Harry Baweja’s next release after ‘‘Qayamat’’. — DP
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Rafi’s songs enthral Pak fans
Chandigarh, March 10 The audience in clusters greeted R.D. Kailley who presented his very Punjabi number ‘Dana Pani’ while the spontaneous charm of ‘O Haseena Zulfon wali’ and its rich melodic rendition by Brijesh Ahuja, having closer resemblance to the voice of Rafi Saheb, created a spell. Sarmishtaha Bannerjee ably supported Brijesh, the lead playback singer of all Jaspal Bhatti productions. After Veni Malik’s ‘Badan pe Siatre..’ the founder member B.D. Sharma doled out a romantic songs ‘Chherha mere dil ne’ and later ‘Khulli palak mein’ besides pairing up with noted artist Veenu Kautish for a duet song. Acclaimed vocalist Rinku Kalia, winner of Sa Re Ga national award, rendered a gloomy duet ‘Duss merya dibra ve’ with Karan. She established her adroit mastery over laya and taal modulating her voice to enrich its thematic essence. Gifted Venu Kautish excelled with the rendition of another serious number ‘Kabhi raat din’ supported by ghazal maestro R.D. Kailley. With solos and duets Brijesh Ahuja, Rinku Kalia and Veenu Kautish, however, were more in demand by the visiting guests. Besides Harpreet Singh, Ramesh Dhiman, Dinesh Sharma, Dr Anil Sharma, Kiran Kumar, Richa Sharma, M.R. Saini, Nidhi Narang won applause of the crowd. The 10-piece heavy orchestra led by music director Raman Kant augmented the level of presentation. Sheikh Mohammad Idreef from Lahore and Abdul Mazid from Lahore, who regularly visit the Plaza, were elated at the performance of amateur artistes. V.M. Sharma compered the programme. Earlier the Theatre Arts group staged a play ‘Screen Test’ in Nukkad natak form on the Plaza stage. Written by Suvinder Pal and directed by Rajiv Mehta, the play juxtaposed the unethical means employed by fraudulent agents to extort money from the aspiring actors exploiting their sentiments. Besides the parodies of hit film songs, the dialogues, too, were laced with sardonic satire which generated humour among the audience. Suvinder Apal, Rajiv Mehta, Ms Bhavana,Yogesh Tungal, Gurjut Kang, and others formed the cast. |
His santoor takes you to Kashmir
Pt Bhajan Sopori’s music takes you back to the ethereal beauty of Kashmir’s landscapes. In his command, the delicate santoor becomes a powerful symbol of peace. Its genuinely inspired cadences paint vivid pictures of the valley.
Ask the musician what it takes to recall Kashmir’s beauty on stage and he makes a nostalgic statement: “It takes some talent and loads of childhood memories.” Born into the family of Sufi musicians, Pt Sopori represents the seventh generation of santoor players. In league of his own, he is credited with having modified the santoor to suit the exigencies of raga system. In contrast with the 25 bridge santoor which one normally encounters, Pt Sopori plays a 43 bridge instrument rich with range. The range allows him to play the most challenging of ragas on the santoor; enables him to strike unusual collaborations — even with the loud pakhawaj. “I have spent most of my life experimenting with the sound of the santoor. Many have taken credit for its revival but in reality the santoor owes its resurgence to our gharana. Our pursuits have been documented and they are still going on,” reasons Pt Sopori in an interview with The Tribune. He was here on SPIC MACAY’s invitation to present a recital during PGI’s ongoing Spring Fest. By effecting technical alterations in the santoor’s structure, Pt Sopori has generated gentle sounds — those that soothe and medically so. Not surprising that his album “Sound Therapy” became the first ever music album to be released by a pharmaceutical company for its curative value. At another end, the musician has spent years in AIR composing songs for children and recomposing popular patriotic melodies like “Sare jahan se achha”, “Sarfaroshi ki tamanna” and “Hum honge kamyaab”. He says: “After leaving Kashmir in 1990 I concentrated on unique productions. Experimentation is at the heart of my attempts and I have been fortunate that my efforts have yielded result. I have composed 4,000 songs, many for children; I have also composed every poet worth his salt.” In fact, Pt Sopori holds distance from the hostile environment of Kashmir responsible for his musical growth. “I had to go away so that I could nurture my art. Sometimes it is important to let go so that you can return with greater conviction. Today I have disciples from Kashmir. I am also opening an academy where we will train Kashmiris who have immense musical talent,” he said. Also a creator of many ragas, Pt Sopori says creativity is welcome so long as it serves a purpose. “Creation of a raga is not about unleashing a melody. It has to have a purpose, a philosophy and the musician should be able to explain it. I’m sorry to admit but many musicians these days can’t play a single raga on audience demand,” said the maestro who has done many fusion projects. He has played with the Iranian santoor and also the harmonica. His grace lies in the fact that he never announces the raga when fusing with another instrument. “That would amount to disrespect of the raga,” says the musician, who played with his son and disciple Abhay Rustum Sopori at Bhargava auditorium today.
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