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Aanchal chosen Ms Cyanide
Chandigarh, March 19 The Mr and Ms Cyanide contest was also organised in which Harkirt was chosen as Mr Cyanide and Aanchal was declared Ms Cyanide. Items like groups dance and individual dance drew appreciation from the audience. Other items included literary debate and psychoanalysis. In the Star nite Waris brothers held the audience spell bound. J.P. Singh who went to see the show was denied entry despite having a pass. “There were around ten persons who were denied entry despite having passes. The police officials deputed at the entry gates even misbehaved with us. The results are as follows: In the technical paper presentation, Aarti and Reety Arora secured the first position for their presentation on RNA synthesis. Shvinder Partap Singh and Aviral Vyas got the second position while Arjun Partap Singh and Gaurav Chachra got the third position. In mathomania contest Bhavneet stood first, Anuj second and Puneet Kumar stood third. In Mr and Miss placement round, Joban Singh and Shwedha were the winners while Shivendru and Sonali were the runners-up. In the words master category Shwedha and Urveshi were the winner. In mock press conference round Dinesh Cahal was the winner. Debate (maina) Japinder and Varneet were the winner while in western dance first prize in group category went to photons of DCET. Hari Sharma was chosen as cyanide idol. In western solo singing Shikhadhiman secured the first prize.
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Eight PU students get scholarships
Chandigarh, March 19 The selected students are Anjali Bhatia from Psychology Department, Rajeeka Khullar of Physics Department, Amit Modgil of Pharmacy Department, Samriti of English Department, Shalini Sharma of Physics Department, Kamaldip Kaur of Physics Department, Rohit Malik of Microbiology Department and Ritu Pasrija of the Physics Department. The Scholarship amount is Rs 3000 per student and awarded to postgraduate students of Panjab University. Dr Suman Beri, Director of the programme informed that the Yogoda Satsanga Society of India had instituted eight Paramahansa Yogananda Scholarships for the postgraduate students and conducts a competitive examination and those desirous of participating should get themselves registered with YSS Dhian Kendra, Sector 28-D, Chandigarh. There is no registration fee and the last date for submission of applications is March 20. Prof J.K. Gupta, Dean University Instruction, presented awards to the students and presided over the function.
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336 students awarded degrees
Panchkula, March 19 While 102 students belonged to the Commerce stream, 211 from the Arts stream and 23 from the Science stream were given their degrees. A total of 210 students were honoured for excelling in various fields of which 27 students were awarded college colours, 71 for being placed on the merit list while 12 students were honoured for scoring above 75 per cent marks. The toppers of various streams of first and second years were also awarded on the occasion. These included Vikram (BSc I), Shubham (B Com I), Monica (BA I) and Sarita Bishnoi (BA II). The chief guest at the function, Secretary, Co-operatives, Mr Balwan Singh, gave away the prizes. Speaking at the function, he said learning was a continuous process and went on throughout the lifetime of an individual. Advising the students to plan their future and proceed for higher education accordingly, Mr Balwan Singh urged them not to choose a career path which had been imposed on them. The Principal, Ms Usha Malik, read out the annual report, highlighting the academic, co-curricular achievements of the college.
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Awareness programme for students
Chandigarh, March 19 The objective of the programme was to familiarise the students with schemes and incentives available through various government departments, banks and financial institutions for setting up small business and industrial ventures. The Principal, Ms Usha Mahajan, while inaugurating the programme welcomed the guests and showed interest in organising technical programmes like mobile and electronics repairs, bee keeping etc. for the students. Mr Paramjit Singh, Principal Consultant, RCED, urged the students to opt for self-employment, rather than run after jobs. He compared government and private jobs vis-à-vis self-employment. He also discussed various opportunities that the prospective entrepreneurs could opt for. Mr R.K. Bakshi, Assistant Director, District Industries Centre, highlighted the schemes and incentives available for small self-employment projects under PMRY scheme.
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Students burn PU admn’s effigy
Chandigarh, March 19 A hunger strike was also observed by Bandana, Pooja, Igjyot and Ruby. They said if their demands were not met the agitation would be intensified. The protest was against the university’s move to reconduct the Sahilyatantra exam even when the results of the final year had not been declared.
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Attray meets Art students
Chandigarh, March 19
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Kankana, Sunayana negate age factor
‘As the artists grow old their ‘art’ blooms with more vigour and vitality as the life-long expertise and experience put together give an impetus for redeeming their talent appropriately.’ This veritably applied to vocalist Kankana Banerjee and Sunayana Hazarilal, a kathak danseuse, as both negating the age factor lit up the second day of Pracheen Kala Kendra’s ongoing Bhaskar Rao Sangget Sammelan with dexterous performances.
Kankana presented the rich melody of raga ‘shudh kalyan’ with bara khayal ‘A karam karo” set to the complex jhumratal. She maintained the tempo of melody and rhythm in her dhrut composition “Jhal bal kar” enunciating her own style of rendering tans and sargams which reminded the audience of the decisive influence of her guru, Ustad Amir Khan. The anguish and torment of a women was perceptible in her next composition “Piya bin gujar gaye rein” in teen taal and rag desh. However, her concluding thumri weaved in Holi fervor was a treat to the ears. Akram Khan at tabla, Jai Ram Potdar at harmonium and Nisha Thakur at tanpura gave the maestro an admirable support. Amidst lofty applause the star performer of ‘kathak’ from Mumbai, Sunayana Hazarilal took the centre stage. She regaled the audience with her fine combination of intensive abhinaya and technical expertise while executing the fundamental patterns of the Benaras gharana kathak after an invocation of Lord Krishna with a vandana in rag Bhopali. She was at her best as she depicted the episode of Saroop Nakha from the Ramayana. She demonstrated her impressive ability to control footwork as well as abhinaya presentation suiting to the essence of the theme. Somnath Mishra (vocal), Ghanshyam Sisodia at sarangi and table maestro Kalinath Mishra provided excellent support to the danseuse. Earlier, the kendra honoured journalist Ved Bhasin, Chairman, Kashmir Times Group of Newspapers, with a cash award, a shawl, citation for his journalism of courage and conviction during the insurgency in Kashmir. Guru Shobha Koser and Suchitra Mishra will present a Jugal Bandi of kathak and Bharat Natyam while the leading exponent of the Mewati gharana, Sanjeev Abhyankar, will provide the grand finale to the three-day classical music bonanza.
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Seminar, mushaira in Sahir Ludhianvi’s memory
THE Haryna Urdu Akademi organised a seminar ‘ Sahir Ludhianvi ki Shakshiyat aur funn’ and an all-India mushaira today at the Art Gallery today. The well acclaimed litterateurs and poets participated and presented their papers on the contribution of Sahir Ludhinavi to Urdu literature.
Inaugurating the seminar Dr A.R. Kidwai, Governor, Haryana, paid a rich tribute to the literary prominence and poetic genius of Sahir and complimented the akademi for their endeavour to keep the spirit of Sahir alive. He categorically commended the efforts of octogenarian writer Kashmiri Lal Zakir for propagating the Urdu language . Prof Muzaffar Hamfi presided over the seminar while Mehmood Alam, Dr Purnima Punam, Nur Zahan Sarvat, Kashmiri Lal Zakir and bureaucrat poet N.S. Rattan read papers and shared their close associations with Sahir. They recited Sahir’s couplets — classic shayers of Sahir like’ Ikk Shaenshah ne bna ke haseen Taj Mahal ham garibon ki mohabbat ka udaya hai mazak’ highlighting the aristocrat splendour of the Mughal emperors and sentimental exploitation of the poor masses. Dr Kamlesh Mohan and Dr Sehba Ali holding a Ph.d from Illinois and close relation of Sahir shared some close memories of the peerless poet with the audience. The prominent poets who participated in the largely attended ‘mushaira’ included K.L. Zakir, Muzaffar Hamfi, Krishan Kumar Noor, Mehmood Alam, Dr Purnima Punam, Noor Jahan Sarvat, Amar Ambalavi and Shams Tabezi who also compered the programme.
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Vanity Fair gets under way
Chandigarh, March 19 Being held for the fifth year in a row, the exhibition has become an annual affair in the city, she added. “It is a heartening thing that most of the participants are women who run a business from their homes”, said Priya. On display are items ranging from hand-painted stoles, sarees, suits and kurtis, embroidered dress material for the summer months, phulkari stuff, designer outfits, leather bags and shoes, sterling silver items, bed linen, glass flowers, teak furniture, ethnic curios, stained glass items, paintings and chocolates etc. The success stories that some of the women entrepreneurs, who have exhibited their merchandise at the exhibition, revealed the grit and determination that had made them run their business almost single-handedly. City-based Asha Mankotia, who makes dainty glass flowers at her workshop, says, “It is a one-woman show as I have been making these flowers for the past four years.” She has not had any formal training and her art is truly an expression of her creative spirit. Rashmi Bindra has put her exquisite hand painted creations on display. Wife of an Army officer, Rashmi, too does all her painting work
single-handedly. “I am in love with colours and flowers and this is what made me took to painting and now it is almost a full-time occupation.” Similar was the case of Ms Amrita Gill, who has settled in the UK. She has exhibited beautiful water colour paintings. She loves to capture beautiful blooms and landscapes in her paintings. “It is a delight to be able to showcase my work in the city where I grew up”, she said. Doing a brisk business on her stall of home-made fresh chocolates was Mohali-based Rameet Bakshi. She too had started her venture at a small-scale. She has participated in a number of exhibitions held in the city. Attractive packing is the USP of my chocolates apart from the freshness. Apart from the usual flavours her liqueur apricot and rum and raisin chocolates had even grown ups licking their lips. The low fat and sugar free chocolates brought by Delhi-based model-turned-businesswoman Tanya Mehra lured even the most calorie-conscious damsel to commit the sin of digging her teeth into the treats. These choco delights in as many as 20 flavours by Mauve Fonce, a European company, have been brought to the city for the first time by Ms Mehra. These ‘eat me chocolates’ have no preservatives and the sugar-free ones can be had even by those suffering from diabetes, she claimed.
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