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Foreign students, teachers visit Tribune
Chandigarh, August 11 Since its inception in 1997, the six-week summer program held in the region and conducted by Professor Mann, Director, Centre of Sikh and Punjab Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, has attracted more than 125 students from 50 universities across nine countries. This year too three faculty members from different universities around the world, 10 doctorate students and seven undergraduate students have joined to study Punjabi language, culture, history, religion and the geography of the region. They are Prof Shinder Thandi, heads Economics Department University of Coventry, who will also conduct workshops on economy and migration and diaspora with the participants. Prof Sadhu Binning teaches Asian studies at the University of British Columbia while John Williams teaches American Government and Law at Principia College. Kulwinder Singh Gill has just completed his Ph.D in physics. David Fowler has just finished his undergraduate course from University of Washington and is keen on pursuing graduation with Professor Mann. David “stumbled upon the Indian program at his earlier university and this had him hooked. “The deeper you go into a subject the more you find it unifying with the other cultures of the world,” believes David about the Indian culture, history and religion. For Professor John Williams, “The program has depth and breadth and has opened up areas that I never thought I would be interested in.”
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Students warned against defacing
PU property
Chandigarh, August 11 The warning was issued at a meeting held by the Dean, Student Welfare, Prof Nirmal Singh, DSW (Women), Ms Meenakshi Malhotra, the chief security officer of Panjab university with presidents of various students’ outfits here today. Among other instructions issued to them as a run-up to the students’ poll, the organisations were directed to paste A3 size posters only at specified places. They were also told that the police cases would be registered for any violations of the Defacement Act. The university authorities stated that once a police case was registered against a particular organisation or individual, he would be liable to be disqualified to contest the election. In addition, the organisation would be charged the cost of removal of material pasted at an unauthorised place.
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Freedom week over at British School
Panchkula, August 11 The children started collecting stamps and coins with the pictures of national leaders. They enjoyed performing skits depicting various andolan and historic events. The culmination of the Independence Week took place today. This morning the school children set out for a procession in two colorfully decked up tableaus. They passed through Sector-7, Sector-8 and Fun Republic. The parents of the students assembled at different venues to cheer up their children. The representatives of TBS mother’s forum, Mrs Rachna Monga, Mrs Shweta Gulati and Mrs Vindu Garg ensured that parents cheered their students. The children sang Gandhiji’s “Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram” and other popular patriotic songs. The children of Foundation Year-I were dressed up in saffron colour, the Foundation Year-II class was dressed up in white and Foundation Year-III was in green colour. They represented the National Flag. Not to miss the charka of the flag, some of them were dressed up in blue colour also. A few children were dressed up in traditional dresses representing different states of India like Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Kashmir. Highlighting “ Unity in diversity” the jubilant children released tri coloured balloons at various points in the city. A cultural bonanza was organised for all the students who presented patriotic songs, dances, speeches, rhymes and action songs. A grand finale marked the end of the
cultural bonanza in the school. The chief guest of the day was Ms. Urmila Sethi. A prize distribution function will be held tomorrow to award winners of fancy dress competition , drawing competition and calligraphy competition.
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India quiz marks I-Day week
Chandigarh, August 11 The quiz aimed at acquainting students with land-mark achievements of India and instaling national pride. The chief guests were Ms Anu Chatrath, Mayor, Ms Harpreet Babla, councillor and Mr R.K. Saboo, Chairman, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. Celebrated: Sri Aurobindo’s birth anniversary was marked by an inter-school patriotic songs contest organised at Sri Aurobindo School of Integral Education, Sector 27, on Thursday. The Principal, Ms Amrita Vatsayan, spoke about the life and philosophy of Sri Aurobindo. A number of schools from the city participated in the contest. Contest held: Vivek High School, Sector 38, won the Indian Postal Departments Collage Competition on the theme of vision of Indian Postal Services to celebrate 100 years of the department. Harleen of Class XII and Anurangini, Mehar Sidhu, Naina and Savleen of Class XI took part in the competition and won the third prize at the divisional level. Course begins: The 52nd session at Government College of Education was inaugurated by Prof S.L. Sharma, course director of the Regional Institute of Correctional Administration on Thursday.
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Students found anaemic: survey
Chandigarh, August 11 The survey has been conducted after the UT Administrator, Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd), had requested the association to screen all schoolchildren. The survey covered in Kajehri and Maloya.
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Onkar Chand gets bail
Chandigarh, August 11 Mr Onkar Chand,who appeared in the Court of Mr R.K. Sharma, Judicial Magistrate, First Class (JMIC), was granted bail on a Rs 10,000 surety. A case against Onkar Chand was filed by Mr Nisheeth Bhatt, son of the late Sumer Chand Bhatt, a former Haryana MLA and a life member of the society. Onkar Chand is accused of lying before the court about the resignation of the Bhatt from the society in 1980. Earlier, on Tuesday the Additional Sessions Judge, Mr R.S. Baswana, had directed Onkar Chand to appear before Mr Sharma. Onkar Chand had challenged the order of the CJM, which directed him to appear before the magistrate. Meanwhile, the society, in a press note issued here today, claimed that the trial of the case, from which the current complaint emerged, was still continuing in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The entire matter would be challenged in the high court to seek redressal, it added.
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Cops told to probe complaint against councillors
Panchkula, August 11 The Judicial Magistrate, Mr Ajay Aggarwal, has asked the police to investigate the matter. He was acting on a complaint of Mr Harjinder Singh Nanda, son of Kalka MC president, Ms Mohini Nanda, and municipal councillor, Mr Pawan Sareen. The duo have accused three councillors — Ujala Bnakshi, Ramesh Kumar, Kulwinder Singh and another person, Surjit Anand of trying to frame them. They have alleged that the four had approached Mangat Ram — an accused under the NDPS Act, and asked him to plant charas at their houses on August 2 and 6. We got to know of this and
approached the Kalka police, they have said in their petition.
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Period film that promises a lot
Tired of the “imperfect” present, many a filmmaker is going back into time to a more perfect past. Mangal Pandey, the legendary hero who in 1857 took on the might of the British Empire in a revolt, is glorified on the silver screen in Kaleidoscope Entertainments and Bobby Bedi’s magnum opus “Mangal Pandey — The Rising”. The promos of this film have generated a lot of interest among viewers.
This one is set on a grand scale and has been selected as the opening film at the 58th Locarno Film Festival. It is another period film with patriotic overtones that will be released today at Piccadily, Kiran, Chandigarh, Fun Republic, Mani Majra, K.C. Panchkula, Capitol, Ambala and Phool, Patiala. Famous filmmaker Ketan Mehta pays homage to the first revolutionary, Mangal Pandey, through “The Rising” starring Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Amisha Patel, British actor Coral Deed, Toby Stephens, villain of James Bond’s ‘ Die Another Day’ and a host of British actors. “Mangal Pandey — The Rising” is an epic tale of friendship, love, loss and betrayal set against the backdrop of the mutiny of 1857. One thousand junior artistes, horses and cannons were required to shoot this epic saga. Aamir Khan, the hero of this film, did not cut his moustache and hair for close to two years for this film. Ketan Mehta, known for his realistic touches, has directed this film, which has been made with the Oscars in mind unlike “Lagaan” and “Devdas”. Trade pundits believe it will be a crowd-puller and set the standards for other filmmakers. Javed Akhtar has penned the lyrics that metaphor with the period of the British rule. Musical maestro A.R. Rehman has come up with melodious soundtracks that are mainly situational and cater to the class audiences. The movie is being released in two versions, Hindi version for India and English version for the UK and USA. — D.P. |
Law, places of worship
Over the years, Chandigarh has acquired a number one city status. It reportedly has the highest per capita income in India; expenditure, cars and also unauthorised sex workers. But the city still has insufficient number of hospitals, dispensaries, schools and colleges to cope with the growing population.
As many as 400 places of worship have mushroomed here. Going by their huge number, City Beautiful can also perhaps be called a sacred city. However, out of these, about 300 are reportedly illegal. “God is one and lives every where”. This sermon is preached at most places of worship but it is rarely put to practice. Religious fanatics have often been protesting, at times violently, in favour of erecting or maintaining religious sites. No wonder that some of these religious places, particularly those that enjoy political patronage, often cause inconvenience to the public. Even court verdicts in this regard, are not paid much heed. A number of places, of worship have been crowned by domes, much against the Corbusierian architectural concept. None of the architects of the Chandigarh Administration, who use touchy about the city’s master plan, has dared to raise even an eyebrow. For the past more than six months, almost all roads that join the northern sectors to the southern sectors are in a bad shape. Purav Marg is an exception. However, from the Tribune Chowk onwards there are two places of worship which obstruct traffic. This road joins the National Highway number 21. A couple of years ago an Indian acquaintance, while showing me around the city of Dubai, pointed towards a building that housed a gurdwara on the ground floor and a temple on the first floor (or vice versa, I do not remember exactly). This was amazing, more so, when he told me that a mosque across the road was adjacent to this structure till recently, but it was removed from there as it was obstructing the construction of the road. Why can’t we emulate the above example? One would expect religious bodies to once in a while help the administration in shifting illegal religious structures. — Balvinder
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