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Education board staff in election mode
Mohali, October 10 While the ruling Dhillon — Ranu group, which has won the
elections for the past four years, talked about its achievements, the other two groups in the fray focused on the shortcomings of the ruling group. The other two groups fighting the elections are the Dhaliwal — Maujewal and the Dholewal — Kanwar groups. The Dhillon — Ranu group said that the boards authorities had to concede to the long pending demands of employees during its tenure while the others two groups highlighted that the board had lost its autonomy during the tenure of the ruling group.
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Welcome party at CIIS
Mohali, October 10 The evening took off with Lt. Gen. K.S. Mann (retd), Director, CIIS, sharing his thoughts and expectations with the students. The students were introduced to the newly-elected student administrative council — a student's representative's body for the current semester. Freshers’ party
Chandigarh: Students and faculty of the Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering and Technology, Tangori, held a freshers party for the new comers of the college. The audience witnessed three hours of fun-filled bonanza comprising solo songs, group dances, skits, gidha and bhangra. Mr Gurlabh Singh, general secretary, and Mr Sukhwinder, member of the management, were present on the occasion. The most important event of the evening was a modelling competition with freshers vying for the coveted titles of Mr and Miss Fresher. Gautam and Sookham Dhillon came out as the winners. Amandeep Singh, Jaspreet, Aashish Walia and Prachi were given the titles of Mr Talented, Miss Talented, Mr Personality and Ms Charming, respectively.
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Kids burn bad habits with demons
Panchkula, October 10 All students wrote one bad habit each on a piece of paper and stuffed it in the effigies, thus symbolising their resolve to overcome their weaknesses and become better human beings. After all, the festival is all about the triumph of good over evil. A cultural programme was put up by the students to celebrate this festival. The Director-General of Police, Haryana, Mr Kunwar Nirmal Singh, was the chief guest. The chief guest gave away symbolic gadas and swords to junior students.
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French literary works to be
Chandigarh, October 10 Among the latest French works chosen for translation in Indian languages is the famous contemporary writer Daniel Pennac’s classic work titled “Comme un Roman”. Being translated into Hindi by Chandigarh’s Dr Yojana Rawat from Panjab University’s Department of Correspondence Studies, the work poses formidable challenge insofar as retention of the basic character is concerned. Back from the French government’s scholarship that featured a three-month residency programme at the International School of Translators, Arles, South France, Dr Rawat had many experiences to share. She began by discussing her second major translation project “Comme un Roman” which is being published by the French Embassy in collaboration with Raj Kamal Prakashan. Earlier, she had translated into Hindi another French writer Jean Giono’s book titled “L’homme qui plantait des arbres” (The Man who Planted Trees). Published by Auroville Press in 2001, the work was very well received in the Indian market. It placed Dr Rawat and her partner in the project Ms Dolma Pathania in a special league. The second project came soon after. Said Dr Rawat, “Translations are invariably challenging, but this work was more so as it contained plenty of literary and cultural references. In nature, the work is very Parisian in flavour. The real challenge lay in adapting it for the Hindi readers while respecting its spirit. I also had a chance to interact with Pennac at Arles where I worked on my translation project.” A diploma holder in French, Dr Rawat also talked about how globalisation had helped unite literary themes in a way. “Since the problems of the world are alike, it is natural to find striking similarities in the selection of themes for literary pursuits. A fine example is the trend which literature is witnessing worldwide. Both in France and India, poetic prose has made a comeback. Cultural references however remain important as they help locate the works. As for Pennac’s work — it is a classic piece of writer’s imagination — very well regarded across the world for its power to impact young minds out of touch with literature. It explores reading as a habit, determines causes behind its decline and proposes ways to restore the losses.” “Pennac’s original turn of phrase is very hard to match. It is equally hard to lend an Indian flavour to a work written for France, specifically for Paris. But the exercise is sheer fun,” said Dr Rawat who hopes to strike a long term relationship with the French Ministry of Culture which is now offering many residency programmes for professionals of culture from India. |
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Drawn into dandia spirit
Every dance form creates its own aura and exhales its particular ethnicity, but the solemnity and grandeur of dandia seems to have taken all in its rapture. This was perceptible at the five-day Dandia Dance Festival at Fort Ramgarh, 15 km from Chandigarh, last week. Hundreds of elaborately dressed couples danced their way to the hearts of the crowd gyrating to the tunes of a professional DJ from Delhi after the chief guest couple of Padma Bhushan Sardar Anjum and wife Gulsher inaugurated the spectacle in style, dancing along with the audience and daughter Surkhab.
The fort was decorated with lights and buntings to match the traditional ambience of Gujarati dance and made sure that only Navratra vegetarian food was served. Prizes for the best dancing and best dressed couples were given. Dr Sardar Anjum, noted poet and film lyricist, explained that the word “garba” seems to have originated from the word “garbha deep”, meaning a light in the inner sanctum of the temple, signifying knowledge (light), as opposed to the darkness (ignorance). It is a very graceful form of dance among the Gujaratis and is performed on nine nights, Navratra to Goddess Ambica, where women dance gracefully in circles sometimes also using, bedu, kanjari or just taali and chapti. They are dressed in exquisitely embroidered, mirrors-set choli, ghagra and bandhani dupattas, silver-oxidised jewellery wherein tika and anklets are a must! The dress code of men is kehediyu, churidar and a turban. Anjum added that Gujaratis by nature love aesthetics and romance and dandia exudes the spirit of folk tradition which represents their cultural bonds of many ages. They also perform traditional dances garba and dandiya-raas during Navratra. |
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‘Bol Punjab De’ has audience spellbound
The richness, variety of rustic vigour and elan of Punjabi folklore pulsated throughout the staging of the 11th annual cultural bonanza — “Bol Punjab De” — by the Punjab Secretariat Cultural Society at the Tagore Theatre on Tuesday.
Contrary to the past practice of hiring professionals for the annual programme, the society featured amateur member artistes and their wards in the cultural events. Mr Amarjit Singh Samra, Revenue Minister, Punjab, who was the chief guest, lauded the presentations and announced a grant of Rs 51,000 to the society. After a song in praise of Guru Gobind Singh, the artistes kept the audience spellbound with folk songs and an action song “Jatta khich tyari”, directed by Rupinder Rupi and Devinder Jugni. Yet another emotion-laced choreography “Sarhadan tod diyo”, directed by Aman Mittal, echoed the sentiments of the credulous masses from East and West Punjabs forced to live with the border divide due to political compulsions. A short play, “Dharti Da Moh”, based on Punjab Sangeet Natak Akademi award winner playwright Devinder Daman’s classic, touched the same chord, bringing alive the pangs of Partition. Another short play, “Potli Bich Khazana”, written and directed by Rupinder Rupi, was a powerful satire on social issues and corruption rampant in administrative establishments and politics. It amused the audience with didactic advice to work for an ideal society. A dance, led by Kirandeep Kaur, traditional bhangra and Malwai giddha, both directed by Devinder Jugni and party, provided the grand finale. Earlier, former bureaucrat Gurbinder Kaur Chahal lighted the traditional lamp. Society officials Daljit Singh and Kulwant Singh expressed gratitude to the minister, artistes and the audience. |
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Zakir to get Vijay Rattan Award
Chandigarh, October 10 The award will be presented to Zakir on November 20 in New Delhi at a function. Zakir is a recipient of many national and international awards, including the National Ghalib Award, National Nehru Literacy Award and National Nakqoosh Award from Pakistan. He recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Pakistan for his contribution towards the strengthening of friendly relations between India and Pakistan through his writings. The Vijay Rattan Award is the latest addition to the glaxay of awards conferred upon Zakir. Some other recipients of this award are Mother Teresa, former Vice-President B.D. Jatti, Sunil Dutt, Dev Anand, Dr Abid Hussain, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and Sunil Gavaskar. |
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