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Pecfest ends on euphoric note Chandigarh, February 12 The day witnessed a host of competitions. The debate in English — On the Cross Swords—was won by PEC's team of Devashish and Puneet. Gaurav and Karandeep of UIET came second. PEC students Anindo Chatterjee and Shyam bagged the top two prizes in Stress-busters, an IQ-based quiz. X3NIX zone was won by UIET students Sahil Kumar, Prabhar, Mohit Garg and Saurabh. Counter Strike was won by the team of Mohit Garg, Sushant Sehgal, Vikas Rawat, Nikil Dar of UIET. NFS was won by Karan Singh of CIET while Age of Empires was won by Abhinav Jain of PEC. The youth parliament was coordinated by Suhel Jain. Gaurav Chhibber of UIET was chosen as the best speaker while the best defender was Tanav from LLRIET, Moga. Best attacker was Harkirat Singh from PEC; Most informative was Rahul Tayal from PEC. Harkirat of PEC was declared Best overall. Amit Hans, Head, Career Launcher, was the judge. Analytica, one of the technical events was computer a adaptive test which judged the students on the basis of English and Mathematics. Arun Syal of PEC won while Varun and Ankur Gupta came second and third respectively. Aspaan Kaur of GCG and Neha Sharma of GCA won the pot-painting competition. Sweta Aggarwal PEC and Poonam Verma GCG came second and third respectively. Wings the glider design competition was won by Abhishek and Amitoj from UIET. Madhu and Prabhran from PEC and Mandeep Singh and Atul from PEC won the second and third prize respectively. Best innovation prize was given to Anant Puri and Gursharan Deepa. Jeux de Concures, a corporate quiz organized by Sandeep Bhatia was won by Nishant Sharma and Mayur from PEC. Kenny and Shaurya from PEC, Shantanu and Ariban from NIT Jalandhar and Paramjit and Harpreet from PU won the second and third prize respectively. The winners in the music competitions were Nikhil (PEC), Prapti (PEC), Sakshi, Brahm Inder Singh (CEC, Ludhiana), Akhil, Nandni (PEC), Sameer (DAV), Gagan, Neha (Chitkara), Shalini (UIET), Akhil and Raman, Himanshu and Saurabh. The Ad Mad show was organised by the dramatics club. The event was judged by Neha Sabharwal of Radio Buzz and Harvinder Khetal of The Tribune. The event apprentice was organized by E-cell coordinated by Akhil Singhal. The winning team comprised of Anubhav Gahlavat (designer), Achin Kishore (manager) and Tarun Solanki (coordinator). A Hindi poem recitation competition- ‘Meri awaaaz suno’- organised by the Hindi Education Board and coordinated by Varun Bindal and Mrigank Aggarwal was won by Nehal Nangia (MCM DAV), Gaurav (GC-11), Anubhuti (MCM DAV) and Simar (IET, Bhaddal). The T-shirt design contest was coordinated by Shivani Bansal. Among the winners of yesterday’s events are Deepika, Vrinda, Sanket, Prachi, Puneet, Priyanka, Mayank and Divanshi.
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Pak music eating into Indian market: Palash Chandigarh, February 12 In the city to perform at Pecfest 06, Palash shared his resentment about the fact that while Pakistani musicians and rock bands were allowed to perform, no Indian could perform in Pakistan. “I have nothing against any band or country but if there is a relationship it has to be reciprocal. And it is not Pakistan which is to be blamed. We are the ones who are foolish. Instead of supporting and promoting the hoards of talent that this nation has, the music industry is promoting any music that comes from Pakistan or any other nation if it is free. Also our industry is going retro, busy remixing old songs." he said. In an entertainment world that is riding piggy bank on vulgarity and skin show, Palash, who is also a doctor, says he is not going to compromise on the ‘family’ appeal of his songs and videos. "We have complete say in the way the videos are made. And they have to be the kind you can watch with your parents and children," he pointed out. Known to be the band of the 'thinking' youth, Euphoria shot to fame with their first album ‘dhoom’ followed by ‘phir dhoom’ and then ‘gali’. "We are ready with our next album ‘mehfuz’. As the name suggests, the 12 songs in the album are definitely mature and mellower. There is Ghazal, Rock and Jazz. Like always, we have not followed any trend. We just make the music we believe in," he said. "I just write my songs and compose them I do not believe in singing someone's lyrics or on someone else's music. Then I am not being myself but someone else. That is one reason I have not taken to playback singing," he said adding that his kind of music has made a niche for itself. "We have dedicated followers who listen to our music and appreciate it. We do over 10 shows each month. Despite the fact that I have done some acting, making music and singing remains my first love. But I think being a doctor is cool, more than being a singer. I still practice and it is satisfying when you have cured someone," he said.
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GMCH steals show on second day of Euphoria-2006 Chandigarh, February 12 Students and teams from various medical colleges put their best foot forward for the show, trying to bag as many prizes as possible. While the host college remained ahead in the final result tally on day two, the most touchy gesture of the organising committee and the college was a special item by students of the local Institute of the Blind. Specially invited to perform at the fest, these students were presented t-shirts of "Euphoria 2006", Rs 2100 by the host college, Rs 1100 by Dhanvantry College and Rs 1000 by Mr Raghav of the PGIMS, Rohtak. The morning began with a debate session on "Information super-highway should have more traffic lights", which saw participation by six teams selected on first-come-first-serve basis. After convincing arguments by speakers and grilling by the audience, the team of Divyanshu Kohli and Gaurav Mittal of the host college walked away with the "Best Team" award. Harshabad Singh, also of the GMCH and Agam Bhatnagar of Dental College, Yamunanagar, were adjudged "Best Speakers". The off-stage events also proved to be a riot of colours as participants vied for top positions in the pot-painting, sketching, and ad fad categories. The "egg-catching" event elicited tremendous response and students, participants and onlookers had a ball of a time. Western dance items also saw a number of teams come forward to shake a leg to rocking numbers, "Ek baar aaja, aaja" being the most popular number. The evening saw music reign supreme with Antakshri finals being held in a packed hall. Comprising five teams and four rounds, here too, the team of the GMCH called 'saathiya' bagged the first position. The star attraction of the evening was a fashion show which saw local models sashay down the ramp in the midst of a lot of cheering and clapping.
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Anshika wins Spring Baby Show Chandigarh, February 12 Harsh Sharma was the first runners up while Jayant Aggarwal was declared second runners up. Meghna Bakshi won a prize for healthy hair while Eknoor Kaur won a prize for lovely smile. Manjot Kaur Channy won a prize for healthy skin. In the category of children aged 3 to 4 years, Ananya Garg won the Chandigarh Spring Baby title while Sargam Verma was the first runners up and Keerat Bhatia was declared second runners up. Arveen Kaur won the tile of Miss Socialite while Navya Bali got a prize for healthy skin and Harnoor was declared as 'the teacher's pet'. In the category of children aged 4 plus, Yashchand Katoch won the Chandigarh Spring Baby title while Ekampreet Kaur was the first runners up and Jahnvi Sharma was declared second runners up. Andita Vohra was won a prize for healthy hair while Tejas Mehta won the title of Mr Socialite. Jaskaran Singh was declared as the teacher's pet.
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Annual show at school Panchkula, February 12 The programme started with ‘Ganesh vandana’. Pre-nursery children danced on popular old numbers and welcomed spring by singing ‘Out in the Garden’. Nursery students presented ‘The Great Indian Circus’, ‘Fish Friends’ and classical Indian folk dances. Class I and UKG students presented the English play ‘Emperor’s New Clothes’. LKG students presented the Hindi play ‘Niti Ki Shadi’. Fusion and Bollywood dance numbers were presented. The programme ended with a grand finale.
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