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‘Capitalism, socialism have failed people’ Chandigarh, February 13 Prof Wahid was delivering the keynote address at the inauguration of the three-day seminar on “Revisiting ‘Euro-Asia’: Cultures, Connections and Conceptualisations” organised by the Centre for the Study of Mid-West and Central Asia, Panjab University, and the Jean Monnet Centre for European Excellence, University of Tampere, Finland, at the university here today. Stating that both systems of capitalism and socialism unashamedly advocate governance by dictatorship and plutocracy, respectively, have failed us miserably, Prof Wahid said, “And yet, both capitalist and socialist systems use the word democracy albeit with qualifiers that immediately compromise and neutarlise the very things democracy promises.” He said if we truly shaped a different future for ourselves, we had no choice but to address the vitiated atmosphere of world views that had turned antagonistic rather than dialogic and the crisis of identities that had become complicated, than the traditional ones of ethnicity, language, culture and religion. Stating that Inner Eurasia can contribute a lot to the rest of the world, Prof Sadiq said, “If we review the history of Inner Eurasia from the 7th to the end of the 15th century, we will find that it created ecumenics of civilisations that were based on trade and commerce and politics and diplomacy that could well serve as a model for us in the 21st century.” Dr Lassi Heininen, senior scientist at the faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lapland, Finland, argued that Northern Eurasian geopolitics was in transition. “Instead of or parallel to traditional geopolitics new approaches of geopolitics have arisen and more human oriented concerns like human capital societal responsibility and the question of identity politics have become relevant,” he said.
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Attracting Indian
students to Europe Chandigarh, February 13 The Institute of Hotel Management and the University Business School are two institutions in the city with which preliminary meetings have been scheduled. Established in 1872, Normandy Business School is a business and management school in France working on the underlying principal of "teaching what the business community thinks should be taught". Hence a set of courses that is current, updated, intensive, specific and taught in English by "highly specialised masters who have global value." The programmes—double-degree awards with major English-speaking universities-Macquarie University, Sydney, University of Brighton and Glamorgan University, UK— is all about "international bi-continental experience." An undergraduate programme in European Business, an MS in Value Chain and Logistics Management and MA in Tourism Management at approximately 4000 Euros per semester; the school also offers a three-month programme in European Strategic Management which combines practical with theoretical training and a four-week summer programme — Know Europe — through Holland, Belgium, France and Spain to get a feel of European business methodology, language and culture. With fifteen hundred students, there are currently only two Indians on campus and it is to rectify this that France is looking towards attracting Indian students. The potential is strong, but Esnol believes, “We are not here to recruit indiscriminately. We are here because we are aware that India is on the threshold of becoming a big power.” Towards this end, an EU education fair with representatives from most EU countries, hosted by ‘EduFrance’, the education help-desk established at seven centres around the country, will assemble in Delhi in November to promote higher education in Europe.
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Colourful nite by Toddlers Chandigarh, February 13 The function opened with the Saraswati vandana and went on to songs like the “Ketchup Song” which had parents and grandparents clapping and swaying their arms along with the children. The programme mixed the old with the new, the modern with the epic, a scene from the Ramayan and the story of Cinderella. Other programmes included a parody of old hindi film songs, Old McDonald, solo Bharatnatyam performance by Sama Bansal. The toddlers had been diligently practicing for the annual function for over a month. According to Mrs Neena Atray, Principal, “Blossoms gave a chance to the children to overcome their shyness and inhibitions and face the audience on stage at such a young age. This also gave them a chance to explore and showcase their creative side.”
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‘Hai Mera Dil’ draws smiles Panchkula, February 13 The hilarious situational comedy was a blend of humour, intrigue and wit, as the protagonist, Madan, an a misunderstanding perceives himself to be a severe heart patient and on the verge of slow demise. Torn between instinctive love for his wife and the perpetual fear of his sure death, he manages to deposit enough money in his wife’s bank account and even plans to arrange for her marriage with a close friend. Impelled by the inevitable situation, he encourages his friend to accompany her wife on several occasions tactfully while withdrawing himself. But the wife, fully ignorant of his disease, feels ignored and becomes suspicious of her husband becoming estranged. The situations generate a genial comedy and laughter, as the play scripted by Ranbir Sinh Jaipuri unfolds the myths and realities, under the direction of Parveen Jaggi. However, it ends with the clarifications by a doctor friend that he (doctor) was referring to a cardiac arrest problem of someone else while talking form Madan’s telephone . Gagan Pardeep, Kanchan Gupta, Gautam Sharma, Krish, Vijay Kumar, Vikram Thakur, Madhu and Rajesh formed
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