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Prodigious painter at nine
Panchkula, August 6 Inaugurating the one-day solo exhibition noted educationist Pritam Singh Serai applauded the rare genius of Amanat, the like of which he never came across in his long stay in England. Over 4000 students had visited the one-day solo exhibition, claimed Serai. At this tender age the children hardly cultivate any appreciation for nature or wildlife, which found a vivid expression in her 66 paintings in all mediums like pencil colours, charcoal, water , acrylic and pastel colours. Born and brought up in the cradle of natural beauty of the panoramic ambience of Shimla, Amanat migrated to Los Angeles with her parents. She is studying in fourth standard. Her mother Loveleen maintains she has been endowed with such a vision and sensibility that she can interpret and create any complex painting. Talking to Chandigarh Tribune, Amanat says that she does not precisely recollect when she was initiated into painting. The inspiration in fact came from her mother who pursued painting as a hobby only. It was her aunt Reena Singh, an accomplished painter, who sharpened her aesthetic potential and taught the right techniques, she says with sheer innocence. “My solo exhibitions held at the Mall Shimla were a big draw as the art lovers, including the Chief Minister, visited and blessed me by appreciating my works.”
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CA tops ISA examination
Chandigarh, August 6 Around 450 chartered accountants took the all-India examination for the ISA course, known to have a low success rate and is conducted on the lines of global CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) certification of the USA. He will be felicitated by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India at their annual meet in February next. The importance of the ISA course can be gauged from the fact that in today’s connected world, information technology is all pervasive and has become one of the most powerful, enabling tools in achieving strategic business objectives for all enterprises. ISA has been designed to enable Indian CA’s to become world-class information systems and controls auditors and experts in the field of IT security and control, IT governance, IT service delivery and processes, business continuity and disaster management, IT systems audit, technology consultants and tech savvy finance executives. Mr Sood when contacted said, “With Chandigarh becoming a preferred IT destination, it is important that all professionals update their skills to match world standards. It is for this reason that I also undertook the American CISA examination and cleared it. Naturally, I am delighted to have topped ISA.” He specialises in handling corporate governance issues, assurance and risk-based audit assignments for large corporate and banks.
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“Femme lounge” opened
Chandigarh, August 6 The college became co-educational from this year and has 800 girls on the rolls. Earlier in the day, a freshers’ party was organised by the professional studies wing of the college for students of BBA, BCA and M.Sc (IT). Students welcomed their juniors with bhangra, giddha and western dances. The chief guest was Savita Bhatti and the guest of honour Kavita Marriya. Varun, a student of BBA-I, was selected as Mr Fresher. Garima was crowned Ms Fresher while Charandeep and Amanpreet were selected Mr and Ms Talent, respectively.
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Training programme
Chandigarh, August 6 The programme was inaugurated by the Secretary, School Education, Punjab, Mr Sarvesh Kaushal. All directors of school education and administrative Deputy Directors, Circle and District Education Officers, principals and officers of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan participated.
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High drama over public prosecutor’s absence
Chandigarh, August 6 The trouble started when the Additional District
Attorney (ADA) failed to appear in the court in connection with the bail application of three persons accused of barging into the house of senior criminal lawyer Amar Singh Chahal on August 2. The accused, Sukhwinder, Lakhbir and Manga Singh — were arrested and a case under Sections 452 and 506 of the IPC registered against them. The absence of the public prosecutor in the court came in for severe criticism from the lawyers. They made a written complaint to the UT Legal Remembrancer and the District Attorney.
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Cinema more than mere artistic phenomenon, says expert
“It is obvious that cinema has transformed itself into domain that oversteps the limits of mere artistic phenomenon. Now cinema belongs not only to the art but also to cultural, social and even political fields,” he said. Analysing films, one should pay attention not only to its function of entertaining but also to its power to construct the public meanings and values. He elaborated that when one spoke about the process of globalisation and the role of local cultures in the globalised world, it was cinema that stood as a medium for both, the local and the global. “On one hand, Hollywood Film production pretends to be the ‘lingua franca’ — the universal language of images providing certain global stock of knowledge and global means of communication — and on the other, cinema is one of the instruments by means of which the West discovered for itself the profoundness of the East.” In the second part of his presentation he said discourse on the cinema was not any more the intellectual propriety of art historians and critics. What was formally treated as homogeneous discipline nowadays splits itself into different sub-disciplines and sub-discourses. In the concluding part of his presentation he raised certain questions and drew the attention of intellectuals and academics towards the varied notions of film philosophy in the age of globalisation. Earlier, Dr V.T. Sebastian, Chairperson of the department, welcomed the philosopher. |
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Talent hunt for ‘Awaaz Punjab Di’
Chandigarh, August 6 “The influences of alien cultures are vividly perceptible in our Punjabi pop which is more a blend of tradition and modernity with its own merits and demerits,” he added. Hans was speaking on the eve of launching of the talent hunt for “Awaaz Punjab Di — 2006” at Chandigarh Press Club here today. Accompanied by selection panel of judges, including playback singer Anamika and music director Sachin Ahuja, he said: “There is no dearth of aesthetic potential among Punjabis but enamoured by alluring glamour and the debased power of money the aspirants hardly concentrate on disciplined learning and imbibing the nuances of musical arts.” Both Anamika and Sachin endorsed the candid opinion of Hans that the sound knowledge of classical music, vocalisation process, “swar” and “laya” are absolutely necessary for any aspirant. Riding on the popularity of the mega competition, Mahinder Bathla, chairman, MH-1 Television network Limited, said Punjabi music lovers from Pakistan and other countries would also vie for the title in the contest. A music album “Mehndi” was also released on the occasion. |
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