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Timings to be fixed for loading, unloading of goods
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Doon students help rebuild Sumgarh School
From a short story to the screenplay of a film
Singers gripped by cricket mania
Harjeet Singh Titlee, a pop singer, with Miss Uttarakhand ’10 Bahar Kaur at the launch of a CD dedicated to the cricket World Cup in Dehradun on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
Mohan’s fiver downs BSNL
Doon second at national taekwondo meet
The Dehradun taekwondo team, after their return from the Kashi Ram Open National Taekwondo Championship at Bareilly, in Dehradun on Wednesday.
Shivaji cruise to nine-wkt victory
Punit stars in Helax XI’s win
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Timings to be fixed for loading, unloading of goods
Dehradun, February 16 “Besides, we will also write to the District Magistrate about the timings of the unloading of essential commodities. The big trucks carrying commodities enter the city during busy hours and this creates a lot of traffic problem,” Shweta added.
It may be mentioned here that the road stretch from the Prince Chowk to the Saharanpur Road is very important one. The Saharanpur Road is part of the Delhi-Dehradun highway and leads to Roorkee, and from the Prince Chowk, a road leads to Haridwar. The traffic cops are confident fixing timings for loading and unloading of goods during non-peak hours will help in a big way.
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Doon students help rebuild Sumgarh School
Dehradun, February 16 Not only did the Welham boys contribute Rs 3 lakh from their pocket money for the construction of the school library, but also laboured to construct the building, which will be handed over to the school authorities in March this year. It will be fully equipped with books, periodicals, computers and audiovisual material. “On the second day of the tragedy there were frantic inquiries from the students. All were eager to reach out to the survivors of the Sumgarh tragedy. Thus was born the idea of constructing a library for the school and offering help to the students of Saraswati Shishu Mandir that had completely damaged in the mudslides. While Sir Ratan Tata Foundation made a grant of Rs 6 lakh for the construction of the school building, the school through its personal sources contributed a sum of Rs 4.5 lakh,” said Dev Lahiri, Principal, Welham Boys’ School, at a press conference today. Driving away memories of the tragedy from impressionable minds of the children and putting their life back on track was easier said than done, but the students from Welham and their partner school Wasatch Academy (US) managed to do just that. “A group of nine students from Wasatch Academy together with as many students from Welham Boys’ School started construction work in January, 2011. The new site for the school is far away from the scene of the tragedy, which in a way proved a blessing in disguise for the children who are recovering from the tragedy. When there is no work, the volunteers from Dehradun kept them in good humour, played games and had picnic with them on the banks of a river,” said Karna Puri, teacher and in charge of the outreach programme. For several years now Welham Boys’ School has been reaching out to the local communities through its outreach programme. “Every year we make a New Year resolution and commit ourselves for undertaking an activity that would enrich the lives of the people of our state,” said Lahiri. The schoolboys have also made a documentary on the Sumgarh experience. In fact, the relationship formed with the schoolchildren of Sumgarh is an abiding one and the school hopes to contribute whenever a call of help comes its way.
Welham’s winter bird count begins today
For the next two days, Welham boys will be busy counting birds on their campus. The winter bird count begins on Thursday. The lush green 20-acre school campus is home to 52 bird species with nests of more than 20 bird species. The school has adopted bird watching as part of the curriculum. Students participate in yearly bird counts and study their behaviour and migration patterns. This was stated by Dev Lahiri, Principal of the school. Welham Boys School participates in many national and international programmes related to birds like the World Wetland Day, World Sparrow Day and Dr Salim Ali’s birth anniversary.
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From a short story to the screenplay of a film
Ruskin Bond is elated with this development, and speaking exclusively to The Tribune elaborated in detail how his short story was converted into a film by director Vishal Bhardwaj. “I first met Vishal when he bought the film rights to my story, ‘The Blue Umbrella’, which he made into a delightful film for moviegoers of all ages,” said Ruskin Bond. He further said Vishal encouraged him to develop the short story “Susanna’s Seven Husbands”, on which the film “7 Khoon Maaf” is based, into a novella, creating new charactors and incidents. Vishal and Mathew Robbins based their screenplay on this version and the idea of publishing the novella, short story and screenplay together germinated, thus giving the reader an insight into the way a short story became a film story and screenplay. Ravi Singh from Penguin India also encouraged him in this endeavour. Apart from this, Ruskin was also involved with “7 Khoon Maaf” and Vishal persuaded him to play a part in the film, thus making him debut at the age of 76. Ruskin figures in brief scenes opposite the talented Priyanka Chopra. Speaking on his role in the film, Ruskin said he enjoyed the experience of working with Priyanka and the entire unit on location in Pondicherry and Mumbai where they shot in a beautiful old church at Byculla. Ruskin said, “All of Vishal films are unique in a way. I see him as the Hitchcock of Indian cinema, a master of the macabre. The film has all the ingredients needed for an invigorating cinematic experience with added sauce and spice and the book will also be a treat for the readers”. Vishal Bhardwaj mentions in the introduction of the book that after reading the short story by Ruskin Bond, titled “Susannah’s Seven Husbands”, he fell in love with Susannah’s character that captivated his imagination. He was amazed at the whacky side of Ruskin Bond as a master story teller and his ability to sketch a character that was so interesting, wicked, but endearing at the same time. Vishal, a few months later, called Ruskin and conveyed his desire to make a film on his short story, but only if he agreed to elaborate it into a novella. Each husband’s character and the manner in which they were killed were very interesting and funny, but needed to be fleshed out further, he said. Ruskin agreed to write a novella and began sending him chapters written in long hand and sealed in yellow envelopes with his address marked in the corner as Landour, Mussoorie. It was after this that Vishal sat with his co-writer from San Francisco Mathew Robbins who had started his career with Steven Spielberg’s first feature film “Sugar Land Express”. They then went to Ooty and cracked the structure of the screenplay in nine days straight. Mathew wrote the first draft of the script, after which Vishal wrote the second draft. Then with their joint effort “7 Khoon Maaf” was born. Another author from Mussoorie Ganesh Saili says it is great that the filmmaker and the author met in Mussoorie and the idea of the novella, screenplay and film took shape. Saili chuckles, “Ruskin suggests various ways in which a woman can finish her spouse. I am beginning to get worried!” Initially, the story was titled “The Merry Widow” by Ruskin Bond, but later was changed to “Susanna’s Seven Husbands”. It is indeed a moment of pride for all those who have made Mussoorie their home and look forward to seeing this film.
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Singers gripped by cricket mania
Dehradun, February 16 Earlier, city-based Lok Dhwani Band had released a song “Dho Dho Ke Dhun De Re” to inspire the cricketers, and now its “Titlee” who has launched a bilingual music video “Kar Dikhana Hai, Chaa Jana Hai”, the copies of which he had already delivered to the BCCI so that these could reach the players well in time. Its music was released by Miss Uttarakhand, 2010, Bahar Kaur Rattan here today. The programme was organised by Sinmit Communications.
The song has been written, composed and sung by “Titlee” himself, the music arranged and programmed by Raj Rawat and produced by Bhupender
Kaur. “I have used the Punjabi boli ‘Bari barsi khatan hai jana, khat ke leyana cup...’, which makes the song more impressive and melodious,” he said and added, “The song has been uploaded on the Internet for free download”.
“Titlee”, who is working with the ONGC, has five albums in his kitty. He shot into the limelight with his performance on DD-Metro, DD-National, ETC-Punjabi, and NRI-TV and his second album in Punjabi “Hai Titlee” in 2003.
“I used to actively participate in the cultural activities in my college and won many prizes. I have learnt music just for a year, but the passion of singing and the God gift made me reach this stage,” Titlee said and added, “Earlier I used to participate as a contestant in shows, but now I am judging a reality show ‘Wah India’, a song and dance competition that will be aired soon”. Titlee won the Best Singer Award in a reality show on ETC Channel Punjabi in 2001, was felicitated as Special Singer Male in the Golden Reel Life Awards in 2004, honoured for achievements in the music industry by Lips Art Production, Bareilly, in 2010 and declared Best Entry at a music channel of
Indiatimes.com. His albums include “Yara Mere Yara”, “Hai Titlee”, “Sing with Singh” in Punjabi, and “Team India”, “Khiladi Hindustan Ke” in Hindi.
Titlee has also sung jingles and written articles on singing for children’s magazine Swyambu World.
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Mohan’s fiver downs BSNL
Dehradun, February 16 Arvind Tomar took two wickets, Deepak and Devender took a wicket each. Batting second, Agriculture, in only 11 overs, achieved the target scoring 65 runs at the loss of two wickets. Deepak (46) top scored for his team. Vijay Joshi of BSNL was the only successful bowler with two wickets. In another match played today on OFD Ground, UPES defeated JCCA by 94 runs. Tomorrow, Doon University will take on UPES and ONGC will face Survey of India.
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Doon second at national taekwondo meet
Dehradun, February 16 Sandeep Saini, secretary general of the academy, said that three teams from Uttarakhand - Dehradun, Haridwar and Bajpur - took part in the championship. Doon had the second highest medal tally in the event. Rachit Bisht, Saksham Tomar, Lakshay Anand, Abhay Sajwan, Ritu Raj, Aarti Gupta, Himanshu Saini, Raghubir Choudhary, Karan Choudhary and Kiran were among the medal winners.
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Shivaji cruise to nine-wkt victory
Dehradun , February 16 In the second match, Shivaji defeated Ranjit by nine wickets. Cadet Surya Prakash scored the highest runs (22) for Ranjit section and cadet Praveen Singh took the highest wickets (2) for the Shivaji team. Ranjit set a target of 96 runs.
In reply, cadet Nitish Jha scored 27 runs and cadet Kumar Vikram scored 25 runs to lead their team to victory. Cadet Avnish took a wicket for the Ranjit squad.
The umpires were Naib Subedar Kundan Singh Bafila and cadet Karan Raj Sohi.
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Mussoorie experiences hail
Mussoorie, February 16 Both residents and tourists came onto the streets to welcome the hail showers that came as a surprise. The town was covered in a white blanket and provided the experience of snow to many here. Visitors from Dehradun also started arriving in Mussoorie in anticipation of snow at night. Apart from higher reaches of the state that experienced heavy snowfall, Dhanaulti and Nag Tibba areas were other important areas in the state that witnessed light snowfall. It seems that residents will have to do with warm woollens for a few more days as the dark cloud cover shows signs of more hail and snow showers tomorrow. Snowfall, rain to continue
Dehradun (TNS): Snowfall and rain will continue in Uttarakhand hills for the next 24 hours, while rain may take place at some places in the plains. Dehradun Metrological Center’s Director Anand Sharma said there was a possibility of hill resort of Dhanolti and adjoining areas experiencing a snowfall during the night. Meanwhile, Dehradun on Wednesday experienced intermittent showers resulting in a dip in mercury levels. People kept themselves indoors as the day also coincided with a public holiday.
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Punit stars in Helax XI’s win
Dehradun, February 16 Sobhit (24) and Kishan Mohan (21) also contributed. Helax in 20 overs set a target of 137 runs losing eight wickets. Ritesh, Sachin and Rajit took two wickets each for Amba XI and Bharat got one. Chasing the target, Amba XI put up a good fight and eventually fell short by 15 runs. Ritesh (40) was Amba XI’s top scorer. Gandhi (34), Ishant (14) and Bharat (14) also chipped in. Punit and Sharad bowled well for the winning team picking up three wickets each. Ravi and Mohit got two and one wicket, respectively. Himalayan Cricket Academy and Tanush Cricket Academy will lock horns tomorrow.
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Procession marks Id Milad-un-Nabi Six poachers nabbed Another leopard killed in mishap
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Doonites are gripped by the cricket mania now as the World Cup is just a few days away.
Singers from the capital city are not lagging behind in sending their wishes to the team India so that they can win the World Cup this year. “My best wishes are with the men in blue, and I definitely want them to bring the cup home,” Harjeet Singh “Titlee”, a city-based pop singer told The Tribune.
The Dehradun taekwondo team emerged second in the Kashi Ram Open National Taekwondo Championship held at Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh from February 12 to 14.
Mussoorie, February 16
