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French is not Greek, proves Hindi
translation Chandigarh, October 19 The original story “I’ homme qui plantait des arbres (The man who planted trees) by Jean Giono, has been translated by Dr Yojna Rawat, lecturer in Hindi, Correspondence Studies, Panjab University, and Ms Dolma Pathania, co-ordinator and teacher of French, Alliance Francaise, Sector 36. The story, based on the theme of ecology, explores the relationship of man with nature. It revolves around a shepherd who goes around planting trees in deserted areas, proving that even small contributions from every human being can make a big difference in managing the ecobalance. Presenting a review of the book “Pair Lagane Wala Sarwaha”, Ms Madhur Kapila, a journalist and art and literary critic, said though a translation, the authors had been successful in maintaining the freshness and crispness of language in narration. “The book can transport the reader to that corner of green France which the shepherd single-handedly transformed from a barren spot into a green belt,” she said. “The book is particularly helpful in giving an insight of the richness of French literature,” she added. Describing the book as a good piece of literary work, Mr M. Kaushik, another critic, said it was for the first time that somebody made an effort to translate a French book into Hindi. “Most of the time, Hindi authors while translating from a foreign language, take help from its English version. The story loses its originality,” he said. Mr Kaushik also said French literature was one of the world’s richest literature, which through translation could contribute a lot towards enriching our minds. Earlier, welcoming the guests and the chief guest, Mr Daniel Riou, director of Alliance Francaise , praised the effort of Dr Rawat and Ms Pathania. He said this step would go a long way in strengthening Indo- French ties. |
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St Stephen’s wins competition Chandigarh, October 19 The dialogue delivery by the masked characters portraying conflicts, trauma and also visionary solutions made the play an outstanding one. Vivek High School won the runner-up trophy while tiny tots of Class I of St John’s School, who staged “Rapunzel”, were given a special prize. Radhika Bhalla from Vivek High School who portrayed the role of Abigail Williams won the prize for best acting. Ms Bonny Sodhi, wife of Chief Justice S. S. Sodhi (retd) gave away the prizes. |
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UT teachers’ meeting today Chandigarh, October 19 The UT Cadre Masters/ Mistresses Association in this regard has already circulated a letter to furnish the bio-data of eligible candidates up to October 15. A detailed action plan will be chalked out during the meeting tomorrow which also includes formation of a body which will approach the higher authorities for the solution of its pending demands. |
HIGH COURT Chandigarh, October 19 The orders were passed after Ms Preet Mehra, whose custody was being sought both by her husband and her mother, stated before the court that she was not a captive and was putting up with her spouse on her own free will. The girl also refused to go along with her mother. After going through her statement, Mr Justice Singhal observed: “The writ petition has become
in fructuous. Preet Mehra may accompany Redrose Singh, whom she says is her husband”. Two petitions had been filed in the matter — one by relatives of Mr Redrose Singh and another by her mother, Ms Baljinder Kaur of Lohara village in Jalandhar district. Seeking directions to the bride’s parents to produce Ms Preet Mehra, the groom’s uncle, Ajit Singh of Kapurthala district, had earlier alleged that the girl, brought to India soon after her marriage with Mr Redrose Singh of California, was being held against her wishes. He had added that Ms Preet Mehra was not being allowed to contact her husband but had managed to call him up and inform him about her parents’ desire to get her married to someone else. In his report subsequently submitted to the High Court, warrant officer Hemant Singh Walia had stated that Ms Preet Mehra, found in the mother’s house, had repeatedly expressed a desire to join her husband in the USA. He had added that the detainee’s mother, upon his arrival, started shouting and used “unparliamentary language without paying any regard to the court and the judicial system. Ms Preet Mehra, he had added, was released after two hours with the help of a lady constable and her custody was finally handed over to the petitioner after an entry was made in the police register. Her mother, on the other hand, had sought directions to Mr Ajit Singh and another respondents to produce Ms Preet Mehra, detained illegally and forcibly by them after being taken away with the help of the warrant officer. PUDA official summoned
Directing the Punjab Urban Development Authority’s Estate Officer to appear in court on October 30, Mr Justice Jawahar Lal Gupta and Mr Justice Ashutosh Mohunta of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today asked him to “show cause why proceedings for perjury should not be initiated against him”. Ruling the orders on a petition filed by Sukhdev Singh of Raipur Kalan village in Ropar district, the Judges observed: “The petitioner challenges the levy of extension fee on the basis of the court decision in Tehal Singh’s case. A copy of the judgement delivered by the Division Bench has been produced as an annexure with the writ petition. Still further, vide orders dated November 10 last year and orders dated February 12, the appeals and an application filed by the state of Punjab and others were decided. “Despite these facts, in the written statement filed on behalf of the respondents by the Estate Officer, it has been inter alia averred that the Tehal Singh case has not achieved its finality and the SLP is likely to be disposed of at an early stage and therefore no relief can be granted at the present stage. Is the above statement made on behalf of the respondents correct? Counsel for the petitioner submits that it is palpably false. We direct the Estate Officer to appear in the court..., the Judges concluded.” A bunch of petitions filed against Punjab government’s decision to abolish octroi in the state will come for further hearing before a Division Bench of the High Court, comprising Mr Justice Jawahar Lal Gupta and Mr Justice Ashutosh Mohunta, on October 22. The court had earlier directed the state of Punjab and other respondents against taking any step to abolish octroi. Challenging the alleged decision, the petitioners had contended that the same was violative of the mandatory provisions of Article 243-W of the Constitution as well as the directions issued by the court on September 12. Counsel for the petitioner had submitted that a similar decision was taken in December 1996 by Congress government under Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, but the order had to be withdrawn following intervention by the Chief Election Commissioner as the election process had already started.
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HC for early constitution of Panchayat
Samiti Chandigarh, October 19 The directions were pronounced on a petition filed by Darya village resident Shangara Singh and five other petitioners. The petitioner had challenged the orders passed on August 28 by the Secretary for Rural Development and Panchayats. The secretary had refused to “give effect to” the result of the elections held on January 8, 1996 whereby he, along with other petitioners, was elected Panchayat Samiti member, the counsel for the petitioners contended. In his reply, the UT Deputy Commissioner, had argued that nine representatives were to be elected out of the sarpanches as per the statutory provisions, but the same could not be done as at least 18 sarpanches were required for electing the representatives, but there were only 17 sarpanches in Chandigarh. After hearing the arguments, Mr Justice A.K. Goel observed: “I am of the view that even though there is substance in the case of the petitioners as even after being elected they have not been able to take over, the justification put forward by the respondents can not be said to be without any merit”. Mr Justice Goel further observed: “There appears to be some teething trouble in the initial phase of implementing Article 243 (B) of the Constitution. No purpose will be served by finding fault with one or the other party for what could have been done but has not been done. All that can be done is to ensure that the Constitutional mandate is carried out at the earliest”. The Judge added: “It has been stated by the respondent that steps for initiation of election process have already been taken and notification dated August 27 has been issued appointing returning officers, and the Panchayat Samiti will be shortly constituted. Accordingly, I direct that further necessary steps be taken so that the Panchayat Samiti can be constituted at the earliest”. |
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FIR against doctor
quashed Chandigarh, October 19 The FIR was lodged by Ms Babli Brar, daughter of a former Chief Minister of Punjab, Mr Harcharan Singh Brar, against Dr Mittal at the Lalru police station under Sections 406, 420, 467, 468, 471, 506 and 120-B, of the IPC on August 13 last. There was a dispute between Ms Brar and Dr Mittal over a land deal. The FIR was quashed following a statement by Ms Brar in the court that she had arrived at a compromise with Dr Mittal and she had no objection if the FIR was quashed. Quashing the FIR Mr Justice Grewal said, “Under the circumstances, no useful purpose will be served in continuing the prosecution as the complainant has compromised and the prosecution has no chance of success.” He also ordered that the passport of Dr Mittal be returned to him.
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DISTRICT COURTS Chandigarh, October 19 It was alleged that Ravi along with Satpal, Dhanu and Inder had murdered Nariender with a knife. A case was registered on the statement of Sonu under Section 302 of the IPC on September 2, 2000. The defence counsel argued that two accused in the case had already been granted bail by the court. He further argued that the accused name was not mentioned in the FIR, therefore, he deserved the bail.
Fraud case Lalit Kumar Chaubey, an accused in a forgery case has been granted an anticipatory bail by a court on furnishing bail bond of Rs 20,000. The city police has registered a case under Sections 467, 468, 471 and 120 of the IPC and 61/1/and 14 of the Excise Act against him.
Theft case Amit Kumar, who has been arrested by the city police on charge of stealing Rs 20, was sent to judicial remand till October 31. However, the Magistrate has issued a notice for October 20 on the bail application filed by the accused. The police has registered a case under Sections 380 and 411 of the IPC against the accused. The
defence counsel argued that the police would take long time to file the challan and so no purpose would be served by keeping the accused in the custody.
Police remand An accused, Vijay Verma, was sent to police remand by a court. It was alleged that the accused along with others had stolen Rs 50, 000 from a house in Sector 20. The police has registered a case under Sections 379 of the IPC against the accused.
One acquitted A city resident, Brajesh Aggarwal, was acquitted by a court on Friday in a case of rash and negligent driving. He was acquitted due to lack of evidence. The complainant, Mr Man Dutt, alleged that the accused car had hit the victim, Mr Nek Ram, while he was crossing a road in Sector 16. The police has registered a case under Sections 279 and 337 of the IPC.
Robbery case Rajinder Singh and others who were arrested on charge of robbery, were granted bail by a court on Friday. On furnishing bail bond of Rs 15, 000. The complainant, Mr Bharat Bhushan, a local financier, had alleged that the accused forcibly took away Rs 35,000, two mobile phones , a wrist watch and a gold chain from him at Hotel KC Regency in Sector 35. The complainant further alleged that the four accused —Kapil Kumar, Rajinder Singh, Harish Kumar and Davneet Singh - came in his room and identified themselves as officials of the Crime Branch. The complainant, however, managed to read the registration number of their scooter and informed the police. |
Creating idols with
devotion Chandigarh, October 19 Goverdhan, who has been living in the city for the past 20 years, has been making idols of gods and goddesses since his childhood. The art of idol making, according to the artist, has been running in the blood of his family for about eight generations. His son too assists him now. Till now, Goverdhan has prepared 20 sets of idols with four idols in each set. He has been working for the Durga Puja since July this year and has prepared the idols of Goddess Durga, Luxmi, Saraswati and other deities. Goverdhan says, “Idols are made from different material — plaster of Paris, cement, papier mache and mud. We get the ornaments for the idols made out of thermocol from Kolkata.” He adds: “An idol-set which includes images of goddess Durga, Lord Ganesha, Lord Kartik, Goddess Luxmi and Goddess Saraswati is sold for about Rs 7,000 whereas the idols of small size are sold for Rs 2,000 to 4,000”. Giving details of the time required to prepare an idol, Goverdhan says, “It takes him and five helpers about 10 days to make a 10 feet high idol.” He asserts, “The peak time for the sale of idols is the festive season starting from Navratras to Divali. During the peak season, we have to engage workers for preparing the idols. We get the workers from Kolkata from July till Divali. We pay the travel allowance, boarding and lodging of the workers which comes around Rs 4000 per worker per month”, says Nomita Adhikari, wife of the artist. However, their hardwork doesn’t fetch much as Nomita claims, “Though Goverdhan is such a good artists, still our family has to strive for food sometimes. Idols made by him are sold abroad also, but what is the use of fame when there is no money. One works hard to earn money. But what is the fun if we are not getting ample money after producing such good artistic work. Monthly income is not enough even to meet the day-to-day expenses.” Explaining the procedure of making idols, Goverdhan says, ‘’ Initially, we prepare the structure out of bamboos, then we cover it with hay and then we put four layers of mud over it. When the idol is prepared, the face is carved out separately. After the process ends, final touches are given to the idol by painting eyes, nose and
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Magical spell of
rhythm Chandigarh, October 19 As the beats enhanced, a magical spell followed. Challenging the concept of balance, the 16-year-old girl, bent backwards and gradually went into a trance, which gave her the concentration to accomplish the inconceivable. Making a tool of her eyes, she lifted two ‘ghungroo’ beads placed on the stage floor. After a round of dance, she lifted three currency notes, two resting in between her eyelids and another resting in between her lips. For Rekha Devi, this was just another experience, as much as it was for the viewers. But one was naturally curious to trace her origin, right to Chamu Cherai, a small village close to Jodhpur. Rekha is one of the three sisters, all of who are ‘kalbelia’ performers. In fact, she feels her elder sister Samda was out of the world. As one got talking about where she picked up the form, one realised that the form had actually been created by her ancestors. Her father Kalu Nath Kalbelia is credited with having taken the cobra dance out of houses and brought it to the stage. The movements of the dance have been taken from the deadly cobra’s escapades. As Rekha today informed, “My grandfather used to play the ‘been’ to tame the cobra. While snake taming is no longer our profession, we have become snake dancers. My mother Mohini and her sister Janta were the first kalbelia dancers of Rajasthan.” Today there are many learners of the form, but Rekha’s father is the most celebrated guru. She told us proudly, “He performed in front of Rajiv Gandhi during the Republic Day parade.” The daughter is no less. At a tender age of 16, she has performed in 12 foreign countries. |
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Extension for akademi heads Chandigarh, October 19 |
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