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UT language teachers’ plea Chandigarh, December 19 A meeting of the executive committee of the Sangthan held under the chairmanship of Mr Jarnail Singh said the Sangthan was opposed to the demand to scrap the July 13, 1992 notification. The Bhasha Adhyapak Sangthan is the only representative body of UT language teachers which has been taking up their demands with the authorities, the press note said. The Sangthan has also called a meeting on December 22 in the Masjid ground at 4 p.m. |
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Fifth annual day of school celebrated Mohali, December 19 The function started with the school song followed by the presentation of the Principals’ report. The report was read out by Maninder, Rumina, Anmol and Robin. The cultural programme started with “Sarasvati Vandana” and a Hindi play “Som ki samajh”. A ballet “Ganga” was presented followed by a play — Puss in Boots. The programme concluded with a bhangra dance. Mr Sanjay Kumar, Chief Administrator, PUDA, was the chief guest at the function. |
Carol-singing contest at Mount Carmel Chandigarh, December 19 Traditional carols, including “O Come all Ye Faithful”, “C for the Christ child”, “Joy to the World”, “Oh! Holy Night” and “We three kings” were sung by different school choirs.The stage was decorated aptly for the occasion with a Christmas tree. As the competition concluded, Santa Claus arrived at the venue on a decorated reindeer cart. Schools which participated included Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, St John’s High School, Carmel Convent School, St Stephens School,Baptist School, St Annes School, St Mary’s School, Mount Carmel School and Saupins School. |
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celebrate X-mas with PGI kids Chandigarh, December 19 Every year the students of Class VIII and IX visit the ward to entertain the kids. Last year, the students had painted the walls of the ward to brighten up the atmosphere. The students decorated the six floors of the ward with bells, candles and hand-painted ribbons. A huge Christmas tree was also covered with alluring bells and balls. An impressive cut-out of Santa Claus was also there. According to the school authorities, about 30 students had been working hard to decorate the ward for the last 20 days. Later, a girl dressed up as Santa distributed sweets and gifts to the
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AIMS Kindergarten celebrates Xmas Mohali, December 19 The function started with the decoration of the Christmas tree with balloons, flowers and colourful ribbons. The school was also decorated. Teachers told the students about the importance of Christmas. Students and staff members sang Christmas carols. Santa Claus also appeared carrying gifts and sweets for the children. |
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Students stage skits Chandigarh, December 19 According to director, Anupam Grewal, the students from play class, pre-KG and KG began the programme by acting out their favourite rhymes in English and Hindi. Students of class III, IV and V also performed. |
Lehanga-choli a must for every bride If we talk about Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh, we find that ‘suits and sarees’ were the popular and most wanted wedding outfits of the bride. But with the changing trends the concept of wedding dress of the bride has also been changed and ‘Lehanga-choli’ has taken over the place of the conventional dresses for the last two decades. The earlier opinion regarding ‘Lehanga-choli’ was a costly affair as lehanga means ‘mehanga’ but nowadays it has become a necessary dress code of a bride in a wedding. In every segment a wider range of variety is available in different budgets in the market. One can buy a lehanga choli from Rs 5000 to more than above Rs 1 lakh, according to the pocket. Basically lehanga and choli concept has come from the Mughal era. It was a casual (informal, day to day) apparel (clothing, wear) of the ‘Mugal Begums’ and women of traditional and rich class. Slowly and gradually it entered in the fashion world and diverse experiments on different textiles and with different embroideries has been going on. One can watch Bolly wood film actresses also displaying attractive and eye-catching lehanga cholis. A girl watching any such movie in which Aishwarya, Madhuri or Kajol wearing striking lehanga choli dreams of wearing the same dress on the day of her wedding and wants to steal the show as a ‘bride’. Nowadays lehanga choli is not only the selection of ‘brides’ but the sisters and sisters-in-law and all the young females prefer to wear this dress while attending marriage of a near and dear ones in a friends’ circle. For them there is a range of all the colours available with gorgeous style. Mr Raj Kumar, partner of an exclusive Saree-Lehanga showroom in Ambala, said that there was an extensive array (range, variety) here in Ambala cloth market and the people from not only Haryana but also from Delhi and different parts of Punjab and Himachal come here to buy lehanga choli. More over they get these according to their requirement and budget. He said that in most of the showrooms there were the exclusive designer 6 kali and 8 kali lehangas. Another owner of a famous wedding clothing showroom in Ambala, Mr Rajan Sachdeva, said that the embroidery work, which actually adds to the main attraction of this popular dress, was done in different centres at Lucknow, Farukhabad, Calcutta and Jaipur. The Muslim craftsmen were the expertises of doing the beautiful and fine embroidery work. He said that red and maroon shades were still the first choice of the ‘bridal wear’ but with the changing trends the other shades of these two colours like pink, machanta and rust were also in great demand. |
It’s my life I gave a surprise to my family members when I said I wanted to be an environmentalist. They asked me to be a teacher or attempt for civil services. I clarified that environmental issues had stayed on top of my mind since long back. I am disturbed to see the crumbling eco-systems around the globe and in India, particularly. The mountains seem to be going barren and the green belt is dwindling fast. A sizeable portion of flora and fauna in the jungles has vanished and another sizeable number lived under constant threat of being flushed out of their existence. I have steadied myself into conviction that I will make a contribution towards spreading education about the dire need for environmental conservation. Fortunately, I had the option of pursuing MSc (environmental science) at the Panjab University and I grabbed the chance. I like to add certain pleasure to my life in form of reading good books and listening to Punjabi music. I feel that any amount of seriousness for one’s profession should always leave certain space for giving value to personal likings including family and a little fun. As told to Sanjeev
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Coffee Culture At the end of a gruelling 8-hour contest of Cafe Coffee Day brewmasters of the Chandigarh-Punjab-Uttranchal zone, it was Sector 35 outlet Sukhbir Singh Gill’s day. His triple mantra signature coffee- flavoured with saffron, almonds and pista emerged the winner in the pre-final round of the Indian Barista Championship held at the Coffee Day outlet in Sector 11 on Friday. The young winner who is still pursuing graduation, said the victory was a dream come true. Living up to their logo of ‘A lot can happen over coffee’, a lot was happening at the championship with 11 experts from nine outlets in jalandhar, Dehradun, Amrtisar, Ludhiana and City Beautiful brewing espresso, cappuccino and signature beverages. Bagging the maximum points in the creativity field, Daniel Toor of the Sector 35 outlet was awarded the second prize amid cheering applause from the audience. His jungle theme of presentation stood out in contrast to his rivals — palm leaves serving as table mats, bamboo shoots holding the cups, a matted criss-cross of twigs standing up for a unique tray and a live snake (sand boa) cosily slithering on a straw cushion completing the picture, much to the thrill of the boys and horror of some girls. Jalandhar lad Pawan Kumar broke the Chandigarh winning spree when his decoction was declared the third best. The event was judged by Mr Vikram Khurana of Delhi, winner of the Indian Barista Championship 2003, and Mr Vikas Verma of Dehradun, semi-finalist in the same competition. Announcing the results, Mr Verma said while tasting the brown drinks, they went into finer details of the beverages. Whether it was the espresso round, cappuccino round or the signature drink with freshly ground, beans points were affixed for presentation, taste, creativity and time taken. He made a special mention of Ajay Verma who though joining the Sector 35 outlet just a month ago, ended up fourth. The top three brewmasters will now vie for the all-Indian championship to be held in Bangalore in January, 2004. The national champion gets an opportunity to compete in the world Barista Championship which will take place in Trieste, Italy, the birthplace of the world famous espresso coffee.
Brewing it up with global champ
Coffee shop culture is expanding fast with over 700 outlets having come up in the country in the past just seven or eight days. This has also led to the acceptance of the profession. These views were expressed by Mr Vikram Khurana, a champion coffee brewmaster. He was in Chandigarh to judge coffees concocted by experts of the region. Vikram has been the all-India barista (coffee brewmaster) for the past two years. In 2002, he also won the third prize at the international meet in Oslo, Norway, that had masters from all major coffee shop chains. His winning signature coffee — Kappi Nirvana — has been inducted into the regular Cafe Coffee Day menu. In an interview with TNS, he said he was impressed by the enthusiasm and dedication of the young coffee turks. Having seen them produce tantalisingly steaming cups of the brown liquid dexterously and sipping each of the items, he felt the Chandigarh brewmasters stood a good chance in the national and global levels. The Coffee Day competitors, interestingly, were all boys and on an average 21 years old, still pursuing studies simultaneously. The young men smartly turned out in their uniforms, he said, were a positive indication to the booming business in the field. He said the chain, in response to the demand for a fat-free beverage, had come up with Vegan Shake, a diet coffee that was made with no dairy fat. Coffee Day’s menu ranges from hot and cold coffees to several exotic international brews, food items, desserts and pastries. In addition, exciting merchandise such as caps, T-shirts, mugs and badges attract people to the outlets where they spend hours in a music-filled ambience |
Depicting changing face of city through cartoons You must have seen it so many times. A teenybopper, full of life, zipping up and down city roads and streets on a motorcycle with a helmet loosely hanging around his wrist. But the scene acquired a new, and a forceful meaning after cartoonist S. C. Bhattacharya drew it on a sheet with “really great boy driving with a helmet” written underneath. The cartoon, along with many other works of creativity are displayed at Sector 16 Punjab Kala Bhavan during Bhattacharya’s exhibition of cartoons “My Chandigarh — I am proud of you”. It was inaugurated today by Punjab Irrigation’s former Director Ramesh Chander Mehta. The guest of honour was Executive Engineer with Punjab Irrigation Kirpal Singh. It will continue till December 21. Bhattacharya’s art is not hard to understand. Besides other things, he talks about the changed face of Chandigarh through cartoons full of satire. “My recent collection is based on different aspects of the City Beautiful,” he reveals. “I been working on about 45 cartoons since October.” He has also shown a pretty damsel sitting on a scooter trying to maintain her looks ignorant about city’s beauty. He has also depicted morning walk as a status symbol rather than an exercise useful for health. He has also highlighted the cattle menace issue through his work. Parking problem shows car-crazy people parking their vehicles on the rooftops. “It is the theme which takes time because cartoons have to be original. After that you have to put down your thoughts as you want them. Once the theme is clear, things are easy,” he reveals. Cartoons, he adds, are made with special calligraphy pen filled with vibrant water colours. Giving details about his background, he says, “I have been making cartoons since 1993. Last year an exhibition on the politicians was put up in the city”. Bhattacharya is also engaged training students. He has come out with posters of famous personalities from city including Jaspal Bhatti, Kapil Dev, Yuvraj and Nek Chand. His collection of cartoons and caricatures, spanning from public health to consumer programmes and world events, reflect the tempo of modern thinking. His work reflects a degree of subtle humour and his impassioned pleas for a public cause. His cartoons are product of a genuine and integrated philosophy. These are filled with humour and social responsibility. Five of his posters are on display at the archives of Dansk Plakat Museum in Denmark. He is also received Certificate of Merit of the 11th Red and White Bravery Award. He has also been selected in the world top 150 artists by World Wide Art Resources, USA. |
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There is a saying ‘Marriages are made in Heaven’ but the wedding outfits (dresses, attires) are designed on this earth. The concept of different wedding dresses have indispensable role in a marriage in different parts of the country. In northern India itself a wider range of wedding dresses can be seen in different parts of the country due to varied cultures. 