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Colleges open to fresh faces Chandigarh, July 11 Fashion ruled the roost with stylish handbags replacing bulky shapeless schoolbags and the drab uniforms making way for chic couture. Enthusiasm of the first day at college was evident and most students took the entire confusion that prevails on day one in their stride. “I was still hunting for my classroom when I was told that my first class is over,” said Lalita, a BA Ist year student at GCG-11. “I was a student of Government Model School, Sector 18, and would be commuting from Panchkula to the college. Its fun being here though I was totally lost today. By in the afternoon, however, I managed to find some class fellows from school and now we are together,” said Lalita. “My father dropped me off to the college this morning. But I have taken the college bus service,” said Lalita waiting for the bus to drop her back home. While some students reached the college on their own, many of the new students at GCG-11 were dropped and picked up by their parents. Parents were seen helping wards settle in their hostel rooms, carrying luggage up the rooms. “I came on my own and am comfortable in the hostel. Our classes begin tomorrow,” said Ankur Arora, a B.Com (Hons) student at DAV College, Sector 10. “I have a lot of expectations from college life as this is supposed to be the best period of one’s life. I am happy that this college also has girls now. I hope to fall in love,” he said. Gaurav, a student from Talwara, who has joined BBA at the college, has already made friends with some of his hostel mates. “We are already moving about in a group. We have Pranjal Aggarwal, Tarun, Mitranshu and Ram in the group,” he said. “I want to join the cricket club of the college,” said Tarun, adding that they would also be checking out the theatre group of the college. All praise for hostel food, the students, however, wished for more cleanliness in the bathrooms. “The mess and canteen food is good and we are not missing home food as yet. Neither are we missing our parents and siblings. It is a challenge to live independently,” said Puneet Vij, a BCA student from Talwara. Through the day, the new students were seen looking for their roll numbers, sections, classrooms and subject teachers. “We could not attend many classes today as we did not know where to go. But the teachers were extremely helpful,” said Yamini Sood a BA Ist year student at GCG-11. The dress code was cool and casual for the day one and students had taken special pains to look their best. “Its all about making the first impression. I have specially shopped for college. New jeans T- shirts, tops with matching accessories it’s all ready,” said Preeti at Government College, Sector
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Stress on small family on World Population Day Chandigarh, July 11 Dr
C.L.Narang, former Director of Adult, Continuing Education and Extension and NSS, Panjab University, presided over the function. He said that the age-old Indian traditions and culture were responsible for the tremendous growth of population in society, and there was need to change the psyche to adopt small family norms and to ameliorate the status of women. Dr
Sween, Director of the centre, made it clear to the participants that self-dependence of women would go a long way to arrest the pace of increasing population in the country. She added that Panjab University was holding some vocational courses, which provide opportunities to women for becoming self-dependent and economically better.
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A musical treat for students Panchkula, July 11 The society is engaged in the promotion of Indian classical arts in the world through live performances and direct interactions by reputed artistes. The versatile duo of young maestros Ritesh Mishra and Rajnish Mishra, sons of the legendary Rajan Mishra, established an instant rapport with the students as they took centrestage. Accompanied by Avinash Sharma on the harmonium and Ashish Mishra on the tabla, they commenced the demonstration with an elaboration of raga Vairagi Bhairav. Ritesh and Rajnish then presented a composition “Maa Shaarde…” set to “madhya laya in ek tal”. The maestros illustrated various musical cadences and applications like meend, gamak, murchana to embellish the raga exposition. The artistes extracted pleasure while replying to some vaguely conceived queries from naive students. After a short delineation of a bandish in raga Des, they doled out a bhajan “Sadho aisa hi gur bhaave...”, much to the rejoice of the students. Students joined the artistes as they rendered “Sa bhi sunder, re bhi sunder…”, the concluding song composed by Ritesh Mishra.
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A tribute to the guru Chandigarh, July 11 An ambience of divine fervour prevaded the auditorium as child prodigy Shubhra Koser delineated the fundamental syllables of the dance form. A group of budding danseuses-Pratibha, Krit Shaurya, Gyan Kaur, Smeet and Subhashree performed an invocatory item. A solo dance performance by Renu Panth won applause as she depicted the childhood of Lord Rama. Shakti Vardhan brought alive the pranks and Holi celebrations of Lord Krishna with zest. A group of seven disciples of Shobha Koser Renu Panth, Viva, Shalini, Aanchal, Shaiyani, Rupinder and Sonam — performed piece depicting various images of Lord Vishnu. Nisha Thakur performed a thumri. The programme concluded with a “sargam tarana” presented by Ipshita, Mahima, Puru, Sanchika, Shakti, Akriti and Sanchi. Shobha Koser on pedhant, Vinod Sood and Malavika (vocal) and Balraj Singh on Tabla articulated the rhythm. |
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