EDUCATION

Student fined Rs 1,000 for ragging
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 10
In another incident of ragging that has come to light, Nalin Ganju a second year student of Chemical Engineering department ragged Abhishek, a first year student in Hostel number 3 in Panjab University (PU).

The first year student from UIET had apparently complained but then took the complaint back after an alleged compromise was reached between the two.

However, to rule out any instance of the complaint being taken back under pressure, the hostel authorities sent a letter to the DSW, Professor Naval Kishore. The PU authorities are not viewing this lightly having referred the case to the Central Monitoring Committee formed to review such incidences.

The second year student has been fined Rs 1000 along with a week long suspension from attending classes. He has also been issued a warning and is being monitored.

As of now he has been removed from the hostel and has been told that in case there is a repeat incident, he will be rusticated from the University, say sources.

Just last month on July 26, PU authorities suspended 5 students for ragging their juniors in hostel number 2.

PU Notes
Counselling schedule
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 10
Counselling for admission to B.Ed regular for UT Colleges (UT Pool 60 per cent and General Pool 40 per cent) for various subject combinations including yoga will be held at the Law Auditorium, Panjab University, Chandigarh, according to the following schedule.

UT Pool August 13
1) 9 am - marks up to 42.75, general category, all subjects; 2) 10:30 am - marks from 42.50 to 39.50, general category, all subjects; 3) 12 noon - marks from 39.25 to 36.25, general category, all subjects; 4) 1:30 pm - marks up to 25, general category for Fine Arts and up to 27.50, general category for Music 5) 2 pm - marks up to 29.25, SC category, all subjects 6) 3 pm - all eligible in ST, Defence and Freedom Fighter category, all subjects

General Pool August 14
1) 9 am - marks up to 41.25, General category, all subjects; 2) 10:30 am - marks between 41.00 and 37.75, General category, all subjects; 3) 12 noon - marks between 37.50 and 33.75, General category, all subjects 4) 1:30 pm - marks up to 25.00, General category in Fine Arts and marks up to 27.50, General category in Music 5) 2 pm - marks up to 23.75 in SC; 6) 3:30 pm - all eligible in ST, Defence, Freedom Fighters, Physically Handicapped, Sports and Foreign Students category, all subjects.

SHOW: The Youth Week India being celebrated from August 6 to 12 in alignment with the United Nations initiative International Youth Day on August 12. A cultural show will be organised as part of weekend carnival at Sector - 17 Plaza on August 11 at 6.15 pm where Inderjeet London, of DJ Waleya fame, youngsters from the region as well as volunteers from foreign countries will entertain the public along with spreading the message of volunteering.

WEEK: EduCARE India in association with the Centre for Adult Continuing Education and Extension, the Department of Youth Welfare, Panjab University and Directorate, Youth Services of Punjab set up the week. Four youth organisations worked for four days in various colonies. Rotaract Club Chandigarh in Janata Colony, Yuva Sankalp Foundation in Nehru Colony, We Volunteers in Bhaskar Colony and Nehru Yuva Kendra and Youth Volunteers Association in Colony No. 5. They listed out the areas that need attention, those where action was taken and the efforts that would be made to provide solutions to the select issues in the near future. Their program concluded on Friday.

CONFERENCE: The 3rd India International Youth Day Conference is also being organised on August 12, at PU on the theme, ‘Developing New Strategies to Promote Youth Participation in Development and Volunteering’. On the second day of the two-day national seminar on ‘Science and Spirituality in the Indian Context’, the first session was chaired by Professor J C Vyas from Bhabha Atomic Centre, Mumbai in the morning and the second session was chaired by Swami Brahmeshananda. 

From Schools
Club to propagate non-violence
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 10
Peace club was inaugurated at the DAV Public School, Sector 15, on Friday. The DPI (S), S.K. Setia, who was the chief guest on the occasion. Members of Club actively impressed upon the message of non-violence. It was followed by speeches of Sushmita and Akshita, a poem by Arushi and a song on the theme of peace by the students. Student Members include Uday as president assisted by Devika, Ashima, Smit and Aditya as coordinators.

PAINTING: A painting competition was organised by Harmony Peace club in Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 32 to observe Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day. The theme of the competition was war and peace. The students gave speeches on how to inculcate in them peace and non-violence. Principal Anil Sharma applauded the efforts of students and teachers.

COMPETITION: Muskaan, Jaideep Kaur, Divjot Singh, Jasnoor Kaur and Sarthak were adjudged the winners of the fancy dress competition organised by the Junior Wing students at Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, on Friday. The children conveyed certain messages like 'save environment', 'obey traffic rules', 'respecting parents', through portrayal of different characters.

PLANTATION: Sri Guru Gobind Singh Senior Secondary, School 35, celebrated tree plantation day in the school on Friday. S.K. Setia, the DPI (S) was the chief guest on the occasion. The school students recited shabad kirtan here. The chairman Joginder Singh Sawhney highlighted the achievements of the school.

GAMES: The kindergarten section of St. Joan’s Public School, Zirakpur, organised fun-filled games on Friday. Many games like lion race grasshopper race, musical chair passing through the tunnel, passing the cap, backward race were the events of the day.

Mohali
I- Day: Students of DAV Public Senior Secondary School, celebrated the Independence Day celebration in the school premises. Senior students painted their face in tri colour whereas junior students impersonated their great leaders who sacrificed their lives on the altar of Independence. The winners include: Nur Archit, Simarjit, Bhavya, Priya, Arvind Ankit, Bhavya, Alokita, Harshvardhan, Ananya, Jasvinder, Hemanti, Romit, Devansh, Kartik, Amisha, Gurdaash, Krittika, Prakriti, Nikita, Karan, Brahamjot, Neha, Guronkar, Nisha, Priyanshu, Tejal, Amandeep, Sanpreet, Preeti, Surbhi, Taranpreet, Harpreet, Tanveer and Manvi.

SAPLINGS: The British School, Sector 70, here began their weeklong celebrations of Independence Day with an environment awareness campaign on Friday. Students first planted saplings in the school premises, then as a part of their project "My Country, My Pride" went to the local market to distribute paper bags with appropriate environment friendly messages, carried placards with slogans written on them .The campaign was a joint venture coordinated and conducted by The British School and the staff of the Environment Protection Society.

COURTS

Custodial death: HC cynical of police theory
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 10
A Division Bench, comprising justice P.Sathasivam and justice Rajive Bhalla, today asked the police to place on record by August 13 a copy of the FIR registered against SI Narinder Singh, accused of torturing a Colony no-4 youth to death in police custody.

The UT administration’s counsel informed the court that an FIR under Section 304-A had been registered against the SI. This reply came following the court’s observations during the previous hearing that why there was a delay in lodging the FIR against the accused.

Petitioner Phulwati, deceased Anil Kumar’s mother, had averred that case should be registered against the SI and investigation be handed over to the CBI or any other independent agency.

The petitioner’s counsel, Sanjeeva Gupta,averred that the police could not fool all people all the time and it was its duty to act fairly and in an unbaised manner.

The Bench, in a sarcasm aimed at the UT police, observed as to if it was going to add Section 279, IPC, also to the FIR. The section pertains to rash and negligent driving. The said remark came because the relatives of Anil had been informed by a police team that he had died in a road accident. Though later, the police changed its theory many times.

CULTURE

Her colours are all black
Aditi Tandon
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 10
The day is done, but not quite. It will wake up to life, again, at night - so assert the canvases on display at the art gallery of Government Museum.

Behind the assertion is a bright, young artist in love with colour black, christened the colour of heaven in Yi Jing, the Book of Changes. “You could have done better with rainbow colours”, someone suggests, but Tara Sharma shrugs off, and settles for an interesting statement: “In which colour, but black, can you reflect you deepest fears, your darkest moments, your sweetest desires. Black is black.”

So it is, and that shows in each of the 50 works, mounted in an exhibition titled “Eclipsed: Brilliance of Black”. Drawn on canvases is life itself, in its darkest hues. For the start, Tara has a powerful work - “Feet of a rebel” featuring swollen, sad feet. And here starts the journey of the artist longing for creative bliss, and of people longing for salvation.

Every work corresponds to life, leading from one stage to another and ending in a brilliant drawing Tara calls, “Salvation”. It has a man, a few stairs and a heaven. The journey is destined to be over.

For Tara, an assistant architect with Haryana government, the exhibition was a must for trapped anxieties to release. “I had everything, but something was missing. Black has significantly filled that vacuum in my life. From my days at Chandigarh College of Architecture, I have loved drawings in black. I had to have some of my own,” she says, caressing her works that come across as somber and sad, as black. But hidden in darkness is light and life.

The themes are plain, almost routine, but the execution is passionate. Be it a human face, wrecked by passage of time, a tree standing alone in a storm, a mother rooted to her child, or a moon awaiting its beloved, Tara draws each work with heart. The strokes remain powerful and the motifs stand out, spared of confusions and mess, which drawings are very likely to fall to.

In a nutshell, the show celebrates black, the colour of power, which also implies submission. It is reflected through drawings as a colour of revolution, expression and ultimate bliss. Tara’s works remind of a famous saying: “Heaven and earth of mysterious black…”

The exhibition will remain open till August 17 (with the exception of August 13 and 15).

Satire on foreign brand culture
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, August 10
The Department of Public Relations and Cultural Affairs teamed up with NZCC to highlight the idiosyncrasies of the 'foreign brand culture' by staging of the play "Resham Lal Ke Naye Kapde" at the Tagore Theatre here today.

The play was an adaptation of Henrik Johan Ibsen’s classic play "Emperor's New Clothes" by the legendary playwright Alakhnandan with certain aberrations to suit the Indian milieu.

The director, Umesh Kant, designed the play in the fashion of satirical comedy to bring out the autocratic character of the foolish king who was deeply involved in unethical pursuits and had no regard for his subjects.

Music was used by the director to bring home the message of the play.

King Resham Lal's love for costly costumes merely to get the better of his neighbouring king was used to show how foreign goods are becoming an obsession with everyone today.

Rajan Sehgal, Chakresh, Gunmati, Ankit, Ajay, Sanchit, and Anmol enacted the different roles.

Talking to Chandigarh Tribune, project director B.S. Balhara disclosed that the actors, drawn from different parts of Haryana had appeared on the stage for the first time. He said with a view to promote contemporary theatre in the region the department had, for the first time, auditioned over 150 theatre aspirants.