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Inauguration of block at Dept of Laws
Chandigarh, September 8 Narrating how the Union of India was formed by integrating sub-national identities into one state, he stressed upon the importance of making ourselves worthy of the state in which we live. “Our Constitution was formulated at a time of tremendous turmoil in the country. But the makers drew on some reserve of strength and humanity and constructed the fundamental rights. While our Constitution has withstood the test of time, are we worthy of that inheritance, and what have we done to take it forward?” he asked. He said students needed to focus on three things - “You, your conscience and your God.” He added that transparency, openness and an honest approach in every field of activity was necessary to live up to the challenges set by our Constitution and heritage. PU Vice-Chancellor Prof R C Sobti, in his welcome address, said the Department of Laws was one of the premier institutions of legal education. Chairman Shashi K. Sharma came in for some fulsome praise as a strict teacher who believed in maintaining law and order in his department. He spoke of taking education worldwide, giving the example of the exchange programme within the department with the European Law Students’ Association. He said with the addition of this new block, the department would make great strides to strengthen and improve the qualitative components of the course, giving it a more practical feel. Adding to this, Professor Sharma said within a month, the hall of the new block would be created into a mock courtroom with a real-life appeal to motivate students. The programme concluded with a vote of thanks by DUI Prof S.K.
Kulkarni. Golden Jubilee celebrations from Oct 1 V-C Prof R.C. Sobti used the occasion to announce a grant of Rs 1 lakh received by the varsity for the maintenance of Herbal Garden by UT Administration. He confirmed that the Golden Jubilee celebrations at PU would begin at 9:30 am on October 1.
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Deprived of education, 10 girls ‘steal the show’
Chandigarh, September 8 A routine social function was made special by the reality check by these girls, who complained that their parents weren’t providing them with the opportunity to get educated. “Our education is not their concern. They would rather that we helped with household chores. But we want to study,” the girls said when Shrivastava, also special secretary, finance, UT, asked if there was anybody in the audience who was facing problems at home or otherwise. Finally getting their chance to be heard, the girls submitted Shrivastava with a list, which would now be used to reach out to their parents. “It is matter of concern that parents are not ready to educate their children despite the facility of free education. Now that we know of the problem, we will do everything to solve it. I will send my counsellors to the homes of these girls so that a solution is found and their education is not affected,” she said. Earlier, slum and street children staged skits on female foeticide and discrimination against the girl child. Based on humble scripts by the children themselves, the plays communicated the messages effectively. The show was coordinated by Father Sebastian of the centre, who is also helping the Administration with a special project concerning street children.
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Teacher’s Day brings in 3 awards for DAV-8
Chandigarh, September 8 School principal Jaskiran Harike received awards from UT Administrator General S.F. Rodrigues (retd) for working for the upliftment of downtrodden children. Besides this, two more awards were presented to Harike for running a club named ‘Prerna’, which is working in close association with senior citizens with their base at the school itself and for ‘Gyan Uday’, a body that runs tutorial classes for 60 under-privileged students. “Sixteen children of Gyan Uday have been absorbed into the mainstream schools on concessional fee,” the principal said. Meanwhile, Harika would also receive the ‘Avantika Award’ from Avantika, a group of contemporary artists and intellectuals for her contributions in the field of art and culture.
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GCG-42 gets cyber café
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 8 Kalra said the cyber café would facilitate the students in keeping themselves updated with the latest in the world and this facility would be particularly beneficial to the hostellers. Freshers’ party: The senior students of Government Home Science College, Sector 10, organised a freshers’ party to welcome the first-year students of undergraduate and postgraduate courses. College principal Dr Sukhvarsha Narula was the chief guest on the occasion. Among the undergraduates, the Miss Fresher title went to Reenu, while it went Kanika among the postgraduate students. The Best Answer Title went to Priya; Miss Catwalk title went to Upneet, Miss Prim and Proper to Vasundra and Miss Personality went to Damandeep. Foreign students
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Scheme entails earning while learning
Chandigarh, September 8 Addressing a pre-placement seminar at SAS Institute of Information Technology, Mohali, yesterday, he apprised the students about the requirements of corporate world and also discussed how to meet these requirements. Giving details of the EWL scheme, he said regular students could work and earn under the scheme, the main purpose of which was to expose the students to the corporate world and also give them a chance to earn as well. The students are required to work four hours a day during evening time, he added. Institute director Karamjeet Singh said the institute was the only one in the northern region to be accredited for this scheme.
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Woman robber sent to 4-day police custody
Chandigarh, September 8 The accused, a 40-year-old widow Kamaljit Kaur, alias Sunita, was arrested by the personnel operation cell from Sector 17, ISBT on Friday following information. She was arrested after being identified by one of her victims. Kamaljit is a mother of two minor daughters. Sources in the operation cell said, “The investigating officials are facing a peculiar problem in this matter as the complainants tend to conceal the facts to save face. Majority of her victims, are those who had fallen in her trap considering her to be a call-girl. Citing one such case, sources said one of her victims took her to his house in Sector 43, where she served him drinks laced with intoxicants and robbed his entire house. She reportedly decamped with Rs 20,000, two gold chains, two gold bangles, two rings and other articles. The incident took place last week. The complaint was forwarded by the Manimajra police station to Sector 36 police station. However, the SHO of the Sector 36 police station said he was yet to receive the complaint. “Complaints have started pouring in after the publication of news of her arrest. We have received a number of complaints from various people, which are being examined. During preliminary interrogation she admitted having robbed about a dozen persons, informed inspector Vijay Kumar, in charge of the Operation Cell. Kamaljit was today produced before a local court, which remanded her to four days of police custody. She would be taken to her residence and others places to make recoveries tomorrow. Kamaljit told the investigating officials that she used to come to the city from Yamuna Nagar and went back same day after “accomplishing the task”. A case of cheating and theft was registered against her a complaint lodged by one Sohan Raj at Sector 34 police station. She was wanted by the police in the case. Sohan Raj was robbed of a wallet containing some cash, a gold kara, a ring and other belongings. Raj informed the police that the incident took place on September 4 night, when he was signalled to stop by a woman near Sector 34. She asked him to drop her in Sector 56. On the way, she befriended Sohan Raj and asked him to buy her a cold drink. She mixed some intoxicant in it and served it to him following which he fell unconscious and after regaining consciousness he realised that he had been robbed.
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Theatre lover marches on against odds
Chandigarh, September 8 But he feels restricted. Looking back on his life as actor-director, he can’t recall a single moment that came without its share of struggles. “Our dreams of taking theatre to the nook and corner of India are in pieces. Never has the position of theatre been so shaky. There is no money in the discipline; no government aid or hope of it. I have been struggling with productions. With help, I could have contributed more,” says former director of the National School of Drama (NSD), who pioneered children’s theatre movement from the NSD which he headed from 1995 to 2001. The national theatre festival was also his gift to the NSD. But ever since he left the NSD, nothing seems to have changed for the better. “NSD was conceived as an adult education project. It was to inspire a nursery of theatre institutions across the country. The idea was to tap every child’s natural ability to act and use it to hone his cognitive skills. It’s a shame that after 60 years of freedom, theatre has no space in the education canvas of a child,” he rued. On his part, Bajaj has been labouring on. Starting as a student of Ebrahim Alkazi at the NSD, he graduated to create over 30 productions as director, and 36 productions as actor. To his name are awards like the Sangeet Natak Akademi and Padma Shri, and yet there’s that reigning listlessness over things gone wrong. Bajaj was last seen in the Jackie Chan starrer “The Myth”. He is now planning a couple of more plays, some even for the Chandigarh audience. The most exciting of them is “Laila Majnu” by London-based playwright Ismail Chunara. “Chunara has treated this timeless love saga with indescribable passion. I will produce its Urdu translation. I am also planning a production around playwright Kamla Kapoor’s works. But the progress will be slow, and you know why,” said the thespian who is in the city to attend the Haryana cultural department’s annual theatre festival. |
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‘Poster’ brings Rajasthan to city
Chandigarh, September 8 With minimal sets and props, director Layak Hussain recreated the ambience and culture of the deep Mewari tribal areas of Rajasthan. The director relied upon actor narratives, who made instantaneous shifts to other roles, to effectively link up the sequences. Teela Ram Gameti, Sayyaed Arif, Gopal, Shipra Chatterji, Pyar ji, Ganga Ram Rasttan and Ganesh Gameti performed major roles. The folk and devotional music and costumes by Anukampa Layak deserve a special mention. |
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