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From Schools Students put up brilliant show Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 29 ‘The Reflection of God’ showed how man could return to the Lord; and there was triumph of peace over evil. As the auditorium lights dimmed and music wafted into the area, the young performers took the stage to show the creation of not just the universe, but also the galaxy, the solar system, the earth, life and human beings. Dressed as trees, peacocks, lions, butterflies and even dinosaurs, the students presented a scene of how things would have been even before the big bang. The directorial venture of artiste Surinder Pal was effective as he made the tiny tots shoulder the concerns of the grown-ups, dexterously. Call it a result of sheer hard work or flair, the young ones actually drove home the message with complete understanding, and sincerity. “Initially, the directorial team had doubts about the level of performance. But to watch the little ones immerse themselves in the production was an experience in itself,” exclaimed principal Maria Christi. Mohali Tributes paid: Saint Soldier International Convent School, Mohali, organised week-long celebrations to mark the birth centenary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh. Students paid tributes to the martyr. They expressed their love and respect for him by penning down their feelings in the form of slogans. A fancy dress competition was organised for toddlers wherein they came attired as Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev, Chandra Shekhar and Maulana Azad. WORKSHOP: Students of Ashmah International School came up with a workshop on ‘Eat Healthy Stay Wealthy’ wherein school kids, dressed as various vegetables, spoke to their fellow students. INAUGURATED: Swami Ram Tirtha Public High School, Phase IV, has added another feather to its cap with the opening of a multipurpose court. The court was inaugurated by school president Rakesh Sharma. A girls’ basketball match was played between the Yellow and Red teams on the occasion. The Yellow team under the captaincy of Paramjit Kaur won the match by a good margin. Certificates were awarded to the winning team. Panchkula Workshop: British School, Sector 8, organised an exhibition to show case artifacts prepared by tiny-tots of foundation year classes on the school premises, here on Saturday. The fortnight-long creative activity workshop was conducted for the kids for balancing their metabolism during their assessment. The orchard and the world wall project of foundation year II and III were adjudged the best by K.K. Khandelwal, the chief guest of the day. The techniques included right from free hand drawing to colouring, painting, thumb painting were used in making the objects. Exhibition: Woodlands House School, Sector 8, celebrated the annual craft, science and project exhibition here on Saturday. Nursery A made a bird sanctuary with birds, while Nursery D and C chose a new concept of fairy tales and poems and Nursery E and B displayed festivals and means of transportation, respectively. LKG A and B and KG classes worked on environment and modern cities with post offices, hospitals, temples and airports. Fancy dress: As many as 43 children participated in a fancy dress competition organised at May Buds (play and preparatory school), Sector 21, here on Saturday.
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From Colleges
Chandigarh, September 29 The camp organised by the NSS Unit of Government College, Sector 46, was inaugurated today by Dr Ajaib Singh, member, Punjab Public Service Commission. Principal Dr K S Saluja welcomed the chief guest and former principal of the college, Major D.P. Singh, who was the guest of honour. A cultural programme presented by the students was appreciated by all. Vice-principal Dr Shyam Sunder proposed the vote of thanks. The second day of the 10-day NSS camp began with a poetry recitation competition at Government College of Education, Sector 20. Students participated in a campus cleanliness drive during the evening session. The NSS unit of MCM DAV College for Women celebrated ‘Environment Day’ today. A documentary ‘Karsewa’ by noted Punjab film and documentary maker Daljit Ami was screened to mark the occasion. Earlier, Kanwalpreet held a workshop to teach students how to make environment-friendly products. A poetry writing competition was held on the same theme. Dev Samaj College of Education celebrated ‘Green Day’ by organising a ‘Best Dressed in Green’ competition today. A series of other competitions like paper-bag making, dry and fresh flower arrangement, best-out-of-waste and poetry writing were also held. Jagpreet was adjudged the best dressed female in green, Shallu and Seema came second, followed by Navpreet and Baljeet. Award: The Council of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) at New Delhi will confer the Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2007 on city-based eye surgeon Dr Man Singh Nirankari. The award would be conferred at the annual convocation of the academy on October 27 scheduled to be held at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
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PU Notes
Chandigarh, September 29 On the third day of the multi-disciplinary seminar, four presentations on the impact and image of the martyr in vernacular newspapers, Hindi literature, Bengali writings, Punjabi poetry, plays, and other genres were made. Prof Harish Sharma from Amritsar analysed vernacular papers published from Amritsar during the period of Bhagat Singh’s trial, which turned out to be ‘the most productive period of his career’. These newspapers became ‘the major instruments for the spread of the revolutionary ideology, and its logic’. Prof Himadri Banerjee from Kolkata brought out the changing perceptions of the Bengalis about the life and martyrdom of Bhagat Singh through an analysis of printed Bengali writings like the newspapers reports, memoirs and biographies by the admirers, mentors, and his bitter critics. Prof Tejwant S. Gill from Chandigarh analysed the literary discourse around Bhagat Singh with reference to five volumes of poems, as many plays, two novels and six prose writings in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi. Dr Prem Singh from Delhi studied the image of the late hero in Hindi novel and brought it out as complex, multi-layered and different in different texts. They reflect Bhagat Singh the thinker, the Marxist-Leninist, the socialist, the atheist and, above all, the revolutionary martyr. Prof J.S. Grewal from Chandigarh presented the last paper and analysed Bhagat Singh’s two writings on the Namdhari movement from the historic-graphical point of view. Prof G.S. Gosal chaired the valedictory session and the vote of thanks was proposed by Prof Indu Banga, the seminar coordinator. PAPER PRESENTED: Dr Harnam Singh Shan, professor Emeritus, Panjab University, is back from Europe after attending the ‘38th International Congress of Asian and North African Studies (INCANAS) 2007’ held at Ankara (Turkey). Dr Shan presented his paper on ‘Peace at Home, Peace in the World, in the context of the Sikh Thought and Tradition as expressed and preserved in the sacred Sikh Scriptures.’
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Mattewal opens moot court
Mohali, September 29 Inaugurated by Hardev Singh
Mattewal, advocate-general, Punjab, the moot courtroom would enable the students to learn about courtroom dynamics from the real time simulations. The inauguration ceremony, which was presided over by Gurvinder Singh
Bahra, vice-cairman, Rayat and Bahra Group of Institutes, was also attended by other higher functionaries of the group and Prof Veer Singh, director of Rayat College of
law. Hardev Singh Mattewal exhorted a large gathering of law students of the college to diligently follow a proper routine in studies and enhance their understanding of legal system as it works. “Laws and regulations are sacrosanct but their relative application and interpretation makes the real difference. As budding lawyers, courtroom mannerism and etiquettes are must to be
internalised. I wish you all the best as you put your first step in this direction with the beginning of this moot courtroom today,” said
Mattewal.
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Youths hold debate on eve-teasing
Chandigarh, September 29 The topic for today was eve-teasing and around 80 participants expressed their views on the same. IPS Madhur Varma attended and heard the problems of the youth. At the end, the participants came out with suggestions to deal with the problem. Forum’s president Kavaljeet Kaur said, “Eve teasing is a euphemism of sexual harassment, which shouldn’t be taken lightly. We want to create awareness amongst the youth so that they can fight this menace.” A Yuva Parliament session would be organised every month. Among those who were present included Ravi Bedi (head of YTTS) and A.P.S.
Shegill.
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Map quiz organised
Chandigarh, September 29 While St Kabir Public School, Sector 26 stood first, St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, came second. Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, got the third position. The top three teams, along with nine other teams, would take part in the national map quiz-2007 on October 14.
— TNS
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Graft: Judicial remand for 2 officials
Chandigarh, September 29 Aman Singh had complained to the agency that mandi supervisor Darshan Singh and auction recorder Gurminder Singh Singh had sought Rs 10,000 in bribe from him to avoid penalty. Volte-face Two witnesses turned hostile in a corruption case at the district courts today. Bahg Singh, who was sarpanch of Dadu Majra in 1997, was arrested under Section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act after residents of the village had alleged that he had taken Rs 10 from each one of them for applying for a ration card under below poverty line category. Fourteen witnesses out of 38 have so far turned hostile in the case.
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