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UT adviser scraps collection of PTA fund
Chandigarh, October 19 The adviser has further instructed the department to raise the funds either through subscription or donation. These orders will come into effect from the next session, as the funds have already been collected for this year. Now, each member of the association will pay Rs 2 only as subscription fee for the year and the entire amount will be deposited in the designated bank, in the name of the president of the association. It is pertinent to mention here that the PTA funds for model and non-model schools had been officially fixed as Rs 150 and Rs 100 respectively. But defying this, the heads of the schools had reportedly been collecting Rs 100 to Rs 150 over the fixed amount, from the students. The education department officials disclosed that the collection of PTA fund has been stopped as this practice could bring the administration into a dispute. Earlier also, many discrepancies had come to light where the PTA funds were utilised on the activities which were least related to the welfare of the students. There was ‘mass misappropriation’ of funds and the amount was spent as per the whims and fancies of the heads of the institutions. A number of forgery cases had come to light in the past also where the heads/principals had tampered with the bills, payments made to ‘never existing firms’, amount spent on ‘never done works’ and forged salary bills for appointments from the PTA funds.
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Mehra given warm welcome by SJOBA
Chandigarh , October 19 Mehra, who passed out from St. Johns’ in 1968 and has been a former president of SJOBA (1994-95), was today given a formal welcome by SJOBA on his return to Chandigarh. While addressing the students, Mehra said, “When I passed out of school in 1968, there were very limited career options for us to choose from. Typically, the students opted for academics or the civil services. I chose the civil services. But now, you have a wide variety of career options - investment banking, specialist designers in a gamut of areas, architecture, IT and even a viable career in space programmes.” Nostalgia prevailed in the auditorium as Mehra recounted some very interesting episodes from his school life. Earlier, Mac Sarin, founder president, SJOBA, presented a copy of the coffee table book on St. Johns’ “Roots and Wings” to the advisor. Interestingly, Mehra has authored one of the chapters in the book. Navpreet Aujla, president, SJOBA presented Mehra with a SJOBA watch and tie. Others present on the occasion were Kavita Das, principal, St. Johns’, Vivek Atray, former president, SJOBA, and Munish Kapoor, general secretary, SJOBA.
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A day of Punjabi art and craft
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 19 Meanwhile, at Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45, it was a day of keenly contested competitions in several heritage items of Punjabi crafts and musical instruments. Nimble fingers worked skilfully at weaving colourful traditional pakhis, creating multicoloured crochet and knitting patterns. The forgotten crafts of hand-made bagh, phulkari, dasuti and cross-stitch, created traditionally, stole the day. In the percussion category, individual players displayed their skills on tabla through peshkaar, kaaydas, paltas, mukhdas and mohras. Samvadini of GCG-11 had the audience spell-bound with her raag ‘puriya dhanashri’ in the solo non-percussion category. The Indian orchestra item of Dev Samaj College for Women-45 titled ‘Mehak’ was the star attraction of the day. In the Indian orchestra titled ‘Raga Ranjini’ - a single girl played on tabla tarang - a set of ten tablas. Amongst the folk instruments, ‘ghara’ was the popular instrument in the individual heritage category, and the beats of dhol, tumbi and gupchu, ghungroo, and kaato were the reverberating instruments in the group folk heritage category. Harjinder Kaur, mayor, who presided over the morning session, said these festivals go a long way in empowering women. Meenaxi Anand Chaudhry, state information commissioner, Haryana, was the chief guest in the afternoon session of classical and group dances. Amongst the group dance items, the host college presented ‘khodiya nritya’ of Haryana, Home Science College performed the ‘Marathi lavani’ and GGSCW-26 presented a Bangla group dance. In the classical solo category, kathak remained the popular dance form. Results of Zone A Bhangra: 1. SGGS-26, 2. DAV-10, 3. GGDSD-32 Giddha: 1. GC-11, 2. DAV-10 and SGGS-26, 3. GCA-10 and GGDSD-32 Quiz: 1. PU campus, 2. DAV-10, 3. GC-11. Results of Zone B Classical instrumental: Percussion: 1. Manju Sharma (GCG-42), 2. Sangeeta (GGSCW-26); Non-Percussion: 1. Samvadini (GCG-11), 2. Vandana (MCM DAV-36) Mehandi: 1. Jyoti (DCSCW-45), 2. Devangi (MCM DAV-36), 3. Shruti (GGSCW-26) Dasuti/cross-stitch: 1. Sunita (GCG-11), 2. Kuldeep Kaur (NC, Ludhiana), 3. Rajwinder Kaur (GCG-42) and Jasvir Kaur (GGS Khalsa, Ludhiana) Phulkari/bagh: 1. Neena Rani (NC, Ludhiana), 2. Ramanpreet (GGS Khalsa College, Ludhiana), 3. Kamaljit (GCG-42) and Poonam (GCG-11) Pakhi designing: 1. Daljeet Kaur (GGS Khalsa, Ludhiana), 2. Kamal (NC, Ludhiana), 3. Raman (DSCW-45) Knitting: 1. Kirandeep Kaur (Mai Bhago College), 2. Bijuli (GGSCW-26), 3. Shama (NC, Ludhiana) Crochet: 1. Ramanpreet (Mai Bhago), 2. Preeti (GHS), 3. Sushila (GCG-42) Indian orchestra: 1. DSCW-45, 2. MCM DAV-36, 3. GCG-11 Folk instrumental: 1. Manju Sharma (GCG-11), 2. Jyoti Saroop (GGS-26), 3. Pooja (GCG-11) Group folk orchestra: 1. GCG-11, 2. GGSCW-26 Quiz: 1. GCG-42, 2. GCG-11, 3. MCM DAV Group dance: 1. DCSW-45, 2. GCG-11, 3. GGSCW-26
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Incinerator Issue
Chandigarh, October 19 The Bench, headed by Chief Justice Vijender Jain, fixed November 23 as the next date of hearing. In their petition, Ominder Singh Oberoi and other residents of Sector 16 also sought directions to authorities concerned, including director, health services, and the Chandigarh municipal corporation to stop operation of incinerator right next to the residential area. The petitioners claimed that it was being used for burning bio-medical wastes without installing air pollution control device. Further claiming that the incinerator was being used in violation of environmental laws, the petitioners stated that it should be shifted from the residential area. Directions were also sought to authorities concerned to stop the discharge of untreated liquid waste into the municipal drains of local municipal corporation. The petitioners also sought directions for stopping the construction of a seven-storeyed OPD block in front of their area as it was in violation of zoning plan. The petitioners suggested that the same should be shifted away from the residential area towards the main road and green belt.
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Savouring the aura of theatre
Chandigarh, October 19 A graduate in commerce and qualified Bharatnatyam danseuse, Sangita faced the camera while in school for a tele film “Hindustani” under the direction of Hrishikesh Mukerjee. She disclosed that after her commendable performances in “Nach Balliye”, “Aaja Nach Lei”, “Rabba Ishaq na hove”, she has now been signed for a lead female role in a feature film “Bhanwra” by Dharmesh Darshan productions. “This will be challenging for me”, claims the Mumbai-bred beauty and being the first in the family to take up cinema as career. My family admiringly calls me a loving and invincible black sheep, she said jokingly. Sangita, however, failed to resist her immense love for the city beautiful and the warmth of the people, which she keenly observed during the shooting of her serial “Des mein..”. “The instant comedy play is my maiden venture in the theatrical realm and I am delighted to perform for the city elite today”, said Sangita. Another acclaimed TV actor, Kiran Karmakar of popular TV soaps “Ghar ghar ki kahani”, “Comedy Circus” and “Thodi si Zameen” fame and a renowned Marathi stage actor maintained that for its survival theatre in this region would have to be more meaningful, innovative and vibrant. Credited with memorable roles in over 200 Marathi and Hindi films, popular actor Sudhir Dalvi stressed the need for a living theatre, which should be loyal to its people, their cultural heritage, social realities worthy of consistent communication with the present. He played the lead role in ‘Shirdi ke Sai Baba”. Earlier, leading Industrialist Sunil Kant Munjhal, chairperson of the Ludhiana Sanskritik Samagam, gave an overview of the plans and programmes aimed at promoting the cultural activities and rich heritage of the region.
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An engaging comedy with twists
Chandigarh, October 19 Aesthetically innovative and impressive with its originality and striking performance, the star-studded production had popular TV stars like Sangita Ghosh, Kiran Karmarkar, Sudhir Dalvi, Bijal Batavia and Parnav Tripathi in the cast. The crisp comedy revolves around an ideal couple and the twists and turns in their marital life. Saloni (Sangita Ghosh) and Om (Kiran Karmarkar) are happily married and have an eight-year-old son Anup who studies at a boarding school. Saloni is a poetess and Om owns an ad agency. One fine day, to their great astonishment, their family friend and local guardian ‘Tom uncle’ gives them a happy news that they have been chosen as the best couple of the year and shall receive the ‘Made for Each Other’ award carrying a prize money of Rs 25 lakh. A series of post-marital confrontations, leading to the division of the house into two parts, escalates the differences between them to the extent that their respective advocates start living with them. Saloni suspects that Om is in love with advocate Mohini and Om feels Saloni is beginning to have a relationship with Mohan, her advocate. The story had many twists and turns which ends in a strange revelation that the two advocates, both husband and wife, had been in fact, planted by the organisation which was instituted the award. Radical theatre performance with a creative confrontation between the script and the immaculate acting spells kept the audience engaged. Skillful use of lights, brisk, witty dialogues with brilliance and drollery and soothing music contributed to the success of the play. Confidant performances by all actors, visuals and frequently changed exotic dresses added freshness to the acting prowess of Sangita Ghosh (Saloni), Kiran Karmakar (Om Vashisht), Pranav Tripathi (Mohan), Bijla Batavia (Mohini), and above all, Sudhir Dalvi as uncle Tom, the self-styled judge. The play will be repeated at Guru Nanak Dev Auditorium at Ludhiana tomorrow, as per Sunil Kumar Munjhal, the Samagam president. |
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