Burglary in Sector 10 house
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, May 3 — A house in Sector 10 has been was burgled. The occupants were reportedly out of station when the burglary took place.

Mr Rajwinder Singh Virk returned home to find the lock of his house broken. Thieves took away a computer, a VCR and an unspecified amount of cash from his house, according to sources.

Two hurt: A man and a child were injured in two separate road accidents in the city during the past 24 hours. Ghanshyam, who was waiting for a bus at a stop near Dhanas village, was hit by a Matador. A child, Shripal, 10, was injured when a tractor (HRC-3136) hit him near the Mauli Jagran complex.

The child was admitted to the PGI. The driver of the tractor fled from the spot, leaving behind the tractor.

Cars damaged: Two cars were damaged in separate road accidents in the city.

A car (CH-01-P-0526) driven by Jeet Singh was damaged when it collided with an unidentified vehicle near Mani Majra.

A car (CH-01-0129), owned by Mohinder Singh of Sector 22, was stolen from Kajheri village.

Arrested: A resident of Sector 41, Narinder Kumar, has been arrested for allegedly trying to molest a woman in Sector 15.

'Juloos' depicts ills of society
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, May 3—The darkness was pierced by a shrill cry from somewhere in the audience and a man lost his life. Alarmed by the shriek, six voices contemplated what had happened. And then the lights came on to reveal a dead man lying on the floor. The `hawaldar', wielding his rod of authority, descended upon the scene, dispersed the crowd and repeated to himself that all was well, without paying heed to Munna, the common man on the street, who was crying he had been murdered.

Thus began `Juloos', a play by Badal Sarcar,at the English Auditorium, Panjab University, here today. A satire on contemporary society, the play had powerful performances by the artists of Abhimanch, an organisation of the students of Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Panjab University.

Comprising ten artists, the play was a sequential representation of how common man was suffering at the hands of everybody, was running from pillar to post crying for help and was being defeated and trampled under the weight of the various rallies held to achieve what the common man desired. A `juloos' for the purpose achieved nothing and the layman kept crying to make his voice heard to those who could make a difference.

Then the scene shifted to an older `Munna', in his search for the extraordinary ventures beyond a point, from where retracing steps was not possible. He cried hoarse, putting across the point that he wanted to go home, not to his old one but a new one, indicating he was looking for a utopia to find peace of mind, where ambition, greed, selfishness and other vices took a backseat.

The play highlighted the wrongs in the world through headlines in newspapers, the violence prevalent in society and the indifferent attitude of officials to the complaints of the common man. Then came a man dressed in yellow robes and the common man deified and worshipped him in the hope that words of wisdom from him would show him the route to utopia. Asking him to find a solution to troubles, the common man was handed a bottle of liquor to drown his sorrows and be happy, bringing out the corruption and deceit which had penetrated society and which nobody had escaped untouched. In such a society, patriotism was overshadowed by the dark clouds of blackmarketing, which resulted in price rise.

The play ended on a positive note, with the two `munnas' together watching a procession. They saw a `juloos' with a human face for the first time, which would lead them to the perfect world and the frustrated `munna' to a better frame of mind.

The characters in the play were Priyarpan Srivastava, Anuj, Nitin Sharma, Bahuguna Mittal, Sumit Saighal, Sunil, Parveen Gandhi, Kulwinder Kaur, Niket Rajan and Jai Prakash Negi. The backstage was managed by Abhijit Khodey, Gagandeep Jain and Abhinav Trivedi. The organisation of the play was managed by Devindra, Shilpi and Sandeep Chatterjee. Abhimanch will hold its next programme, Nritya Mahotsav, around September.