Counselling for vacant seats
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 7
Panjab University will hold counselling for admissions to B.Sc (honours school) in physics, maths and computers on July 9. On the end of the second day of joint counselling to general category, six paid seats in BE (Software Engineering), two paid seats in BE (Telecommunication and Information Technology) and one seat in Computer Science and Application of B.Sc (honours school) remained vacant. Counselling for these seats will be done tomorrow.

Career festival
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 7
Over 1500 parents and students attended a magic career festival organised by Ekadhiken on its campus in Sector 17, here yesterday.

Satire on socio-political set up
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, July 7
Two short plays — “Hawayi Gole” and “Vikalp” — presented by students of the theatre wing of the Pracheen Kala Kendra lashed out at the existing political and socio-economic system of the country. The venue was Studio Theatre of the kendra in Sector 35 here.

The first play, “Hawayi Gole” was a satire on the parliamentary system where law and system are soulless and a tool to draw mileage for the benefit of the ruling party. The play that starts with a debate between the members of the ruling party and the Opposition on some public interest issue takes an ugly turn with onlookers expressing their discontentment by turning violent and finally boycotting the whole system.

The play was written by Gursharan Singh and directed by Mohinder Dogra. The cast included Zubin Mehta, Upjeet, Kaushlesh, Gaurav, Tanya Tandon and Raghav.

The second play, “Vikalp” was again a mockery on the so-called sangat darshan programme,” which is only meant for the people of higher strata. The play revolves around an educated unemployed youth who tries to meet a minister during these programmes but every time has to return disappointed as the minister has no time for the poor. The struggle and frustration forces the boy to fight against the system.

The play was based on a story of Jasbir Rana and was directed by Mohinder Dogra. The role of the rebellious youth was played by Harish Verma.

The programme concluded by a choreography based on Sahir Ludhianvi’s song “Voh subhah kabhi to aaye gi”, presented by the artistes of the theatre wing.

Lucky enthrals audience
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, July 7
It was a night of Gurdas Mann’s popular songs at the Lake Club here where Lucky Gurdaspuri, a Punjabi folk singer, presented hit songs of a famous singer. The programme was organised by the Chandigarh Institute of Performing Arts in association with the club today.

Starting the programme with an old number “Ek tu howe, ek main howa...”, Lucky enthralled the audience with the all-time favourites like “Dil da mamla hai...” and “Mamala garbar hai...”.

Lucky, a fan of Gurdas Mann and known for singing Mann songs, nevertheless is a singer in his own right. After learning Punjabi folk from Krishna Rai, Lucky has come up with two albums — “Lut liya sohniya ne” and “Mere yaar da viah”. His third music album — “Koka mitra da” is in the final stage.

“I have written five songs for Koka mitra da’ and music is given by Surinder Bachchan” says Lucky. Even for the earlier two albums, the entire lyrics had been written by Lucky himself. In tonight’s performance Lucky was accompanied by Amrik Singh and Krishan Rahi on the key board, Satpal on mandolin, Jaimal on dholak, Vijay and Amarjeet Singh on octopad. 

Kids spill energy on stage
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 7
This evening saw yet another dance contest organised in the city. Held at Musafir Auditorium, the attractively titled show, “Hum Bhi Hain Josh Mein,” was all about energy spilling on the performance space. Although a routine show, the organisers did manage some deal of quality in the dance contest.

The competition, registrations for which had been on for a week now, managed a fair response as there were a large number of contestants in the various groups which had been categorised according to age. The contest, in all, was open to everyone within the age limit of five and 25 years.

The best part of the show was the performance by little ones. This section attracted more applause simply because kids looked cute in whatever posture they adopted on stage.

It did not really matter if they were following the beat or not. The favourite dances were to “Keh do na...” “Nikamma kiya is dil ne...” and everything else from the recent Aishwarya Rai dance numbers to the latest songs which have Esha Deol in full form.

The event was organised by Prixy Entertainment.