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UGC NET exam result delay harming students Chandigarh, November 2 Usually, the UGC declares the result of the previous exam before the last date of the submission of forms for the
next exam. As per the UGC’s own notification, the result of the June 2005 exam has to be declared before November 7. November 4 is off because of Id-ul-fitar, while November 5 and 6 are holidays too. November 7 is the only day when the result can be declared after tomorrow. Prof D.C. Kataria, director of a city-based NGO Aryan Education and Charitable Trust, has demanded that either the UGC should declare the result before November 7 or extend the date for filling the application forms till the result is declared. The UGC charges Rs 450 from the general category candidates, Rs 225 from OBC and Rs 110 for SC/ST/PH/VH candidates. More than 1 lakh candidates appear for the test throughout the country. The non-declaration of the result in time will cause loss of thousands of rupees to the aspirants,
he said. Criticising the UGC failure on the declaration of the result in time, Prof Kataria said in the last exam also, students waited for the result for long and the result was declared just five days before the exam. Most of the students failed to prepare for this exam as they were expecting positive result in the previous exam. Prof Kataria said the UGC was not bothered about people’s hard-earned money.
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Workshop on
embroidery ends Chandigarh, November 2 It was conducted by Mr Joginder Singh Sekhon. It was conducted in three-tier system to give an in-depth knowledge of the embroidery to the participants. In the first step, all participants were taken to the “Textile of India” and “Nature in Art” sections of the museum to show them traditional hand embroidered pieces. In the second step, the participants were given brief history and different traditional and folk stories related with the craft and techniques used in creating these wonderful craft forms. In the last step, the participants were given practical demonstration. Basic materials for embroidery were provided by the museum. The craft works created by the students during the workshop will be displayed in a special exhibition.
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PM to launch Punjabi, Urdu software tools Mohali, November 2 The ceremony is scheduled to take place at PGIMER auditorium, Chandigarh, on November 9. This would be the Prime Minister’s fourth visit to the city in the past few months. Stating that CDAC had pioneered the Graphics and Intelligence Based Script Technology (GIST) facilitating the use of Indian languages in IT, Mr J.S. Bhatia, Director General, CDAC, added that GIST was geared up for the Internet enabled world where all activities are gradually going online. The launch of the software for these two languages is part of the Department of Information Technology, Government of India’s TDIL (Technology Development for Indian Languages) initiative. ‘‘Hindi language tools were launched by Ms Sonia Gandhi recently and the Tamil language tools too have been launched,’’ said Mr Bhatia. The software for the two languages would be available in CDs which would be distributed free of cost to users. ‘‘Initially CDs of this software would be available but later we are going to make these tools available on the TDIL website from where these can be downloaded. The language tools include a translation dictionary, thesaurus, writing system, fonts, translation support system, optical character recognition etc,’’ said Mr Bhatia. CDAC Mohali had last year developed the Punjabi language ‘‘Sampadak’’ a spell check. on the computers. ‘‘There are others too who have worked extensively on the Punjabi language and the best features of have been incorporated in the CD that would be launched by the Prime Minister,’’ said Mr Bhatia.
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Colourful performance by students Mohali, November 2 The function began with
Saraswati Vandana followed by the reading out of the annual report. The tiny tots presented “Blue bird drill” and danced on the song “maine kaha phoolon se”. A host of other cultural items, including butterfly drill and gypsy dance, were also presented. Children gave a brilliant performance of Vande Matram. This was followed a “harmony drill” dedicated to the tsunami victims and spread the message of universal brotherhood. Giddha and bhangra were the main attractions of the day. Annual day
Students of Vikram Public High School, Kharar, celebrated the annual day of the school. Brig Ramesh Chand Bansal (retd) was the chief guest. Addressing the audience, Brig Bansal spoke about the growing importance of teachers in society. He pointed out that the future of the nation depended on the teachers as they moulded the minds of the students. He also talked about the importance of learning English and Hindi along with Punjabi. The Principal, Mr Balbir Bakshi, presented a memento to the chief guest.
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‘She lived on her own terms’ Chandigarh, November 2 It was indeed impossible in those good old days to live life ahead of the times”. Anjum, however, accolades her companion Inderjit Singh ‘Imroz’ for supporting and understanding the sentiments and sensitivity of the great poetess. Anjum lauded her contribution to Punjabi literature while his emotions melt into a couplet professing “Apni mitti ki khushboo ban ker jo jinda rehte hain, Azal (death) ke ghar jaa kar taabinda (divine light) rehte hain.” Eminent writer Dr Naresh, Chairperson of the Chandigarh Sahitya Akademy called Amrita Pritam as an epoch-making literary genius she carved an era which culminated with her. She has been admired and adored by connoisseurs, researchers, professionals and the elite for her resolute determination to live life on her own terms, her spontaneous poetic outbursts, her daring depiction of the social evils and taboos, Depicting untold agony of womanhood facing the trauma of dowry, forced marriage and miserable plight of the sufferers of the forced Partition were her forte. A lovely woman, she was a wonderful table talker with no inhibitions. Her demise is a great loss to Punjabi literature. The former Editor of Punjabi Tribune, Gulzar Singh Sandhu, an old associate adores Amrita Pritam as the greatest ambassador of Punjabi literature to the world. Recalling his participation to the World French conference at Nice in France as an Indian delegate in 1983 and later at the World Writers Meet he was overwhelmed with the adulation the foreign writers and readers bestowed upon Amrita and Khushwant Singh for their creative fiction writings. She was blessed to embellish her writings, poetic or fictional, on all varied subjects with an amazing profusion of lyrical intensity. As an editor of a journal Nagmani, Amrita promoted new writers, involved persons from all stratum of life through interviews, interactive columns. Over 100 realms of poetry she created are a precious treatise and I personally feel these were better than her fictional work which mostly had been translated into foreign languages, opined Sandhu. Sharing many privileged meetings Sandhu recalls her great sense of humour but otherwise shy
behaviour. She refrained from holding posts in literary organisations and concentrated on writing and broadcasting assignments on AIR. Another intimate associate Dr Dalip Kaur Tiwana , the former Chairperson, Punjab Sahitya Akademy, failing to control her emotions recalled every telephonic messages from Imroz about ailing poetess. Whenever Amrita regained consciousness she wished to see me and last call came a at 3.30 am a day prior to her demise, said Tiwana. Her psyche refused to accept the shackles of taboos and tradition and her literary creations were a lively and realistic portrayal of the
middle class life which is full of conflicts and tensions. This labels Amrita as the poet of the masses and daughter of the soil, said Tiwna. The Haryana Punjabi Lekhak Sabha too mourned the demise of Amrita Pritam a statement issued by Gurbux Saini, General Secretary, of sabha said. |
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Book on Punjabi poems released Chandigarh, November 2 Koser also released a book on poems by Faiz Ahmed Faiz. It was translated by Mahinder Singh and edited by Surjeet Kalsi. Surjeet has also written “Pauna Naal Guftagu” (1979 and 1989), “Speaking to the Winds” (1982), “Foot Prints of Silence” (1988), “Landscape” (1996) and “Aurat Shabad Te Shakti” (2000), all collection of poems. Her short stories include “Sat Prayian” (1994) and “Parvasi Aurat di Diary” (1995). She has also written dramas and translated poetry of many prominent poets. Surjeet, holding a degree in creative writing and counselling psychology from a Canadian University, is devoted to the promotion of “Maa Boli” in foreign lands. Her marriage to famous Canada-based writer Ajmer Rode boosted her resolve to propagate Punjabi writings. Earlier, the audience stood in silence to mourn the demise of poetess Amrita Pritam. Dev Bhardwaj and others paid rich tributes to Amrita. |
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