A scene from the play ‘Maa Mujhe Tagore Bana De’ presented in Natrang’s Sunday Theatre Series.
JAMMU, June 15: “Maa Mujhe Tagore Bana De”, a play based on a Punjabi story written by Mohan Bhandari and designed and directed by Lucky Gupta was featured here today at Natrang’s Sunday Theatre Series in its studio theatre.
The play was a solo performance and had many dramatic elements in it so that it could hold the attention of the audience from the very beginning till the end.
It was presented in intimate style and in unconventional setting which also was novelty to experience. The story of the play revolves around a boy who strives hard to get education and wants to be like Tagore despite his poverty.
He talked about his childhood days, when he used to go to school every day and get praises from his teachers for his intelligence. But due to poverty, he had to assist his father in a brick kiln. He feels bad about leaving his studies but takes pledge to complete it by studying in the evenings. He sadly remembers the day when he came back from his school after appearing in 10th class examination but fears to find a large gathering outside his house. He inquires and finds that his father is dead and mother is crying.
Later his mother falls ill and he had to sell all his household items for her treatment. After sometime her mother recuperates and starts working as a domestic servant but is expelled without any salary which added much to their misery. He believes that if education does not make him rich it will definitely turn him a good human being.
Lucky Gupta enacted the solo act very beautifully. Lights were designed by Neeraj Kant and operated by Varun Sharma. Mohd Yaseen coordinated the show and the presentations were done by Sumeet Sharma.
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 15: Drug de-addiction services of Jammu and Kashmir Police in its initiative to prevent drug abuse among school going children, conducted 46th Mental Health Programme in Government Girls Higher Secondary School Kothi Bagh, Srinagar, in which over 300 students participated.
Students and the staff members of the school participated in the programme. Group interaction with students of the school during which drug abuse and stress management were deliberated upon in depth, were also conducted.
A police spokesman said that the teaching staff of the school highly acknowledged the initiative of Police Drug De-addiction Centre and requested for further programmes and improving upon the facilities, so that they are gender-friendly.
A team of mental health professionals comprising Haris Abrar Kashmiri (Psychiatric social worker), Zahid Jeelani Wani (counseling Psychologist) and Fidah Hussain Mir (Yoga Therapist) informed the students about the harmful effects of drug abuse, stress and preventive measures that need to be taken. The experts highlighted the alarming scenario of drug abuse across the state by quoting different studies conducted on the subject.
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 15: The Nandkishwar Asthapan Committee, Vitasta Vihar Akalpur in its general body meeting, held under the chairmanship of its president, elected its new office bearers, here today.
Shri Krishan Raina was elected president of the Committee, while B L Raina was elected secretary. Bhushan Lal Raina, Roop Krishan Raina and Kapoor Krishan Raina were elected cashier, auditor and accountant respectively. Sanjay Raina and Anil Raina were elected joint secretary and store manager respectively, while Mohan Krishan Raina and M K Raina will be assistant manager and maintenance manager respectively.
Anil Raina and Rakesh Raina will coordinate the members at Delhi and other places.
Mirpur, June 15:
Ajinkya Rahane anchored his innings to perfection in the company of comeback man Robin Uthappa and guided India to a comfortable seven-wicket victory in a rain-truncated first ODI against Bangladesh here today.
Chasing a target of 273 in 50 overs, India were cruising along at 100 for one in 16.4 overs when the heavens opened up leading to a nearly two-hour delay. This lead to a revised target of 150 in 26 overs courtesy of D/L method, which India achieved with seven balls to spare.
The foundation was laid by Rahane, who scored 64 off 70 balls and shared a 99-run opening stand with Uthappa, who smashed a quickfire 50 off 44 balls.
The delay affected the momentum and there were umpiring howlers from Bangladesh umpire Enamul Haque Moni. Ambati Rayudu (16) and Suresh Raina (15) were at the crease when the winning run was achieved.
The decision that Uthappa got was a poor one as Shakib’s armer hit the bat first before hitting the pad.
Nevertheless it was an impressive comeback for Uthappa in India colours after a break of six years. He seemed to carry his IPL form into international cricket, hitting three fours and as many sixes.
The best shot was the one when he reached to the pitch of a flighted delivery from Shakib al Hasan to loft him effortlessly over extra cover. The other two were hit off left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak and medium pacer Ziaur Rahaman.
While facing pacers Mashrafe Mortaza and Al-Amin, Uthappa showed full face of the bat.
Rahane was also a delight to watch as he stepped out to lift Mortaza over extra cover and then pulled him towards mid-wicket for a boundary.
He also used the sweep shot against Razzak.
Cheteshwar Pujara (0) would consider himself unlucky as he got another howler from Moni, who adjudged him leg before off Shakib with ball hitting him on the thigh pads and clearly going above the stumps.
Rahane finally completed his sixth ODI half centiry off 60 balls while Ambati Rayudu seemingly struggled against the slow bowlers before they reached home. (PTI)
Earlier, an inexperienced Indian attack led by fast bowler Umesh Yadav performed admirably on a flat track restricting hosts Bangladesh to 272 for nine in 50 overs.
Yadav grabbed three for 48 in nine overs as skipper Mushfiqur Rahim (59) and star all-rounder Shakib al Hasan (52) struck half-centuries after the former opted to make first use of the conditions.
Debutant Parvez Rasool (2/60) grabbed couple of important top-order wickets while Amit Mishra (2/55) struck twice in the rear.
With a combined ODI experience of 56 matches, Yadav (28), Amit Mishra (23) and Mohit Sharma (5), the five pronged bowling attack with two debutants in Rasool and Akshar Patel did well collectively considering the dead nature of the strip where 300 plus score was there for the taking.(PTI)
Bangladesh were scratchy in the beginning with senior opener Tamim Iqbal (0) looking completely out of sorts. Umesh ended his misery with last ball of the fourth over which the left-hander edged to Wriddhiman Saha behind the stumps.
The ball had moved a shade and he nicked it having failed to open his account of the previous 10 deliveries.
Anamul Haque Bijoy (44) got his first couple of boundaries in the fifth over bowled by Mohit Sharma when he got one with a thick slash through third man followed by a cover drive.
Mominul Haque (6) also did inspire much confidence before he tried to drive away from his body to a Yadav delivery which was gleefully pouched by Wriddhiman.
Anamul was joined by his captain Mushfiqur Rahim (59) as the duo started the repair work on a cautious note.
The duo added 52 runs during their third wicket stand with Anamul getting a few boundaries.
Among the two debutant spinners, Akshar Patel’s (1/59) in 10 overs) first outing was certainly disappointing as he looked very flat with his execution.
The pitch was a bit slow but the young Gujarat lad showed very little variation in his deliveries. He mostly bowled flat and there was certainly not much turn on offer for him.
Rasool, who created history by becoming first cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to play for India, was more positive in his approach although he did get a bit of stick from Shakib al Hasan and Rahim.
He was not afraid to flight the ball and also at times surprised the batsman with quick change of pace of his deliveries.
He first induced Anamul to come out and try to hoick it over deep mid-wicket but couldn’t get the required elevation as he was taken by Ambati Rayudu low down. Anamul hit seven fours in 60 balls.
Rahim, who was batting well in Shakib’s company, hit three fours and three sixes with his 15th ODI half-century coming off 56 balls. However he was also deceived in the air by Rasool as Ajinkya Rahane took a simple catch at mid-off.
Shakib and seasoned Mahmudullah Riyadh (41) then added 65 runs in the next 11 overs as they hit the occasional boundaries and also took the singles.
Shakib’s 26th ODI half-century came off 52 balls which had a big six over deep mid-wicket off Rasool as well as straight four over the bowler’s head.
He also got two more boundaries off Raina and Mohit Sharma before he offered a simple return catch to the Indian captain. Shakib’s 52 came off 58 balls.
However his dismissal led to a mini-collapse as Mahmudullah was cleaned up by Mishra and suddenly a couple of more wickets saw Bangladesh tottering at 235 for eight.
But Mashrafe Mortaza (18) and Abdul Razzaq (16) ensured that the home team reach a decent total. (PTI)
Bangladesh Innings
T Iqbal c Saha b Yadav 0
A Haque c Rayudu b Rasool 44
M Haque c Saha b Yadav 6
M Rahim c Rahane b Rasool 59
S Al Hasan c & b Raina 52
Mahmudullah b Mishra 41
N Hossain c Rahane b Mishra 22
Z Rahman c Raina b Yadav 2
M Mortaza b Patel 18
A Razzak not out 16
Al-Amin Hossain not out 1
Extras (lb-3, w-8) 11
Total (For 9 wickets; 50 overs) 272 (5.44 runs per over)
Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-35, 3-87, 4-134, 5-199, 6-229, 7-234, 8-235, 9-267.
Bowling: Sharma 5.4-1-23-0, Yadav 9-0-48-3, Uthappa 0.2-0-0-0, Patel 10-0-59-1, Mishra 10-0-55-2, Rasool 10-0-60-2, Raina 5-0-24-1.
India innings:
Robin Uthappa lbw b Shakib Al Hasan 50
Ajinkya Rahane c Ziaur Rahman b Mashrafe Mortaza 64
Cheteshwar Pujara lbw b Shakib Al Hasan 0
Ambati Rayudu not out 16
Suresh Raina not out 15
Extras (W 8) 8
Total (3 wickets; 24.5 overs) 153
Bowling: Mortaza 5-0-25-1, Hasan 5-0-32-0, 6-0-27-2, Razzak 5-0-34-0, Rahman 1-0-9-0, Mahmudullah 2.5-0-26-0.
BJP leaders during Core Committee meeting at Bhadarwah on Sunday. -Excelsior/Tilak Raj
Excelsior Correspondent
BHADARWAH, June 15: To accomplish its mission 44 + in the coming Assembly elections, the BJP will reach out to people in all 87 Assembly constituencies in the State and top BJP leaders and center Ministers are visiting J&K from next month to take policies and programmes of Narendra Modi led Government to every nook and corner of the trouble-torn State.
This was announced by Avinash Rai Khanna, MP and Party Prabhari for J&K while addressing the concluding session of party’s two day Core Committee meeting at Jai 33 kilometres from here, today.
He urged the party men to gear up fully for coming Assembly poll and ensure the victory of Party in the coming Assembly poll by not only maintaining the track record of Lok Sabha elections but improving the same to accomplish the Party’s 44+ mission.
He said the Ministers will start visiting all 87 Assembly segments in the State and every Minister will visit at least five Assembly segments to take the message, policies and programmes of Modi led Government to every nook and corner of the State and seek their support and vote in the coming elections so that the Party can form the next Government in the State to rid the people from misrule of NC-Congress coalition.
He said, besides the Central Ministers, the Ministers from Punjab Government will also visit the State.
Over 500 party men attended the Core Committee meeting which included BJP Seh Prabhari, R P Singh, Party State president and MP Jugal Kishore Sharma, BJP Legislative Party leader Ashok Khajuria, Party organizational general secretary, Ashok Kaul, MLAs, former presidents, Dr Nirmal Singh and Shamsher Singh Manhas its general secretaries, Bali Bhagat, Kavinder Gupta and Rajiv Jasrotia.
Mr Khanna said party will launch Parivartan yatra in all the 87 constituencies in the State by holding rallies in each and every constituency.
Khanna said the party will also concentrate on Kashmir and it is open to alliance with like minded parties in the State minus NC –Congress and PDP.
Maintaining that BJP Government led by Modi is committed to settle the refugees’ issues, he said recently he called on Union Home Minster and discussed the issue threadbare with him.
He said there will be no betrayal of refuges this time as BJP has always stood by their cause and it will not let them down as redressal of their problems was on top of party’s agenda.
The two day Core Committee meeting was inaugurated by Mr Khanna yesterday evening.
Sangeet Growar, Head India Operations, Six Capital and Dr Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group of Colleges during MoU signing ceremony.
JAMMU, June 15: Singapore based Foreign Exchange (FX) Trading Giant “Six Capital” has joined hands with Aryans Group of Colleges today by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
According to this MoU, Six Capital will establish a FX Utility Trading Centre at Aryans Campus to provide free Foreign Exchange (FX) Training to Aryans students. After the training, students with outstanding performance may be offered an internship with “Six Capital” in Singapore.
Commenting on the venture, Dr Anshu Kataria Chairman, Aryans Group of Colleges said, “We are happy that Aryans is the first Educational Group of North India whose students are given this offer. Six Capital has partnered with the Wall Street Journal to train the next generation of Business leaders and Aryans will now also benefit from this partnership.”
Patrick Teng, Founder and Chief Dealer of Six Capital, said,”The global financial crisis has resulted in huge volatility amongst the major currency pairs. The need for FX trading talent in the coming decade is increasing globally. The Indian market has a large pool of fresh and young graduates who are looking for their first career in the Finance Industry with huge growth potential. Six Capital can offer them exactly that.”
Sangeet Growar, Head India Operations at Six Capital, said that ‘Six Capital’ has started on this exciting journey in Punjab with its first collaboration with Aryans. Soon we will be extending this opportunity to other state capitals and our target is to train around one lakh students of India in the next 2-3 years, he added.
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 15: Property worth several lakhs was gutted in fire, which broke out in a house due to short circuit at Purani Mandi.
As per police sources, a fire broke out in the house of Advocate Harish Kaila at Purani Mandi due to short circuit last night.
On getting information, police rushed to the spot and fire fighters were pressed into service to douse the flames.
After hectic efforts, the fire was brought under control but till then property worth several lakhs was damaged.
No casualty or injury has been reported in the incident, while the exact loss could not be ascertained yet.
A case has been registered in this regard.
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 15: A meeting of the residents of Ajit Colony extension was held to elect office bearers for year 2014-2016, today.
The meeting was attended by large number of people from locality wherein they unanimously elected S Harcharan Singh as chairman, B L Koul as president, S Harbans Singh as senior vice president, S Tarlok Singh as vice president, Arun Jandial as general secretary, M K Koul as publicity secretary and B N Zutshi as cashier.
Other members elected included S Sharanjeet Singh, Ramesh Bhat, Chaman Lal, Bhushan Lal Raina, Ram Krishan Pandita and Chuni Lal.
Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, June 15: Blockbuster Dogri film ‘Geetiyan’ which was released in the month of February, 2014 has brought yet another laurel to Dogri film industry by adding to its credit a ‘Certificate of Appreciation’ at 4th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-14 held recently in New Delhi.
The film ‘Geetiyan’ had beyond any doubt proved to be renaissance for Dogri cinema because it was due to the credence of this film that this regional filmdom sprouted from infancy to mainstream.
Directed by Raahul Sharma, ‘Geetiyan’ inspired the Jury of Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-14 to an extent that helmsmen decided to confer a ‘Certificate of Appreciation’ to the film which otherwise did not conform to category of languages for which this award was conventionally conferred.
Speaking to media persons, Raahul Sharma said that organisers traditionally confer awards to films under 3 categories including Hindi, Punjabi and Southern Indian languages but this time considering the effort and worth of ‘Geetiyan’ conceived and realized in Dogri adopted a special resolution to befittingly decorate the spectacular endeavour put in the making of ‘Geetiyan’.
Recalling the making of Geetiyan, Raahul said that the venture could have never been realized without the synergetic support of film’s technical crew and extraordinary zest of artists belonging to the ‘City of Temples’.
He further said that this recognition will go a long way in boosting the morale of people connected with Dogri film industry and more of such ventures which are in offing here shall definitely get inspiration and stimulus to add colours into their projects.
