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 Thursday, October 4, 2001, Chandigarh In support of theatre The Apeejay Education Society (India), a premier education organisation in the country running a large number of schools, graduate colleges and post graduate institutions of technical and higher learning in the country, will support the cause of Indian theatre in India and abroad. This assurance was given by Dr Stya Paul, a well-known industrialist, philanthropist, educationist and President, Apeejay Education Society, Delhi, to Mr Pran Sabharwal, Director, National Theatre Arts Society (NTAS), Patiala, and international coordinator world Punjabi theatre movement who met him in Delhi to discuss plans for the promotion of Punjabi theatre movement in India and abroad. Dr Stya Paul on whom a degree of Doctor of Philosophy was conferred by London's Thames Valley University for his outstanding contribution to the development of education and culture in India last year, was of the view that theatre was a powerful medium of instruction teaching and entertainment and therefore must be introduced as a subject in education. This, he said, would not only promote Indianness and strengthen regional theatre movement but would also keep the participants refreshed, dynamic and creative to compete and improve international standards in education. Dr Stya Paul, who is the elder brother of Lord Dr Swraj Paul, an eminent member of the British House of Lords, London, and Vice-Chancellor of the Thames Valley University, London (U.K.), said plans for the promotion of Indian theatre movement and plays based on the themes of patriotism, human values and international understanding in India and abroad would receive their attention for discussion and implementation. Mr Pran Sabharwal said a Punjabi musical play "Daire" written by a university scholar Dr Satish Kumar Verma on the burning topic of female foeticide would be staged at Baradari Gardens, Patiala, this month and later in Delhi and other places. |
