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NEW DELHI: The Central Board ofSecondary Educations first at-tempt at conducting the Na-tional Eligibility Test (NET)seems to be heading towards di-

saster. Its online applicationprocess is failing on manycounts. Panicked applicants onTuesday, who have had no wordfrom the Board so far, havecomplained of myriad issuesthat have cropped up while try-ing to submit their applications,the last date for which is No-vember 15.

I have been trying to submitmy application for a week now.Every time I try to log onto thewebsite and put in my pass-word, it says that eight to 13characters are needed. Howev-er, even when I type in a full13-character it is not accepted,said Shradda Chettri. She hadanother problem when shetried to visit the website on

Tuesday. The website had shutdown completely.

Other problems ranged fromthe text of the application get-ting automatically wiped out tothe website shutting down sud-denly. When I tried to entermy M.A. marks in the space pro-

vided, it started automaticallygetting deleted, said anotheraspirant Tashi Choden, whoadded that her friend was ableto complete the whole form butcould not upload her photo-graph as required.

All these years, the Universi-

tried filling it the whole of lastweek. This week I plan to give ita rest and try again next week,said Bhadrajeet Naorem.

The Hindu tried to contactthe CBSE several times butcould not do so despite repeat-

ed phone calls and messages.The exam is to be conducted

in 79 subjects at 89 selectedNET Coordinating Institutionsspread across the country.While there is currently no agelimit for the assistant professoror lectureship, a person beyond28 years cannot apply for thefellowship. The candidates whoqualify for the fellowship will beable to pursue research in thesubject of their post-graduationor in a related subject and arealso eligible for Assistant Pro-fessor. Universities, institu-tions, the Indian Institute ofTechnologies and other nation-al organisations usually selectthe JRF awardees for wholetime research work.

ty Grants Commission (UGC)had been conducting these ex-ams which qualify a candidateto become an assistant profes-sor or for the Junior ResearchFellowship. Although this examstill falls under the UGC, the

responsibility to conduct theexam was handed over to theCBSE this year.

This is the third year that Iwill be attempting this exam. Ihave never encountered such aproblem while applying in thepast when the UGC was con-ducting it, added Shradda.

They have introduced a netpayment gateway this time. Butsince many people could notcomplete the payment processeven after completing the form,many of our friends are payingthe money physically through abank draft, said Rachna Shar-ma, another aspirant.

Some aspirants are so fed upthat they have decided to justwait till things are sorted out. I

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CBSE website lets down NET aspirantsNEW DELHI: The Delhi International ArtsFestival has brought to the city someunique performances from across the worldto expose the connoisseurs of art tosomething different.

One such unique performance was by theMaria Kong International MovementCollective based in Tel Aviv that brought toKamani Auditorium a dance productiontitled Open Source.

The performance told a story of a bride-to-be who realises that she exists in thevirtual world of a video game, programmedand controlled by a gamer who controls notonly her but the groom, a secretary and amessenger boy. The gamer is in love withthe bride-to-be and enters his own game inorder to win her heart. The story was toldusing dance, music and special effectscreated by a specially designed digital gloveworn by the gamer. The glove technologythat was developed by the Maria Kongcompany enabled seamless synchronisationof sound and movement on stage.

Apart from the dance skills and stagepresence, what shone out was the work ofthe production team that made effectiveuse of lights, effects, background score andwireless technology to create a feeling ofbeing inside the world of a video game.

The performance was a visual delight and

opened the audiences mind to howtechnology can be used in performance art.

A unique synchronisationJaideep Deo Bhanj

Artistes of the Maria Kong DanceCompany from Israel presentingContemporary Dance as part of the8th Delhi International ArtsFestival at Kamani Auditorium. -PHOTOS: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA

NEW DELHI: There is nothingbetter than to start your daywith a little dose of laughterwith your morning coffee. Be-fore the internet and the era ofSMS jokes, the only way tohave a good laugh was throughcartoonis in the newspaper.

Taking a dig at the events ofthe previous day without of-fending anybody is a skill veryfew possess. By coming upwith a cartoon seven days aweek, political cartoonistshave documented the historyof our country in a unique way.

Sudhir Tailang is one suchcelebrated political cartoonistwho has managed to do justthat over 30 years of workingwith a number of publicationsin the country.

After a gap of 12 years, Mr.Tailang has put up his worksfor a solo show at the VisualArts Gallery, India HabitatCentre. The exhibition titledHere and Now: Rajiv to Modiis a retrospective of his works

that provide a glimpse into In-dias past using satire.

Walking through the exhibi-tion you are reminded of manyevents from history and howthey have been captured withcaricatures of our formerPrime Ministers. With a littlenote about every Prime Minis-ter and his experience aboutcapturing their idiosyncrasies,Mr. Tailang highlights events,issues and the social scenarioof that time and continues to

do it today.From the snoozing H.D.

Deve Gowda, V.P. Singh andhis fur caps to Rajiv Gandhisgrowing belly and recedinghairline, the caricatures cap-ture unique traits of everyPrime Minister.

External features are im-portant, but unless you cap-ture the essence of thepersonality thats beyond thecanvas, you wont get the truecaricature, explains Mr. Tai-

lang.For example a politician

with a meek character willhave a reduced size and thecaricature will also evolve withtime, he adds.

Apart from political draw-ings, the exhibition also fea-tures some of his works fromhis travels and works dealingwith issues apart from politics.

The exhibition is a tribute tothe free press with the hopethat politicians will continue

to take it in the right spirit. Mr.Tailang says: The freedom ofexpression is the life blood ofcartooning and I cannot sur-vive without the liberty to at-tack the mightiest. India is athriving democracy and in theregion it is the only successstory.

The exhibition will be on tillNovember 7 at the IHC andwill continue after that at ArtAlive, S-221 Pansheel Park, tillNovember 15.

A cartoonists tribute to the freedom of pressJaideep Deo Bhanj

Visitors at a cartoon exhibition by Sudhir Tailang at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on Tuesday. -PHOTOS: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA