Thursday, April 30, 2020 Ramadan 7, 1441 AH Doha today 270 - 350 Farewell, Irrfan A tribute to one of the finest actors of his generation, who COVER STORY is mourned — and will be missed — by millions. P4-5 REVIEWS BACK PAGE Purest celebration of ‘We have to be united friendship, creativity. like never before.’ Page 14 Page 16 2 GULF TIMES Thursday, April 30, 2020 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT SERIES TO BINGE WATCH ON AMAZON PRIME PRAYER TIME Fajr 3.35am Shorooq (sunrise) 5am Zuhr (noon) 11.32am Asr (afternoon) 3.01pm Maghreb (sunset) 6.06pm Isha (night) 7.36pm The Feed implant that allows people to instantly share thoughts and USEFUL NUMBERS CAST: Guy Burnet, David Thewlis, Shaquille Ali-Yebuah emotions. However, when the technology falls into the wrong SYNOPSIS: In near-future London, a man invents a brain hands, users start to become murderous. 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When GE hires to get along with Jenna proves to be one disaster after another. a new Executive Vice President for NBC named Jack Donaghy Will TGS ever see true success? And will Liz find the right (Alec Baldwin), he decides to take Liz Lemon under his wing partner to get married and start a family? Thursday, April 30, 2020 GULF TIMES 3 BODY & MIND COMMUNITY Why social distancing is such a challenge for them RELIENT: The totally blind are completely reliant on their caning and auditory skills to manoeuvre in the current environment. CHALLENGING: Closed spaces, like elevators, can be ‘a petri dish full of it,” he said. Blind since birth, Lance, Public transportation specific situations. Now, they use germs’ and particularly challenging for the visually impaired. 56, says he is independent and Public transportation including their covered forearms and elbows to enjoys walks around his Aventura buses, Metrorail and Tri-Rail help guide them when fresh gloves neighbourhood. But, with a mask poses particular challenges for are not a possibility,” Stiefel said. talking to that person. With social on, he finds the experience a bit the visually impaired, particularly By Howard Cohen distancing, this tactile information disorienting, a not uncommon those who are totally blind. One Using websites is lost,” said Virginia Jacko, Miami feeling in these strange new times. strategy suggested by staffers at Miami Lighthouse’s Lighthouse for the Blind’s chief He has previously hosted a radio the Lighthouse is to travel during Learning Services programme ocial distancing rules can executive officer. reader’s service on the former periods of the day when there is offers children’s educational be difficult to follow. Closed spaces, like elevators, can WSBH 1490 AM in the 1990s. less traffic and fewer pedestrians, opportunities in collaboration We all have been inside be “a petri dish full of germs” and We reached out to Miami such as early morning or evening with Miami-Dade County Public grocery stores and see particularly challenging for the Lighthouse about the challenges hours. Schools, Early Steps and the Early tape on the floor marking visually impaired, Jacko said. of being visually impaired in Learning Coalition. Soff six feet. And the stickers “Regrettably, I cannot see the current social distancing Making touching safer One way in which they do so is designating one-way aisles. whether someone is on an elevator environment. Spokesman David Touch is such an important through advances in technology. We’ve seen the photos of people when it arrives on my floor and by Stiefel gathered a distillation of sense for the visually impaired “Websites can easily be made cramming into beaches in parts the time I ask, “Oh, is anyone on staff observations. but when that is fraught with risk accessible, for example, by of Florida. Miami-Dade will open the elevator?” and they reply, the during the Covid-19 pandemic designing them with specialised parks, marinas and golf courses elevator door attempts to close, Social distancing and use of Lighthouse therapists suggested toggles embedded on web pages soon – with new rules to follow. since newer elevators are designed canes the wearing of long sleeves to to increase font sizes and colour Now, imagine you are blind or not to hold the door open,” she said. “Social distancing creates minimise skin on surface contact, contrasts to accommodate the have compromised vision. How different challenges for the visually protective glasses and, if possible, visually impaired,” Jacko, the CEO, do you manage to navigate public Blind Side of Living impaired, depending on the level of gloves, along with face masks. said. “Similarly, descriptive text spaces under the coronavirus Motivational speaker Mike their sight loss. The totally blind are That advice can apply to the can be embedded in graphics to restrictions? Lance, who is blind, hosts a call- completely reliant on their caning sighted, too. Yes, we know it’s describe purely visual elements to “As a totally blind CEO, I like in programme for the blind and and auditory skills to maneuver in generally 90 degrees in South the blind and equalise the level of to shake hands and even hug visually impaired, reached out to the current environment. Those Florida. available information. Consider because it gives me feedback which the Miami Herald recently. “We do with partial vision loss can rely on “It is vital to remember to the impact that the Internet has every sighted person gets without not talk about the situation from a their visual cues to sense shapes never touch your face, even when on commerce, on education, on touching. Is this person tall, short, blind person’s perspective. How do and assist them. Many now resort wearing gloves. In fact, wearing research and even on our politics fat, skinny, with sweaty hands, large you do social distancing – staying to longer-than-usual canes and gloves can serve as a reminder not and you will have some idea of how hands, petite hands? The touch of six- to eight-feet apart? Most blind walk somewhat slower than usual to touch one’s face. The blind and maximised website accessibility the person also gives me a sense of people are scared of this situation to anticipate what is in front of visually impaired normally rely can benefit the lives of the blind.” direction, as to where to look when and don’t know how to deal with them,” Stiefel said. on their hands to guide them in – Miami Herald/TNS 4 GULF TIMES Thursday, April 30, 2020 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Wannabe cricketer who became actor VERSATILE: There was little that Irrfan Khan could not do. For an aspiring cricketer, it was as if he belonged to the screen. ahabzade Irrfan Ali Khan stone for under-23 cricket in India. Irrfan was just about noticed. the arthouse and crossover circuit film industry had noticed. seriously nurtured the Irrfan could never make it, some say What followed are years of — Basu Chatterjee’s Kamla Ki Maut A year later, two films released desire to be a cricketing owing to lack of finances. struggle. For most of the Nineties, (1989), Govind Nihalani’s Drishti within a span of months would turn hero. In small town India, His entry into the world of films, he was stuck with forgettable roles (1990), Tapan Sinha’s Ek Doctor the tide for the actor. Tigmanshu where cricket and cinema on the other hand, was far less in television, ignored by bigtime Ki Maut (1990), and Akashdeep’s Dhulia’s debut directorial feature Sare the twin intoxications that of a fairytale story.