Community Community Veteran A programme pulmonologist in Kenya P7has called on P16 is off ering Birla Public School youths the chance to students to practice become yoga instructors self-sacrifice and and giving hope to Nairobi’s perseverance. poorest areas.

Thursday, January 11, 2018 Rabia II 24, 1439 AH

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COVER STORY Taking charge Tina Chadda, a medical intuitive, Reiki Master and coach, says if you shift the way you think and the way you feel, you can create whatever you want. P4-5

CANDID: “What we think and what emotions we develop, we manifest them later in our lives,” says Tina Chadda. Photo by Ram Chand 2 GULF TIMES Thursday, January 11, 2018 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT

PRAYER TIME Fajr 5.00am Shorooq (sunrise) 6.21am Zuhr (noon) 11.42am Asr (afternoon) 2.42pm Maghreb (sunset) 5.04pm Isha (night) 6.34pm Agnyaathavaasi Tanikella Bharani as Abhi’s uncle, Vennela Kishore as DIRECTION: Trivikram Srinivas Balasubramanyam, Murli Sharma as Sharma and Rao Ramesh USEFUL NUMBERS CAST: Pawan Kalyan, Keerthi Suresh, Anu Emmanuel as Varma. The fi lm also features the powerhouse Kushboo as SYNOPSIS: Billionaire Govinda Bhargav (Boman Irani) Indrani, Vinda’s second wife, and Abhi’s mother for all means and his son are murdered with the aim of a hostile takeover and purposes. But this is Pawan Kalyan’s show through and of their company. But what his enemies do not know is that through, with the powerstar fi lling up almost every single he has an heir that no one knows of. Agnyaathavaasi features frame of the fi lm. a stellar cast in the form of Aadhi Pinisetty as Seetharam, THEATRES: The Mall, Royal Plaza, Landmark

Emergency 999 Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle into the world of Jumanji. When they that you don’t just play Jumanji – Humanitarian Services Offi ce DIRECTION: Jake Kasdan discover an old video game console Jumanji plays you. They’ll have to go (Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies) CAST: Dwayne Johnson, Karen with a game they’ve never heard of, on the most dangerous adventure of Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372, Gillan, Kevin Hart they are immediately thrust into the their lives, or they’ll be stuck in the 40253369 SYNOPSIS: In the brand new game’s jungle setting, into the bodies game forever. Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364 adventure Jumanji: Welcome to the of their avatars, played by Dwayne Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 Jungle, the tables are turned as four Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and THEATRES: Royal Plaza, The Qatar Airways 40253374 teenagers in detention are sucked Karen Gillan. What they discover is Mall, Landmark

The Mall Cinema (1): 1921 () (2D) 2:15pm; Darkest Hour (2D) 2:30pm; Howard Lovecraft & The 4:15pm; Hollow In The Land (2D) Undersea Kingdom (2D) 5pm; 6:30pm; Mukkabaaz (Hindi) 8:45pm; ote Unquo Hollow In The Land (2D) 7pm; Darkest Hour (2D) 11:30pm. u te Masterpiece () 8:45pm; (2D) 3pm; JUMANJI: Welcome To Asain Town Cinema: Thaana Q Knowledge 1921 (Hindi) 11:30pm. The Jungle (2D) 5pm; The Commuter Serndha Kottam (Tamil) 12pm; The Mall Cinema (2): Howard (2D) 7pm; The Commuter (2D) 9pm; Thaana Serndha Kottam (Tamil) is power. Information Lovecraft & The Undersea Kingdom Detroit (2D) 11pm. 2:45pm; Thaana Serndha Kottam is liberating. Education is the (2D) 2pm; JUMANJI: Welcome To Landmark Cinema (3): Masterpiece (Tamil) 5:30pm; Thaana Serndha The Jungle (2D) 3:30pm; JUMANJI: (Malayalam) 2:15pm; Darkest Hour Kottam (Tamil) 8:15pm; Thaana premise of progress, in every Welcome To The Jungle (2D) 5:30pm; (2D) 5pm; Hollow In The Land (2D) Serndha Kottam (Tamil) 11pm; Thaana The Commuter (2D) 7:30pm; The 7:15pm; Mukkabaaz (Hindi) 9pm; Nails Serndha Kottam (Tamil) 1:45am; society, in every family. Commuter (2D) 9:30pm; Darkest (2D) 11:45pm. Agnyathavaasi (Telugu) 12:15pm; — Kofi Annan Hour (2D) 11:30pm. Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (1): Masterpiece (Malayalam) 3:15pm; The Mall Cinema (3): Tiger Zinda Howard Lovecraft & The Undersea Jai Simha (Telugu) 6pm; Thaana Hai (Hindi) 2pm; Agnyathavaasi Kingdom (2D) 3pm; Howard Serndha Kottam (Tamil) 8:45pm; (Telugu) 5pm; Agnyathavaasi Lovecraft & The Undersea Kingdom Sketch (Tamil) 11:30pm; Thaana (Telugu) 8pm; Masterpiece (2D) 5pm; JUMANJI: Welcome To The Serndha Kottam (Tamil) 2:15am; (Malayalam) 11pm. Jungle (2D) 7pm; Darkest Hour (2D) Sketch (Tamil) 12pm; Sketch (Tamil) Landmark Cinema (1): 9pm; Detroit (2D) 11:15pm. 2:45pm; Sketch (Tamil) 5:30pm; Community Editor Agnyathavaasi (Telugu) 2:30pm; Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (2): Sketch (Tamil) 8:15pm; Sketch (Tamil) Kamran Rehmat Howard Lovecraft & The Undersea Mukkabaaz (Hindi) 2:15pm; Goodbye 11pm; Sketch (Tamil) 1:45am; Jai Kingdom (2D) 5:30pm; Masterpiece Christopher Robin (2D) 5pm; The Simha (Telugu) 12pm; Sketch (Tamil) e-mail: [email protected] (Malayalam) 7:30pm; Agnyathavaasi Commuter (2D) 7pm; Nails (2D) 2:45pm; Agnyathavaasi (Telugu) Telephone: 44466405 (Telugu) 10:30pm. 9pm; The Commuter (2D) 11:30pm. 5:30pm; Masterpiece (Malayalam) Fax: 44350474 Landmark Cinema (2): Howard Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (3): 8:30pm; Masterpiece (Malayalam) Lovecraft & The Undersea Kingdom JUMANJI: Welcome To The Jungle 11:15pm; Sketch (Tamil) 2am. Thursday, January 11, 2018 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY

EVENTS Beauty Talks From January 8 to 21, the Amazing vegetables, homemade preserves, syrups, WHERE: W Doha Hotel & Residences African Circus will be at Hyatt Plaza food and butters, as well as handicrafts and Mahaseel Festival WHEN: Until Jan 13 court area starting from 5:30pm. Bring gardening supplies. WHEN: Thu, Fri, Sat W Doha Hotel & Residences is bringing your friends and family and come enjoy the WHERE: Katara celebrity brow expert Suman Jalaf back show. Entry is free. Breakdance Classes TIME: 9am-10pm at its trademark Bliss Spa on popular WHEN: Sunday-Wednesday Visitors to the festival can expect a demand. Hailed as the ‘Queen of Brows’, Laugh Out Loud Breakdancing is part of the Hip Hop variety of products from local vegetables, Jalaf will offer Doha clientele a stylish start WHEN: Feb 9 culture that originated in New York flowers, honey and meat, poultry and to the new-year with a roster of signature WHERE: Intercontinental Doha The and has since spread all over the world. diary items. For those of you looking for treatments until Jan 13. City Breakdancing is an athletic and acrobatic traditional Qatari food, there will also be TIME: 9am- 1am style of dancing, which can often appear stalls selling homemade foods such as Stenden University Open Day Eat, have fun and Laugh Out Loud with to defy the laws of physics. This extreme Machbous. Farm-grown goods include WHERE: Stenden Qatar, Cafeteria two of the finest Filipino comedians – dance-sport uses tremendous upper- aubergines, peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, WHEN: Jan 13 Wacky Kiray and Boobita. The event will body strength for tricks and poses and a courgettes, cauliflower, herbs, and chilis. TIME: 11am to 2pm start with a brunch meet and greet with great way to get into shape and have fun. There are also animal products such as Stenden University in Qatar is hosting Wacky Kiray and Boobita. In the afternoon Register now by calling 33003839 or e-mail chicken, milk, cheese and eggs from Qatari an Open Day for prospective students and onwards, the activities will be: Komikero/a [email protected] companies like Baladna and Al Waha their parents on January 13. Students will (a stand-up comedy contest), videoke Poultry Company. be able to get details of all the programmes challenge, band performances, a comedy offered at Stenden University in Qatar and show with guest artist and dance party. For the facilities it offers. further information call 7777-8542.

Art Exhibition WHEN: Until Jan 16 WHERE: W Doha Hotel & Residence TIME: 9am-7pm W Doha Hotel & Residences, the first luxury lifestyle hotel in Qatar, is hosting the works of local artist Fahad al-Obaidly at the property’s in-house Art 29 gallery. The exhibition titled “Exploring Expression” is be open to the public until January 16 daily from 9am to 7pm. Reggae Beachfest Doha Gold Workshop For Teachers WHEN: Thursdays and Fridays WHERE: Marriott Marquis Remote-controlled car racing track WHERE: Oyster Beach Bar at St. Regis QVA to hold Beach Volleyball Festival WHEN: Jan 17 WHERE: Aspire Park Hotel WHERE: Al Gharafa Club This one-day workshop will be about WHEN: Thu, Fri, Sat TIME: 8pm onwards WHEN: Today, Tomorrow English, Math, Science, Social Studies, TIME: 4pm-10pm In collaboration with Reggae Beachfest The Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) History, ICT and new technologies for Aspire Zone Foundation has created a in Dubai, Qatar will witness the best rasta and Indian Sports Centre are jointly your classroom. Part of workshop will custom-made track specially designed nights around. The organisers say, “We’ve organising the Inter-Community Beach include working through a selection of for remote-control car racing, for car got the setup sorted to get you feeling the Volleyball Festival. More than 15 expatriate new resources and materials relevant lovers across Doha. Interested motorsport Caribbean vibe. Along with our resident communities are expected to contest in to Early Years up to University teaching enthusiasts can try the race track opposite band Earthkry all the way from Jamaica, the championship, which has been named environment. the Aspire Academy, from 4pm to 10pm on we have so many big names in the Reggae as the Apparel Challengers Cup and will Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. scene lined up at this huge beachfest!” take place at the Al Gharafa Club Beach Entrance fee is QR50 at the door. For more Volleyball Academy courts on January Outdoor and five-a-side football information, please call 44460105. 11 and 12. There is no restriction on the pitches number of teams any community can field WHERE: Aspire Zone Zumba Session and only four players will be allowed in each WHEN: Daily WHERE: Bin Omran team. TIME: 7pm-11pm WHEN: Sundays Aspire Zone’s five-a-side football TIME: 7pm - 8pm Ooredoo Doha Marathon outdoor pitches opposite Al Waab Street Participate in Zumba Sessions (Adults) WHERE: Doha are available every day from 7pm until 11pm every Sunday. For more information call WHEN: Tomorrow from Sundays to Thursdays, and on Fridays 33003839 or [email protected] Ooredoo and Qatar Tourism Authority and Saturdays from 7am-11pm. (QTA) have announced that Sir Mo Farah, Salsa Nights one of the greatest athletes of all time, will B.Square Mall Grand Event WHERE: The Irish Harp-Sheraton be taking part in the half-marathon event WHERE: Al Thumama, Doha Grand Doha taking place on Friday, January 12. Runners, WHEN: Ongoing WHEN: Every Wednesday new and experienced, in Qatar and from Sonu Nigam in Doha TIME: 6:30pm TIME: 9pm around the world, are invited to join Mo in WHERE: Doha Exhibition and The only mall in Qatar dedicated to Get ready for some Latin beats every Doha. The invitational elite half marathon Convention Center entertainment, B.Square Mall will occupy Wednesday night, where all the salseros that Mo Farah is taking part in will be part WHEN: January 19 a total space of 26,000 sq.m and 250 car and salseras in town meet and party all of the Ooredoo Doha Marathon which TIME: 5pm - 11pm parking spaces, as well as provide a range night. Entry is QR50 for gents. Ladies enter includes a full marathon, half marathon, From a TV anchor of a music show, now of shopping, services, and entertainment free. For details call 4485 3000 10K and 5K events for adults and youth to the biggest playback singer Bollywood options. as well as 3K and 1K events for children. has ever seen, Shop Qatar brings to you the Off -Road biking tour Over the past five years, the Ooredoo Doha super talented super versatile Sonu Nigam Torba Farmers Market WHERE: Zekreet Marathon has steadily grown to become Live in Doha. Sonu Nigam concert will be WHERE: Education City WHEN: Fridays the largest mass participation event in the finale to the Bollywood week of Shop WHEN: Ongoing Blue Pearl Experience Qatar is offering Qatar attracting runners from over 50 Qatar. The event will be hosted at the Doha TIME: 9am the country’s first off-road biking tour. nationalities. Exhibition and Convention Center. Sonu Qatar Foundation (QF) has partnered Ride in the desert on a fat bike to explore Nigam and his crew of 32 members, which with Torba Farmers Market, a Qatar-based the local flora and fauna spot desert Vedic Math Workshop includes musicians, dancers and top visual, initiative that aims to deliver organic wildlife, hike up jebels, chill in the magic of WHEN: Tomorrow light and sound engineers will ensure Doha and locally-grown food and homemade the Richard Serra statues and this unique WHERE: TCA Qatar is treated to a concert of a lifetime. The products, to host a weekly market in landscape. Participants will get to cross TIME: 9am to 12pm tickets are starting from as low as QR50. Education City. Open to the public, the the desert riding fat bikes from Zekreet This workshop will help in learning The three-hour concert will be opened market be held at QF’s Ceremonial Court, to the Richard Serra statues, on a route of arithmetical operations using simple by top local performers who are putting accessible from gate 2, every Thursday from approximately 13kms. The route is easy to techniques, which will be helpful in school/ together an unplugged session. 9am-4pm and every Friday from 8am-11am ride and suitable for people with average competitive examinations and also in day- and 2pm-5pm.The name ‘Torba’ is derived fitness. You must be able to ride. Kids aged to-day life. Limited seats are available. The Amazing African Circus from Arabic, and means “the pure soil that 9 and older are also welcome. The fee is QR minimum age to attend the workshop is 10 WHERE: Hyatt Plaza feeds, nourishes, and nurtures.” A wide 220 (QR190 for ages 9-14) and includes bike years. Registration fee is QR50. For details, WHEN: Until Jan 21 range of fresh, locally-grown items will and safety equipment. The activity lasts contact 6652-3871 or 3132-6749. TIME: 5:30pm be on offer, including organic fruits and about 2.5 hours.

Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Thursday, January 11, 2018 COMMUNITY COVER STORY “My passion is energy work” — Tina Chadda, medical intuitive, Reiki Master and coach

MISSION: “I want to tell people that there is a way to resolve their issues and they do not need to take extreme measures,” says Tina Chadda. Photo by Ram Chand

Tina recently to discern about in Kenya as fi nancial consultant. spiritual journey began. After periphery of both aspects. We By Mudassir Raja energy healing. Excerpts from the Later, I was hired by Procter & his job ended with Coca-Cola, have been bringing our non- interview: Gamble. my father returned to Kenya, but physical aspects, like thoughts and I am not married and live in Qatar I was never comfortable. Later emotions, into physical aspects. ina Chadda is a Kenyan Please share briefl y your with my brother, who is a pilot with on, my brother got a job in Qatar First, we think and then, we national with a strong journey with us. Qatar Airways. We live with his and I followed him a year later in manifest. What we think and what Indian connection. She is I was born in Kenya where family here. 2005. I started doing freelancing emotions we develop, we manifest a medical intuitive, Reiki my family has been for four as a fi nancial consultant. I have them later in our lives. Master and coach. An generations. I come from a Sikh When and how did you come however, increasingly been feeling investmentT banker by profession, family. My great grandfather came to Qatar? that I need to follow what is my How do you teach people to she has been in Doha for 12 years to Kenya in 1890 from Lahore What triggered the move was a passion. My passion is energy work, follow the concept for their and involved in creating awareness before the partition of the Indian robbery that took place when I was helping people and bringing out the good? among people about the energy subcontinent. My mother’s family alone at my house in Kenya. Four highest expression in people. There are diff erent aspects of within and how people can improve is from Amritsar in India while my robbers broke into my house and awareness. There is your mind by using their energy in a positive grandparents, my parents, and I I was so scared. After that I never How would you best awareness, body awareness, way. were all born in Kenya. My great felt comfortable living there. My describe the concept of Energy spirit awareness, and the whole Chadda has been conducting grandfather was actually the fi rst parents were in India at the time Awareness? purpose is to become more workshops and addressing engineer in Kenya. with my father working for Coca- Energy is in us and around us. It coherent. If all your energies are in seminars in Qatar addressing I studied in the UK. Cola. My mother fl ew back to Kenya is omnipotent and omnipresent. alignment mentally, physically, and people with problems like mental Professionally, I am an investment overnight, we wrapped up things, We, as human beings, are unique emotionally, it is easier to manifest stress, hypertension, and emotional banker. I had worked for City rented out the house and left for because we have our physical and you are in the fl ow. The problems. Bank in London. Then, I joined India. aspects and our non-physical people you think are lucky and get Community got a chance to meet an auditing consulting company We lived in where my aspects. We are sitting on the whatever they want…it is because Thursday, January 11, 2018 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

Photo by Ram Chand their energy is in alignment. It is is a way to resolve their issues and eff ortless for them to manifest “I love the security here. I applaud the government they do not need to take extreme whatever they want. Being coherent for taking steps to bring in medicine, education, and measures. is actually our natural state. Over a period of time, we develop blocks sports to the country. The maturity Qatar has shown to What kind of response have with fears, limitations, and with you been getting here? whatever mind habits we have the recent political crisis is a classic example of energy I have been getting a good picked up from around us. These awareness. I love to see that they are investing their response. People are very blocks stand in the way of our enthusiastic. It is very rewarding coherence. So once you remove resources in medical research” to see somebody making a shift these blocks, you become coherent. and people’s outlook towards These blocks accumulated over their families shifting. Recently, a period of time are later in the life a working woman came to me manifested in a physical condition and said that her thoughts that like disease. A disease does not she was not good enough were simply happen. It is now a known leading her to suicidal thoughts. fact that people who have cancer, After getting help from me, her long before they have the cancer, confi dence is risen and she is much they have had fi ve symptoms in more enthusiastic. She has actually common; the symptoms are lack moved forward as a person. of water intake, sleep issues, long held emotional issues (resentment, How do you see life in general being overly self-critical, in Qatar? judgmental, angry, bitter, etc.), I love the security here. I applaud constipation, and acidity. So, the the government for taking steps way you develop your emotions, it to bring in medicine, education, aff ects your body. and sports to the country. The maturity Qatar has shown to the How did you learn about the recent political crisis is a classic energy concept? example of energy awareness. I love After the robbery incident when to see that they are investing their I went to India, I had a lot of free resources in medical research. time there. I would watch a video about an American teacher telling What are your future plans? and explaining the subject. Your I plan to develop workshops for energy goes where you attention is. children, giving them confi dence, People focus more on things that helping them deal with exam they do not have. issues, peer pressure and bullying. Then, I met a lady in Mumbai Essentially, I want to help kids. and she taught me more about how energy works and how to channel What message would you like energy, how to clear energy, HOLDING FORTH: Tina Chadda communicating with the audience at a book launch in Doha. The author is on the right. to share as an expert? and how to be more aligned and If you lean to shift the energy present. Athletes and actors are workshops and have practised in Over a period of time, I I can help bring out the highest within, you will create massive shifts believed to be very present in their diff erent countries. noticed people having stress expression in somebody by outside. And that is something I can bodies. Being present in the now and depression. I felt that I had eliminating the issues that are guarantee. If you shift the way you improves your performance. How did you envision something valuable that I could dragging them down. think and the way you feel, you can I have done a lot of study, teaching the concept in Qatar? share with people here. I believe I want to tell people that there create whatever you want. 6 GULF TIMES Thursday, January 11, 2018 COMMUNITY Chaliyar Day 18 today at Indian Cultural Centre

The newly elected committee of Chaliyar Doha has announced the details of Chaliyar Day Vice-Presidents : Hyder Chungathara, Kesavdas Nilambur, Manaf Edavanna, Zameel Caliyam 18 events. The programme will be conducted at the Indian Cultural Centre (ICC) and will and Ajmal Areekode be inaugurated by the Director of Al Dosari Park, Mohammed al-Dosari today at 7pm. ICC General Secretary: Abdul Latheef Feroke General Secretary Jutas Paul will be the chief guest. TP Ashraf will deliver a tribute speech to Secretaries: Shanavas, CT Siddique, Layis Kuniyil, Jabir Beypore and Basheer Manakkadavu Late K A Rahman, who fought and sacrificed his own life for the protection of Chaliyar River. Treasurer: Siddique Vazhakkad The meet will have various speech sessions on current environmental issues. Chaliyar Doha’s Sub Committee: Haseeb Akod (PR Chairman) and EA Nasar (Media Chairmans) Secretariat Committee for 2018-19, pictured, is as follows: President – Mashood Thiruthiyad

Pak Shamaa holds its 7th Scientific Research Fair

Pak Shamaa School & College held its 7th Scientific Research Fair recently. Students from Primary, The projects of the following supervisors were declared winners: Irshad Ali, Ismatullah, Murad Preparatory and Secondary level participated in the fair. Both humanities and science departments Ali, Tehmina Naz, Musarrat Khan and Nadia Shahbaz. Azhar Hayat, Muzaff ar Hussain, Sajjad presented projects on the occasion. Dr Fawzy Ragab (Scientific Research Fair) from MoE paid a and Zahoor Ahmed formed the panel of judges. Amjad Ali and Shoaib Asghar co-ordinated the visit to the fair as a special guest and appreciated the eff orts of the students and their supervisors. competition and distributed Merit Certificates among the winning students and supervisors. Thursday, January 11, 2018 GULF TIMES 7 COMMUNITY Veteran pulmonologist calls on BPS students to practice self-sacrifice, perseverance

here is no magic and no mantra sustain a will that will not buckle under any stops.” Quoting George Santayana, Spanish students won the Nobel Prize before he won but the key to success lies in storm, however much intimidating it may be.” philosopher, he told the children to read it for himself for Physics in 1983. “Give your perseverance and self-sacrifi ce. Doctor Prakash is Scripps professor of because “those who cannot remember the past ideas to others; help your friends”. This was the advice Dr Udaya B S medicine, Mayo Medical School and Mayo are condemned to repeat it.” B G Harindranath, Law Secretary, Prakash gave to the students of Birla Post Graduate School of Medicine and Mentioning the examples from the government of Kerala, also addressed the TPublic School recently. Consultant emeritus in Pulmonary Disease, lives of Usain Bolt, Martina Navratilova, students. Drawing examples from the life of Recalling his own childhood experience Critical Care, and Internal Medicine, and Subramanyam Chandrasekharan, Dr Prakash King Solomon, he told students that “it was of watching the eff orts of how a mynah in a director emeritus of Bronchoscopy and highlighted the lessons of perseverance and the keen observation of life and its intricacies thick hailstorm protected its eggs which it was Interventional Pulmonology at the Mayo self-sacrifi ce. While Martina and Bolt faced that made King Solomon pronounce brooding on against the onslaught of a feline Clinic and Mayo Medical Centre in Minnesota, obstacles and challenges and failed more times judgements that astound the world even predator in spite of its injured wings, he told USA. than they succeeded, they never gave up. today.” The address was animated by a Q&A the students. “You need to work against all Highlighting the importance of reading, Chandrasekharan teaches us the value of session. odds, whether thrown up by man or by nature, Dr Prakash exhorted the children “to read, self-sacrifi ce. He travelled 150 miles a week Dr Mohan Thomas, director and former in order to fulfi l your dreams. You need to read and read, as when reading stops learning to give his students a lesson in Physics and his chairman, attended the session.

SPEECH: Highlighting the importance of reading, Dr Prakash exhorted the children “to read, read and read, as when reading stops learning stops.”

Qatar Friends North Kuppam Association members get together for Nattoruma

Qatar Friends North Kuppam Association conducted its ‘Nattoruma’ community gathering at the Madinat Khalifa family park recently. The association members from around Qatar gathered and enjoyed host of local cultural and sporting activities along with traditional food. The meeting was presided over by Mohammed Basheer and inaugurated by Ranjith Padavil. The event concluded with traditional songs performed by Hasan Koya, Zakariya Kommachi, Mashhood, Rasheed, Azeez and Anwar Punnakkan. 8 GULF TIMES Thursday, January 11, 2018 COMMUNITY TRA Phu Quoc, Vietnam’s t

SEASIDE: The Sea Star Resort off ers bungalows right on Long Beach on the Vietnamese island of Phu Quoc.

March, when the humidity drops island before it’s overtaken by the Getting There Beach offer the convenience of By Mark Kurlyandchik and average daily temperatures rapid development that’s popping Phu Quoc’s new international being right on the main drag, with hover around a pleasant 80 up along its beaches and in the airport only has one runway and beachside restaurants lining the degrees. main town of Duong Dong. few airlines that service it. strip all the way into Duong Dong zure-hued water. Soft, The 2030 master plan, adopted From Ho Chi Minh, it’s a short town. Located on the western side white-sand beaches. Know Before You Go in 2014, calls for Duong Dong to 40-minute flight to Phu Quoc on a of the island, Long Beach also Palm trees swaying Vietnam has been a Communist expand its population tenfold and local airline. offers multiple locations to watch in the ocean breeze. country since its reunification for the island to become Vietnam’s Vietnam Airlines is the most breathtaking sunsets. Deliciously fresh 40 years ago, although private tourism diamond. reliable, and though the cost Accommodations can be booked Aseafood. For most Westerners ownership, free commerce and Currently, most tourists come of airfare can sometimes be on Agoda and Booking.com who’ve never been to the island foreign investment have been from Russia, Australia and other double the rate of the ultra-low- of Phu Quoc, these aren’t exactly encouraged since reforms in the countries in Asia as well as Europe, cost VietJet and JetStar, those Getting Around images we would typically equate 1980s. As a result, Vietnam is but that will surely change as airlines are plagued by delays and Phu Quoc has yet to catch on to with Vietnam. one of Southeast Asia’s most development continues. To that cancellations. (NOTE: You’ll need the ride-sharing app craze that’s But the rapidly developing resort rapidly developing countries end, most hotels have staff who to book this inter-Vietnam flight prevalent on mainland Vietnam island in the Gulf of Thailand with a growing list of economic speak passable English, Russian ahead of time and show proof at and elsewhere. Luckily, taxis are offers all that and more at a successes. For casual tourists, and some French, but that quickly the Ho Chi Minh airport to be abundant and easy to hail from the price point that even perpetually there are few markers of becomes less common outside granted the visa waiver.) airport and in town. While taxi underemployed and overdebted communism as experienced in touristic areas. scams are common in Ho Chi Minh millennials can afford. Imagine day-to-day life. The crime rate is very low in Where To Stay and should generally be avoided on seaside resorts for $20-$60 a Many tourists to mainland Phu Quoc, a generally safe island The island offers a range of the mainland, they’re all metered night, freshly caught and prepared Vietnam must obtain an entry for tourists and locals alike. Still, accommodations and experiences, and regulated on Phu Quoc – no seafood for a few bucks and a full visa either ahead of time or at crimes of opportunity typically with low-cost hostels at the low shady business here. A ride from body massage right on the beach the airport. This process can be increase with tourism, so tourists end and five-star resorts at the the airport to most hotels on Long for less than the price of a single confusing, as the rules and forms should never leave valuables top end. But even in the middle, a Beach runs about 100,000 VND cocktail in an American city. change frequently. To attract more unattended. three-star hotel located right on ($4.40) and a ride into central A relatively new international tourists to Phu Quoc, Vietnam The local currency is the Long Beach, where most resorts Duong Dong from Long Beach is airport and relaxed visa rules offers a 30-day visa waiver for Vietnamese Dong and the are located, can be found for as about $1. for Phu Quoc visitors make this visitors to the island. exchange rate is typically around little as $20-$60 USD a night. At While relying on taxis is paradise resort island the most The push for tourists is also 22,000 VND to $1 USD. Most the top end of the scale, rooms at perfectly fine, many visitors opt accessible to Western tourists it’s changing the character of the resorts, taxis, cafes and restaurants the ultra-chic JW Marriott Phu to rent a motorbike – Vietnam’s ever been. And with the monsoon island long known for its prized accept credit cards, but cash is Quoc Emerald Bay Resort & Spa unofficial mascot. At about $5-$15 rains of summer now in the fish sauce and deserted beaches. still king, particularly at street- start at around $400 a night and go a day, a motorbike allows you to zip rearview, the island comes alive for Now might be your last chance food carts and locally driven up from there. around the island and explore the the dry season from November to to experience this quaint fishing restaurants. ATMs are plentiful. Accommodations on Long more pristine hidden beaches and Thursday, January 11, 2018 GULF TIMES 9 AVEL COMMUNITY terrific island getaway

LOW COST: A beach-side massage on the Vietnamese island of Phu Quoc is typically less than $10 for a full hour.

NIGHT LIFE: The entrance to the Phu Quoc Night Market on the Vietnamese island of Phu Quoc.

fishing villages that dot the experience, there are plenty of island. guides and boat operators for hire Many hotels also provide who’ll take you snorkelling, scuba bicycles to guests, and though the diving or night fishing for squid. island is 220 square miles, much Some resorts also offer jet-ski and of the action is on Long Beach and kayak rental. the adjacent Duong Dong town, Before it became Asia’s next big making walking a viable option as resort destination, Phu Quoc was well. known internationally as home to the world’s finest fish sauce – a ROADSIDE ATTRACTION: A boutique at night on the Vietnamese island of Phu Quoc. What To Do funky, salty and sweet condiment Most visitors come to Phu Quoc ubiquitous in Vietnamese and somewhat of a daily ritual on Phu bicycles and other two-wheeled activities to keep you busy or for its pristine beaches. Resorts on Southeast Asian cuisines. Today Quoc and one of the best spots vehicles in a park near the marina beautiful beaches for relaxing on, Long Beach provide lounge chairs the island boasts more than 80 fish to do so is the Dinh Cau temple, in Duong Dong, and families gather there are also plenty of escape and food service. There are also sauce factories, many of which lighthouse and pier, where locals for dinner at low tables in open- routes if and when island fever vendors hawking fresh coconuts are open to the public for tours. and tourists alike gather every air restaurants and residences. strikes. to drink from ($1.30) and other You might want to hold your nose evening to watch the sun disappear The Phu Quoc Night Market in the Tour companies along the main fruit, delivered right to your chair. as you visit the warehouses of into the ocean. The temple is heart of Duong Dong is a must- drag south of Duong Dong offer You can get an hourlong full-body enormous wooden tanks full of fish located atop a rocky outcropping visit at this time. Beginning around bus tours of nearby Cambodia, as massage on the beach for less than that ferments often for longer than that reaches into the sea, offering 7pm, hundreds of vendors set up well as tours and travel to other $9. a year. unobstructed views. shop in this district where you parts of Vietnam. You’ll need a Bai Sao Beach, on the More than half of the island As darkness falls, the can find fake pearls, Thai rolled visa to visit mainland Vietnam, but southeastern tip of Phu Quoc, is protected National Park land, surrounding area fills up with ice cream and seafood so fresh those can be arranged through the is the most picturesque of the making it a destination for street vendors hawking all sorts of it’s still swimming in tanks that tour operators or the immigration island’s better-known beaches. It ecotourism as well. The island grilled meats, banh mi sandwiches, front the entrance to many of the office in downtown Duong Dong. can get crowded midday, making boasts rich biodiversity of flora and fresh fruits and cheap souvenirs. restaurants. But with everything Phu Quoc the morning and late afternoon the fauna as well as hiking trails and When the night takes over, the has to offer, it’s unlikely you’ll best times to visit. waterfalls for adventure travellers. island comes alive with activity. Get Out want to leave in the first place. – For a more active water Watching the sunset is Children zoom around on lighted While there’s no shortage of Detroit Free Press/TNS 10 GULF TIMES Thursday, January 11, 2018 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Thursday, January 11, 2018 GULF TIMES 11 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Tips on party looks, make-up removal

fter putting on oodles of apply blush bake to last. To create perfect make-up products like gradation, highlight cheek bone with same matte primer, concealer, blush highlighting shade. foundation, blush-on and For the eyes, use an instant matte mascara for a party or outing, eye base prior to the eye shadow. Use a Ause jojoba oil to wipe off the layers, shimmer wave for brow bone, highlighting suggest experts. lighter shade. Using black gel pen eyeliner Amit Sarda, Managing Director at to fi ll the waterline. Finish the eyes by Soulfl ower and Kalpana Sharma, make-up using a fi bre lash extension mascara. artist at The Body Shop India, have shared For the lips, before applying a lipstick, tips: remove the dead skin using a lip scuff for smooth eff ect. Prepare your lips with the Make-up tips lip primer. Apply lip defi ner all over the lip Prepare your skin with cleansing, and then apply a shine lip liquid. toning and moisturising, and then use a primer to make a perfect base for your Make-up removal make-up. Conceal the imperfections Take few drops of jojoba oil on cotton with a concealer and dab some matte clay swab and apply all over your face foundation with a make-up sponge. Wait thoroughly. The oil penetrates the pores till it settles. and is known for deep cleansing the skin. For the cheeks, use a blush and contour The oils make loosen the grip of the make- the hollow of your cheek and make it up on the skin surface and also reach into intense with a bronzing powder. To make the pores to extract any impurities clogged your look more natural and radiant, it them. — IANS

ARIES TAURUS GEMINI March 21 — April 19 April 20 — May 20 May 21 — June 20

The opportunity to take a trip by air, perhaps at someone else’s Some rather bizarre dreams could come to you tonight, Taurus. The Do you have plans to go to a party tonight, Gemini? Don’t cancel them. expense, could come to you today, Aries. This might be business related symbols may include people or objects that you would never have If you’re single, an exciting new potential partner might be introduced or it could be educational in some way. This is a good day to travel or thought of consciously in a hundred years. Nonetheless, they do have to you, and you could spend the entire evening together. If you’re make the arrangements for it. The journey promises to be an exciting meaning for you right now. Sit down and make a list of the symbols and already involved, someone could come on the scene who could prove a one that you’ll remember for a long time. Do what you have to in order events in the dream, then try to analyse what they mean to you. Your valuable business contact and might even form a partnership with you. to get it all together and then go for it! Enjoy your day. dream is trying to tell you something important. Make the most of it. Unless you’re too tired to move, get up and go! CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

Some unexpected changes could happen today, Cancer. You could find Are you flying today, Leo, or perhaps going somewhere by train? If so, Have you just bought some new equipment for your home, Virgo? This yourself confronting the prospect of having to get used to some new you might meet someone fascinating on the trip. Don’t be shy, and don’t could be a new computer, a state-of-the-art entertainment system, and totally state-of-the-art equipment that you’ve never used before. let pride or propriety stand in the way of striking up a conversation with or perhaps a new appliance. You and the other members of your Don’t panic. You’ll do fine, you’ll be a real whiz once you get used to it. this person. It will pass the time, you might learn something, and there household might spend much of the day trying to learn how to use Try to focus your mind on this for now and learn as much as you can. is always the chance that you really could become friends. Relax, smile it, although it could seem rather diff icult. Take heart! It looks more You can do it! your most charming smile, and enjoy the trip. complicated than it is. Keep trying, and don’t forget to have fun! LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

An unexpected phone call, perhaps from an old friend, could come your A financial windfall might be in the stars for you, Scorpio. This isn’t An exciting group activity, perhaps one involving a number of your way today, Libra. This person is apt to have good news for you, although anything you would have expected. Perhaps it’s a bonus, repayment friends, could take place today, Sagittarius. Your mind may be going a he or she may be in a rather melancholy mood. A long conversation of a loan you’d long since forgotten, or a settlement of some kind. thousand miles an hour throughout the day. Ideas will be exchanged, could result, the outcome of which is going to change your life, albeit Whatever it is, it will definitely be a pleasant surprise. Don’t, however, stimulating conversations should take place, and you could meet some in a subtle way. Nonetheless, this is apt to be a day full of pleasant spend it all in one place. Wait a few days and then consult a professional interesting new people. Someone you meet, however, has an agenda surprises. Enjoy it! about your financial future. This could make a big diff erence to you. too. Be discriminating about whom you agree to meet with later. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

Surprising and very fortunate events could take place today, Capricorn. Are you in an especially adventurous mood, Aquarius? This is the sort Study of the occult sciences, whether historical or hands-on This could be an advancement that you weren’t expecting. The of day when you can try just about anything new and still come out in experiments, should prove fascinating and enlightening for you today, introduction of an interesting new person or the beginning of an one piece. Why not enroll in a marathon, take rock-climbing lessons, or Pisces. Astrology, alchemy, numerology, or herbalism are all intriguing exciting new project could raise your pulse. The day should therefore drive to a place you’ve never been to before? Wherever you end up, you fields, and your mind should be especially attuned to them. One pass by very quickly. Tonight you may want to share your excitement should find peace and a heightened state of awareness. Don’t hesitate. If warning: beware of unethical teachers. You may or may not read the with your partner or another family member. what you have in mind involves minimal risk, go for it! works of one, but nonetheless hang on to a little scepticism. 12 GULF TIMES Thursday, January 11, 2018 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES

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Sudoku is a puzzle based on a 9x9 grid. The grid is also divided into nine (3x3) boxes. You are given a selection of values and to complete the puzzle, you must fill the grid so that every column, every anone is repeated. Thursday, January 11, 2018 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Colouring

ACROSS DOWN 1. Is dim, you find out; a 1. Having a brown back, indeed, backward girl, getting the when stripped (7) sack (9) 2. Springs round in turn, though 8. Re-routing the tour at the not a springer (7) time did shock one (7) 3. Lilian I dropped totally, after 9. Falls for Gina head-over- the reorganisation (2,3) heels, a soldier does (7) 4. The agents turn the girl in: a 10. For a charge, I can wangle in mere tool (7) the girl-friend (7) 5. The nut is slack (4) 13. Trying to get the gold out of 6. Christopher Bird (4) your tooth? (8) 7. Backward, or just the 14. It’s a time back since it was opposite (7) worn (4) 11. Mean to dent the tin, you 16. Meant to think about it (10) conclude (6) 20. No longer single, having got 12. With the Latin inscription; caught in it (4) “Preserve the family” (4) 22. In case it’s the Continental 15. Heavens! Try “Shut up!” (4) way (4) 17. I heard the organ (3) 24. Bet the road she took in will 18. I have to back a bit (4) be shown in the handbill (10) 19. Giving me a pound to have Answers 28. Made up, is great (4) me return the flag? (6) 29. Figure on getting me ten 21. Signal the waiters, say (3) Wordsearch Codeword passes to the building (8) 22. A dance, for openers (7) 31. Eat the whole ice-cream 23. Rock back when touched (4) outside (7) 25. Have the boy trot off to get 34. The storm at its height and the assistant (7) nothing damaged? (7) 26. As he hacked round the tree, 35. Pale, is upbraiding one (7) creating rubbish (7) 36. Finds it irritating when one 27. Pictures you carry around withdraws (9) with you (7) 30. For a bird, a grand tree to fly round (5) 32. Found a buyer for the second antique (4) 33. Tries to make one breakfast? (4)

Yesterday’s Solutions

Across: 3 Set to music; 8 Perish; Down: 1 Lemonade; 2 Tiffin; 3 9 Ewer; 10 Confounded; 11 Ali; Shouted; 4 Trade; 5 Owed; 6 13 Lawn; 14 Cologne; 15 Dado; Straight; 7 Caginess; 12 Club; 14 17 Gelid; 20 Butts; 22 Disc; 24 Cows; 16 Aida; 17 Go-getter; 18 Gondola; 25 Ramp; 27 Tom; 28 Liniment; 19 Drop; 21 Tamarind; Characters; 29 Each; 30 Errant; 23 Cheated; 25 Return; 26 Patio; 31 Rather good. 28 Char. 14 GULF TIMES Thursday, January 11, 2018 COMMUNITY HOLLYWOOD Bafta nomination, a boost to The Shape of Water for Oscar

By Josh Rottenberg Out, which scored two Globes nominations and is considered a possible contender for a best ith Sunday’s picture Oscar nod, earned Bafta Golden Globes nominations for lead actor Daniel behind us and Kaluuya and for Peele’s screenplay. eight weeks to In the acting categories, actors go in one of the from England and Ireland were Wmost unpredictable Oscar races in particularly well-represented. years, the British Academy of Film Along with Kaluuya, Ronan, and and Television Arts announced the Hawkins, Gary Oldman (Darkest nominations for its annual fi lm Hour), Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom awards, giving another boost to Thread), Jamie Bell (Film Stars Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Don’t Die In Liverpool), Lesley Water. Manville (Phantom Thread), Kristin After leading the fi eld in Globes Scott-Thomas (Darkest Hour) nominations, Del Toro’s fantastical and Hugh Grant (Paddington 2) all romance about a mute woman scored nods. (Sally Hawkins) who falls in love Grant’s nomination may seem with an aquatic humanoid creature particularly surprising to American also topped the Bafta pack with audiences, as the family fi lm sequel 12 nominations, including for doesn’t open until Friday in the best fi lm, director and screenplay US (Originally due out from the along with nods for Hawkins Weinstein Co., which distributed and supporting actress Octavia the original, Paddington 2 will Spencer. instead be released by Warner Writer-director Martin Bros.) But the fi lm, which was a McDonagh’s dark morality signifi cant holiday hit in the UK, tale Three Billboards Outside illustrates the way slight diff erences Ebbing, Missouri — fresh off its BELLWETHER: The movie leads the nominations at Bafta. in the release calendar can impact best picture win in the drama Bafta’s choices. category at the Globes — and the Gerwig’s coming-of-age dramedy stars Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks 2049), and Luca Guadagnino Nevertheless, the Bafta Winston Churchill drama Darkest Lady Bird, which notched a best as well as the fi lm’s timely story of a (Call Me By Your Name) scoring nominations, which are chosen by Hour followed behind with nine picture victory at the Globes in the fi erce struggle between presidential nominations. the group’s 6,500 members, are nominations apiece, including nods comedy or musical category, and power and press freedom. Gerwig was left off the list, though generally considered a signifi cant for best fi lm. Steven Spielberg’s Pentagon Papers Notably, in a year that has been Lady Bird did draw nominations bellwether for the Oscar race. Christopher Nolan’s World drama The Post — failed to make dominated by issues of gender for her screenplay as well as the Though in a year as wide open as War II thriller, Dunkirk, and the Bafta’s cut. inequality and sexual misconduct performances of Saoirse Ronan and this one, it remains to be seen how romantic drama Call Me By Your Indeed, The Post — which earned in the entertainment industry, the Laurie Metcalf. (The last woman to predictive they will be. Name rounded out the best fi lm six Golden Globe nominations but best director category, as at the land a Bafta directing nomination The Baftas will be handed out category. left empty-handed — failed to score Globes, consisted entirely of men, was Kathryn Bigelow, for her 2013 Feb. 18. A full list of nominees can But two other fi lms widely seen a single Bafta nod, a surprising turn with Nolan, Del Toro, McDonagh, thriller, Zero Dark Thirty.) be found on the Bafta website. – Los as strong Oscar contenders — Greta given the pedigree of Spielberg and Denis Villeneuve (Blade Runner Jordan Peele’s horror satire Get Angeles Times/TNS

When Carey ‘stole’ Liam Neeson is so warm, Streep’s chair at curious: Vera Farmiga Golden Globes Actress Vera Farmiga had fun Veteran actress Meryl Streep fi lming for The Commuter with says she was not expecting to veteran actor Liam Neeson, and find singer Mariah Carey on her says he is a “wonderful guy”. seat at the Golden Globe Awards “I didn’t know Liam before this ceremony. fi lm. Liam was just a myth, he was On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Streep a legend! Boy, he is grace on two shared her reaction to Carey feet! He’s everything I anticipated – accidentally stealing her seat strong, steadfast, kind and open. He during a commercial break. is so warm and he is a very curious, “B**** stole my seat,” Streep very tender but a big oak in stature,” jokingly told host Jimmy Kimmel. Farmiga said in a statement. “Yeah, I came over and there “You just want to wrap your arms she was next to (Steven) Spielberg around him and climb him like a big sucking up. She said, ‘Oh my god tree and swing from him. He’s that they made me sit down!’ Because guy. He’s wonderful,” she added. you know we’re moving they make To this, Neeson said: “Vera plays you... Everyone has to drop to a very mysterious character and their seat,” the celebrated actress LIGHTER SIDE: Meryl Streep has jokingly said the singer stole her seat. she’s such a wonderful actress that recalled, likening the moment to you’re never quite sure if she’s all musical chairs. film The Star, tweeted from the next to Steven Spielberg,” Carey that she makes out to be. Is she a “I was left out. I said, ‘No, audience about her encounter wrote. cop? Is she FBI? Is she a baddie or CANDID: The actress says Neeson no. Stay there. I’ll sit on your with Streep, who was nominated “Cut to next commercial break, what? She plays it very, very close is a wonderful guy. lap.’ Because you know it looked for best actress. guess who comes back to her to her chest. She’s always been on comfy,” Streep said. “Got caught mingling on seat....” my bucket list of actresses to work around a man’s quest to prevent During the 75th annual awards the way to the loo during a According to Carey, Streep told with.” disaster on a packed commuter show, Carey, who was nominated commercial break... Took the first her: “You can take my seat any They are looking forward to the train. PVR Pictures is releasing the for her song in the animated seat available, happens to be right time!” – IANS release of The Commuter, revolves fi lm in India on January 19. – IANS Thursday, January 11, 2018 GULF TIMES 15 BOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY

Vidya Balan to play contract, wrote: “Most excited to Indira Gandhi on screen see Indira on-screen!” She also called Vidya an “ace”. Acclaimed actress Vidya Balan The book, published by will play former prime minister Juggernaut Books, is a no-holds- Indira Gandhi onscreen in a barred biographical portrait that project based on journalist-author looks for answers to lingering Sagarika Ghose’s book Indira: issues: from why Indira Gandhi India’s Most Powerful Prime revoked the emergency to her son Minister. Sanjay’s curious grip over her; and “I am happy to have acquired the from her bad marriage and love rights to Sagarika Ghose’s Indira..., aff airs to her dangerous religious because I have always wanted politics. to play Indira Gandhi. I haven’t Indira: India’s Most Powerful decided yet whether it should be Prime Minister was pitched by the a fi lm or a web series, but that publishers to the fi lm and screen will take a while anyway,” Vidya, a community at the Word to Screen National Award winner, said in a Market 2017, organised by the Jio statement on Tuesday. MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. – Ghose, elated about signing the IANS

PREFERRED: Armaan Malilk’s song Baraf si has been finalised. Nirdosh makers pick Armaan over Sonu

he makers of Nirdosh have picked a song by the audience reactions. Finally, Malik’s Baraf si was singer Armaan Malik over a track by Sonu included in the movie, read a statement. Nigam to include in the fi lm. In a joint statement, the directors said: “We have The makers had two songs — one from Sonu Nigam’s song with us and it’s a fabulous tune. Malik and one from Nigam — and both of Hopefully, we will place it in our next, but as of now we themT were apt for the situation in the fi lm. But there are basking in the success of Baraf si.” was space for only one. Nirdosh features , Manjari Fadnis, The directors, Pradeep Rangwani and Subroto Paul, Ashmit Patel and Meheck Chahal. It will release on decided to take the songs to diff erent cities and gauged January 19. – IANS HAPPY: The ace actress says she has always wanted to play the ex-premier.

Kedarnath feels like my SRK, Salman apt for Saudagar Dilip Kumar) was a great opportunity that own fi lm is releasing: Saif sequel, says Gulshan Grover gave my career a boost. The chemistry they shared was amazing, if there is ever a Actor Saif Ali Khan says he is as “scared” Actor Gulshan Grover says superstars sequel to be made of Saudagar, Shahrukh about his daughter Sara’s debut movie and Salman Khan will be Khan and Salman Khan will be perfect Kedarnath as he is about the release of his own an apt choice for a Saudagar sequel, if it for the roles of Raaj Kumar (Rajeshwar) fi lms. is ever planned. and Dilip Kumar (Veeru) from the movie,” Saif was here yesterday to promote his Gulshan spoke about a potential sequel Gulshan said. forthcoming fi lm Kaalakaandi. He was asked and the actors best suited for it during “They both share a mysterious and what is he more excited and nervous about — his a re-premiere of Saudagar at the New sizzling relationship just like Raaj Kumar own fi lm’s release, wife Kareena Kapoor Khan’s Excelsior Mukta A2 Cinema here, read a and Dilipji,” he added. – IANS comeback after the birth of their son Taimur or statement. Sara’s debut? Released in 1991, Saudagar revolved He said: “I am scared for all because when WARY: Veteran actor says he has been little around the friendship between Veeru fi lms release, you do get a little scared. A lot scared about first film of his daughter Sara. and Rajeshwar, which turns bitter and of people have put in their hard work. Sara they become enemies. They choose to (daughter) is also alone and her whole life is be diffi cult for her to make a comeback.” confront their enmity only years later in front of her, so it feels like my own fi lm is But again, if he had to choose what he’s most when their respective grandchildren fall releasing.” nervous about, Saif said: “The youngest gets the in love with each other. Sara stars with Sushant Singh Rajput in most attention. So, Sara.” Directed by Subhash Ghai, Saudagar Kedarnath directed by Abhishek Kapoor. Saif was also asked to comment on the features legendary actor Dilip Kumar, late Saif said one’s maiden fi lm is important. Supreme Court’s order that it is not mandatory veteran Raaj Kumar, Vivek Mushran and “This is her dream, so I would want all her to play the national anthem in cinema halls. Manisha Koirala. Amrish Puri, Anupam dreams to come true,” he added. He said: “I support the government Kher, Dalip Tahil, Gulshan Grover, Dina Talking about Kareena’s comeback, he said: always, but there are other issues which need Pathak and also stared in CANDID: Gulshan says that both “Kareena is a good artiste... She has put in so attention, like Section 377 (which criminalises the fi lm. stars share a mysterious and sizzling much of hard work and patience that it wouldn’t homosexuality) ....” – IANS “Working with them (Raaj Kumar and relationship. 16 GULF TIMES Thursday, January 11, 2018 COMMUNITY How a yoga charity aims to solve youth unemployment in Africa Unemployment is high among young people in Kenya. But a programme off ering youths the chance to become yoga instructors is giving hope to Nairobi’s poorest areas

By Anja Bengelstorff

welve young adults lie stretched out on rubber mats in the windowless shed that is the Apostolic Light Mission Church in Kangemi, a slum in the Nairobi capital. TThe late afternoon sun beats down on the tin roof as the yoga students stretch and breathe. After just ten minutes the groaning gets louder, longer and deeper. “That’s what happiness sounds like!” says the instructor, George Thande. “Welcome to the world of the washboard stomach.” Yoga arrived long ago in Kenya, famous for its long-distance runners, and lots of people take part in sports in the East African nation’s cities. There is hardly a fi tness studio that doesn’t off er yoga. But the yoga instruction in Kangemi is organised by a charity which doesn’t just aim to deliver fi tness and relaxation. It also wants to solve a social problem: youth unemployment. While Kenya has a booming economy and a fast-growing middle class, a lot of young people remain unemployed, though exact fi gures are unreliable. The World Bank estimates the number of unemployed at 22 per cent of all 15 to 24-year- olds. The International Labour Organization puts the fi gure at 67 per cent of all 15 to 34-year-olds. “The Africa Yoga Project has trained more than 300 yoga teachers in 15 African countries since 2007,” says spokeswoman Laura Schutter in Nairobi. SOLUTION: Yoga instruction in Nairobi is organised by a charity which doesn’t just aim to deliver fitness and relaxation. It also wants to solve a “We mostly target young people in poorer social problem: youth unemployment. areas,” she says. They receive a stipendium while they train, so they don’t need to pay fi tness is what’s most important.” anything. Yoga is more than just a source of income George Thande from Kangemi is one of to Thande. “I wasn’t a good person before,” the trainees. Before he discovered yoga six he says. “Yoga has changed my perspective. I years ago he repaired telephones and was a wanted fast money, but I didn’t want to work professional footballer. When friends told him for it. Yoga teaches us to set goals, how we about yoga he decided to give it a go. can reach them and how to deal with diffi cult The 32-year-old now makes most of his situations.” money by teaching yoga, through the Africa Today he is a much more patient person, he Yoga Project and private instruction. says. Personal development is an important He asks for the equivalent of between 8 and component of the yoga instructor training at 21 dollars an hour per person, depending on the the Yoga Africa Project. It also tries to teach size of the class. a bit of business management: how to use a As well as three or four paid hours a week, computer, how to develop a business plan, a bit Thande also has to teach for fi ve hours a week of marketing and team leadership. in poor areas, in community buildings like the At the end of Thande’s class, all the students church or Kangemi, as well as primary schools sit round in a circle and give thanks: for the and even prisons. lesson, for their health and the gift of life. This is a charitable initiative of the Africa “Lots of participants sit together afterwards Yoga Project. It’s free for the participants and and share their problems with each other. It the teachers are paid for their time. creates a community outside of politics and The organisation says that up to 6,000 ethnic groups,” she says. people take part in 300 yoga classes across Catherine Njeri, who co-ordinates the Africa – including in South Africa, Namibia, instructors for Yoga Africa Project, says Somalia and Mal – because of its initiatives. yoga contributed positively to her personal “Yoga’s spiritual element was for the rather development. superstitious Kenyans rather diffi cult at fi rst,” “I didn’t take yoga seriously at fi rst,” she says Thande. says. “We messed around in class until the “It wasn’t so easy to explain that it doesn’t teacher asked us ‘what are you waiting for? involve devil worship,” he says. “But in power Your life is happening now.’ That changed my yoga, which is what we’re practising here, tune.” - DPA