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COVER STORY Top US expert Dr Anthony Fauci unfazed as scientists rely on unproven methods to create Covid-19 vaccines. P4-5

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socialise with friends in a safe manner outside of school-related activities, off ers Dr Sawchuk.

For hybrid schooling Learning formats that stagger in-person school days or alternate start times, for example, are being proposed by some schools. Changes in daily routines can be a challenge for children and adults. One simple but eff ective tip: Post a master daily schedule in a common area of the home, such as the kitchen. “That can help keep everyone on track on a day-to-day basis,” Dr Sawchuk says. The experience will help give you feedback on which learning formats are working well and those that can be improved. “No matter the model, be encouraging of your school’s and teachers’ eff orts, as they, too, aim to make the school year as successful and safe as possible for everyone,” encourages Dr Sawchuk.

FLEXIBILITY: For students of all ages, schools provide structure and socialisation. While it is still important to have structure if the school day is online, it is ok For ‘Mental Health 101’ to have some flexibility with the schedule, especially for younger children. For anyone feeling anxious, it’s common to be irritable, or feel a sense of loss or sadness. Problems he Covid-19 pandemic during these pandemic times, and with sleep, physical tension and has caused much stress teens and older students may need worry can result. and uncertainty for to hear that affi rmed by the adults students, parents, in their lives,” suggests Dr Sawchuk. Maintain a normal daily Tteachers and staff . “For One way to challenge worry at routine: students and the adults who care any age is by focusing on other Aim to wake up and go to bed as for them, the desire is so strong possible outcomes and on steps close as you can to the same times to have our lives return to normal, to minimise exposure to risk, each day. Stay hydrated, try to keep which also involves schooling,” Dr Sawchuk notes. “Seek out up with a healthy diet and focus says Craig Sawchuk, PhD, a Mayo information from reliable sources.” on increasing physical activity Clinic psychologist. “School is one during the day. A healthy body of the most important places that For remote schooling helps maintain a healthy mood and we learn and grow intellectually, For students of all ages, schools mindset. socially and emotionally.” provide structure and socialisation. Whether classes meet in person While it is still important to have Learn new skills to manage or online, or use a hybrid approach, structure if the school day is online, stress: one thing is certain: Mental health it is ok to have some fl exibility with Explore how relaxation, is a vital part of the equation, Dr the schedule, especially for younger mindfulness or yoga can calm Sawchuk says. To work on a healthy children, Dr Sawchuk says. the mind. Several free classes mindset for this school year, it may Many children will adapt to a and mental health apps are help to actively focus on these 4 virtual learning format given their online. Many of these skills are Be’s, Dr Sawchuk suggests: experience of growing up in a world portable and can be used anytime, fi lled with technology, but some anywhere. Be fl exible: may struggle with keeping up Stay open to the possibility that with homework, organising tasks Stay connected with healthy the format of schooling might and being able to stay focused for support in your life: change over the course of the year. extended periods of time. “Open While these social connections Be optimistic: lines of communication between may be more virtual now, being Maintain a positive attitude families and teachers are always around those you care about is about learning new ways to learn. useful, but routine communication important to well-being. Also, Be supportive: STRUGGLING WITH VIRTUAL LEARNING: Many children will adapt to a is especially key in our current remember to disconnect from the Contribute to keeping the virtual learning format given their experience of growing up in a world filled situation to help identify and news. Spending between 15-30 learning environment as safe with technology, but some may struggle with keeping up with homework, problem-solve ways the learning minutes one to two times a day is as possible by practising social organising tasks and being able to stay focused for extended periods of time. content or approach can adjust to usually enough to keep informed distancing, masking and proper the student’s individual needs,” Dr but not overwhelmed. hand hygiene. based on their age and the class modelling safe practices and Sawchuk says. Be kind: format, says Dr Sawchuk. answering questions patiently and Feelings of isolation and being Some people may struggle with Be patient with each other as calmly will off er reassurance to disconnected from peer groups more signifi cant mental health everyone works toward a common For in-person schooling the young people in your life,” Dr are common concerns aff ecting diffi culties, and Dr Sawchuk goal of ending the pandemic. Elementary school students Sawchuk says. students attending school online. encourages those who need help to may not fully understand why all Middle school, high school and While virtual classes can be set up talk to their primary care provider As schools determine their the health and safety practices are college students may fi nd their to enhance group discussions and to locate local mental health approaches, students will need happening. “Parents and teachers, emotions vary between excitement connections, it is just as important resources. — Mayo Clinic News varying behavioural health support this is one more example of when and anxiety. “It’s ok to not feel ok to encourage and plan ways to Network/TNS 4 GULF TIMES Thursday, August 6, 2020 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Just hang in there!

‘Conflicting evidence on antibodies shouldn’t interfere with eff orts to develop a safe and eff ective vaccine. The durability of the vaccine may be quite good,’ Dr Anthony Fauci, top US infectious disease expert, tells Liz Szabo

ith millions of Among many worries: A handful of even after vaccines roll out. lives on the line, studies on Covid-19 survivors suggest Yet in an interview with KHN, the researchers have that antibodies — key immune system top US infectious disease expert, Dr been working at an proteins that fi ght infection — begin Anthony Fauci, said he’s “cautiously Wunprecedented pace to disappear within months. That’s led optimistic” that researchers will to develop a Covid-19 vaccine. scientists to worry that the protection overcome such obstacles. But that speed — and some widely provided by vaccines could fade “We know the body can make an touted breakthroughs — belie the quickly as well. Some even question adequate response against this virus” There’s no reason to enormous complexity and potential whether vaccines will really end the after two shots of a vaccine being risks involved. Researchers have an pandemic. If vaccines produce limited tested, Fauci said. “There’s no reason believe that we won’t incomplete understanding of the protection against infection, experts to believe that we won’t be able to coronavirus and are using technology note, people will need to continue develop a vaccine against it.” be able to develop a that’s largely unproven. wearing masks and social distancing Because early-stage trials began just a few months ago, doctors vaccine against it. Once don’t know how long antibodies in we get a protective vaccinated people will last, he said. Scientists will get answers to response, we will see some of their questions from the how long it lasts. If country’s fi rst large-scale Covid-19 ‘ vaccine trial, launched last week by the National Institutes of Health and we don’t get as long a Moderna at 89 locations around the response as we want, country. “Once we get a protective response, we can always give a we will see how long it lasts,” Fauci said. booster shot “If we don’t get as long a response as we want, we can always give a booster shot.” — Dr Anthony Fauci, The leading vaccine candidates are based on new approaches that top US infectious have never resulted in a licensed vaccine. Moderna, a relatively young disease expert FOCUS: Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and company, has yet to produce any Infectious Diseases, testifies before a House Subcommittee on the Coronavirus approved vaccines. Crisis hearing on a national plan to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, on Capitol “Even more so than usual, as we ’ Hill in Washington, DC last month. create vaccines, we’re sailing in Thursday, August 6, 2020 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

uncharted water,” said Dr William the production of antibodies even Schaff ner, a professor at the “We’re only seven months after many years, said Dr Jeff rey Vanderbilt University School of Klausner, professor of infectious Medicine. into this and we’ve had a diseases at UCLA. Memory T-cells If approved, a Covid-19 vaccine can stimulate B-cells to make created by researchers at Oxford lot of surprises. This virus antibodies, while instructing other University and drugmaker immune system players to fi ght the AstraZeneca would be the fi rst does things that no other virus in diff erent ways. licenced vaccine to use a virus that virus does” “The T-cells are like the causes colds in chimpanzees but conductors of a symphony,” doesn’t sicken people. Scientists Klausner said. “These multiple, use the cold virus to deliver key complex arms of the immune system elements of the vaccine into a — Dr Paul Offit, director of work together like a symphony to patient’s body. In this case, the virus control infection.” delivers the gene that instructs the Vaccine Education Center Even if antibodies dwindle over cell to make the spike protein, which at Children’s Hospital time, memory cells can often helps the novel coronavirus enter replenish the supply, preventing cells. of Philadelphia infected patients from developing Early studies show that the dangerous symptoms, Sangster said. Oxford vaccine stimulates the New studies suggest people who immune system as intended. If working on more than 165 vaccines; protecting 97% of people for life, report in Nature Medicine that found survive Covid-19 develop both the vaccine is successful, these more than two dozen are already Offi t said. antibody levels began to fall two to memory T-cells and B-cells. One antibodies and other immune cells being tested in people. Early human It’s also not like strep throat or three months after infection. paper even documented memory will recognise and neutralise the studies focus on safety and fi nding gonorrhea, which people can catch Such reports have worried some T-cells — which can instruct spike protein if they encounter the best dose. Later clinical trials multiple times because the bacteria scientists, who fear that antibodies other cells to make antibodies it again, protecting people from are larger and measure a vaccine’s that cause them don’t ignite lasting will decline just as rapidly among — in survivors of the 2003 SARS disease. eff ectiveness by comparing the immunity. “That’s why we don’t people vaccinated against Covid-19. pandemic. Two other candidates — a vaccine outcomes of volunteers who receive have a vaccine for them,” he said. “One wants a vaccine that lasts Fauci said it’s too early to know from Moderna and another from the vaccine with those of people Some coronaviruses cause more longer than two months,” Schaff ner what sort of role T-cells will play Pfi zer and BioNTech, a German given a placebo. serious symptoms than others. said. in defending against the novel company — were also developed with Fauci said he’s reassured by early Coronaviruses that cause the Other antibody research has been coronavirus. novel methods. They use genetic studies that showed the Moderna common cold don’t stimulate lasting more encouraging. Researchers will get more material from the coronavirus called vaccine to be safe. Although some antibodies, which is one reason A July paper found that Covid-19 defi nitive answers about vaccine- messenger RNA, or mRNA. volunteers developed fevers and people can catch colds repeatedly, infection “induces robust, induced immunity to Covid-19 in Unlike traditional vaccines, which headaches after vaccination, these Schaff ner said. neutralising antibody responses that coming months, after they complete expose the body to a viral protein side eff ects were no worse than Studies show that antibodies are stable for at least three months.” large, rigorous trials of tens of to stimulate the immune system, those caused by other licenced against more lethal coronaviruses Antibodies typically rise during thousands of volunteers, Offi t said. mRNA acts as an instruction kit, vaccines. last a bit longer. Antibodies against an infection, then fall again as the Vaccine makers have said they plan telling the body how to construct the “That’s not a showstopper at all,” the severe acute respiratory immune system returns to normal, to study their products’ safety and proteins itself. The immune system he said. syndrome virus, which caused a said Florian Krammer, co-author eff ectiveness even after approval, to then responds to the viral protein by Some of Covid-19’s most pandemic in 2003, and the Middle of the study, which was published measure long-term effi cacy as well making antibodies. important mysteries involve the East respiratory syndrome virus, online before undergoing peer to detect rare side eff ects that don’t Moderna offi cials have said they immune system, said Dr Paul Offi t, which appeared in 2011, appear to review. appear in smaller, shorter studies. were able to produce the Covid-19 director of the Vaccine Education last two to three years. “What we found looks like a In addition to Moderna’s trial, vaccine so rapidly because they Center at Children’s Hospital of People with severe symptoms normal antibody response to a AstraZeneca said results from an had developed experimental Philadelphia. from Covid-19 tend to have higher viral infection,” said Krammer, a ongoing study of 50,000 volunteers vaccines against two other lethal Offi t said he’s mystifi ed by the fact antibody levels than those with professor of microbiology at the should be available this fall. coronaviruses — those that cause that a small fraction of people with milder cases. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount With so many vaccines in Sars and Mers — which are closely Covid-19 don’t make any antibodies Some people fail to generate Sinai in New York. development, Adalja said, it’s related to the Covid-19 virus. against the virus. He knows of no antibodies because they have Early studies of the Moderna diffi cult to know which one will When the pandemic emerged, other virus that does this. compromised immune systems, said vaccine suggest people mount prove the safest and most eff ective. Moderna tweaked those vaccines “We’re only seven months into Mark Sangster, a research professor a strong immune response after “The fi rst vaccines may not be to target Covid-19, Fauci told KHN. this and we’ve had a lot of surprises,” at the University of Rochester two doses, Fauci said. But because the ultimate vaccine that everybody Fauci’s team contacted the company said Offi t, a member of a National Medical Center. the earliest trials began just a few uses,” he said. the day after China made the virus’s Institutes of Health eff ort to Even when people do generate months ago, doctors don’t yet know And some vaccines may work better genome public. develop vaccines and drugs to treat antibodies against the novel how long antibodies in vaccinated in certain populations than others, Two months later, Moderna’s Covid-19. “This virus does things coronavirus, studies suggest the people will last. Offi t said. For example, studies may vaccine was ready for a trial because that no other virus does.” antibodies may not last long. The United States has invested fi nd that one shot works particularly “98% of the scientifi c work had This is not like preventing In a recent New England Journal nearly $6 billion in potential well in children, while another better been done,” Schaff ner said. “They measles. “It’s easier to create a of Medicine report on Covid-19 Covid-19 vaccines. protects older adults. “There is went back to these scientifi c vaccine for diseases that confer survivors, antibody levels dropped Confl icting evidence on defi nitely a lot to learn,” he said. methods and adapted them very long-term immunity,” Offi t said. rapidly over three months, at a rate antibodies “shouldn’t interfere with Ideally, doctors would like all quickly. That saves years of work.” People never catch measles more that could leave them without any eff orts to develop a safe and eff ective vaccines to be as successful as But there is a potential risk in than once. The two-dose measles antibodies within one year. Those vaccine,” added Fauci, noting he’s the measles shot, Offi t said. But a relying so heavily on unproven vaccine stimulates immunity, fi ndings echo the results of a June encouraged by the results of early Covid-19 vaccine could more closely techniques: New technology can clinical trials. “The durability of the resemble fl u shots and rotavirus sometimes cause unforeseen vaccine may be quite good.” vaccines, which don’t prevent all problems or side eff ects, said Dr Dr Michael Watson, who is infections but dramatically reduce Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at developing Moderna’s Covid-19 the risks of hospitalisation and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health vaccine, said he hopes vaccinated death. Although some people who Security. people will have a stronger immune receive a fl u shot still get infl uenza, For all their diff erences, most response than those sickened by the their infections tend to be much of the vaccines in development coronavirus. He said it’s possible milder than those of people who target the spike protein, Adalja said. the virus not only infects cells, but aren’t vaccinated. That is likely a winning strategy, also dampens the immune system, “You’d like to have a vaccine that considering successful veterinary suppressing antibody response. protects against severe disease, and coronavirus vaccines also target the A vaccine that contains only one it likely will,” Offi t said. “But people spike protein. part of the novel coronavirus — a might still get mild infections and But some scientists say this protein that allows it to enter cells — still shed the virus and still spread uniform approach could also leave might be able to stimulate antibody it” even after being vaccinated. us vulnerable. production without suppressing If that happens, Offi t said, the Ideally, scientists should diversify the immune response, Watson said. vaccine may not slow the spread of the portfolio of vaccines, in case Only large clinical studies will show the pandemic as much as people targeting the spike protein doesn’t whether this is the case. have hoped. “You’d still need masks work as well as researchers hope, Yet there’s more to the immune and social distancing” to reduce the Adalja said. Developing a vaccine system than antibodies. spread of the virus, Offi t said. “It’s that targets other key proteins might BEYOND ANTIBODIES: Even if antibodies dwindle over time, memory cells The body is also protected going to take both — a vaccine and help scientists to hedge their bets. can often replenish the supply, preventing infected patients from developing by memory T-cells, which can these hygienic measures — to defeat Researchers around the world are dangerous symptoms. recognise viral threats to stimulate the virus.” — Kaiser Health News 6 GULF TIMES Thursday, August 6, 2020 COMMUNITY INTERIOR DESIGN Everything bright and loud in a textile designer’s cottage

Her home studio may have changed little in 40 years, but Pauline Caulfield is revisiting and reinventing her work, writes Nell Card

ARTSY: Lounge with art by Howard Hodgkin and former husband Patrick Caulfield.

was originally one of two double- Life. For Caulfield’s final degree things,” she says. Of the 11 panels, height studios. Opposite is a show, she produced 11 printed only one – Airmail – had gone compact, colourful kitchen, with panels and four ecclesiastical astray. “I gave it to somebody a faux-marble table. At the end robes. For nearly 50 years, she years ago, feeling that I shouldn’t of the hallway, the building turns kept the designs in the wooden hang on to things, but when it into an expansive open-plan chest in her living room – shut came to recreating it, it was much living room and double-height tight with the Monro sculpture on more difficult to do.” Apart from studio, overlooked by the master top. Over the years, she received tweaking one of the yellows, the bedroom. The bright workspace occasional commissions for designs – much like her interiors – in contrast to the darker, cosier ecclesiastical vestments, but her – remain completely unchanged. living area, warmed by a coal time was largely taken up looking Three days a week, Caulfield fire – is dominated by a vast after the children and working works with a small team of printing table: it’s from here that in various part-time positions assistants in the studio on Caulfield, 75, a textile designer, (receptionist, librarian, archivist) bespoke commissions for blinds, recently relaunched a career that at an engineering firm. When the curtains and wall hangings for began in the late 1960s. firm went paperless in 2015, she private clients. A rail system in Caulfield “wandered into” the was made redundant, and decided the studio allows her to view BASIC: Kitchen with Patrick Caulfield’s Red, White And Black Still Life. then Chelsea School of Art at the to make a full return to textile her designs at full length and age of 17. She went on to study design. experiment with the way each textile design at the Royal College In the following two years, she panel is hung. On her printing ucked down the side of Likewise, the squat coff ee table of Art, where she met Patrick revisited each of the designs from table is a recent design she has a London terrace is an in front of the fi replace has been Caulfield, the artist renowned her degree show, reissuing them been working on, called Back enclave of 12 red-brick repainted, but in a similar shade for his sparse compositions as a collection of curtains. The Of Canvas – a series of blinds studio houses built in of yellow. A precarious fi breglass of interiors and still life. “I designs are bold and abstract: hand-printed to look like the Tthe late 1800s. Pauline sculpture by the pop artist married Patrick the week after on one panel, geometric shapes reverse of an artist’s canvas. A Caulfi eld moved into hers in 1975; Nicholas Monro has balanced I left the Royal College in 1968, tumble down the length of the hand-printed, grained wooden previous residents include the on top of a wooden chest in the aged 25,” she recalls. The couple fabric, on another rhythmic waves frame supports the fabric/canvas, painter John William Waterhouse, corner for decades. “I love it. It’s had three sons together before of graduated colour run across it. which appears to be held in place the abstract artist John Hoyland always been here,” she says. “I their marriage was dissolved in “They’re vibrant and adventurous with a border of delicate, silvery and the illustrator Arthur don’t like the idea of hanging on to 1999 (Patrick died in 2005). His – I’m still excited by them,” she staples. “It’s a very simple idea,” Rackham. The interiors have the past, but some good decisions presence is still felt in the house, says. she explains. “What I enjoyed barely changed since. A pair of red were made when we moved in.” which is in London: he painted Caulfield found the process of was that I actually felt as if I was checked sofas she bought in the The cottage is thick-set, with the kitchen table and signed it revisiting her designs fascinating. making a canvas” – something she 1970s have been re-covered, but in a generous hallway. To the right underneath. Above it hangs a copy “I had to really try to remember hasn’t done since her art school a fabric very close to the original. as you enter is a guest room that of his Red, White And Black Still why and how I’d done certain days. — The Guardian Thursday, August 6, 2020 GULF TIMES 7 FASHION DESIGN COMMUNITY Pucci prints and the acid flashback

Caught up in a riot of swirling psychedelia, Judy Rumbold gets hip to the hottest old designer in town

MISH-MASH: Model Simone D’Aillencourt in a swirled flame-print poncho and jewel-cuff ed pants by Emilio Pucci at Lake Palace in Udaipur, India, Vogue 1967. STATEMENT: Marilyn Monroe in Pucci. ubtly matched colour these days begins to feel like a retina’s worth of the kind of absent-minded schemes of the kind seen holiday. doodles most of us do hundreds of meandering through Pucci started in the business by every day all concentrated on one newscasters’ toupees lending a ski outfi t he had designed garment. Sand in M&S sandwich for himself to a woman who was However, Pucci (now 75) probably fi llings were always anathema to the then photographed in it for a fashion likes to think there is still something designer who, in 1940, made into a magazine. There followed large of the educational scholar in desirable fashion statement what was orders for the stretch ski pants, what he does. For instance, the traditionally rejected as exceptional parkas and sweaters. Then in 1949 a resurgence of popularity in his bad taste. The Marchese Pucci small collection of resort clothes he’d prints has forced latter-day fashion di Barsento of Florence signs his designed for a friend who had lost her commentators to learn how to printed cloth with a modest Emilio, luggage became an enormous success spell words like psychedelic and otherwise his name would form among the dolce vita set along the kaleidoscopic. With the renewed spontaneous go-slinkier stripes up Mediterranean coast. demand for Emilio’s special brand the sides of trouser legs and sleeves. By 1960, Pucci was the name of mismatched sartorial delirium, More familiarly known as plain to be seen in. Lauren Bacall, Gina there exists feverish competition old Pucci, his designs were so well Lollobrigida, Jackie Kennedy, among the fashionably inclined to loved that Marilyn Monroe asked to Ann-Margret and Elizabeth Taylor out-Pucci each other with original be buried wearing his clothes. Among wore his clothes and not always in 1960s designs versus new ones. Last the living, on the other hand, there those pre-Betty Ford clinic days summer, Paloma Picasso bought are many who wouldn’t be seen dead to stunning eff ect. However, part fi ve Pucci shirts in one day. Prices in it. of the appeal lay in the slinky, for vintage Pucci scarves, bags and “Gaiety is one of the most crease-resistant silk jersey fabric blouses are beginning to out-price important elements I have brought which felt sensual against the skin. a new range of leggings, shirts and to fashion,” Pucci said. So gay are his And it travelled well – so well that headbands on sale at Browns. prints, in bright fuchsia, geranium, Braniff airlines commissioned air But for people hoping to recreate turquoise and yellow, that looking at stewardesses’ uniforms in layers of a cheap alternative, Pucci style is not the barrage of swirling psychedelia Pucci that could be pulled on or off simply a case of rehashing old sixties for too long would put to shame the as the temperature dictated. and seventies psychedelic hippy promises made by most black market It is perhaps due to Pucci’s gear. To do bad taste properly, the hallucinatory drugs. Add to that the traditionally staid, offi ce-bound juxtaposition of screaming colours visual roller-coaster ride aff orded by history of employment in the Italian and clashingly loud prints has to the undulations caused by a moving parliament, air force and political be just right. And it helps if there’s body therein and the appalling science that he overcompensated a designer label to blame if you get out-of-register colour printing of for lost creativity in clothing design. arrested for noise pollution. DRAWING OUT THE PATTERNS: Emilio Pucci at work in 1959. the kind seen in so many newspapers Think about it: here are several years’ — The Guardian 8 GULF TIMES Thursday, August 6, 2020 COMMUNITY TRA Time for a micro adventure: 14 ac

HIGH TIDE: Exploring the Cornish coast at Newquay.

can race along the near-deserted ferry from Burnham-on-Crouch to Rugeley, passing two locks and the tailored to your interests from folklore By Jane Dunford sandy shores of Silecroft beach, while the marina, a mile from the reserve. National Trust’s Shugborough Estate to wild swimming with Emma Cunis, novices can be catered for, too (gently and Cannock Chase Forest. Or head aka Dartmoor’s Daughter. Full day trotting or paddling in the waves Coastal foraging, north to Sandon, through fi ve miles from £250 for fi ve. Group events with et your adrenaline fi x instead). The more experienced can Carmarthenshire of bucolic countryside, navigating various themes, including learning paddleboarding, island- sign up for a full-day’s riding along Search rockpools for edible sea three locks. Other day boat options navigation skills also off ered. hopping, mountain the beach to Haverigg, stopping for a vegetables and shellfi sh, explore include cruising the Shropshire Union biking and lots more. picnic in a nature reserve, or opt for a tidal mud fl ats, sand dune systems Canal from Bunbury Wharf, Cheshire, Spa and adventure, County G beach and fell ride, climbing 2,000ft and estuaries, and learn about the or exploring the Stratford canal in Fermanagh Snorkel and kayak, Cornwall to Black Combe. Two-hour beach rich ocean life on a coastal foraging Warwickshire. Full tuition is provided. Combine adventure with a little Combine snorkelling and kayaking ride £75, whole day £150. Minimum foray in west Wales, with the help of pampering at Corralea Activity Centre on a new tour around the Cornish age 11. local expert Craig Evans. The exact Paddleboarding, Herefordshire on Lough MacNean, in the west of coast from Newquay. Paddle around location depends on the weather, but Soak up the Wye Valley’s dramatic Fermanagh. Spend the morning the craggy shoreline exploring caves Island-hopping, Essex is likely to be around Laugharne or landscape of limestone gorges, ancient exploring wild islands on a self- and coves, then moor up in a sheltered There’s something magical about Pendine Sands. If conditions allow, woodlands and rolling hills on a guided canoe trip, followed by time in inlet to discover what lies beneath islands – and with more than 30, you’ll get to cook and sample some of standup paddleboarding expedition the outdoor wood-fi red hot tub at the the waves on a guided snorkel. The Essex is the county with the most in your discoveries, too. Courses can be on the River Wye. SUP YOFI runs Eco Forest Spa, with views over Thur Marine Conservation Zone is home England. While most are uninhabited specially tailored for group interests various courses, including half-day Mountain and the lough. There’s an to wildlife from dolphins to seahorses havens for wildlife, some, such (such as vegan foraging). river safaris from Kerne Bridge to option to swap canoeing for electric (it’s one of the few breeding sites as Wallasea, are open to visitors. Symonds Yat West. Children over bike hire – a great way to explore the in the UK). Wetsuits and all other An RSPB site, this landscape of Narrowboating, Staff ordshire eight are welcome there are tailored countryside and megalithic tombs equipment are provided. If you’ve still marshland, lagoons and mudfl ats Spend a day navigating peaceful family options and introductory hidden in the forest – and cottages energy to spare, try a surf lesson in was created when 3mn tonnes of inland waterways on a canal boat, sessions, too but all need to be able to should you wish to stay longer. the afternoon. earth from the Crossrail scheme was picnicking on board, or plot a route swim. shipped downriver. There are various in advance and book a pub for lunch. Scrambling, Conwy Horseriding, Cumbria trails to follow; look out for terns, Cruise the Trent and Mersey Canal Dartmoor walk, Devon Head for the hills of Snowdonia Few things are more exhilarating marsh harriers or short-ear owls. from Great Haywood on “Abi” or Wander the wilds of Dartmoor and get truly off the beaten track with than galloping through the surf – and Mid- to late-summer is the best “Daphne”, pretty narrowboats with with its fairytale forests, ancient stone a day of “scrambling”. Somewhere Murthwaite Green Beach Riding in time to see butterfl ies, too, from the space for 10 each, stopping for circles, towering tors and endless open between hillwalking and climbing, the Lake District off ers the chance common blue to the marbled white. towpath walks along the way. Travel moors. Strike out on your own or scrambling is a hands-on experience, to do just that. Experienced riders Drive across the causeway or take a south to the historic market town of organise a day’s private guided walk but no special skills are needed – just Thursday, August 6, 2020 GULF TIMES 9 AVEL COMMUNITY ction-packed day trips in the UK

OFFERINGS: For bracing hikes with a view, the 90-mile Fife Coastal Path, which runs from Kincardine to Newburgh, has a lot to off er, from wild sandy beaches to woodlands and industrial skyscapes.

a sense of adventure, reasonable Mountain biking, North fi tness and a head for heights. Peak Yorkshire Mountaineering takes small groups Soak up the scenery of the Yorkshire into the wilderness close to Capel Dales on a day’s mountain biking Curig village – breathtaking views adventure in remote Nidderdale. are the reward for your eff orts. All Starting from Pateley Bridge, all equipment is provided and you’ll levels are welcome, with experienced learn essentials, from movement guides leading woodland meanders techniques to mountain navigation. for novices and families or across challenging cross-country terrain Via Ferrata, Fife with steep descents for those with For bracing hikes with a view, the more skills. Other options include 90-mile Fife Coastal Path, which exploring the wilds of the North York runs from Kincardine to Newburgh, Moors or pine-fi lled Dalby Forest with has a lot to off er, from wild sandy tracks for diff erent abilities. beaches to woodlands and industrial skyscapes. Choose a section close Sailing, Cornwall to Elie and try Scotland’s very own Take to the high seas on a classic via ferrata. A series of chains are tall ship and learn the ropes of fi xed into the cliff between Shell Bay traditional sailing onboard the and Earlsferry and Elie, taking the beautiful Bessie Ellen in Cornwall. adventurous on a route above the With its usual sailing holiday waves for over a kilometre. Allow up schedule cancelled, the 100-year- to two hours, check tide times before old vessel is now taking small groups heading out – and do not attempt out from Fowey every day in August close to high tide. From here you can and September. You’ll explore the follow a 13-mile section of the path coast around Charlestown and west to Buckhaven Plan or head east Mevagissey, anchor for lunch and to Cambo Sands, 16 miles away. a swim off the boat, and can then choose to sit back. Climb a mountain, Highlands The most westerly peak in Cycling, Carmarthenshire Assynt, in the Highlands, Suilven As part of its bid to become rises sharply to 731m from a rocky, the cycling hub of Wales, heather-clad landscape. It may be Carmarthenshire has just mapped one of the most iconic mountains over 20 new day road cycling trips in Scotland, but the remote setting, around the county. A cluster of rides two hours’ drive from Inverness, start at Llandovery on the edge means it’s crowd-free compared of the Cambrian Mountains and to alternatives further south. It’s Brecon Beacons, with something for a long day’s hike from the start all levels from an eight-mile opener near Lochinver to the top (allow to a 58km day ride, but the choice eight hours for the 22km round covers the whole region. Family- trip; OS Explorer map 442). A friendly options include a 13-mile guide is recommended for the less route along the Millennium Coastal experienced. Scottish Rock and Water Path from Pembrey Country Park – off ers private and group day trips, where you can hire bikes from too. from £70. — The Guardian OPEN COUNTRY: Strike out on your own or organise a guided walk along the wilds of Dartmoor. 10 GULF TIMES Thursday, August 6, 2020 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Thursday, August 6, 2020 GULF TIMES 11 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Rethinking bathroom design

s homeowners begin to dream up plans to update their kitchens and bathrooms, they can spend hours searching for inspiration on the web or one of the many home renovation television shows. There’s no Ashortage of beautiful ideas and designs out there, but before you make any decision, you should start with the crucial question: What is it I really want? Of course, there are the conventional bathroom remodel options, such as a new faucet, countertop or shower fi xture, all of which can be stunning and transform not just your bathroom but your house. But the most commonly used bathroom component is often the most overlooked: the toilet. This statistic should give homeowners pause and invite them to think beyond the conventional bathroom remodelling ideas and re-imagine the possibilities.

Comfort, hygiene and style Travellers returning from Italy, Spain, Argentina and Japan often rave about the unexpected luxury of using a bidet. While popular in many other countries, bidets are only just now catching, moving from high-end luxury bathrooms and hospitals (where they’re used for their superior hygiene) into household bathrooms.

A redefi ned bathroom Equipped with smart technology that allows a person to fully customise their experience, such ultra-modern bidets may change go to the bathroom – but only if the look is right. Consumers are not willing to sacrifi ce design for functionality; they want it all. For anyone who has used or seen a Veil Intelligent Toilet, it’s evident that the same exacting standards it brings to cleanliness and hygiene go into its crisp, clean look. — IANS

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

Today you could be hit with some exciting news, Aries. It could Information that you receive from others and from within your own Some exciting visitors could come to your door today, Gemini, perhaps involve new people and new equipment coming onto the scene. heart could compel you to participate in some ambitious projects, bringing Earthshaking information that could impact your life in a It could involve an entirely new project or course of action that Taurus. They may be work related, connected with a group, or great way. You might start considering new lifestyle options. A group or you never would have imagined. This is likely to shape up to be a your own. Whatever they are, you’re likely to find them interesting, organisation, possibly associated with spirituality or metaphysics, could lucky break for you, as the new situation probably suits your skills challenging, and personally gratifying. New opportunities for suddenly seem attractive and you might consider joining it. Expect and talents nearly perfectly. Make the most of this opportunity. advancement and self-expression could be opening up for you. some fascinating discussions with a close person in your life. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

Group activities or social events in your neighborhood could put Have you been looking to branch out in a new direction, Leo? If so, Unusual circumstances could arise that change the course of your you in touch with new and exciting people who eventually become this could be the day you get the lead of a lifetime. Or you might creative orientation, Virgo. This could involve modern technology friends, Cancer. Shared goals and interests could give rise to plans receive some unexpected information indicating possible new in some way, and it’s highly likely that it concerns the gathering, for ambitious projects. Whatever enterprises you start today are sources of income that you could pursue on your own. Whatever sharing, and use of information. You could find yourself considering likely to prove successful if everyone involved pitches in. In the they are, new doors of opportunity are going to open for you that some unusual options, which could involve changing jobs, your evening, arrange for a quiet tête-à-tête with your romantic partner. could make a big diff erence in your lifestyle. residence, or other factors important to your lifestyle. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

Today you could decide to attend a class or workshop involving people New information could be coming at you from all sides today, Surprising news about your own finances and the world economy in a spiritual, metaphysical, or intellectual field. Fascinating discussions Scorpio. Books, magazines, TV, the Internet, and conversations in general could cause you to feel confident and secure about your could lead to insights and revelations of your own, Libra. You could with friends are likely to bring exciting knowledge your way that financial future, Sagittarius. An unexpected raise in salary could come explore ways to harness your natural healing ability, perhaps through reinforces some of your own convictions. Your intuitive abilities your way soon, possibly because of sudden changes at your workplace. Reiki, massage, or other hands-on disciplines. Expect to spend the next aren’t lying fallow either. Insights and revelations could come to you Some of the information that you receive could seem vague and few days being preoccupied with ideas you learn today. that blend well with what you’re learning from outside sources. uncertain at first, but whatever news follows should clear it up. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

Some fascinating new information, possibly about spiritual or Dreams and meditation could lead to insights regarding how best to A social event or group rally could put you in touch with some new metaphysical matters, could come your way today via books, handle your finances and make your money grow, Aquarius. You could and exciting people in interesting fields, Pisces. You might even run magazines, TV, or the Internet, Capricorn. This could set you off on a receive some surprising ideas from newspapers, TV, or the Internet. into an old friend you haven’t seen for a long time. This promises to new course of study. Your own insights and revelations could prove Your level of intuition is very high. No matter how outrageous an idea be an exciting and stimulating day for you. Don’t be surprised if new invaluable in increasing your understanding of what you read. In the may seem, consider it carefully before making a decision. A written plan doors to a great future open for you. Enjoy! evening, expect a surprising letter or phone call. of action for anything you do would be helpful. 12 GULF TIMES Thursday, August 6, 2020 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES

Wordsearch Adam

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Codeword Every letter of the alphabet is used at least once. Squares with the same number in have the same letter in. Work out which number represents which letter.

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Sudoku

Bound And Gagged

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, August 6, 2020 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Colouring

Across Down 1 Got back a Roman garment (4) 1 Old man initially thanks 3 Life after death? (8) outgoing film star (3,5) 9 Male pickpockets in the hills? 2 Georgia entertains one, going (7) round Italian city (5) 10 Puzzle with tangled ropes (5) 4 Sailor turning up with another 11 A defender may be surprised rock (6) taken thus (5) 5 Recordings made by a pest 12 Foreign seaman - an awful giving trouble (5) rascal (6) 6 Calm down when cooking 14 Christopher and Edward are sausage (7) equipped (6) 7 Measure a piece of enclosed 16 American leader getting ground (4) cheeky again (6) 8 Preserve a mischievous child 19 The effect of one member on (6) legislation (6) 13 Drink ordered for a teach-in 21 A tree for Mr. Atkinson (5) (5,3) 24 Composer taking short breaks 15 A glass for the acrobat (7) before the end of August? (5) 17 A lot of trees in Front Street (6) 25 Visible location for a tavern, 18 Band having an outing in the we hear (2,5) south- east (6) 26 Sweet courses about to be 20 Social worker is joining those emphasised (8) in opposition (5) 27 Some skincare for an old 22 The vehicle a joker gets on (5) American (4) 23 Some want husbands to be like that (4) Answers Solution Wordsearch Codeword 14 GULF TIMES Thursday, August 6, 2020 COMMUNITY REVIEWS A sensory cinematic experience capturing existential dread

The premise is simple, and at 84 eavesdropping from another room, until By Katie Walsh minutes, Seimetz keeps it lean, effi cient and it confronts (the cinematography is by Jay mysterious. It’s the story of a virus of sorts Keitel). Using simple but eff ective lighting, that’s passed from person to person, but sound and editing techniques, coupled with he brilliant actor, director and the pathogen is an idea: the knowing that performance, Seimetz creates a terrifyingly producer Amy Seimetz made her you will die tomorrow. It’s not a phobia, or unsettling experience of transmission. directorial debut in 2012 with the paranoia (though it manifests that way in Editing and sound are superbly intertwined hazy, sun-drenched lovers-on- some), but it’s merely the knowledge of “I am into an unsteady rhythm, as editor Kate Tthe-run fi lm Sun Don’t Shine, going to die tomorrow” that permeates the Brokaw’s cutting lulls and lingers before it starring Kate Lyn Sheil and Kentucker brain. What would you do if you knew? Drive smashes. The sound design whooshes and Audley. Although it’s been eight years to the hospital? Panic? Break up? Grieve? sings, then cuts out, a hush falling, almost between her debut and her follow-up fi lm, Drink? All of the above? as though the fi lm is breathing, and then She Dies Tomorrow, Seimetz has been very Sheil is the patient zero, a woman named suddenly not. With a sparse script, this busy in the interim. She’s co-directed The Amy, whose tearful, mascara-streaked eyes mastery of fi lm craft and form fi lls in the Girlfriend Experience series on Showtime, bookend the fi lm. Sheil, who is essentially rest, creating a sensory cinematic experience directed episodes of Atlanta and acted in the Meryl Streep of the micro-indie movie of what the characters undergo emotionally. many, many fi lms and TV shows, including world, is a fascinating actor, with doleful Seimetz embraces formal experimentation The Killing, Stranger Things, Alien: Covenant blue eyes and a sense of quiet interiority that and narrative ambiguity in She Dies and Pet Sematary, just to name a few. creates for a magnetically laconic screen Tomorrow, which is a sort of cinematic But it’s a treat to watch Seimetz return presence. Seimetz lets us watch Amy as she Rorschach test: It’s about whatever you want to something that is so singularly of her drifts and drapes herself across her empty, to read into it. It’s the story of a plague, it’s own vision, especially the dark, moody half-occupied home listening to Mozart’s the story of isolation, and depression, and and atmospheric She Dies Tomorrow, Lacrimosa, Googling urns and leather jackets compulsively pondering your own death which also stars Sheil and Audley. Things and starting bonfi res. She wakes up gasping even if you don’t want to. But as Amy bids are still hazy and stylishly evocative. But from dreams about an old lover (Audley); she adieu to an unseen person, acknowledging as a fi lmmaker, Seimetz boldly leans into asks her friend Jane (Jane Adams) to come the short but, “really nice time that we spent narrative ambiguity and metaphor, deftly over. Jane then goes to a birthday party at together,” it’s also a fi lm about grief, and manipulating fi lm form and sound to craft the home of her brother (Chris Messina) loss, and saying goodbye. Currently, we all this eerie, lyrical tone poem about what it’s and sister-in-law (Katie Aselton), and the have ample material to read into She Dies like to be alone, consumed by thoughts of infection spreads. Tomorrow, a fi lm about life, death, and how your own death. Seimetz’s camera lurks, as if we face both. — TNS Seth Rogen brings out the sweetness in an immigration fable

the acting chops for more than one kind of by as the condemned Brooklyn factory lays director Trost hasn’t yet discovered the joys comedy. dormant. When Herschel emerges from the of a mobile camera, but his individual, head- This one’s more than one kind of vat, miraculously preserved by the brine, on compositions carry some weight and comedy, too. It’s a sweet yet nicely vinegary the stage is set for a family reunion between resemble ashen-toned tintypes of another immigration fable; a deadpan fantasy; and a he and his great-grandson. This is Ben, a era. (In addition to using a blur fi lter for tale of two Brooklyns, one (1920) a repository struggling app developer, also played by eff ect, Trost plays with the screen’s aspect of rat-infested factories and Eastern Rogen. ratio, confi ning the 1919 scenes to a square European Jewish immigrants, the other You can feel the screenwriter, Simon 1:1 or thereabouts boxlike shape, evoking the (2020) the gentrifi ed land of their progressive, Rich, and the fi rst-time solo feature director silent fi lm era.) pea milk-drinking great-grandchildren. Brandon Trost, struggling to determine The premise requires Rogen to share scenes Rogen plays what the old Hollywood studio precisely what sorts of funny they’re with himself – one bearded, looking like publicity departments called “a demanding after. There’s more confl ict and narrative Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof, the other dual role.” In the land of Schlupsk, in 1919, contrivance in the fi lm than in the source clean-shaven and looking slightly lost, as Herschel Greenbaum works as a gravedigger material, Rich’s four-part story titled “Sell does the great-grandfather from another faced with a near-perpetual landscape of Out,” published by The New Yorker in 2013. time. When they share the camera frame it’s mud true to the fi ctional country’s perfect (In that version Ben is a screenwriter and generally low-fi , old-school fakery, with the name. Speaking in murmured broken English script doctor; Herschel’s impressed that he’s real Rogen addressing a double shown only – the Old Country dialogue is subtitled any kind of doctor.) As the fi lm engineers its from the back. Such tricks allow us to relax Yiddish – Rogen relays Herschel’s courtship fi rst big argument between the Greenbaums, into the deadpan absurdity of the premise. with a fellow villager (Sarah Snook). setting the stage for a series of tit-for-tat The way Rogen makes Herschel a wide-eyed “Sometimes, when we want to be alone, revenge schemes, your heart sinks a little. Is product of his time and place, the movie we go to very special bog,” he says, not long this really what the movie’s going to do, story retains a core of sincerity while scoring before their wedding is cruelly interrupted wise? laughs off Herschel’s ingrained, brined-for- by the arrival of “bloodthirsty, Jew-hungry” Well, it does, and it doesn’t. As Herschel a-century attitudes. (“We sell to all peoples,” Cossacks. hits his business stride, selling homemade he says of his pickle business, “even woman.”) By Michael Phillips While An American Pickle is a diff erent pickles made from dumpster throwaway All you had to do to see Rogen’s abilities sort of comic fable than Rogen’s best- cucumbers in grubby jars, the foodie beyond genial-stonerdom was to see the known work, there’s enough of an edge to Brooklynites go wild, sending Ben into a 2011 cancer comedy 50/50 or director Sarah side from being the briniest make it stick. With a child on the way, the jealous snit and undermining mode. But Polley’s touching, prickly 2012 romance Take fi lm since the Lower East Side Greenbaums pursue their new life in New family is family. Herschel suff ers his highs This Waltz. Unlike so many other screen romance Crossing Delancey 32 York City, with Herschel employed as rat- and lows, as Ben sticks to lows, and he comes actors trained in comedy, he’s a serious years ago, An American Pickle catcher in the Capital Pickle Company. One to realise his barely-Jewish-anymore great- listener and a true inter-player. Even when A(premiering today on HBO Max) untimely plunge into an enormous vat of salt grandson needs him. he’s sharing scenes with Seth Rogen. reminds us that Seth Rogen has always had water and cucumbers later, a century goes Shooting mostly in Pittsburgh in 2018, — Chicago Tribune/ TNS Thursday, August 6, 2020 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY

Amit Sadh: Mentally, I’m had pivotal roles in the digitally- and fi nancially, phase to phase. always on the footpath released fi lms Shakuntala Devi But I think my days on the and Yaara, and he also starred in footpath taught me (a lot). So, Starting his journey from the the web series Avrodh: The Siege mentally I’m always on the small screen, Amit Sadh has come Within. footpath. Even if I become the a long way in showbiz, carving Has been garnering praise for world’s best actor or when I play his own path without any fi lmi his power packed back-to-back (a role), in my mind I am always strings. The actor says his initial performances, though he likes to on the footpath. I think that days of struggle taught him a lot, detach from the end result of his keeps me grounded,” he added. and helped him stay grounded. projects, and looks ahead. In Bollywood, Amit gained Many would still recall Amit as “In life, we should not get too prominence after starring in Kai the college boy in the teen tele- attached to results. When you Po Che! in 2013, and went on to drama Kyun Hota Hai Pyarrr, or fail, you must not feel too bad, work in films like Sultan, Gold, his emotional journey in the fi rst and when you succeed, when and Super 30. In the digital season of the reality TV show, the going is according to your space, he has also been seen in Bigg Boss. Everyone remembers comfort and desire, you should two seasons of the web series FOUNDING DIRECTOR: Alkaz was his transition into Bollywood and not become arrogant,” Amit told Breathe. the first Director of National School of the world of web. IANS. Amit feels overwhelmed with Drama. Amit set a mini record in the “I feel everyone is struggling the love he has got, which pushes OVERWHELMED: Amit says he OTT world last weekend, with in some way, and life changes him to become a better actor. feels overwhelmed by the love he as many as three releases. He mentally, emotionally, spiritually, — IANS has got from the fans. Film world mourns demise of theatre doyen Ebrahim Alkazi

Eminent people from the world of cinema expressed grief and paid tribute to theatre doyen Ebrahim Umbrella Academy makes Alkazi, who passed away on Tuesday. Alkazi, considered the father of modern Indian theatre, was 94. He was the fi rst Director of National family dysfunction more School of Drama (NSD). “A beacon of Indian theatre art and mentor of many great actors, Mr. Ebrahim Alkazi will be remembered for many generations. His love for fun than saving the world theatre and the art is unmatched. My deepest condolences to the family and the NSD family,” actor- fi lmmaker Kamal Haasan tweeted By Lorraine Ali yesterday. Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui tweeted: “The true architect of he Umbrella Academy the Modern Indian Theatre. The superhero troop Doyen who possessed the extreme possesses the ability to knowledge in all the aspects of ART. sprout octopus arms in The magician who nurtured many Tbattle, travel through greats of theatre. May your brightest time, commune with the dead spark from the heaven keeps us and blow their enemies’ minds enlightening #EbrahimAlkazi #RIP.” — literally — with the power of Actor Kabir Bedi also honoured suggestion. Alkazi by tweeting: “Mournng the But it’s not the clan’s crime- passing of Ebrahim Alkazi, iconic fi ghting skills that set it apart giant of modern Indian theatre. I knew from television’s crowded fi eld him from when he was Director of the of onscreen avengers. Netfl ix’s National School of Drama in Delhi in highly entertaining adaptation of the1960s. He gave India great theatre Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba’s comic and created a new generation of actors book series continues to mine the and directors.” Hargreeves’ family dysfunction Actor Anupam Kher hailed Alkazi in Season 2, ratcheting up their as his “acting guru”, and wrote: “My sibling rivalry to mushroom-cloud, acting Guru #EbrahimAlkazi Saab apocalyptic levels. passed away. The tallest man ever The series, which returned in our lives. He taught us not only Friday with 10 new episodes, about theatre, acting or dramas but picks up where Season 1 left off : FAMILY FUN: The cast of Umbrella Academy. also about life. He made us discover The seven Hargreeves children, ourselves. He was our reference point who were selectively adopted hangups, Star Wars references Allison (Emmy Raver- who can throw knives around for great acting. He will be MISSED. for their abilities by an eccentric and weird powers that they don’t Lampman), who has the power to corners, cross paths with fi gures Om Shanti!!” billionaire and then trained in the even understand. They love and talk anyone into anything simply like Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Alkazi, an avid art connoisseur art of saving the world, are now hate one another yet bond over a by saying, “I heard a rumour Ruby. and collector, founded Art Heritage adults who barely escaped a 2019 collective anger toward their late that you (fill in their horrible It’s a pile-on of events that Gallery in New Delhi. He had staged apocalypse. They transported father — a dynamic that anyone fate here),” intersects with the doesn’t always track, and it’s more than 50 plays during his back in time with the hope of with siblings will appreciate. civil rights movement when she further complicated by the antics distinguished career and won the BBC averting the End Times. The gang’s neuroses tangle runs into a “whites only” diner. of a killing squad sent by the Broadcasting Award in 1950. But now we find that doomsday with the call to action when they She has the ability to change this Commission — a corporate-like Some of the major plays directed has followed them back to 1963, drop into a city that’s still home injustice, but as last season taught entity in charge of protecting the by him include Tuglaq (Girish where they haphazardly landed to segregated lunch counters ... them, messing with timelines can timeline from meddlers. But the Karnad), Ashadh Ka Ek Din (Mohan in Dallas and must face another and is days away from hosting have devastating consequences. chemistry among the characters Rakesh), Dharamvir Bharti’s Andha cataclysmic chain of events. But President John F Kennedy’s Klaus (Robert Sheehan) has the and the sharp writing make Yug, besides several Greek tragedies why?! It turns out the crew are motorcade through Dealey Plaza. ability to communicate with the Umbrella Academy a fun and and Shakespeare’s works. such a squabbling mess, they Hulu’s 11.22.63, based on the dead but uses drugs to mute their fast-paced ride through absurd Alkazi was a recipient of the brought the Rapture with them — novel by Stephen King, covered incessant chatter. He becomes circumstances. It’s accompanied Padma Vibhushan (2010), Padma and now they must band together similar terrain but in Umbrella a guru fi gure to an early hippie by a lively, curated soundtrack of Bhushan (1991) and Padma Shri to avert it. God help the planet. Academy, with its interest movement. Luther (Tom Hopper), old and new songs, originals and (1966) honours. He had also trained Their race to stop nuclear war in special powers and family who is inhumanly strong and covers (just like last season), highly some of the best known Indian is a blast unto itself. The misfits dynamics as well as the past has the unfortunate upper-body stylised retro fashion and plenty of talents, including Naseeruddin Shah are digital beings in an analog itself, there’s more to 1963 than physique of a chimp, and his snarky humour. and Om Puri. – IANS era, with myriad psychological an impending apocalypse. brother Diego (David Castaneda), — Los Angeles Times/ TNS 16 GULF TIMES Thursday, August 6, 2020 COMMUNITY “I have collected countless blessings in Qatar” Indian expatriate Syed Abdul Hye first came to Qatar in 1959 and has since made it his home

By Mudassir Raja

Migration is an expression “Now, my children are of the human aspiration for dignity, safety and a enjoying their lives in better future. It is part “of the social fabric, part Qatar. I owe everything of our very make-up as a human family.” These words by Ban Ki- to this country. I have moon, former secretary-general of the United Nations, clearly been able to pursue portray significance of migration for a better and securer future. my two hobbies with Qatar has long been a desired destination for people from South passion. I have been Asia as they look to it for better prospects outside their countries. an avid reader and a The life of Indian expatriate Syed Abdul Hye, who set his foot in keen photographer. Qatar 61 years ago, is a telling story about how migration can My shelves are full of help people attain prosperity in life. books and photo albums. Abdul Hye was only 18-year- old when he landed at the shores It has been a long but of Mesaieed in 1959. “It has been about 61 years since I first left my worthwhile journey house in Karkala town near the city of Mangalore in Karnataka, so far” southern state of India. Being the eldest son, I realised it very early — Syed Abdul Hye that I had to provide a helping hand to my father to support the family. With the consent of my father, I decided, after completing matriculation, to leave for Qatar where my maternal uncle was already working. The uncle often used to support our large family. We were 14 siblings – 11 brothers and three sisters.” The young Abdul Hye came area where I lived initially were made up were born and brought up here. They to Qatar by sea as there were no of mud and stones. There was electricity got very good education here. I got very flights available those days. “One available but not everywhere in Qatar. good business here. Now, my children of our neighbours was a trader and The road designs are same but some are enjoying their lives in Qatar. I owe he often used to go to Mumbai. He roads have been widened and expanded everything to this country. I have been helped me reach the port city by with the passage of time. able to pursue my two hobbies with sea. An uncle of mine was working “My first job was as an English passion. I have been an avid reader and in the Mumbai Port Trust. He language typist with a private company. a keen photographer. My shelves are full helped me complete my travel After some years, I quit my job and set of books and photo albums. It has been a documents, passport and the visa. up a workshop in the Industrial Area long but worthwhile journey so far.” I completed my voyage to Qatar in and started having contract works with The long-time-resident of Qatar is nine days. I remember, on our way oil companies. This is still our family all praise for the country’s attention on to Qatar, our ship stopped near business and now my son looks after it. health and education sectors. “When I Gwadar, a port city of Pakistan. I am also a founder member of the Ideal came to Qatar, Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah Some boys came close to our ship Indian School. I have been associated al-Thani was the ruler of the country. in small boats. They were very with different community and literary He was known to be a pious and wise good swimmers. To show their organisations besides being an active man. I have seen Qatar develop very agility, they would ask us to throw Toastmaster in Doha.” fast. There have been three key sectors coins in the water and they would Reflecting on his life in Qatar, Abdul where the government has continuously collect the money by taking deep Hye says that the country has given him been performing very well. These are; dives into the sea water.” everything. security, health and education. The Upon reaching Qatar, he was “In Qur’an, Allah says that man country has been overwhelmingly received by his uncle at Mesaieed cannot count His blessings. I mention peaceful and secure. The governments from where he reached his house this just to emphasise that I have have been paying extraordinary in Rumailah. “At that time, the collected countless blessings from this attention on health and education for road to Doha was not paved. Oil country. I have achieved a lot. I think both the citizens and the residents. was used as base material to make my life would have been a lot different, I think myself lucky to have spent so LONG TIME RESIDENT: Abdul Hye was only 18 when he the road. Most of the houses in the if I had not come to Qatar. My children much time in Qatar.” landed on the shores of Mesaieed in 1959.