Community Community Principal of 12 books you Ideal Indian must include P6School P16 in your receives ‘Best Results reading list in Humanities Stream this year. Award’ at 31st CBSE Gulf Principals’ Conference.

Sunday, January 13, 2019 Jumada I 7, 1440 AH

Doha today: 160 - 230

PRESCRIBED: Wet-lining around the edge of the burn unit during a prescribed burn at the Point Reyes National Seashore on July 16, 2010. Wet-lining is the application of water and foam in a line, which stops fire from burning across.

COVER Counterintuitive STORY If California wants to get out in front of its wildfire problem, scientists advise to start more forest fires. P4-5

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First Grand Slam A Dog’s Way Home is tennis event of the year. worth a tail wag. Page 10 Page 15 2 GULF TIMES Sunday, January 13, 2019 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT

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Petta more to Kaali than meets the eye. Things take an interesting DIRECTION: Karthik Subbaraj turn when Kaali’s path crosses with a group of dreaded CAST: Rajinikanth, Vijay Sethupathi, Simran gangsters. SYNOPSIS: Though he works as a hostel warden, there is THEATRE: The Mall

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Viswasam Durai - a charismatic village chieftain who is beloved by his DIRECTION: Siva people and strikes fear in the heart of his enemies. CAST: Ajith Kumar, Nayanthara, Sakshi Agarwal SYNOPSIS: Viswasam delves into the world of Thooku THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza ote Unquo Qu te The Mall Cinema (1): How To The Hidden World (2D) 5pm; “I hear Train Your Dragon:The Hidden Viswasam (Tamil) 7pm and I forget. I see World (2D) 2pm; How To Train 122 (Arabic) 9:45pm; The Your Dragon: The Hidden World Accidental Prime Minister (Hindi) and I remember. I do and I (2D) 3:45pm; How To Train Your Landmark Cinema (1): 11:30pm. understand.” Dragon: The Hidden World (2D) Viswasam (Tamil) 2pm; Uri: The Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (1): 5:45pm; Holmes And Watson Surgical Strike (Hindi) 4:45pm; The Super (2D) 2:15pm; Holmes — Confucius (2D) 7:45pm; The Accidental How To Train Your Dragon: And Watson (2D) 4pm; How To Prime Minister (Hindi) 9:30pm; The Hidden World (2D) 7pm; Train Your Dragon: The Hidden Viswasam (Tamil) 11:30pm. The Accidental Prime Minister World (2D) 6pm; Petta (Tamil) The Mall Cinema (2): Vinaya (Hindi) 9pm; Ntr: Kathanayakudu 8pm; Petta (Tamil) 11pm. Vidheya Rama (Telugu) 2pm; (Telugu) 11pm. Royal Plaza Cinema Palace Petta (Tamil) 5pm; Petta (Tamil) Landmark Cinema (2): Petta (2): Vinaya Vidheya Rama Community Editor 8pm; Petta (Tamil) 11pm. (Tamil) 2pm; Petta (Tamil) 5pm; (Telugu) 2:15pm; The Mule (2D) Kamran Rehmat The Mall Cinema (3): Viswasam Petta (Tamil) 8pm; Petta (Tamil) 5pm; The Accidental Prime e-mail: [email protected] (Tamil) 2:15pm; Black ‘47 (2D) 11pm. Minister (Hindi) 7:15pm; The Landmark Cinema (3): Ntr: Telephone: 44466405 5pm; Viswasam (Tamil) 6:45pm; Accidental Prime Minister The Mule (2D) 9:30pm; Uri: The Kathanayakudu (Telugu) 2pm; (Hindi) 9:15pm; Viswasam (Tamil) Fax: 44350474 Surgical Strike (Hindi) 11:30pm. How To Train Your Dragon: 11:15pm. Sunday, January 13, 2019 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY

Ballet Lessons old. Also, a kids’ duathlon was introduced WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier this year for two age groups 7-9 and 10-12 WHEN: Ongoing years old to allow all family members to TIME: 4pm – 8pm enjoy the event. For more info e-mail at registration@ atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839.

Cycling: Losail Circuit Sports Club WHERE: Losail Circuit WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 5pm Losail Circuit Sports Club, in association with Qatar Sports For All Federation, Arabic Calligraphy Workshop invites all cyclists, runners and walkers WHEN: Saturday – Wednesday to train under the floodlights of Losail TIME: 6pm International Circuit every Wednesdays. Arabic Calligraphy workshop is back. Come and learn the artistic practice of Arabic handwriting and calligraphy at Music and Arts Atelier. EVENTS Getting Started with Makey Makey The lessons will take place every WHERE: Qatar National Library Saturday, Monday and Wednesday at Arijit Singh Live in Doha WHEN: January 19 6pm. For more information, contact WHERE: Lusail Sports Arena TIME: 4:30pm – 5:30pm [email protected] WHEN: January 18 How can everyday objects be used to TIME: 5pm onwards control computers? In this session, you’ll After School Activities With more than 200 songs in just 5 learn how you can use the Makey Makey WHERE: Atelier years, Arijit Singh enjoys an immense fan invention kit to turn ordinary objects into WHEN: Ongoing following thanks to his soulful voice and computer keyboards. Music and arts activities for students unparalleled talent. Come and witness the taking place after they finish their day in magic live. school includes Group Music lessons, Hip- hop, Ballet, Drawing and Painting, Drama Autism Football Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and WHERE: Student Center Education The Colour Run 10 years old after school hours. WHEN: Ongoing till January 17 WHERE: QNCC TIME: 11am – 4pm WHEN: January 26 Qatar Foundation is excited to launch TIME: 8:30am new inclusive sports programmes for the Celebrate the hero in you in a realm Autism community. The assessment will where nothing is impossible and you are identify what session will be suitable for unstoppable. Soar to new heights in the all- each participant based on their football new Super Zone and suit up in gear fit for ability and age. only the most super of heroes as you collect your medal at the Finish Line! 2019 will Archives Exhibition also include the Foam Zone. Gates will open WHERE: Qatar National Library at 7am on January 26, with our first Color WHEN: Ongoing till January 31 Runners setting off at 8.30am. TIME: 8am – 8pm The exhibition explores the history of Qatar through several family collections. It presents selected items from previously Hobby Classes unseen private archives of photos, artefacts WHERE: Mystic Arts Centre behind Al and documents to show the role that Robotics Junior Course Hilal Focus Medical Centre individuals within a community can play WHERE: Recreation Centre WHEN:Wednesday – Monday in building its identity and preserving its WHEN: January 19 Mystic Art Centre, is a holistic heritage and history. TIME: 1pm – 3pm performing arts institution and a one stop Children are invited to build their own solution for adults as well as children robot and make it move however they want. looking to explore their talents in various It will be a fun chance for them to delve art forms. We offer classes in Carnatic deep into the world of robotics and explore Music, Hindustani Music, Karate, Yoga, how computer programming and robot Zumba, Classical Dance, Salsa, Hip Hop, design can solve all kinds of problems. contemporary and dance forms. Doha Triathlon 2019 For details, call 33897609. Katara Beach - School Students WHERE: Museum of Islamic Art WHERE: Katara WHEN: February 8 Dance and Instrument Classes WHEN: Ongoing Doha Triathlon has opened registration WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf TIME: 9am – 12pm for its third edition. Those wishing to Times Building By participating in the programme of participate in the event can visit www. WHEN: Wednesday – Monday ‘Our culture is a school’, Katara Beach doha-triathlon.com to register in either the Learn the movements of dance styles emphasises the Qatari marine tradition Olympic or Sprint which offers registration in Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the and introduces to students the meaning of for both individuals and team relays. musical instruments such as Piano, Guitar, Dasha, Al Qafal and various type of pearls. Another choice is the Super Sprint which Keyboard for adults as well kids and move The students will discover all details of the is only for individuals and open for both in the world of music. For details, contact Fath Al-Khair journey. adults and kids aged between 13-15 years 66523871/ 31326749.

Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Sunday, January 13, 2019 COMMUNITY COVER STORY California can use fire to kill wildfire

formed US Forest Service began By Julia Rosen extinguishing flames as quickly as possible. Managers believed that suppressing fires protected both f California wants to get communities and forests, Martin out in front of its wildfire said. And for decades, it did. problem, scientists But over time, the plan backfi red. have some clear but That was especially true in conifer counterintuitive advice: forests, which used to burn every IStart more forest fires. fi ve to 20 years and grew denser Decades of research shows with each missed cycle. that lighting fires under safe Then came drought, tree-killing conditions not only clears out the beetles and climate change – plus dead plants and thick underbrush a booming population that kept that fuel many severe wildfires, expanding into forested areas. it also restores a natural process Californians are all too that once kept forests healthy and familiar with the consequences: resilient. catastrophic wildfires that are It can be tricky to pull off nearly impossible to contain. because all fires, whether natural “If you want to really, fully or intentional, are inherently restore the forest, you have to get dangerous and smoky. Even fire back in there,” said Malcolm so, experts say the benefits far North, a research scientist at outweigh the risks. the US Forest Service’s Pacific California’s overgrown forests Southwest Research Station in came under scrutiny when Davis, Calif. President Donald Trump blamed Beyond removing saplings and them for the state’s recent fires pine duff, fire creates natural and called for more aggressive variability in the spacing of management. trees, he said. It typically leaves Experts say the diagnosis denser stands in wetter places and was misplaced; the fires in both creates gaps in dryer areas that Paradise and Southern California prevent flames from spreading. drew their deadly power from “That’s one of the features extreme weather conditions which made forests so resilient to exacerbated by climate change, fire and drought,” he said. not from the buildup of dense Fire also plays a critical role trees and brush. in breaking down material on Nevertheless, scientists the forest floor and recycling and land managers agree on nutrients. the importance of reducing Except near communities, the flammable fuel in California’s vast goal of prescribed burns is not to conifer forests. And they say that prevent future fires, but to allow fire is the best tool for the job. more wildfires to burn safely, “We really have to understand North said. that what’s really needed on the The 2013 Rim fire was a prime landscape is more fire, not less,” example. said Kelly Martin, the fire chief of It started with a runaway Yosemite National Park. campfire on National Forest land Some fires will happen no east of Groveland, Calif., and matter what, scientists say. The quickly metastasised. But then question is: Do we want fires we it spread into nearby Yosemite can control, or fires we can’t? National Park, where for decades Until the 1800s, when settlers Martin and her predecessors had flooded into California, many been lighting prescribed fires and parts of the state experienced far allowing natural ones to burn. more wildfire than they do today. When the Rim fire hit Natural fires burned unimpeded, previously treated areas, it and Native Americans lit blazes to suddenly became tamer. It reduce future risks and boost the dropped from the canopy back growth of desirable plants, as they down to the ground, burned less had done for thousands of years. intensely, and didn’t require much The state’s ecosystems evolved suppression, Martin said. not just to tolerate burning, but to The controlled burns also depend on it. protected staff buildings near the “California landscapes were Hodgdon Meadow Campground. really truly born and bred of fire,” “We didn’t lose any homes,” she Martin said. said. Then the federal government Despite its effectiveness, intervened. After several massive prescribed burning remains vastly MONITORING: A crew member monitors a prescribed burn at Yosemite National Park on October 18, 2008. Fire wildfires ripped through the West underutilised in California and helps recycle important nutrients back into the soil and makes way for new grasses, wildflowers and other plants. in the early 1900s, the newly across the West. Sunday, January 13, 2019 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

“Until the 1800s, when settlers flooded into California, many parts of the state experienced far more wildfire than they do today. Natural fires burned unimpeded, and Native Americans lit blazes to reduce future risks and boost the growth of desirable plants, as they had done for thousands of CONTROLLED BURNING: A pile burning near the Manzanita Lake Dam at the Lassen Volcanic National Park on November 15, 2007. Fire crews burn large debris piles in the fall and winter, after cooler and wetter weather prevails. years”

“You’ve got a whole bunch of sustainably improve the health “are very fire-resistant and they more than controlled burning In 2015, a coalition of state things which make it difficult,” and resiliency of the forest (while are not contributing to the fire and will not, on its own, provide and federal land management North said. creating jobs), or they are burned intensity,” North said. The real the full ecological benefits of fire agencies, local air quality Like smoke, which is unhealthy to the ground,” he wrote. culprits are the shrubs and small or make a dent in the millions of districts, tribes and nonprofit to breathe, particularly for those But scientists say logging rarely trees that serve as “ladder fuels” rugged acres that need treatment. organisations came together to with asthma and other health reduces fire risk – unless it helps because they lift flames from “You cannot thin your way out reduce barriers to prescribed conditions. subsidise the cost of effective the forest floor to the canopy. of the problem,” he said. burning. They are working to Then there are the lives and thinning. And these have little commercial California has warmed to the make controlled burns easier to property at risk in the roughly 1 The large trees that make value. North’s research found that idea that it must fight fire with co-ordinate and smoke easier to percent of fires that escape. In one money for logging companies thinning costs about 3.5 times fire. track. tragic case, a prescribed fire just The momentum picked up west of Denver destroyed about in May, when Gov. Jerry Brown two dozen homes and killed three created a forest management people. task force to identify windows of Such accidents are rare, opportunity for prescribed burns however, and managers can and streamline the permitting minimise the public’s exposure process. In September, Brown by lighting fires under favourable signed a bill aimed at expanding weather conditions. the use of prescribed fires by, “Yes, there’s some risk. Yes, among other things, creating ways there’s some smoke. But what’s for landowners and agencies to the trade-off?” said Jeff Kane, a share costs and liability. fire ecologist at Humboldt State “I kind of had to pinch myself,” University. said Craig Thomas, the recently Some California forests are so retired conservation director of clogged with overgrowth that it’s Sierra Forest Legacy. “I love being unsafe to introduce fire without in California because we can have first pulling out some of the that complicated conversation. smaller trees and shrubs. We need to stop the bad fire and “In many cases, particularly in dramatically increase the good the Sierra Nevada, 85 percent to fire.” 95 percent of the forest is in an But other hurdles remain, extremely explosive condition,” including a lack of firefighters, North said. Thinning gives equipment and funding, managers a toehold. according to research by Courtney Outgoing Secretary of the Schultz, a forest policy expert at Interior Ryan Zinke endorsed both Colorado State University. Fire prescribed burning and thinning suppression has become such a in a recent op-ed on CNN monumental task that it often advocating for more aggressive occupies all available personnel forest management. However, he and funds, leaving nothing left for has more often emphasised the things like prescribed burning. need to cut trees, arguing that the The US Forest Service will additional logging will benefit get some help starting in 2020, rural economies. thanks to congressional action “Logs typically come out of the that will free up funds for forest forest in one of two ways: they SOLUTION: A firefighter lighting the Loomis Prescribed Burn on July 16, 2010. Fire is often the only way to deal with management. – Los Angeles are either harvested as timber to large downed logs on the forest floor, which can’t be removed with machinery. Times/TNS 6 GULF TIMES Sunday, January 13, 2019 COMMUNITY Principal of IIS receives award at 31st CBSE Gulf Principals’ Conference

The 31st CBSE Gulf Principals’ Conference, under the aegis of Council of CBSE Aff iliated Schools in the Gulf Region, was recently organised in Bengaluru, . Syed Shoukath Ali, Principal of Ideal Indian School (IIS), received the ‘Best Results in Humanities Stream Award’ on behalf of IIS for outstanding results in Grade-XII in CBSE All India Secondary School Examination.

UKB organises blood donation drive

Uttara Karnataka Balaga Qatar (UKB), in association with Sing Seva Group, Shaheed Baba Deep Singh Trust and Mirrikh Contracting, recently organised a blood donation drive at Hamad Medical Corporation Blood Donor Centre. Some 100 volunteers took part in the drive. The drive was attended by the management committee and members of UKB, including Shashidhar Hebbal, Founding President of UKB; and Sanjeev Sharma, Dharampal Singh, Angrej Singh, Prasanna, Managing Committee members.

SNF elects new off ice bearers

Shaeqee Ne Fun (SNF), a socio-cultural organisation of Pakistani expatriates in Qatar, recently appointed since 1973. He is also the Chairman of Majlis-e-Frogh-e- Adab, a reputed Urdu literary organisation its new off ice bearers. The new off ice bearers, include Mohammad Atiq, Chairman of SNF; Dr Fartash based in Qatar. SNF was founded by Malik Museeb ur Rehman in 1993. Since its inception, SNF has Syed, Covernor of SNF; Nawaz M Akram, President; Javed Humayon and Noor Ansari, Vice Presidents; been organising high profile musical concerts of top , classical and pop singers from , Qamar uz Zaman Bhatti, Secretary General; Furqan Ahmed Paracha and Farzana Safdar, Joint including Iqbal Bano, Ustad Hamid Ali Khan, Abida Perveen, Ghulam Ali, Humaira Arshad, Rustam Secretaries; Mushfiq Raza Naqvi and Sanwal Abbasi, Information Secretaries; and Irfan Haider, Finance Fateh Ali Khan, Rifaqat Ali, Shamaila Khan, Saira Naseem, Rabi Peerzada, Shahid Hussain, Irum Hassan, Secretary. Atiq is a prominent member of Pakistani community in Qatar and has been living here Nisar Butt, Ali Sher and Wazir Afzal. Sunday, January 13, 2019 GULF TIMES 7 ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY Carbon-neutral country feels global warming’s pinch Bhutan, a remote kingdom nestled in the Himalayas, claims to be the only carbon-negative country in the world. And yet, it is more vulnerable to climate change than most other countries. By Nick Kaiser

estled in the Himalayas between India and China, the tiny kingdom of Bhutan is a place where, for the Nmost part, nature reigns. Small towns, serpentine roads and paddy fi elds are sparsely distributed across its mountain slopes and valleys. The Buddhist kingdom is similar in size to the Netherlands, and its population is just upwards of 800,000. More than two-thirds of Bhutan’s territory is forested, and according to its constitution, that proportion must always remain above the 60-per-cent mark. With hardly any industry to speak of, Bhutan is the only climate-neutral country in the world. Its intention to remain so – which it declared at the 2015 Paris climate conference – was considered the most ambitious pledge of any country at the event. Bhutan claims not only to be carbon-neutral, but in fact carbon- negative – its forest consumes three times as much carbon dioxide as Bhutan produces. In other words, there is no country in the world that is less to blame for climate change CLEAN: Prayer flags and electricity lines cross a river in Paro. Bhutan is considered the only climate-neutral country in the world, yet suff ers the eff ects of than Bhutan. climate change more acutely. And yet, it is particularly vulnerable to its consequences. Weak river fl ows are becoming agreed goal of limiting global ‘I can see with my eyes ... the more common because water warming to below 2 degrees Celsius changes in the snow in the high sources are drying up across the would be achieved. Even if it were, mountains, a distinct change,” says kingdom, according to experts. he says, it would not be enough to Dasho Benji, a former ambassador ‘It seems that it’s due to protect Bhutan. to the UN and an adviser to the precipitation patterns changing,” ‘If you look at poorer countries, former king of Bhutan, whose son is says Thinley Namgyel, head of mountain countries like Nepal or now in power. the Bhutan government’s Climate Bhutan, 2 degrees doesn’t mean ‘There are some peaks which Change Division. 2 degrees here – it means much used to be beautifully covered in ‘Precipitation in winter is really more,” says Namgyel. ‘Mountain snow, now it’s just black rock,” important for farming communities areas get much warmer than the he says, adding that low water – before they begin work in spring global average, so 2 degrees global levels in Bhutan’s rivers and the breaking the ground for the crops, average is like 3 or 4 degrees in disappearance of glaciers are also some moisture is needed,” he says. mountain areas.” visible to anyone who cares to look. ‘We used to get a lot of snow in the Bhutan’s ambitious declaration Bhutan almost exclusively uses winter, in high elevations. Now it’s in Paris in 2015 was intended to hydropower to fuel its energy drier and drier.” EXPERT: Thinley Namgyel is head of the Bhutan government’s Climate signal that the country wanted to needs, an endeavour that also fi lls In the summer, on the Change Division. do its part, but not without the help its state coff ers as much of the other hand, there is too much of richer countries, says Namgyel. electricity is sold to neighbouring precipitation. Namgyel believes that in order ‘but if climate change is for real, we ‘This is what all the poorer India. The change in the climate makes to become less dependent on should look at alternatives – wind, countries are saying: ‹We’re Bhutan uses run-of-the-river the monsoons more unpredictable, hydropower, it would make sense solar, geothermal.” committed, but we need your help. hydropower without major dams, says Namgyel, adding: ‘When it for the country to start widening ‘Clean energy – we need to focus We cannot do it by ourselves,’” he meaning energy production is rains, it pours – we’re getting fl ash its focus. more on that,” says Norbu. says. subject to seasonal river fl ows. fl oods and landslides.” ‘Everything in Bhutan is Namgyel, who acted as Bhutan’s Former UN ambassador Benji did Bizarrely, this means that Due to possible negative dependent on hydropower,” says chief negotiator at the Paris climate not expect much of the conference in winter, electricity has to be consequences for ecosystems and Nawang Norbu, executive director talks in 2015, is currently on a in Poland. ‘Is anybody really imported from India at a higher local communities, a government of the Bhutan Ecological Society. one-year sabbatical and did not interested in the poor islands or cost and without a guarantee that committee recently recommended ‘We cannot do [without] it, attend climate talks in Poland in the poor small countries? Nobody it does not come from coal-fi red limiting the number of new because we need revenues and December. really gives a shit about us,” he says. power plants. hydropower plants. foreign exchange,” Norbu says, He is not optimistic that the – DPA 8 GULF TIMES Sunday, January 13, 2019 COMMUNITY MU Striking the perfect ch Strings, Quratulain Balouch and Ali Sethi recently performed in Doha at PK Music Fest

s the most prolifi c see the response of the gathering. bands of our time, it’s They sang soundtracks from their perhaps not surprising upcoming 30 that includes that there was a public six singles along with their ever celebration planned for green sound tracks. It won’t be Athis milestone in their unfathomable erroneous to say that Strings is one career; 30 years of Strings. Strings of the best pop bands from Pakistan is internationally acclaimed with a huge following in India as Pakistani pop rock band composed well. Spider Man soundtrack was of two members, plus four live band composed and played by them. They members from Karachi. The band have quite some Indian Bollywood was initially formed by four college soundtracks to their credit as well. students – Bilal Maqsood (vocals They successfully ran the Coke and guitars), (vocals), Studio franchise in Pakistan and Rafi q Wazir Ali (synthesiser) increased the fan base along with the and Kareem Bashir Bhoy (bass introduction of new names in the guitar) – in 1988. Along the way of music industry. blueprinting pop rock in Pakistan via Ali Sethi is globally recognised their signature sound and inimitable for his fi rst published novel, The body of work, the band disbanded Wish Maker. The book was short- in 1992. But, after a hiatus of eight listed for DSC Prize for South Asian years, Kapadia and Bilal together Literature and the Shakti Bhatt First made a comeback later in 2000 to Book Prize Award. Sethi has written usher a revival of Pakistani music several columns for New York Times, industry. , The Caravan, and Strings recently caterwauled Doha The Friday Times as well. In 2013, for its three decades of success along he shifted his focus towards his will two other prominent Pakistani music career and made his fi lm singers, including Quratulain debut as a singer in The Reluctant Balouch, better known as QB, and Fundamentalist (2013). Ali Sethi at Al Mayasa Auditorium Talking to Community, Qatar National Convention Centre Muhammad Asif Aslam Rao who (QNCC), as a part of the ongoing with his wife Shamila Rao attended third edition of Shop Qatar festival. the concert, said, “I am from To those of us who grew up with Karachi. I have been a big fan of Strings as a constant barometer Strings for a long time. In Qatar, I for the zeitgeist, they know that work in aviation sector. The concert Strings’ professional existence has was a wonderful opportunity to never been marked by anything listen to Strings live abroad. It was banal. No one today wants to go to like feeling at home. My wife is a big a Strings concert and not enjoy the fan of QB and she came primarily live performance featuring Sajni and for her performance. She loves Urr Jaun. They know it and it’s their Humsafar. We are really thankful greatest ammunition. to the organisers for organising this All charged up in the glittering concert and taking his down the PIONEERS: Strings is internationally acclaimed Pakistani pop rock band that blueprinted pop rock in Pakistan via their atmosphere, the attendees were memory lane.” signature sound and inimitable body of work. Photo by Shehar Bano mainly from Pakistani expatriate Syed Ali Muntazir Rizvi said, “I community and they danced and am also from Karachi and have been danced on the live performances. in Qatar for many years. I grew up There was nothing and nobody listening to Strings. I have attended to stop them to enjoy the live almost all of their concerts in performances of their favourite Karachi. I’m happy to see them live, singers, all at one place. again, young and energetic. These The marathon concert, PK Music boys are going to entertain the music Fest, was organised by QTickets. lovers for a long time. My family The concert kicked off with Ali’s loves QB and Ali as well as they both performance featuring cover tracks are young and energetic with soulful of old songs and some classic voices.” original singles, which was followed Organised by Qatar National up by QB’s sensational voice Tourism Council, Shop Qatar’s that took the audience by storm. activities off er special off ers for the Opening her performance with her bargain-hunter, the style-savvy and track Woh Humsafar Tha, the OST the fashion-forward. Shop Qatar, of drama serial Humsafar (2011) the country’s only nation-wide that propelled her into the limelight shopping festival, brings a host of and fame. QB moved to her other new features for the residents and soundtracks, including Saaiyan, the visitors to enjoy until January Tere Naal Mein Laiyan, Mera Ishq 20. Besides off ering discounts and and Humsafar, She also transitioned promotions, the festival’s 14 retail into more desi songs and maintained partners will also host exclusive the charged atmosphere for the entertainment and roaming mall concert’s duration, till Strings took shows for families and children. over the stage. Unique shopping tours at Bilal Maqsood and Faisal Kapadia Souq Waqif, fashion-focused performed live on stage after four events, concerts, and other live DOWN THE MEMORY LANE: As they celebrated their success of three decades, Strings took the audience down the years as they told the audience. performances also await festival- memory lane with their ever-green soundtracks, including Sajni and Urr Jaun. Photo by Shehar Bano Faisal said that he was excited to goers and shoppers. Sunday, January 13, 2019 GULF TIMES 9 USIC COMMUNITY hord with raving songs , held at Al Mayasa Auditorium Qatar National Convention Centre. By Mudassir Raja

PERFORMANCE: Ali Sethi during his performance. Photo by Hasan Zaidi

OPENING: The concert kicked off with Ali Sethi’s performance featuring cover tracks of old songs and some classic original singles. CLAIM TO FAME: QB opened her performance with her track Woh Humsafar Tha, the OST of drama serial Humsafar (2011) that propelled her into Photo by Hasan Zaidi the limelight and fame. Photo by Hasan Zaidi 10 GULF TIMES Sunday, January 13, 2019 COMMUNITY QUIZ First Grand Slam tennis event of the year

Martina Navratilova pulled off a remarkable double in 2003 when she won both the Australian Open and Wimbledon mixed doubles, aged 46, playing alongside an Indian tennis player. Name him. Leander Paes. Considered to be one of the best doubles and mixed doubles players of all time, he has achieved a career Grand Slam in both disciplines. he holidays are over. And the bests of What was “Soybean Car” world’s tennis are which was unveiled by Henry already headed Down Ford on August 13, 1941 and Under to play at the patented by him on this day muchT awaited and the first Grand (January 13) in 1942? Slam tennis event of the year. It was a prototype car built with Australian Open is now arguably agricultural plastic. The car body the largest annual sporting event INDOOR: Australian Open is the first Grand Slam tournament to feature indoor play during wet weather or extreme and fenders were made from a in the Southern Hemisphere. Host heat with its three primary courts. strong material derived from soy city Melbourne always saves its beans, wheat and corn. The body best for the Australian Open, with Australian Open is the first the second in December. In 1987, was lighter and therefore more an array of art, culture and music Grand Slam tournament to feature the tournament moved back to Name the youngest and the fuel efficient than a normal metal adding to the atmosphere. The indoor play during wet weather January, so no championship was oldest winner of the Men’s body. tournament also does hold the or extreme heat with its three decided in 1986. single title at the Australian record for the highest attendance primary courts, including Rod While Djokovic holds the joint Open. What is a group of frogs at a Grand Slam event, with Laver Arena, Melbourne Arena record for the most Australian Ken Rosewall and Ken Rosewall. called? 743,667 people attending the 2018 and the refurbished Margaret Open wins, Andy Murray isn’t far Yes, you read that right. It is the Army edition. Court Arena equipped with behind hi, in finals. Murray has same person! The Australian Open was first retractable roofs. reached the final at Melbourne Which actress said, “Fasten held in 1905. It is the youngest The Australian Open has its fair Park an amazing five times, but Roy Emerson, Novak your seatbelts. It’s going to be of all the four Grand Slams, the share of hiccups over its existence. has yet to win the thing! Of his Djokovic and Roger Federer a bumpy night,” in All About oldest being Wimbledon (1877) The tournament was played in five defeats in the finals, four have hold the record for the most Eve? followed by US Open (1881) and January till 1919 and shifted to been against Djoko. Will it be men’s singles titles with Bette Davis as Margo Channing. French Open (1891). Interestingly, March in 1920. It again changed different for Muzzard at possibly Emerson winning the event when it was first held, the very to August during 1923-1976. In a his swansong at AO2019? six times in the Amateur Era If you were painting with first game was played in a cricket curious case, when changing from Welcome to the another bout of and Federer and Djokovic tempera, what would you be field at the Warehouseman’s a January event to a December bits and bats. Welcome to ‘Nutty’s taking the same number of using to bind together colour Cricket Ground. Since its event, two tournaments were Infotainment. YAYS!’. And your titles in the Open Era. Who pigments? inception, the Australian Open held in 1977; the first in January, time starts NOW! overshadows their records Egg yolk. has been staged in five Australian in women’s with a record- and two New Zealand cities. breaking eleven singles titles? Identify the company from the Due to the remote location Margaret Court. She is also image below? of Australia in the context of credited with the longest many international players, very consecutive singles win streak (Answer next week. Answer few foreign players entered this with seven victories (1960-66). to last week’s photo-quiz: tournament in the early 20th Backgammon.) century. In the 1920s, the trip by The longest Grand Slam final ship from Europe to Australia took ever played happened at the about 45 days. 2012 Australian Open. Name Initially, the Australian Open the two players engaged in the was played on grass. Starting epic battle lasting 5 hours and 1988, the surface shifted from 53 minutes. grass to hard courts. Mats Novak Djokovic and Rafael Wilander holds the record for Nadal, at the time ranked the being the only player to win the number 1 and 2 player in the title on both grass and hard court. BINDING: Egg yolk is used to bind colour pigments together when painting world, respectively. In the final, January is actually the summer with tempera. Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael time in Australia. The mercury Nadal 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), can rise up to 45 degree Celsius 7–5 to win the tournament. which is well above 100 degrees in Fahrenheit. The blazing Which is the only Grand conditions pose challenge to Tribe NI.yays Slam to be played in two players. They feel like playing different countries? tennis in a sauna or on a frying Australian Open. pan that sizzle their soles. They are forced to make use of braided 1. In which country was fortune cookie invented? What’s the Good Word? challenging ice towels. Many players have USA, and not China, as many believe. 6. Dwaal: (a) chaos (b) dreamy state to be put on intravenous drips (Ambar Ghosh, Qatar Trading Company, Doha) 1. Zoetic: (a) amusing (b) damp (c) (c) litter (d) concept in order to cope up with the hot vital (d) frothy 7. Amok: (a) rampage (b) irony (c) weather conditions. Extreme 2. What is the tiny plastic covering of the tip of a shoelace 2. Bismer: (a) shame (b) abysmal (c) placid (d) finicky temperatures also cause the tennis called? diff er (d) resemble 8. Flapdoodle: (a) hooligan b) fiasco balls to shrink and expand and An aglet 3. Doppelganger: (a) king (b) maniac (c) splurge (d) idiocy behave differently. From 1988, (George Avdou, Ahliah School, Beirut) (c) foe (d) double 9. Woozy: (a) steady (b) nonsense (c) Extreme Heat Policy or EHP came 4. Lamprophony: (a) leap year (b) dazed (d) ultimate into effect wherein the match Do you have some interesting bytes to share? And, does your loudness and clarity of voice (c) severe 10. Moniker: (a) folly (b) logo (c) quiz can be halted upon the referee’s vibe attract you to the ‘Tribe NI.yays!’ Every week two of your best pain in limbs (d) phonetics (d) nickname decision if the temperature questions will be featured here. Please do write to us at ni.yays@ 5. Pauciloquent: (a) determined Answers: 1 (c); 2 (a); 3 (d); 4 (b); 5 (c); 6 crosses the threshold barrier. zoho.com. (b) striking (c) brief in speech (d) (b); 7 (a); 8 (d); 9 (c); 10 (d) Sunday, January 13, 2019 GULF TIMES 11 INFOGRAPHIC COMMUNITY 12 GULF TIMES Sunday, January 13, 2019 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. Sunday, January 13, 2019 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Colouring

ACROSS 1. Over the water (5,3-5) DOWN 8. Gifts of money (7) 2. Dance away extra weight (7) 9. Frame holding hot drink (7) 3. I escape from useless 11. Woman fighting for a flower position at the front (3) (6) 4. Frame made of prime spruce 13. Set out in a ship, one hears wood (4) (8) 5. One cries a lot (10) 15. Intensely disliked cover 6. Do court a girl first (5) provided by the journalist (5) 7. Being the sense, roughly, the 16. Do beware! It’s hollow (7) church provides (7) 18. Mean to turn up with the 8. The favourite in form (8,3) coiled ropes (7) 10. Colin’s later to be made a 19. Graduates in charge of knight (3,8) Answers developing a computer 12. Sequence of command (5) language (5) 14. Bill Horn takes steps to bring Wordsearch Codeword 21. Goes ahead and makes a about an agreement (10) profit (8) 17. She’s forever in a book (5) 23. First Turkish composer to go 18. One mole captured who’s abroad (6) first in the field (7) 25. Walk over when one’s 20. In South Africa figure a girl’s not quite ready in the plain (7) heavyweight division 22. Grant some women do work (5,2) as well as men (5) 26. Capital cover provided after 24. Stylish little touch I the rainstorm (7) considered adding (4) 28. Packed picture in a frame, 27. The maid would spoil him (3) perhaps (7,6)

Yesterday’s Solutions

ACROSS: 1 Kitty Hawk 8 DOWN: 1 Ketchup 2 Twister 3 Ingenue 9 Tricars 10 Esquire 13 Yeast 4 Assents 5 Kine 6 Peru Hatstand 14 Idle 16 Persuasion 7 Legends 11 Stingo 12 Item 15 20 Amps 22 Fall 24 Cannonball Lamb 17 Era 18 Sild 19 Accrue 28 Oder 29 Apostles 31 Rustles 21 Pal 22 Farrago 23 Lots 25 34 Upright 35 Guerdon 36 Neptune 26 Allegro 27 Lisette Dream home. 30 Scram 32 Tort 33 Sand. 14 GULF TIMES Sunday, January 13, 2019 COMMUNITY LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE High-fibre diet lowers risk of death and non-communicable diseases

ating up to 30 grams of naturally- control and can favourably influence lipid occurring dietary fibre — such as and glucose levels. whole grains, pulses, vegetables “The breakdown of fibre in the large and fruits — daily may prevent bowel by the resident bacteria has the risks of developing non- additional wide-ranging effects including communicableE diseases, finds a review of protection from colorectal cancer,” Mann studies published in the journal The Lancet. said. The results suggest a 15-30 per cent Protection against stroke, and breast decrease in all-cause and cardiovascular cancer also increased. Consuming 25-29 related mortality; and reduced incidence grams each day was adequate but the data of coronary heart disease, stroke, Type-2 suggest that higher intakes of dietary fibre diabetes and colorectal cancer by 16-24 per could provide even greater protection. cent. The researchers included 185 Increasing fibre intake is associated observational studies and 58 clinical trials with lower bodyweight and cholesterol, involving 4,635 adult participants. compared with lower intake or synthetic The study also found that diets with a and extracted fibre. low glycaemic index and low glycaemic “Our findings provide convincing load provided limited support for evidence for nutrition guidelines to focus protection against Type 2 diabetes and on increasing dietary fibre and on replacing stroke only. Foods with a low glycaemic refined grains with whole grains. This index or low glycaemic load may also reduces incidence risk and mortality from contain added sugars, saturated fats, and a broad range of important diseases,” said sodium. Professor Jim Mann, from the University of However, high intakes might have ill- Otago, New Zealand. effects for people with low iron or mineral “Fibre-rich whole foods that require levels for whom high levels of whole chewing and retain much of their structure grains can further reduce iron levels, the in the gut increase satiety and help weight researchers noted. — IANS

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

If you’ve been aiming for a specific career goal, Capricorn, it might Books and conversations with friends could take up most of your If you’re currently romantically involved, expect your relationship to suddenly manifest with the current planetary energy. You could be day, Taurus. The intellectual stimulation could have positive and reach a new understanding and sense of unity, Gemini. If you aren’t catapulted into the public eye in some way. The possibility of an negative eff ects on your health. Positive because it raises your involved, you could meet someone special today, and it might be like increased income could arise, although it might be speculative at enthusiasm and puts you in an enthusiastic state of mind, and love at first sight. An instant bond could form between you because this point. Your mental energy continues high, so you should be able negative because it might get you so excited that you forget to eat of mutual intellectual interests. You might have a lot to talk about, as to easily grasp all the ins and outs of your situation. or rest. Enjoy all the excitement but don’t forget to take a break. your own projects are going better than you’d hoped. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

An old friend you haven’t seen in a long time could turn up. This Some great news could come today that turns your life upside down News might bring exciting opportunities for increasing your income, should be a pleasant surprise, Cancer, as you will have a lot of momentarily. Leo, you will find it very exciting. New neighbours Virgo. Perhaps you will learn of ways to start your own business. catching up to do. You might have good news, as you’ve been busy could move in and you might spend some time getting acquainted. Maybe the demand for people with your skills has increased. You and could have come across some very exciting information. Take a Much of your day could be spent seeking information in a field that might discover the eff iciency some new technology for managing walk at the end of the day or you might not be able to sleep. interests you. Expect a busy day, but remember to rest now and your finances. Discussions with others should bring many new ideas then. A walk in the evening might be a good idea. your way. Make the most of them. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

Discussions could bring some exciting information your way that Today you may take up the study of astrology, numerology, alchemy, New friends, new goals, and new attitudes could all appear on the alters your thinking slightly. You tend to be oriented towards social, or other occult discipline. Your intellectual abilities are particularly scene, Sagittarius. Unexpected developments within a group are political, or humanitarian issues, Libra. Today you might have the sharp, Scorpio, so you may want to combine them with your likely to require reevaluating a course of action. This is probably a chance to put your talents to work. Someone could ask you for tendency toward mysticism. This should keep you busy for much positive development, and it could be exciting, but it’s going to mean assistance. You have the mental and physical energy to go for it, so of the day, but you need to watch out for intellectual overload. You some immediate adjustments. As your mental energy is still sharp, it’s likely that you will, though perhaps not right away. don’t want to forget what you’ve learned. Take notes. this shouldn’t be too diff icult. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

If you’ve been aiming for a specific career goal, Capricorn, it might This should be a stimulating day, Aquarius. The possibility of a Unexpected economic developments might make a sudden and suddenly manifest with the current planetary energy. You could be journey might arise unexpectedly. This could be exciting as some positive diff erence in your situation, Pisces. Perhaps your field catapulted into the public eye in some way. The possibility of an close friends or a romantic partner might accompany you. A new becomes more competitive, and people with your skills are more in increased income could arise, although it might be speculative at turn in your intellectual or spiritual interests could have your mind demand. Whatever it is, you can expect more money to come your this point. Your mental energy continues high, so you should be able going a thousand miles an hour. You will want to learn more about it. way in the future. Legal papers could be involved, as could some to easily grasp all the ins and outs of your situation. The Internet could have useful information. Make the most of it. interesting people you haven’t met before. Sunday, January 13, 2019 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY A Dog’s Way Home is worth a tail wag

STYLE ICON: Alia Bhatt is investing in a fashion-tech startup and recently announced the launch of ‘The StyleCracker Box Club’. It’s important to have style: Alia Bhatt

Actress Alia Bhatt, an investor in a fashion- tech startup, says style is important. Alia has announced the launch of ‘The StyleCracker Box Club’, which makes the concept of personal styling accessible to all via a membership programme. Through this, a personalised box of fashion, curated every 6 weeks by a celebrity stylist, will reach customers. Every box will include around four products per box, depending on the mix selected including apparel, bag, footwear and accessories. Alia said in a statement: “I think that’s really cool because basically you’re just making sure you’re stamping that all year round you’re going to be super stylish and you don’t have to ADAPTATION: The film is based on one of W Bruce Cameron’s books that is part of a series that also led to the 2017 film A Dog’s Purpose. thin k about it. You have a box coming every six weeks. he Homeward Bound movies thoughts are given voice by Bryce Dallas main human is played by Jonah Hauer-King “You will always be stylish and in life it is of the early ‘90s solidifi ed the Howard. Via a story that takes longer than (from the BBC adaptation of Little Women), important to have style.” family fi lm subgenre of cross- necessary to get into gear — the title is who manages to sound not at all British. On the fi lm front, the actress will next be country adventures by lovable, basically a plot synopsis, so do we really It was directed by Charles Martin Smith seen in Gully Boy. –IANS anthropomorphised pets. The need half an hour of setup? — Bella ends — yes, the guy who played Terry the Toad in Tlatest entry, A Dog’s Way Home, doesn’t do up separated from her human family (the American Graffi ti, who has segued to a solid anything new with the formula, but it does term “owners” is never used). Pulled by “an career as a fi lmmaker. He was a good choice. deliver exactly what it promises — a movie invisible leash of love,” she sets out to hike As the director who unleashed “Air Bud” that’s cute, with just enough tension to not the 400 miles home. on the unsuspecting public, he’s worked scare youngsters. The scenery will be a saving grace for with four-legged protagonists before. And The script was adapted by W. Bruce grown-up viewers. Bella has to make her way his wilderness adventure The Snow Walker Cameron and his wife, Cathryn Michon, across the Colorado Rockies, which provide made great use of its setting. from his book— part of a series that also led a stunning backdrop. At times, this almost Cat lovers, take note: There are a couple of to the 2017 fi lm A Dog’s Purpose. Like that looks like a nature fi lm, with Bella marching nice nods toward felines, too. Cameron and charmer, Way Home has an episodic plot past moose, sipping from pristine, gurgling Michon reportedly are working on a third seasoned with dog-centric musings about streams and gazing at snow-covered peaks. dog movie, but if they ever run out of cutesy “my humans” and the glories of foraging There also are some well-known faces dialogue for pooches, it’s not a bad idea to from garbage cans. among the cast, including Ashley Judd, expand their audience base.— Star Tribune The star of the show is Bella, whose Edward James Olmos and Wes Studi. Bella’s (Minneapolis)/ TNS BREAKUP: Brie Larson and Alex Greenwald exchanged rings in Tokyo back in 2016. Accidental Prime Minister mints Prime Minister as the fi lm defames both Brie Larson, Alex Greenwald Rs4.5 crore despite resistance Manmohan Singh and the country across call off engagement the globe. The Accidental Prime Minister, which The fi lm is based on a similarly titled Actress Brie Larson and musician Alex presents Manmohan Singh’s tenure in book written by Sanjaya Baru, the former Greenwald have called off their engagement offi ce, collected Rs4.5 crore in India, where Prime Minister Singh’s media advisor. after nearly three years. protests were staged by Congress activists Baru’s book was published in April 2014. The 29-year-old actress and 39-year-old in some parts. In Punjab’s Ludhiana city, the fi lm’s Phantom Planet frontman exchanged rings in “The fi rst day collection of The screening was stopped in a multiplex Tokyo back in 2016. Accidental Prime Minister is Rs4.5 crore. following protest. The activists held a “They have taken a step back from their Eastern sector had disturbances with protest outside the Pavilion Mall following engagement for the time being but they remain the release,” a statement from the fi lm’s which the multiplex management did close,” people.com quoted a source as saying. presenter, Pen Studios, said. not start the show to prevent untoward They had been dating for several years Actor Anupam Kher, who plays incidents. prior to the engagement as they had been Manmohan Singh in the fi lm, tweeted The fi lm was however, screened in romantically linked since 2013. yesterday: “An appeal to the authorities to multiplexes in Chandigarh. Greenwald joined Larson at numerous stop a section of people who are indulging In Kolkata, the screening of the fi lm awards seasons events that year when Larson in acts of violence and hooliganism during was cancelled at a theatre due to security received recognition for the 2015 thriller Room. the screening of our fi lm The Accidental reasons amid protest demonstrations by She even gave Greenwald a shout-out while Prime Minister. Also a call out to other youth Congress activists, police said. accepting the Academy Award for Best Actress sections of people who believe in selective According to the viewers at the Hind at the 2016 Oscars. outrage towards Freedom Of Expression.” Cinema near central Kolkata’s Chandni “Jacob Tremblay (has been) my partner The fi lm released on Friday amid tight Chowk area, the show was cancelled through this in every way possible,” she said of security as Congress activists protested at after screening for just 10 minutes on its her Room co-star. some places. opening day. “My real partner, Alex Greenwald, I love The Delhi Youth Wing of the Shiromani VETERAN: Bollywood’s veteran actor “There was an agitation by a certain you,” she added. – IANS Akali Dal on Friday wrote to cinema halls Anupam Kher stars in The Accidental Prime group outside the hall,” a senior police urging them not to show The Accidental Minister as Manmohan Singh. offi cer told IANS. — IANS 16 GULF TIMES Sunday, January 13, 2019 COMMUNITY New books to look forward to in 2019

nybody have a New Maid by Stephanie Land the gun control movement they The protagonist of this debut a woman diagnosed with breast Year’s resolution to “My daughter learned to walk launched, along with young black novel has been billed as the “black cancer after returning from her read more in 2019? in a homeless shelter.” This is the activists from , Baltimore Bridget Jones” and comes from honeymoon, a self-absorbed Start here: 12 works of opening line of Land’s memoir of and elsewhere. (Harper, Feb. 12) England buoyed by praise from TV producer who pays Gottlieb fiction and nonfiction life on the margins, subtitled Hard Jojo Moyes. Queenie Jenkins is in cash so his wife won’t know, thatA will make keeping that Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s The Lady From The Black a 25-year-old Jamaican-British a divorced 69-year-old who resolution an absolute cinch. Will to Survive. With a foreword Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara woman, a newspaper reporter in believes her life has been one by Barbara Ehrenreich (Nickel and None but the most diehard of London, forced to re-evaluate her long mistake. (Houghton Mifflin The First Consipiracy by Brad Dimed), the book tells how Land Hollywood fanatics is familiar life choices after a bad breakup Harcourt, April 2) Meltzer and Joel Mensch raised a child while working part with the name of Milicent Patrick. with her white boyfriend. A trio of Here’s what they didn’t time cleaning rich people’s houses But if you’ve seen The Creature girlfriends offers support via text Exhalation by Ted Chiang teach you in your high school and shines a powerful light on from the Black Lagoon, you know messages; we can’t wait to meet The Port Jefferson-born science American history class: There the stigma faced by the poor in Patrick’s most iconic creation _ them all. (Scout Press, March 19) fiction author— winner of several was an assassination plot against America. (Hachette, Jan. 22) for which a jealous male colleague Hugo and Nebula awards — is out George Washington during the took credit. Filmmaker and Lost And Wanted by Nell with a second collection of mind- Revolutionary War. Among the Black Leopard, Red Wolf by podcaster O’Meara resurrects Freudenberger bending stories. (A story from his players in the 1776 conspiracy were a Marlon James the story of this path-breaking Professor Helen Clapp first book, Stories of Your Life and group of Washington’s bodyguards, Fantasy fiction gets a shot of animator, who designed monsters receives a text message from an Others, was the basis for the film the New York City mayor and adrenaline in this first book of the in the special effects makeup old friend— nothing out of the Arrival with Amy Adams.) Chiang the New York State governor. Dark Star trilogy, written by the department of Universal Studios ordinary, except that Charlotte publishes so rarely — Stories of Thriller writer Brad Meltzer brings Booker Prize-winning author of in its 1950s heyday. (Hanover Boyce, her Harvard roommate, Your Life came out in 2002— and a novelist’s fl air to the dramatic A Brief History of Seven Killings. Square Press, March 5) has just died, tragically young, is so good that this book qualifies story, with an assist from historian Inspired by the richness of African of lupus. Is it really Charlotte? as an event. (Alfred A. Knopf, Mensch. (Flatiron, Jan. 8) mythology and landscapes, Black We Were Rich And We Didn’t The texter seems to know things May 8) Leopard tells the story of Tracker, Know It by Tom Phelan only Charlotte could, and The Dreamers by Karen a hunter charged with finding a Born in Ireland’s County the realization rocks Helen’s Floyd Harbor by Joel Mowdy Thmopson Walker boy has been missing three years. Laois in 1940, Phelan is a former world. From the author of The Raised with 12 siblings in In her new novel, the author (Riverhead, Feb. 5) priest, longtime custodian in the Newlyweds. (Alfred A. Knopf, Mastic Beach, Mowdy tells 12 of The Age of Miracles gives Garden City public schools and a April 2) stories of working-class life on new meaning to Shakespeare’s Parkland by Dave Cullen novelist. In this evocative memoir, the East End in the 1990s. Among immortal words “to sleep, Ten years after the publication with echoes of Frank McCourt, Maybe You Should Talk To the touchstones you’ll find in perchance to dream.” Students of Columbine, his acclaimed he recalls his upbringing on an Someone by Lori Gottlieb this collection: Kool cigarettes, and locals in a small California chronicle of the Colorado school Irish farm without electricity, What happens when a therapist bowling alleys, Suffolk County college town fall into slumber and shooting that rocked the nation telephone or indoor plumbing. goes into therapy? That’s the Community College, Greek don’t awake; doctors are stunned in 1999, journalist Cullen travels A glossary of Irish vernacular story told in this book by the diners, 7-Eleven hot dogs, LIRR to record unprecedented levels of to Parkland, Fla., to report on is helpfully provided. (Gallery, psychotherapist who writes the stations. This is an unvarnished activity in the sleepers’ brains. the aftermath of the shooting March 5) Dear Therapist column for The Long Island book that many local We predict this one could keep at Marjory Stoneman Douglas Atlantic magazine. With total readers will passionately relate to. readers up all night. (Random High School. This time, however, Queenie by Candice Carty- candor, Gottlieb share her own (Catapult, May 14) House, Jan. 15) he focuses on the survivors and Williams story and those of her patients — — Newsday/ TNS