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Camera Kids: Make Your Own Short this time round. Best of all there will be Film malls full of shopping discounts across WHEN: Until tomorrow Doha. Discounts of up to 50% are off ered A well-rounded introduction to the and anybody spending more than QR200 at diff erent elements of photography, film and participating outlets will be entered into a fi lmmaking helps young people make their draw to win a stack of cash or even a luxury fi rst one-minute short fi lms. Applicants must car. be between 13 and 17 years old. Summer Workshop 2017 for kids DFI Presents MIA Exhibition Series WHERE: IAID WHERE: MIA Park WHEN: July-Aug WHEN: Sept 14-15 Summer break is a long-awaited respite for TIME: 7:30pm your kids after months of hitting the books. Doha Film Institute is inviting people to This is an opportunity for them to hone their their second round of screenings as part of current skills, pick up a new hobby, or simply the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) Exhibition stay active, whether their interest lies in dance, series. The series is dedicated to showcasing music or arts. This summer, get your kids up contemporary fi lms that connect to the main and going by enrolling them at IAID! Starting theme of the museum’s current exhibition, three years and above, we have courses to off er Imperial Threads: Motifs and artisans from this summer such as Ballet Kids, Strum-A- Turkey, Iran and India. All screenings take Long, Bolly Thumka, Music Fun, ARTmazing place at the MIA Auditorium. Screenings are & more. EVENTS festival city. Meet your favourite cartoon free, but a ticket is required for admission. characters and click a selfi e with them. Enjoy Evolution Sports Qatar Aqua Park Ladies Day and cherish each moment. WHERE: Evolution Sports WHERE: Aqua Park WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 1pm-9pm Splash & Dash 3rd Edition Evolution Sports will mark its anniversary by Aqua Park is bringing Ladies Day back WHERE: Aspire Dome Doha hosting a number of exciting events throughout every Sunday and Wednesday until August WHEN: Until August 30 2017 as well as some amazing promotions, ten 30. Enjoy the excitement at Aqua Park from TIME: 7pm years on from when the club was formed on 1pm to 9pm on these days. Aspire Dome is opening its doors for you September 1, 2007. The club has been working in the summer to enjoy a healthy lifestyle. with a panel of coaches and directors to plan Summer Camp at TCA Swimming and running sessions will be the events which will be announced over the WHEN: Until tomorrow available for all community members coming months. Members should look forward WHERE: TCA throughout August in the Aspire Dome to a variety of diff erent occasions, suitable for TCA has successfully completed the Swimming Pool and Indoor Athletics Track. all ages so the whole family can get involved in two batches of summer camp and now Registration will be available online and the birthday celebrations. To kick-off things the 3rd batch is going on. There was an onsite at the Dome’s main entrance. off , Evolution Sports recently launched their overwhelming response from parents as well Skate Girls of Kabul Exhibition 10-year anniversary logo. The emblem has been as students. Admission for the forth batch WHERE: Katara designed by Toyan Greaves, the man behind the has already started. Grab this opportunity not WHEN: Until Oct 20 original Evolution Sports logo and will be used to miss anything as there is only a few seats Award winning photographer Jessica on all documentation, both online and offl ine are left for batch 4, which starts from August Fulford-Dobson will present her critically- for the next 12 months. 12. Come and register your kids for Abacus, acclaimed series of portraits, Skate Girls Vedic Math, Rubic Cube, Robotics, Fun of Kabul in her fi rst show in the Middle with Science, Connectivate (knowing your East. Presented by Qatar Museums, the own inner skills), drawing and painting, and exhibition will be at the QM Gallery Katara. calligraphy. So what are you waiting for, grab The portraits tell the extraordinary story your seats at the earliest. 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Highlighting MIA’s masterpiece carpets, among other artworks, from Turkey, Iran and India, these objects will be contextualised within the historical circumstances of politics and artistic production of their time, primarily from the 16th to the 18th centuries.

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Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Wednesday, August 23, 2017 COMMUNITY IEI Qatar holds seminar on the role of engineers in nation development

he Qatar Chapter of the Institution of Engineers (India) (IEI Qatar) organised a Earlier, Secretary Dipak Dahake outlined the Qatar Chapter's professional activities seminar titled “Role of Engineers in the Development of Nation” at the Radisson Blu and talked about corporate/non-corporate membership classes off ered by the institution. hotel last Friday. Currently, he said, the Qatar Chapter is off ering free life membership to corporate members Entrepreneur Dilip Dharurkar, who is heading the NAC Group of Industries as and free annual membership to the graduate engineers. Managing Director, was the guest speaker. In his thought provoking presentation, he Chairman Aniruddha Kulkarni said that the chapter will celebrate the 50th Engineers Day on sharedT his views on the theme and shared a lot of ideas for engineers which can be practically September 22 at the Radisson Blu. implemented. He appealed to all participants to focus on small things initially and come A total of 80 participants, including engineers, designers, consultants, managers and forward to provide economic engineering solutions for the betterment of the society. administrators, attended the event. ENVIRONMENT Climate change likely to shrink fish size by 30%: Study

ish are expected to shrink “There is a point where the gills in size by 20 to 30 per cannot supply enough oxygen for cent as a result of rising a larger body, so the fish just stops ocean temperatures due to growing larger,” he added. climate change across the Warmer waters increase fish's globe,F claims a study. need for oxygen but climate change The fi ndings showed that as fi sh will result in less oxygen in the grow into adulthood, their demand oceans. This means that gills have for oxygen increases because their less oxygen to supply to a body that body mass becomes larger. However, already grows faster than them. the surface area of the gills – where This forces fish to stop growing oxygen is obtained – does not grow at a smaller size to be able to fulfill at the same pace as the rest of the their needs with the little oxygen body. available to them, the researchers This explains why fi sh are said, in the paper published in the expected to shrink – “gill-oxygen journal Global Change Biology. limitation theory.” Some species like tuna, which “Fish, as cold-blooded animals, are fast moving and require more cannot regulate their own body energy and oxygen, may shrink temperatures. When their waters get even more when temperatures warmer, their metabolism accelerates increase. and they need more oxygen to sustain Smaller fish will have an impact their body functions,” said William on fisheries production as well as Cheung, Associate Professor from the interaction between organisms the University of British Columbia in in the ecosystems, the researchers Some species like tuna, which are fast moving and require more energy and oxygen, may shrink even more when Canada. said. — IANS temperatures increase. Wednesday, August 23, 2017 GULF TIMES 5 HEALTH COMMUNITY Contact sports may alter brains of young, healthy athletes laying contact sports such as soccer, basketball and fi eld hockey may lead to greater eff ects on the brain of athletes, researchers say. Researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital Pperformed pre-season brain scans of athletes and found that the athletes in collision and contact sports had diff erences in brain structure, function and chemical markers typically associated with brain injury, compared to athletes in non-contact sports. The study, published in the journal Frontiers of Neurology, found diff erences in the structure of the brain’s white matter – the fi bre tracts that connect diff erent parts of the brain and allow them to communicate with one another. Athletes in sports with higher levels of contact also showed signs of reduced communication between brain areas and decreased activity, particularly within areas involved in vision and motor function, compared to those in non-contact sports such as volleyball, the researchers said. “This study fi lls an important gap in understanding how contact aff ects healthy brains, as a step towards better understanding why a small number of athletes in contact sports show negative long-term health consequences,” said Tom Schweizer, head of the Neuroscience Research Programme and the paper’s co-author. Most of the research in this area has focussed on the long-term eff ects for athletes in collision sports such as football and ice hockey, where players may be exposed to hundreds of impacts in a single season, the researchers noted. Less is known about the consequences of participating in contact sports where body-to-body contact is permitted but is not purposeful such as soccer, basketball and fi eld hockey, the researchers added. Athletes in sports with higher levels of contact also showed signs of reduced communication between brain areas and decreased activity. — IANS Here’s why you tend to be New electronic skin tracks heart rate, respiration Taking the technology of contract like a spring wearables to the next level, without breaking and are researchers have developed a also configured in an unusual less alert during afternoon new electronic skin that tracks spider web pattern that ensures heart rate, respiration, muscle uniform and extreme levels of movement and other health stretchability and bendability o you fi nd yourself grumpy and less alert data, and wirelessly transmits it in any direction. in the afternoon hours as opposed to to a smartphone. “Combining big data the morning hours? It is because your The electronic skin developed and artificial intelligence brain expects a reward, while activation by South Korean and US—based technologies, the wireless is greater in the morning and evening researchers has better trackers, biosensors can be developed Dbecause rewards are not expected at these times, greater fl exibility, smaller size into an entire medical system according to a study. and the ability to stick the which allows portable access The fi ndings showed that activation of a reward- self—adhesive patch just about to collection, storage and processing brain region peaks in the morning and anywhere on the body. analysis of health signals and evening and dips at 2pm. The microsystem could also be information,” said Kyung-In Understanding how activity in the brain’s reward used in robotics or autonomous Jang, professor at South Korea’s system changes throughout the day could have navigation, which the team is Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of implications for depression, substance abuse and now investigating. Science and Technology. sleep disturbances, said Greg Murray from the “The wearable contains about According to researchers, the Swinburne University in Australia. 50 components connected by a key to creating this microsystem For the study, published in The Journal of network of 250 tiny wire coils is stretching the elastic silicone Neuroscience, the team compared activation of embedded in protective silicone. base while the tiny wire arcs, the brain’s reward system in young men during a The soft material enables it to made of gold, chromium and gambling task at 10am, 2pm and 7pm. conform to the body unlike other phosphate, are laid fl at onto it. They found that activation in the left putamen was The findings showed that activation of a reward- hard monitors,” the researchers “The entire system is powered lowest in early afternoon. This fi nding may parallel processing brain region peaks in the morning and stated in a paper published in the wirelessly rather than being the drop in alertness people tend to feel in mid- evening and dips at 2pm. journal Nature Communications. charged by a battery. The afternoon, the researchers said. The wearable wirelessly researchers also considered key “While the left putamen had greatest activation at rewards in the early afternoon and be surprised when transmits data on movement and electrical and mechanical issues 10am and 7pm, it had signifi cantly lowered activation they appear at the start and end of the day,” Byrne respiration as well as electrical to optimise the system’s physical at 2pm,” Jamie Byrne from the varsity was quoted as added. activity in the heart, muscles, layout such as sensor placement saying to Daily Mail. The results contrast with a previous research eyes and brain to a smartphone or wire length to minimise signal “The left putamen is particularly responsive to showing that people report being in the best mood application. interference and noise,” Jang unexpected rewards, so our data suggest that the – a subjective measure of reward activation – at this The coils can stretch and explained. — IANS brain’s reward centres might be primed to expect time, the researchers said. — IANS 6 GULF TIMES Wednesday, August 23, 2017 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Bounding over a golden rainbow Community catches up with Qatari high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim for an exclusive interview

other participants. I respect all my By Aney Mathew opponents, but at the same time I make it a point to focus on myself.” “I have the hope of my As for the record setting scenario atar’s Mutaz Essa that unfolded at the IAAF Diamond whole country on Barshim has done it League meet in Birmingham, it my back, and I just again! The Olympic was like watching a thriller movie. high jump silver According to the IAAF report, can’t let them down” medallist has rewritten Barshim was well into the lead up to Qsporting history for and including 2.28m with fi rst-time Qatar again twice in a row, within a clearance at each height, until he span of exactly one week. He began brought the bar down at 2.31m. The by fi rst winning the well-deserved page-turner was a successful jump crown of World Champion. The from Majd Eddin Ghazal, world accomplishment came in the wake bronze medallist, who crossed of his fl awless eff ort in clearing the mark on the fi rst attempt and the 2.35m mark, at the men’s high Barshim missed it the second jump event at the Final of the time. Barshim’s third attempt was IAAF World Championships in successful and it changed the scene London on August 13. This amazing completely as this meant Barshim achievement was closely followed was still in the competition. From by another gold and another record there on the pursuit for victory at the IAAF Diamond League meet escalated. The crossing at 2.33 and in Birmingham on August 20. 2.35 went well for Qatar’s champ; This time he set a new stadium at this point Ghazal retired from meet record for Birmingham as the competition. However, Barshim he jumped over 2.40m and in the was not done yet. The bar was process has also become the fi rst set to 2.39m and even as all eyes man to clear 2.40m leap on British strained to watch his performance soil since 2000! he failed – twice. Like a true That’s not all. There’s more champion, Barshim now requested excitement lined up for Barshim’s the bar be raised to 2.4m. As the fans this month, as the Qatari crowd watched with baited breath Falcon prepares himself to soar he made his fi nal attempt for the for more gold at the fi nals of the day, clearing the bar to break his Diamond League in Zurich on own meeting record! According to August 24 and the International Barshim, the challenge tested him Hochspring meeting in Eberstadt, and brought out his best. Germany on August 27. This defi nitely has been a “gold For Barshim, this season has season” for Barshim who has been been marked by hectic travel, on a winning streak. He took off practice schedules, qualifi cation on a winning note by winning the rounds, championships and GCC championship. He continued victory celebrations, all held in to experience a great term since, diff erent countries. Many of the topping every Diamond League championships have literally been event he has participated in this spaced just days apart. What’s year commencing with a great to be highly appreciated is that in victory on home turf, in May. This between all this activity the young year, the Qatari phenomenon has athlete paused for a while, to chat also won the Shanghai Diamond with Community for an exclusive League, the Oslo Bislett Games and interview. Soft-spoken, friendly the Paris Meeting. and down-to-earth Barshim The Oslo’s Bislett Games brought clearly demonstrates that despite in extra glory, as he beat one world clinching titles and setting records, meeting record of 2.37m set by he remains fi rmly grounded and Javier Sotomayer, the greatest high approachable. Victory certainly jumper the world has ever seen. hasn’t gone to his head. As his Sotomayer’s personal best of 2.45m fans point out, “Barshim is a true set 24 years ago remains unbeaten. champ!” Barshim has proved to be the Barshim was the clear favourite second highest jumper in history at the London IAAF Championship. having cleared 2.43m in 2014, just He was not just undefeated in the 2cm shy of Sotomayer’s unbeaten season; at that point he held seven mark. of the eight best clearances in the Beating Sotomayer’s record world. Referring to the triumph continues to be Barshim’s dream. and the preparation in the run up It seems to be just a matter of time to the event, Barshim simply says, before Barshim fl ies to the much- “I feel very happy to have won the coveted top spot. “I feel confi dent title of the World Champion. This that I’m on the right track in is a title I did not have and one I meeting my goal. I just need time really wanted. To be honest I didn’t and I certainly need to stay healthy,” really fear strong competition at he explains. the event. This is not to downplay Staying healthy and injury free THE CHAMP: Mutaz Barshim, the World Champion, with his Gold Medal at the IAAF World Championships in London. the ability or achievements of has become a priority for Barshim, Wednesday, August 23, 2017 GULF TIMES 7 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

Barshim has proved to be the second highest jumper in history having cleared 2.43m in 2014, just 2cm shy of Sotomayer’s unbeaten mark. It seems to be just a matter of time before Barshim flies to the top following a stress fracture to his His track record has proved that back that nearly prevented him hard work beats talent. from competing in London 2012 All this glory call for even more Olympics. He had recovered just hard work. “We’ve been putting in in time to be able to compete and so much work, and that makes me prove his mettle, winning the confi dent. I have the hope of my bronze medal. “Despite competing whole country on my back, and I in several major championships, the just can’t let them down. I want 2012 London Olympics has been to take this opportunity to thank my toughest even, because I had a all my fans, supporters, family and stress fracture in my back,” he says. friends and of course my country “This has been very busy season for the support and encouragement and a good year overall. Besides the I receive. I hope to continue making victories, titles and records, I’m them proud,” he says. happy and so glad there’s been no Barshim’s triumph at the recent major injury so far. I’ve had some IAAF Championships is sweet small issues, but they are under victory for Qatar in more ways control. I am careful and just try than one. At the IAAF World to work things out in a smart way. Championships in London, it was Thanks to my coach,” he adds. offi cially announced that Doha Having begun his jumping career will play host to the IAAF World as a rather average performer, Championships in 2019. The Barshim learnt early the results of Khalifa International Stadium will hard work and patience. Today, he serve as the venue, as Doha brings proves to the world time and again the world’s third biggest sporting that you don’t always have to be a event to the Middle East for the fi rst ALL SET: Barshim during Men's High Jump qualification during day eight of the 16th IAAF World Athletics child prodigy to achieve success. time. Championships London 2017.

ANOTHER RECORD DOWN: Barshim's record-breaking jump in Birmingham. 8 GULF TIMES Wednesday, August 23, 2017 COMMUNITY Practical meets pretty: Fresh herbs at your fingertips

erbs are perfect crops; they are appropriate for your kitchen, but stick with Be sure to continually pinch-off the prolifi c prolifi c growers, can satisfy your manageable-sized pots that will fi t better leaf growth, which encourages more growth desire for fresh, garden-grown indoors, allow you to keep your herbs more and harvest, until the weather turns cool, then greens and are one of the easiest organised, and still produce plenty of yield. Be bring the pot indoors. Harvested leaves can ways to elevate your recipes from sure to choose pots that have good drainage and be continually dried, although freezing does a Hso-so to so good! Plus, they’re ready to harvest always use a premium potting mix. better job of preserving the herb’s fl avour. Tip: and growing your own will make a dent in your Try using old ice-cube trays, inserting basil grocery bill. Caring for container herbs leaves in cells, fi lling with water and freezing. Gardening experts off er some gardening Any type of plant growing in a pot needs When weather gets cold, you can easily pop guidance for planting herbs: water, and herbs are no exception. You’ll your “basil ice-cubes” in recipes throughout need to keep a close eye on your herb plants’ the cold weather season. Basil is also tasty in Getting started watering needs. Remember, dry topsoil is not some drinks, like lemonade and tea. Multiple factors will infl uence your choice an indication plants need water. A quick and of herbs, including high and low temperatures, easy test is to stick your fi nger, or a pencil, into While clipping sprigs when cooking is a where you live, and your taste in seasonings. the soil right where the stem enters the soil. If great way to harness the freshness of any herb, You’ll want to choose herbs that like cooler the soil is moist at 1.5 to 2 inches deep, do not you can also store them and they’ll maintain weather, such as parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, water. If dry, it’s time to water! Always water in their fl avour. Preserving by drying and freezing mint, chives, lavender and oregano. They’re the morning, at soil level and avoid watering the aren’t your only options; try adding herbs as all prolifi c producers and some, like mint and leaves, as bacteria can breed in cool, wet, damp seasoning to cooking oils. rosemary, are especially easy to grow. and dark conditions, like night time. Fertilise your food plants. Water is an obvious ©Brandpoint Pick a place must, but irrigation can wash nutrients out of You may envision pots full of leafy, green the soil. Plus, some potting mixes only have a herbs sitting on a sunny windowsill. However, short-term supply of fertiliser while others are windowsills aren’t always a best bet for indoor slow-release. Read the label on your premium herbs, especially if your windows are drafty or potting soil mix and follow the brand’s the herbs brush the cold glass. recommendations for fertilising frequency. Herbs need at least four to six hours of Timed-release granular fertiliser or a plant natural light per day to grow indoors, so choose food you mix with water will help keep herbs a sunny spot near a window where they’ll be nourished. Remember food plants are hungry! protected from drafts and cold. Best bets on basil Picking the right pots Although basil is the most popular herb, If you really love rosemary, you may it can sometimes struggle growing indoors. be tempted to try to plant the largest pot Start off growing it outdoors on a sunny deck.

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

Be brazen and bold in your actions today, Aries. This may be a hard The name of the game for you today is emotional freedom, Taurus. This is no time to be a stick in the mud, Gemini. Don’t be the weak direction for you at first, but it’s the most eff ective way to get where Your senses are heightened and the smallest things capture your link in the chain. The energy of the day is “get up and go.” So either you need to go. Unexpected ripples of emotion may cause you to eye. Don’t delay your response to these events, whether they’re big lead, follow, or get out of the way. There are no excuses for backing go in an unconventional direction. Let yourself flow freely. This is an or small. Even the smallest event may blossom into a new world of down. When opportunity knocks, you need to be ready with important time to get up and moving in response to these powerful people and situations. Let your creativity explode into every part of your bags packed. Your emotions could lead you down new and emotions. your being. unexpected paths. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

Set aside some time today explicitly for you, Cancer. Unexpected Try not to be so serious and intense today, Leo. Walk with a lighter Don’t miss any opportunities today, Virgo. No matter how tired you events are likely to pop up and cause a stir in your emotions. Giving step and don’t feel like you always need to be in control of every may be, this isn’t the time to rest. This is one of those days in which yourself personal space to digest and deal with these events will single thing you contact. Take on an attitude of going with the flow it’s simply easier to be you. There’s no need to shy away or hide your help keep you from suppressing your reaction to them. Make sure and you will be right in the place you need to be. Extreme actions true desires. Say what you want and you’ll get it. There’s no reason you have your internal maelstrom of thoughts settled before you get will lead to extreme consequences. There’s no need for that sort of to beat around the bush. Keep in mind that unexpected energies will tangled up in others’ aff airs. behaviour on a day like this. get thrown into the mix. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

Your plans may be upended today, Libra, but this doesn’t mean that Today is one of those days in which you have a terrific opportunity Sometimes your daydreaming leads you way out of your body and you should give up hope in any way. Sometimes it’s necessary to to break free of normal, everyday life, Scorpio. Don’t feel badly if into a place well beyond time and space, Sagittarius. Your romantic let go of control and simply let things happen as they will. Adopt a you don’t know exactly which way to go. Follow your gut feeling. nature wants to escape and never touch back down to the real spirit of adventure and take risks that you normally may not want Whichever way you decide to go will probably be right. Your forceful, world. Take a giant step toward that which tickles your fancy. Take to take. There is a distinct advantage in spontaneity and working erratic approach may actually be the perfect method to use in order the loftier approach and encourage others to share your dreams harmoniously with the unexpected events that are bound to occur. to get exactly where you need to be. instead of letting them weigh you down. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

Generally speaking, today should be a good day for you, Capricorn. Things may be moving a bit too quickly for your liking today, There are several opportunities open now that weren’t there before. You should have no problem setting a fast-paced tone for the day Aquarius. Make sure you continue at your own pace so you don’t get The key is to take advantage of them. Find freedom in the strange and sticking to it. There are opportunities in the strange and bizarre. pushed into something you don’t want to do. Eliminate all fear from and new. Be a pioneer today and venture into the unknown. This is a Don’t limit yourself by thinking narrowly. Let the electricity of the your being. The more receptive and accepting you are, the more day to expand and reach new heights by having more confidence in day lighten the atmosphere and give your attitude the jolt it needs to opportunities will come your way. Have faith in yourself and your your abilities. Things will get stale and boring if you keep doing the get back on track. Be open to new ideas. actions by not falling prey to whatever the crowd is doing. same things over and over. Wednesday, August 23, 2017 GULF TIMES 9 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES

Wordsearch Adam

Pooch Cafe Computing

APPLE DVD PERIPHERAL BACKUP ICON PRINTER BROWSER KEYBOARD PROGRAM BYTE LAPTOP REBOOT CABLES MEGAHERTZ RESOLUTION CHIP MEMORY SCANNER CURSOR MONITOR SCREEN DESKTOP MOTHERBOARD TABLET DISK MOUSE WINDOWS 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. 10 GULF TIMES Wednesday, August 23, 2017 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Colouring

ACROSS DOWN 3. The shelling of enemy 1. Be framing a picture of a prison (8) lines will put it out of 2. Guess the four will eat out (6) action (5,5) 3. Wrongly takes this lady inside (7) 8. In turn, shot round to 4. On playing an ace, in the main (5) get rid of (6) 5. Carry forward (4) 9. Stop to get something 6. Of the same standard, virtually to wear (4) (2,4,2) 10. Retaliate in a ding- 7. Completely out of, all right (4,4) dong battle? (6,4) 12. Is appearing in the last half as a girl 11. This time, came out on (4) top, we hear (3) 14. Call up from America and have a 13. Despondent and dirty row (4) (4) 16. Wrenched when one ran (4) 14. Do get a little sleepy 17. As the confounded cut is? (8) and turn in (7) 18Incline to fade away, in general (8) 15. Stay to take the vessels 19. Catch up with some lianas (4) back (4) 21. Winsome and promising (8) 17. Start to plead, in the 23. Seeing that the note appended is end (5) on the level (7) 20. Equally stiff, which is a 25. I hunt about for a carriage (6) good thing (5) 26. Think about a hole and it may bring 22. Don’t give me that light one to mind (5) Answers back! (4) 28. Could be what made everything so 24. Cut back on my own wet outside (4) Wordsearch Codeword study (7) 25. Shut up about our bravery! (4) 27. He lies to the newspapers (3) 28. Began running (4,6) 29. Every penny first goes on fruit (4) 30. Be annoyed by the note mailed (6) 31. Be unsuccessful as a traveller? (3,7)

Yesterday’s Solutions

ACROSS: 1 Tarmac 5 Shorts DOWN: 1 Tippet 2 Rose 3 8 Hoist 9 Peseta 10 Oliver 11 Charcoal 4 Sink ones capital 5 Raked 14 Take down 16 Exists Stodge 6 Rave 7 Screws 12 18 Roughly speaking 20 Repair Belgian 13 Pickles 15 Alone 17 22 Augments 25 Drill 27 Chilli Tenet 19 Egg-plant 20 Rancid 28 Arrest 29 Stain 30 Dearth 21 Radish 23 Sentry 24 Diva 26 31 Trashy. Mess. Wednesday, August 23, 2017 GULF TIMES 11 CINEMA COMMUNITY Bareilly Ki Barfi off ers sweetness of a small town

By Gautaman Bhaskaran

t was at China’s Fuzhou that I first met Ashwini Iyer Tiwari, who was there with her first film, Nil Battey Sannata (The New Classmate being the English title). I was on the jury, a Ilarge one with an overwhelming majority of Chinese and just three foreigners. And I think the judges, for whatever they understood of Indian cinema and the nation’s cultural as well as social ethos, liked Swara Bhaskar’s performance in Fuzhou competition title as a house maid in the small city of Agra – legendary for its Taj Mahal, a symbol of eternal love that has also doubled up as the most iconic, most distinguishable image of India. The maid, who works for a well-to-do family of husband and wife (played by the brilliant actress, Ratna Shah Pathak), dreams of a day when her daughter would The poster for the film. become an Indian Administrative Officer, a rank that is synonymous with the higher pens the poems. We have seen this kind echelons of bureaucratic power in India. deception, often harmless, in so many other But the little, school-going girl firmly movies, and Ashwini’s work therefore does believes that a driver’s son will become a not score on novelty. driver, and a maid’s daughter, well, a maid However, what I found quite absorbing – her thinking driven by her sheer laziness about the work was the director’s effort to master mathematics. And so, the maid, to spread out a canvas where we see life as encouraged by her mistress, joins her it exists in India’s smaller cities or towns, daughter’s class and embarrasses the girl where people are still rooted in their culture by topping the math paper! We know what and are affectionately connected with their happens thereafter. families and even friends. But they aspire a “I wanted to shoot Nil Battey Sannata degree of freedom, a kind of independence there, because the Taj Mahal is a symbol of that will free them from the shackles of love, and I wanted the relationship between conservatism. Bittu is a rebel of sorts who the mother and daughter to play out against smokes and drinks and hits off at Bareilly’s that background,” averred Ashwini in a marriage parties with her breakdances. Her recent media interview. father is okay with all this. Now, Ashwini – who speaks Tamil and But no young man in Bareilly would like whose long stint in the advertising world to marry her. Yet, Chirag dares to explore took her often to India’s smaller cities, such a bindas woman in his fiction, and particularly in Uttar Pradesh – has got her when he finally meets Bitti, who is like the second movie popping out of the cans. heroine of his story, he is smitten by her. He Called Bareilly Ki Barfi, it has Ayushmann falls head over heels in love, but Bitti is in Khurrana (as a printing press owner in love with author Pritam Vidrohi! Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh), Rajkummar Rao (a Bareilly Ki Barfi – which is textured well, salesman in a sari shop) and Kriti Sanon, enacted with passion by the major players who works for the electricity department – has this remarkable ability to transport also in Bareilly, where her father (Pankaj us metro-wallas to a small-town ambiance, Tripathi) runs a sweetmeat shop. where the mood is still strikingly humane The film’s title is take-off on this, and and warm. narrates the story of Sanon’s Bitti Mishra This reminds me of a senior, but youngish – a free-spirited young woman whose Airtel executive who was transferred to cigarette-smoking, boozing and carefree Bhopal after years in Chennai. He told me temperament make her most undesirable that he and his wife were nervous about for the marriage market, filled as it is with the shift and the nature of the people in prospective grooms dreaming of a bride that city. “But believe me”, he said over the who will be content being closeted in the telephone from Bhopal after having lived kitchen rolling rotis. there for about six months, “the people But Bitti is none of this, and when she were extraordinarily friendly and made us finally decides to leave home, a life- – totally alien to their language and way of changing event stops her during a railway living – feel welcome. They would never fail journey. She picks a copy of a novel, Ashwini's film captures the sweet spirit of a small town. to invite us to their family gatherings and Bareilly Ki Barfi, written by Pritam Vidrohi. festivals”. Strangely, the woman in the story has volume. Chirag had written the novel under I have seen very early on how Sunil Dutt’s It is this sweet spirit of a small town that an uncanny resemblance to Bitti, whose his pal’s name, probably fearing social Bhola fools Bindu (Saira Banu) in believing Ashwini offers as her Barfi. curiosity stops her in her tracks, and she ostracism in the small-town of Bareilly. that he is a singer. He is not and gets saunters into the printing press, where the What then unfolds is a love triangle – a Kishore Kumar to impersonate. In Saajan, z Gautaman Bhaskaran has been actual author of the book, Chirag Dubey variation of such luminous works as Cyrano Madhuri Dixit is in love with the dashing writing on Indian and world cinema (Khurrana), pretends that it his friend, de Bergerac and Hitch, a variation that has “poet” Salman Khan, but it is the physically for close to four decades, and may be Vidrohi (Rao), who has penned the slim been done to done death in Indian cinema. handicapped orphan, Sanjay Dutt, who e-mailed at [email protected] 12 GULF TIMES Wednesday, August 23, 2017 COMMUNITY Two women vie to become Germany's first female astronaut

By Claudia Thaler The programme for the potential astronauts in Star City, near Moscow, is challenging. This is where the fi rst man in space, Yuri Gagarin, trained hich places would you most love for his 1961 mission, as did the fi rst woman in space, Soviet cosmonaut to visit before you die? Nicola Valentina Tereshkova, for her 1963 mission Baumann's list Wis more ambitious than most: the International Space Station, the moon, Mars. But within a few years, she is hoping to tick at least one of these off . For this German woman, the space station orbiting about 400 kilometres above the earth is just a few steps away. She is currently training near Moscow for a potential mission in 2020. The 32-year-old fi ghter pilot from Cologne is one of two women who have been chosen to undertake the training following a national search in Germany for potential female astronauts, a project dubbed "Die Astronautin" ("the female astronaut"). The company HE Space, which is behind the project, is planning to use private fi nancing to send the fi rst German woman to the space station on a brief mission. About 400 scientists, engineers and pilots applied for the programme. Baumann and a meteorologist, Insa Thiele-Eich, are the fi nal two to have been shortlisted for the pioneering mission. So far, 11 German men have been in space, but no women. From mid-August, the two women are scheduled to complete parabola fl ights, centrifuge training and other tests. The programme for the potential astronauts in Star City, near Moscow, is challenging. But this is routine in the suburb of the Russian capital. For Baumann, it is a gift: "I'm as happy as a kid at Christmas," she told DPA. This is where the fi rst man in space, Yuri Gagarin, trained for his 1961 mission, as did the fi rst woman in space, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, for her 1963 mission. Prominent German astronaut Alexander Gerst, who Insa Thiele-Eich, left, and Nicola Baumann are the final two candidates left in the search for Germany's first female astronaut. The project, "Die Astronautin," is was aboard the International Space being financed by the company HE Space. Station (ISS) in 2014 and plans to go again in 2018, also trained here. US space agency NASA did not having clocked up more than 600. years for equal representation of says Baumann, who served for years After Tereshkova's mission, it allow women into its astronaut The European Space Agency men and women in its astronaut as a fi ghter pilot in the German would be decades before the Soviets training programme until the 1970s. (ESA), in contrast, has sent relatively training programme, Baumann military. sent the second woman into space. In In 1983, Sally Ride became the fi rst few women to space. The ESA's last says. "The push for women to study It is always easier to follow a total, only four Russian women have American woman in space, and female astronaut aboard the ISS the sciences and work in scientifi c trail that someone else has blazed, travelled to the cosmos. As Russian more than 40 American women was Italy's Samantha Cristoforetti fi elds is much more present in the Baumann adds. That is what cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov has have followed her lead. In total, in 2014. Before her, France's Claudie US than in Germany." inspired the German project. told the Russian news agency NSN, about 60 women from various Haignere served on the orbiting The ESA has intermittently Baumann, who is only 1.6 meters "Going to space is physically hard countries have travelled to space. outpost in 2001. Britain has only sent sought female astronauts for tall, insists that you do not have work, even for very strong men. Of American astronaut Peggy one female astronaut to space, Helen missions on the ISS, most recently to be Superman to accomplish a course, it is harder for women." Whitson, currently aboard the ISS, Sharman, who served on the Mir in 2008. "Many more women could diffi cult mission. "Young women Other Russian space experts have has spent more days in space, in space station in 1991. have applied. Many do not dare. are supposed to think, 'If she can do complained that there are too few total, than any other American, NASA has been striving for There is a lot of unused potential," this, I can.'" -DPA female applicants. Vinogradov, who previously commanded the ISS, has Aft er Tereshkova's mission in 1963, it would be decades before the suggested another reason: "This is a diffi cult profession that demands Soviets sent the second woman into space. The US sent its fi rst woman years away from your family. Not every woman would do this." into space in 1983.