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Simple home-cooked food ‘Moderate food, self-control can for homebound Ramadan. help increase work productivity.’ Page 6 Page 16 2 GULF TIMES Friday, May 1, 2020 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Rishi: romantic hero and blunt PRAYER TIME Fajr 3.34am Shorooq (sunrise) 4.59am Zuhr (noon) 11.32am Asr (afternoon) 3.01pm Maghreb (sunset) 6.06pm twitterati Isha (night) 7.36pm

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te Unqu uo ot Q e rom the son of the iconic . During his last interview with cemented his image as a romantic hero, to the romantic IANS, asked if he remembered the shoot, with superhit songs like Dard-e-dil and “The power of hero of the Seventies to the Rishi replied: “Nah! I hold hand with . In September father of new-age star Ranbir other two boys and walked. Baaki kahan imagination makes Kapoor, was yaad rahega, bohat chhota tha main.” 1983 aF magnetic personality. He lived a life He appears in alongside us infinite.” in a way that lives up to the title of his 1970 after earlier — John Muir autobiography, Khullam Khulla. marks his debut as collaborations such as Kabhie Kabhie, a young boy, as the younger version of Amar Anthony. Here we take a look at the journey of the protagonist clown Raju, essayed by the legendary actor through the years: his father Raj Kapoor. He bagged the 1988 National Award as Best Child Artist. Bollywood loses its ultimate 1952 showman Raj Kapoor. Rishi lost more Rishi, the second child of actor- 1973 than his father — he lost his mentor filmmaker Raj Kapoor and Raj, He makes his debut as a Bollywood and his favourite director. Rishi Community Editor is born on September 4. hero in Bobby, a teenage love story was starring in Kapoor’s senior final Kamran Rehmat that also featured Dimple. The film is a film Henna back then. The film would 1955 superhit. be completed by Rishi’s older brother e-mail: [email protected] Little Rishi, lovingly called as Chintu in 1991. Telephone: 44466405 was just three when he faced the camera 1980 Fax: 44350474 for the first time, in the iconic rain song Rishi marries , his co- 1999 Pyar hua iqrar hua of the filmShree 420, star of many a hit. Also, this is the year Rishi Kapoor turns director for the featuring his father Raj Kapoor with of Karz, a milestone in his career that first and last time with Aa Ab Laut Friday, May 1, 2020 GULF TIMES 3 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Rishi Kapoor with his filmstar wife Neetu in their younger days. VERSATILE: A collage of Rish Kapoor in the various memorable roles he played during his career.

Chalen, starring , grandpa obsessed with 2019 Here is some trivia from the l There are several reports Aishwarya Rai, of Teri Ganga Maili in the film The actor’s last release, The multifaceted life that he led. suggesting that he used sweaters to and Suman Ranganathan. The film Kapoor & Sons was a comic delight Body, opens on November 13. The look hot. fails to create fireworks at the box across generations. film co-starring Emraan Hashmi l Rishi Kapoor’s love for food, l He did two international office. and Sobhita Dhulipala fares below especially non-vegetarian food, movies — ’t Stop Dreaming in 2017 expectations. is not something that the world 2007 and Sambar Salsa in 2008. 2010 Rishi pens his autobiography doesn’t know about. But there was l He struggled with depression Rishi Kapoor joins Twitter in Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor 2020 a place he had to turn vegetarian, at one point of his career due to January, and is an instant cyber Uncensored. True to his nature, the Rishi Kapoor breathes his last at and that was when he visited back to back failures. sensation. Over the past decade writer Rishi unveils unadulterated 8.45am on April 30. He is 67. Chennai because he was coming l His songs are evergreen, and he had been, by turns, regaling, emotions and pours his heart out in after a darshan at Tirupati. still loved by one and all. But Rishi informing, and triggering off the book. l Rishi Kapoor had a thing for personally never liked many of his debates routinely with his blunt The Rishi Kapoor you didn’t agarbati (incense stick), and used songs. statements on social media. 2018 know to carry packs wherever he went. l He admitted that there He is diagnosed with bone marrow His favourite fragrance was Nag was a time when he was a male 2012 cancer and he flies off to New York Open, frank and unfiltered are Champa. chauvinist. The actor, mostly known for his for a year’s treatment. Incidentally some of the words used describe l The world lovingly calls him l He always admitted to his loverboy roles in his heydays, turns on 1, 2018, Rishi’s mother, Rishi Kapoor’s life, but there are Chintu ji, and in 2009 he even flaws. The actor once confessed villain as Rauf Lala in Agneepath. Krishna Raj passes away. For fans, the some aspects of his life which might starred in a film by that name. buying a film award. The performance remains one of year is special because Rishi Kapoor have evaded public eye. But he hated his nickname, and l In his book Khullam Khulla: his best till date. He repeats villainy united with Amitabh Bachchan for A day after he was hospitalised in once took to Twitter to share Rishi Kapoor Uncensored, he again the next year in D-Day. what would be their last time in 102 , Rishi Kapoor is no more. his old picture and expressed claimed his father Raj Kapoor was Not Out. In the , Rishi He passed away yesterday after a his views on nicknames, saying involved with other women even 2016 played the 75-year-old son of a man two-year battle with leukaemia. He “parents must never nickname while he was married to Krishna Raj His role of a merry-spirited who is 102. was 67. a child”. Kapoor. — IANS

Aa Ab Laut Chalen: the only film Rishi ever directed

He was the affable lover boy hero and am enjoying working with so many lovely menacing villain on screen, a cyber people. I am very happy acting,” he had sensation on Twitter, and a man who lived said at the trailer launch of his film Patel Ki life to the fullest. Very few might recall Punjabi Shaadi. Rishi Kapoor as someone who called the Last year, Rishi, when he was undergoing shots, too. It did happen in 1999, when cancer treatment in New York, tweeted Kapoor made his only film as a director. a behind-the-scene photograph of his The film was and directorial film, sharing that he really it starred Aishwarya Rai with Akshaye misses his home and wants to return to Khanna, and also featured yesteryears’ . superstar, the late Rajesh Khanna, besides “Filming in New York, 1998 — Aa Ab Laut Suman Ranganathan, in pivotal roles. Chalen — title so symbolic today,” he Incidentally, that was the last production wrote on the post, which was originally of the prestigious family banner, RK . shared by his on Twitter. The film was a romantic drama that Rishi Kapoor breathed his last on Thursday addressed young India’s fetish for settling morning after a long battle with cancer. “Our abroad, particularly the . dear Rishi Kapoor passed away peacefully The film failed to create much of an at 8:45am IST in hospital today after a two- impact at the box office, and in 2017, the year battle with leukaemia. The doctors and actor said he was happy in his acting medical staff at the hospital said he kept space and had no plans to go back to them entertained to the last,” confirmed his direction anytime soon. family in a statement. “I am an actor and my time is devoted His wife Neetu Kapoor was by his side to my first passion of my life — acting. I when he breathed his last in the morning. did not get time and also I did not come Rishi Kapoor is survived by wife, actress across a good subject. I have been busy Neetu Kapoor, daughter Riddhima and as a character actor since 17 years and I son Ranbir. — IANS MAIDEN VENTURE: Rishi Kapoor directing the film in New York in 1998. 4 GULF TIMES Friday, May 1, 2020 COMMUNITY BODY & MIND How your responses can help children navigate this crisis Helping children express, understand and grow from their emotions during Covid-19 is a skill that will last into their adult lives, writes Lea Waters

ost families are going on – respond to their questions through the full and fears. Don’t feel it is best to gamut of emotions shelter them completely but do right now. Gratitude, be wise about what and how you worry, fear, love, share with them. Take their lead Mcompassion, frustration, restlessness and speak about it when they raise and so on – a fragile kaleidoscope of the conversation. Talk to them emotions. A fluctuating pattern of when you’re feeling calm. If your colours that changes radically with emotional kaleidoscope is shaken the slightest nudge. up in the moment they initiate the How do we help children deal conversations, reassure them: “I with the emotions of something think it’s a good idea for us to talk, that we can’t wrap our heads around I have to do something first but ourselves? let’s sit down together and talk in Research shows the resilience 10 minutes.” children have is influenced not Balance your conversation only by the adversity itself but also between ‘facts and feelings’ – talk by the emotional responses of the about the facts of what you know parents. Studies have found that and ask them about their feelings. parents generally fall into one of Finish the conversation by two categories when it comes to the reminding them about the things way they deal with their children’s they have control over – washing emotions: emotional coaches or their hands, social-distancing, emotional dismissers. Often, your trying their best during home- style was passed on to you by your learning – as this will reduce their own parents and has a lot to do with feelings of uncertainty and anxiety. their beliefs about whether emotions Reassure them all emotions are are best avoided or embraced. normal and they can always talk to Some among us were raised by you about their feelings. parents who saw talking about For home-learning, you can set a emotions as a waste of time, self- language assignment that involves indulgent, a sign of weakness, or your kids creating an ‘Emotions shameful – this is the emotionally Dictionary’. Have them look up the dismissive response. Others had full range of different emotions, parents who understood the PASSING ON FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION: Often, your style was passed on to you by your own parents define each emotion, put it into a importance of expressing one’s and has a lot to do with their beliefs about whether emotions are best to be avoided or embraced. sentence and write about how that emotions for good mental health, for emotion might show itself during bonding, for learning and for building family lockdown. You can add an resilience – these are emotional art lesson to this by having your coaches. Regardless of what you child draw or paint each emotion. inherited, your emotional style is something that can be changed. Feel the feels Psychologists and neuroscientists Here’s the thing about emotions: have found that children who grow they are fleeting. Biologically up with parents who use emotional speaking, emotions are actually a coaching have a calmer central little burst of brain chemistry that nervous system, a lower resting heart alter our mood. The healthy brain rate, a healthier emotional brain has evolved so that it does not get circuitry and better coping skills. stuck in one chemical state for a These are the kids who stay cool long period of time and this is what under pressure. Exactly the kind of makes us human. The emotional coping skills our kids need right now. tapestry we experience allows us So, what can we do during to experience highs and lows – to Covid-19 to become an emotional be angry one minute and in awe coach for our kids? Here are four the next. When our kids know that simple strategies you can incorporate “emotions have motion” and fear into your daily family routine during moves on, it is easier for them to lockdown that can also be turned into experience the fear, sit with it and fun school assignments during this then watch it give way to laughter time of remote learning. as their dog comes up to lick their face. Create coronavirus As parents, we can also take conversations comfort in knowing that “this Turn the news off so your child is too shall pass”. The anxiety or not bombarded by Covid-19 updates, frustration you had this morning but don’t shy away from those SURROUNDING FACTOR: Psychologists and neuroscientists have found that children who grow up with parents during family lockdown will give conversations. Be open to speaking who use emotional coaching have a calmer central nervous system, a lower resting heart rate, a healthier emotional with your kids about what’s going brain circuitry and better coping skills. Continued to Page 5 Friday, May 1, 2020 GULF TIMES 5 BODY & MIND COMMUNITY

AT RISK: Kids who experience trauma, abuse, neglect and family dysfunction are at increased risk of having heart disease in their 50s and 60s.

Study finds link between pressure, vascular dysfunction childhood trauma and and inflammation. heart disease “This population of adults is much more likely to partake Childhood trauma can take a in risky behaviours – for toll on a person’s mental health, example, using food as a coping and as a new study suggests, an mechanism, which can lead MUSIC AFFECT: A fun music lesson to have your kids do during family lockdown is create a positive playlist of songs adult’s heart health. to problems with weight and that boost your mood. Include songs about resilience, triumph and overcoming negative events. Kids who experience trauma, obesity,” said first author Jacob abuse, neglect and family Pierce, a fourth-year medical Continued from Page 4 get stuck in a storm forever, songs about resilience, triumph and dysfunction are at increased risk student at Northwestern will shine again. overcoming negative events. Build of having heart disease in their University Feinberg School of way to a sense of relief that your A creative art learning activity on this assignment by having your 50s and 60s, according to a new Medicine. “They also have higher family is safe, gratitude for the to do during lockdown would be to children write an essay about singers Northwestern Medicine study. rates of smoking, which has a kindness of a friend, pride that your create an art project of the family’s who have shown resilience and grit in The study was published in direct link to cardiovascular family is adapting and having little emotional weather. If you want your their career. the most recent edition of the disease.” wins along the way during this time child to do some maths at home, You can then use the playlist to Journal of the American Heart “Early childhood experiences of crisis. So, feel the feels and allow ask them to track the weather they create a new positive family ritual Association. have a lasting effect on adult emotions to rise knowing that they observe in themselves and family by pumping the music and dancing Results from the study showed mental and physical well-being, won’t stay. members during the day, chart the like crazy each night after dinner. people exposed to the highest and a large number of American For home learning, set a science moods of each family member, This can be turned into a physical levels of childhood family kids continue to suffer abuse and assignment and ask your child to add up the percentage of time each education lesson that will release environment adversity were dysfunction that will leave a toll research the neurochemistry of family member experiences certain the pent-up energy of your kids more than 50% more likely to of health and social functioning emotions. Ask them to prepare emotions and track how emotions and boost their endorphins and have a cardiovascular disease issues throughout their lives,” a presentation on the three change over the course of the day. dopamine – all while you are showing event such as a heart attack or said senior author Joseph neuropeptides that boost positive them a technique they can use for stroke over a 30-year follow-up, Feinglass, research professor emotions: serotonin, dopamine and Use the power of music the rest of their lives to manage their Kristin Samuelson wrote for of medicine and of preventive oxytocin. These might sound like big Music is a great way to help emotions. The added bonus is you Northwestern. medicine at Feinberg. “Social words, but your kids might surprise connect children with their are creating a positive memory for According to Northwestern, and economic support for young you with the learning on this topic. emotions. Music taps into our the kids and when they look back children who experience trauma children in the United States, emotions in a way that words alone on this challenging time, they’ll face higher rates of lifelong stress, which is low by the standards of Make emotions concrete cannot. Neuroscientist Daniel remember the “family -off’s” smoking, anxiety, depression other developed countries, has There’s a truism in psychology, Levitin’s research shows that when that occurred each night. and sedentary lifestyle that the biggest ‘bang for the buck’ “you’ve got to name it to tame it”. we listen to music almost every There’s a lot we can’t control persist into adulthood. These of any social programme.” – The A key part of building emotional region and neural subsystem in our right now but one thing we can turn can lead to increased body mass Atlanta Journal-Constitution/ intelligence is being able to name brain is activated. Music helps with our attention to is the emotions of index, diabetes, increased blood TNS one’s emotions. You can encourage emotion and with brain development our family and how to help our kids your child to explore their emotions too which is a bonus while we are all cope and grow stronger through using the metaphors of weather. home-schooling. this experience. Helping your kids Respiratory care and on a mechanical ventilator. And Have them name if they are cloudy, A fun music lesson to have your express, understand and grow from people who care for then there’s an even higher level stormy, rainy, clear or sunny. Let kids do during family lockdown is their emotions during Covid-19 is patients with Covid-19 of support, where other machines them know that it is OK to have many create a positive playlist of songs a skill that will last into their adult are used that entirely take over all seasons in the one day. They won’t that boost your mood. Include lives. — When people experience the function of the lungs. severe symptoms with Covid-19, “Respiratory therapists they are urged to seek medical determine the need and level of attention. But what happens oxygen support. If the patient to patients when they are deteriorates and they require hospitalised and who helps them? breathing tube placement, they’re Because Covid-19 heavily the ones assisting in that. They affects the respiratory system, really manage the mechanical respiratory care is an important ventilator to the goals set out by part of the care and healing the providers, and they really process, says Dr Daniel Diedrich, make sure that the patient is an anaesthesiologist and critical getting the right level of oxygen care specialist at Mayo Clinic. and we’re doing the therapies All clinicians play an important that are protective to the lungs,” role in providing lifesaving care says Dr Diedrich. “Usually the while patients with Covid-19 are respiratory therapists are the first getting treatment. “Respiratory ones who get a sense this patient care starts in has recovered and doesn’t need department and follows through the mechanical ventilator. And a patient’s recovery process,” says when the patients are along their Dr Diedrich. recovery pathway, the respiratory The level of respiratory care or therapists are the actual ones support can start out by providing that are doing a lot of the the patient with additional rehabilitation,” he says. HOME LEARNING: For home learning, set a science assignment and ask your child to research the neurochemistry oxygen. Then it can advance to – Mayo Clinic News Network/ of emotions. Ask them to prepare a presentation on the three neuropeptides that boost positive emotions: serotonin, the next level of placing a patient TNS dopamine and oxytocin. 6 GULF TIMES Friday, May 1, 2020 COMMUNITY CUISINE

Method: Rinse and soak the rice in water for 30 minutes, keep aside. Wash and cut the chicken thigh into 1-inch cubes and keep aside. Remove the flesh of the dried limes by cracking the lime in half with a mallet or a ladle handle, pull out the thin paper-like membrane and discard the seeds and outer rind. You should get about 4 tsp of the lime flesh. In a heavy bottom pan, heat ¼ cup of clarified butter over medium and sauté the minced onions for 10-15 minutes. Add the minced garlic, tomato and cook for 3-4 minutes. Then add the dried lime flesh, turmeric powder, cumin, coriander, ginger, cinnamon, black pepper, cardamom, cloves, cayenne, nutmeg, and stir to combine. Add the diced chicken and combine with the prepared masala. Add about 8 cups of water and season with salt and black pepper and increase the heat to high till the AROMATIC: Chicken Madrouba is a wonderful warm combination of soft rice, chicken, and aromatic spices. Photo by the author water boils. Drain the rice and add to the chicken mixture and let the water boil, reduce the heat and let it simmer for 45 minutes. Simple home-cooked food Cover and stir occasionally to avoid sticking the mixture, add more water if required. Meanwhile thin slice the onion and deep fry till crispy and golden for homebound Ramadan brown for 5-8 minutes over medium heat in vegetable oil. Remove the onions using a amadan is the ninth quarantine ourselves. Iftar cuisine This dish uses a plethora of cookers and allow the ingredients slotted spoon and transfer to a month in the Muslim is very lavish with a variety of aromatic and medicinal spices like to magically transform themselves pepper towel to drain any excess oil. lunar calendar and all dishes and an array of beverages, turmeric, cumin, cinnamon, garlic, automatically. The only part that Once the rice is cooked through healthy adult Muslims dates, and kahwa being served nutmeg, and black pepper. requires your attention is the crispy and mushy and the chicken has observe fasting in during that time. The holy month It is recommended to serve fried onions. broken down into shreds, mash RRamadan from dawn until dusk. of Ramadan this year is perhaps one Madrouba while it is still piping the mixture with a wooden spoon This includes abstaining from of the most unique many of us have hot, preferably garnished with Chicken Madrouba until it becomes smooth and like a eating and drinking, immoral acts, ever experienced. warm clarified butter and crispy porridge consistency. and anger. Other acts of worship The preventive and fried sliced onion. This recipe is Ingredients Adjust the seasoning and add such as prayer, reading the Holy precautionary measures in place made with chicken and all sorts of Long grain rice 2 cups melted clarified butter on top and Qur’an, and charity are also to curb the spread of the novel wonderful spices that are common Chicken thigh cubes 750 gm garnish with crispy fried onions, encouraged during the holy month. coronavirus in the world and in the Middle Eastern cuisine. I Dried lime 3 nos. serve hot with choice of bread. During the holy month, Muslims continue to stay home, many am sure your kitchen will smell Red onion, minced 1 ½ cup wake up early to eat a pre-dawn of the involved gatherings and amazing and this dish simmers over Clarified butter ½ cup Note: You can use your choice meal called Suhoor and they break going outdoors are simply out the slow flame in your kitchen. Garlic, minced 4-5 cloves of proteins to replace chicken like their fast with a meal referred to as of question. However, now feels One special ingredient used in Ginger, minced 1 tbsp. beans, tofu or paneer cheese. You Iftar. It is common for mosques to like the time to distill in life to the this dish is the dried lime they add Tomato, diced 3-4 nos. can also choose any available rice host large Iftar events where many essence and what is most essential, a unique earthy, citrus flavour. In Cumin, powder 2 tsp like parboiled rice, brown rice or people get together after dawn to most life- affirming, most life- order to extract the flavour out of Coriander, powder 2 tsp red rice to substitute the long grain break their fast, especially for the giving is to stay safe with family the lime, you need to crack open Turmeric powder ½ tsp rice. If you do not have a few of the poor and needy. while we enjoy simple home- the dried lime, you can do this with Cinnamon, powder ¼ tsp listed spices you can make this dish Nightly prayers are also held cooked meals during this Ramadan. a nutcracker or the blunt end of Cardamom, powder a pinch without it and still can enjoy with in mosques after Iftar. Different This week’s recipe is a simple the knife and you want to use the Cloves, powder a pinch friends and family for a perfect cultures have different traditions dish that can be easily prepared by gummy black flesh and remove the Nutmeg ground a pinch meal during Ramadan. during Ramadan, whether it is a anyone with little or more cooking papery thin membrane and seeds. Cayenne pepper ½ tsp special food they must cook, or skills so we spend less time and The best part about cooking Salt to taste having Iftar with extended family. kitchen and more time with friends this dish is that it does not require Pepper crushed to taste Sharing food and inviting guests and family. Madrouba is a spicy and constant supervision and can be Vegetable oil ½ cup l Chef Tarun Kapoor, over Iftar is very common. comforting dish. It is a wonderful easily prepared over a prolonged Culinary Mastermind, However Iftar this year is warm combination of soft rice, period over a slow flame. You For Garnish USA. He may be contacted at different while we all self- chicken, and aromatic spices. can also make this in your slow Red onion, sliced 2 no. [email protected] Friday, May 1, 2020 GULF TIMES 7 FASHION COMMUNITY Ready for the It mask? A precaution against spreading infection and a signifier of being a good citizen, the face mask may yet give new meaning to a ‘must-have’ accessory, writes Jess Cartner-Morley

BASIC: Off-White’s face mask.

masks in the last quarter, and names brand Collina Strada is selling the Off-White arrow logo face mask brightly coloured masks fastened retail price $95 (£75), now inevitably with ribbon-trailing bows, made sold out as the most coveted buy from deadstock fabric from past of the moment. Some analysts are collections. The masks, which have suggesting that the face mask could an opening to insert a filter, retail for overtake the trainer as the best- $100; for every one sold, the brand selling accessory for mass market donate five to healthcare workers. fashion. A note on the website adds: “If you “Best-selling accessory” is, of or a loved one is sick and this is out course, deeply unsettling phrasing of your price range, please reach out when discussing protection against to us directly we have other masks a deadly disease. But the demand for available to send to you at no charge.” face masks is about more than their Fashion can be tone deaf at efficacy, about which consensus moments such as this. Boohoo was STATEMENT: Sasha Melnychuk wearing a Collina Strada face mask. remains elusive. Disposable gloves, quick to market with jaunty £5 fabric which can play an important role in masks, with the slogans ‘Eat, sleep, ne particle of Covid-19 hygiene but are not in our eyeline isolate, repeat’ or ‘If you can read this, typically measures in the way that masks are, have a you’re too close’, but withdrew them 100 nanometres in low profile by comparison. Mask- swiftly after a backlash. But many diameter. That is a wearing is not just about doing the designers want to put their skillset to ten-thousandth of a right thing, but about being seen good use, rather than plunder panic Omillimetre; invisible, in other words. to do it. Mask-wearing, unfamiliar for profits. The independent But the virus has transformed how in British culture, is becoming fashion week designer Christopher the world looks: the empty streets, more common as people find that Kane offered on Instagram to post the trail-free blue skies, the rainbow- the embarrassment of being the unused fabric and a simple mask- decked windows – and the clothes only person in the supermarket making pattern to anyone who asked. we wear. without a mask outweighs the Having now fulfilled thousands of Clothes – not fashion, but clothes self-consciousness of wearing one. requests, the studio has used up all – have been on newspaper front In the pavement-dance of physical its fabric, but has made the pattern pages for weeks. The public health distancing, a mask is a way of available to download, so that you and political crisis around PPE has signalling to others that you are a can make a mask at home with any filled our screens with arresting responsible citizen – not the runner cotton fabric, and ribbon. images of NHS workers in robes and to barge sweatily past others, nor the Edeline Lee, another young visors. This is a human drama on an shopper who squeezes all the melons London fashion week talent, whose enormous scale, and in our highly while breathing heavily. dresses are worn by Olivia Colman visual culture, it calls for an image Fashion has always been about and Taylor Swift, has launched a more vivid and more emotionally both fitting in and standing nonprofit mask project selling packs resonant more than any line graph. out. Mask wearing can be a way of three masks for £24. Instead of Masks are, suddenly, all around us. of pledging allegiance to good cotton, Lee’s masks are made from Our lockdown wardrobes, a sartorial citizenship – like wearing a poppy nonwoven spunbound polyproylene, journal of emotions – first the run in the first week of November, or a the fluid-resistant, breathable fabric on tracksuits, then the pivot to video- T-shirt in support of the NHS – and used to make surgical masks. Each call power dressing – is shifting into an opportunity for self-expression. purchase covers the cost of a further a new gear. With every passing day, There are sleek high-tech masks and 80 masks sent to frontline workers my Instagram feed features fewer there are sweetly homespun ones; who, Lee says, can wear them over sweatshirts and more masks. As the there are designer logo masks and their officially issued respirators to world begins looking ahead to a post- sloganned high-street ones. Jeans, make them last longer. lockdown world, face masks look set running shoes, even sunglasses: On the Edeline Lee Instagram feed, to play an increasingly central role in many of fashion’s hero products have the masks can be seen in elegant our lives. utilitarian roots. Although where , shot by a husband- The latest Lyst Index, a quarterly mandated by law as it already is in and-wife team of photographer report that analyses the behaviour some regions, the mask will bring and model and styled over Zoom. A of 9 million shoppers each month new meaning to the phrase “must- fashion statement and a statement of to track consumer demand, reports have”. solidarity are not, it seems, mutually a 496% surge in searches for face FLORAL PRINTS: A Christopher Kane mask. The New York-based fashion exclusive. – The Guardian 8 GULF TIMES Friday, May 1, 2020 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC

Try This 1 Put one of the coins on a table or Hold a pin Coin counter in each hand, push ball their points against Here’s an opposite interesting sides of the trick you coin, and probably did Push the pins against the coin only pick the coin now know up you can do 2 hard enough to keep it from falling with a coin. Blow gently on the coin You’ll need

• Coins • Two pins

What happened?

When you blow at just the right place on the coin, it spins rapidly It works because there is very little friction between the points of the pins and the coin The spinning coin looks like a ball (sphere)

If the coin has ridges Try this with other coins along its edge, the and see which ones ball looks like it has it works ridges on its best with side

Graphic: Source: Lee Hunkin’s McComas, Experiments Paul Trap/TNS Friday, May 1, 2020 GULF TIMES 9 INFOGRAPHIC COMMUNITY

Try This Curving Put candle Put container Blow on side of 1 on table 2 on table next 3 container facing and ask to candle away from wind adult to candle Moving air – such light it Blow at same as the wind on a level as flame breezy day – often seems to “stick” to solid objects, as this experiment shows:

You’ll need:

• Short candle in holder • Matches • Salt or oatmeal box, large can or other container Graphic: • Adult helper Helen Lee McComas, Source: Reeko’s Mad Paul Scientist Lab Trap/TNS

What happened?

The candle flickers, Air from your mouth and you may be able divides into two to blow it out streams when it hits the container This is called the “Coanda effect” They flow around both after a scientist sides, sticking close to from Romania the container

Then they join and blow out the candle 10 GULF TIMES Friday, May 1, 2020 COMMUNITY GAMING Novel adventures: Video games for when you are too restless to read Many of us are finding it hard to concentrate on books during lockdown; so here are some games that do fascinating things with words and stories

and other literary pursuits. With By Keith Stuart over 70 novels featured, from Pride and Prejudice to Moby Dick, it’s a playful way to experience t has been one of the many intimidating tomes you’re not cruel ironies of lockdown: we familiar with. all have time to read more, but the constant uncertainty Kentucky Route Zero and worry, together with the Fans of magical realist novels Iendlessly transmogrifying news should definitely seek out narrative, have made it difficult to this ethereal point-and-click concentrate on novels. adventure, in which a truck driver A few keen readers have turned navigates ghostly secret highways to essay collections, short stories or criss-crossing the rural landscape. diaries, which are less demanding “Samuel Beckett meets David on the memory and attention, Lynch” we wrote when it was but video games may also offer released. a way back into reading during these difficult times. Here are 12 80 Days interesting puzzle and adventure Loosely based on the Jules games that play with words, text Verne novel, you play as Phileas and narratives in innovative ways, Fogg’s valet, selecting his route which may well guide you back into around the world as well as what a reading frame of mind. to pack on each leg of the journey. Your selections greatly affect the Hypnospace Outlaw narrative, which is told through If you’re spending a lot of time vivid and evocative text snippets. aimlessly browsing the web right You can play through again and now, this might be the perfect again, discovering new tales as you narrative game for you; you’re STORIES: Collect tales from travellers as you journey across Depression-era America in Where the Water Tastes Like go. a new moderator on a weird Wine. alternative 1990s version of the Reigns: Her Majesty internet, trying to block malicious collecting tales from the travellers deserted island and find themselves “close reading”. A fantasy kingdom-ruling software and hunt cyberbullies you meet and passing them on to trapped in a ghost story – but the Neo Cab adventure told through the through a range of retro web sites. others as you go. The game teaches key driver of the action in this Futuristic taxi driver Lina must screen-swiping mechanic of a us that telling stories is a form of supernatural is the real- cruise the streets of a neon- dating app, this is a brilliant, Blackbar barter, a human currency of delight time conversation system, which drenched city picking up rides and often hilarious study of power and Set in an Orwellian dystopia, and experience. has you directing the narrative chatting to her passengers, earning gender masquerading as a strategy Blackbar provides the player with a through joke-strewn discussions. If a rating for the quality of her simulation. series of personal letters that have Counterfeit Monkey you love dialogue-heavy novels, it’s conversation while investigating been censored by the Department Emily Short is one of the leading a lot of fun. the disappearance of her best Sunless Sea of Communication – you have to lights of the modern interactive friend. fans will love Along with its sequel, Sunless work out which words have been fiction canon and in this fascinating Device 6 its frazzled, cynical analysis of Skies, this is a wonderfully glum blacked out. It’s a simple premise, text manipulation adventure you An ingenious mobile game technology and alienation. and forlorn tale of hopeless, doom- but it really gets you thinking, both find yourself trapped on the island adventure in which text and images laden exploration where players about language and power. of Anglophone Atlantis. There you provide the environment that lead Dear Reader trade goods and battle enemies, must use your ability to remove character Anna must explore and Rather like Blackbar, this clever seeking to amass enough wealth to Where the Water Tastes Like letters from words in order to create decode in order to escape from … puzzle game has you adding put it all behind them. The story is Wine new objects and solve puzzles. yes, yet another island. It makes missing words to a series of texts, told in hundreds of short, well- This is a fascinating exploration beautiful use of the smartphone only this time they are classic written fragments and grips like of oral storytelling traditions, where Oxenfree touchscreen and is very much an works of literature, and the tasks an existential Victorian adventure you travel across Depression-era US A group of teenagers row out to a interactive exploration of the term also include rearranging sentences novel. – The Guardian

THOUGHT-PROVOKING: Blackbar. THRILLER: Oxenfree. Friday, May 1, 2020 GULF TIMES 11 LEISURE COMMUNITY

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Maze Connect the dots Picture crossword 12 GULF TIMES Friday, May 1, 2020 COMMUNITY CARTOON Friday, May 1, 2020 GULF TIMES 13 LEISURE COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Wordwatch

eudemonic of Etsy. It has nothing to do with trading damage to vehicles parked opposite a (yoo-di-MON-ik) and nothing to do with needlework or bank at the Marina Jetty.” MEANING: pottery either. OK, in the beginning it adjective: Relating to or conducive to did mean skill in a particular craft, but sudarium happiness. since 1950s it’s mostly used to talk about (soo-DAY-ree-uhm) ETYMOLOGY: syping skills. One example of tradecraft MEANING: From Greek eudaimonia (happiness), is steganography. noun: A handkerchief. from eudaimon (having a good genius, USAGE: USAGE: happy), from eu- (good) + daimon (spirit, “Hundreds more [Russian spies] were “Lead me to the river with your mirror. fate, fortune). Earliest documented use: exposed by sloppy tradecraft, such Unwrap the sudarium from my face.” 1832. as the use of sequentially numbered NOTES: passports.” Plato’s cave This is a happy word; nothing demonic (PLAY-tohz kayv) about it, except in the etymology. roadstead MEANING: USAGE: (ROHD-sted) noun: An illusory place or experience. “The air conditioning didn’t reach back MEANING: USAGE: here and the heat was breathtaking, noun: A partly sheltered stretch of water “The truth comes out and worlds fall lapping at my face the way would a near the shore where ships can anchor. apart in ‘The Wild Duck’. Henrik Ibsen’s eudemonic dog.” Also called roads. family drama shines a light on a sham ETYMOLOGY: marriage. ... It is a Plato’s cave of a play.” tradecraft From Old English rad (riding, journey on Matt Trueman; Theatre: The Wild Duck; (TRAYD-kraft) horseback) + Old English stede (place). Financial Times (London, UK); Oct 26, MEANING: Earliest documented use: 1351. 2018. noun: The techniques and methods of USAGE: “Born in captivity in the Chicago espionage and clandestine operations. “It was learnt that the area where the zoo, Bruno emerges from his Plato’s NOTES: ship was berthed is a roadstead for cave through the salvation of spoken The word tradecraft is not a synonym vessels, and that the explosion caused language.” — wordsmith.org Sudoku Solution

Across Down 1 Assign property (9) 2 Glass for the acrobat (7) 8 American uncle raised 3 Blackadder’s last to take backward cats (5) advantage of cunning plan (4) 9 Insect in secure US city (5,2) 4 Vandal’s buddy? (6) 10 Little Dorothy embraces large 5 Metal making gent nuts (8) fool (4) 6 Observed pole being cut (4) 11 Fashion on sale as at certain 7 Rich oil producer wasn’t periods (8) perfectly upright (4-6) 13 Skater forced to move very 8 Walker confused dean and fast (6) priest (10) 14 Read super novel - Trollope’s 12 Organisms present in dressed latest (6) crab I ate? (8) 17 Bird of colourful origin (8) 15 Find a hunter going astray (7) 19 Actual component of cereals 16 Game span (6) (4) 18 Accommodation where 21 Wrathful when grenade archaeologists are working? (4) Sudoku is a puzzle based explodes? (7) 20 Asian monk heard beast (4) on a 9x9 grid. The 22 A ringleader captured by grid is also divided into police is bitter (5) nine (3x3) boxes. You 23 Not wanting to be shot (6-3) are given a selection of values and to complete the puzzle, you must fill the grid so that every column, every row and every 3x3 Solution box contains the digits 1 to 9 and none is repeated.

SERIES TO BINGE WATCH ON AMAZON PRIME 14 GULF TIMES Friday, May 1, 2020 COMMUNITY LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE Work-related stress may up risk for peripheral artery disease

eople who reported work-related disease and stroke,” said lead study author stress were more likely to be Katriina Heikkila from Karolinska Institute in hospitalised for peripheral artery Sweden. disease compared to those who For the results, the researchers evaluated did not report work-related stress, the records of 139,000 men and women Paccording to a study. participating in 11 separate studies from Peripheral artery disease, or PAD, is a 1985-2008 in Finland, Sweden, Denmark and cardiovascular disease that occurs when the UK. cholesterol or other fatty substances in the Participants included in the analysis had no blood build up in the blood vessels away from previous history of peripheral artery disease the heart, usually the legs, impeding blood when the respective studies began. flow. Individual information for each Worldwide, peripheral artery disease participant included age, sex, BMI, smoker or affects more than 200 million people. nonsmoker, alcohol consumption, physical Previous studies have linked work-related activity level, diabetes status, socioeconomic stress to other forms of the atherosclerotic position, data on hospitalisations and the disease; however, few have specifically questionnaire on work-related stress. analysed its effects on peripheral artery During an average 12.8 years of follow up, disease. 667 people (0.2 to 1.8 per cent of participants) The current research, published in the were hospitalised for peripheral artery Journal of the American Heart Association, disease. focused on the relationship between work- Researchers found that people with Stress is associated with increased peripheral artery disease, the study said. related stress and hospital treatment for work-related stress were 1.4 times as likely inflammation and higher blood glucose levels. Overall, nearly one-fourth of participants peripheral artery disease. as those without work-related stress to have So, although there is limited evidence with no previous hospitalisation for Our findings suggest that work-related a record of peripheral artery disease in the linking work-related stress to heart peripheral artery disease reported work- stress may be a risk factor for peripheral hospitalisation register, after adjusting for disease, stress could be contributing related stress at the beginning of the 11 artery disease in a similar way as it is for heart age, sex and lifestyle variables. to complications and exacerbations of studies, the researchers noted. — IANS

Aries Taurus Gemini March 21 — April 19 April 20 — May 20 May 21 — June 20

You seem to want to become old and wise before your time, Aries. There is some probability that you’ll want to escape from reality You face a day of some conflict, Gemini. Nevertheless, the discord Today’s aspects will take you by the hand and lead you back into the today, Taurus. You aren’t anxious to face a situation that demands will prove quite useful. This is probably one of the best opportunities heat of the action, experiencing life in all its intensity. Yes, we know that you commit yourself. Is this because you’re afraid that you in recent weeks to become aware of some family matters. These you’re really afraid of all this. But if you don’t get back into action, cannot assume this new responsibility? This is an honest-to- matters may have been occurring behind your back for some time you’ll stay alone in your little corner. The world needs you. Don’t be goodness chance to fulfil your dreams of success. There can be no now. News about a bit of past personal history could surprise you, afraid to share your gifts. question of evading it! Get busy! and perhaps even upset you for a short time. Cancer Leo Virgo June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

If you admit you’ve made a mistake, people are more likely to forgive You may have been wishing for some recognition and appreciation If you happen to be training for a new trade, learning a new you. You have a confrontational day ahead, Cancer. There’s no doubt lately. The day ahead will show you which path will be the most technique, or perhaps you’re being evaluated after an internship that you’re in a stationary position concerning your career. That may productive. In order to succeed, Leo, you have to plan everything period, you can expect these pursuits to conclude on a high note. be crimping your style somewhat, financially speaking, but you’ll carefully and focus on one goal. You should be sure you have You may have been somewhat afraid that those in authority would make better progress if you assume your responsibility and see your support for that goal. There’s a long, hard climb ahead, but you’re frown upon your originality, Virgo. On the contrary, it seems the mistakes. However, don’t be too critical of yourself! bound to make it! people in charge appreciate it more than you know. Libra Scorpio Sagittarius September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

Although you might find the day ahead somewhat stressful, it’s a key Today the celestial energy will be trying to teach you something, Today’s energy will be making you think only about your relationships, day in your professional evolution. Since you’ve lacked inspiration Scorpio, specifically, how to share with others. But first, you must get to Sagittarius. It isn’t easy to have relationships with others, as you may lately, you must not miss the opportunity you’ll be presented with a place where you truly want to share something of yourself. Have you have noticed. The respective demands of each one in a relationship today. You could find out about an opportunity in a new field, which examined your tendency to run away? You seem to be afraid that they’ll can be difficult to understand. Moreover, the demands of others can may lead to a new passion or commitment. Expect to see a new overwhelm you or that you’ll owe them something. This isn’t the case, obscure your path or cause you to detour from it. The less we ask for vision of the future forming within you, Libra! Scorpio. Why not give other people a chance to get to know you? in a relationship, the more flexible it becomes! Capricorn Aquarius Pisces December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

Some of your demons may come back to haunt you today, It might seem like you no longer completely believe in what you’re Today’s planetary energies will be very demanding, Pisces. As you Capricorn. You could find yourself battling some of those same old doing, Aquarius, perhaps because you’ve been going a little too agonise over whether or not you’re up to “standard,” the planets, in doubts and insecurities that you thought you’d left behind. Your quickly in your quest to get what you need. Your social life may have a very cheeky way, respond that you are not! That’s because you’re desire for a higher standard of living will have you preoccupied with slowed down a lot now – just when you decided to go full speed in moving too quickly. The change in direction that you’re making at money concerns in the middle of the day. These concerns will pass, this domain. Surprising what the astral energy can do, isn’t it? Don’t the moment is profound, yet you’re trying to take it lightly. Dare to so take a deep breath and try not to worry too much. get upset. You can’t do a thing about it. slow down and go deeper. Friday, May 1, 2020 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY Irrfan’s memorable portrayals from book to screen

By Arundhuti Banerjee

rom playing characters based on plays of William NEW PROJECT: Kaley Cuoco has come on board Shakespeare to characters action-comedy Man From as a female lead. that came out of the imagination of novelists Cuoco joins Hart in Man From Toronto likeF Raskin Bond and Jhumpa Lahiri, the late National Award-winning Big Bang Theory star Kaley Cuoco has come on actor Irrfan set the journey of board action-comedy Man From Toronto as a female many stories from word to screen. lead opposite Kevin Hart. Be it in Bollywood or in world Recently, Woody Harrelson replaced Jason Statham cinema, the actor managed to find in the Sony’s movie, reports variety.com the right cord with his performance The film revolves around a case of mistaken identity in both the cinematic worlds. after the world’s deadliest assassin, known as the In an earlier interview with IANS, “man from Toronto” and a stranger, played by Hart, Irrfan had said: “I think the most run into each other at an Airbnb. Chaos follows as the interesting part of exploring both assassin’s world comes crashing down on Hart. the worlds of cinema – Bollywood Patrick Hughes is on board to helm the project. and – is how the Robbie Fox and Chris Bremmer wrote the script from a audience perceives an actor. In our story he conceived with Jason Blumenthal. The film is (Indian) cinema, actors are like a expected to release on September 17, 2021. magician who comes on screen VERSATILE: managed to find the right cord with his performance in Cuoco is best known for her role in hit sitcom The and do something to engage and both the cinematic worlds. Big Bang Theory, which concluded last year. She will mesmerise. On the other hand, in the next be seen in HBO Max’s upcoming limited series West, actors are performers, and the the film. between Vishal Bharadwaj and The Flight Attendant. She has also executive produced audience looks for a certain amount A Mighty Heart (2007): The Irrfan after Maqbool. The story of the show. She voices the title character and serves of nuance, subtleness. It is really film was based on the book A Mighty the film was based on a short story as an executive producer on Harley Quinn for DC an interesting area to explore for an Heart: The Brave Life And Death Of titled Susanna’s Seven Husbands Universe. – IANS actor like me. My Husband Daniel Pearl written by by Ruskin Bond. In the film, Here is a list of characters he Mariane Pearl. In the Angelina Jolie- Irrfan played the character of the portrayed on-screen that are drawn starrer, Irrfan played Zeeshan Kazmi, Kashmiri poet Wasiullah Khan. from literature. police chief of Karachi who heads the Life of Pi (2012): Based on the Maqbool (2003): In the Vishal investigation of the abduction of the novel written by Yann Martel, the Bharadwaj directorial Irrfan played journalist. film is directed by Ang Lee. Irrfan the title character Miyan Maqbool, (2008): played the adult phase of the which was based on William Based on the novel Q & A (2005) protagonist – Piscine Molitor Pi Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. by Indian author Vikas Swarup, Patel. The film was nominated at the The Namesake (2006): The Irrfan played the police officer who . directorial work of the Oscar- interrogates Jamal, a boy from the (2014): Based on nominated filmmaker was Mumbai who participates in a Shakespeare’s play , Irrfan based on the novel by Jhumpa Lahiri, television show and manages to win essayed the character of Roohdar, of the same name. Irrfan played the despite being uneducated. the ghost of Hamlet’s father. His character of Ashoke Ganguli. The actor 7 Khoon Maaf (2011): This performance was appreciated by the received a lot of love for his acting in was the second collaboration audience and critics alike. – IANS

Legend turns chef amid Covid-19 lockdown

Musician John Legend, who has belted out hits after GRIEVING: is deeply disturbed to hear hits like All of me and Tonight, has turned to cooking amid about the passing of Irrfan Khan. lockdown due to the global outbreak of coronavirus. “(I’m) most responsible for cooking breakfast in my house, Pakistani star Saba mourns so I cook pancakes for my kids, I cook omelettes for me Medium co-actor Irrfan’s demise and Chrissy, waffles, French toast. Pretty much any kind of breakfast you can imagine – bacon, sausage, all that stuff I’m Pakistani actress Saba Qamar, who starred opposite responsible for,” He said on British singer-songwriter Jessie Irrfan Khan in has mourned the actors Ware’s Table Manners podcast, reports aceshowbiz.com. death. Legend’s wife and model Chrissy Teigen is a popular “Deeply disturbed to hear about the passing of cookbook author. Irrfan Khan. It feels like yesterday coming back from The musician says he does not want to sing for a while. the sets of Hindi Medium. You taught me a lot as an “She gets tired of cooking. Especially when she’s finished actor and a mentor. Such a brilliant actor gone too with her (latest cookery) book. It’s almost like when I finish soon. I’m at a loss for words. RIP Raj Yours Only, touring, I don’t want to sing for a little while. I think she Meeta,” tweeted Saba, referencing their on-screen feels the same way when she’s just finished a book. She’s names, Raj and Meeta in the film. over it for a while and she’s just not feeling creative in that MUSICIAN: John Legend says he likes to play music as he is Irrfan was only 53. On Tuesday, he was hospitalised moment,” he said. cooking. after being diagnosed with colon infection. He had “So she’s happy to have me help and sometimes I’ll take been battling neuroendocrine tumour for several over the whole meal; sometimes I’ll be her sous-chef and “I like to play music as I’m cooking. So I’ll often stream or months and had been under medical attention for the we’ll do it together (and) sometimes I’ll do breakfast or lunch do a playlist of stuff that I’ve already put together of some of same. – IANS for the kids but she’ll make dinner for me and her.” But he my favourites of this or that of artists. Sometimes I’ll listen likes to listen to music while cooking. to an album but most of the time it’s playlists.” – IANS 16 GULF TIMES Friday, May 1, 2020 COMMUNITY “Moderate food, self-control can help increase work productivity” Pakistani corporate trainer Malik Nasir Nawaz underlines how work productivity can be increased during Ramadan

interrupt deadlines of office By Mudassir Raja work. It gets even more stressful when we have no choice but to get involved daily in family matters amadan is no doubt specially kids’ day to-days issues. a month of spiritual Stress level gets on high peek blessings and self- for those people who are used to restraint for Muslims. socialising at work.” The holy month, Malik underlines the fact that Rhowever, is very different this if life and work patterns are not year because of the stay-at-home taken care of, Ramadan can also phenomenon triggered by the affect the work productivity. novel coronavirus pandemic. “The fasting individual is inclined This year, a majority of towards more worship and kind employees are asked to work from deeds that can also have an impact home and that can be a challenge on the work. There are, however, for some. some suggestions that I can offer Pakistani expatriate Malik Nasir to have maximum productivity Nawaz is a corporate trainer, while fasting. facilitator and mentor for future “I always see Ramadan as executives and professionals. month of self-mastery and The motivational speaker carries self-discipline. In my opinion over 25 years of international the true spirit of this month is experience in corporate training. self-examination, self-discovery “I have been facilitating and an opportunity of self- corporate sector around the globe improvement. As personal by providing practical, interactive hygiene is the call of the day, trainings, workshops, seminars, making ablution (wudu) five times on-line trainings and mentoring a day helps you remain mentally sessions. I have been coaching, alert with lot of positive energy. training and mentoring top Further, try and control your food management and professionals intake. As Muslims, we are taught, of multinational and blue chip our stomach needs to have one organisations in different parts third of food, one third of water of the world. I have recently been and one third of air. Moderate engaged by noted organisations food intake is not only supportive for different training and to our digestive system but also learning assignments in Qatar. helpful in avoiding laziness and My expertise includes stress lethargic feelings.” management, leadership skills, In the efforts to keep up with accountability vs responsibility, the official work or to enhance it plan and organise work, team while at home, the trainer said: building etc.” “Allocate yourself a dedicated He believes that over two and comfortable spot to work that decades of experience of you can associate with your job. working from home for research To ward off the stress of being and preparation of training confined to your home, focus on programmes has given him the things you have long pending. expertise which can be beneficial Start brushing up your work “The true spirit of this month is self-examination, self- to share during this difficult time related skills. period. “‘Half glass full is much “Read Qur’an and any book discovery and an opportunity of self-improvement. As better than seeing half glass which relates to your field of empty’ should be the motto to work and review what you have personal hygiene is the call of the day, making ablution follow during this time. Most of done or achieved before going the people may fantasise about to bed. Try to have a positive (wudu) five times a day helps you remain mentally working from the comfort of acknowledgement of something their own home, thinking that you accomplished, learned or alert with a lot of positive energy. Further, try and they don’t have to face traffic in are grateful for. It will help the morning, no need to properly escalation of positive approach control your food intake. As Muslims, we are taught, dress up, more sleeping time for the next day and remind you without any tension, no fear of that you remain productive while our stomach needs to have one third of food, one third boss walking in the office, etc. working from home.” Pile of laundry that suddenly Malik further said: “Avoid of water and one third of air. Moderate food intake is looks more appealing than your spending lot of time on social bosses’ to-do list. media, only rely on authentic not only supportive for our digestive system but also “But in the true sense it’s government information and news more difficult to remain focused channels for reliable information. helpful in avoiding laziness and lethargic feelings” on work while at home. After a The fake news and sensationalism couple of days stress level starts will also put you under stress badly — Malik Nasir Nawaz rising when domestic tasks affecting your work productivity.”