Tuesday, February 18, 2020 Jumada II 24, 1441 AH Doha today 170 - 260 TThehe painterpainter pphysicianhysician Dr Sreekumar Padmanabhan juggles stethoscope and paintbrush, is convinced one COVER STORY complements the other. P4-5 FUELLING UNDERSTANDING: “My art background has made me more sensitive, and taught me to be more empathetic towards my patients,” says Dr Sree. Photo supplied 2 GULF TIMES Tuesday, February 18, 2020 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 4.49am Shorooq (sunrise) 6.08am Zuhr (noon) 11.48am Asr (afternoon) 3.03pm Maghreb (sunset) 5.29pm Isha (night) 6.59pm USEFUL NUMBERS Sonic The Hedgehog on Earth with his newfound best friend — Tom Wachowski. CAST: Jim Carrey, James Marsden, Ben Schwartz They must soon join forces to prevent the evil Dr Robotnik from DIRECTION: Jeff Fowler capturing Sonic and using his powers for world domination. SYNOPSIS: Sonic tries to navigate the complexities of life THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza Emergency 999 Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444 Humanitarian Services Offi ce (Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies) Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372, 40253369 Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364 Bad Boys For Life Mike gets wounded, he teams up with partner Marcus Burnett Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 DIRECTION: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah and AMMO – a special tactical squad – to bring the culprits Qatar Airways 40253374 CAST: Will Smith, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig to justice. But the old-school, wisecracking cops must soon SYNOPSIS: The wife and son of a Mexican drug lord learn to get along with their new elite counterparts if they are embark on a vengeful quest to kill all those involved in his trial to take down the vicious cartel that threatens their lives. and imprisonment – including Detective Mike Lowrey. When THEATRES: Royal Plaza ote Unquo Qu te “Where there is love there is life” – Mahatma Gandhi Community Editor For movie timings and Kamran Rehmat further details please scan e-mail: [email protected] the QR code above with your Telephone: 44466405 mobile phone camera or visit qatarcinemas.com Fax: 44350474 Tuesday, February 18, 2020 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY Ballet Lessons WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 4pm – 8pm For more info e-mail at registration@ atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839. After School Activities WHERE: Atelier WHEN: Ongoing Music and arts activities for students taking place after they fi nish their day in school includes Group Music lessons, Hip- hop, Ballet, Drawing and Painting, Drama MIA Park Bazaar 2020 TIME: 12:30pm Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and 10 WHERE: MIA Park Street Food is the ideal venue for a leisure Qatar Food Fest years old after school hours. WHEN: Ongoing till April 25 experience for the whole family off ering over WHERE: Sheraton Hotel Park TIME: 2pm — 8pm 20 dine-in options and 18-hole World Mini- WHEN: Ongoing till April 30 MIA Park Bazaar is a modern version of Golf setup. TIME: 4pm — 1am the Old Souq tradition with vibrant mix of The festival is currently happening at around 120 stalls. You can browse and buy Hobby Classes Sheraton Hotel Park. Qatar Food Fest features handicrafts, accessories, paintings, clothing, WHERE: Mamangam Performing Art 77 stalls, food trucks, and trolleys, bringing food, jewellery, photography and art. Centre culinary and cultural experiences from all WHEN:Wednesday – Monday corners of the globe to visitors and residents Mamangam is an art and performance in Qatar. centre started with a vision of spreading our knowledge, interests and experience in various disciplines in arts across different Public Speaking Classes for Adults countries for children and adults. WHERE: Sharq Capital, C-Ring Road We offer regular classes in disciplines like WHEN:Ongoing till July 1 traditional classical dance, art and craft, TIME: 6:30pm – 9pm Bollywood and hip-hop styles, Carnatic Get trained by experts to be a good speaker. music, robotics, percussion instruments, Smedley Toastmasters is conducting a keyboard, yoga, zumba and martial arts six-month speech-craft programme that like Karate, Shaolin Kung Fu and Kalari. teaches new members to speak confi dently For those who wish to register e-mail and develop leadership skills. For more at [email protected] or call on information, 66053485, 33232490 or visit 33897609/44723680 www.SmedleyToastmasters.org 2020 Grand Prix – Test and Race WHERE: Losail International Circuit WHEN: March 6–8 2020 Grand Prix is set to take place from March 6 till March 8 at the Losail International Circuit. Built-in just under a year, the circuit has been a regular venue of the MotoGP calendar ever since. You can watch the races with friends or family in an open-air setting where you will be surrounded by the uproar of larger crowds. Artistic Gymnastic Classes WHERE: Qatar Academy Msheireb WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 3:15pm – 4:15pm The Olympic sport using horizontal bar, rings and fl oor exercises on mats for the children from age 4 till 16. Metro Street Food WHERE: DECC Metro Station WHEN: Ongoing Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Tuesday, February 18, 2020 COMMUNITY COVER STORY “Choice of colours reflects the times (artists) live in” — Dr Sreekumar Padmanabhan, painter-physician regular at Katara’s international Community Report and local painting exhibits, and he’s taken part in Qatar Foundation’s popular Art Atelier workshop and Painting should not be a exhibition — all the while practising profession. It should be medicine. a lifetime of dedication,” The physician says that, as an One thing about Qatar that is observed Maqbool Fida artist and an Indian, the launch unique, and sticks out a mile, Husain in an episode of Al of Husain’s Seero fi al Ardh art “Jazeera’s One on One programme, installation at Qatar Foundation’s is the generosity, respect and aired in 2010. (QF) Education City — taking the Husain’s countryman, Dr artist’s vision to its conclusion — acceptance the country Sreekumar Padmanabhan — known makes him proud. But he would also as Dr Sree to his friends and expect nothing less in Qatar. shows to artists patients — seems to have taken that “One thing about Qatar that advice to heart. A resident of Qatar, is unique, and sticks out a mile, the physician spends every spare is the generosity, respect and — Dr Sreekumar Padmanabhan minute outside his job doing what acceptance the country shows to he loves: painting. artists,” says Dr Sree. “It doesn’t Since his arrival in Qatar in 2007, surprise me that Qatar Foundation Dr Sree has held 36 exhibitions, a would take an unfi nished work of ‘ ’ dozen of which were solo. He is a Husain, complete it and then share Tuesday, February 18, 2020 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY The Seeroo fi al Ardh’s main show chronicles how first nature, then machines, advanced the ambitions of people throughout the Arab region, allowing them to shape the world around them; and how — even before the European Renaissance was born — the Arab world was home to an age of enlightenment, experimentation, and innovation it with the public — it’s a part of the I admit I was doubtful of what I conduct exhibitions at Katara and number of painting he’s completed of it every day; in the way the eyes personality of this country.” could do in Doha, especially while venues run by Qatar Museums, lead since his arrival in Qatar. Every of my patients light up when they Though the physician never met practising as a doctor.” art events supported by various nook and cranny is fi lled with learn I’m an artist; in the manner Husain, he was captivated by his Today, Dr Sree says that his embassies, and set up art groups framed paintings of all sizes. in which I am constantly invited to style of painting, especially the use artistic experience in Qatar has within the community. In his studio on the third fl oor, paint or display at exhibitions.” of certain colour combinations in surpassed all his expectations — A visit to his home in the Salata cardboard cartons are stacked “Where else would artists his artwork. the last 12 years have seen him Jadeed neighbourhood of Doha against each other, bulging with like me get a chance to work and “I believe that where artists are produce more than 200 paintings, gives a better insight into the sheer portraits, and paintings that depict exhibit artwork alongside those concerned, the choice of colours animals to Arabian landscapes – of renowned local artists such as refl ect the times they live in, and and everything in between. Yousif al-Homaid? And which the experiences they have,” he “It wasn’t just my art that other country would choose to explains. progressed since I came to Doha. I preserve the legacy of artists — like “If you compare the manner did all this while studying further,” Husain — irrespective of nationality in which Renaissance artists and he explains. “I acquired three and culture?” Husain used combinations of red, medical degrees and certifi cations The installation comprises a gold and amber, you’ll notice that while in Qatar. And I teach courses suspended sculpture of Abbas the European palette was far more at Hamad Medical Corporation, Ibn Firnas, a replica of the fl ying subtle and restrained than Husain’s.