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WHEN ORANGE IS DEEP BLUE: Named Deep Blue, this seahorse is among those that former school teacher Rog Hanson is studying. SSecretecret worldworld COVER What a retired teacher did upon finding STORY some seahorses off Long Beach. P4-5

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Back in harness, ’ ‘The Colours of Desert’ exhibition to Let’s Rock is hugely popular. bring colours of Qatar alive at Katara. Page 14 Page 16 2 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 16, 2019 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT

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Crawl basement of their family home in Coral Lake, the father and DIRECTION: Alexandre Aja daughter realise that something sinister lives in the town. CAST: Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Ross Anderson With absolutely no rescue and impossible escape, Haley and SYNOPSIS: During a fi erce Category 5 hurricane that hits Dave have to escape rising waters and marauding alligators as a Florida town, Haley Keller (Kaya Scodelario) goes against they try to escape hurricane season. Emergency 999 the town’s orders of evacuation in order to fi nd her father Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Dave (Barry Pepper). Through fi nding him in a crawlspace THEATRES: Royal Plaza, The Mall, Landmark 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

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Summer Camp for Special Needs Hobby Classes WHERE: Step by Step Centre for Special WHERE: Mamangam Performing Art Needs Centre WHEN: Ongoing till August 1 WHEN:Wednesday – Monday TIME: 8:00am – 12:30pm Mamangam Performing Art Centre, is a During this time, all therapists and holistic performing arts institution and a one teachers will be working together, running stop solution for adults as well as children individual, peer and group sessions within looking to explore their talents in various classes. The children will continue learning art forms. We off er classes in contemporary, age-appropriate concepts, work on social Bollywood, hip hop, indian classical dance, skills, life skills training, arts and crafts, music (Hindustani and Carnatic), arts and craft, music, and fun activities such as water play. karate, yoga, percussion (Chenda, Thimila, Elathalam and Madhalam), violin, harmonium, Career Guidance public speaking. WHERE: Right Track Consultants, Al Additional services include dance education, Sadd choreograph music videos and dance cover WHEN: Sunday – Thursday , choreograph dance musical projects, TIME: 6pm – 8pm corporate workshops and events, choreograph Career guidance for course, country, events for schools, colleges, alumni meets and college and entrance for students of Grade corporate and choreography events. For details, IX-XII, of all curriculum. Career assessments call 33897609. administered for stream preference, career test, branch preference, personality, multiple intelligence and learning styles and productivity. For more information, 55448835.

Artistic Gymnastic Classes WHERE: Qatar Academy Msheireb WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 3:15pm – 4:15pm The olympic sport using horizontal bar, EVENTS Under the context of cultural exchange, rings and fl oor exercises on mats for the FBQ Museum brings together the treasures children from age 4 till 16. Animal Canvas Painting of the museum owned collection in WHERE: Qatar National Library order to promote mutual understanding, WHEN: Tomorrow recognition and appreciation between TIME: 10am – 11:30am Qatar and India. Composed of five main In this event, children will enjoy learning topics, including community, trade, arts, diff erent canvas painting techniques, such as food and incense, the exhibition takes Arabic Calligraphy Workshop dot painting and making silhouette shapes one on a journey to explore the rich and WHEN: Saturday – Wednesday from nature, as they create art featuring their diverse Indian cultures, the long historic TIME: 6pm favorite animals, birds or bugs. links between Qatar and India, and cultural Arabic Calligraphy workshop is back. similarities between Qatar and India. Come and learn the artistic practice of Arabic MF Husain: The Horses Of The Sun handwriting and calligraphy at Music and Exhibition Arts Atelier. WHERE: Mataf: Arab Museum of Modern The lessons will take place every Saturday, Art Monday and Wednesday at 6pm. For WHEN: Ongoing till July 31 more information, contact registration@ TIME: 9am – 7pm atelierqatar.com The exhibition presents Husain’s pluralist approach to the divine and cosmic aspects of being, articulated through the myths, symbols and narratives of the world’s religions and philosophies. M. F. Husain: Horses of the Sun bears witness to a recurrent motif in his art, a After School Activities personal symbol of self-renewal and vitality. 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 Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and 10 years old after school hours.

Dance and Instrument Classes WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf Times Building WHEN: Wednesday – Monday Ballet Lessons Learn the movements of dance styles in WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the musical India to Qatar – Symbiosis of WHEN: Ongoing instruments such as Piano, Guitar, Keyboard Cultures TIME: 4pm – 8pm for adults as well kids and move in the world WHERE: FBQ Museum For more info e-mail at registration@ of music. For details, contact 66523871/ WHEN: Ongoing till July 31 atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839. 31326749.

Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 16, 2019 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Seahorse city If you get Rog Hanson talking about his seahorses, he’ll tell you exactly how many times he’s seen them (997), who is dating whom, and describe their personalities with intimate familiarity. Bathsheba is stoic, Daphne a runner. Deep Blue is chill. By Deborah Netburn

I swear, (getting to know seahorses) has made me a better human being. On land I’m very C-minus, but underwater, I’m Mensa

— Rog Hanson, seahorse keeper

og Hanson emerges on Earth. from the coastal waters, “To my knowledge, he is the only ‘ pulls a diving regulator person tracking ingens directly,” out of his mouth and says Amanda Vincent, a professor pushes a scuba mask at the University of British Rdown around his neck. Columbia and director of the “Did you see her?” he says. “Did marine conservation group Project you see Bathsheba?” Seahorse. “Many people love On this quiet Wednesday seahorses, but Roger’s absorption morning, a paddle boarder glides with them is defi nitely distinctive. silently through the surf off Long There’s a degree of warm obsession Beach. Two stick-legged whimbrels there, perhaps.” plunge their long curved beaks into Over the last three years, Hanson the sand, hunting for crabs. has made the two-hour’ trek from But Hanson, 68, is enchanted by his home in Moreno Valley to the what lies hidden beneath the water. industrial shoreline of Long Beach Today, he took a visitor on a tour to visit his “kids” about every fi ve of the secret world he built from days. To avoid traffi c, he often palm fronds and pine branches at leaves at 2am and then sleeps in his the bottom of the bay: his very own car when he arrives. seahorse city. He keeps three tanks of air and The visitor confi rms that she did his scuba gear in the trunk of his see Bathsheba, an 11-inch-long 2009 Kia Rio. A toothbrush and a orange Pacifi c seahorse, and a grin pair of pink leopard print reading spreads across Hanson’s broad face. glasses rest on the dash. “Isn’t she beautiful?” he says. Hanson makes careful notes “She’s our supermodel.” after all his dives in a colourful If you get Hanson talking about handmade log book he stores his seahorses, he’ll tell you exactly in a three-ring binder. On this how many times he’s seen them Wednesday, he dutifully records (997), who is dating whom, and the water temperature (62 degrees), describe their personalities with the length of the dive (58 minutes), intimate familiarity. Bathsheba is the greatest depth (15 feet) and stoic, Daphne a runner. Deep Blue visibility (3 feet), as well as the is chill. precise location of each seahorse. He will also tell you that getting His notes also include phase of the to know these strange, almost moon, the tidal currents and the mythical beings has profoundly strength of the UV rays. aff ected his life. “Scientists will tell you that “I swear, it has made me a better sunlight is an important statistic to human being,” he says. “On land keep down,” he says. I’m very C-minus, but underwater, He has given each of his four I’m Mensa.” seahorses a unique logo that he Hanson is a retired schoolteacher, draws with markers in his log not a scientist, but experts say he book. Bathsheba’s is a purple star probably has spent more time with outlined in red, Daphne’s is a brown WHEN ORANGE IS DEEP BLUE: Named Deep Blue, this seahorse is among those that former school teacher Rog Pacifi c seahorses, also known as striped star in a yellow circle. Hanson is studying. Hippocampus ingens, than anyone He’s learned that the seahorses Tuesday, July 16, 2019 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY don’t like it when he hovers nearby deposit up to 1,500 eggs in the for too long. Now he limits his male’s pouch. The males incubate interactions with them to 15-30 the eggs, providing nutrition and seconds at a time. oxygen for the growing embryos. “At fi rst I bugged them too When the larval seahorses are ready much,” he says. “I was the paparazzi to be released, he goes into labour swimming around.” — scientists call it “jackknifi ng” — Hanson traces the origins of his pushing his trunk toward his tail. seahorse story back nearly two After three years of observation, decades to the early morning of Hanson has collected new evidence December 30, 2000. about seahorse mating practices. He was diving solo off Shaw’s His research suggests that although Cove in Laguna Beach when a most seahorses are monogamous, a slow-moving giant emerged from female will mate with two males if the abyss. It was a gray whale whose there are no other female seahorses 40-foot frame cast Hanson in around. shadow. He also found that males, who The whale could have killed him are in an almost constant state with a fl ick of its tail, Hanson says, of pregnancy, tend to stick to an but he felt no fear. The two made area about the size of a king-size eye contact and, as Hanson tells mattress, while the females roam it, he felt the whale’s gaze peering up to 150 feet from their home directly into his soul. during a typical day. It was all over in 10 seconds, but Eventually, he may be able to help Hanson was altered. He had always scientists answer another long- wanted to live at the beach, but standing question: What is the after this encounter, he vowed to lifespan of Pacifi c seahorses in the make it happen. It took years 15, wild? Some researchers say about in fact but he fi nally got a job as a fi ve years; others think it could be special education teacher in the up to 12. Long Beach public school system. NOTES FROM A SEAHORSE LOVER: Rog Hanson makes careful notes after all his dives. He has given each of his “It will be interesting to see what He bought a van and parked it on four seahorses a unique logo. Roger fi nds out,” Vincent says. Ocean Boulevard. He lived at the In June 2017, about one year after beach and dived every day for 3½ the cribs would fall to the bottom, visited the fi sh at odd hours to see fancy and wonder in us.” Hanson began formally tracking months before moving to Moreno creating a habitat for fi sh and other how their behaviour changes from When Mark Showalter, a the seahorses, he took on a partner: Valley. animals. morning to night. And he mourned planetary astronomer at the SETI a young scuba instructor named To amuse himself while he lived “So I said to myself, build them a when Kenny disappeared in Institute, recently discovered a Ashley Arnold. at the beach, he built an underwater city that’s deeper, where feet can’t January. He still hasn’t come back. moon orbiting Neptune, he named Arnold, who has short red hair city he called Littleville out of get to it even at low tide,” Hanson (A new member, CD Street, arrived it Hippocamp in part because of his and a jocular vibe, is a former Army discarded toys he found at the says. June 29.) love of seahorses. staff sergeant who served in Iraq bottom of the bay. And he did. “It feels like I’m reading a book, “I’ve seen them in the wild and and Afghanistan. She learned to Hanson saw his fi rst seahorse By July 2016 two pairs of the book of their life, and I can’t put they are marvellously strange and dive as part of a programme the Salt in January 2016 while checking on seahorses had moved into the it down,” he says. interesting,” he says. “It’s a fi sh, but Lake City Veterans Aff airs hospital Littleville. It was bright orange, just new habitat. Daphne, the runner, He’s also reached out to seahorse it doesn’t look anything like a fi sh.” off ered to female veterans suff ering 4.5 inches long, and Hanson, who was named after the nymph scientists across the globe to Pacifi c seahorses are among the from post-traumatic stress disorder had logged over a thousand dives from Greek mythology who fl ees compare notes. “I won’t say I know largest members of the seahorse and military sexual trauma. Arnold in the area, knew it didn’t belong Apollo, Kenny’s name came from the most about seahorses in the family. Males can grow up to 14 suff ered from both. Diving became there. the proprietor of a local kayaking world, but I know the people who inches long, while females generally her salvation. The range of the Pacifi c seahorse company. “Bathsheba” was do,” he says. top out at about 11. They come in a “All the irritation on the surface is generally thought to extend from inspired by a Bible story, and her Amanda Vincent, the director variety of colours, including orange, disappears when you go under the Peru to as far north as San Diego. mate, Deep Blue, named after a of Project Seahorse, says that maroon, brown and yellow. They water,” she says. “It’s like, ‘What This seahorse ended up about 100 dive shop that has helped sponsor seahorses spark an emotional are talented camoufl agers that can was I concerned about?’ You forget miles north of that. Hanson’s work since he launched reaction in almost everyone. alter the colour of their exoskeleton about everything else. Nothing else Scientists said the seahorse and his seahorse study. “Remember those books with to blend into their environment. matters.” others that joined her had probably He’s seen Kenny’s and Deep three fl aps where you can mix the But perhaps their most She used her GI Bill to pay for ridden an unusual pulse of warm Blue’s bellies swell with pregnancy head of a giraff e with the body of distinguishing characteristic is that a scuba instructor course and to water up the coast, along with other and noted how their partners a snake and the tail of a monkey? they are the only known species set up her own business. Now, she animals generally found in southern check in on them daily, frequently That’s what we’ve got here,” she in the animal kingdom to exhibit fi nds that if she dives at least twice waters. standing sentinel nearby. He’s says. “They appeal to the sense of a true male pregnancy. Females a week and has a dog, she does not “We were getting a lot of weird need to take medication. sightings in the fall of 2015,” says Hanson and Arnold are very Sandy Trautwein, vice president of protective of their seahorse family. husbandry at the Aquarium of the They tell visitors to remove GPS Pacifi c. “There was a yellow-bellied tags from their photos. They swear sea snake, bluefi n tuna, marlin, them to secrecy. whale sharks — a lot of animals There is little chance anyone associated with warm water.” would fi nd Hanson’s seahorses Most of these animals eventually without a guide. Also, diving in left after ocean temperatures these waters off Long Beach can be returned to normal, but Hanson’s a challenge. seahorses stayed. The water is shallow. It’s hard That may be because Hanson had to get your buoyancy right. A built them a home. misplaced fl ipper kick can stir up It happened like this: In June blinding sand and silt. 2016 he watched in horror as more He will use a plastic tent stake, than 100 high school football jabbing it into the bottom to propel players splashed in the shallow himself — and you holding on — waters, right where his seahorses across the ocean fl oor. When he usually hung out. spots a seahorse he will use the “I thought, I gotta do something, stake as a pointer. Through the I gotta do something,” he says. murky water you strain to see. Then Then he remembered that, back it appears. Orange and rigid. Thin in the Midwest where he grew up, snout. Bony plates. Stripes down he used to help the city park service the torso. Totally still. make “fi sh cribs.” In early spring And if you’ve never seen a they would use brush and twigs to seahorse in the wild before, you will build what looked like a miniature feel honoured and awed, as if you’ve log cabin with no roof on an ice- TWO TO TANGO: Rog Hanson, 68, teamed up with dive instructor Ashley Arnold two years ago to keep watch over a just seen a unicorn beneath the sea. covered lake. When the ice melted, small colony of Pacific seahorses that he discovered back in 2016. He has been studying colony ever since. — Los Angeles Times/TNS 6 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 16, 2019 COMMUNITY

Nepali folk rock band to perform in Qatar

After five years, one of Nepal’s most popular and beloved folk-rock band, Nepathya, is all set to Adarsha Welfare Society; Bhim Taramu Magar, Spokesperson of Gulmi Welfare Society; and perform in Qatar on the second day of Eid al-Adha at Asian Town amphitheatre. The event has Anuradha Pawade, Station Head of Olive FM. been organised by Level Fn advertising and Events, Kaski Welfare Society Qatar and Ram Nagar Amrit Gurung, the vocalist of the band will be accompanied on stage by Dhurba Lama on – Thimura Welfare Society. drums, Suraj Thapa on keyboard, Subin Shakya on bass guitar, Niraj Gurung on guitars and Speaking at the press conference, Prasad Chaulagain, Chief Organiser of the event, told Shanti Rayamajhi on madals. The band has hits, including Resham, Bheda Ko Oon Jasto, Sa everyone to come and enjoy the event. The press conference was attended by notable Karnali, Siranma Photo Cha, and Jogale huncha bhet among others to their credit. personalities, including Bimal Subedi, member of NRNA ICC; Bishwo Bandu Thapa, Chief of – Text and photo by Anil Rana Magar

Doha College students receive international awards

British Schools in the Middle East and Council of British International Schools recently awarded the opportunity to recognise students’ outstanding achievements on a global scale. The two three Doha College students for their contribution to school and community life. Doha College students, including Erin Kim, a student of Grade-VI, and Gwen Yap received the BSME presented an annual Ed Goodwin Award for Exceptional Service to Lamya Adam, 14 years- award. old student, who have brought an exceptional contribution to their local or global community. In school, Gwen leads the Doha College Symphony as its Concert Master and mentors junior For the past decade, Lamya has been collecting books, clothes, and toys to donate to people in students. She features in rock band competitions representing Doha College as a drummer need back in Sudan. She frequently donates to a pair of twins who survived a fire but lost their in the all-girl band ‘Petrichor’. Within the wider community, Gwen has supported the Doha parents. During her frequent hospital visits, Lamya plays with the younger children when they Community Orchestra for many years, playing the violin in a prominent role. She now leads are bored or comfort them when they are upset. She also plays piano for guests and teaches the newly formed Doha Strings – a high-level community string orchestra consisting of adults. sick children who are interested to learn. Erin is an integral part of the DC Word podcast team and takes a lead role in presenting on, and The Council of British International Schools Student Achievement Awards give COBIS schools producing podcasts and broadcast across the school.

Erin, centre, with Dr Steff en Sommer, Principal of Doha College, Gwen Yap right, and Grant Gillies, Primary Head Teacher at Doha College. Lamya Adam

Asha’s launches new ‘Mumbai’ menu as part of 15th anniversary celebrations

Asha’s, Award-winning contemporary Indian restaurant, together to start their lives and their own journeys. This recently marked its 15th anniversary celebration in the phenomenon resulted in the city becoming a melting region with the launch of their second exclusive menu pot of cultures, food, people and lifestyles, all of which ‘Mumbai’ at an exclusive media, influencer and VIP in turn inspired our team to create this delicious menu dinner held at its newly refurbished restaurant at the and share it with our beloved customers in Doha and Villaggio Mall, stated a press release. across the region.” The second special menu, ‘Mumbai’ pays homage to The new menu, available for a limited time period, the city’s vibrant culture, food and heritage that was features an array of ten new items such as Mumbai’s rediscovered and reinvented by the Asha’s team during most famous street food, the Vada Pav Slider, and their adventurous escapade to the city. turmeric potato vadas drizzled with tamarind, green Jim Dunn, Vice President of Asian and Family Dining at chilli and dry garlic chutney for that crisp delight. Alshaya Group, said, “It has been an incredible 15-year Fresh to the new menu is the fisherman’s tribute – the journey for Asha’s in the region and a milestone we are Koliwada Prawns, which features lightly battered prawns all very proud of. We started this celebration in Kuwait, with garlic and coriander chutney for the true, authentic where we launched our first branch in the region 15 Mumbai flavour, and the exotic Mumbai Juhu Style years ago, and we are honoured to be celebrating Biryani, generously flavoured with India’s finest pav bhaji the launch of our Mumbai exotic flavours in Qatar. masala. Mumbai is known to many as the ‘City of Dreams’ The limited-time menu will be available from June 23rd and a place where many from all around India came until September 5th across all Asha’s restaurants. Tuesday, July 16, 2019 GULF TIMES 7 INTERIOR DESIGN COMMUNITY Recovered beauty: bold prints and second-hand treasure The owners’ love of vintage shopping and revitalising furniture with bold prints gives this house its character, explains Jo Leevers

In theory, I like the idea of living in a sleek minimalist box,” says Ruthie Hudson. “But in reality, I’m too sentimental. I“ like collecting ‘stuff ’, especially things that feel as if they have a back story.” With second-hand furniture, artists’ prints and end- of-line fabrics, her 1930s house in Stamford, Lincolnshire, might be short on echoey white spaces, but it’s got plenty of personality. Ruthie, her husband Michael and their sons Jasper, seven, and Felix, fi ve, live in a house that was originally built as accommodation for a police offi cer. It hadn’t been lived in for many years, but instead had been used as an overfl ow storage space for the police station a few doors down. “The rooms were full of recovered stolen bikes,” Ruthie says. “And I don’t mean just one or two – INSPIRED: Ruthie Hudson in the there were about 50, all in diff erent garden room, a space inspired shapes and sizes.” by a 1969 photograph of David Weeds and plants had taken Hockney and Sir Cecil Beaton, taken root in the window frames and in Beaton’s conservatory at Reddish the garden was so overgrown they MIX IT UP: Eras work together in a contemporary kitchen with a vintage French table. House. couldn’t see where it ended. That abundance of space out the back fi rst house I kept fi nding really plan,” she says. A stall in Stamford was a bonus, as it meant that over beautiful pieces of old furniture market has also been a good source the next few years they could extend and couldn’t resist buying a few of fabrics, which Ruthie has used to the original two-up, two-down extras, which I put in the garage,” re-cover old furniture. “Almost all house, adding a larger kitchen, a she says. She began doing this our chairs, the footstool and a sofa garden room and two bedrooms. when mid-century sideboards were have been given new life with end- The newest addition is the garden having a moment and Stamford, of-roll materials I’ve bought there,” room, a space that was inspired Peterborough and the surrounding she says. by a 1969 photograph of David areas proved to be a rich – and cheap Other fabrics came via Ruthie’s Hockney and Sir Cecil Beaton, taken – hunting ground. “I shopped at fi rst job. She worked in the in Beaton’s conservatory at Reddish vintage fairs, auctions and charity production department of a House. “Ever since I saw that image shops and prices were far better publishing company, where samples of the two men surrounded by than in other parts of the country,” and off cuts were sold off for charity plants in a room with an elegant Ruthie says. once they had been photographed. black and white tiled fl oor I’d Some of her best fi nds have been A square of embroidered silk on the thought, ‘I’d love to sit in a space at auctions, both in Stamford and couple’s bed is one such cast-off . like that,’” Ruthie says. at more ramshackle barns out in the “It had its moment in the news In her version, leafy fronds drape countryside. “You tend to get better pages of the World of Interiors and down from shelves, but in lieu of things when you’re there in person, is just beautiful. I’d never have come Beaton’s mass of pink geraniums, rather than bidding over the phone across it if I hadn’t worked there,” Ruthie opted for a fl owing fl oral or online,” Ruthie says. “And there’s she says. wallpaper. “Some patterns look something about the buzz of being Ruthie now works as an artist and lovely as a small sample, but when there that’s great. Well, once your a printmaker, making linocuts and you get them on the wall the repeat lots come up. In between, there’s using a 19th-century lithograph can look too orderly. This one lots of just waiting, often in the press that she bought on eBay. feels more natural, as if there’s no cold…” “It dates from 1856 so it’s slightly beginning and no end.” Ruthie progressed from selling to temperamental and results can vary Ruthie has furnished this room friends to taking pitches at pop-up each time I make a print,” she says. with an old cabinet that she painted fairs. “It coincided with people we “But that lack of identikit perfection dark green and a vintage French knew getting their fi rst homes and appeals to me. You know that each table, a baby version of one in the wanting to furnish them stylishly print is done by hand.” kitchen. “Both tables came from but without spending loads of It’s that love of personality over Newark antiques fair, but bought 10 money,” she adds. production-line “perfection” that years apart,” says Ruthie. She found But some items never made it on characterises Ruthie and Michael’s the larger one fi rst, at a time when to her stall. “There were a fair few home. she was buying and selling vintage things that I put in our house to “Whether it’s furniture, and mid-century furniture for a AESTHETICALLY STRONG: Vintage mirrors and posters bought at auctions photograph in order to sell them, but clothes or art, I think it’s far more living. and house clearances, and furniture that has lived a little work well for Ruthie liked them so much that I kept them. interesting to see some signs of a life “When we were furnishing our and Michael. It wasn’t exactly a ruthless business well lived.” – The Guardian 8 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 16, 2019 COMMUNITY GARDENING Big Blue salvia is big, blue, and wonderful In the landscape, if you are looking for a way to create more interest in your flower border this year, then, by all means, plan on adding some spiky flower texture from Big Blue, suggests Norman Winter

ast year Big Blue stunned In the landscape, if you are this standpoint, anyone can grow us at the plant trials. This looking for a way to create more it. However, like all salvias, they year, when we’re able to interest in your fl ower border this prefer good drainage, especially get our hands on it, we year, then, by all means, plan on if you want a return from winter. can say it is indeed big, adding some spiky fl ower texture For this reason, I like to plant on blue,L and wonderful providing all from Big Blue. In the garden raised beds loosened with organic of the spikes you could want to world, round fl owers like zinnias, matter. Space the Big Blue plants create excitement in the garden. marigolds, and even petunias often 16-18 inches apart. Depending on Botanically speaking, Big Blue is a dominate. You can almost draw an your space I would use 3-5 in an salvia farinacea x S. longispicata imaginary horizontal plane or line informal cluster or sweep. They do cross. If you are a salvia guru then across the top of your bed. But it’s however work quite well in straight you recognise this as similar to the fl owers like Big Blue that rise up line endeavours. In the South, they Indigo Spires discovered at the above that imaginary line with their will hit 36 inches tall by the end of Huntington Botanical Garden in glorious spikes of colour and create summer. FINE: Throughout the US, this dazzling blue salvia is being promoted as an 1962. a real show-stopping moment. Though I have touted how annual, and a fine one it will be. Big Blue is diff erent, however, Select a site in full sun for best drought tolerant they are, do it is seed produced; meaning it’s a fl ower performance. Fortunately, pay attention during prolonged with light applications of slow- great value for the garden shopper. these genera of salvia are tolerant dry spells, watering deeply released fertiliser about every It is diff erent, too, in that it is of wide varieties in soil pH. From but infrequently. Start feeding 6-8 weeks with the emergence of vigorous but controlled, unlike the spring growth. Keep the fl owers Indigo Spires. It will reach 24-36 deadheaded for a tidy appearance inches tall and 18-20 inches wide and to increase fl ower production. and it will bring in pollinators. These salvias look like the At the University of Georgia trial quintessential cottage garden where a dozen salvias were grown, fl owers. Combine them with white this was the only seed variety; picket fences, and your favourite the others were reproduced using variety of the old-fashioned vegetative propagation. Big Blue Gloriosa daisy. I have seen won hands down. Pan American stunning designs with plants like Seed has seemingly done the Wasabi lime green coleus, Compact impossible with Big Blue and you’ll Electric Orange SunPatiens, Tophat love it. White begonias, and Alocasia Throughout the US, this dazzling elephant ears. blue salvia is being promoted as No matter your choice of an annual, and a fi ne one it will be. companion plants, it is sure to be Worldwide, however, we are already PERFECT COMBINATION: No Big Blue salvia that will produce hearing of a spring return in fertile matter your choice of companion that proverbial Kodak moment. well-drained soil. So, my take is, plants, it is sure to be Big Blue salvia There are a lot of hot days left in the expect an annual and be thrilled BEAUTIFUL: Big Blue salvia’s spikes of flowers create excitement in the that will produce that proverbial growing season why not get them with a return. garden. Kodak moment. planted this weekend? – TNS Tuesday, July 16, 2019 GULF TIMES 9 OFFBEAT COMMUNITY Artisan loafs and supermarket chains pile pressure on German bakers It’s not uncommon for Germans to eat bread for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Why, then, are bakers in Germany worried about falling sales? asks Burkhard Fraune

TRADITION: A man carries loaves of rye bread through a village as part of a bread-baking tradition in the state of Hesse. THREATENED: Germany’s famous bread culture, awarded intangible cultural heritage status by Unesco, is being threatened by supermarkets, they say, alk into almost main association for German believing that things might be OK. which off er mass-produced bread in only a few diff erent varieties. any German bakers. “One target group usually supermarket and These stores don’t reveal how goes for classic bread sorts or there are only 11,000 bakeries, focusing on a select assortment you’ll hear a whir much bread they sell, but it’s safe sandwiches, while the other which is 4,000 fewer than in 2008. of core items,” says the branch of mechanical to say the concept does work. Part searches for speciality breads As these bakeries die out, that also association. “Through the use of Wknives that’s reminiscent of the of the issue is that more and more with rare or unusual ingredients,” means more and more customers new or rediscovered grain varieties sound eff ects from the famous people are working and therefore explains the central association of are seeing their options shrink to such as wild emmer, einkorn wheat shower scene in Psycho. have less time to make that separate German bakers. just a handful or two of bread types or spelt, or the addition of fruits or Don’t worry – it’s just a customer trip to the baker. That explains why lines form in at the local discount store. spices, they’ve come up with more using the in-store bread-slicing It also doesn’t help that bread front of bakeries in certain parts of The German Food Beverages and types.” machine. Yet for some of the consumption has been dropping Berlin or Cologne that off er organic, Catering Union said it has observed On the other hand, however, country’s bakers, the state of the in traditionally bread-obsessed chemical-free loaves that were “increasingly hybrid purchase there is a core group of consumers bread market is indeed a horror Germany. The average German allowed a longer rise time - and behaviour” for a while now: A for whom such eff orts might scenario. household consumed only 42 carry the corresponding price tag. customer might buy 100 grams of a not make a diff erence: About Germany’s famous bread culture, kilograms of bread in 2018, found a This search for better bread high-quality wholemeal bread at a 40 percent of customers aren’t awarded intangible cultural consumer research centre. also keeps its diversity alive: “In speciality baker for 1.30 euros (1.50 interested in eating healthier bread heritage status by Unesco, is being The trend towards eating Germany there are more than 3,200 dollars) one day, and then buy a kilo types or trying out new trends, threatened by supermarkets, they less bread has been going on bread types, and that number of white bread at the supermarket according to a poll conducted by say, which off er mass-produced for decades, blamed on smaller continues to grow - a variety that for the same price the day after. the University of Goettingen and bread in only a few diff erent households as well as changing no other country can top,” brags the On the one hand, consumers marketing advisers. varieties. lifestyles. baking industry. do care more about taste and how People who don’t have the extra “Due to their extreme pricing Yet while alarm bells are going But the numbers in Germany’s healthy a bread is, as well as its resources to buy fancier bread types policies, the biggest competition off , the consumer trend towards more rural areas tell a diff erent freshness and whether it’s organic. and men are especially represented today is grocery stores,” says the artisan products has bakers story: In the list of trade bakers, “Craft bakers are increasingly in the 40-percent fi gure. – DPA 10 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 16, 2019 COMMUNITY PHOTO ESSAY

On a mission My son would always tell me how he wanted to be This was in commemoration of the 50th My son’s ambitious mission to space may be far an astronaut when he grows up. We would read books anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission which brought from reality for now but through that museum about space and watch videos of diff erent missions. the fi rst man on the moon. What better way to doorway, one can absolutely dream, and as we know, Recently, we were elated to follow the live-stream of celebrate everything we’ve learned than to go to Al it only takes one footprint and the rest could be the One More Orbit project on board Qatar Executive, Thuraya Planetarium. He surely had fun looking at history. which broke a world record for the fastest aircraft to life-like fi gures and had a fantastic, one of a kind 3D — Photos and text by Vanessa Valencia circumnavigate on both poles. cinema experience. Almacen, @valentsu Tuesday, July 16, 2019 GULF TIMES 11 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Four ways to reduce plastic in the bathroom

ere we have four tips scrub. Any broken bits of soap “oat bath blend”. Place a handful for you to go green. are contained and nothing is of porridge oats in a muslin square, wasted.” She also recommends add a few dried lavender fl owers or Search out a konjac sponge for cleansing rose petals and tie into a bag. alternatives because the naturally derived and H“A bamboo toothbrush is the gently exfoliating sponges are Recycle fi rst swap I always suggest,” biodegradable and compostable. While 90% of packaging in says Beth Noy, who founded the Plastic-free earbuds are also kitchen is recycled, only 50% online shop Plastic Freedom in available. from the bathroom gets the frustration at the lack of easily same treatment, according to available alternatives to everyday Reduce waste gradually the Recycle Now campaign. One plastic items. She also suggests “Use up what you have before option recommended by the swapping disposable razors for buying anything new,” says Circular Economy Taskforce is to a safety razor, using bars of soap Chillingsworth. “Start simple and keep a separate recycling bin in the and shampoo instead of bottles, change one thing at a time. It’s bathroom. Some beauty brands, switching from cotton wool pads useful to see how a new product including Mac and Kiehl’s, run to reusable cleansing pads, and works for you before changing packaging return programmes, and seeking out mouthwash tablets. anything else.” Beauty Kitchen runs a return- Jen Chillingsworth, author of Go for refi ll options refi ll-repeat programme for its Live Green: 52 Steps for a More Many zero-waste shops also products. Lush has a wide range Sustainable Life, suggests using off er refi ll stations where you of body and haircare bars and a a mesh “soap-saver” bag. “Put can top up your own containers. recycling scheme for its black pots, the soap bar in the bag, wet the Chillingsworth suggests making and off ers a variety of packaging- bag and use it as an exfoliating some products yourself, such her free products. — The Guardian

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

Many projects to complete before a deadline might have you feeling You’ve been doing very well, Taurus, but today you might feel more Some kind of settlement, grant, or bonus that you’ve anticipated pressured, Aries, but your determination is likely to drive you to try focused than ever. The path ahead seems clear and well defined. for a long time may finally show up, Gemini. This should make to get it all done even if it seems impossible. Don’t try to do it all You’re anticipating the future with motivation. You might be your day! You may want to celebrate. A chance to attend a large yourself. Ask for a little help. You can accomplish your ends without considering a long trip abroad or perhaps going back to school for social gathering might come your way. Have fun! Tonight don’t be putting undue pressure on yourself. Try to relax today. an advanced degree. This is a good day to research and finalise your surprised if vivid dreams – some great, some sad – come your way. plans. Keep a notebook and pen by your bed so you can write them down. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

Today you may put a lot of energy into your relationships, Cancer. Too much work and the resulting pressure over the past few days Relationship blossoms for you, Virgo, perhaps after a long standstill. The astral energy is encouraging you to focus on love. Give your may have you feeling too tired to do anything more, Leo, although A new stability and security may settle on relationships as well significant other a special gift to show how much you care, and your optimism and enthusiasm are still intact. Don’t be too hard on as close friendships. Children could be a great source of warmth spend some time together. Any step initiated or advanced today is yourself if you’re dragging by the end of the day. If you take care of and pleasure. You might want to channel some of this blossoming likely to prove stable and long lasting. Don’t let fear stand in your yourself, you will soon recharge and be your old self again. In the positive energy into a creative activity of some kind, which should way. Move ahead. evening, read a good book. increase even further your sense of contentment and well-being. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

You might host a social event in your home tonight, Libra. You may Paperwork, perhaps contracts or other legal documents, might need Your financial picture continues to improve. At some point during be nervous at first, wondering if all will go well. Your eff orts should attention so you can move ahead with your projects, Scorpio. These the day, Sagittarius, you might have the feeling that you aren’t produce the results you want. You might be introduced to new projects could involve writing or speaking. Your mind is in just the working hard enough to keep up your current forward motion, and contacts, which could lead to increased professional opportunities. right space to participate in anything involving communication, so you might worry. This could be a good motivator, but you don’t need Take a walk after everyone has gone. Your mind will be going a doors of opportunity may open for you in this area. Lift your chin to push yourself much harder than you are now. You’re on a roll and thousand miles an hour and you will want to clear your head. and get going. You will be glad you did. it’s likely to continue. Keep moving, but pace yourself. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

Even though all continues to go well for you, Capricorn, your mood Trying to get too much work done in the course of the day could A despondent friend may need some cheering up. Your ability to may vacillate today. In spite of all the great things in your life, at prove self-defeating, Aquarius. Your energy isn’t what it usually is, nurture and listen sympathetically will definitely prove beneficial, some time during the day you might feel a little blue. Don’t read too and you’re probably operating on adrenaline. Consider the situation Pisces. Take care not to absorb any of this person’s dejection. Your much into it. It’s probably just the result of low biorhythms. Try to carefully and list your tasks in order of urgency. The world won’t life should continue to go well with professional successes leading distract yourself with physical activity. Go out with some friends and come to an end if you don’t get them all done by the end of the day. to new friendships and goals. Hang on to your enthusiasm and have a good time this evening. In the evening, watch a movie and order a pizza. optimism while showing compassion for others. 12 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 16, 2019 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES

Wordsearch Adam

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

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Sudoku

Bound And Gagged

Sudoku is a puzzle based on a 9x9 grid. The grid is also divided into nine (3x3) boxes. You are given a selection of values and to complete the puzzle, you must fill the grid so that every column, every anone is repeated. Tuesday, July 16, 2019 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Colouring

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Yesterday’s Solution Wordsearch Codeword 14 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 16, 2019 COMMUNITY POP SPOT Back in harness, The black keys’ Let’s Rock is hugely popular

ashville, Tennessee, is & Release so we asked Brian to known as the country produce the .” music capital of the Their 2010 album, Brothers, world. But ‘Music became massively successful. City’ is increasingly It reached number three on the Nbecoming home to artists whose Billboard 200. But the previous two music covers a wide range of other years had not been a happy time for genres. Two of these are Akron, Dan and Pat. Ohio, natives and “I really hated Pat’s fi rst wife,” who together make Dan confessed. “I found it really up Grammy Award-winning indie- diffi cult to communicate with him rock duo The Black Keys. because I wanted nothing to do “We’ve lived in Nashville for with her. Things only got back on just short of ten years,” stated track after they divorced.” 40-year-old Dan. “I’d known and The problems between them led loved the city since childhood. My to Dan releasing a solo album and dad was an antique dealer and he Pat forming his own indie band. often did business in Nashville. I’d But they initially reunited to make accompany him on many of these 2009’s Blakroc, a collaborative rap / trips and always had a great time. rock album which featured a host of “Every time I’d go, I’d see some hip hop stars such as Ludacris, Mos awesome guitar player who would Def, Jim Jones and RZA. blow my mind. I might be a rocker Now back in harness, 2011’s but I love all kinds of music. I was El Camino and 2014’s Turn Blue raised on my family’s bluegrass proved enormously popular. The collection so I always loved visiting former reached number two on the Station Inn in Nashville to the Billboard 200 while the latter see all those wonderful bluegrass became their fi rst number one. But bands. the demands of success took their “More than anything though, toll. The boys needed a break. there is a great family atmosphere “It wasn’t that we needed a break about Nashville. It seemed like the from music,” Dan explained. “We right place to raise my daughter and just needed a break from being The now my son. Nashville was simply Black Keys.” the place I wanted to be.” Dan released his second solo Dan is not just a singer, album and formed a side band, songwriter and musician, he loves DUO: Dan Auerbach, right, and Patrick Carney together make up Grammy Award-winning indie-rock duo The Black The Arcs. He also produced and producing songs for both The Black Keys. contributed musically to albums by Keys and other artistes. It was to several artistes. this end that he quickly set up a connection,” Dan recalled. “Pat’s with Fat Possum Records. allowed our songs to be used on Pat also produced and studio in downtown Nashville and drumming was all over the place. “The album didn’t sell ads, TV shows, computer games contributed to albums by other created his own . But I listened to a lot of blues music particularly well,” Dan admitted. and fi lms. But this was really only artistes. One of these was singer / “These things are investments on where time signatures would “Alive have re-released it several because we couldn’t get our songs songwriter Michelle Branch who several diff erent levels. I don’t know stretch so that was also all over the times in limited editions since we on mainstream radio. We saw it as a is now Pat’s wife and the mother if Pat and I will still be making place. This meant I could follow became successful. At the time great way to get our music heard by of their baby son. music together as The Black Keys Pat.” though, we had to take a couple many more people.” The boys reunited to make their when we’re old and grey. But I do The boys still failed to develop of regular jobs to pay for a tour. A combination of solid touring, hugely popular new album, Let’s know I’ll always want to be involved the great friendship which they We’d drive to every gig in an old critical acclaim and the greater Rock, after Dan was inspired by a with music in some way. So, leaving now share. Dan was more interested van that we nicknamed ‘The Gray commercial exposure of their music jam session with two of his guitar aside everything the studio and in performing as a solo artiste but Ghost.’” saw the duo’s 2004 third album, heroes, Joe Walsh and Glenn label gives me now, I’ll always have needed a backing band to record a 2003 saw The Black Keys , become their Schwartz. a musical outlet no matter how old demo. Pat had recording equipment release Thickfreakness, their fi rst Billboard 200 chart entry. It “I called Pat right afterwards. I might be.” in the basement at his house so a first Fat Possum album. Like eventually peaked at number 131. The time apart made us appreciate Dan and Pat have known each session was set up with musicians its predecessor, this album was The album was also another UK hit the magic we have together. We other since they were children. which Dan had recruited to help. also created in Pat’s basement. and proved particularly popular in had no preproduction but 30 “Dan is just under a year older The fact that these unreliable Most of the songs were recorded Australia where it reached number minutes after Pat walked into than me,” Pat remarked. “We fi rst musicians failed to turn up was during a single 14-hour session 18. the studio, the first idea we had met when I was about eight or nine. the most fortunate thing that ever in December, 2002. Although The intervening years have seen turned into the song Breaking My parents got divorced and my happened to Dan and Pat. it did enter the UK chart, the The Black Keys steadily rise to Down.” dad moved to Dan’s neighbourhood “We ended up just jamming album did not find a place among stardom. Their 2006 album, Magic Innocent as the album title in Akron. together,” Pat remembered. the Billboard 200. However, it Potion, was the fi rst to peak inside might sound, Let’s Rock has a “I’d sometimes play tag football “We realised we really did have established The Black Keys on the upper half of the Billboard 200. gruesome origin. with Dan and his friends. But we something special. We eventually America’s indie band circuit. But it was 2008’s Attack & Release “Thinking of an album title is didn’t really hang out together too recorded a six-song demo. It was Songs on the album also attracted which earned them their fi rst gold usually an annoying and tedious much until we were at Firestone old blues rip-off s and words made the attention of advertising disc and hit the number 14 spot. process,” Dan remarked. “But High School. We bonded through up on the spot but we pressed some agencies. But the boys rejected “That’s when we began to think I’d seen a local newspaper story music but still didn’t become what copies and mailed them to record substantial sums of money from of ourselves as being successful,” about a prisoner being executed you’d call the best of friends.” labels. We were off ered a deal by those who hoped to soundtrack ads Dan refl ected. “It was the fi rst by electric chair. This is really rare Despite this relationship, there Alive Records in Los Angeles before with their music. album we’d made in a professional nowadays. But this guy, Edmund was certainly no expectation that we’d even played our fi rst show.” “We didn’t want to be seen as studio and the fi rst time we’d Zagorski, actually asked to be Dan and Pat would form a band Their 2002 debut album, selling out,” Pat explained. “We worked with a producer. executed by electric chair rather together. Their younger brothers, The Big Come Up, was recorded felt it would have alienated our fan “Brian Burton (professionally than a lethal injection. Geoff Auerbach and Michael entirely in the basement at base. It was only some time later known as ) asked us “His last words were ‘Let’s rock.’ Carney, were very close friends. Pat’s house. A mix of eight that we began to realise we didn’t to write some songs for an album he This kept coming back to me as we It was they who encouraged their original songs and five covers, have all that many fans to alienate intended to make with Ike Turner. made the record. We’d created a older siblings to start jamming it established the duo’s blues- and we really could do with the But Ike died before the record rock and roll album and it was like together in 1996. rock sound and attracted enough money. could be made. We decided to use Let’s Rock was just meant to be the “We had an immediate attention to earn the boys a deal “That’s why we eventually the songs we’d written on Attack title.” Tuesday, July 16, 2019 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY SRK to get honorary doctorate

uperstar Shah Rukh Khan is set to become an Honorary Doctor of Letters at La Trobe University, Australia. The honour will be conferred onS him in recognition of his eff orts to support underprivileged children, his dedication to the fi ght for women empowerment through his foundation, and his achievement in the Indian entertainment industry. SRK has worked at eff ecting change at ground level to build a world that empowers women through Meer Foundation, a philanthropic organisation he named after his father Meer Taj Mohammed Khan. One of the key focus areas has been to support the cause of acid attack survivors. La Trobe University Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Dewar, said SRK’s STAGGERING: Ed Sheeran’s 15-track album features a philanthropic leadership closely aligns staggering 22 collaborators. with the University’s values. “Mr. Khan is a champion of societal change. His Sheeran’s unveils project eff orts to support the equality of women with all-star line-up in India refl ect La Trobe’s values of inclusiveness, equity and social justice.” International pop star Ed Sheeran has unveiled his highly- Shah Rukh added: “I’m proud to be anticipated collaboration LP, No.6 Collaborations Project, conferred with (a doctorate from) a which has an all-star line-up including Cardi B, Camila great University like La Trobe, which PRIVILEGED: Shah Rukh Khan says: “I feel truly privileged to receive this Honorary Cabello, Eminem, Justin Bieber and Bruno Mars. has a long-standing relationship with Doctorate. The 15-track album features a staggering 22 collaborators. Indian culture and (an) impressive “Thanks to all my collaborators, producers, fans and label track record in advocating for women’s the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, growth. To be a part of this magnifi cent for making all this happen. Hope you enjoy it, it’s been a equality. where Shah Rukh will be the chief celebration of Mr Shah Rukh Khan’s wild ride,” Sheeran posted on Instagram. “I feel truly privileged to receive this guest. The festival will take place from amazing work, with La Trobe, is a Prior to its release, the Grammy winner released fi ve Honorary Doctorate and I would like to August 8 to August 17. matter of great joy and pride for the tracks from the LP: I don’t care with Bieber, Cross me sincerely thank La Trobe for choosing Festival Director of the IFFM, Mitu festival.” featuring Chance The Rapper, Beautiful people featuring to recognise my achievements in such a Bhowmick, said they were lucky to have La Trobe will present Shah Rukh with Khalid, BLOW with Chris Stapleton and Bruno, and Best humbling way.” La Trobe as a partner. “The University his Honorary Doctorate on August 9 at part of me featuring YEBBA. – IANS The honour will be conferred upon shares our festival’s core values of its Melbourne campus in Bundoora. the actor during his visit to Australia for inclusion, diversity and cultural – IANS Cops visit Sonakshi over alleged fraud case Use of prosthetics not that easy: Amitabh Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha is under the scanner of the law in a cheating case. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan does not A team of offi cials from Uttar Pradesh Police visited mind using prosthetics for a role, but says Sonakshi’s Mumbai residence on Thursday, to record her using it for long gets tiring. statement in connection of a complaint that a Delhi-based “As the days pass by the comfort in the event organiser had fi led against the actress last year. portrayal gets to be in an ease that shall be The complaint had come after Sonakshi failed to turn up so needed in the fi nal rendition... but yes for a performance she had been signed up for. Reportedly, the prosthetics take their pound of fl esh, she had received Rs32 lakh as booking amount for the show. and to underestimate its after eff ects Sonakshi, however was not at home when the group of would be a fallacy,” Big B wrote in his blog. offi cials from UP Police, with the assistance of policemen “In the land of the large movie making from Juhu police station, arrived at her residence, industry in the West, there are rules that Ramayana. using prosthetics by law cannot be kept The police team will visit her again on Friday. on for more than three days... a break Sonakshi is yet to respond but her spokesperson, speaking for the face for a day or two before going to a Mumbai-based English tabloid, said all accusations at it again... But here, it is non-stop one against the actress were “completely untrue and baseless”, month... was the same with Paa.. no and that this was “just a way of extortion by maligning her complaints... it’s just that the bearing spot-free reputation”. shall become tough as the days go by,” said Sonakshi was last seen in the multi-starrer fl op, Kalank, the cine icon. and will soon be seen in projects such as Khandaani The actor feels prosthetics “do a very Shafakhana, Mission Mangal and Dabangg 3. – IANS good and successful job”. “The make-up artists, that eventually are all imported from across the Oceans... we will learn in time,” he said. It seems the actor was talking about shooting of Gulabo Sitabo. He is sporting a grumpy old man’s look. In the fi rst look, CANDID: Amitabh Bachchan does not mind using prosthetics for a role, but says the 76-year-old thespian is seen sporting using it for long gets tiring. a long beard, spectacles, a head scarf and a prosthetic nose, which made Big B almost the character...those moments which Khurrana, is set for release on April 24, unrecognisable. pass by and when thought about hours 2020. The fi lm, being directed by Shoojit “It is but strange that the moment you and days later, as I do now, you feel that Sircar, is written by Juhi Chaturvedi of the begin to touch the skin of the role assigned justice to the role at that moment could Piku fame. to you in fi lm, it gets to be the end of the have been better done...it shall be shared Gulabo Sitabo – a legendary pair of ACCUSED: Sonakshi Sinha has been accused of reviving Rs3.2 schedule...not that this one is getting to with the director but, one wonders if they puppet sisters, have been part of Uttar million as booking amount for a show but she failed to turn up the end...no not yet...but you get the feel would give it another try...there shall be Pradesh’s folklore. The fi lm, apparently, for the performance. all the same. insistence of course,” he wrote. Gulabo is a takeoff on these two characters and is “That hesitation in the rendering of Sitabo, which also stars Ayushmann believed to be a comedy. – IANS 16 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 16, 2019 COMMUNITY ‘The Colours of Desert’ exhibition to bring colours of Qatar alive at Katara

and environmental development. By Mudassir Raja The artists have used diff erent techniques to highlight diff erent features of the QNV in their own f you are interested to see way. The artists have used oil how people in Qatar view the colours, coff ee powder, digital country’s heritage, culture, photography etc. The art works development and futuristic include surrealism, realism and vision, the best way is to abstract techniques.” seeI how Doha-based artists of Rashmi further said: “The diff erent nationalities portray the aim of art is to represent not the peninsula through their artworks. outward appearance of things, One such opportunity is but the inward signifi cance. The available this coming weekend at collection is just a small fraction Katara where as many as 51 artists of what to expect from the will display 102 creative art pieces. members of the MAPS on their The participating artists have tried sixth annual group exhibition. to express their opinions about MAPS is a Qatar based art gallery Qatar National Vision (QNV) and 100% Qatari company that 2030 and its four pillars through provides a signifi cant forum for diff erent creative means. cultural dialog among all artistes The exhibition ‘The Colours from diff erent cultures. MAPS of Desert – Series 6’ will have helps the aspiring and budding its opening at Gallery 1 and 2 in artists through exhibitions, Building 19 of Katara on July 18. international festivals, gallery The exhibition will remain open representation, magazine reviews till August 1 every day from 10am and advertisements, press to 10pm. releases, Internet promotion as An annual feature, the Old Women by Omran al-Raesi. Yamal by Muna al-Bader. well as various cultural projects. exhibition is organised by MAPS It has members from diff erent International, a Qatar-based art nationalities coming together to company, in co-operation with create art under one roof. Like Katara — the Cultural Village the desert’s diff erent colours, Foundation. The art work is said to this exhibition witnesses’ various be inspired and based by the QNV nationalities showing diff erent 2030. cultures through their works. The exhibition displays the art “Earlier, we have done many work of MAPS members from group exhibitions for our member- diff erent countries based in Doha artists. The most recent and the including Qatar, Kuwait, Russia, largest one was Qatar International India, France, UK, Ethiopia, Art Festival held in October last Uzbekistan, Korea, Pakistan, year. The festival was attended Morocco, Iran, South Africa, by as many as 147 artists from 58 Philippines, Trinidad and Tobago. countries. the six-day-long art While talking to Community, festival proved to be a success and Rashmi Agarwal, an Indian we plan to hold the event again this artist and president of MAPS year.” International, said: “Exhibitions The names of the participating and galleries are important artists are: Noof Ali, Murali CA, stepping stones for aspiring artists, Richard Bentley, Shilpi Mathur, and we at MAPS will always give Fatima Essa, Jamela al-Ansari, our member-artists a chance to Fouz Saif Taheri, Prem Chokli, shine before they step into the real Shuaa Ali, Grace Hye Chung, world as practicing artists and this Horses by Fatima Essa. I am a Winner by Fouz Saif Taheri. Moudhi al-Hajri, Noof al- is very evident at the exhibition of Muriki, Omran al-Raesi, Kidist ‘The Colours of Desert – Series 6’. Brhane Gebregiorgis, Nagiya “This is our sixth exhibition in Moideen, Mala Waseem, Karen the series. With this exhibition Alicia Sinclair, Sylvie Potapieff every year, we try to highlight Gamby, Rabia Jadoon, Suman the true colours of Qatar basing Agarwal, Kotteeswari Mahesh, on diff erent themes. The Colours Tessema Temtime Asrate, Shajee of Desert is the exhibition that P Madhavan, Dana al-Safar, Boyet refers to the desert sand as it Marasigan, Sageer P. M. Salih, contains vibrant colours. The Sana Hassan Awan, Fouad al- talented artists are exhibiting Emadi, Hessa Kalla, Mohammed under one roof. They represent Muslim, Aldi Stassen, Evgeniya various nationalities that display Goncharova, Maryam Almaadhadi, diff erent cultures in an innovative Essa al-Mulla, Dhiana Hijaz, method. We present how diff erent Aisha AlMohanadi, Sreekumar expatriate artists living in Qatar see Padmanabhan, Muna A Badr, the country and depict it through Namsha Almarri, Abeer Rashid their art works. Alkuwari, Lyuba Jalladyan, Huda “The theme of the 2019 Basahel, Hanifa Abdulkader, exhibition is QNV 2030. The Michael Conjusta, Bindu George, artists have tried to highlight Nazish Hayyat Channa, Tatyana four pillars of the vision – Bondareva, Rashmi Agarwal, economic development, human Shehla Khalid Khan, and Naseema development, social development Nostalgia by Moudhi al-Hajri. Batooola by Huda Basahel. Shukoor.