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COVER STORY Net math Why Netflix isn’t worried about the streaming wars. P2-3

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PRAYER TIME Fajr 4.13am The company faces an existential challenge from a new Shorooq (sunrise) 5.32am Zuhr (noon) 11.22am Asr (afternoon) 2.43pm crop of rivals determined to beat it at its own game. Maghreb (sunset) 5.12pm Isha (night) 6.42pm Next month, Apple and Disney will launch their USEFUL NUMBERS streaming platforms, followed by WarnerMedia and NBCUniversal next year, writes Wendy Lee

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ote Unquo Qu te “Life is really simple, but t a downtown coff ee shop in 1997, Netflix is in a much Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings we insist on making it more difficult wondered: Could you mail a DVD and complicated.” have it arrive unbroken? situation than it’s To test the idea, the friends Adropped off a disc at the post offi ce across the — Confucius ever been. It’s a lot street and mailed it to Reed’s home nearby. To their surprise, the disc arrived undamaged, an more competitive. It’s experiment that soon led to the birth of a scrappy start-up now known as Netfl ix. choppy waters. Netfl ix, a name that combines the Internet and movies, was once such an improbable idea that Randolph’s wife thought, “that will never work,” Community Editor — Brahm Eiley, inspiring the title of his recently released book. Kamran Rehmat The company not only worked, it worked president of the beyond their wildest dreams. It would eventually e-mail: [email protected] revolutionise TV, herald the era of binge-watching Telephone: 44466405 Convergence and upend Hollywood’s long-established order. Fax: 44350474 Netfl ix poured vast sums into original TV series Research Group and fi lms and became the undisputed king of ’ streaming, with more than 151 million subscribers Friday, October 11, 2019 GULF TIMES 3 COVER STORY COMMUNITY in nearly 200 countries. Now the Los Gatos company faces an existential challenge from a new crop of rivals who “I think the bigger are determined to beat it at its you are, the more own game. Next month, Apple and Disney will launch their distractions you have streaming platforms, followed by to your core business, WarnerMedia and NBCUniversal next year. the more likely you Investors have grown skittish can’t move as quickly about the looming competition. Netfl ix shares, which closed last as we’ve been able to Tuesday at $270.72, have fallen through our history. nearly 30% since the company reported that it lost 126,000 The new set of subscribers in the US during the competitors is second quarter, its biggest decline since 2011. While revenue rose 26% actually just the old to $4.9 billion the second quarter set of competitors” compared with a year ago, net income dropped 30% to $270.65 million during the same period, according to a fi ling. — Ted Sarandos, Netfl ix’s domestic business Netflix’s chief is slowing at a time when legacy media companies are determined to content officer seize control of lucrative shows that have helped fuel Netfl ix’s success and lure subscribers to their own services. “Netfl ix is in a much more diffi cult situation than it’s ever been,” said Brahm Eiley, president of the Convergence Research Group, a Victoria, BC, fi rm that watching to see how consumers Netfl ix’s basic plan). Disney+ will Jeff Wlodarczak, a principal and Major theatre chains have tracks the streaming industry. “It’s react when they realise shows and off er a basic plan for $6.99 a month senior analyst at Pivotal Research refused to screen The Irishman in a lot more competitive. It’s choppy movies they were used to seeing and a bundle package with ESPN+ Group. protest over Netfl ix’s strategy of waters.” on Netflix are no longer part of its and Hulu for $12.99 a month. “There are few companies in the showing fi lms on its platform on Though few think Netfl ix will library. Netfl ix’s standard plan is $12.99 a world that are going to be able to the same day — or shortly after — relinquish its dominance, its market Sarandos said Netfl ix originals month. spend at these levels long term,” they appear in cinemas. share is expected to decline sharply are more popular than licensed “There has been pressure on Wlodarczak said. “For less than the cost of the in the US. Last year, Netfl ix took shows when examined per season Netfl ix and its fi nancial model for Known for the creative freedom movie ticket, you get a month of in 47% of subscription revenues and that Netfl ix will continue its years,” Eiley said. “New players it off ers, Netfl ix continues to lure Netfl ix,” Sarandos said. “At the end for streaming platforms in the diverse programming strategy, in the market only increase that big-name talent, signing lucrative of the day fi lmmakers want their US, according to the Convergence which includes unscripted feel- pressure.” production deals with writers fi lms to be seen, their work to be Research Group. In 2022, Netfl ix’s good programmes like Queer Eye, Sarandos said that the company’s including Ryan Murphy, Shonda out there in the culture and that market share will decline to 34%, sitcoms such as The Ranch and spending on content is sustainable Rhimes, as well as DB Weiss and happens on Netfl ix better than Convergence said. acclaimed miniseries such as given its revenue growth and that David Benioff , the showrunners anywhere in the world.” To be sure, Netfl ix has faced Unbelievable. Netfl ix will remain competitive by behind HBO fantasy series Game of As the race for consumers challenges before, fi rst with the “Basically our goal is we’re trying off ering something for everyone. Thrones. intensifi es, Netfl ix will look to grow transition from mail-order- to make your favourite show,” “The test is, ‘are you getting The streaming giant also has its subscribers abroad in Brazil, delivery to streaming in 2007, Sarandos said. “For some people, enough value for the money?’” landed projects with critically India and South Korea and other and later its successful foray into it’s that high pedigree, Emmy- Sarandos said. “That’s a question acclaimed fi lmmakers such as international markets. original programming with such winning, well-reviewed show and that consumers have to answer.” Alfonso Cuarón, (whose fi lm Roma One area Netfl ix is investing in is hits as Orange Is the New Black and other people just want to relax and Netfl ix also has an advantage won three Academy Awards), animation, which can be easier to House of Cards. watch something.” in the bidding war because video Guillermo del Toro and Martin dub into diff erent languages such “We have to continue to do what But as studios reclaim shows streaming is its core business, Scorsese, whose much-anticipated as Hindi. Netfl ix launched its fi rst we’ve been doing, which is make for their own services, Netfl ix will unlike rivals such as Apple and gangster fi lm The Irishman debuts original animated kids shows in the best content and deliver it have to spend even more money on Amazon. Some of Netfl ix’s in November. It’s one of some eight India in April called Mighty Little seamlessly,” Ted Sarandos, Netfl ix’s original programmes like Ozark and competitors could back down if Netfl ix movies that will debut later Bheem as part of an expansion chief content offi cer, said in an Stranger Things to fi ll the gap — and shows become too expensive, said this year. in the vast market. In India, the interview from the company’s keep subscribers coming. company recently launched a Los Angeles offi ces. Speaking of Netfl ix’s spending on content cheaper $3 monthly plan for people all the coming rivals, he said: “I is projected to climb to $35 billion who only watch Netfl ix on their think the bigger you are, the more in 2025, up from an estimated mobile devices. distractions you have to your core $16 billion this year, according Then there is the push into business, the more likely you can’t to Pivotal Research Group. The interactive series that can track move as quickly as we’ve been able additional spending on new and subscriber choices on shows. Last to through our history. The new set licensed programming could add to year, Netfl ix distributed a Black of competitors is actually just the the company’s debt load. Mirror fi lm, Bandersnatch, that old set of competitors.” The company reported long- allowed viewers to select what the One of the biggest hurdles facing term debt of $12.6 billion in the main character should do from a list Netfl ix is that it’s going to lose some second quarter, up 51% from the of choices on their screens. of its most popular programmes same period a year ago. Its overall Netfl ix has accumulated a starting next year, analysts say. streaming content obligations — massive amount of data on what Its top two most-watched titles which includes amounts related people like to watch and when. The in the US in 2018, Friends and The to the acquisition and licensing information dates back to 1998, Offi ce, will leave to go to competing of streaming content — totalled when Netfl ix launched an online streaming services, according about $19 billion as of December 31, store for DVDs. to Nielsen, which tracks ratings according to a regulatory fi ling. “They know more about their and viewership. Marvel and Pixar In the past, Netfl ix has been subscribers than anybody else,” movies will also disappear from able to raise subscription prices said Aswath Damodaran, a fi nance Netfl ix for a period of time. Netfl ix to off set its rising investments professor at New York University’s originals took up just roughly 30% in programming, but that option Stern School of Business. “They of the time adult subscribers spend will be tougher because rivals will need to fi gure out a way and on Netfl ix, according to Nielsen off er their streaming services at COMPARISON: Disney+ will off er a basic plan for $6.99 a month and a take that information from their data from October 2018. lower prices. Apple TV+ will start bundle package with ESPN+ and Hulu for $12.99 a month. Netflix’s standard subscriber base and be more Analysts will be closely at $4.99 a month ($4 cheaper than plan is $12.99 a month. focused.” — Los Angeles Times/TNS 4 GULF TIMES Friday, October 11, 2019 COMMUNITY BODY & MIND Is too much work the real cause of burnout? Millennials, gig economy workers and corporate high-flyers are all suff ering from burnout, but mounting overtime is not the only culprit, writes Johanna Leggatt

arolyn King reached being ‘on’ even when you’re not “However I think there is a a crossroads moment actually at work.” significant slice in Australia, on in her life, ironically, An unrelenting workload the low and high wage-end of the while negotiating a was also familiar to Australia’s scale, who are working ridiculous roundabout on the way colonial antecedents. hours.” toC work. In 1856, Melbourne As Leiter, points out, burnout She hated her job, but had stonemasons marched to seems to affect those earning always been able to push through Parliament House to demand at the extreme ends of the the Sunday night dread to turn an eight-hour day, marking spectrum: commercial lawyers up on time. Yet on this particular the beginning of a series of working 100 hours a week as well Monday morning, almost two progressive labour laws that as underemployed gig economy years ago, King couldn’t exit the enshrined workers’ rights to clock workers who struggle to earn a roundabout. off at a reasonable time. minimum wage ferrying delivery “It was like I was possessed, my While these protections have food to the same corporate body was telling me not to go to been preserved to varying degrees lawyers too busy to cook. work,” she says. “Instead, I turned in contemporary workplace “The gig economy is totally around and drove to my GP.” agreements, many employees hostile to a unionised framework, King was burned out. Her job are nevertheless working 19th- and then at the higher end of the of 17 years at an international century hours at the expense pay scale if you want to compete manufacturing company, where of their mental and physical globally, you have to scramble all she managed their accounts, wellbeing. the time,” Leiter says. office and IT, was sapping the “These days, the people who Which speaks to one of the life out of her, largely due to a get paid the most are those who common features of burnout: an “micromanaging boss”. are working the most hours,” overwhelming sense that your “I was very emotional, teary says Michael Leiter, a professor work life, your career, is out of and agitated at work; I had a short of industrial and organisational your control. fuse,” she says. psychology at Victoria’s Deakin A recent study by researchers “It really hit home to me when University. from Montreal University tracking someone said to me, ‘You know, “It used to be those who worked 2,026 people – half of whom were you’re such a different person the most hours were low-paid women – for four years, found outside of work to who you are at people trying to make a living.” that women were more likely to work.’” In a sign of growing concern burn out because they had less King, who is based in Victoria, over the increased incidence of authority or control over their quit the role almost two years workplace burnout, the World work than men. ago and now runs her own small Health Organisation recently “Whether someone has input business. added burnout to a list of into important decisions that But the effects lingered. occupational phenomenons, affect their work is a major factor “Even three months after I quit, although it stopped short of (in burnout),” Leiter says. I found myself thinking, ‘I hate labelling it a disease. “People have a real need for Sundays’, then I realised, ‘No, I WHO defines burnout as being that autonomy. And by autonomy don’t anymore.’” characterised by exhaustion, I don’t mean, ‘I can do whatever A 2018 report for the Centre cynicism or detachment I like’, it’s about that feeling of for Future Work at the Australia from one’s job, and reduced making something happen as Institute found that Australian professional efficacy at work. opposed to being acted upon.” workers are completing 312 hours This chimes with King, who This was certainly the case for of unpaid overtime per year, used to love her job and got on King, who felt worn down by a which adds up to two months per well with her previous manager. lack of agency. worker annually. “But the new manager made “When my manager wanted Another 2018 survey by mental me feel so devalued and like something done, he wanted it health technology company my opinion didn’t matter, even done straight away,” she says, Medibio, dubbed Australia’s though I had seen the company “If I wanted to put in a new Biggest Mental Health Check-In, grow over many years,” she says. procedure, he wouldn’t allow it found one-third of Australian Leiter has been studying and always wanted it his way even employees in the corporate sector burnout since the 1980s, and if it wasn’t the best.” are affected by mental illness, says the global nature of the Taylor has worked with scores with 31% of those people suffering business world has chipped away of corporates to help build from stress. at Australia’s standard working resilience in stressful situations “The majority of people in hours. and says both men and women, corporate Australia are living that While burnout is “more senior or junior, can feel they lack dash-for-cash philosophy, and we intense” in the US, owing to control. are no longer working a standard precarious healthcare and higher “I know a lot of high-ranking week and having weekends off levels of student debt, Australians executives who say they feel they to enjoy downtime,” says Stuart are suffering too, he says. have no control over what the Taylor, workplace expert and “There are definitely some board is doing,” Taylor says. founder of corporate resilience people in Australia who are If your workplace is not training company Springfox. working their allotted hours and allowing workers any freedom “There is a sense of always then they go home,” Leiter says. whatsoever, then maybe it’s time Friday, October 11, 2019 GULF TIMES 5 BODY & MIND COMMUNITY Ways to get a better bedtime routine

for sleep there is evidence that the of California, Merced, has stressed Amy Sedghi brain forms a strong association how routines are linked to the with sleep there. A temperature formation of healthy habits. of 16-18C (60-64F) is thought to etting to sleep can be a be ideal for most, according to the 4. Wind down struggle, but blackout Sleep Council, an awareness and Reading a book can help slow blinds and to-do lists support organisation. Blackout breathing and relax muscles, while can help – as can blinds or an eye mask can help yoga stretches or even a gentle walk reserving the bedroom block out light, while keeping can reduce anxiety, says Briscoe. forG shut-eye electronic devices out of the A warm bath or shower can also bedroom is highly recommended. help you relax: researchers at the 1. Go to bed at regular times If you struggle to fall asleep after University of Texas at Austin found Going to sleep and waking more than 25 minutes, Matthew that bathing in water of 40-42.5C up at regular times – even on Walker – a sleep expert and a one to two hours before bedtime weekends – will strengthen your professor of neuroscience and was associated with better sleep. body clock, says Dr Lizzie Hill, psychology at the University of a clinical sleep physiologist and California, Berkeley – suggests 5. Write down your worries a spokeswoman for the British getting up and going to read under “If your mind is buzzing from Sleep Society. Regular mealtimes a dim light in another room. Once the day, try keeping a journal or are also an important cue for your sleepy, you can return to bed. worry book,” suggests Hill. The circadian rhythm. Avoid exercise NHS also recommends writing too close to bedtime, as it can 3. Get ahead on the next day to-do lists for the next day in order cause restlessness and an elevated Your night-time routine is an to organise thoughts and clear the body temperature, says Samantha opportunity to make mornings mind. “If you experience diffi culty Briscoe, a senior physiologist at run a little smoother: choose your with sleep over the longer term, the Sleep Centre at London Bridge clothes for the next day when you consider whether there may be an hospital. reach for your pyjamas or pack underlying medical condition,” says your bag while brushing your teeth. Hill. A sleep diary could help you 2. Protect the bedroom Martin Hagger, a professor of identify any patterns. Preserve the bedroom as a place health psychology at the University – The Guardian

AT RISK: Women are more likely to burn out because they have less authority or control over their work. to look for another job, Taylor It appears to be no different suggests. in Australia, with a stress and “It may not be easy and it may wellbeing survey conducted by take a while, but starting the the Australian Psychological process of looking is part of taking Society finding those aged 18 to 25 some control back,” he says. consistently report lower levels of How invested employees feel wellbeing. in their work can also be the “It’s a vulnerable time for difference between exhilaration burnout when you first start and exhaustion. “Within reason, work as you’ve usually come RECOMMENDATION: Blackout blinds or an eye mask can help block out light, while keeping electronic devices out doing work that really matters from university or some form of of the bedroom is highly recommended. does not burn people out as training, which is more idealistic,” quickly and, in fact, it often Leiter says. energises them,” Leiter says. “So there is a conflict between And the problem, according the reality and the idealistic vision There is no age for once cardiovascular disease is capacity, but also decreased to Leiter, is that many people of work.” exercise when it established,” explained lead anxiety and depression. Patients are pulled away from work they The tech-heavy aspect of much comes to heart investigator Gaelle Deley from with the greatest physical enjoy to perform soul-crushing of modern work is not helpful for University of Burgundy Franche- impairments at baseline administrative tasks. “Technology millennials either, according to Regular exercise is highly Comt in France. benefited the most from gets a bad rap, but the problem Leiter. beneficial for all patients However, there is few data exercise,” said Dr Deley. with technology is that it allows “While information technology with cardiovascular disease available about the impact of Another interesting result was employers to impose all kinds of opens access to resources that regardless of age, a new study patient age on the physical and that patients younger than 65 administrative nonsense, such as further a person’s work, it also has said, adding that patients psychological effectiveness of who were very anxious before compliance training, filling out opens users to distractions and to who benefited most from cardiac cardiac rehabilitation, said the rehabilitation benefited the most forms, online time sheets,” he administrative busy work that will rehabilitation were those who study published in the Canadian from exercise training. says. hurt their productivity in the long started out with the greatest Journal of Cardiology. A similar result was found for “This meaningless work run,” he says. physical impairment. In the new study, investigators depressed patients older than 65. exhausts people, and it makes In King’s view, far too many Ageing is associated with examined 733 patients who Cardiovascular diseases are them more cynical.” of us have merged our identities several factors such as increased completed a 25-session cardiac the main cause of death globally. Leiter notes that millennials with what we do for a living. “I inflammation or oxidative rehabilitation programme. While cardiovascular diseases are more likely to feel the honestly think a lot of people are stress that predispose people to Following the intervention, increasingly affect young people, effects of burnout compared lost and work is feeding people’s cardiovascular diseases. all patients experienced the number of people above the with other demographics, with self-worth,” she says. “After all, “As a result, elderly patients improvements. age of 65 years, and even more a viral Buzzfeed article, “How you don’t have time to realise are usually less fit than their “We found a few weeks of above the age of 80 years, dying millennials became the burnout you’re unhappy if you’re working younger counterparts, and exercise training not only from cardiovascular diseases is generation”, capturing the mental all the time.” deconditioning is accelerated significantly improved exercise also increasing. – IANS load many young Americans feel. – The Guardian 6 GULF TIMES Friday, October 11, 2019 COMMUNITY CUISINE

and the fi rst batch disappears even before the second batch is done. These soft and cakey pumpkin cookies are a must for fall baking. The tangy cream cheese frosting is a perfect accompaniment to these spiced cookies. Pumpkin spiced cookies

Ingredients Unsalted butter, softened 1 cup Dark brown sugar 2/3 cup Castor sugar 1/3 cup Eggs 1 no. Vanilla extracts 1 tsp Pumpkin puree 250 gm All-purpose fl our 2 cups Cinnamon powder 1 ½ tsp Nutmeg powder 1/3 tsp Clove powder 1/3 tsp Baking soda 1 tsp Salt ½ tsp Baking powder ¼ tsp Walnuts 1 cup For Icing Unsalted butter ¼ cup Cream cheese, softened 120 gm Icing sugar 2 cups Vanilla extracts 1 ½ tsp Method: Preheat the oven at 180 degrees Celsius. In a large mixing bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fl uff y. Add egg and vanilla extract add pumpkin puree and mix well. Combine the fl our, cinnamon, SPICED: The tangy cream cheese frosting is a perfect accompaniment to pumpkin spiced cookies. Photo by the author baking soda, clove powder, nutmeg powder, salt and baking powder and gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well and stir in walnuts. On a greased baking sheet drop Cakey pumpkin cookies, the mixture using a tablespoon, keep the mixture 2 inches apart from each other. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the edges are lightly brown. Allow the cookies to cool down a must for fall baking and keep aside. In a small bowl, beat all the frosting ingredients until light and eing a chef I think about mankind with so many delicious accustomed today. In its original versions with diff erent ingredients. fl uff y. food all the time and fall options in various forms. form the pumpkin was a small, I always tell my team “there is Fill the prepared frosting in season colours remind The great pumpkin to pumpkin hardball with a bitter taste. Pre nothing compared to a freshly piping bag and frost the cookies. me about pumpkin. I pie, to pumpkin spice lattes, to the Columbian Native Americans baked cookie”. Store in an airtight container in was never a pumpkin fan pumpkin soups, to the puddings, domesticated pumpkins for their My obsession with cookies refrigerator and serve as required. Bbut after I tried it myself to make a the pumpkin is an icon for the fl esh rather than their nutritional, started when I was a child and Note: To soften the cream cheese, variety of dishes I fell in love with fall season and arrival of winters. readily available seeds. one of the bakeries near our keep it at room temperature for it and every year I try new recipes. Pumpkin is one of the very few The pumpkin was one of the fi rst neighbourhood would bake them about an hour. Dark brown sugar Today I will tell you about this grown items which is completely wild plants cultivated for human fresh almost every day and I would contains molasses, if you prefer wonder fruit which is considered edible – yes you can eat the consumption in America, making it visit along with my father to enjoy darker bonder fl avours choose dark a vegetable by most. There is a skin, fl owers, leaves, pumpkin an extremely important part of the those freshly baked warm cookies. brown sugar instead of the light whole world of history about this pulp, seeds and even the stem. culinary history. Because of their Pumpkin cookies are blended brown sugar. great orange globe and it is so much Originating in Central America thick and solid fl esh, pumpkins with warm autumn spices, like richer than your favourite pumpkin over 7,500 years ago, archaeologists could easily be stored throughout cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and latte. discovered the oldest domesticated the winter and even last times of cloves, they have a cake like texture Pumpkin, squash and gourd are pumpkin seeds in the Oaxaca scarcity. with a bit of crunch from the raw all the member of cucurbitaceae highlands of Mexico. These pumpkin cookies are sugar. z Chef Tarun Kapoor, family which has almost 700 These seeds grew much diff erent my latest obsession. I have a soft I make these cookies at home Culinary Mastermind, species. pumpkins as compared to the corner in my heart for cookies and too, my boys fl ock to the kitchen as USA. He may be contacted at They have been providing present orange variety we all are I am always on a lookout for newer soon as I pull them out of the oven [email protected] Friday, October 11, 2019 GULF TIMES 7 COMMUNITY

CFQ felicitates Indian Athletics Team

Cultural Forum Qatar (CFQ), a socio-cultural organisation under the ages of Indian Cultural Athletes; Yousuf P Hameed, General Manager of Islamic Exchange; Nabeel Shareef, Business Centre, recently organised an event to felicitate Indian Athletics Team that was in Qatar to Communication Trading and Contracting Company; Shashidhara Panicker, Vice President of participate in the IAAF World Athletic Championship. Suhail Santhapuram, Acting President CFQ; and Irfan. CFQ committee members, including Shiyas Kottaram, Thassen Ameen, Sajna of CFQ, presided over the event. The event was attended by notable personalities, including zakki, Ameen Annara, Sharafudeen also attended the event. Thaseen Ameen, CFQ Sports Radhakrishanan, Deputy Chief Coach of Indian Team; P T Usha, Co-ordinator of Women Convener, welcomed the gathering and Majeed Ali proposed a vote of thanks.

PISQ organises Science – Art Exhibition

The Primary Wing of Pakistan International School Qatar recently organised a Science – Art of the renowned Muslim scientists. Exhibition. The students of Grade I-IV took part in the exhibition. The students presented a The exhibition was inaugurated by Nargis Raza Otho, Principal of PISQ. Speaking on the occasion, variety of innovative models, including Solar System, wind mill, quiz board, water wheel, candy she appreciated the talent of students and praised them for their work. The art exhibition provided machine, earth quake alarm, hydraulic lift, dispenser and popcorn machine. The students actively a platform to the young artists to showcase their creativity by displaying their artwork and participated in the exhibition by demonstrating various experiments and also by role playing some projects.

DPS-MIS marks 150th birth anniversary of Gandhi

DPS-Modern Indian School (DPS-MIS) recently marked the 150th birth anniversary of Mohandas was also organised as part of the celebrations to explain the importance of cleanliness and hygiene, Karamchand Gandhi, an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist, with a series of and to educate the students about community service programmes. activities, aimed at reinforcing cardinal Gandhian virtues among the young generation to inspire A painting and colouring activity engaged for the students of Preparatory Grade till Grade X was also them to become committed and responsible leaders of tomorrow. part of the celebrations. The students of Grade III-V put together an exhibition featuring the drawings The celebrations kicked off with a prayer, which was followed by special class assemblies, story of Mahatma Gandhi, his journey of life through pictures, his inspirational quotes, pictures and models narration, audio visual presentations and screening of films. Collage making activity was organised of books written by Gandhiji. The exhibition was attended by notable personalities, including Hassan for the students of Nursery Wing. A cleanliness drive under ‘Swachh Bharat Swasth Bharat Abhiyaan’ Chougule, President of DPS-MIS, along with other executive committee members. 8 GULF TIMES Friday, October 11, 2019 COMMUNITY INFOGR Friday, October 11, 2019 GULF TIMES 9 RAPHIC COMMUNITY 10 GULF TIMES Friday, October 11, 2019 COMMUNITY ART V&A hosts Europe’s first major exhibition on kimono Catwalk pieces and costumes from Memoirs of a Geisha and Star Wars will feature in show

It is perfectly appropriate on my By Jess Cartner-Morley colleagues who are Japanese, but on me – is it different from 19th century orientalism? This rare 17th century is an important issue. But there treasure from Kyoto, is a danger that being mindful the costume worn of the reverence in which the by Alec Guinness as kimono is held means that it gets Obi-Wan Kenobi in stuck in the past, and that denies AStar Wars and an haute couture the impact it has had on global gown designed by John Galliano fashion and minimises its power for Christian Dior will be among to impact fashion in the future.” the exhibits in Europe’s fi rst major The exhibition will explore the exhibition on the kimono, the 21st century revival of the kimono ultimate symbol of Japan. among young people in Japan who With catwalk pieces by Yves are rejecting the industrialised Saint Laurent and Rei Kawakubo, trend system of western fashion and costumes from the Oscar- and returning to a timeless mode winning fi lm Memoirs of a Geisha as of dress. well as a cropped Jean Paul Gaultier Seventeenth century kimono created for a Madonna trade between Japan and the video inspired by that fi lm, curator Netherlands led to a Dutch Anna Jackson aims to “overturn vogue for kimono, adapted to the idea of the kimono as static, the northern European climate atrophied object and show it as a with warm padding. “There was dynamic and constantly evolving already a tradition of robes in icon of fashion”. Europe – think of Holbein’s The The story of the kimono traces Ambassadors – but suddenly you Japanese society from the style- get all these rich, vibrant colours conscious celebrity culture of 19th and everyone wants one” said century Japan in which kabuki Jackson. A 1678 portrait of Dutch actors and courtesans were, says aristocrat Anna Elizabeth van Jackson, “the heartthrobs and Reede will travel to the V&A for fashion icons of the day” to its the exhibition, the first time it has disappearance from daily life in left the ancestral castle for which postwar Japan, where it become it was painted. In Edwardian a codifi ed costume mothballed in England, kimono became nostalgia and unwrapped only for fashionable in artistic circles as a special occasions. marker of bohemian taste. Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk, With its straight seams and which opens at the V&A in right-angled edges the kimono, February, aims to challenge the unlike most western fashion, is establishment tradition in which cut to neither trace nor exaggerate fashion from Paris and London has the human form. It is because been considered art and accepted “the body is irrelevant” to the as a global rubric for taste, while kimono, says Jackson, that it garments from non-western is traditionally displayed on a countries have been regarded as T-shaped frame, rather than a exotic curios. mannequin. The kimono was at the centre The impact of the kimono on of a cultural appropriation row western fashion has been explored earlier this year, when Kim in the book accompanying the Kardashian West renamed her exhibition by the director of the shapewear brand from “Kimono” Kyoto Costume Institute, who to “Skims” six days after the examines how Japanese dress announcement of its launch. culture dramatically changed the The riff on her name sparked course of Paris fashion. accusations of insensitivity and Show exhibits will include cultural appropriation with the a dress designed by Alexander mayor of Kyoto, birthplace of McQueen for Björk, immortalised the kimono, writing a critical on the cover of her 1997 album EXCLUSIVE: Exhibits will include a dress designed by Alexander McQueen for Björk, immortalised on the cover of her open letter. Kardashian West has Homogenic, and the iconic Star album Homogenic. apologised for the offence caused, Wars Jedi costume which George saying that she “had really Lucas, an admirer of the films innocent intentions”. of Akira Kurosawa, conceived “Cultural appropriation is as part Buddhist monk and part The impact of the kimono on western fashion has been about who has the power to samurai. Milligan Beaumont, a explored in the book accompanying the exhibition speak,” said Jackson at the young designer whose graduate exhibition launch. Jackson, collection of “kimono hoodies” by the director of the Kyoto Costume Institute, who wearing a kimono over a white was bought in its entirety and shirt, said she had “considered taken on a world stadium tour examines how Japanese dress culture dramatically the question of whether it is by Christina Aguilera, will also appropriate for me to wear this. feature. – The Guardian changed the course of Paris fashion Friday, October 11, 2019 GULF TIMES 11 LEISURE COMMUNITY

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For movie timings and further details please scan the QR code above with your mobile phone camera or visit qatarcinemas.com 14 GULF TIMES Friday, October 11, 2019 COMMUNITY LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE Drops in income could harm your brain: Study oung adults who experienced household income every three to fi ve years annual income drops of 25 percent from 1990-2010. or more might be more at risk of Researchers have examined how often having thinking problems and income dropped as well as the percentage of reduced brain health in middle change in income between 1990-2010 for Yage, a study said. each participant. “Our exploratory study followed Participants were given thinking and participants in the US through the recession memory tests that measured how well they in the late 2000s when many people completed tasks and how much time it took experienced economic instability,” said the to complete them. study’s lead author Leslie Grasset from the The study found that people with two or Inserm Research Centre in France. more income drops had worse performances “Our results provide evidence that in completing tasks than people with no higher income volatility and more income income drops. drops during peak earning years are linked Participants with more income drops also to unhealthy brain ageing in middle age,” scored worse on how much time it took to Grasset said. complete some tasks. The study published in the journal The results were the same after researchers Neurology, involved 3,287 people who were adjusted for other factors that could aff ect Of the study group, 707 participants also people with no income drops, people with 23-35 years old at the start of the study and thinking skills, such as high blood pressure, had brain scans with magnetic resonance two or more income drops had smaller total were enrolled in the Coronary Artery Risk education level, physical activity and imaging (MRI) at the beginning of the study brain volume. Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) smoking. and 20 years later to measure their total brain People with one or more income drops study, which includes a racially diverse There was no diff erence between the volume as well as the volumes of various also had reduced connectivity in the brain, population. groups on tests that measured verbal areas of the brain. meaning there were fewer connections Participants reported their annual pre-tax memory. Researchers found when compared to between diff erent areas of the brain. – IANS

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

Have you been working towards public acknowledgement of some All should be going well for you – love, money, and career. Still, you Today you might decide to do some intense research regarding sort? If so, you may receive it today. You’ve been working hard and seek other goals, and today you might be thinking of educational, economics, stocks, or land investments and see how it applies to produced results that aren’t likely to go unnoticed. Expect some intellectual, and spiritual matters that you’ve always wanted to your current financial situation. You’ve been doing well and should compliments, a lot of praise, and maybe even a moment of fame. pursue. Don’t be surprised if you’re preoccupied with trying to sort continue doing so. You’ll want to find ways to make your money Needless to say, this is going to give your self-confidence a boost. it all out. And don’t feel you have to rush to make a decision. Give it grow. Books, magazines, and newspapers can help your quest, as some time. can consultations with professionals. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

A social event involving business associates and friends could bring You’re likely feeling alert, strong, and full of energy and stamina. Intimate relationships gather steam as increased involvement in fresh ideas your way, pointing you in a new direction. Your material Your sense of adventure is high. You may be exploring the possibility each other’s life brings you closer. Relationships grow through and spiritual goals might come under discussion and open your eyes of an interesting vacation - rafting, backpacking, or some other enhanced communication and shared dreams, goals, and ideals to previously unnoticed opportunities. Communication is clearer adventure. This is a good idea. This trend in your physical condition – not to mention physical passion! You should feel strong and than usual. This may prove beneficial. Increased understanding should continue for a while. Get some travel brochures and look into confident today, especially as your material success continues. brings you closer to others. it! Travel, a new car, and a few luxury items might be on your agenda. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

Happiness reigns in the home as your household continues to A lot of interesting letters and calls could come your way today. Or You’re likely to be doing so well financially that you might be a little experience success. Someone new may come to visit. Expect a lot you might have business to transact, perhaps involving paperwork, complacent. With all the hard work you’ve been doing, you might of comings and goings, plus an impromptu party or two. Meditation and spend a lot of time out in the community running errands. feel that you deserve some rewards and decide to go shopping. and contemplation could provide inspiration for new projects, and Group activities could also take place in your neighbourhood, Don’t throw caution to the winds, however. You’re doing well, but you might spend some time writing down ideas and brainstorming bringing you and your friends closer together. The only caution is you don’t want your house cluttered with items you don’t want or ways to approach them. that you shouldn’t try to do too much. need. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

Your energy and enthusiasm are elevated as you approach yet a higher Today you might experience a bit of restlessness, perhaps because You might consider entering a business partnership of some kind level of accomplishment. This could inspire you to channel most of you feel there’s something you ought to be doing but you aren’t sure with friends. This is a good time because your communication is your energy into more work and climb yet higher. You might even what. Your mind is sharp, intuitive, and logical, but too many options especially good. Details of each person’s role can be worked out be thinking in terms of expanding all your horizons – professional, could be on the horizon. You might find it diff icult to choose among clearly. Though it’s admittedly going to take some eff ort, success is intellectual, and spiritual. Travel could also be in the off ing. Consider them. Once you decide, you’ll charge ahead and make a success of indicated for just about any goal. your options carefully. There might be too many choices. whatever you try. Friday, October 11, 2019 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY

Nawazuddin’s Roam Rome Mein to be screened at Rome Film Fest Harshvardhan to begin shooting for second After winning big at Busan schedule of Taish International Film Festival, actor Nawaduddin Siddiqui- After wrapping up the first schedule starrer Roam Rome Mein is all of Bejoy Nambiars Taish in the UK, set to be screened at Rome actor Harshvardhan Rane will soon Film Fest. Sharing the news start the film’s second schedule in with his fans, Nawazuddin Mumbai. On working on the project, took to Instagram and wrote: Harshvardhan said: “It has been a “All Roads lead to Rome. great experience shooting for Taish Our next stop is where it all with Bejoy sir. Shooting in the UK began Rome Film Fest ... 15th for two months really brought out October... here we come with the best in me as an actor and I got to Roam Rome Mein.” know my character better. The next The romantic drama marks schedule of the film is all the more the directorial debut of actress intense and I am looking forward to Tannishtha Chatterjee. getting into my character again and It also features Valentina taking the story forward.” Corti, Isha Talwar, Francesco To get into the character, Apolloni, UrBano Barberini, Harshvardhan Rane had locked Pamela Villoresi, Andrea himself in a bungalow a few Scarduzio.Roam Rome Mein is kilometres away from Mumbai. multilingual – Hindi, English Touted as the revenge thriller drama, and Italian. The 14th edition of Taish also stars Amit Sadh, Jim Sarbh, INTENSE: Harshvardhan Rane says: “The Rome Film Fest will run from MULTILINGUAL: Nawaduddin Siddiqui-starrer Roam Rome Saurabh Sachdeva and Saloni Batra. – next schedule of the film is all the more October 17-27. – IANS Mein is multilingual – Hindi, English and Italian. IANS intense.” No heart attack can stop Kevin Smith

a (expletive) but you do what By Rick Bentley you want to do,” Smith says. “I decided that since we own , we didn’t have to ask evin Smith was about anyone for permission to do it.” to go in for heart All of the films featuring surgery in early 2018 Jay and Silent Bob have been when his doctor snapshots of who Smith and informed him the Mewes were at the time. Kodds were high he would not The basic idea of Jay survive because he had what discovering he’s a father in Reboot doctors call a “widowmaker heart was obvious to Smith. He had attack.” Despite assurances by the never thought of his on-screen man who was about to perform partner having any paternal the operation that all would go instincts until Mewes became a well, Smith began to reflect on dad. Smith saw how good Mewes his life. was at raising his child that he “I felt at peace because I was sad he became a father first decided it made sense. I never because he could have learned ate that well and my mom and about parenting from Mewes. dad had a bad heart,” Smith says. Smith cast his own daughter, “I wasn’t mad or desperately Harley Quinn Smith, to play clinging to life because everything Mewes’ daughter in Reboot. He had worked out. It was a short life, knew that would make the acting but what more could I have asked easier for Mewes because he had for? seen Smith’s daughter grow up “I had a great mother and and already had an emotional father, great brother and sister, connection to her. great friends. I built this weird Jay and Silent Bob Reboot is career that is uniquely (expletive) the latest work from Smith, who yours that no one will ever try along with making movies, is a again. Then because of this career, comedian, author, comic book you meet this woman, fall in love store owner, podcaster and writer and made a great (expletive) kid. of comic books. What more do you want?” His past films include Chasing There was one thing. Amy, Dogma, Tusk and Red State. Chances were high that at age UP AGAIN: Kevin Smith attends the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Now that he has survived the 47, he could die and the last movie heart attack and made the film he made would have been Yoga Smith and Jason Mewes, the role in the film before the comic Smith is happy now because the he would be comfortable with Hosers, a 2016 film that made stoner icons who first hit the book legend died. film he had in mind was extremely being his legacy, Smith has a very under $40,000 at the box office. screen 25 years ago in Clerks The film will be in more than dark and “obsessed with death.” positive outlook on life. Smith knew if he survived, he had hit the road when they learn 600 theatres on Tuesday, and Smith decided after his heart “I am not really angry at the to make a better movie that could Hollywood is rebooting an old then on Oct. 17, there will be a attack that he will never write heart attack because it really be part of his legacy. movie based on them. special double feature of Jay and about death. Plan B for Smith saved my life. I was never going to He came through the surgery The cast – many agreeing to be Silent Bob Strike Back and Jay and was to write 2, but that get in shape or get healthy,” Smith and has kept his promise to in Smith’s low-project production Silent Bob Reboot. didn’t happen because of contract says. “It made the movie so much himself by going back to the by using his heart attack as a Tickets are available at problems. more dramatic because it’s no biggest success in his filmmaking bargaining tool – includes Ben FathomEvents.com/Reboot “I was frustrated because I was longer ‘Hey, let’s make a Jay and career with Jay and Silent Bob Affleck, Matt Damon, Chris To be fair, Smith had been twice stymied to make something Silent Bob movie.’ It became that Reboot. Hemsworth, Val Kilmer, Justin thinking about bringing Jay and I want to make. I am indie and this has to stand as a (expletive) One year to the day of having Long and Jason Lee. There’s also Silent Bob back to the big screen kind of used to doing what I testimony to everything I have his heart attack, production a short tribute to Stan Lee, who for five years with Clerks 3. That want to do. Sometimes you make done, said or thought in this started on Reboot. Played by Smith planned to use in a larger idea never came together and and no one gives (expletive) life.” – TNS 16 GULF TIMES Friday, October 11, 2019 COMMUNITY Off icial opening of B-lounge brings entertainment and fusion cuisine

LAUNCH: The launching of the lounge was marked with an evening of a stunning fire show, Japanese classical dance, and a mixture of captivating electro-ethnic rhythms played by DJ Naz. Photos by Jayan Orma

By Mudassir Raja

he Ritz-Carlton, Doha’s highly anticipated– B-lounge and restaurant, offi cially opened its doors to visitors on Wednesday evening. TThe formal launching of the lounge was marked with an evening of a stunning fi re show, Japanese classical dance, and a subtle mixture of captivating electro-ethnic rhythms played by DJ Naz. B-lounge introduces the guests to a dazzling playground with breathtaking marina views, Asian fusion cuisine with international touches served straight from the open kitchen and a creative menu. Nabil Souhail, vice president of B-lounge in the The lounge is a unifi cation of the grand Middle East, Africa, Asia and USA nature and the delicate people who live in Qatar. Layers of fabric that are suspended from the ceiling act as a screen to refl ect the Guests are invited to nature of ‘wind’ which is the representation of grand nature as it creates a synergy save their calendar between the lower and upper fl oor through the void. The timber fi nish ceiling on the as international upper fl oor is a recollection of window frames which has weathered away from the sea wind. celebrity DJs are The local’s delicate techniques are used to regenerate these in a modern approach. The coming to B-lounge, copper counter in the centre of the space is like an iconic monument to represent the Nick from Mykonos swirl of the wind that blows from the sea and the energy of the locals. in November and “We have aimed to create an environment years. We are very happy to collaborate with My specialty really is world music. I do a lot for various guests to have a memorable Papa from Monte them. We have the element of diff erence of research and when I fi nd something that experience with their friends and loved ones what people are looking for. That is the I love, I bring it and like to share it with my by creating various scenes and settings in one Carlo in December diff erence. But, of course, what you off er is audiences around the world. I like to keep an space such as a high energy lounge, outdoor also important. The concept itself is more aquatic quality to my music as the sound is lounge, and dining. The combination of high opening]. We see a great response in the into the atmosphere. The dinners these warm but at the same time it is emotional and quality music, eloquent wind, sunset, and market. We are expecting more in the future. days do not just want to come to a normal makes you travel. It brings a bridge between night view will create a new social spot and The off er we give is more in terms of the restaurant, sit down, and eat. People want diff erent cultures. Whatever I see in my experience here in Doha”, said Sack, General Asian cuisine – entire Japanese and Chinese some entertainment, some atmosphere, and travels, I collect a lot of music because I do Manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Doha. cuisine. somewhat diff erent presentation of food.” not take a lot of pictures. My music is like my Guests are invited to save their calendar “The place is more about the atmosphere He added: “On the formal opening, we are photo album. as international celebrity DJs are coming to with DJ music. We are also planning in future showcasing the Japanese dance, fi re show at “As I come from a diff erent place, I bring B-lounge, Nick from Mykonos in November to put some elements of entertainment with the outside lounge, and the DJ music. Our something diff erent to Doha when it comes and Papa from Monte Carlo in December. diff erent events. We are also planning to keep guest DJ is Ravin and DJ Naz is the resident to music – totally aquatic – because we are Talking to Community, Nabil Souhail, the lounge open for lunch in future.” DJ at B-lounge. Saxokid, from the Czech surrounded by water. After I saw the place, vice president of B-lounge in the Middle Nabil further said: “B-lounge is Republic, played saxophone.” I decided what kind of music I am going to East, Africa, Asia and USA, said: “We are exceptional in many sense. First and the DJ Naz is from Morocco and grew up in play. There are some cities that I call the cities very happy to establish this venue in Doha. foremost is its location. It is located inside London. “I like to describe my music as of world such as New York, London, Paris, Basically we started one month ago [soft Ritz-Carlton – an icon of Doha for many eclectic. I like many diff erent genres of music. and I put Doha in the list.”