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Bakhti, 13, from the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan, who now lives in Kabul. D/2LC41L3,H)04 '0,,*/'L03)H00K0('/0C)( NYT SYNDICATE and the Taliban intensifies, and Pakistan in northeastern Afghanistan, but her If I don’t go to school, I will become forces Afghan refugees to return home, family members were displaced by nothing in the future; if I go to school, I HEN the first day of the according to Save the Children, an advo- fighting seven years ago. She now lives will become a doctor. I want to become new school year started cacy group. in a refugee camp in Kabul. She went a doctor. in Afghanistan this year, We spoke to five of those children. to school for three years before being We live in tents here; we have two 3.7 million boys and girls Here are their stories in their own words. pulled out. tents. I sleep with my five brothers were not expected to be in They have been translated and edited. I loved going to school, but we don’t and sisters in one tent, and my father, attendance, because of increased vio- have enough money to buy notebooks mother, and two small sisters sleep in lence, displacement and poverty. The and other things. Our relatives are angry the other. total number — roughly 1 in 3 school-age ‘I loved going to school, but we at us for leaving school, but without For breakfast, if something is left Afghan children — is expected to grow this don’t have enough money’ notebooks it was not possible to study over from dinner we eat that. If not, year as violence between Afghan forces Lina, 12, is from Kapisa province and do homework. we eat bread with tea. After breakfast, *%0)('*)" 0H40(HC"Y C)1L QY  

I bring water from the well, which is a not behave well; they were very violent. one-hour walk away. Providing drinking They would call me the “strange girl.” water for our home is my responsibility, I also stopped going because my two and I bring water in a wheelbarrow, in brothers are alone. I am afraid they will these small barrels, two or three times a get lost — I have to stay and look after day. I also collect small pieces of wood them. If my mother was around, I would and plastic to burn for heating our study. But now I can’t. home. My cousins go to school. Those who go to school, they look good. I also want to go to school, but it is not going to ‘If you go to school, you will have happen. a good future’ Zahid, 8, is from Surkh Rod, a district in eastern Nangarhar province. ‘I am happy when night comes’ He and his four siblings help his father Imamuddin, 15, is from Charchino collect metal scraps in Jalalabad, a district in Oruzgan province. After nearby city. intense fighting in the district, which All members of my family sleep in is now controlled by the Taliban, his one room that we rent for $25 a month. father moved half of the family to Tirin After waking, I wash my face, then I eat Kot. my breakfast, which is tea with bread, I studied up to fifth grade in our and then I take my sack and go to the district, but schools closed a year ago bazaar. because of fighting, and now the Taliban During the day, I collect scraps of control our village. There was fighting metal, wood and paper. For lunch, I wait every day, and I wasn’t even able to leave in front of a bakery — the baker himself our house. or someone else gives me a loaf of bread Zahid, 8, from Surkh Rod, a district in eastern Nangarhar Provincein in Afghanistan. My mother and five sisters are still in that I share with my friend or my cousin. the district; we are trying to bring them We sell the things we collect during here soon. We live in a rented house, the day for 20 cents, and then I bring the which has three rooms, and we pay money home and we buy tea, sugar or about $60 a month for rent. My father, something else with it. In a whole day, two brothers and I share one room. It’s the most I earn is 50 cents. winter, and to keep a room warm needs I do not go to school because we a lot of wood, and we can hardly make don’t have money to pay school expens- one room warm. es. The 20 cents I earn is to pay for sugar Life is hard for me here because I and tea. do nothing. I am very bored. But I am My relatives and friends are going happy when night comes, and at least I to school, and when I see them, I wish I can go to sleep. would be able to go to school and do my I really want to become a doctor and studies, too. If you go to school, you will serve the people. I am asking my father have a good future. If you don’t, you will to send me to English classes in Tirin not. Kot, but my father cannot afford the fees. I am studying my old books from school, and I have completed each book ‘If my father were alive, I would many times. not be spending the day in the I may start working, or move to bazaar’ another province where we can find a Raqibullah, 12, is from a village on better living. I am worried about my the outskirts of Tirin Kot, a city in Oruz- future and education. Life was good back gan province in southern Afghanistan. in the district — we had a good living, His father was killed a year and a half we had land and orchards and schools ago by a blast from a roadside bomb. and fellow students, but here you do not Raqibullah then moved to Tirin Kot. know anybody. Fighting deprived us of When I was in the village, I was going everything. to school, but there are no schools there anymore. I only studied up to fourth Raqibullah, 12, from a village on the outskirts of Imamuddin, 15, from Charchino District in (Cover: Lina, 12, from Kapisa Province in grade, but I can still read and write. Tirin Kot in southern Afghanistan. Oruzgan Province in Afghanistan. northeastern Afghanistan.) In the city, I sell sweets from a cart to feed my siblings. I have three broth- should be going, too. But I have to earn sweeping inside and outside, wash- FAHIM ABED, MUJIB MASHAL AND ZAHRA NADER ers and three sisters, and we all live money in order to feed my family and ing the dishes. If there is a carpet in FROM KABUL; TAIMOOR SHAH FROM KANDAHAR; together. My oldest brother is 14 years afford the rent. progress, then I get to help weave the NAJIM RAHIM FROM KUNDUZ; AND KHALID ALOKOZAY old, and the youngest in our family is carpet. FROM JALALABAD CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTING. my 4-year-old sister. My older brother is From each carpet, I get about 80 also working with me. ‘My two brothers are alone’ cents as a tip. The rest of the money goes If my father were alive, I would not Bakhti, 13, is from the northern city to the house expenses. Last time from be spending the day in the bazaar selling of Mazar-i-Sharif. Her mother died of the 80 cents, I bought a comb for myself things. hepatitis B three years ago. Her father, and socks for my brothers. My cousins are still in the village who works as a day labourer in Iran, When I lived in Mazar, I studied until where there is no school. But my neigh- left her and her younger brothers in fourth grade. When we came to Kabul, bours here — they attend private school Kabul with their uncle. I went to school for about three months and government schools. When I see I wake up around 6 am After break- but then stopped. The classes here were boys going to school, I really feel like I fast, I do the housework — cleaning, not like those in Mazar. The students did  0H40(HC"Y C)1L QY 

Group photo with attendees. NC'C)*)2C43(0($*)-(L*K*4 I&3,H3420#')0+0,"H&)CI,0(')&1'&)0( TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK by revealing ancient construction tech- nology for building extremely durable HE Qatar Chapter of the structures that lasts for centuries. Institution of Engineers India Among the distinguished guests were (IEI) organised a workshop on Indian Embassy in Qatar First Secretary ‘Building Extremely Durable Dinesh Udenia, Al Fardan Group Chief De- Structures that last for 500 to velopment Officer Fayad Mohamed Khatib, 1000 years by revealing Ancient Con- and Qatar University Civil Engineering As- struction Technology’. sistant Professor Dr Nasser A Alnuaimi. Honorary Secretary Dipak Dahake Honorary Chairman Aniruddha outlined the Qatar Chapter’s professional Kulkarni announced the upcoming skill activities and talked about corporate/ development programme for blue collar non-corporate membership of the institu- technical staff. Abhijit Kuwalekar in his tion. He said the Qatar chapter is offer- vote of thanks said that IEI Qatar will ing free life-membership to corporate continue in its quest to promote innova- members and free annual membership to tive technologies/inventions, engineering graduate engineers. products for the benefit of the engineer- Nandadeep Designers and Vaulers Pvt ing fraternity in Qatar. Ltd India Managing Director Dr Mahesh IEI Qatar Chapter released an eBook Felicitation of speaker. Varma shared his professional experience on the workshop. 3),C &I,311L**,('&H04'(20' L32L0('(1*)034D 0#C+ TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Research. In recognition of their academic IMANISH Poovalingam diligence, Himanish and Amrit re- Jayanthi and Amrit Manoj ceived the International Benchmark Menon, Class III students Tests Award for Excellence and cash of Birla Public School, have prize. been commended for get- The award reflects the constant ting the highest score in Mathematics effort of the school and the commit- in the International Benchmark ment of their teachers and parents in Tests for 2016 conducted by Austral- achieving the milestone in their aca- ian Council for Educational demic life. Himanish Poovalingam Jayanthi Amrit Manoj Menon 3'"13)1&3' 0H40(HC"Y C)1L QY   *),HC'0)C"*I(0)%0H TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK

N awareness programme organ- ised jointly by Mediaplus and DFriends Cultural Centre discussed in detail the water crisis in various parts of the planet. The seminar observed that there are over 663 million people living without a safe water supply close to home, spend- ing countless hours queuing or trekking to distant sources, and coping with the health impacts of using contaminated water. This year’s theme: ‘Why waste water’, is in support of the sustainable development goal on improving water quality and reducing, treating and reus- ing waste water. water, only water wasted,” he added. inaugurated the event. He shed light on advocate sustainable management of The vast majority of all the waste Friends Cultural Centre Executive the water crisis and urged united action freshwater resources. water from houses, cities, industry and Director Habeeburahman Kizhissery to sort out the issue. An international day to celebrate agriculture flows back to nature with- underlined the importance of preserving Mediaplus CEO Amanulla Vadakkan- freshwater was recommended at the out being treated or reused – polluting natural resources and rain water. gara conducted the event. Mindtune 1992 United Nations Conference on En- drinking and bathing and irrigation Climate change, population growth patron Mashood Thirithiyad, Chaliyar vironment and Development (UNCED). and losing valuable nutrients and other and economic development demand for Doha General Secretary EK Abdul The United Nations General Assembly recoverable materials. sustainable solutions to make the world Latheef and PK Star Group Managing responded by designating March 22, “Reducing and safely treating and future-proof. Waste water is perceived Director PK Mustafa also spoke on the 1993, as the first World Water Day. reusing wastewater, for example in agri- as a valuable resource in the circular occasion. Each year, World Water Day high- culture and aquaculture, protect work- economy and its safe management is an Jinto Sebastian led the gathering in lights a specific aspect of freshwater. ers, farmers and consumers, promotes efficient investment in the health of hu- the save-water pledge. Under the theme ‘Water and Wastewa- food security, health and wellbeing,” mans and ecosystems. Improving waste The event started with the recitation ter’, the year 2017 provides an important said Top End Solutions Assistant Gen- water management means improvement of poems by ONV Kuruppu and En- opportunity to consolidate and build eral Manager R Sathishchandran. Top on all 6 targets of the sustainable devel- chakkad Balachandran. upon the previous World Water Days to End Solutions focuses on applying latest opment goal on water. World Water Day is observed an- highlight the symbiosis between water technology for water purification and re- Indian Community Benevolent nually on March 22, to focus attention and wastewater in the quest for sustain- cycling. “There is no such thing as waste Forum President Davis Edakkulathur on the importance of freshwater and to able development.

organized the country’s 8th Qatar International Its aim is to map an itinerary of modernism THE MIA BAZAAR Food Festival. The culinary extravaganza will and profile the practice of the Iraqi artist. When: Every Saturday till end of April 2017 be located mainly at Hotel Park, in front of Time: 12 noon to 7pm The Sheraton Hotel. This year’s event features QATAR MOTOR SHOW 2017 Venue: MIA Park celebrity chefs Manal al Alem, Fawaz, Roaya When: April 18-22 With around 150 stalls, MIA Park Bazaar is Saleh and Nusret Gökce – famously known as a modern version of the old souq tradition. Ì   Venue: Doha Exhibition and Convention Center Salt Bae. The festival offers new excitements You can browse and buy handicraft, acces- Admission: Free along with popular attractions offered in the past sories, paintings, clothing, food, jewellery, year including food trucks and competitions. This year is Qatar Motor Show’s 7th edition. photography and artworks. The bazaar offers a ‘Driving to Innovation’ is the 2017 slogan re- wealth of gift options for both young and old. flecting the event’s strategy to attract brands A to introduce their technologically innovative NC'C) features shaping the industry. Qatar Motor MAHASEEL FESTIVAL KATARA Show is part of the strategy to position Qatar When: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays as a premium business events destination. until the end of April 2017 Time: 8am to 6pm IWED 2017 Venue: Katara Cultural Village When: April 25–29 Organised by The Cultural Village Foundation Venue: Doha Exhibition and Convention Center – Katara, the Mahaseel Festival provides residents and visitors goods freshly picked from Qatar farms. THE DOLLS EXHIBITION Admission: Free When: Till March 30 IWED 2017 is a one stop shop wedding exhibi- Time: 10:00 am - 10:00 pm tion providing contemporary trends and ideas IMPERIAL THREADS: MOTIFS AND Venue: Katara Cultural Village, Building 22 for planning a perfect wedding. Over 120 ARTISANS FROM TURKEY, IRAN AND INDIA RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION Admission: Free international, regional & local wedding profes- When: Till November 4 BY DIA AL-AZZAWI sionals will take up space at the 5,000-square Venue: Museum of Islamic Art Cultural village foundation - Katara presents Date: Till April 16 the dolls exhibition by the Artist Siamak Azmi meter exhibition centre. Visitors can expect This exhibition focuses on the exchange of Venue: Mathaf and QM Gallery - Al Riwaq to see elegant wedding and evening gowns, cultures between the Ottoman Safavid and Qatar Museums (QM) has organised an exhibi- wedding cake displays, floral designs, latest Mughal Empires. The exhibition highlights QATAR INTERNATIONAL FOOD FESTIVAL tion entitled “Retrospective” for one of the wedding photography exhibits, hair and make- MIA’s masterpiece carpets, among other When: Till April 8 most renowned modern artists of the Arab up tutorials, musical entertainments and daily artworks, from Turkey, Iran and India, prima- Venue: The Hotel Park (in front of Sheraton Hotel) world: Dia Al-Azzawi. The exhibition show- daily fashion shows. It is also a place to meed rily from the 16th to the 18th centuries. Admission: Free cases over 546 works across fifty years. the best wedding planners in the country. Qatar Tourism Authority and Qatar Airways have  0H40(HC"Y C)1L QY  D)*&4H'*$4

*LCC4- ($3'1L0(*// L0 0C),@NC'C) /*)C)'L*&) TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK .*34('L0$*),H FFIRMING its commitment to supporting action on climate Dchange and raising awareness about energy conservation, Doha Bank 34+C)-342 switched off the lights in its corporate headquarters and select branches across Qatar as part of its participation in the 11th annual Earth Hour. C)'L*&) A people’s movement organised annually by the World Wide Fund TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK for Nature (WWF), Earth Hour is the world’s largest demonstration of sup- NITED Development Company (UDC), master developer of The port for action on climate change. Pearl-Qatar, took part, along with a number of shops and resi- To mark the event, every year dents of the Island, in the Earth Hour initiative last Saturday by people around the world turn off all switching off unnecessary lights from 8.30 pm till 9.30 pm local time. non-essential lights for one hour from Earth Hour, the largest climate support initiative of its kind, 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm local time. aims to draw attention to and raise awareness of the risks of climate Commenting on the need for change by encouraging participants to turn off lights for one hour on decisive action on climate change, the last Saturday of March. Last year, 178 countries participated in Doha Bank CEO Dr R Seetharaman the initiative. said, “Climate Change is the greatest Participating in Earth Hour comes within UDC’s commitment to challenge facing humanity in the 21st its social responsibility towards the local environment, evident by its Century. Effective mitigation of cli- efforts in integrating sustainable practices into business decisions and mate change risk will not be achieved by adopting conscious methods in the management and recycling of unless all state and non-state indi- waste on the Island. UDC also adopts policies to ensure the optimal viduals step up their efforts towards a use of energy in all its projects, and organises events that aim to high- low-carbon future, and we believe the light environmental and social initiatives and concerns. private sector has a vital role to play in making this transition possible. As an active and long-standing advocate for environmental sustainability, Doha Bank has consistently lent its support to initiatives that aim to reduce green- C)'L*&)*I(0)%0HC' á%04K31-*'0,0('C" house gas emissions, and we are happy to be able to once again contribute to TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK the fight to save our planet with our participation in Earth Hour.” ÖVENPICK Hotel West Bay Doha Doha Bank is one of the very few celebrated Earth Hour with 60 institutions in the region that have minutes of darkness and a special an active “green” policy in all areas of celebration of ‘Live Green’ at the hotel’s their business. lobby on March 25, with a big crowd of employees and guests. To celebrate the occasion, the Gold Green Globe certified hotel turned off all unnecessary lights and lit candles to conserve energy as a part of the annual global initiative to reduce greenhouse emissions across the planet. For that evening, the ground floors at Mövenpick Hotel West Bay Doha featured a ‘Live Green’ area with pillars made from recycled wood and other materials, as a symbol of sustainability. Hotel employees gathered to light can- long recycling initiative to encourage all small contribution as part of the larger dles and commemorated this special employees to recycle at homes as well, to efforts throughout the world, showing evening to honour the environment. truly embody the aspect of living green. our concern and support in spreading As the property turned off its lights “It is our continued commitment awareness about sustainability.” from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm, the hotel to maintain an effective environmental One of the key goals of the hotel is to invited guests to stand for sustainability management policy for the preserva- promote and create awareness around with General Manager Ghada Sadek and tion of a healthy environment for future sustainability and green-friendly living, other members of management, and generations,” said Sadek. “By turning off while creating a culture and promoting Doha bank head office building. enjoy complimentary snacks and bever- non-essential lights, evoking candle pow- an attitude towards recycling and energy ages, as well as famous Mövenpick ice er and involving both staff and guests for conservation throughout the hotel’s basic cream. The hotel also announced a week- one hour in the lobby, we have made our daily operations. 3/0('",0 0H40(HC"Y C)1L QY  

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AFP The report found that “all of the the study of 155 countries. “One of the main reasons we can top four countries rank highly on all The United States slipped to do all this is the oil money,” she ac- CHILLY climate isn’t keep- the main factors found to support number 14 because of less social knowledged. ing Norway from basking happiness: caring, freedom, generos- support and greater corruption – the “We of course managed our re- in the glow of being named ity, honesty, health, income and good very factors explaining why Nordic sources well for the good of society, the world’s happiest coun- governance.” countries fare better on the happiness but we were also really lucky to have try. Rounding out the top 10 were Fin- scale. these resources,” she said. DThe Scandinavian country surged land, in fifth place, The Netherlands Norway, the largest oil producer in The World Happiness Report was from fourth place in last year’s UN (6), Canada (7), New Zealand (8) and western Europe, is a prosperous coun- released by the United Nations on the assessment all the way to the top spot, Australia and Sweden tied for 9th. try – despite a recent drop in oil prices International Day of Happiness. It is according to the World Happiness All in the top 10 were affluent, – with a very generous welfare state. the fifth such report since the first was Report 2017. developed nations, though the report “We won the lottery,” Arne Larsen, published in 2012. Other top countries on the list said that money was not the only a retired civil servant, said in central “Since then we have come a long included Nordic neighbours Denmark ingredient for happiness. Oslo. way. Happiness is increasingly con- and Iceland, as well as Switzerland. In fact, among the wealthier “Oil is part of it, but you shouldn’t sidered the proper measure of social Norwegian Prime Minister Erna countries the differences in happiness exaggerate its importance because life progress and the goal of public poli- Solberg, who is facing a tough re-elec- levels had a lot to do with “differences was good in Norway before too. cy,” the report said. tion battle in September, welcomed in mental health, physical health and “I think it has more to do with While the 10 countries at the the report as “a nice validation. personal relationships: the biggest fundamental societal factors: Norway top remained the same as in a 2016 “For many years, Norway has been single source of misery is mental ill- is quite homogenous, it’s a country update, those in the bottom 10, behind Denmark in this ranking. ness,” the report said. where the gap between the state and which had the lowest life evaluations, “I’ve made a point of it in many “Income differences matter more the people is not very big, and where showed greater variation. dinner speeches in the Nordics. Now I in poorer countries, but even their there is a lot of trust,” he said. The Central African Republic, which must find something new!” she said in mental illness is a major source of Thea Sofie Rusten Grastveit, who returned to the surveyed group, came a message on Facebook in Norwegian. misery,” it added. works as an advisor for a humanitar- in dead last at 155, with Burundi and “But even if we top this statistic Another major country, China, ian agency, echoed those thoughts. Tanzania doing only slightly better. now we (must) continue to prioritise has made major economic strides Thirty years old and pregnant with Among the 20 largest losers, five mental health care, to improve follow- in recent years. But its people are her first child, she is getting ready to were in the Middle East and North up of children and young people not happier than 25 years ago, the take a 16-month parental leave, which Africa and five were in sub-Saharan because many are still struggling.” report found. China ranked 79th in she will share 50-50 with her husband. Africa.  0H40(HC"Y C)1L QY  **-$*)+ D+0+*3) 'LC'2)CI("*& ,3-0C(*42

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HUCK Berry, who died on March 18, at 90, was rock’s first great songwriter. Here’s what’s less known: He also wrote its first great memoir. L&1-0))" attitudes Chuck Berry: The Autobiogra- during this era. That phy was published in 1987. Its first word is “hospitaboo,” a combina- sentence is a declaration of independ- tion of “hospitality” and “taboo.” It means, he ence and intent: “This book is entirely writes, “how do you do but don’t-you-dare.” written, phrase by phrase, by yours truly, Chuck Berry had an outsize libido, and it got him into Berry.” trouble. He had more than his share of what he Not for him the bland evasions in those music calls “mal-publicity.” He was arrested in 1959 for memoirs ghostwritten, with added strings and transporting a teenager across state lines for im- synthesised filler, by hack journalists. He wrote moral purposes. (He says he did not know she was much of the book in prison, where he was serving underage.) He had fetishes. In 1990, after the book time for tax evasion. The early parts read as if he was published, he was found to have videotapes of had scratched them in pencil, ecstatically, onto his women using the toilet in his restaurant. cell wall. I’m not here to defend this behaviour. I’m here One of the things that made Berry’s songs jump to say that in Chuck Berry: The Autobiography, he out of the radio was his mischievous feel for words writes with a wide-awake candour that’s unusual and his knack for alighting on details so fresh that and refreshing. they squeak. “They finished off an apartment with He doesn’t stint on the complicated and com- a two-room Roebuck sale,” he sang about the new- plicating details. Berry’s recall is amazing. Reading lyweds in You Never Can Tell. “The Coolerator was about his best-remembered kisses, cuddles, crushes crammed with TV dinners and ginger ale.” and hotel room exploits is like reading gastronome This same instinctive feel for language flows into Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin on his favourite the autobiography. You’re not far into it before he meals. Women adored Berry as much as he them. describes a friend who is “as ugly as death eating a “I was slow with shyness when it was in the vein dirty doughnut.” A few pages before that, a girl is so of trying to suck face,” Berry writes about his teen- pretty that the author “would have daily taken out age years, in a line that feels as if it could have been her garbage just to be near her can.” plucked from one of his songs. He got less shy. His sentences pop, as if he had a Coolerator He married when young, and he bears down, in crammed with them. He writes about the world like his book, on the meanings of intimacy. You sense a man noticing everything for the first time. that he is working out his grateful feelings in front Berry’s book details the indignities of touring in of your eyes. the South as a black musician during the 1950s and “The greatest highs I’ve ever had in my life have ’60s. There are the restaurants that would not seat come from a mob of as many as 62,000 voices,” he L3(K*$0)/&,C4H*)3234C,I**- him, the hotels where he could not book a room. He writes, “and also from the moan of one.” is ruefully funny about the lengths to which strip The first third of Berry’s memoir is better than LC(('31-342K*$0)G'H*0(4k' club bouncers would go, in New Orleans, to keep a its second third. The final third crumbles, as did his black man out while maintaining a veneer of polite- career, into recriminations over bad business deals 1*4'C34C/C,(04*'0G ness. and legal woes. But this powerful and original book He also writes about how, in St Louis, where he has sticking power. It doesn’t contain a false note. was born, a mixed-race couple spotted by police “I don’t advocate sorrow,” Berry writes. “I pur- would be hauled in for mandatory venereal disease sue happiness in all avenues of life, and so I shall shots. avoid funerals, even my own.” Berry’s book, reread Chuck Berry being Chuck Berry, he comes up now, is a kind of jazz funeral, a woozy second-line with his own portmanteau for the South’s racial parade through the streets. It’s an earful. 01L4*,*2" 0H40(HC"Y C)1L QY  Q *$'* +C4C20"*&) (+C)'KL*40 4*'3/31C'3*4( I0''0) IANS Systems in Denver, Colorado. RE you annoyed In the study, the research- with your smartphone’s ers collected more than 5,000 smart- LC'(,00K')C1-342 relentless stream of text phone records from 22 participants messages, push alerts, over four weeks. social media messages The participants took a test to see andD other noisy notifications? how their personalities aligned with H0%310+C"I0 Take heart, experts at Rutgers traits such as extroversion, agreeable- University in New Jersey, US, have ness, conscientiousness, neuroticism developed a new model that allows and openness, to help predict how inter- the smartphones to learn automati- ruptible people were. )&34342"*&)(,00K cally like a “human secretary” and The results showed that when partici- predict the user’s receptiveness to pants were in a pleasant mood, they were IANS distractions by the notifications. likely to be more interruptible than if they “Ideally, a smartphone notifica- were in an unpleasant mood. It also varied NABLE to get proper sleep at night? Blame that sleep tion management system should be based on their location. tracking app, as a new study has revealed that wearable like an excellent human secretary But participants were reluctant to be in-  sleep tracking devices such as Fitbit or Apple Watch, who knows when you want to terrupted when they were study- designed to help people track sleep, may actually be keeping be interrupted or left alone,” ing and were less interruptible people awake. said Janne Lindqvist, as- when exercising. The findings showed that when it comes to sleep, that en- sistant professor at Rutgers “Preferably, your smart- thusiasm for the devices may overshadow what they can deliver. University. phone would recognise your “It’s great that so many people want to improve their sleep. Currently, the notifica- patterns of use and behav- However, the claims of these devices really outweigh validation tion management system is iour and schedule notifica- of what they have shown to be doing. They don’t do a good job not smart or only depends tions to minimise interrup- of estimating sleep accurately,” said lead author Kelly Glazer on a user’s setting, such as tions,” Lindqvist added. Baron, psychologist at Rush University in Illinois, US. turning on or off certain  The findings could help People tend to get so worried about whether or not they notifications. phone makers and were getting enough shut-eye each night that the stress and The model can help to app developers anxiety keeps them awake. This may cause them ‘orthosomnia’ better manage smartphone build offerings that – an unhealthy preoccupation with achieving perfect sleep, the notifications using a sense are more useful researchers said. of personality type and and less annoying, People pursuing the quantified self rely on the daily acquisi- work patterns of the researchers said. tion of data to enhance their mental and physical life. But, some individuals. “We know that people do take it too far and that can be stressful, Baron said. The study people struggle In addition, the sleep monitoring data on these devices can will be pub- with time manage- also be misleading as these popular devices are unable to accu- lished in May ment all the time, so rately discriminate stages of sleep, the researchers emphasised at the ACM a smartphone, instead in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. CHI Confer- of being a nuisance, “They are not able to differentiate between light and deep ence on Hu- could actually help sleep. Furthermore, they might call it sleep when you’re reading man Factors with things,” Lindqvist in bed,” Baron explained. in Computing added. On the other hand, these sleep-tracking devices, if used properly can be helpful, especially for those suffering with sleep apnea – a serious sleep disorder – the researchers said, while working toward finding better ways to incorporate them into the standard techniques of sleep therapy.  0H40(HC"Y C)1L QY  130410 *$H3HCI*)32340(20''*D&(')C,3C|  DL0,K((*,%0C+"('0)" NYT SYNDICATE mans moved from Southeast Asia onto this landmass, some settling in what is UMAN skeletons and archaeo- now New Guinea, others traveling farther logical remains in Australia can south into Australia. be traced back nearly 50,000 They kept to the coastlines until they years before the trail disap- reached southern Australia 49,000 years pears. Before then, apparently, ago. But once this great migration was Australia was free of humans. finished, the new study suggests, the So how did people get there, and ancestors of today’s Aborigines hunkered when? Where did humans first arrive on down in their new homes — for tens of the continent, and how did they spread thousands of years. across the entire landmass? The mitochondrial DNA contains no Answers to some of these questions evidence that these populations mixed in are stored in the DNA of aboriginal Aus- any significant way, surprising research- tralians. A genetic study of 111 aboriginal ers. “We were fully expecting a fully Australians offers an interesting — and, in diverse mix of people in all places at all some respects, unexpected — view of their times,” Cooper said. remarkable story. This is not the sort of migratory pat- All living aboriginal Australians de- tern documented by gene testing on other scend from a single founding population continents. In Europe, for instance, new that arrived about 50,000 years ago, populations have swept in every few thou- the study shows. They swept around the sand years, mixing with the societies they continent, along the coasts, in a matter of encountered. centuries. And yet, for tens of thousands Farming explains the difference, of years after, those populations remained Cooper suggests. Unlike Africa, Asia and isolated, rarely mixing. Europe, Australia did not experience the The DNA used in the new study comes rise of agriculture several thousand years from aboriginal hair collected during a se- ago. “If you don’t have cheap carbohy- ries of expeditions between 1926 and 1963. drates, you don’t increase in population The Board for Anthropological Research at size,” he said. the University of Adelaide sent researchers Populations grew on other conti- to communities across Australia, where nents, but they often risked catastrophic they collected vast amounts of information crop failure. When that happened, about aboriginal languages, ceremonies, Cooper said, “there’s only one response artwork, cosmologies and genealogy. — mass migration.” Many aboriginal Australians today In Australia, however, Aborigines did no longer live where their ancestors did. not depend on crops and lived as nomads During the 1900s, the country’s govern- in discrete regions. They never needed to ment forcibly removed many from their move across the continent. traditional lands and separated children “This is really very surprising but also from families. Many aboriginal Austral- hard to doubt,” said Stephan Schiffels, a ians moved to cities far from where they population geneticist at the Max Planck grew up. Institute for the Science of Human History Thanks to the subjects’ age and de- decades that the hair had been in storage, longed to a single human lineage, indicat- in Germany, who was not involved in the tailed records, scientists suspected the the genetic traces may have broken down ing that all Aborigines descended from a study. “The data is what it is.” hair samples might offer a glimpse of the beyond recognition. single migration to the continent. Schiffels and other researchers raised pre-colonial past. “It seemed obvious that Making matters worse, the hair had Mitochondrial DNA gradually accu- the possibility that the mitochondrial DNA this collection is perhaps the best way to been cut with scissors. The best way to get mulates mutations at a roughly regular was missing important details of Austral- reconstruct Australian history,” said Alan genetic material from a strand of hair is to rate, ticking like a molecular clock. By ian history. Cooper, a pioneer in ancient DNA studies pull it out at its DNA-rich root. adding up the mutations in the hair sam- DNA in the nucleus of each cell, com- at the University of Adelaide. Given these uncertainties, the sci- ples, the scientists also estimated that ing from both parents, can offer clues to a He and his colleagues first sought entists decided to increase the odds their owners all descended from a com- wider range of ancestors. consent for the tests from the descend- of success by searching for abundant mon ancestor who lived around 50,000 It turns out, however, that Cooper and ants of the people whose hair samples mitochondrial DNA, which is situated years ago. That finding fits nicely with his colleagues were too pessimistic about had been collected. They travelled to outside the cell nucleus and is inherited the estimated ages of the oldest archaeo- the hair samples. Skin cells stuck to the aboriginal communities, spending sev- solely from the mother. Eventually, the logical sites in Australia. hair shafts turn out to contain rich sup- eral days talking to family members to scientists managed to piece together all The mitochondrial tree also provided plies of nuclear DNA. address their concerns. All but one of the the mitochondrial genes in each of the clues to how people spread through the “We can do the entire genome for families they visited gave them permis- hair samples. continent. each of these samples,” Cooper said. “So sion to run the study. By comparing the aboriginal sequences Fifty thousand years ago, sea lev- we’re returning to these communities Cooper and his colleagues knew ex- to DNA from other parts of the world, the els were so low that Australia and New to ask for permission to get a far more tracting DNA would not be easy. Over the scientists determined that they all be- Guinea formed a single continent. Hu- detailed look.” *,,"$**H 0H40(HC"Y C)1L QY   0,3((C 1C)'L"ICHC')0+0+I0)342HC'0(

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IANS tappa killed Baahubali. Veteran Tamil actor Sathyaraj plays Kattappa in the franchise. ARAN Johar thanked the mak- He finally revealed why he killed Baahubali. *4k'LC%0'04K0)104'*/ ers of Baahubali for letting him “Producer Shobu paid me very well to kill have a small part of the project. Prabhas. My director Rajamouli asked me He also said he doesn’t even to kill Baahubali, and I obliged. Why would have ten percent of director SS I kill Prabhas otherwise?” he asked, with MRajamouli’s gumption. laughter. Johar, who had acquired the theatrical Sathyaraj also said that though he has rights of the Hindi version of Baahubali starred in over 250 films, the world knows C.C+*&,3k( franchise, said Baahubali is “probably the him as Kattappa. Tamannaah Bhatia, who greatest film ever made.” At the pre-release plays princess Avantika in the film, added event of Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, that it’s once in a lifetime experience to be Johar said: “This is the biggest movie event part of Baahubali. She thanked Rajamouli in the history of Indian cinema and I have for giving her the opportunity. to say I’m amazed. “Though it’s been two years since 2&+K'3*4[ “This is pure dedication, pure the release of the first part, people strength and this is what I want are still excited as though it to go back to and teach.” At released last week,” she said. the event, a special audio- At the event, the film’s video on Johar’s career was audio was also launched. screened. He said he was Composer MM Keera- MC)C4*LC) “stumped.” vani talked about the “Baahubali, 67 years music behind the trailer, later, has beaten the magic which has clocked over created by Mughal-e-Azam 100 million views. on screen. Rajamouli’s cinema Actress Anushka has soul, his personality has Shetty said that everyone *LC)Y$L*LCH gumption and I don’t think I even got to learn something from C1J&3)0H'L0'L0C')31C, have ten percent of it,” he said. SS Rajamouli each other while working on the Producer Shobu Yarlagadda project. )32L'(*/'L034H3 thanked Johar for helping them conquer “While all of us put in so much effort one of the toughest industries (Bollywood) in the film, Prabhas dedicated five years of %0)(3*4*/ with Baahubali. “We went to Karan Johar his life to it. All of us are proud of him,” she to take Baahubali out of Tollywood. When said. CCL&IC,3/)C41L3(0Y he saw the film, he could see the potential Rana Daggubati, who plays Bhallala in it. Since he believed in the film and put Deva in the film, said every minute of (C3HCCL&IC,33( his name on it, we could conquer Bolly- the last five years was close to his heart. K)*ICI,"'L02)0C'0(' wood market. He said that he will miss working on the “Thank you, Karan Johar, for being a project. When Rajamouli finally arrived ¡,+0%0)+CH0 part of this journey,” Yarlagadda said, and on stage, he had a lot of people to thank. added that the film wouldn’t have hap- From policemen who helped conduct the pened if everybody didn’t stick together for event smoothly to his crew members, he five years. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion is extended heartfelt gratitude. Rajamouli slated for release on April 28. thanked his wife Rama for her support and The film will finally explain why Kat- for keeping him grounded.

3,,K,C"0%04C2L*(''*$*)-$3'L 00)C.C2C34[31-" PTI screen or not,” Vicky said. “I want to test for a part in Raju Sir’s film. to work with him every time I get So, I went to his office and gave an ICKY Kaushal says he wants a chance. Neeraj is my man. I will audition. I was called again a couple to be a part of every film made make sure he casts me, I can even go of days later when he narrated the Vicky  by the Masaan director Neeraj on to emotionally blackmail him.” script to me. “I asked him what was Kaushal Ghaywan, who gave him his first In the biopic, being directed by next. That’s when Raju Sir told me I break in films, even if that means Rajkumar Hirani, Vicky plays one of had the role, I was stumped. appearing as a ghost. Dutt’s closest friends. “It was really hard for me to The 28-year-old actor, who will He, however, is not ready to re- believe that I will be working with be seen in Sanjay Dutt’s biopic, veal more about the role. “My char- him. It was one of the best narra- says he wants to work with acter is one of Sanjay Dutt’s closest tions I have ever been through.” Ghaywan every time he gets friends and that’s all I can say at Apart from Dutt’s biopic, Vicky a chance, irrespective of the this point. He is someone who has will be seen in a rom-com for the role or subject. “I want to really seen him through thick and first time. Titled, Love Per Square work in every Neeraj Ghay- thin of his life and stood by him,” Foot, the movie will release later wan film. Vicky said adding that he came to this year. “This is a romantic com- “I have told him that I am know he had landed the role after edy based in Mumbai. It is the first ready to play a ghost so that I the PK director was through with time that I am doing comedy. can say I was there in at least the narration. “It is a break from all the serious one frame of his film. I don’t “I got a call by casting director roles that I have done till now,” he care if my face is visible on the Mukesh Chhabra and he asked me said. *,,"$**H 0H40(HC"Y C)1L QY   C4''*2*$*),H$3H0 3),((L*&,HL3'IC1-3/ $3'LH323'C,/*)C"[ '*&1L0H34CKK)*K)3C'0,"Y (C"(D-(LC"M&+C) L3,KCL0''" IANS KSHAY Kumar, who is IANS I eat muesli either in a smoothie form trained in martial arts, with yoghurt, almond milk, coconut says girls should not HILPA Shetty says she is milk and some fruit. I eat that as a pre- panic if touched inap- very excited about her digital starter and then I have two eggs little propriately. They should foray where she promotes later. It’s very important to have fibre- insteadD hit back. health and imparts cooking rich breakfast,” she said. Shilpa also Akshay, along with the team of lessons. She said she wants to emphasised on eating on time. “I think his forthcoming film Naam Shaba- take the project forward worldwide. “I that’s the most important thing for any na – Manoj Bajpayee and Taapsee have just started this whole foray into working person – to eat on time. Pannu and producer Neeraj Pan- digital with a YouTube channel and my Normally I like to have my lunch at dey – visited the Gargi College for Akshay Kumar website on health. 12:30 pm, my body starts craving for women. This is something that I want to it,” said Shilpa, who has launched fit- Akshay spoke extensively on the take worldwide,” Shilpa said. “Health is ness DVDS and books. importance of women knowing self- extremely important for all of us. I am How important is it defence techniques. doing this very passionately. for actresses to remain “In our country, I believe, girls I am very happy that we have fit to get the best should not learn martial arts or self- .&('$C4''*'0,,"*&*40 got three verticals that focus roles in Bollywood? defence because I feel they should 'L342}3/C2&"'*&1L0("*&Y on health – nutrition, yoga “I don’t think you be free to walk anywhere, anytime, and functional training, and should maintain any place. But unfortunately, be- H*4k'KC431Y34/C1'YL3'L3+ it’s all-encompassing. I am a diet or have cause of some dirty people they have IC1-C4H)&4 teaching people how to modification in to learn self-defence,” Akshay said. cook healthy, so that’s a your life to get a “I am running a school in Mum- Akshay said. new avatar and people role. bai and I want to open one school Akshay is known for his work in have not seen it before,” “I think you here (in Delhi) but I don’t know action-packed films like the Khiladi she added. need to do it be- when it will happen. I just want to series as well as Mohra, Elaan, Su- The actress spoke cause you want to be tell you one thing – if a guy touches haag, Rowdy Rathore and Holiday: on the sidelines of the fit and healthy. Hav- you, don’t panic, in fact, hit him A Soldier Is Never Off Duty. launch of the cereal ing a lifestyle modifica- back and run,” he added. As a promotional step for Naam Saffola Multigrain tion for the rest of your The 49-year-old actor says that Shabana, Akshay and Taapsee had Flakes. She was at life is the way to go. Any a man is successful in harassing a also posted on social media a video the event along with person who is fit, who girl when she “freezes” and doesn’t teaching self-defence techniques to dietician and health looks good, will react. girls. expert Pooja Ma- have discipline “What happens in life – how Naam Shabana is a spy-thriller khija. Talking about and nobody gets does a guy succeed in harassing a film directed by Shivam Nair and her morning food it free,” said the girl, to get her under control? Be- produced by Neeraj Pandey and rituals, Shilpa – a 41-year-old, who cause a woman or a girl freezes. She Shital Bhatia under the Friday Film- mother of one – finds Bollywood doesn’t know when a man touches works banner. said, “I am a break- actress Deepika her, she doesn’t know what to do. So A spin-off of the 2015 film Baby, fast girl. Padukone very fit. don’t ever freeze, just shout... That with Taapsee reprising her role as I eat at 7:30 is the biggest thing, just shout Shabana, the film is releasing on am till 7:30 pm. Shilpa Shetty loudly and run, but don’t freeze,” Friday. I make sure that *&2L'*+C34'C34IC,C410I0'$004K0)(*4C,YK)*/0((3*4C,,3/0[ )3"C4-C IANS what you feel is important,” Priyanka said. in 2003 with The Hero: Love Story of a “I work very hard but when I need Spy. Projects like Don, Fashion, 7 Khoon RIYANKA Chopra, who has been to make time for myself, my family or Maaf, Barfi!, Mary Kom and Bajirao Mas- Priyanka juggling work between the US and friends for example, I will make the time. tani are milestones in her career. Chopra India, says it is easy to get lost in “I understand my priorities and so The actress said it is important to work but she makes it a point to take out does my team so when I need to do some- have people in your life who show you some time for her friends and family. She thing that’s important to me I will. I also the mirror. “My family, friends and says she finds a balance in her personal make an effort to be connected. It’s easy team have always been that for me and I and professional life “by living a double to get lost in work.” wouldn’t want it any other way. It’s im- life.” For Priyanka, it all started at the age of portant to have an objective perspective “Let’s be honest, it’s tough to always 17 when she was crowned Miss World. She or a view point different from yours,” maintain a balance but you’ve got to do soon stepped into the world of Bollywood said the actress.  0H40(HC"Y C)1L QY  ,C"L*&(0

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ARIES TAURUS GEMINI CANCER LEO VIRGO This is a good day for mental work, Research will go well today Someone older or more expe- A conversation with a boss or parent This is a great day to study anything, Discussions about shared property, because you will be careful and will because your mind is steady rienced might have excellent will be instructive today. Both par- because you have focus and inheritances, wills and insurance not overlook details. Furthermore, and focused. You will stay on advice for you today. It never ties will make progress in a practical concentration. Furthermore, you issues will go well today. You you will have the steady endur- track, looking for what you hurts to listen, does it? way, especially in terms of planning. won’t overlook or skip things. will be thorough in everything ance to finish what you begin. want to find until you find it. you do; plus, someone more experienced might help you.

LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS CAPRICORN AQUARIUS Pisces Discussions with partners and close You will get a lot done at work This is a good day for practical This is a good day for family discus- This is an excellent day to do future Value your moneymaking friends are serious today, because today because you are in a planning regarding sports, future sions, especially discussions with a planning. This planning might be ideas today, because you are you are in a serious frame of mind. practical, hands-on frame of social occasions and anything parent or an older family member. personal or professional. Discus- in a sensible frame of mind. Furthermore, people who are older mind. Be ready to listen to a related to kids. Get out a pen and You will come up with practical sions with siblings and relatives You have practical ideas about and more experienced will help you boss or a more experienced paper, and start making a list. ideas for now and in the future. will be serious and productive. how to deal with your assets. now. Listen to what is offered. co-worker who might help you.  0H40(HC"Y C)1L QY  *%30(4NC'C)

CITY CENTRE CINEMA VILLAGGIO CINEMA ASIAN TOWN CINEMA MALL CINEMA EL QERD BEYT KALE (ARABIC): 11.45 AM, 1.45 PM, 3.45 PM, 5.45 PM, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (FANTASY): 10:30 PM, 11.15 PM, 1 PM, 2 PM, ALAMARA (MALAYALAM): 12.45 PM, 5.45 PM, 8.15 PM, 10.45 PM BARBIE VIDEO GAME HERO (ANIMATION): 2 PM, 3.30 PM 7.45 PM, 9.45 , 11.45 PM 3:45 PM, 4.45 PM, 7.30 PM, 10.15 PM, 6:30 PM, 9:15 PM, 12 AM VEERAM (MALAYALAM): 6 PM PHILLAURI (HINDI): 5.30 PM, 10.45 PM POWER RANGERS (ACTION): 4.45 PM, 7 PM, 9.15 PM (IMAX-3D) 12 PM, 2:45 PM, 5:30 PM, 8:15 PM, 11 PM POWER RANGERS (ACTION): 12.45 PM, 3.30 PM, 6.15 PM, 9 PM, 11.45 ANGAMALY DIARIES (MALAYALAM): 8.15 PM, 10.45 PM PHILLAURI (HINDI): 11.30 PM PM [VIP SCREEN] 11.45 PM, 2.30 PM, 5.15 PM, 8 PM, 10.45 PM KONG SKULL ISLAND (ACTION): 11 AM, 1:30 PM, 4 PM, 6:30 PM, 9 PM, 11:30 PM KATAMA RAYUDU (TELUGU): 3.30 PM, 6.15 PM, 9 PM, 11.45 PM LIFE (THRILLER): 9.45 PM, 11.30 PM LIFE (THRILLER): 11.30 AM, 1.45 PM, 4 PM, 6.15 PM, 8.30 PM, 10.45 (IMAX-3D) 12:15 PM, 2:45 PM, 5:15, 7:45 PM, 10:15 PM EL QERD BEYT KALE (ARABIC): 9.45 PM PM LIFE (THRILLER): 10.30 AM, 12.45 PM, 3 PM, 5.15 PM, 7.30PM, 9.45 AUTOBAHN (ACTION): 7.30 PM, 11.30 PM PHILLAURI (HINDI): 10.45 AM, 1.15 PM, 3.45 PM, 6.15 PM, 8.45 PM, PM , 12 AM 11.15 PM EL QERD BEYT KALE (ARABIC): 10.45 PM, 12.45 PM, 2.45 PM, 4.45 PM, GULF MALL CINEMA ALAMARA (MALAYALAM): 3 PM, AUTOBAHN (ACTION): 12 PM, 2.15 PM, 4.30 PM, 6.45 PM, 9 PM, 6.45 PM, 8.45 PM, 10.45 PM BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (FANTASY): 2.30 PM, 5.15 PM, 7.30 PM 11.15 PM POWER RANGERS (ACTION): (3D) 12.30 PM, 3.15 PM, 6 PM, 8.45 PM, EL QERD BEYT KALE (ARABIC): 12 PM, 2 PM, 4 PM, 6 PM, 8 PM, 10 PM, KATAMA RAYUDU (TELUGU): 5 PM BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (FANTASY): 12.30 PM, 3.15 PM, 6 PM, 8.45 11.30 PM 12 AM KONG: SKULL ISLAND (ACTION): 7.30 PM PM, 11.30 PM (3D) 2.30 AM, 7.45 PM PHILLAURI (HINDI): 11.15 AM, 1.45 PM, 4.15 PM, 6.45 PM, 9.15 PM, POWER RANGERS (ACTION): 10.30 AM, 1 PM, 3.45 PM, 6.30 PM, 9.15 KATAMA RAYUDU (TELUGU): 11.30 PM, 2.30 PM, 5.30PM, 8.30 PM, 11.45 PM PM, 12 AM (MX4D) 2.30 PM, 7.45 PM [VIP SCREEN] 12 PM, 2.45 PM, ROYAL PLAZA 11.30 PM AUTOBAHN (ACTION): (IMAX-3D) 12.30 PM, 2.45 PM, 5 PM, 7.15 PM, 5.30 PM, 8.15 PM, 11 PM BARBIE VIDEO GAME HERO (ANIMATION): 2 PM, 3.30 PM ALAMARA (MALAYALAM): 11.15 PM, 1.45 PM, 4.15 PM, 6.45 PM, 9.15 9.30 PM, 11.45 PM, 12 AM BARBIE VIDEO GAME HERO (ANIMATION): 10.30 PM, 12.15 PM, 2 PM, 3.45 PM PM, 11.45 PM LOGAN (ACTION): 11 AM, 1.45 PM, 4.30 PM, 7.15 PM, 10 PM YOGI-OH (ANIMATION): 11.45 PM, 2.15 PM, 4.45 PM POWER RANGERS (ACTION): 4.30 PM, 6.45 PM, 9 PM KONG: SKULL ISLAND (ACTION): 11.30 AM, 2 PM, 4.30 PM, 7 PM, 9.30 BADRINATH KI DULHANIA (HINDI): 10.30 AM, 3.30 PM, 8.30 PM LIFE (THRILLER): 12.30 PM, 2.45 PM, 5 PM, 7.15 PM, 9.30 PM,11.45 PM PHILLAURI (HINDI): 11.15 PM PM, 12 AM. (3D) 12 PM, 5.15 PM, 10.30 PM SLEEPLESS (ACTION): 11 AM, 1 PM, 3 PM, 5 PM, 7 PM, 9 PM, 11 PM PHILLAURI (HINDI): 11 AM, 1.30 PM, 4 PM, 6.30 PM, 9 PM, 11.30 PM LIFE (THRILLER): 9.15 PM LOGAN (ACTION): 12.45 PM, 6.15 PM, 11.45 PM AKHEER (COMEDY): 1.15 PM, 6.15 PM, 11.15 PM AUTOBAHN (ACTION): 10.30 PM, 12.45 PM, 3 PM, 5.15 PM, 7.30 PM, EL QERD BEYT KALE (ARABIC): 7 PM BADRINATH KI DULHANIA (HINDI): 3.30 PM, 9 PM 9.45 PM, 12 AM AUTOBAHN (ACTION): 11.15 PM SLEEPLESS (ACTION): 10.45 AM, 12.45 PM, 2.45 PM, 4.45 PM, 6.45 SHEPHERDS & BUTCHER (CRIME): 11.15 PM, 1.30 PM, 3.45 PM, 6 PM, YOGI-OH (ANIMATION): 2.30 PM, 4.45 PM PM, 8.45 PM, 10.45 PM 8.15 PM, 10.30 PM ALAMARA (MALAYALAM): 11.15 PM BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (FANTASY): 12.45 PM, 3.30 PM, 6.15 PM, 7.15 SHEPHERDS & BUTCHER (CRIME): 7.15 PM PM, 9 PM, 10.30 PM, 11.45 PM [VIP SCREEN] 11.45 PM, 2.30 PM, BEAUTY AND BEAST (ANIMATION): 2.15 PM, 5 PM, 9 PM 5.15 PM, 8 PM, 10.45 PM KONG: SKULL ISLAND (ACTION): 10.30 AM, 1 PM, 3.30 PM, 6 PM, 8.30 PM, 11 PM [MX4D] 12 PM, 5.15 PM, 10.30 PM [VIP SCREEN] 11 AM, LANDMARK CINEMA 1.30 PM, 4 PM, 6.30 PM, 9 PM, 11.30 PM SLEEPLESS (ACTION): 5.30 PM, 7.30 PM, 9.30 PM, 11.30 PM BARBIE VIDEO GAME HERO (ANIMATION): 2.30 PM, 4.30 PM POWER RANGERS (ACTION): 2.30 PM, 5 PM, 7.15 PM YOGI-OH (ANIMATION): 4.30 PM AL KHOR CINEMA LIFE (THRILLER): 9.15 PM KATAMA RAYUDU (TELUGU): 8.30 PM, 11 PM POWER RANGERS (ACTION): 12.30 PM, 6 PM, 8.45 PM EL QERD BEYT KALE (ARABIC): 6.45 PM KATAMA RAYUDU (TELUGU): 11 AM, 2 PM, 5 PM, 8 PM, 11 PM AUTOBAHN (ACTION): 8.45 PM, 11 PM ALAMARA (MALAYALAM): 1.15 PM, 3.45 PM, 6.15 PM,11.30 PM ALAMARA (MALAYALAM): 11.15 PM BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (FANTASY): 10.30AM, 3.15PM, 8.45PM, 11.30PM PHILLAURI (HINDI) ALAMARA (MALAYALAM) BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (FANTASY): 2.15 PM, 6.30 PM NOTICE: Timings are subject to change without prior notice.

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