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TUESDAY 9 JANUARY 2018 CAMPUS | 3 BOLLYWOOD | 7 Rajagiri Public Ajay to start School celebrates shooting for New Year ‘Total Dhamaal’ GOLDEN GLOBES BECOME PART OF The Golden Globes 2018 tackle more than just ACTIVISM entertainment. Celebrities show a united front through fashion for the #MeToo movement. P 4-5 TUESDAY 9 JANUARY 2018 CAMPUS 03 Pulmonologist asks BPS students to practice self-sacrifice & perseverance here is no magic and no man- tra but the key to success lies Tin perseverance and self-sac- rifice’, was the advice Dr Udaya B S Prakash gave to the students of Birla Public School. Doctor Prakash is Scripps pro- fessor of medicine, Mayo Medical School and Mayo Post Graduate School of Medicine and Consultant emeritus in pulmonary disease, crit- ical Care , and internal medicine and director emeritus of bronchos- copy and interventional pulmonology at the Mayo clinic and Mayo Medical Centre , Minnesota, USA. Highlighting the importance of reading Dr Prakash exhorted the children , ‘to read, read and read, as when reading stops learn- Mentioning the examples from succeeded, they never gave up. B that astound the world even ing stops’. Quoting George the lives of Usain Bolt, Martina G Harindranath, Law Secretary, today’. The address was animated Santayana, Spanish philosopher, Navratilova, Subramanyam Chan- government of Kerala, also by a question – answer session. he told the children if you do not drasekharan, Dr Prakash addressed the students. Drawing Many a student expressed satis- read ‘Those who cannot remem- highlighted the lessons of perse- examples from the life of King faction and fulfillment and said ber the past are condemned to verance and self-sacrifice. While Solomon, he told students that ‘it they were inspired to define their repeat it’ and ‘you will then will Martina and Bolt persevered was keen observation of life and future goals pretty well. Mohan have the spectre of reinventing the against obstacles and challenges its intricacies that made King Thomas, Director and former wheel’ and failed more times than they Solomon pronounce judgments Chairman, attended the session. Rajagiri Public School celebrates New Year grand celebration was New Year prayer and then the wonders of the world in the New special assembly was conducted organised by the students resolutions, followed by the cel- Year. by the students of Grade 2 D, A of Rajagiri Public School ebration. The programme helped The children to try and be on guided by Rani Thomas, their to welcome the New Year on the students get enlightened by the their best behaviour throughout class teacher and Sally Thomas first working day of January 2018. divine light to be friendlier, more this new year and avoid misbe- and Reema Sumesh, the They began with a special responsible and more open to the having as often as they can. A coordinators. 04 COVER STORY TUESDAY 9 JANUARY 2018 Golden Globes pair fashion & activism The Washington Post The women and men of Holly- Witherspoon, as well as by the var- trousers. And when she stopped for wood wore black in support of ious grassroots activists who’d been the standard interview with E! t was basically an all-black red Time’s Up, an initiative aimed at invited to come along as their Entertainment, she quickly made carpet at the Golden Globe combating sexual harassment and plus-ones. it clear that she had come to speak Awards, which meant that vis- supporting gender parity across a It may have been Streep, her mind. Why was she wearing ually, it was rather multitude of industries. The goal because of course it would be black, asked Giuliana Rancic. She monotonous. There were was to replace the red carpet fash- Streep, who would offer the most was wearing black to show solidar- Ilovely gowns, chic trousers and the ion conversation with one about quotable comment. “We feel ity with women who have been occasional ensemble that left an gender equity and workplace safety. emboldened in this moment to marginalized and harassed. She was indelible impression and did what And mostly, it did. stand together in a thick black line wearing black to underscore the the best red carpet dressing is But the initiative is in its early dividing then from now.” need for gender parity in a broad intended to do, which is to leave stages and so there is not so much But it was Debra Messing, one swath of industries. And, by the way, you with the sense - true or not - to say about it other than it exists. of the first women down the red she was not pleased at all to dis- that the star in question has an eye And so that important information carpet, whose words had a partic- cover that even E! Entertainment, for a creative, daring gesture and was disseminated again and again ularly biting ring. The “Will and whose microphone she was speak- is therefore more interesting by everyone from Meryl Streep to Grace” star was wearing a black, ing into, pays its female because of it. Sarah Jessica Parker and Reese sparkly tunic over black silk broadcasters less than its male ones. TUESDAY 9 JANUARY 2018 COVER STORY 05 Tarana Burke who planted the seed for the #MeToo social media move- This was the red ment, and there were other leaders carpet on which focused on the lives of Latina fashion is not women, Native American women, farm workers and so on. supposed to matter. “We believe that people of all genders and ages should live free of violence against us. And, we believe The plan to wear black trickled that women of colour, and women out slowly. First it was a suggestion, who have faced generations of then it was part of an orchestrated exclusion - Indigenous, Black, multi-point fundraising and sensi- Brown and Asian women, farm tivity raising platform. Then it workers and domestic workers, dis- became an all-inclusive, everyone abled women, undocumented wear black even-you-folks-watch- women - should be at the centre of ing-the-red-carpet-at home in your our solutions,” the activists said in a pyjamas. It was a protest and then joint statement. “This moment in a sign of solidarity and then, well, no time calls for us to use the power of one quite knows exactly where it’s our collective voices to find solutions heading. The year is young. that leave no woman behind.” A smorgasbord of activists were The words on the red carpet, invited to walk the red carpet with sometimes repetitive, often vague, several of the stars most involved in occasionally halting, still managed the Time’s Up initiative. Streep was to bring attention to the issue at accompanied by Ai-Jen Poo, from hand. But what about the attire? the Domestic Workers Alliance, Attire can speak powerfully and Michelle Williams walked with eloquently to all sorts of issues, but the decision to wear black on the all eyes are on their red carpet walk, red carpet comes with a unique set taking advantage of the power of of baggage. fashion and bending it to their will? This was the red carpet on which Perhaps. But why change one’s attire fashion is not supposed to matter. in response to sexual harassment? Or perhaps fashion was to matter To a great degree, red carpet more than ever. It was a red carpet dressing is a pretty lie. There’s noth- filled with activists and hashtags, ing spontaneous or organic or sheer dresses, jet beading, sheer particularly “real” about the images chiffon and lots and lots of borrowed that come from the red carpet. It is jewels. Specifically, it was filled with a fantasy. Beautiful public relations custom-made dresses crafted by for everyone concerned. design houses just for the occasion. Maybe the decision to stay mum And mostly, they received no on-air about fashion on the red carpet was credit. an over-correction. But there were Parker, whose pop culture fame lessons in the way a couple of design is, in part, due to her relationship houses handled the situation. Marc with the fashion industry, did not Jacobs announced that it had mention that she was wearing Dolce dressed Tracy Ellis Ross and & Gabbana on E!. Kerry Washington included a statement from Ross did not name drop Prabal Gurung. explaining her aesthetic choices, that Laura Dern didn’t give Giorgio Arm- read, in part: “I wear black today as ani a shout-out. a ‘we’ not as an “I”, as a celebration Fashion got tangled up in activ- of our collective power as women, ism. And it was never really clear, as an embodiment of sisterhood, sol- never quite explained, why mention- idarity and the work being done to ing fashion was taboo. Even the create structural change.” colour choice was a bit of a Fashion can best be weaponised muddle. when it’s allowed to speak boldly Were actresses, who know that and loudly. Not when it’s muffled. 06 COMMUNITY TUESDAY 9 JANUARY 2018 ICC-One Toastmasters Club celebrates New Year. One of the oldest Toastmasters Clubs in Doha - ‘ICC-One Toastmasters Club’ celebrated New Year and 305th meeting on January 1, 2018 at Hotel Copthorne with theme of ‘celebration’. Club President, TM Zakaira Aboobacker opened the meeting and Charter member & past president TM S K Naidu presented the Theme of the Day. Punjab Music Group presents musical evening, ‘sham-e-ghazal’. unjab Music Group presents ‘sham-e-ghazal’ on Thursday, Jan- uary 18 from 8pm to 12pm. P The event will be taking place at Akbar Restaurant at Swiss Bel Hotel with a free entry family programme.

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