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Star power Kareena Kapoor Khan COVER STORY opens up on her choices but says as role models, actors have to be on-message. P4-5 2 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 9, 2018 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT
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The Nun investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront Emergency 999 DIRECTION: Corin Hardy a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun. Together, Worldwide Emergency Number 112 CAST: Demián Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet they uncover the order’s unholy secret. Risking not only their Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 SYNOPSIS: A priest with a haunted past and a novice lives but their faith and their very souls. Local Directory 180 on the threshold of her fi nal vows are sent by the Vatican to THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444
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Laila Majnu story is set in today’s time in Kashmir where Laila Majnu have DIRECTION: Sajid Ali problems relevant to the youth of today. While dealing with CAST: Tripti Dimri, Mir Sarwar, Avinash Tiwary their feuding families a passionate love story unravels. SYNOPSIS: Taking the leap out of the classic folklore, the THEATRE: The Mall ote Unquo u te Q “Let us The Mall Cinema (1): Maradona Khourouj An Al Nas (Arabic) remember: One book, (Malayalam) 2pm; Al Khourouj 9pm; Maradona (Malayalam) An Al Nas (Arabic) 4:45pm; 10:45pm. one pen, one child, and one Alpha (2D) 6:30pm; Jawani Phir Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (1): teacher can change Nahi Ani 2 (Urdu) 8:15pm; Paltan Landmark Cinema (1): Paltan Enchanted Princess (2D) 2:30pm; (Hindi) 11:15pm. (Hindi) 2:15pm; Maradona Enchanted Princess (2D) 4pm; the world.” The Mall Cinema (2): (Malayalam) 5pm; Jawani Phir Alpha (2D) 5:30pm; Alpha (2D) — Malala Yousafzai Enchanted Princess (2D) Nahi Ani 2 (Urdu) 7:45pm; Paltan 7:15pm; The Nun (2D) 9:15pm; 2:30pm; Enchanted Princess (Hindi) 10:45pm. The Nun (2D) 11:15pm. (2D) 4pm; Hotel Transylvania Landmark Cinema (2): Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (2): 3: A Monster Vacation (2D) Enchanted Princess (2D) 3pm; Maradona (Malayalam) 2:30pm; 5:30pm; The Nun (2D) 7:30pm; Enchanted Princess (2D) 4:30pm; Paltan (Hindi) 5pm; Jawani The Mercy (2D) 9:30pm; The Alpha (2D) 6pm; The Nun (2D) Phir Nahi Ani 2 (Urdu) 7:45pm; Nun (2D) 11:30pm. 7:45pm; Alpha (2D) 9:30pm; The Maradona (Malayalam) 10:45pm. Community Editor The Mall Cinema (3): Paltan Nun (2D) 11:15pm. Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (3): Kamran Rehmat (Hindi) 2:15pm; Laila Majnu Landmark Cinema (3): Hotel Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2 (Urdu) e-mail: [email protected] (Hindi) 5pm; Peppermint (2D) Transylvania 3: A Monster 2:30pm; Enchanted Princess Telephone: 44466405 7:30pm; Peppermint (2D) Vacation (2D) 2:15pm; Jawani (2D) 5:30pm; The Nun (2D) 7pm; Fax: 44350474 9:30pm; Maradona (Malayalam) Phir Nahi Ani 2 (Urdu) 4pm; The Mercy (2D) 8:45pm; Paltan 11:15pm. Peppermint (2D) 7pm; Al (Hindi) 10:45pm. Sunday, September 9, 2018 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY
the style of Brazilian zouk, you’ll be able on highlighting the importance of early to choose connection and embrace with detection. Try the pink afternoon tea, the long graceful steps. The final performance extravagant pink Bar Squared Brunch at is scheduled to be on 15 September as a The Square and pink-themed nights at flashmob. Strata Restaurant and Lounge.
Doha Women Forum WHERE: The Westin Doha Hotel & Spa WHEN: September 26 TIME: 8am – 5pm Doha Women Forum 2018: Press for Progress is a platform where women can learn from experts, get inspired by the experiences of other women, share ideas, and network. The forum will feature the stories of women who took steps to affect positive change in their workplace, their community and personal lives. The event will consist of empowering talks, group discussions and workshops.
Outdoor and five-a-side football pitches WHERE: Aspire Zone WHEN: Daily Gymnastics World Championships TIME: 7pm – 11pm WHERE: Aspire Dome Aspire Zone’s five-a-side football WHEN: October 25 – November 3 outdoor pitches opposite Al Waab Street are Over 700 male and female gymnasts from available every day from 7pm – 11pm. over 80 countries, including three Team Qatar gymnasts, will compete across 10 Med Food days of competition in Doha’s ionic Aspire EVENTS Weekly Knitting and Crochet Circle WHERE: DECC Dome. Experience the drama, emotions and WHERE: Qatar National Library WHEN: October 1 – 4 excitement of gymnastics’ pinnacle event Free Activities WHEN: Ongoing till September 27 TIME: 3pm – 9pm as global superstars go head to head in a bid WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 9am – 11am For international entrepreneurs, traders, to be crowned the best in the world. WHERE: Swiss International School Join the casual gathering of knitters and manufacturers, suppliers, food technology The Swiss International School is crocheters to work on projects and share companies, and hospitality services on food After School Activities opening its new HUB offering Zumba, skills in a friendly atmosphere. Participants and beverage, MedFood will be an excellent WHERE: Atelier Salsa, Yoga, Hip Hop, Football, Spinning, will be welcome to bring their own supplies platform to open new vistas to foray into WHEN: Ongoing Boxercise, Drama, Piano, Violin and and projects or to borrow QNL needles and the emerging markets of Qatar While Music & arts Activities for students ABRSM music theory: enjoy a large range of yarn. All skill levels are welcome including Qatar economy is rapidly progressing, the taking place after they finish their day in activities for both kids and adults.No need beginners who are interested in learning. demand and supply of food is inevitable school includes Group Music lessons, Hip- for registration. increasing due to the growth of local hop, Ballet, Drawing & Painting, Drama Choreography Lessons - Brazilian population, foreign worker and its tourism. Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and HEC Paris Masterclass Zouk 10 years old after school hours. WHERE: 15th floor, Tornado Tower WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier near Breast Cancer Awareness WHEN: Today MOI WHERE: InterContinental Doha Hobby Classes TIME: 5pm – 7pm WHEN: Ongoing till September 15 WHEN: October WHERE: Mystic Arts Centre behind Al HEC Paris is organising ‘The Journey of Brazilian zouk is characterised by the InterContinental Doha – The City is Hilal Focus Medical Centre Innovation: From the Innovator to Eco- dancers’ undulating bodies and the girls’ organising several activities (especially WHEN:Wednesday – Monday systemic Innovation’, an opportunity to flowing hair. Dancer or not, depending on at its various dining venues) that focus Mystic Art Centre, is a holistic learn more about company innovation with performing artsinstitution and a one stop HEC Paris Associate Professor Frederic solution for adults as well as children Dalsace, MSc from HEC and an MBA with looking to explore their talents in various honors from Harvard Business School and art forms. We offer classes in Carnatic both MSc and a PhD Management from Music, Hindustani Music, Karate, Yoga, INSEAD. Zumba, Classical Dance, Salsa, Hip Hop, contemporary and Bollywood dance forms. Katara Art Studio: Workshops for For details, call 4723680/ 33897609. children WHERE: Katara Art Studio Dance and instrument classes WHEN: Ongoing till September 15 WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf TIME: 3pm – 8pm Times Building As part of its rich educational WHEN: Wednesday – Monday programme, Katara Art Studio continues Learn the movements of dance styles to offer a number of technical workshops in Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the ongoing till September 15, aimed at musical instruments such as Piano, Guitar, enhancing artistic talents and creative Keyboard for adults as well kids and move abilities. The workshops will include the in the world of music. For details, contact art of paper cutting and design, the art 66523871/ 31326749. of the design of felt and gouache by Jaya Elizabeth Jacob, the art of painting the line brush (a course for beginners) offered by trainer Grace Castrodes, silk screen and art drawing on the glass.
International Wedding Exhibition WHERE: DECC, Westbay WHEN: September 26 – 30 TIME: 10am – 10pm IWED 2018 is to stage a high-profile luxury wedding exhibition in order to position it in the calendar as a key appointment for the luxury market in the Middle East. This event also offers women, who are interested in fashion and luxury, the latest styles and trends in the market.
Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 9, 2018 COMMUNITY COVER STORY “It is necessary to set the right examples” —Kareena Kapoor Khan, actress
I’m someone who has always lived from the heart. I did not want to do things because ‘everyone else was doing them SUNDAY CONVERSATION’ things because everyone else was By Nivedita doing them. “If I am comfortable working in a certain way, then I do so with ctors play an important all my conviction. I have always part in everyone’s life, followed what I believe in and it and so it is important to is my individuality which sets me set right examples for apart. Everything I have in life, I have people, says Kareena wanted it for a long time and I have KapoorA Khan, citing how she did the worked very hard for it,” Kareena said same when she continued with her when asked how important it is for work throughout her pregnancy and actors to have their own individuality, even after delivering her child. break the norms and lead life by their She believes it is her individuality own rules to make a mark in today’s that sets her apart. Bollywood. “As actors, we play a very Kareena embraced motherhoood important part in everyone’s life. with the birth of Taimur with We are considered role models husband Saif Ali Khan in December and it is necessary on our part to 2016 (see box). She is currently a set the right examples for people. part of designer Anita Dongre’s I’m someone who has always lived #ANDImpact intitiave. from the heart. I did not want to do Through this campaign, the Sunday, September 9, 2018 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY
“Women are change-makers (and) can achieve anything they Having Taimur in public set their mind to. Women today are bold, brave, empowered eye Kareena-Saif’s choice and at the same time they are compassionate, giving and Those poor celebrity progenies have to struggle By Subhash K Jha to come to terms with their parent’s exceptional sensitive to the needs of others” adulation. I remember Madhuri Dixit’s sons wondering why their mother was being stared at when they came areena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan to India for the fi rst time. are often heard expressing concern about Now, of course, the Dixit-Nene boys are used to over-exposure of their son Tamiur — not being hosed down with attention everywhere they go. yet two — in the media. It’s not easy for a two-year-old or a three-year- So how come Saif’s other children from old to have fl ash bulbs piercing his or her bewildered Khis fi rst marriage did not face the same problem when uncomprehending eyesight. And to be scrutinised for they were kids? clothes, hair and shoes alongside the chic mom is not Oh I see: The paparazzi were neither that active nor just insensitive, it is insane. this persistent back then. It may be fi ne for Tom Cruise’s darling daughter Suri Ok. So another question to do with other star- Cruise, who at seven seems to enjoy being a fashion toddlers today? How come Aamir Khan’s son Azad diva. But what happened to her normal happy healthy doesn’t get hounded by the paparazzi? The answer is life of dolls and teddy bears? Little Suri is welcome to simple. Aamir and his wife Kiran don’t want their child choose her do. But do we really want Aaradhya’s normal in the limelight. childhood to be vandalised by the paparazzi. They don’t post pictures of their child on social I brought up my concerns with Aaradhya’s media. Not that they keep Azad hidden from the grandfather, who sighed in resignation. “Ab kya keren? cameras. They just ensure he is treated in a normal, The attention is a little disconcerting. We’ve gotten healthy way. used it. Aaradhya would also have to get used to it,” said Aishwarya-Abhishek’s Aaradhya was constantly the Big B. in the public eye, till their parents took a conscious Akshay Kumar, forever playing the real-life role decision to limit their child’s appearance on social of the monk with the Ferrari, is even more charitable media. about his children 17-year-old Aarav and fi ve-year-old As Meryl Streep recently observed, you can’t expect Nitara being hounded by the paparazzi. privacy for a celebrity’s children when they are put on “They are only doing their job. Woh unki rozi-roti a public platform. Why is it that every time Taimur hai,” he rationalises the unreasonable invasion of his shares playtime with his cousin Inaya, or Tushar children in tender territory. Kapoor’s son Lakshya or Karan Johar’s twins Yash and I must admit Akshay’s little daughter is already Roohi, the videos of their innocent frolic show up on a camera chameleon. Or for that matter Shah Rukh social media platforms? Khan’s AbRam. The boy is a complete chip off the old It is the amazing Meryl who recently spoke about block. Like his dad, he loves the lenses to be on him. keeping her four children away from the public glare. Scarily enough, Taimur seems to enjoy the When asked during a television interview to promote paparazzi attention. Posing happily, chuckling when her new gorgeous fi lm Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, photographers call out his name. how she kept her personal and professional lives apart, Not all star-children are prone to preen before the she off ered a magical solution. paparazzi. I remember there was a picture of Karisma She said the choice was entirely hers. She chose to be Kapoor’s little son Kiaan raising his hands to his face in in the limelight and therefore had to forfeit her privacy. protest as the cameras went loco. brand highlights the importance I continue to work even after having But her children were exempted from the attention. “Nowadays they are everywhere, outside restaurants of a sustainable environment and a child, should inspire a lot more She never put their pictures out on the social media and and airports. They don’t care how you’re looking after celebrates four such women change- women to fi nd that balance between never allowed paparazzi to access her children’s lives. fl ying for 14 hours or how cranky your child is, they just makers — Priyanka Raina, Purnima their personal and professional lives. I think there is a huge takeaway in Meryl’s want their pictures. Burman, Srishti Bakshi and Rashi “It’s all a part of the journey that pronouncements on privacy for celebrities in Kiaan was tired and irritable after travel when the Anand — who are making a diff erence has made me who I am and brought Bollywood who complain that their children are cameras suddenly opened fi re,” says a very close and today for a better tomorrow. me where I am right now,” said the hounded by the paparazzi. It is really very simple. If you protective relative of Kiaan Kapoor. How does Kareena connect with actress. don’t put your children in the public spotlight, they Years ago, I remember Sushmita Sen telling me this particular campaign? Kareena, who loves to be active, won’t be. how she never allowed her daughter Renee to be “I believe these women are also believes that feeling good from There was a time when stars like Dharmendra and photographed. This was when there was no active born fi ghters — be it personally or within is vital to living a happy, Manoj Kumar kept their children completely out of the paparazzi in the fi lm industry. By the time she professionally. They are change- successful and balanced life. limelight. adopted her second girl it was too late to stop the makers, they are capable of standing “I play diverse roles in my life — This was the pre-Instagram era. Now, star-kids learn shutterbugs. on their own feet, against all odds... mother, sister, daughter, wife and an to face prying cameras even before they learn to walk Now Sushmita happily poses with her two daughters. They are the voice for a million other actor. I believe in giving 100 per cent properly. Some might as well lie back and enjoy it. — IANS women. to all my roles, whether personal or She says “women are change- professional. I believe in what I do makers (and) can achieve anything and I have my own identity; just like they set their mind to. Women the AND woman,” said the actress. today are bold, brave, empowered So is there anyone who inspires her and at the same time they are in her life? compassionate, giving and sensitive “There are so many people in the to the needs of others”. industry who inspire me. My sister The 37-year-old, who made her and my mother have always been my acting debut in 2000 with Refugee, major source of inspiration. I enjoy has many successful fi lms like Jab seeing everyone’s work and learn as We Met, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, much as I can from them,” said the Talaash: The Hunt Begins..., Yuva, daughter of veteran actors Babita Omkara and Udta Punjab to her and Randhir Kapoor, and sister of credit. After becoming a mother, she Karisma Kapoor. was seen in Veere Di Wedding. “I’ve never taken my success or Kareena believes in embracing failure too seriously. If the movie is a every part of her life with confi dence success, then great. If it is not, that’s and gusto. also fi ne. I love my job. I feel the idea “I believe in what I do and I have of doing something what we love is always spoken my mind. I do my own more important than our success or SON IN THE SUN: Kareena Kapoor Khan along with her husband Saif Ali Khan and son Taimur during the wedding thing. The fact that I was working failure, and for me that’s acting,” said ceremony of Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja in Mumbai. IANS throughout my pregnancy and that Kareena. — IANS 6 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 9, 2018 COMMUNITY PMG celebrates Pakistan Defence Day
Punjab Music Group (PMG) recently Shaukat Ali Naaz, a Pakistani poet organised a musical programme residing in Doha. Shaukat Ali Naaz as part of the Defence Day recited the verses of his poetry at the celebrations of Pakistan at Sohna event. The event also featured a live House, Al Hilal. The event paid a performance by Shahzad Hameed, tribute to the martyrs of Pakistan’s a Pakistani singer and Naat Khuwan, armed forces who rendered and Waqas Amjad. They sang supreme sacrifices in the defence of national songs, including the foot- their motherland. tapping Dil Dil Pakistan, Aey Watan Mohammad Jamil Sharif, Owner Piaray Watan, Iss Purcham Kay Saai of Rabshah Fashion, was the chief Talay and Jazba Junoon at the event. guest at the event. Other guests Nazakat Ali Khan, PMG Chief who attended the event included Organiser, also played Tabla along Billa Pir Gujrat walay, Attiq Rasheed, with Ijaz Ali, Harmonium player, at Aamir Butt, Sheraz Ali Khan and the event.
ISC all set to organise ‘Inter-School Yoga Championship’
Indian Sports Centre (ISC), under the patronage of Embassy of India, is all set to organise the second edition of ‘Inter-School Yoga Championship’ on October 5, sponsored by ‘The Children’s Place’. The championship has been expanded to include students of all nationalities residing in Qatar. Free training sessions can also be arranged to help schools prepare their students for the championship. Team and Individual Championship is classified into two categories of under-12 and under-18 for both boys and girls. Rolling trophy will be awarded to the champion school. Last date of Entry is September 26. Sunday, September 9, 2018 GULF TIMES 7 BOOK REVIEWS COMMUNITY Of Mughals and Marathas, spirituality and Calcutta
lick through a historical saga that Theirs is a battle of wit and might — one the conventional, he commissions him to brings to life the complex and in which neither will give up. design a country house, committing the ever-shifting dynamics between whole family’s savings to it. two arch enemies — the Mughals The Heartfulness Way by Kamlesh D But Biren, paralysed by his grand ideals and the Marathas; examine the Patel and his passion for perfection, is slowly Fnature of a spiritual search through a series As we manoeuvre the many demands of sinking into a drunken torpor. And Pinaki, of illuminating conversations between relationships, career, property and health, ignorant of the Party’s involvement a teacher and a student; go through a we often sense a void, a feeling of alienation in all land deals, must endure not just compassionate take on the disparate lives from our true selves. Is it possible for one Kalol Mondal’s ominous presence while that entwine over the building of a house planet to orbit so many suns? We have buying his plot, but more worryingly, his in the city of Calcutta; and realise that many centres in our lives, yet where is the infatuation with Pinaki’s young daughter. your work does not need your youth as a true centre, the deepest centre that lies at Set in the bleak Communist Calcutta sacrifi cial off ering. the core of every heart? of the 1980s, The Escapists of J Mullick The IANS bookshelf has a bunch of Kamlesh D Patel traces a seeker’s journey Road is a wry meditation on a fabled city in interesting reads for this weekend. as he examines the nature of spiritual physical and moral decline. Usha Ananda search. Through a series of illuminating Krishna’s subtly witty but compassionate Frontiers by Medha Deshmukh conversations between a teacher and a take on the disparate lives that entwine over Bhaskaran student, Daaji reveals the core principles of the building of a house is a tour de force of The massive armies of the Mughal the Heartfulness practice and philosophy to modern literary writing. empire and the allied kingdoms have been Joshua Pollock, a Heartfulness practitioner unleashed to crush the Maratha warrior and trainer. My Beta Does Computer Things by Chattrapati Shivaji. What will happen when From refl ecting on the essence of prayer Sanjay Manaktala two of the biggest enemies in the history of and yogic transmission to demystifying If you’ve picked up this book, you and the Hindustan come face to face? the act of meditation through practical author are probably pretty darn similar — Aurangzeb has ascended to the throne tips, this book will enable us to live beyond grew up in humble circumstances, listened in the North, leaving a trail of blood in his the fi lters of our sensory limitations and to our parents and the society, graduated wake. His aim is to conquer the kingdoms discover unity within ourselves. To practise and joined the IT industry. So, why read a of the Deccan and expand the great Mughal Heartfulness is to seek the essence beyond book that’s going to explain an industry you empire to include hitherto uncharted, the form, the reality behind the ritual. It is might already be a part of? Well, frankly, to rebellious territories. Unforgiving and to centre oneself at the core of one’s heart work smarter and not harder. relentless, he unleashes his violent rage and fi nd true meaning and contentment To make sure you know what you’re against anyone who tries to tame his there. getting into and what lies ahead. You want ambition. to make money and travel the world. You Shivaji, a jagirdar from the hills of The Escapists of J Mullick Road by want to date and enjoy your twenties and western Deccan, dreams of Swaraj and Usha Ananda Krishna thirties. has raised his sword against all those In the aftermath of a bizarre Your work does not need your youth as who stand between him and his goal. He confrontation with Kalol Mondala — a a sacrifi cial off ering. The goal here is to get wins and conquers, escapes death traps small-time hustler and party goon — you to realise that. Corporations can suck through masterful strategy, unrivalled Pinaki Bose, a timid Bengali babu bumbles but they can also be awesome. Many of us courage and intelligence to become a force into the ambit of the savagely brilliant make money. Many of us enjoy our lives. to reckon with — a thorn in Aurangzeb’s architect, Biren Roy. Dazzled by Biren’s Few do both. Let’s try and join the latter, fl esh. breadth of vision and utter contempt for shall we? — IANS 8 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 9, 2018 COMMUNITY TRA A day with long-haul hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail
WAVE OF THRU-HIKERS: According to the Skykomish Ranger Station, thru-hikers come in waves in August and September, with an average 10 to 20 a day. The trail, which begins at 2,200 feet and climbs to 4,500 at Surprise Lake, is gaining in popularity, especially with day hikers. It attracts between 75 and 100 people on weekends
least 18 to 22 miles per day. PCT travellers, or ‘thru-hikers’ as Creek, all along a well-maintained Lake and beyond the second day By Rick Lund Hence the look you get as they they’re more often called, are just trail through a majestic forest of would put us on the well-travelled whoosh! past you on this well- beginning to experience classic ancient cedars and hemlocks. The PCT, where we hoped to cruise at travelled highway to heaven, their North Cascades hiking, with trail, which begins at 2,200 feet and a higher altitude and meet some hey’re easy to spot this eyes clearly on the prize ahead. its signature glacier peaks and climbs to 4,500 at Surprise Lake, thru-hikers. time of year in the North “We call it the 10,000-yard glistening, high-Alpine lakes. is gaining in popularity, especially We weren’t disappointed, Cascades: lean, fast- stare,” said Katie, a spokesperson Our original plan was to begin on with day hikers. It attracts between though few had time for chitchat. moving hiking machines with the Skykomish Ranger Station. the PCT at the ski resort at Stevens 75 and 100 people on weekends, The fi rst couple, earbuds in place in their trail-running “And that’s kind of sad, because Pass and hike to Trap Lake and according to the Skykomish Ranger and eyes fi xed straight ahead, Tshoes, ultra-light weight backpacks they’re coming into the most possibly Surprise Lake and back. Station. blew past us with nary a hello. We and a look in the eyes that says they beautiful part of the Cascades.” But by beginning at the Surprise We swam in the cold-but- would meet six other thru-hikers have places to go. And that is the reason my two Creek trailhead near Scenic, just tolerable waters of Surprise Lake in the morning hours, including It’s the annual migration of backpacking companions and I southwest of Stevens Pass, we at our rocky, shoreline campsite, a brother-and-sister team, John thousands of northbound hikers chose to hike a portion of the Pacifi c would shave off about 9 miles each where we would stay two nights, a Michael and Sarah, who went travelling the 2,650-mile Pacifi c Crest Trail just south of Stevens way, reaching Surprise Lake rather customary practice on our annual by the trail name ‘Himalaya.’ Crest Trail from the Mexico border Pass, in early August, before the easily and still spending a good three-day trips. Leaving the heavy Coincidentally, one of my hiking to Canada. Most of them began the wildfi res in British Columbia and amount of time on the PCT. equipment in the tent freed us to partners had met the pair a few journey in late spring, which means Washington turned the Cascade The nearly 5-mile trail to explore even higher ground with weeks earlier on the PCT near to reach their destination before the Range into the Smoky Mountains. Surprise Lake traverses sturdy stairs our daypacks on day two. Mount Jeff erson in Oregon. snow falls, they’ll need to average at At this point, long-distance and a large log bridge over Surprise Our ascent to nearby Glacier We also met a young man Sunday, September 9, 2018 GULF TIMES 9 AVEL COMMUNITY
from Sweden, and another from Denmark, who said he began at the Mexico border on April 29 and was hoping to reach Canada in a week. The two Scandinavians are among a recent surge of PCT hikers. Five years ago, 988 northbound permits were issued. In 2017 that count more than tripled to 3,496 permits for hikers and horseback riders from all 50 states and 46 countries. Why the spike in popularity? According to Mark Larabee, Associate Director of Communications and Marketing for the Pacifi c Crest Trail Association, the 2014 movie Wild (Reese Witherspoon’s portrayal of author Cheryl Strayed’s solo hike on the PCT to recover from a personal tragedy) kick-started the increased interest. A growing sense among young people to ‘get outdoors’ and an explosion of industry supplies for backpacking have also been factors, he said. INSPIRING JOURNEY: According to Mark Larabee, Associate Director of Communications and Marketing for the Pacific Crest Trail Association, the 2014 movie “It’s a collision of a lot of Wild, kick-started the increased interest of thru-hiking. diff erent forces for what amounts to a world-class experience,” Larabee said. “It’s life-changing. A fi ve- month walk is a diffi cult journey, and it takes a lot of mental grit to do the whole thing.” According to the Skykomish Ranger Station, thru-hikers come in waves in August and September, but average 10 to 20 a day on the section of trail we were on. But not all long-distance hikers we met on the PCT were going the entire distance. Toby, a professor of gender studies at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, had originally started the summer in the California Sierras but was chased away by the wildfi res there. He rejoined the PCT in the Northwest and said he was ahead of schedule on his quest to reach Canada. I wonder, however, if the wildfi res in Washington, which closed down STATISTICS: Five years ago, 988 northbound permits were issued. In 2017, PICTURESQUE: As you travel the PCT as far south as Pieper Pass, you the PCT at Harts Pass less than a that count more than tripled to 3,496 permits for hikers and horseback riders start getting breath-takingly beautiful views of Surprise and Glacier lakes week after we met, kept him from from all 50 states and 46 countries. behind. reaching his goal. Yet another northbound hiker was on day four of traveling the 75- mile section between Snoqualmie Pass and Stevens Pass. He was planning to fi nish that day. We travelled the PCT as far south as Pieper Pass, getting better and better views of Surprise and Glacier lakes behind us every step of the way up to the 5,900-foot summit. The return to Surprise Lake that night and the trailhead the following day meant we had travelled 16 miles and climbed 3,700 feet. We accomplished our goal of backpacking this classic section of the PCT, even if it was just a small segment. And we’re not the only ones who have discovered this piece of the North Cascades. “We’re seeing an explosion of use here,” said Katie. “Backpackers really need to adhere to the ‘no trace left behind.’ We’re seeing people leave behind garbage, creating new campsites and improper disposal of human waste.” She then paused, and excluded one group of backpackers. “Except for the ‘thru-hikers,’ “ Katie said. “They’re a diff erent FACTORS: A growing sense among young people to ‘get outdoors’ and an explosion of industry supplies for backpacking have also contributed to the increasing breed.”– The Seattle Times/TNS amount of thru-hikers nationwide. 10 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 9, 2018 COMMUNITY QUIZ The search engine’s epic history
Tenno, meaning Emperor? Akira Kurosawa
On this day in 1543, she inherited the Scottish throne as a 6-day-old baby. She briefl y became queen consort in France but was forced to abdicate by Scottish nobles in 1567. She sought the protection of England’s Queen Elizabeth I, who instead had her arrested and later executed in 1587. Name her. t’s a perfect garage-to-global Mary Stuart story. From what was at its birth a hodgepodge of On September 9, 1776, the scattered content, Google Continental Congress formally has brought information to renames it as “United States” Ithe fi ngertips of the masses. Since of America. What as it called it was incorporated 20 years back before? on September 4, 1998, Google United Colonies has re-written the way we access information, communicate, What would be the shape of a work, learn, consume media and cupola roof? manoeuvre the endlessly vast Dome shaped Internet. FOUNDERS: Google was an academic project of two Stanford University graduate students, Larry Page, left, and Google was basically an academic Sergey Brin. They built a ‘data centre’ in Larry’s dorm at Stanford, and created a service that would crawl the web and Which is the world’s highest project of two Stanford University rank its pages. national capital city? graduate students, Larry Page and La Paz Sergey Brin. They built a ‘data advantage of being ‘a lot cuter to Page and Brin are both now not have all the answers yet. But centre’ in Larry’s dorm at Stanford, watch than lawn mowers’. multimillionaires. And they can at Google, they will never stop The legend of Santa Claus can and created a service called The fi rst ever Google Doodle also boast of being the only people searching. Bizarre as it may sound, be traced back hundreds of years ‘Backrub’ that would crawl the web was a Burning Man stick fi gure to have their own private runways Google might be the only company to a monk named St. Nicholas. and rank its pages. Its fi rst storage that came out on August 30, 1998. at Nasa. with the explicit goal of reducing It is believed that Nicholas was was just a load of hard drives Larry and Sergey were visiting Walk into any of more than the amount of time people spend born sometime around 280 A.D. housed in a container built of Lego. Burning Man Festival in Nevada. 70 Google offi ces worldwide on its site. in Patara. In which country is It grew, and soon the duo The festival’s logo was added to the and you’re bound to fi nd people Welcome to ‘Nutty’s this place? relocated to the garage of Susan homepage to let users know they debating ideas that might sound Infotainment. YAYS!’ Turkey Wojcicki, who would later become were out of offi ce and couldn’t fix crazy. 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And Athletics, a biennial athletics ‘Google’ was added into the Oxford event organised by the English Dictionary in June 2006. International Association of Under the leadership of India- Athletics Federations (IAAF)? born Sundar Pichai, Google THE HOST: Doha will be hosting the 2019 World Championships in Athletics, Doha. accounts nearly 90 percent a biennial athletics event organised by the International Association of of all Internet search requests Athletics Federations (IAAF). He once said, “I love hot which include the ones made summers, cold winters, heavy from YouTube. It faces tough rains and snows. And I think competition in Russia with Yandex, my fi lms show that. I love and in China where Baidu has extremes because I fi nd them largest market share. Tribe NI.yays more alive.” Name this person And now for some trivia. whose dictatorial directing Google also owns the domain style earned him the nickname names of common misspellings of its own website’s name, including Which common personifi cation of a country is linked to Samuel What’s the Good Word? informal chat (c) decision-making gooogle.com, gogle.com, googlr. Wilson, a meat packer from Troy, New York, who supplied barrels power (d) flawlessness com and 466453.com of beef to the United States Army during the War of 1812? 1. Glib: (a) dark (b) sophisticated (c) 7. Pissant: (a) honest (b) scenic (c) Google has a rather unusual way Uncle Sam wise (d) fluent and insincere eventual (d) worthless of recruiting new employees. It (Jagriti Anand, Tourist, Doha) 2. Omnibus: (a) linear (b) comprising 8. Furlough: (a) downplay (b) grant uses a web tool called foo.bar which several items (c) remarkable (d) global leave of absence (c) respond (d) tracks the terms that people use In JM Barrie’s Peter Pan, what is the surname of the children 3. Sartorial: Of or relating to (a) excitement when they are searching online. Wendy, Michael and John? sarcasm (b) deadly animals (c) clothes 9. Popinjay: (a) conceited person (b) Google’s headquarters in Darling (d) celebrations likeable (c) specific (d) drug Mountain View, California are big, (Lisa Raymond, House-wife, Wakrah) 4. Excoriate: (a) criticize severely (b) 10. Bona fide: (a) beneficiary (b) and lots of it is green. Google has practice (c) create (d) implement dubbed (c) colleague (d) genuine an environmentally ethical way Do you have some interesting bytes to share? And, does yourvibe 5. Redact: (a) decide (b) edit (c) refrain around that. Google hires a load attract you to the ‘Tribe NI.yays!’ Every week two of your best questions (d) presume Answers: 1 (d); 2 (b); 3 (c); 4 (a); 5 (b); 6 of goats to clear the fi elds around will be featured here. Please do write to us [email protected] 6. Acrimony: (a) bitterness (b) (a); 7 (d); 8 (b); 9 (a); 10 (d). its campus. And they have the Sunday, September 9, 2018 GULF TIMES 11 INFOGRAPHIC COMMUNITY 12 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 9, 2018 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES
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Sudoku is a puzzle based on a 9x9 grid. The grid is also divided into nine (3x3) boxes. You are given a selection of values and to complete the puzzle, you must fill the grid so that every column, every anone is repeated. Sunday, September 9, 2018 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY
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ACROSS DOWN 1. From the pub, brought back 1. She was born with a three-quarters of a case of wine wonky heart (6) (6) 2. Myself and yourself again 5. Goes off, when inside, and caught by a trick (4) cooks (6) 3. Tommy’s father (8) 8. Is to dispose of his river home 4. Sun-stroke? (6,9) (5) 5. Why? Because stuck in 9. The girl’s name in the list is Reno, broke (6) Italian, yes (6) 6. Look and look at the 10. Come out to have a look, say number (4) (6) 7. Season well (6) 11. Gets aerated and asks a lot of 12. Broadcast one race questions (5) among the various races 14. On which to sit in the gunroom? (7) (8) 13. Didn’t go right inside, but 16. Coming from the grocer’s, see wandered off (7) the head-stone is back to front 15. Luks at the buk of plants? (6) (5) 18. Landing in trouble for dressing 17. Call out, “All right inside, (7,4,1,3) girl?” (5) Answers 20. How you described the sea-bird 19. Proceeds to capsize (8) you saw behind? (6) 20. Ax half the clues in this Wordsearch Codeword 22. Though inured to it, rushed to puzzle! (6) take refuge inside (8) 21. Pitch a tent half a mile on, 25. Make the duck fly backwards to to annoy you (6) the music (5) 23. After a day and a quarter 27. Within a month, turned Leo into in France, very upset, quite a different cat (6) leave (6) 28. The case of the one new slave 24. The others ate captured (6) afterwards, you say again 29. He’s cast in a period war film (5) (4) 30. Adjust the seat (6) 26. A sound indication that 31. Plant that looks like a little you’re right (4) diamond? (6)
Yesterday’s Solutions
Across: 1 Mishandles; 6 Poop; Down: 1 Maids; 2 Set eyes 10 Isthmus; 11 Pompeii; 12 Say on; 3 Arms of Morpheus; 4 no more; 13 Optic; 14 Assam; Discord; 5 Empress; 7 Overt; 8 15 Despaired; 17 Contrived; 20 Princedom; 9 Immovable feast; Locum; 21 March; 23 Shelf-life; 14 Accompany; 16 Rectitude; 18 25 Account; 26 Spatula; 27 Yard; Visitor; 19 Dresses; 22 Racer; 24 28 Crosstrees. Exams. 14 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 9, 2018 COMMUNITY LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE How to make off ice the most productive place n offi ce which has carefully recommended. The size of work tables is also chosen interiors and placement important and adds to the comfort level of the of furniture enhances the employees. A size of 4*2 ft is an ideal size for productivity of the employees enhancing productivity. signifi cantly. Interiors should be Walking space: A lot of care should also Adiscreetly chosen keeping in mind the weather be given to spaces for walking and movement of the city, the kind of work performed by the of the staff . Spaces like corridors, public areas employees and also to the extent the age group and aisles should be planned and must not of the workers, say experts. be cluttered. It is important to make them Nakul Mathur, Managing Director at Avanta ventilated, well illuminated and broad to cater Business Center and Pradeep Aggarwal, Co- to large crowds. These places require careful founder and Chairman, Signature Global, tell planning so as to boost the productivity of how: employees. This should also be done to reduce Hygienic fl ooring: The fl ooring of the cost to company for injury or illness related to offi ce has to be hygienic and safe. Flooring employees. is usually divided into hard fl oors and soft important part in supporting the moods of the and ITeS companies. Accessories: A lot of attention is paid to fl oors. It must be ensured that the choice of employees and extreme care should be given to Perfect colour blending: Colours bear a accessories these days in the offi ces, and rightly fl ooring is thermal resistant, anti-static and this aspect. The lighting system and design is direct and signifi cant impact on human mood, so. These accessories further improve the infl ammable. The fl ooring must also assist the utilised to create a productive and welcoming behaviour and productivity. Hues of blue and of mood of the employees and also enhance the acoustic dynamic of the offi ce so as to reduce environment but minimising energy use at the green are considered the most soothing. aesthetics of the place. An offi ce that is clean noise levels. In addition to these, the chosen same time. It is also important to balance the Comfort furniture: A lot of focus needs will right furniture and accessories makes the fl ooring should also be easy to clean. Keeping in heat and light coming into the building from to be given to physical, cognitive, and social employees want to come to work but too much mind the environment protection, the fl ooring outside. All eff orts should be made to reduce needs of modern workforce. Ergonomic of accessories should be avoided and only those should also have low carbon footprint. visual glare discomfort. This will help protect (designed for effi ciency and comfort in the items should be chosen that blend with the Light balance: Lighting play a very the employees from eye fatigue, especially in IT working environment) furniture is greatly colour theme of the offi ce. — IANS
ARIES TAURUS GEMINI March 21 — April 19 April 20 — May 20 May 21 — June 20
There could be people who try to convince you that you’re wrong There’s an adventurous side to today that you should latch onto. Unexpected people and events are likely to crop up today just as about something, Aries. Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that you’re Try not to get weighed down by the little things in your life that you’re longing for adventure. Feel free to hop aboard a train to an inferior just because you don’t agree with someone on an issue. don’t really matter much. Look at the big picture and understand unknown destination, Gemini. It’s better to regret the things you’ve Focus on your creativity today. You can combine your incredible the importance of having great breadth of vision. There’s a whole done than regret the things you haven’t done. Take this to heart as artistic talent with pure intellectual genius for a dynamite swing that world to explore out there, Taurus, so get going. There may be a few you plan your day. There’s no shortage of fun out there – you just will knock any ball clear out of the park. surprises today, so be ready for anything. need to find it. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22
It’s extremely important that you not be too possessive today, Matters regarding love and romance are in your favour today, Leo. Realise that you might have to leave some things to chance today, especially when it comes to other people, Cancer. You have You’ll find that love comes to you when you least expect it. There’s a because you probably aren’t going to be able to control all that important relationships with the people around you, and you’ll powerful creative force within you that will be most rewarding if you you’d like to under the circumstances, Virgo. Although it may be find that in order to maintain them, it’s best to let those people live put it to use for some sort of artistic endeavour. A strong yet erratic comfortable for you to try to fit things into their perfect spots, you’ll their lives the way they want. Don’t think that people belong to you, urge may call you into action, so be ready to respond with your find that this may not be the best way to conduct your business, because they don’t. entire being. especially on a day like this. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21
Things should be going quite well for you today, Libra, especially Express your independence today, Scorpio, and prove to others Things relating to love and romance are in your favour today, in the love and romance department. You’ll find that there is a that you won’t be pushed around anymore. Do things for yourself Sagittarius, although you may find that issues of this nature might magical, adventuresome spirit when you connect with others. Take and have fun while you do it. Your heart will know which way is the be unpredictable. Lovers could be present one moment and MIA the advantage of this courageous energy and put it to good use in right way to proceed. Don’t be fooled by those who try to tell you next, but these are the risks you take when you deal with love. Find whatever way you see fit. Bring an extra element of excitement into otherwise. Success comes when you can initiate others into your a balance that doesn’t get you so wrapped up in someone else that your world tonight with someone very special to you. world instead of you being seduced by theirs. you’re hurt if his or her eyes turn elsewhere. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20
It might feel like there’s a hole in your heart today, Capricorn, and Issues regarding love and romance are at a climactic point right now, Don’t expect a great deal of sensitivity from others when it comes to you could have a hard time filling it. Remember that you’re the Aquarius, and you could be rather combative. Your energy in this issues concerning love and beauty today, Pisces. People are apt to one responsible for making sure this void is taken care of. If you area may come in waves, and you’re likely to be so charged up about be in their own little worlds. It may be hard for you to relate to them insist that someone else fill the gap, you’re setting yourself up for the situation that you feel like a time bomb ready to explode. Don’t now. Trying to sway others to your point of view could be possible, disappointment. Do something nice for yourself and feel free to destroy something wonderful by wanting a great deal more than but it may be quite diff icult and, more importantly, not worth the spend a little money to make yourself happy. you really need. eff ort. Sunday, September 9, 2018 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY What’s the fun in doing conventional things,
DELIGHTED: Robbie Williams and Ayda Field. asks Rajkummar Rao Robbie Williams welcomes third child via surrogate What’s making him shift from intense By Durga Chakravarty fi lms to light-hearted cinema? Singer Robbie Williams and wife Ayda Field have “There is no reason behind it. It is become parents for the third time. This time through just that I got the Bareilly Ki Barfi script surrogacy. ith a fi lmography and I really liked it, and I thought I The couple, who appeared as judges on the show The boasting of titles should do it. People accepted it. It was X Factor for the fi rst time last week, made the shocking like Shahid, Newton, great... the response I got for playing announcement on Instagram on Friday morning, reports Trapped, Shaitan, Kai Pritam Vidrohi had me thinking, ‘Why mirror.co.uk. Po Che! and Queen, not? Let me explore this genre as well’. Field posted a message on Instagram saying: “So we Wactor Rajkummar Rao, who has carved “People know me for doing intense have been keeping a very special secret! We are delighted a niche for himself in just eight years in parts and something which is socially to share with you that we have had a baby girl…. Hindi fi lmdom, says he enjoys being an relevant. But I want to keep exploring,” Welcome to the world Colette (Coco) Josephine Williams! unconventional hero in Bollywood. he said. “It has been a very long and diffi cult path to get here, “What’s the fun in doing Does he feel the Hindi fi lm industry is which is why we have kept it on the down low. Family conventional things? I would working towards building an ecosystem comes in all forms, and this little lady, who is biologically rather be known as someone who of healthy co-existence of all kinds of ours, was carried by an incredible surrogate mother, to is unconventional. I like being genres? whom we will be eternally grateful. unconventional. I like doing things “Yes, defi nitely. I think it started “We are over the moon to have this beautiful baby girl which are diff erent. That’s what I (about the time) I entered the industry in our lives and so blessed that we live in a world which like... It gives me a boost as an actor,” in 2010. There was Dibaker Bannerjee, makes this possible. Rajkummar said. Anurag Kashyap, Vishal Bhardwaj, “As with Teddy and Charlie, we ask that you respect Having worked with some of Indian Imtiaz Ali... Hansal Mehta also came... Coco’s privacy and allow us to grow into our new team cinema’s fi nest fi lmmakers like Hansal GLAD: “People go for stories now,” says I think the shift had already started by of 5!” Mehta, Vikramaditya Motwane and the actor, whilst commenting on content- the time I came and, of course, it has The couple, who married in 2010, welcomed their fi rst Amit V. Masurkar, Rajkummar says he driven films. grown from there,” he said. daughter, Theodora “Teddy” Rose, in September 2012. does not work under pressure. Rajkummar described 2017 as a year In October 2014, their second child Charlton “Charlie” “I don’t take pressure. I can’t really instrumental in bringing about a great Valentine was born. — IANS work under pressure. I do one fi lm at a I do one film at a change in the Hindi fi lm industry. time and I try to live in that character time and I try to live “How content-driven cinema worked and in the moment. I am not a futuristic so well... Yeah, the shift is defi nitely person who thinks what is going to in that character happening... It is such a good change happen after fi ve years. And I don’t live and it is the kind of change I would like in the past. All my energy is channelised and in the moment. to see so that we just go to watch a fi lm into what’s happening today,” he said. and not put them into brackets — that Rajkummar is currently riding high I am not a futuristic this is an art fi lm or commercial movie. on the success of his latest entertainer person who thinks People go for stories now,” he said. Stree, a horror comedy. After the overwhelming response to Over the years, from starring in what is going Stree, Rajkummar has a gamut of fi lms intense fi lms like Shahid, Trapped and in his kitty like Love Sonia, Ek Ladki Ko Citylights, Rajkummar has pivoted in to happen after Dekha Toh Aesa Laga, Made In China, light-hearted comedies like Bareilly Ki five years Mental Hai Kya and Imli. — IANS Barfi , Behen Hogi Teri and Stree.
DISCLOSURE: Wendy Williams. Wendy Williams opens about her drug addiction Child abusers should be Popular television host Wendy Williams, who battled substance abuse for a long time, says she got treatment named and shamed: Preeti for her cocaine addiction because she was a public fi gure, not because of any intervention. ctress Preeti Jhangiani, who that such child abusers should be named, In an interview to pagesix.com, Williams revealed that has fi led a complaint against shamed and are taught the lesson of she was taking drugs for almost 10 years. an elderly man for abusing a lifetime,” added the actress, who is She said: “I never got busted by the cops. Honestly, I her son, says such abusers married to actor Parvin Dabas. was high careening around Manhattan and New Jersey should be named and The actress went to Khar police station high. I come from a two-parent household … I come from Ashamed so that they learn a lesson. to lodge an non-cognizable complaint a good family and I had never shamed them, and plus I Talking about the incident, Preeti said: against the man. earned my career. “My son along with a group of friends “He told those mothers to shut their “Look, I was very popular at the time I decided to stop. went to play at a building garden where mouth because he didn’t want to talk If I were to be busted that would’ve defi nitely been New they have been playing for quite some to ladies. He was giving Hindi ‘galis’ York Post front cover. I just woke up one day and I said, time now. During the game, they create (abuses) to the kids and screaming. Both ‘girl, you need to stop before it really goes down.” noise, fi ght at times, which I think is part my sons — one is 7 and the other is 3 — Also, Williams and her Hunter Foundation have of their childhood and is natural. felt traumatised when they came back launched a campaign called Be Here, which will serve to “However, one boy among them went home with their nanny,” she said. combat drug and substance abuse. to his grandfather to complain about it, “My younger son started crying Earlier this year, she was diagnosed with Graves’ and then that elder man came out and uncontrollably because he got really disease which made her learn how to take better care of created a ruckus. He verbally abused and scared of the screaming. Such ill FIRM: Preeti Jhangiani. herself. screamed not only at all the children who behaviour from an elderly man cannot On the work front, Williams will be seen hosting the were playing there but also the mothers be tolerated. I want to see the end of it,” absconding now because he is not tenth season of her talk show The Wendy Williams Show. who tried to stop him from abusing added the actress of Mohabbatein fame. coming to the police station. But I am — IANS children.” Asked about the current status of sure if he does not come, the police will “I fi led the complaint because I believe the situation, she said: “The man is take further step.” — IANS 16 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 9, 2018 COMMUNITY
GREEN CLUMPS: The front lawn is covered with Scotch moss instead of turf grass because moss PLANTSMAN: Quentin Nguyen in his alley garden. flowers into October and ‘honeybees love it.’ Gardener is mobilising neighbours to help pollinators Drive down Lexington Parkway in St Paul’s Como neighbourhood, and Quentin Nguyen’s yard will definitely catch your eye. By Kim Palmer
guyen’s front yard has a Hobbit-y Mike Ireland, a member of St. Paul’s look, covered with velvety District 10 Como Community Council and chartreuse mounds of Scotch chairman of its environmental committee, is moss, punctuated by large animal a big supporter. statues and signs supporting his “I think his idea is absolutely fantastic!” currentN cause. said Ireland. “Lexington is a major gateway. “It’s green, healthy and I don’t have to Creating a series of boulevards with mow it,” he said. Better yet, the moss fl owers pollinator and rain gardens would have into October and ‘honeybees love it.’ He also a striking visual impact. And it would has a Bee Nice Boulevard garden, where he signifi cantly enhance the environment, replaced the lawn with a swath of purple establishing habitat for bees and butterfl ies.” liatris, to nurture monarch butterfl ies and Ireland recently invited Nguyen to present other pollinators. That garden is studded with his boulevard idea to the environmental tiny fl ags, which marks the location of each committee. chrysalis he fi nds. Across the sidewalk is a “I’d love to support him however I can, colourful pup tent that he keeps fi lled with live including get out there and help him dig,” said monarch caterpillars. “Children come over to Ireland. “He’s so enthusiastic. It’s refreshing take a close-up look,” Nguyen said. to see the energy and excitement one person He also has a meditation garden, a fairy can generate.” house cut into a small hill, and a hanging Annie Huidekoper, another District 10 garden, a suspended network of 120 green council member, is also a fan. “I admire plastic pop bottles cut into vessels for growing his vision,” she said. “His aesthetic is very herbs and small salad greens. That garden HANGING GARDEN: Quentin Nguyen's 'Hanging Garden' features a suspended network of 120 diff erent from mine, but I love that he focuses also camoufl ages his lattice fence, which green plastic pop bottles cut into vessels for growing herbs and small salad greens. on pollinators.” he considers ugly. Nguyen, 24, was born in She was driving by recently, saw Nguyen Vietnam and came to St Paul with his parents example, he planted scarlet runner beans and not cause visibility issues for motorists. in his yard and slowed down to say “hi” and as a preteen. He’s enthusiastic about this cardinal fl owers, to attract hummingbirds, on a His mission is twofold. He wants to create tell him how much she admired what he was country and gardening. barren patch of earth facing the alley. more habitats for bees, butterfl ies and other doing for the birds and bees. “He puts it out He wasn’t a gardener until he bought his “It’s my neighbour’s land,” he said. “I asked, pollinators. He also wants to ‘beautify the there, and I appreciate it,” Huidekoper said. house four years ago. Not long afterward, he ‘Can I garden? I can turn the alley to look gateway to Como Park,’ encouraging motorists “He’s a very passionate guy.” learned about monarchs and other pollinators nice.’” to slow down and appreciate the fl owers. To Nguyen hopes to begin planting the being threatened by loss of habitat. That gave Gateway Garden that end, Nguyen has launched the Lexington boulevards next spring. In the meantime, him a mission statement for his landscape. Now Nguyen is undertaking his most Boulevard Beautifi cation Project. He’s he’ll keep drumming up support and enjoy “I use my yard as an attraction,” he said. “I ambitious project so far, laying the knocking on doors to get neighbours on board, being out in his yard, interacting with want to use my house to spread the message groundwork to create a fi ve-block continuous and raising funds via Facebook to rent a sod neighbours, for as long as he can. for green living and pollinators. I have so many boulevard garden. He plans to plant the cutter and buy plants and seeds. “In Minnesota, there are only fi ve months ideas.” boulevards with native fl owers and grasses, So far, more than half of the 20-plus to do gardening,” he said. “I love to bring Sometimes Nguyen’s ideas overfl ow the carefully selected not to exceed 18 inches in property owners have agreed to take part, he a smile to (people’s) faces.”– Star Tribune boundaries of his own lot lines. Last year, for height, to comply with city regulations and said. (Minneapolis)/TNS