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RETHINK #GOALS Pics: Istock Celebs who Brush up your keep a diary JENNIFER ANISTON have given her. She also has an ERRAND Hollywood film star Jennifer acting journal and a collage Aniston uses a journal – and dili- book. She even keeps a five- JOURNAL gently. According to sources close minute journal. PARALYSIS to the actor, she likes to keep a ave you ever faced a bout of lethargy free writing journal to reflect on JESSICA SIMPSON that prevented you from getting up thoughts, feelings and ideas. Singer Jessica Simpson uses her Hand completing a task? Has your journal to write down all her brain ever felt preoccupied with lists and LADY GAGA songs – it’s like a journal with reminders of work but your limbs just KNOWLEDGE songs for what she’s going wouldn’t comply? Well, if you have, then Lady Gaga journals to stay in Want to manage stress, get organised or boost your you are experiencing ‘Errand Paralysis’. As tune with her thoughts. She car- through. She writes songs about the name suggests, it is a condition where ries a journal with her on her heartbreak, about perseverance. an individual is unable to perform his/her creativity – try journaling. But what technique is for you? tours too to record her In fact, she used it as an inspira- THREE TRENDING TECHNIQUES planned tasks efficiently, or at all, which thoughts, feelings, sketches, tion for her albums too. One line a day journaling: Writing a sin- results in a huge pile of to-do lists and [email protected] PICK pictures and even letters go at it unedited and unscripted. stand how dreams gle line a day helps preserve memory endless reminders. It is a relative of IT... if you between herself and mum ournaling has been used Let your thoughts flow continu- can impact your day. Gratitude journaling: It’s been proven SERENA WILLIAMS procrastination; but it’s more to do with have vivid or Cynthia. Inarguably the greatest tennis for centuries by some of ously.If you don’t want a timer,set It helps you with to make you a happier and more pro- managing the mundane. The term is recurring player of all times, Serena our greatest minds from a goal for the number of pages new ideas and can ductive person and lowers your stress essentially a new-age millennial coinage to dreams Williams has been maintaining a Leonardo Da Vinci to you’d like to fill up. Even if you run boost memory. Worst case scenario journaling: It helps EMMA WATSON describe the more encompassing Marie Curie to record out of ideas, you keep writing till you come to grips with your fears Actress and activist Emma “adulting”. Errands are an integral part of J Watson has been maintaining a their thoughts, ideas and work. It you achieve your goal. FAMOUS PEOPLE our lives that need our immediate, and has helped people process pain, How it helps? Free writ- diary for years now. She’s known FROM HISTORY WHO sometimes, undivided attention – and keep heartbreak, and everyday conun- ing helps you un- to keep a variety of journals from us on our toes. With more young adults drums or just as a means to chron- pack a confusing PICK Bullet journaling personal diaries to a dream diary, KEPT JOURNALS becoming self-reliant and living icle a time in their life for posteri- dilemma, handle IT... if you Also known as BuJo, it is an a yoga diary, diaries on people Leonardo da Vinci independently, managing everyday errands ty a la Anne Frank. But there’s not mixed and even want to organisation tool developed that she has met and advice they Frida Kahlo also adds to the workload. Minimal tasks just one way to journal. Here are suppressed emo- unspool your by a digital designer Ryder Marie Curie like depositing cheques or even buying ways to write your journal and to tions. mind Carroll who used it at uni- Anne Frank groceries end up making you feel pick what is right for you… versity to manage his ADD. Mark Twain overwhelmed and exhausted. And the more It’s like lists but a more In- Charles Darwin tasks pile up, the more you start putting Morning Pages stagram-worthy up- Lewis Carroll things for later leading to errand paralysis. Free Writing Thomas Edison Morning Pages is a free writing Art journal PICK date of the It means writing without form or practice made popular by Julie IT... if you are same. structure. You set a timer (start Cameron in her 1992 book ‘The If writing is not your medium of How it SKINCARE looking for an Jessica journal for some time with 10 minutes), start writing and Artist’s Way’. In her website she choice but art is, use sketches, helps? Or- update the usual Simpson and uses it to write writes, “Morning Pages are three collages, or doodles as a medium ganise organiser down her feeling that pages of longhand, stream of con- to journal. The best bit: there’s no your ideas, ICE, SO NICE! Jennifer helps her to clear out sciousness writing, done first thing right way to do it. It’s free flowing to-do lists, Did you know that you can use Aniston negative thoughts and in the morning…they are not high and you can tackle reminders and Emma Watson emotions that makes her art. They are not even ‘writing.” anything you want. schedules. ice cubes as skin soothers in PICK feel stuck. It’s like free writing but done in the How it helps? An IT...if you summer? Here’s how… morning. art journal helps visualise bet- REDUCE PUFFY EYES: The best way to How it helps? The brain you get in touch Reading journal JOSEPH ter than you reduce puffy eyes is the ice cube hack. All is most active in the with your cre- A reading journal is a PICK write GORDON-LEVITT you need to do is rub ice cubes on the eye morning and this ativity. record of all that you IT... to set Actor Joseph Gordon- area for about 5-10 minutes. This will help means you’re more have read: from quotes, HOW JOURNALING your intention Levitt likes to to reduce the swelling under the eyes. creative, fresh and in blogs, article, posts in for the day write in a journal BENEFITS YOUR CHILD a better mood to Unsent letter addition to books. You SOOTHE SUNBURN: The easiest way to It helps them to deal with especially record your thoughts. Basically a letter written with the can write pas- treat sunburn is to rub a few ice cubes on big feelings when he’s express purpose of never being sages from PICK the affected area. This will help ease the It improves writing skills trying to mailed. It’s a cathartic experience books that IT... if you are pain by providing a cooling sensation and It enhances communication skills work Dream journaling that helps you manage your cur- resonated looking for a also by absorbing the heat from the skin. It helps reduce stress through This is not some mystical pursuit rent feelings. with you. ready reckoner Serena Williams It can sharpen memory and something SHRINK PIMPLES: The scorching heat but many feel maintaining a dream How it helps? It How it for quotes and stimulates cognitive function PICK that’s vexing leads to uninvited pimples. An ice cube journal helps understanding emo- can help you helps? Helps ideas It encourages goal setting IT... if you are him. He says won't fix your pimple but it can surely tions. The idea is to start writing manage com- you record It uplifts your mood and culti- seeking closure, that journaling shrink it. Simply wrap a few ice cubes in a what dream you had last night and plex emotions your reading and vates mindfulness forgiveness and helps him to think piece of cloth and apply it to the affected recording it. like anger,grief, improves your writ- peace of mind more clearly and area for 10-15 minutes, this will flatten It promotes good habits Joseph Gordon-Levitt How it helps? It helps you under- or helplessness. ing skills. come to new answers the zit by constricting the blood vessels. Lady Gaga or conclusions faster. REDUCE THREADING PAIN: Getting your eyebrows done and hate the pain? Just HEALTH PETS rub an ice cube over the brows before friend”, having the animal on hand could going for a threading or tweezing calm “nighttime fears”. session. This will help to reduce the pain The study subjects took part in a and even the inflammation post plucking. polysomnography sleep study for one ICE MASSAGE: With all the heat and SNUGGLE UP night. They also wore a wrist tracker environmental damage, our skin tends Children who sleep with that recorded their rest- to get dull with time. Give your skin a activity cycles, along with good ice cube massage. It will help to pets get better ‘quality’ keeping a daily sleep improve the blood circulation, making Functional shut-eye, study suggests diary, for two weeks. The your skin look fresh FunctionalFunctional scientists concluded that and dewy. TNN cientists from Concordia bed sharing with pets may University in Montréal have not adversely affect sleep NUTRITIONNUTRITION found out that sleeping with a of children and pet can result in better quality adolescents. Adults of sleep. The study analysed may find their shut for Covid 19 S188 people aged 11 to 17, and found that eye is more forfor CovidCovid 1919 those who frequently slept with their disrupted due to pets enjoyed a better quality of rest. The them occupying EAT THESE TO STAY HEALTHY AND KEEP YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM IN TOP SHAPE study authors said that could be because more space [email protected] min because of its critical role in enhancing many children view their pets as a “close than children. immune function. Zinc Food sources: Yellow, red and green (leafy) veg- Zinc deficiency is common. According to research, etables, such as spinach, carrots. Yellow fruits GOOD TO KNOW in the Land of Soviets’ was published. Spielberg, who bought the international 16% of all deep respiratory infections worldwide such as mango, papaya and apricots. rights to the character in the early 1980s. have been found to be due to zinc deficiency. In his comic ‘Explorers on Supplementation with zinc is shown to prevent viral Vitamin C the Moon’, Tintin along with Captain The famous characters of Thomson infections and reduce their severity and duration. Vitamin C contributes to immune defence by sup- 10 facts 3Haddock and Snowy explored the and Thompson were inspired by Food sources: Poultry, baked beans, chickpeas, porting various cellular functions of both innate moon in 1954 – this is 15 years before Neil 6Hergé’s father and uncle, who were and nuts (such as cashews and almonds). and adaptive immune system. Armstrong first landed on Moon. twins. In fact, the character of opera Food sources: Citrus fruits, such as oranges and While Tintin has explored many singer Bianca Castafiore is said to be Elderberry sweet lime, peppers, strawberries, etc. countries, Hergé hasn’t visited a inspired by Hergé’s grandmother. Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) is seen in many ABOUT 4single country in his lifetime. In the original Tintin, written in medicinal preparations and has widespread Garlic Tintin’s adventures French, Tintin’s dog Snowy is historical use as an anti-viral herb. Full of Garlic has powerful anti-inflamma- were transformed 7named Milou, a tribute to antiviral and anti-inflammatory prop- tory and antiviral properties. It 5into a movie titled Hergé’s first girlfriend. erties, elderberry syrup is used as a has been shown to enhance ‘The Adventures of Tintin’s face is made up of remedy for colds, flus, and bacterial immune health by stimulat- HERGÉ Tintin: Secret of the some very simple features, sinus infections. Elderberry is likely to ing white blood cells. May 22, 1907 was the day Unicorn’ in 2011, directed 8and is nearly expressionless. be most effective in the prevention of by Steven Because it’s neutral, it’s the ideal early infection. Curcumin recipient for the emotions felt and Food sources: Cooked elderberries Curcumin is the main active com- the creator of Tintin – the projected by readers. are used as a flavouring in foods. Do NOT pound in turmeric. Curcumin is used consume them raw. in Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine for most popular European Through his career its analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antiseptic span, Hergé turned out Vitamin D activity. Curcumin can help fight inflammation. comics of the 20th A Belgian by birth, Hergé’s 9to be increasingly Indoor confinement has made most people defi- original name was depressed and felt that he cient in this important vitamin, which may nega- Mushrooms century – Hergé was born. 1Georges Prosper Remi. was a slave to his own tively affect immune function. In fact, low vit D Mushrooms are high in selenium and B vitamins He created the pen name by prosperity. levels are linked to an increased risk of upper res- like riboflavin and niacin, which are needed to He lives on, thanks to his reversing his initials G and Hergé himself piratory tract infections. keep the immune system running optimally. R, making it RG or Hergé. features in several Food sources: Oily fish – such as salmon, sardines, iconic work. Here are some Tintin comics have sold 10 of the Tintin herring and mackerel, red meat, egg yolks, etc. Licorice root more than 240 million comics as a background character. If Licorice root, when used as a gargle, may be used little-known facts about 2copies worldwide and has you’re inspired, you could go back and try Vitamin A to soothe the pain of a sore throat. Additionally, it been translated to over 70 to spot him in the comics and even the Vitamin A is known as an anti-inflammation vita- can loosen congestion and reduce inflammation. this master cartoonist languages. In 1930, first Tintin book ‘Tintin series to see for yourself!
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Online condolence can be done through emails, e-cards, attending prayer “My teenager and meets, Skyping or video calling via FaceTime or Zoom I are always fighting, locked in at home” Q: Ever since the lockdown started, being locked in with my teenager has led us to lock horns constantly.She is constantly on the phone with her friends and seems like she doesn’t like seeing us around all the time. It is heartbreaking. How do I manage this and set rules of en- gagement? thing A: Hi, First of all, thanks that looks for reaching out. Your heart- like a typical break and frustration are social media for- understandable in this un- ward shouldn’t be used as a condolence message. known situation we are caught up in. Dealing with growing teens in a genera- tion of technology can be a tough one to tackle espe- REACH OUT AND SKIP cially in a lockdown when life is turned upside down for your daughter and everyone else her age. But being hope- CLICHÉD ‘SCRIPTS’ ful in these times is also important. The brighter side Typical culturally-prescribed phrases like, “Let me isn’t that far-fetched. know if you need any help” is civil but lacks gen- While arguments and fights become frequent what uineness if you just say this line and don’t walk the becomes important is to understand your daughter’s frus- talk by following up after couple of days with anoth- tration, which is natural due to the halt on the daily rou- er phone call or a detailed chat on WhatsApp or by tine. Communication serves as a key here and develops offering real help. Because the grieving person is a better bond. You can start by cooking her favourite dish unlikely to ask you to do something tangible. So, and approach her.Acknowledge her frustration and talk CONDOLENCE ETIQUETTE “Reaching out is what matters — give those who to her about how she is feeling and express that you are have lost someone — your time, which is our most there for her to tackle it better. Teenagers in this gener- precious resource,” advises Singh. Also, if you come ation are in the need of to know about a death in a neigh- their own space and bour’s family (where doing some- time. While that re- thing tangible is possible), go ahead mains important, so PANDEMIC and do it: like you could ask when you are is the need to main- in the time of going out to buy groceries if they need tain a balance. After something too and drop it at their communicating Knowing how to offer condolence is important, even if door. This reaching out by you will your best interests always be remembered compared to an try to engage her in the nuances of this know-how is heartbreaking. Here’s “RIP” text on the locality/society group. activities of her lik- what experts have to say… ing and do them together. Take SUPPORT YOUR PEERS the initiative [email protected] to be their IF YOU FEEL TONGUE TIED IN THEIR MOMENT activity bud- rticulating your sorrow over someone’s Since you can’t meet the bereaved family, words dy. This time demise has never been easy. But when become important. “I don’t know what to say” is OF GRIEF can be used to people met the grieving family in per- what many young people say in such situations but Once you are informed about a loss in your bond better and ef- son at funerals or during post funeral ‘say’ you must. “Keep it simple and genuine. Using peer group (which is unfortunately becom- fectively. Play visits, just being present mattered (a big and heavy-duty words and sentences is not ing common in the current wave of Covid- board games, cha- Alot) – a nod, a caring glance or a tight hug said it all. needed. Make sure it comes from the heart and a 19) – who has lost a grandparent, an older rades, include a lit- Words weren’t always needed and the silence of text or a line on a phone call that says, ‘ I am sorry sibling or a helper he/she was close to, tle cooking or bak- such meetings helped people connect and heal for your loss’ or ‘His/her passing away has made lend your support by being kind. “Offer ing, watch movies together. Since the pandemic struck, things obvi- me very sad’ is good enough,” suggests mental to spend time online through video calls, or shows together. ously haven’t remained the same and we make do wellness expert Rachna K Singh. try to uplift their mood by engaging in Expert: Dr Rachna with online prayer meetings or phone calls and online games or even with regular chit-chat. Khanna Singh is HOD, texts to the person who has lost a loved one. This etiquette expert Pria Warrick says, “If you don’t You can also offer a friend who is mourning a holistic medicine & psy- emotional language of expressing sorrow, empathy NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION know what exactly to say – you could download a loved one’s demise help with a school activi- chology (counselling), and comfort to a friend, family member or an verse or quote that resonates with your thoughts ty or project that he is unable to handle due Artemis Hospital, acquaintance is tough for children and teens who HAS ITS PROS and along with your name and a “I am so sorry to his sadness,” Singh adds. Convert your Gurgaon and director, The feel a lot but struggle to articulate their feelings in You can make e-cards at home or hand-made ones about this,” send it to the person going through the words like, “I care for you” into action. Be Mind & Wellness Clinic, New words. There are, though, ways to know how to do with a note on what you feel and send or courier it to loss. Be careful, but, to personalise what you choose around after your condolence note – that will Delhi TNN it the right way. the person in mourning. Clinical psychologist and to send – even if it’s just with emojis.” However, any- make it count! TRIVIA TIME PANDEMIQUETTE What else you IT’S OKAY TO DEMAND can say to How some etiquette manage physical PERSONAL SPACE distancing? Excuse me Sir, the line starts SITUATION: You are out concern should come back there, everyone’s just grocery shopping, and out not as a way to distanced. people are not punish someone else (while stepping back) Sorry maintaining proper but to ensure that safety I’m trying to keep 6 feet away. RULES STARTED distance. You keep your protocols are followed. ent, hence something that one should stifle Excuse me, I was next. SHAKING HANDS or hide. distance and stay quiet. IF SOMEONE IS NOT The history of the handshake dates back to SAYING “BLESS YOU” SOLUTION: For the first GIVING YOU SPACE TO I’ll wait and catch the next the 5th century BC in Greece. It was a sym- time it’s okay to ask – PASS, SAY: “Do you elevator. bol of peace, showing that neither person AFTER A SNEEZE actually shout for – mind giving me just a No one knows the true origins of why NOT POINTING AT SOMEONE After you, please. (said was carrying a weapon. During the Roman Almost all cultures consider it too rude to personal space. Usually little more space so I can and when people started saying bless genuinely) era, the handshake was actually more of an point at someone. Many explanations stem etiquette demands that pass safely?” The tone you after someone sneezes. But the arm grab. It involved grabbing each other’s from the ancient idea that one could transfer we put our point across firmly and clearly. But has to be upbeat and not with an attitude. If the Do you mind giving us just a most popular theory is that this prac- forearms to check that neither man had a evil spirits to someone by staring at them now more than ever, personal space person scoffs at you, you can either pass anyway little bit more space please, tice dates back to at least 590 CE, knife hidden up his sleeve. While some say it with negative thoughts – what we also call encroachment is actually a health hazard. What keeping as much distance as possible. Or wait (hopefully followed by a: thank when Pope Gregory I commanded that started in Medieval Europe, when knights the “evil eye” or “nazar”. By pointing, it is you can do is first, look for someone in charge – a until they move farther away, or go get you so much) anyone who sneezed immediately be would shake the hand of others in an believed, you direct attention and possible line manager, manager, anybody from the something else and come back later. Understand A little space please. blessed out of fear that it was a sign attempt to shake loose any hidden weapons. “evil eyes” at them. Pointing is considered establishment who is around. It’s easier to have that not everyone will be cooperative. You have to they had contracted The Plague. — Source: Emilypost.com blame allocation. Interestingly, according to someone from the authority to help you. The pick and choose your battles. Another theory says that in ancient anthropologist Olivier Le Guen, the indige- times, people believed that sneezing KEEPING YOUR ELBOWS OFF nous Yucatec Mayas in south- would allow evil spirits to enter your ern Mexico don’t consider it THE TABLE body, and saying “God bless you” kept rude to point at others. One theory says that since the great houses out those evil spirits. and castles of England during the middle ages did not have dining tables in the great halls, tables were made from trestles and What’s your Etiquette IQ? covered with a cloth. The diners sat along one side only and if they put their 1. When you are introducing B. Give their names and a bit ducing, it’s gracious to share a ANSWER: A elbows on the table and leant too yourself, which name should of interesting information bit of information about them. Why? It’s not a short window heavily, the table could collapse. But you say for people about each person. That way,they have some con- as many believe. Receiving an another theory says that at medieval to address you? ANSWER: B versation to carry on when you invitation is an honour,even if feasts, space was at a premium for A. Your full giv- Why? If you know one or both move away from the scene. it’s to an event you’d rather not people looking to dine with lords en name: “Viren of the persons you’re intro- attend. But you need to RSVP and ladies, and the long tables Singh 3. During an in-person con- promptly as a mark of respect were always packed leaving no Chauhan.” versation, what percentage to the sender. space to put your elbows on it. B. Both your full of your message is delivered given name and through your 5. If you’re the name you spoken words? with some- COVERING YOUR like to be called by if it’s A. 7% one who pass- different from your first B. 38% es gas and MOUTH TO YAWN name: “Viren Singh C. 55% then says, Historically, many believed that yawns Chauhan, but every- “Excuse me,” were the soul escaping the body, the evil ANSWER: A one calls me Vir.” Why? Amaz- what’s the spirits entering, and yet another sign of the C. The name you ing but true. Spoken word most gracious way to re- Plague. So people would cover it. Only want the other person makes a very small amount of spond? around 1653 that yawning was considered a to call you by and your your conversation. It’s the non- A. Say,“That’s okay,it happens sign of boredom. If you were in company and last name: “Vir verbal cues – your body lan- to all of us.” yawning, it was Chauhan.” guage and your appearance B. Try to keep the mood light conserved rude to that is deployed to com- by saying something similar the others pres- ANSWER: C Why? Introductions municate effectively. to “Better you than me today!” happen quickly,and it’s C. Don’t say anything. You often hard to catch the 4. When is the most want to draw as little attention Queries relating to Etiquette other person’s name. gracious time to re- to the matter as possible. Keep it simple to what you spond (RSVP) to an in- ANSWER: C Etiquette is the customary code of polite behaviour in society. Social situation want to be called. Unless it’s vitation? Why? Bathroom and bodily only you and a small group, A. Within 24 hours of noise etiquette are “socially and the way we live, even etiquette, is ever changing. For instance, who would then go by your full name and receiving the invite unmentionable”. Now while then what you’d prefer to be B. Within one week of as kids one can still crack a have thought that one would need a whole new set of classroom rules in 2019? called. In a formal setting al- receiving the said in- joke or two, as adults men- If you have a question on the new rules of engagement in a post-covid world, a ways give your last name. vitation tioning or drawing any atten- C. Anytime before tion to it is social sacrilege. relationship dilemma or just a query regarding writing a thank you note, write 2. When introducing two the “respond by” Just move on without a step people, you should… date listed on the in- out of place. in to us [email protected] with the subject line ETIQUETTE. A. Give their names only. vitation Source: etiquetteschoolofamerica.com CLICK HERE: PAGE 3 AND 4
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poker player. No yet, other readers may think of her as a A still from ‘Woman spoilers here, creepy stalker who keeps tabs on her WHY AUTHORS USE In The Window’ but Dunne’s ex-husband’s new wife, harassing them character constantly. Simultaneously, she is also PSEUDONYMS showed that a obsessing over another couple who she strong, power- thinks are the “perfect couple”. She ome wanted artistic freedom, others wanted to escape per- ful, independ- spies on them while she takes the train secution. Here are some of the very different reasons these ent-minded back and forth as part of a ’routine’ even Sauthors adopted alternative literary identities... woman may though she is out of work. But before also not really you go off thinking that she is bad, con- be as perfect as sider this, that she is also a good person JK Rowling you may think who is fighting her inner demons while JK Rowling famously opted for initials on she is. also doggedly pursuing what she knows the Potter books for fear her first name, is a murder! Joanne, would put boys off reading them. In the 1800s, gender bias forced female writers to publish their work BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP BY under masculine names: George Eliot’s The rise of powerful, S J WATSON real name was Mary Ann In this psychological thriller, the narra- Evans, while George Sand independent-minded tor and protagonist Christine Lucas suf- was Aurore Dupin. fers from female protagonists anterograde Alberto Moravia amnesia, Alberto Moravia, author of ‘The A still from ‘The meaning she with a dash of grey... GIrl On The Train’ Conformist’ and one of the greatest fig- can’t form new ures in 20th Century Italian literature, was memories. born Alberto Pincherle. He opted to drop his THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN Every morning Jewish family name as part of his efforts to BY PAULA HAWKINS she wakes not escape censorship and persecution at the hands of Benito knowing who This 2015 psy- Mussolini’s 1922-1943 fascist regime. she is and her chological husband Ben IT’S COMPLICATED thriller was told helps her from the point Stephen King [email protected] then becomes obsessed with solving it – remember how of view of three Prodigiously productive, King adopted all the while trapped by fear, and unable an accident 18 women: Rachel the pseudonym (Richard Bach) to side- to leave her home. Anna is revealed to years ago left he screen adaptation of Watson, Anna step his publisher’s requirement that he be an unreliable narrator having sur- her in this condition. Though she comes author A J Finn’s 2018 thriller Boyd, and release no more than one book per year vived a horrific incident and suffers as a weak and incapable, Lucas unex- ‘The Woman In the Window’ Megan Hipwell. under his own name. King also wanted to from hallucinations. As the story pro- pectedly starts to piece her past togeth- released recently on a web The most know whether his success was due to his tal- gresses several doubts are cast on her er, using clues from a journal that she stream- prominent of ent or because he was an Ting platform to character, making the reader doubt has been keeping. But everything may established author. them is Anna’s version of events. Let’s look be lost if she sleeps it off. Think of it a mixed reviews. The Watson, a 33 film features at some more such characters: A still from the psychological thriller version of the ‘Gone Girl’ year-old alco- Academy Award film ‘50 First Dates’. Emile Ajar holic, devastat- In 1975, the judges of France’s top literary winner Amy Elliot Dunne, the diabolical dual protag- GONE GIRL BY GILLIAN ed by the end of her mar- prize, awarded ‘The Goncourt Prize’ to Adams as Anna onist and antagonist of the book. When riage. The author invites Emile Ajar for ‘The Life Before Us’, unaware Fox, the unreliable FLYNN she goes missing at the beginning of the the reader to think of that Ajar was actually a pseudonym for narrator of the The trope of a strong female protag- novel, a diary unveils the story of her Watson as someone wor- writer Romain Gary! The latter had already won story. She is a onist yet an unreliable narrator, or life. Wealthy, successful quiz-writer thy of their sympathies. the prestigious award, in 1956 for ‘The Roots of Heaven’, and, under severely agorapho- one who makes you question who whose marriage to her husband Nick is The loss of her marriage the Goncourt’s rules, was excluded from getting it again. Capable bic recluse who she really is, burst into the scene a perfect. Yet as the story progresses, the has depressed her deeply of writing equally well in French and English, Gary would translate spies on her neigh- few years back with Gillian Flynn’s ‘real’ Amy is revealed through the un- because all she wanted A still from ‘Before his texts himself under other pseudonyms. He even occasionally bours and witness- ‘Gone Girl’. A thriller bursting with shedding of several layers that she was a happy family. And I Go To Sleep’ published as Romain Kacew, the name he was born with. es a murder, and suspense, it introduced us to to Amy holds close to herself like a master
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The future of the competing athletes is fraught with anxiety. Nonetheless, there is excitement in the sporting world as India looks to rack up its medal count. We take a look at some of the athletes who have qualified for the landmark event... NEERAJ CHOPRA | JAVELIN THROW
The 23-year-old talented Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra be his fourth Olympics appearance. He is being seen as India’s guaranteed medal hope in the up- NETHRA KUMANAN | SAILING SHARATH KAMAL | TABLE TENNIS won a Gold medal at the 2006 Common- coming Tokyo Olympics. He qualified for his first-ever wealth Games, in Melbourne, earning In- Olympics at the Acne League meeting in South Africa dia’s first ever CWG gold in Table Ten- earlier this year with a throw of 87.86m. After recover- Nethra Kumanan, hailing from Chennai, is the first nis. When not competing for India, he ing from an injury to his throwing arm, his performance Indian female sailor to qualify for the Olympics, and plays in the European League, where he made everyone take notice. Earlier this year,he smashed the only female among the 10 Indians to qualify for the is currently attached to the German team his own national record with a throw of 88.07m during event. Her achievements are nothing short of phe- Borussia Dusseldorf. the third leg of the Indian Grand Prix in Patiala. The nomenal. Kumanan booked her berth at the Tokyo young lad from Haryana aims to break the 90-meter bar- Olympics in the Laser Radial category after she led the International Competitions: rier before the Tokyo Olympic Games in July. 10-race series at the Mussanah Open Championship, 2006 Commonwealth Games Mel- in Oman, last month. In the medal round, she finished bourne International Competitions: sixth, and was placed second overall. Her international 2018 Commonwealth Games (CWG) sailing career began in Mussanah in an Under-21 event 2010 Egypt Open - Tournament Winner in 2013. South Asian Games 2016 – 1st Olympics 2004 - Athens International Competitions: World Under 20 Championships 2016 Asian Games 2014 and 2018 Olympics 2008 - Beijing Asian Championships 2017 Hempel World Cup Series, Miami Olympics 2016 - Rio - Only male Indi- an Table Tennis player Sotteville Athletics Meet 2018 Best finish: Fourth in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia US Open 2010 - Tournament Winner Savo Games 2018
Best finish: Asian Games 2018 Achanta Sharath Kamal is one of the hammed in just 23 minutes. Two days lat- At the Japan Pro Tour in 2007, Kamal most long standing mainstays of Indian er,he and Manika Batra beat Korea’s Sang beat World No. 19, South Korea’s Lee Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2018 Table Tennis. On March 18, 2021, in Doha, Su-Lee and Jihee Jeon in a close-run Jung Woo, driving his World Ranking he qualified for the Olympic singles af- match that ushered them into the Table from No. 94 to No. 73 – a high from Best finish: ter beating Pakistan’s Rameez Mo- Tennis Mixed Doubles at Tokyo. This will which he has never looked back. 2018 Commonwealth Games
LOVLINA BORGOHAIN | BOXING PRANATI NAYAK | GYMNASTICS BHAVANI DEVI | FENCING
One of the many who would At the Asian Artistic Gym- pete at the Olympics. She is travel to Tokyo to represent nastics Championship in India’s only representative India in boxing is the 23- Mongolia in 2019, Pranati in gymnastics this year. year-old Lovlina Borgohain. Nayak won a bronze medal She became only the second for the vault. After it was con- International Competi- VINESH PHOGAT | WRESTLING Indian woman boxer ever to firmed that this champi- tions: qualify for the Olympics onship would serve as a qual- Asian Gymnastics Cham- when she booked her slot ifier for the 2021 Tokyo pionships 2019 Vinesh Phogat became the gold in the Asian Games. via a win over Uzbekistan’s Olympics, Nayak secured a first Indian wrestler to She followed it up with a Maftunakhon Melieva at the historic spot for herself on Best finish: qualify for the Tokyo gold in 2019 at the Yasar quarter finals of Asian Box- the Indian Olympic contin- Asian Gymnastics Cham- Olympics. Competing in Dogu International by de- ing qualifiers. Lovlina start- gent: the second female In- pionships, Ulaanbaatar, the 53kg category at the feating Ekaterina Pole- ed her career as a kickbox- dian gymnast ever to com- Mongolia World Wrestling Champi- shchuk of Russia. er but switched to boxing International Competitions: onship in Nur Sultan, she later. She shot to fame with 2017 Asian Boxing Cham- defeated world No.1 Sarah International Competi- a bronze medal at 2017 pionships, Vietnam Ann Hildebrandt of the US. tions: Asian Boxing Champi- In the 2013 Asian Wrestling 2015 Asian Champi- onships in the women’s wel- 2018 Commonwealth Games The Tokyo Olympics are a landmark event for fencing in Championships in New onships, Doha terweight category. She India, as this is the first time any Indian has qualified in Delhi, Vinesh won the backed it up with yet an- 2019 AIBA women’s World the sport. After a flurry of hard-fought matches in Sabre bronze in the women’s 2018 Commonwealth other third-place finish at Boxing Championships at the Fencing World Cup in Budapest, she qualified through freestyle 52kg category. Games, Gold Coast the President’s Cup held at the Adjusted Official Ranking (AOR) system. Devi’s win- That year in the Common- Astana, Kazakhstan, to an- 2019 Women’s World Box- ning streak in Hungary was broken in two matches by Gi- wealth Wrestling Champi- Poland Open Wrestling nounce her arrival on the ing Championships malac Margaux and Katona Renata. However,when South onships held in Johannes- tournament, Warsaw. world stage. In March 2020, Korea won against Hungary, it pushed her competitors’ burg, Vinesh achieved sil- she secured the Olympic Best finish: rank down, and the Chennai-born athlete found herself ver in the women’s 2020, Rome Ranking Series berth in the 69 kg with a 5- 2018, AIBA women’s World on the way to Tokyo, pulling India into the Olympic fenc- freestyle 51kg category. In 0 win. Championships ing arena for the first time. Before her stellar performance 2014 Commonwealth Best finish: in Budapest, Devi was already making international waves: Games, she won gold in the Vinesh’s maiden gold at she was the first Indian to win a gold medal in the senior women’s freestyle 48 kg cat- Asian Wrestling Champi- Commonwealth Fencing Championship in Canberra, 2018. egory. In 2018, Vinesh be- onship after beating Tokyo, it is hoped, will slip another gold into her scabbard. came the first Indian Taipei’s Meng Hsuan FOUAAD MIRZA | EQUESTRIAN SPORT woman wrestler to win Hsieh in the final. International Competitions: 2009 Commonwealth Fencing Championship The 29-year-old Bangalorean him the first Indian since 1982 to helped to put India on the map of win an individual equestrian 2010 Asian Fencing Championship Equestrian sports. Specialising medal. in the Eventing category, he is He is currently training in Ger- 2012 Commonwealth Championship 2012 the first Indian eventer to quali- many, fy for the Olympics in this cen- International Competitions: 2018 Commonwealth Fencing Championship tury.He earned this feat after fin- 2018 Asian Games ishing first in South East Asia, 2019 Tournoi Satellite Fencing Championship Oceania group. After participat- 2019 CC13*-S Cup, Poland ing in the 2014 Asian Games, he Best finish: won two silver medals at the 2018 Best finish: Gold at the Canberra Commonwealth Fencing Champi- Asian Games in individual event- First in South East Asia, Ocea- onship in 2018 marked the first time Indian had won a ing and team eventing. It made nia group gold in the competition’s 44 year long history.
SEEMA BISLA | WRESTLING DEEPIKA KUMARI | ARCHERY
Seema Bisla recently became the fourth In- held in Sofia, Bulgaria. The world number nine in archery,Deepika International Competitions: dian woman wrestler to qualify for the 2021 Kumari’s story is an inspiring one. The Archery World Cup 2012, 2018, 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games by reaching the fi- International Competitions: daughter of an auto-rickshaw driver and a nal of the 50kg competition. Bisla won the 2Sassari International homemaker, she had to practise with home- Asian Archery Championships 2013 semi-final against Poland’s Anna Lukasiak made bamboo bows. From such humble be- 2-1 to seal a quota for Tokyo. A few hours Grand Prix of Spain ginnings, she rose to become world number Commonwealth Games 2010 later, she went on to earn gold in the 50kg one in women's recurve archery,in 2012. The event of the Olympic qualification tourna- Junior Continental Championships in 2012 Ranchi-born archer qualified for the Best finish: ment by beating Ecuadorian Lucia Guzman, Olympics in Bangkok 2019, at the Continental Deepika Kumari beat Lee Sung-Jin of South Ko- who conceded the match due to injury.She 2012 Asian Championships Qualification Tournament held on the side- rea by six set points to four in May 2012, win- won the bronze medal in the women’s 50 kg lines of the Asian Archery Championships. ning her first World Cup gold medal in recurve event at the 2021 Asian Wrestling Champi- Best finish: She competed in the Games at Rio in 2016, archery.It was a win that paved the way to her onships. In May 2021, she qualified at the 2021 Asian Championship in Almaty, and London, in 2012. Tokyo might just let ranking world number 1 in women’s recurve World Olympic Qualification Tournament Kazakhstan, in freestyle 50kg category her hit her target. archery,a position that she held for 61 days.
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