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COVER STORY 2 GULF TIMES Tuesday, May 10, 2016 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT

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The Man Who Knew Infi nity recognises the originality and brilliance of Ramanujan’s GENRE: Drama raw talent and despite the skepticism of his colleagues, Emergency 999 CAST: Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Malcolm Sinclair undertakes bringing him to Cambridge so that his theories Worldwide Emergency Number 112 DIRECTION: Matt Brown can be explored. Ramanujan leaves his family, his community, Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 SYNOPSIS: Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel) is a 25- and his beloved young bride, Janaki (Devika Bhise), to travel Ooredoo Telephone Assistance 111 year- old shipping clerk and self-taught genius, who failed across the world to England. There, he fi nds understanding Local Directory 180 out of college due to his near-obsessive, solitary study of and a deep connection with his sophisticated and eccentric International Calls Enquires 150 mathematics. Determined to pursue his passion despite mentor. Under Hardy’s guidance, Ramanujan’s work evolves Time 141, 140 rejection and derision from his peers, Ramanujan writes in ways that will revolutionise mathematics and transform Doha International Airport 40106666 a letter to G H Hardy (Jeremy Irons), an eminent British how scientists explain the world. Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 mathematics professor at Trinity College, Cambridge. Hardy THEATRES: The Mall, Royal Plaza Medical Commission 44679111 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Weather Forecast 44656590 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 Qatar University 44033333

Jacob’s Kingdom Of Heaven children. But when the global economic crash strikes, Jacob GENRE: Drama, Family fi nds himself in deep trouble. The business collapses, his ote Unquo CAST: Nivin Pauly, Renji Panicker, Lakshmi Ramakrishnan wealth evaporates, and he fi nds himself stranded in Libya u te DIRECTION: Vineeth Sreenivasan, G Prajith struggling to make enough money to repay his creditors. Now Q Our lives SYNOPSIS: Jacob (Renji Panicker) is a successful it’s up to eldest son Jerry (Nivin Pauly) to save the day by businessman who has established a steel company in Dubai. reconstructing and diversifying the family business, with the improve only when A devoted family man, his entire life revolves around his support of his indomitable, strong-willed mother. we take chances — and wife Sherlyn (Lakshmy Ramakrishnan) and the couple’s four THEATRE: The Mall the fi rst and most diffi cult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves. Mall Cinema (1): The Man Who Knew (2D) 5pm; The Man Who Knew Infinity — Walter Anderson Infinity (2D) 11.45am; The Jungle Book (2D) 7pm; Just The 3 Of Us (Tagalog) (2D) 2.15pm; One Night Stand (Hindi) 9pm; 1920 London (Hindi) 11.15pm. 4pm; 24 (Tamil) 5.45pm; Just The 3 The Adderall Diaries (2D) 5pm; Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (3): Of Us (Tagalog) 8.45pm; 24 (Tamil) Kangar Hoppiena (Arabic) 6.45pm; Just The 3 Of Us (Tagalog) 11.30am; 10.45pm. Jacob’s King Of Heaven (Malayalam) The Man Who Knew Infinity (2D) Mall Cinema (2): Captain America: 8.45pm; 1920 London (Hindi) 2pm; The Adderall Diaries (2D) 4pm; Civil War (2D) 11am; Captain Am;erica: 11.30pm. Just The 3 Of Us (Tagalog) 5.30pm; Community Editor Civil War (2D) 1.30pm; The Jungle Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (1): Kangar Hoppiena (Arabic) 7.45pm; Kamran Rehmat Book (2D) 4.15pm; The Man Who Captain America: Civil War (2D) One Night Stand (Hindi) 9.45pm; The Knew Infinity (2D) 6pm; Captain 11.30am, 2.30, 5.30, 8.30 & 11.15pm. Adderall Diaries (2D) 11.30pm. e-mail: [email protected] America: Civil War (2D) 8 & 11pm. Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (2): Asian Town Cinema: Jacobninte Telephone: 44466405 Mall Cinema (3): Jacob’s King Of 1920 London (Hindi) 11am; One Night Swargarajyam; (Malayalam) 4.30, 6.15, Fax: 44350474 Heaven (Malayalam) 11.15am; Jacob’s Stand (Hindi) 1.15pm; The Jungle 7.30, 9.15, 10.30pm & 12am; 24 (Tamil) King Of Heaven (Malayalam) 2.15pm; Book (2D) 3pm; The Jungle Book 6.15, 7, 9pm & 12am. Tuesday, May 10, 2016 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY

EVENTS Ramadan Bazaar 2016 Cultural Diversity festival Sri Lankan Majlis Qatar (SLMQ), for the DATE: Until May 31 Pant 4 PAWS Inaugural Triathlon fi rst time will host Ramadan Bazaar 2016 on TIME: 7:30-9pm DATE: May 20 Friday, May 13, from 3pm to 10pm at Staff ord VENUE: Katara Beach TIME: 5:30pm Sri Lankan School premises. The event will Over 20 countries from all over the world are showcasing their traditions and heritage. VENUE: InterContinental Doha have a free medical camp, shopping stalls, Pant for Paws 2016, an inaugural event, will food and drinks, homemade foodstuff , cake be championed and led by Live Life Crossfi t & sweets stalls, hand crafts, mehendi, games, and supported by a number of other crossfi t fund activities and many more in store for boxes and gyms in Doha. A Beach Triathlon the whole family. SLMQ invites families of all Consisting of 3 stages: 3hrs duration. communities and nationalities to participate and spend a day full of excitement. Aspire In-Side-Out Fun Run DATE: May 20 QSports Summer Camp TIME: 7pm DATE: June 19-Sept 1 VENUE: Aspire Zone TIME: 8am-1pm Aspire In-Side-Out Fun Run 2016 is an VENUE: Al Jazeera Academy exciting way to lead an active and healthy Registration for QSports Summer Camp lifestyle. Join us on May 20 at 7pm at the 2016 is now open. QSports summer camps Aspire Zone Warm Up Track. The untimed are committed to providing a safe, fun and race is approximately 5km of fun, where skill-based experience for kids between the runners make their way around both ages of four and 14. We have a dedicated an indoor and outdoor course, giving team of specialist kid’s coaches and classes participants an exclusive chance to discover and activities are safe, planned, progressive, locations and areas of Aspire Zone they would active, creative, inclusive and designed to not normally see. maximize participation of all children by off ering a variety of activities.

Anti-Doping in Humans and Animals DATE: May 31-June 1 Al Gannas TIME: 8am DATE: Until Oct 30 VENUE: Doha Marriott Hotel TIME: 9am -11:30am ADLQatar’s 6th Annual Symposium: VENUE: Al Gannas Society Anti-Doping in Humans and Animals: Al Gannas Association is participating in the ‘Our culture is a school’ programme by Parallels and Divergences: As with doping in organising many activities for the students every Monday and Wednesday of the week. These humans to enhance sporting performance, activities include explanations on hunting and related tools, kinds of falcons and preys, in similar interventions to ensure outcome in addition to workshop on how to carry a falcon, set a traditional tent (made of goat & camel competition are also apparent in animals hair), prepare traditional Arabic coff ee, etc. (horses, dogs, camels). Practices such as administrations of steroids, inorganic substances such as cobalt, as well as, gene doping may be far more prevalent amongst competing animals.

Shifting Sands DATE: Until July 7 VENUE: Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim The Runway Photographer 2016 Museum, Alsamariyah DATE: May 13 MA students of UCL Qatar are organising TIME: 3pm-8pm and curating an exhibition as part of VENUE: La Cigale Hotel, Doha UCLQurates. In the very recent past, Qatar Everyone is invited to watch our show as we has undergone a signifi cant transformation; display the creations of our Filipino Fashion through these developments, people have had Designer of Qatar. And witness as we will to adapt to the changing landscape in which award the Runway Photographer of the Year. they live. Special prizes shall be given away to lucky audiences.

UB40 Live in Doha DATE: May 13 TIME: 8pm VENUE: Intercontinental, Doha Yamativo Salsa Classes Qatari Agricultural Product Yards UB40, one of the world’s most iconic DATE: Every Monday DATE: Until June 30 reggae pop bands, will give their live TIME: 7pm VENUE: Al Mazrooa, Al Zakheera, Al Khor, performance at Doha’s Intercontinental VENUE: Radisson Blu Al Wakrah Beach (West Bay Lagoon) on Friday, May 13. It’s always fun and always challenging. The Ministry of Environment has opened Doors open 7pm, show starts 8pm with guest Let’s meet and learn some moves every the 4th season of Qatari agricultural DJ’s. Monday night. You don’t need to do anything, product yards for selling locally produced just join us. Level 1 (intermediate level) 7pm fruits, vegetables, poultry, fish and Conference & Recruitment Fair and for beginner level 8pm. Be there are livestock. Work in these yards will continue DATE: May 12 Raddison Blu Hotel Cabana Club. for seven months. The yards will operate TIME: 8:30am three days a week on Thursdays, VENUE: City Center Rotana, Conference Spring Exhibition MIA Fridays and Saturdays from 7am to 5pm, Centre DATE: Until July 16 with livestock vendors in Al Mazrooa For all you talented women with ambitions TIME: 10:30am- 5pm operating at the same times throughout the and aspirations, who are currently trying to VENUE: QM Gallery Al Riwaq week. start, re-start or kick-start your career here An exhibition of 15 contemporary in Doha, How Women Work has created a Chinese artists, curated by internationally conference for you. acclaimed New York-based Chinese artist FOODIE CHOICE Cai Guo-Qiang, will be on view at the Dance Classes with Salsa n Candela QM Gallery Al Riwaq. The exhibition will RESTAURANT: Mamig Res ta urant VENUE: Hilton Hotel -West Bay be the major highlight presented in the LOCATION: Katara Cultural Village Salsa n Candela off ers variety of dance context of the Qatar China 2016 Year of A combination of traditional Armenian and classes for kids and adults at Hilton Hotel, Culture. Artworks exemplifying each and Lebanese dishes will tantalise your palette, Eforea Spa Studio, such as Salsa, Bachata, every artist’s unique artistic language and while the interior decoration takes you back Kizomba, Swing, Tango and Greek classes. methodology will be displayed in individual to the traditions of both Armenian and Price at QR 60 per class per person. galleries. Lebanese cultures.

Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Tuesday, May 10, 2016 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Eye-opener on eye-shut Danny Forger, a biological mathematician, and his co-authors use data collected from ENTRAIN to provide an overview of the social and solar cues that influence when we go to sleep and when we wake up. By Deborah Netburn

hat constitutes a The free app was designed by providing the team a treasure schedule between seven and eight older people are more sensitive “normal” night’s Olivia Walch, a graduate student trove of real-world sleep hours of sleep a night, with a mean to solar cues, and can only sleep sleep? in Forger’s group. It was launched statistics. of 7.88 hours. during certain times of the days. That all in 2014 to help users effi ciently “Lab conditions in sleep studies Of all the factors considered Younger people, such as college depends, says overcome jet lag with the help are very regulated, and participants in their analysis, gender plays students, don’t seem to have those WDanny Forger, a biological of a complex algorithm based don’t have to deal with the stresses the biggest role in how long a restrictions. mathematician at the University of on Forger’s previous research. of the real world like spouses, person sleeps. On average, women Nationality also plays a role Michigan and an expert in circadian Essentially, the app tells people children and all the stuff that keeps schedule 8.07 hours of sleep, while in sleep duration. Residents of clocks. when to expose themselves to light us up at night worrying,” Forger men schedule 7.77 hours. Women Singapore and Japan had the “People set guidelines all the and when to avoid it to minimise said. “Also, in the lab, it would cost both go to bed a bit earlier than men shortest sleep duration of the 20 time — you need eight hours, you the eff ects of jet lag. about $20,000 per individual to and wake up a bit later. The authors countries represented in the study, need seven hours — but we’ve Entrainment is the scientifi c term get this type of information and we say this eff ect is most pronounced getting an average of 7 hours and 24 found that ‘normal’ sleep varies for fully adjusting to a new time don’t have that kind of budget.” among people 30 to 60. minutes of shut-eye a night. People tremendously depending on your zone — hence the app’s name. In a paper published in Science Age also seems to be an in The Netherlands were the most age, sex and what country you are However, the group also invited Advances, Forger and his co- important factor for when people well-rested, averaging 8 hours and in,” he said. users to send the sleep data authors used the data they collected sleep. On average, older people 12 minutes of sleep a night. In the Forger is the senior author of a they plugged into the app back from ENTRAIN to provide an schedule sleep earlier than younger United States, the average sleep new study that analysed the sleep to the servers at the university. overview of the social and solar people. Also, there is less variation duration is 7.87 hours. habits of more than 5,000 users Roughly 8 percent of the app’s cues that infl uence when we go to in the times that older people The authors also note that of a mobile phone app known as international users agreed to share sleep and when we wake up. sleep then younger people. The despite black-out curtains, ENTRAIN. their information anonymously, Most people in the data set authors think this could be because artifi cial lights and alarm clocks, Tuesday, May 10, 2016 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

Residents of Singapore and Japan had the shortest sleep duration of the 20 countries represented in the study, getting an average of 7 hours and 24 minutes of shut-eye a night. People in The Netherlands were the most well-rested, averaging 8 hours and 12 minutes of sleep a night. In the United States, the average sleep duration is 7.87 hours

solar cues — the time of sunrise went to bed at night was weaker In the meantime, the and sunset — still have a signifi cant than what models predicted. researchers are also hoping to eff ect on sleep patterns. The authors conjecture that soon collect even more detailed “We recognise that these solar the time we wake up is regulated data from ENTRAIN users. They eff ects are dulled compared to by our internal, biological clocks are launching a new version predictive models, but the fact that but the time we go to sleep is more of the app shortly that will they are still there in the data was infl uenced by societal pressure to take advantage of information pretty shocking to me,” said Amy stay up. collected by activity trackers that Cochran, an assistant professor at “We didn’t expect to see that, monitor both exercise and sleep. the University of Michigan who also since most people use their alarm “It is a much richer data set, and worked on the study. clocks to wake up,” Forger said. “It we will be able to rely less on self- Both sunset and sunrise had a could be that people are hitting reported data,” Forger said. bigger eff ect on when people woke snooze. They try to set their alarm He added that a large-scale sleep up, compared to when they went to clock for 5am, but it doesn’t work study such as this one could never sleep. Later sunrises (after 6:30am) for them.” have been done without the help of were associated with later wake But that’s just a guess. Forger citizen scientists willing to share times and bedtimes. Later sunsets said the ENTRAIN data set is full their sleep data. were also associated with later wake of unanswered questions as well “It is really a new way of doing times and bedtimes, but the eff ect as trends they would like to see science,” he said. —Los Angeles of sunset on what time a person validated in the lab. Times/TNS How often do you go to the doctor? It depends on where you live: study

But those fi gures ranged considerably from regular place to receive medical care. In three too small to be considered statistically By Karen Kaplan state to state. other states — Montana, South Dakota and signifi cant. The researchers did fi nd a slight Residents of Vermont had the best access Alaska — more than 45 percent of people but real diff erence in residents’ likelihood to medical care: 84.1 percent of them had had gone more than a year without seeing or of having a usual place of care: 83.4 percent he odds that you’ve seen a doctor visited or been in touch with a doctor in the talking to a doctor. had a medical home in states that expanded in the last year vary quite a bit past year, and 97.2 percent said they had a Although access to medical care varied Medicare, on average, compared with 81.8 depending on where you live — place to go if they needed medical attention. greatly by state, the researchers found percent in states that didn’t. but so far, the way your state has In four other states — Delaware, little diff erence when they grouped states “Many factors likely infl uence rates implemented the Aff ordable Care Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Hawaii — at according to their response to the ACA (also of healthcare utilisation, and rates may ActT doesn’t seem to have much to do with it, least 90 percent of residents had a medical known as Obamacare). change as the length of time since ACA government data show. home, and in two other states — Delaware Among the 25 states (plus the District of implementation increases,” the report A new report from the Centers for Disease and Virginia — at least 75 percent of residents Columbia) that expanded their Medicaid authors concluded.The fi ndings are based Control and Prevention fi nds that 17.3 had seen or talked with a doctor in the past programs in the wake of the federal law, 66.7 on adults ages 18 to 64 who participated in percent of American adults did not have a year. percent of residents had seen or spoken with the CDC’s National Health Interview Survey. home base for their medical care in 2014, and At the other end of the spectrum, in three a doctor in the last year, on average. In the The report was produced by the agency’s 34 percent had not seen or talked to a doctor states — Nevada, Idaho and Texas — more other 25 states that did not expand Medicare, National Center for Health Statistics. —Los in the last year. than 25 percent of residents didn’t have a the fi gure was 65.2 percent — a diff erence Angeles Times/TNS 6 GULF TIMES Tuesday, May 10, 2016 COMMUNITY Second Palestinian Heritage Festival debuts at Katara

Katara recently hosted the 2nd Palestinian Heritage Festival, titled “Our History, Our Heritage... Steadfastness.” The Palestinian mega cultural event was organised by Katara in co-operation with the Palestinian National Friendship Association in Qatar. Present were Katara’s Deputy General Manager of Operations Ahmad al-Sayed and Palestinian ambassador to Doha Munir Ghannam. The inaugural ceremony of the Palestinian festival also attracted multi-national audience of culture and arts fans. The 2nd Palestinian Heritage Festival depicted charming images of the Palestinian rich and colourful heritage through traditional clothes, food and arts, while offering the opportunity to the public to better understand and appreciate the social and historical backgrounds of the rich Palestinian customs and heritage, which varies from one region to another, adding a taste of uniqueness and diversity. On this occasion, Katara’s Deputy General Manager of Operations Ahmad al-Sayed said: “Hosting the 2nd edition of the Palestinian Heritage Festival is driven by the outstanding success and popularity gained by the festival’s first edition.” For his part, Ambassador Munir Ghannam expressed gratitude for all the efforts made by Katara to organise the 2nd edition of the festival. He said: “This Palestinian Heritage Festival is a true demonstration of the deep brotherhood and friendship between the two nations of Qatar and Palestine, and a remarkable approach to further bringing together our rich cultures in this stunning venue of Katara.” The visitors of the Cultural village will continue to be enthralled by the Palestinian Heritage Festival which will run until May 14 in Building 3. Katara continues to host a number of cultural events aimed at promoting its message of bridging gaps between cultures and entertaining visitors from all walks of life. Tuesday, May 10, 2016 GULF TIMES 7 COMMUNITY In fourth attempt, Nepalese football team reaches ACT final

CELEBRATIONS: NFT Qatar with their fans after winning the semi-final.

By Usha Wagle Gautam

t was the fourth time lucky for Nepalese Football Team-Qatar (NFT), as they beat Jordan 3-2 to qualify for the final of the fourth Asian Community Tournament 2016 (ACT). IThe team had been knocked out in the semi-final on the previous three occasions. The team has remained undefeated this year, winning all its matches in the group stages. They beat Japan 3-0, South Korea 4-2, the Philippines 5-1, Indonesia 6-1, and Sri Lanka 4-0 to finish on top of their group and qualify for the quarter-finals. They scored 22 goals in the group stages and conceded just 5. They played their quarter- final against Singapore on April 29 at the QFA Technical Ground. NFT won the match easily, scoring 4 goals to Singapore’s 1. The semi-final against Jordan was held last weekend. Playing against a formidable Jordan side with having being knocked out in the semi-finals the last three times, the pressure on NFT was undeniable. They started off well, with Niraj Basnet getting the scoreboard moving at the 18-minute mark with an assist from Bhakta Bhandari. A large number of Nepalese expatriates came to see the semis. Govind Rai doubled Nepal’s lead five minutes later. Nepal’s third goal came at the of the ball. They managed to score their was unable to find the net again by the time Sanjiv Waiba coaching. City Express Money 30-minute mark, with Bhakata Bhandari first goal at the 38-minute mark, followed the final whistle blew. Exchange is the sponsor. finding the net with an assist by Arjun by another goal at the 53-minute mark. Thousands of spectators turned up to The team is being captained by Sudesh Subba. The score was 3-0 at the end of the Nepal came very close to losing their lead watch the match. The NFT squad features Shrestha, with its top two scorers being first half. when Jordan was awarded a penalty kick at some experienced players who have played Prakash Giri with six goals and Arjun Subba The Jordanian outfit came out a different the 62-minute mark, but goalkeeper Purna in Division A football tournaments in with five goals. The team will play the final team in the second half, taking full control Thami pulled off a remarkable save. Jordan Nepal. The team practices weekly, with against India on May 20 at Al Sadd stadium. 8 GULF TIMES Tuesday, May 10, 2016 COMMUNITY

Qatar Shark 11 wins MCB Cup 2016

Qatar Shark 11 lifted the MCB Cup 2016 by beating Team Hanan in the final. The three-day tournament was organised by MES College of Engineering, Kuttippuram, Alumni Qatar chapter (Mesceq) at the old Ideal Indian School ground. Mesceq chairman Vinod Vijayan, secretary Samjad Olakara and treasurer Shireeb Paliyath handed over the trophies to the winners. Seen here are the team members of the Qatar Shark 11.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week from May 15 to 17

After its success in December 2015, Mercedes-Benz Fashion to Qatari businesspersons and celebrities will attend the Week is returning for a new season at Shangri-La Hotel show. Held twice a year, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week has Doha from May 15 to 17. The three-day event promises to now become the most eagerly awaited event of the fashion be among the most glamorous events in Qatar and will industry in Qatar, and has continued to exceed expectations showcase top local and international designers. Diplomats, with each passing show.

PEC buys new buses

The Pakistan Education Centre (PEC) has purchased Ashok Leyland Buses for its needs. Seen here are Jamil Ahmed and Muhammad Zunair Shoaib Khan of PEC receiving the symbolic key from Arun D’souza, general manager at Ibin Ajayan Trading.

DPS-MIS honours 650 middle school students

DPS-MIS organised its Scholar Badge Ceremony for 2015-16 recently. The aim of the ceremony is to acknowledge and appreciate students for their dedication, commitment, and perseverance towards academic excellence. Harish Kanjani, director facilities at DPS-MIS, attended. Around 650 students from classes V to VIII were awarded with trophies, badges, merit certificates, blue blazers and blue ties. Tuesday, May 10, 2016 GULF TIMES 9 COMMUNITY

Student Council, Prefect Board at Birla Public School sworn in

Birla Public School recently swore in 249 students to its Student Council and 50 students to the Prefect Board for the academic year 2016-2017. Parents, board of directors, teachers and other guests attended. The chief guest was Michael Weston, the headmaster of Sherborne, Qatar. Malay Arya is the Head Boy, while Sharon Sarah Varghese is the Head Girl.

One more Indian DPS-MIS holds senior school’s Investiture Ceremony found dead

An Indian expatriate was found DPS-Modern Indian School held its Investiture Ceremony recently to induct the newly appointed senior wing Prefectorial Body of 2016-17. DPS-MIS dead in his accommodation in executive committee president Hassan Chougule was the chief guest. Head Boy A Ganesh Kumar and Head Girl Nayana Singh along with other office- Umm Slal Ali area in the morning bearers took charge at the ceremony. The prefectorial body of 2016-17 consists of 125 students. on Sunday. The deceased, identified as Mati Deen (43) was reportedly working in a contracting company. Earlier in the day one Gireeshan Pillai (60) was found dead in his company’s accommodation in Ras Laff an. Pillai was reportedly a native of Palakkad in Kerala and was serving his company for more than six years. Both cases were reported as suicides. Police have registered cases. Social workers told Gulf Times that 17 or 18 Indian expatriates ended lives so far this year.

W Doha bags five CIHT holds session on professional culinary awards qualifications

W Doha Hotel & Residences bagged five An evening session on ‘Membership prestigious awards at the Time Out Doha of the Chartered Institution of Restaurant Awards 2016 held recently. The awards Highways & Transportation (CIHT) are a celebration of the very best culinary talent in and Professional Qualifications’ was the city and the result of 12 months of reviewing by held in early May for interested a panel of food experts to find the top restaurants highways and transportation Doha has to off er. This year, Market by Jean- professionals in Qatar. Georges took home two awards including “Best The session was presented by Business Lunch” and “Best European”. Ben Haddock from WSP l Parsons W Doha’s La Spiga by Paper Moon also won in the Brinckerhoff , who shared his category of “Best Italian” and Spice Market in “Best experience in preparing for his Asian”. Transport Planning Professional (TPP) In addition, W Café finished as Highly Commended qualification. for “Best Afternoon Tea”. Finally, the hotel manager The presentation focused on the of W Doha, Esra Parin, who previously held diff erence between qualifications in the position of the B&F Director, received the Chartered Engineer, Incorporated Engineer, Engineering Technician and the Transport Planning “Outstanding Contribution” award for her notable Professional qualifications. Ben discussed the respective application procedures that recognise the work in shaping not just the hotel’s B&F outlets individual’s knowledge and practical experience, and the overall benefits of joining the CIHT. but the whole industry throughout her 20 years of Locally, the CIHT Qatar Group provides a range of technical events providing Continued Professional experience, four years of which were spent with the Development (CPD) and valuable networking opportunities for members to meet and exchange W Doha. ideas and information. For more information, the group can be reached on [email protected] 10 GULF TIMES Tuesday, May 10, 2016 COMMUNITY Fine, exotic, and met India’s largest fine-dining chain of Chinese restaurants, Mainland China off ers

Anjan Chatterjee, centre, flanked by Chefs Lin Hong Bo, left, and Rajesh Dubey at Mainland China, Doha. Photo by Anand Holla

t his new Chinese planned on giving a menu which restaurant, slightly cut “If you look at the prices on the menu here, you will be will come in from all four provinces off from the continuous surprised – pleasantly. The cost for two, for instance, is of China – Sichuan, Hunan, bustle of Suhaim Guangdong that is Canton, and Bin Hamad Street about QR120 to QR140 for a proper meal” Shanghai. Next, we wondered why Ain Al Sadd, Indian hotelier Anjan not have Chinese chefs plan a menu Chatterjee sits across the table in — Indian hotelier Anjan Chatterjee for us,” Chatterjee recalls. one of the 10 dimly lit private dining Once Chatterjee locked the idea, areas and anticipates the question market for Chinese food here. At the seats. As for the private dining areas, started Speciality Restaurants he fi gured that rather than focusing moments before it would face him. same time, the market here is not too they are suffi ciently isolated. “When Limited; it’s fi rst brand being Only on what was already popular in “You would ask me why Doha, crowded. All we need to do is ensure I spoke to lots of families here in Fish in Mumbai – which would later India, the Sichuanese food, “the why not Dubai or anywhere else that we can compete and have a Qatar, I learnt that the locals prefer be re-branded Oh! Calcutta, four slightly spicy variant with the red in the Gulf,” he says, referring to product which is equally good,” the private dining areas. So we had to years later. Today, his company runs paste”, it would be interesting to the fi rst Gulf branch of India’s Kolkata-based food entrepreneur incorporate this facet. It’s important nearly 120 outlets of which around look beyond that. As he sat down largest fi ne-dining chain of Chinese tells Community, just days before that one unlearns everything that 100 are restaurants and the rest are with top chefs from China to devise restaurants, Mainland China, which the big launch. one knows and understands the confectionary stores. a menu based on the four regions of throws open its doors to the people Located on the fi rst fl oor of Barwa culture of the place and works things Around two decades ago, China, the name sprang right at him of Qatar today. Towers in Al Sadd, Mainland China out accordingly,” Chatterjee says. Chatterjee, aided in no small – Mainland China. “We were looking at entering the off ers around 88 dishes that range The most popular India-based measure by his background in That was 1994. The fi rst Gulf market and had considered from dim sums to desserts. The Chinese restaurant is spread across advertising, did a little research Mainland China opened in Saki Dubai as well. But somehow I sensed ambience is soothing, the lighting 27 cities back home and now by and learnt something interesting. Naka, Mumbai, and did exceedingly that the opportunity here in Doha is mellow, and the décor serves as debuting in Doha, the time has “I fi gured that standalone Chinese well. “In a year’s time, we learnt is promising. Both Qataris and an arena for instant teleportation to come for the brand to go truly restaurants of that time weren’t that there’s an opportunity to expats here are very discerning; China – a trail of lemon grass aroma international. “That’s because we good enough to give the kind of expand it. My plan was to roll out a they understand Chinese food. And perennially suspended in the air only truly believe service-wise, food- palatable meal that one would multi-locational chain of Chinese then, when I saw P. F. Chang’s and helps. wise and standard-wise, we are at expect. For instance, there would restaurants because such a concept Hakassans of the world coming in, There’s plenty of room what with par with the best,” Chatterjee says. be no duck or broccoli or exotic didn’t exist back then and also we I understood that there’s a huge the restaurant packing in around 160 It was in 1992 that Chatterjee vegetables available then. So we wanted to test our ground with the Tuesday, May 10, 2016 GULF TIMES 11 COMMUNITY ticulously balanced s dishes from Sichuan, Hunan, Guangdong, and Shanghai. By Anand Holla

The interiors of Mainland China, which opens today.

Food Consistency Quotient (FCQ), which we look at very closely. Since it’s a la minute cuisine, we wanted to see whether the branches in other cities match with the cuisine of Mumbai. So we immediately opened a Mainland China in Bangalore, and then in Hyderabad, Calcutta, Pune, Chennai, and the rest is history,” Chatterjee says. Right from the start, Chatterjee’s vision has been to off er a ve-starfi Steamed Dimsum. dining experience, in terms of food and service, at non-fi ve-star prices. “If you look at the prices on the menu here, you will be surprised – pleasantly,” he says, “The cost for two, for instance, is about QR120 to QR140 for a proper meal.” Of course, the menu has gone through some key changes. “This is a diff erent market. You can’t have the exact same menu as India’s, especially not the same spice levels,” Chatterjee reasons, “From getting licenses and permissions to nailing the taste profi le, nearly two years of work has gone into putting this restaurant together. For months, we have been conducting food trials Keong Chicken at Mainland China. internally.” Chef Rajesh Dubey, backed by his Sichuanese food are very high as it China in Doha,” Chatterjee says, “It’s nearly three decades of experience helps in preservation of the food. basically the concept of diff erentiate and a lot many months in China, And when you go to Northern China, or die. If I give you the same food as explains that considering the local towards Beijing and Shanghai, you other Chinese places here serve, I taste preferences, they have toned have more wheat-based dishes, won’t survive. So our menu has rare down the dishes and chosen more like more noodles and dumplings. dishes like crackling spinach and of Cantonese food. “China being a Mainland China’s menu is very corn chilli pepper – innovative and very vast country boasts of diff erent balanced and has picked popular fl avourful.” specialties in diff erent provinces. delicacies from all over China. In For Chatterjee, the most If you go to Canton in Guangdong, Doha, our stress is on the freshness reassuring comment came from a the food is very mild, geared more of the food. We have chosen more local blogger who recently tried a towards steamed and stir-fried. stir-fried and fl avourful dishes that full-fl edged meal at the restaurant. They use minimum spices. Since it’s are closer to Canton. The trick is “He said that he goes to a top close to the sea, the freshness of the in combining the fl avours to create Chinese restaurant in Doha once in a food is very much maintained,” he something memorable.” while. But after having a meal here, says. Chatterjee seconds Dubey. “I and experiencing the ambience and Whereas if you go to Sichuan, am quite confi dent that the kind of seeing the price, he would never go which used to face hostile climate for standards we have created are very there again because the food here years on end, Dubey explains, a lot hard to keep, and that means we is equally good or better for a lesser of the food stuff used are preserved have to work harder. Almost all the price,” Chatterjee says, “That means ingredients. “The spice levels of things are now in place for Mainland we are on the right track.” Some of the many dishes that are available at Mainland China. 12 GULF TIMES Tuesday, May 10, 2016 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Tuesday, May 10, 2016 GULF TIMES 13 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Step up your summer beauty regimen with help from expert dermatologists

cause exposure to damaging generally stays at original strength for three Healthy, hydrated skin UV radiation which can cause years. If you do get sunburn, take a cool bath Staying hydrated is a summer must, but premature ageing as well as or apply a clean towel dampened with cool skin hydration isn’t as simple as drinking increase the risk of skin cancer. tap water. Then apply moisturiser, aloe vera water. Dehydrated skin feels rough and loses If you’d like a sun-kissed glow lotion or gel or a low-dose hydrocortisone elasticity. To maintain proper hydration, without the risk, consider using a cream. avoid prolonged exposure to dry air or sunless tanning product. Whether chlorinated water. When bathing, use a in the form of a lotion, spray or Bloat gentle cleanser instead of soap and avoid done as a professional service at a Ice cream, hot dogs and fried goodies are using skin care products that contain alcohol. salon, sunless tanning off ers a safe cornerstones of traditional summer festivals. Moisturise immediately after cleansing. Also alternative to both tanning beds Unfortunately, too much of these types try incorporating antioxidant-rich foods and sunbathing. of foods can leave you feeling bloated and into your diet such as spinach, blueberries or sluggish. Fight bloat by eating fresh foods salmon. Ingrown hairs grown locally, such as carrots, tomatoes, Swimsuit season often means melons and berries. Want a healthier cool Acne shaving more frequently, which treat? Try freezing grapes for a no-guilt sweet Sunshine and heat can cause the body hile magasines make can result in painful and unsightly ingrown dessert. to sweat. This combo clogs pores and can summer beauty look simple, hairs. These hairs grow out of the skin slightly lead to acne. Some chemical treatments can in reality it’s anything but. and then curl back underneath the skin. To Cracked nails leave the skin more sun-sensitive, so natural From bloat to breakouts, avoid ingrown hair, use a lubricating shave gel Pool chemicals, hot sun, gardening and treatments such as tea tree oil, azelaic acid summer is wrought with followed by a sharp, single-blade razor. Shave building sand castles can all cause cracked and even green tea extract are a smart choice Wbeauty challenges. in the direction of hair growth and avoid nails. To protect nails, keep fi ngernails in reducing infl ammation. Another potential The experts off er advice on the most pulling the skin taut. dry, clean and rub moisturiser into the nail cause for acne can be outdated cosmetics. common beauty and health concerns of beds and cuticles. Consider applying a nail Make sure the products you use are kept clean summer. Sunburn hardener to add a protective layer against to avoid bacterial buildup and avoid using It’s easy to get lost in the fun of the summer summer elements. If brittle nails persist, them past their expiration date — six months Maintaining a healthy (natural) glow sun. Avoid sunburn by dressing in light layers ask your doctor about biotin, a nutritional is a good rule of thumb. While tanning beds off er a quick-fi x and using a broad-spectrum sunscreen with supplement that may help strengthen weak to achieving a golden glow, they also an SPF of at least 15. Remember, sunscreen fi ngernails. © Brandpoint

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

Be careful that you don’t overdo the enthusiasm about something Don’t let someone talk you into doing something you really don’t Unless you are absolutely sure about something, don’t risk it today today Aries, when chances are you might not be able to come want to do today. Trust your instinct and if it’s screaming “NO” at twins. If you do, you might very well fall flat on your face and make a through with whatever it is you are raving about. you, trust that too. huge mess of what was a small mess.

CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

Sometimes there is nothing you can do to improve something or Don’t be disappointed today Leos if something you put your time Keep in mind that with your ruler Mercury out of phase, the chances someone. You simply have to let others work things out on their own and eff ort into doesn’t pan out the way you hoped it would. Not of pretty much everything going wrong, now is not the time to be and let problems solve themselves, especially when Mercury is out everything does - and with Mars the planet of energy out of phase trying to do too much Virgos. of phase. in your self-fulfillment zone, chances are things won’t be as easy for you as they usually are.

LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

Be careful that you don’t overestimate yourself today Librans. Mercury retrograding in your opposite sign of Taurus, your Unless you are unable to come through with something today, try to While you might think you can do something or handle something, relationship zone (through May 21) means that you will definitely feel push ahead with it. As much as it might be diff icult for you to really chances are you can’t. as if you and your friends aren’t connecting as well as you once did. dig in your heels and get it done, you need to focus today. It’s a temporary feeling Scorpios.

CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

Sometimes there is absolutely nothing you can do about something Be open to new people coming into your life today or this week There is nothing wrong with changing your mind midstream Pisces. goats but go with it and try to learn from it. You don’t like being or even later in the month who open your eyes to a new way of In fact, with Mercury the communicator out of phase in your hopes wrong or not excelling at something, but every now and then, you thinking or at least a diff erent perspective on some things. and wishes zone, it’s practically guaranteed. simply have to give up! 14 GULF TIMES Tuesday, May 10, 2016 COMMUNITY PUZZLES/CARTOONS

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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. Tuesday, May 10, 2016 GULF TIMES 15 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

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Across Down 1. Witty (8) 2. Suffer (7) 5. Warmth (4) 3. Waterproof (7) 9. Image (4) 4. Dull (13) 10. Avoid (8) 6. Beg (7) 11. Snapped (5) 7. Tout (7) 12. Flood (7) 8. Magnitude (6) 13. Numismatist (4,9) 13. Sure (7) 18. Curb (8) 14. Uplift (7) 19. Be delirious (4) 15. Pen (6) 20. Enliven (7) 16. Persistent (7) 21. Telltale (5) 17. Preclude (7) 22. Requirement (4) 23. Assailant (8)

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Across Down 1. To resolve this case, hand out punishment 2. His mixture linked with the stew (8) pot! (7) 5. The first person in the south-west to 3. Lock cleaner (7) produce a merganser (4) 4. Handled by one who wishes to do a 9. From the seas I approach a land mass (4) good turn on the road (8-5) 10. Raves about men getting mixed up 6. Not a man will be unsettled in this scraps (8) state (7) 11. Quick to describe frosty weather (5) 7. Metal rings required for laundry Yesterday’s Solutions 12. Mad scramble produced by the Pied equipment (7) Piper? (3,4) 8. Joins up with military detachments QUICK CRYPTIC 13. Filming screen idols - they make meteoric about the end of the battle (6) Across: 1 Steady; 4 Victim; 9 Revolutionary; Across: 1 Futile; 4 At ease; 9 Demonstrating; 10 appearances! (8-5) 13. Ottoman emperor with a 18. Stop Press: Disturbance in West Lane concubine (7) 10 Variety; 11 Aisle; 12 Knead; 14 Decry; 18 Looks on; 11 Talon; 12 Barbs; 14 Graft; 18 Unite; (4,4) 14. Not in the team in the open air (7) Creep; 19 Insipid; 21 Interrogation; 22 Taller; 19 Apprise; 21 Break one’s word; 22 Resent; 23 19. Very keen to make a come-back as an 15. Activity that brings a driver into 23 Tennis. Banner. opera-singer (4) court (6) Down: 1 Strive; 2 Environmental; 3 Delve; 5 Down: 1 Fiddle; 2 Temporariness; 3 Links; 5 20. Blue Nile in a turmoil (7) 16. Wearisome version of 14 Down (7) 21. Find the answer when love’s all awry (5) 17. Palindromic pick-me-up (7) Isolate; 6 Transcription; 7 Mayhem; 8 Stays; 13 Toaster; 6 A will of his own; 7 Edging; 8 Stone; 13 22. A word of consent for those in favour (4) Asperse; 15 Script; 16 Divot; 17 Adonis; 20 Stake. Break-in; 15 Lumber; 16 Gains; 17 Tender; 20 Pasta. 23. Meadows incorporated in unsullied contentment (8) 16 GULF TIMES Tuesday, May 10, 2016 COMMUNITY POP SPOT Katherine Jenkins enjoys in success with her latest album brief Bahari

By Geoffrey Rowlands Anyone who purchased Zedd’s 2015 album, “True Colors,” will be familiar with American all-girl trio Bahari as featured vocalists on the opening track, Addicted to a Memory. t’s a great time at the moment Still all just 18, singer/bassist Natalia Panzarella, singer/ for classically trained singers in keyboardist Ruby Carr and singer/guitarist Sidney Sartini the UK album chart. Aled Jones have been together for three years. They will release their has so far peaked at number debut EP next month. Available now though is the lead three with “One Voice.” Now, single, Dancing On The Sun. IKatherine Jenkins has shot straight to No off icial video has been made as yet but an audio posting number seven with her latest album, can be found at www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbkV_ “Celebration.” f6mNK0 “It’s fantastic to see our albums Dancing On The Sun is the follow-up to Bahari’s debut doing so well,” smiled 35-year-old single, Wild Ones. This track was among the first batch of Katherine. “Aled is a wonderful singer songs they wrote together and originally released at the and a lovely man. I’m delighted that end of 2014. The Wild Ones off icial video is at www.youtube. people have responded so positively to com/watch?v=o5ikNGZKJBU our work.” Bahari recently did an interview and song showcase on There is a false stereotype that Los Angeles radio station KIIS 102.7 FM. This can still be female classical singers all have a large accessed at (no www.) m.kiisfm.com/features/nextup-1831/ and imposing build. Such a description articles/15/496632/next-up-artist-of-the-week-14652688/ could never be applied to Katherine. Undoubtedly one of the most beautiful David Bowie women to grace the music business, it is no surprise to learn that she With the weather beginning to warm up, it seems David supplemented her student grant by Bowie has given a surprise parting gift to fans who bought working as a model. his “Blackstar” album. “I did quite a lot of make-up and A photo was shared on the imgur website which shows a hair modelling,” she recalled. “It was a cluster of stars within the black star depicted on the vinyl way to support my studies at the Royal album cover’s gatefold. It was discovered when the gatefold College of Music along with other was accidentally exposed to warm sunshine. The normally things like giving singing lessons and plain black image magically came to life. working as a tour guide on the London Anyone who has the album might like to view what they Eye. can expect to see by checking out the photo at (no www.) “But I knew modelling was never imgur.com/DWfh36J going to supplant music. Even after I won a competition to become The Laura Marano Face of Wales. Many doors could have opened for me in the modelling world Laura Marano will be a familiar face to television and film but music was the only career objective fans. She has been acting professionally since the age of I’d ever had since I was a child.” five gaining her first significant role at seven playing Kate Born in Neath, Katherine’s vocal Malone, the daughter of lead character Jack Malone in the ability and stage presence was evident CBS drama series, Without a Trace. from an early age. Now 20, Laura has a string of acting credits to her name “I sung and played piano but I also but is probably best known as Ally Dawson in the Disney enjoyed performing in stage musicals Channel teen sitcom, Austin & Ally. Laura’s musical ability at school. My favourites were ‘Calamity GRACEFUL: Katherine Jenkins is one of the most beautiful women to grace the music was showcased in the series and on the accompanying Jane’ and ‘Guys and Dolls.’ The more business, and subverts the stereotype that female classical singers all have a large and soundtrack albums. serious side of singing was taken up by imposing build. This led to a deal with Big Machine Records. The Nashville- my performances in the Royal School based label is primarily known for country music. But of Church Music Cathedral Singers and before releasing my first album. I’d “He is an amazing person. I’ve never the success of their major star, Taylor Swift, with her pop the National Youth Choir of Wales.” sung at a special mass in Westminster known anyone with so much talent album, “1989,” opened the door for pop acts such as Laura. Katherine won three different Welsh Cathedral honouring Pope John in so many different fields. We had a Her debut single, Boombox, is accompanied by an unusual Choirgirl of the Year competitions Paul II’s silver jubilee, performed on wonderful wedding at Hampton Court video which is more like a short comedy film. It can be seen and earned the St. Cecilia Award, the television and supported Aled Jones on Palace and the birth last September of at www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdFIKU53KEU highest honour for female choristers. his concert tour. our daughter Aaliyah just completed Although the song has yet to enter Billboard’s Hot 100, the A scholarship to study at the Royal “I even sung the Welsh rugby union our happiness.” video has registered around 18 million views. College of Music was followed by a team’s official song for the 2003 World A particular favourite of the British six-album record deal with Universal Cup. This all meant the public knew me Royal Family, Katherine’s new album Radiohead Classics and Jazz. before there was an album for them to was principally recorded as a tribute “I performed a lot of opera while I buy.” to Queen Elizabeth II commemorating Radiohead have been teasing, or annoying, their fans in was at college. The Marriage of Figaro, Since then, Katherine’s fame has her 90th birthday. It contains a new recent times. British followers received postcards from the Cosi fan Tutte and Carmen were works I spread far and wide. She has even been song, This Mother’s Heart, which was band with “Burn The Witch” printed on them. Radiohead’s particularly enjoyed. But my recording a contestant on the US television show, originally written as Katherine’s gift social media pages, along with those of frontman Thom career has almost always been a blend Dancing With The Stars. to the Queen. But since becoming a Yorke, were completely erased. Their website gradually of opera, hymns, classic songs and “I’ve never worked so hard as on mother herself, the song has taken on a faded eventually turning totally white. quality pop. The kind of music I’ve that show,” she laughed. “Learning the dual meaning. After two blank days, everything was suddenly reactivated. performed throughout my singing dances was so demanding. I’d been “We were originally thinking of Her Two short videos eventually gave way to the full stop- life but all brought together on each a guest singer on one of the shows in Majesty as a mother, grandmother, motion animated video for the band’s new single, Burn The album.” 2011 and they invited me to compete great-grandmother and mother to the Witch. Apart from her 2011 pop crossover the following year. I had a wonderful nation. But Aaliyah was in the studio The video imagery was clearly influenced by the innocence LP, “Daydream,” which reached number partner, Mark Ballas, but he certainly while I was recording the song and I of the 1967 children’s television series, Trumpton, combined six on the mainstream chart, and her put me through my paces. It was a great basically sung it to her. with the 1973 British horror film, The Wicker Man. 2012 album of seasonal songs, “This Is experience though and we eventually “She actually inspired all the The movie starred Edward Woodward as a police off icer Christmas,” every one of Katherine’s finished runners-up.” emotion of the song in me. I couldn’t who eventually meets an untimely end. It appeared studio albums has topped the UK America has a special place in get to the end without bursting into that the stop-motion protagonist’s fate would mirror classical chart. Katherine’s heart. She is married to tears. It has become as much for that of Edward’s character. But the closing moments of “I think the record company bosses US painter, sculptor, photographer, Aaliyah in my heart as for Queen Radiohead’s video reveal a somewhat happier outcome. were very wise in that they allowed me filmmaker, writer, producer and actor Elizabeth so I hope Her Majesty doesn’t The video is posted at www.youtube.com/ to become established to some degree Andrew Levitas. mind sharing.” watch?v=yI2oS2hoL0k Tuesday, May 10, 2016 GULF TIMES 17 BOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY Nargis Fakhri wants to work in Pakistani entertainment industry

ctress Nargis Fakhri, whose origins trace back to Pakistan, says that at a “time when there are divides between cultures and races” she would like to cross borders for work. She would like to spread one Amessage — we’re all the same inside and working together is the key to moving forward. Be it Ali Zafar, Fawad Khan or Mahira Khan, Bollywood has welcomed Pakistani actors with open arms. And Nargis shares that she would like to travel to Pakistan with her craft. Asked if she would consider working in the Pakistani industry, Nargis, who picked an action-comedy fi lm Spy for her fi rst Hollywood outing last year, said: “I’m not the one to rule anything out.” “With Pakistan being in my blood, I would certainly look at opportunities to travel there,” Nargis told IANS in an e-mail interaction. The actress, who will be seen portraying Mohammad Azharuddin’s second wife Sangeeta Bijlani’s role in Azhar, feels that with stardom comes ALL FOR BOLLYWOOD: Meera Chopra responsibility. She said: “I believe that as actors, we have a phenomenal platform to spread positivity and Meera Chopra wants to Priyanka saw the movie. She is not infl uence people in the same way. In a time where there do a fi lm like Dostana here unfortunately. I wanted to are divides between cultures and races, I would love to show her the movie, because I feel use my position to show that we are all the same inside Actress Meera Chopra is a fan very proud of it. She had liked the and working together is the key to moving forward.” of her cousin Priyanka Chopra’s trailer a lot and her family liked Nargis took the fi rst step towards the world of romantic comedy fi lm Dostana and the movie a lot. They especially glamour as a model in 2005. After Rockstar, she did wishes to do something similar in liked me and Sharman,” Meera fi lms on a wide variety of topics ranging from serious to the future. said. fun like Main Tera Hero and Madras Cafe. “I love Dostana and everything She also credits Priyanka for not Post Azhar, Nargis will be seen in Housefull 3 and about the fi lm. I’m a fan of urban having any unpleasant experiences BEYOND BORDERS: Nargis Fakhri Banjo. — IANS movies and I think Priyanka came in the industry. “I have only seen across as reinvented in Dostana. the good side of Bollywood as of So, I would like to see myself in that now, maybe because of Priyanka. I’m an independent fi lmmaker: Omung kind of a role,” Meera said at the I have always received very good screening of her fi lm, 1920 London. treatment in Bollywood and have Filmmaker Omung Kumar believes he is “I’m a fan of Fashion and Dostana always got respect. I haven’t seen an independent fi lmmaker and that if you are since a very long time and she any dark or horror side,” Meera independent you get the freedom to do whatever (Priyanka) knows that very well. said. you want to do. What are his views on independent She tells me, ‘Step by step, even Is she still open to southern fi lmmakers? you will reach there’. So, I’m just cinema? “I’m an independent fi lmmaker. If you are taking my baby steps right now,” “If I get something good in independent, you will get the freedom to do whatever she added. South, I’ll defi nitely do it. I love you want. In independent fi lms, you just come out with Produced by Karan Johar and Hindi, I love Bollywood, I want to a good story. So obviously, the fi lm will be made well. directed by Tarun Mansukhani, do a lot of work, so right now my “But we have to ensure that we take out the best Dostana was a success at the whole concentration is Bollywood,” acting out of people,” the Mary Kom director, who box-offi ce. It also starred actors Meera said. worked with fi lmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali on fi lms Abhishek Bachchan and John “I am a north Indian Delhi girl. I like Black and Saawariya as an art director before Abraham. After acting in numerous was just working in South, I didn’t helming his own movies, told IANS. fi lms in southern cinema, Meera enjoy it. It is fun to work in Hindi, Asked if he would support “I am a Film maker, I am has made her full-fl edged it’s our own people so you can Independent”, initiated by We Manage Filmz, founded Bollywood debut with the Sharman speak your own language, so it’s by Gaurav Pandey, he said: “100 percent. If there is Joshi-starrer horror fi lm 1920 comfortable,” she said. something where all fi rst-time directors come together London, after a small role in Gang Directed by Tinu Suresh Desai, and strive, and if it can be an inspiration for them, I Of Ghosts. 1920 London released last week. — would obviously like to join them.” — IANS FREE THINKER: Omung Kumar “Yesterday the whole family of IANS

My song in Udta Punjab Shahid Kapoor is seen essaying the character is quite grungy: Kanika of a high-on-drugs, long-haired rockstar Tommy Singh, who sings with glee and abuses Kanika Kapoor has crooned for a track of Udta with impunity. Punjab, which brings a dark story of prevalent It features Alia Bhatt as a migrant Bihari drug menace in Punjab. And the singer says the labourer, Kareena Kapoor Khan as a doctor who song is diff erent with a “dark and grungy” vibe is determined to fi ght the illegal transportation to it. Asked to describe the yet unreleased track, of drugs, and Punjabi actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh Kanika said: “The music on the whole is quite as a police offi cer. Kanika declined to reveal more grungy”. “It is about the movie... it is about drugs details about the song, which is picturised on and all that. So my song, what I can talk about, Alia. The singer, who has given hits like Baby is grungy, dark, a very diff erent song but at the doll, Chittiya kalaiya ve and Nachan farrate, same time it is also a very Amit Trivedi song,” said: “I can’t say anything other than that it is an Kanika told IANS. amazing song.” Udta Punjab, directed by Abhishek Chaubey, Talking about highlighting social issues via highlights the issue of rampant drug abuse songs, Kanika shared that “it is a great way of among the youth in Punjab. connecting”. — IANS DIFFERENT TUNE: Kanika Kapoor 18 GULF TIMES Tuesday, May 10, 2016 COMMUNITY HOLLYWOOD The Good Wife rests CBS staple has been one of TV’s most intoxicating soap operas. By Neal Justin

or the past fi ve years, a complex, vulnerable performance astute viewers of Sunday of a woman on the verge of a night television have borne nervous breakthrough. Despite the witness to the ultimate obstacles — the cheating husband, battle for power, played backstabbing business partners, Fout by a formidable fi eld of warriors: ruthless prosecutors, certifi able baby dragons eager to spread their judges — Florrick stood tall, often wings, power brokers willing to be with a glass in her hand for balance. castrated for their masters, claimants If Ally McBeal showed that women to the throne so convinced of could manage in the courtroom, their rightful destiny that they’ve Florrick proved they could own it. redecorated the royal castle a The Kings, however, didn’t always hundred times in their minds. serve their characters well. The story And now The Good Wife has called lines exposing the eccentricities of it a day. When the drama premiered ageing law partner Howard Lyman in 2009, it was immediately (Jerry Adler) always seemed more like showered with attention, steadily an opportunity to make politically fi nishing among the top 20 series incorrect jokes about old people than in the Nielsen ratings and earning any pointed statements about the its star Julianna Margulies two early trials and tribulations of seniors in Emmys as outstanding actress. the workplace. Margulies would pick up a third in The fi rm’s chief investigator, 2014, but the buzz had already died Kalinda Sharma, started off as an down. inspired twist on Sam Spade, but When the series moved from was eventually undermined by Tuesdays to Sundays in 2011, it got an ill-advised plot in which we lost in the carnage to edgier, bloodier have to believe she’d put up with fare, most notably The Walking an abusive husband, as well as Dead and Game of Thrones. That off -camera diff erences between the was a crime. The Good Wife, which role’s actress, Archie Panjabi, and concluded last Sunday, has always Margulies. Panjabi was written out of been the more ambitious, more the show at the end of Season 6. intoxicating soap opera. The stakes These are quibbles. Week in and may not have been life or death, but week out, The Good Wife was the you wouldn’t have known it the way sharpest written, most addictive its characters fought for position, show on network television, a title most notably savvy litigator Alicia it has held without any serious Florrick, who struggled to take her competition since Friday Night seat at the head of the table without Lights went off the air fi ve years ago. sacrifi cing the healthy urge to book a So many offi ce conversations on nooner between depositions. Monday mornings revolve around The Good Wife was originally sold that hatchet to the head in the latest to audiences as an upgrade to an episode of The Walking Dead and old Lifetime network formula with how Game of Thrones Jon Snow Florrick gamely standing by her will adapt to a resurrection. I get it. man (Chris Noth), a corrupt district Both shows have helped make the attorney who used a press conference case that TV has never had more to confess his martial indiscretions. compelling dramas. But try to start But it soon became clear that a conversation about whether or not creators Michelle and Robert King Florrick will run away with hunky were interested in more than telling Jeff rey Dean Morgan and open up a the tale of a woman scorned. B&B in Sunday’s fi nale, and you’ll get With Mr Big tucked away in jail, a lot of blank stares, especially from the series squarely focused on the men. newfound independence of its head “Oh, my wife watches that show,” attorney and her quest to prove many will inevitably say. her worth to a blue-chip law fi rm, Big mistake not joining her on the the tabloids and, most dauntingly, couch, fellas. I strongly suggest you herself. go back and binge-watch all seven Margulies, so impressive in the seasons. If after that, you think I’ve pilot of ER that producers scrapped misled you, go ahead and sue. the initial plan to kill her off , I know a good attorney. Star graduated to the top of her class with Tribune/TNS

Five standout guest stars charming frenemy used every trick in own cable drama; instead we got The Odd had a particularly deep bench that included Julianna Margulies held court triumphantly the book to get an edge, playing off his Couple. the versatile comic’s Patrice Lessner, whose for seven seasons of The Good Wife, but neurological disorder to gain sympathy Anna Camp: The Pitch Perfect veteran insistence that attorneys preface their not without support from one of TV’s best from jurors. Elyse and Steven Keaton are so has made a nice career out of playing bimbo comments with “In my opinion” could have ensembles and “special appearances” from disappointed. blondes, a past she mined nicely as rookie been a Saturday Night Live catchphrase. familiar faces. The roster of guest stars Matthew Perry: The former Friends attorney Caitlin d’Arcy, a young attorney Nathan Lane: It must have killed included many performers better known star has fared best in recent years biting into who’s craftier than her looks and Valley Girl Broadway’s best not to have trustee Clarke for their comedic work, including these fi ve grittier roles, most notably as gubernatorial vernacular suggest. Hayden break into song or, at the very least, standouts: candidate Mike Kresteva. The performance Ana Gasteyer: Every law series has its mug for the camera. Lane’s restraint was our Michael J Fox: Alicia Florrick’s most had fans hoping he would follow up with his share of eccentric judges, but The Good Wife gain. Tuesday, May 10, 2016 GULF TIMES 19 HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY

Ruff alo’s son thought he was stuck inside TV

Actor Mark Ruff alo says his son 15-year-old son Keen thought his father was stuck inside the television. Ruff alo says that Keen believed he was “literally” trapped inside the electrical appliance when he was two or three years old, reports people.com. “The fi rst time he (Keen) ever saw me on TV, I was away and he was there with the nanny,” Ruff alo said. “He saw me on TV and he ran to the TV and started banging on the side of it, like: ‘How is he? Papa! Papa! Come out, come out’,” he added. Ruff alo added that he found Keen’s reaction endearing. He said: “It was really sweet. It was so literal for him. He literally thought I was in the TV!” — IANS

Rob Kardashian ‘always wanted’ to be a father

Reality TV personality Rob Kardashian, who is expecting his fi rst child with his fi ancee Blac Chyna, “always wanted” to be a father. According to a source, the ACCOLADES: Jennifer Lopez, left, and Hillary Clinton. 29-year-old can’t wait to shower the child with aff ection, just like the Hillary Clinton gives JLo virtual high fi ve including homemaker, secretary, factory worker, way his father Robert Kardashian — businesswoman and news reporter. who passed away in 2003 — cared Hillary Clinton has thanked singer-actress Jennifer Clinton wrote: “Thanks for this. Women are so much for him when he was growing up, Lopez for her surprising Ain’t your mama video shout- more than the roles they’ve been assigned. -H.” reports people.com. out. As the former US Secretary of State reamains busy In the Ain’t your mama video, a sample of Clinton’s “Rob was very close to his dad with the campaigning for the presidential election, 1995 speech to the United Nations Fourth World and lost him at a young age. He’s she took out time to tweet to Lopez in response to Conference On Women is also used. Prior to releasing never felt like he had a real father her recently released Ain’t your mama video, reports her latest video, the 46-year-old mother-of-two fi gure. He’s always wanted to give people.com. posted a selfi e in a white bikini asking fans if they were that to his own kids. He’s really a Lopez’s video shows her playing out some of excited about the video. Lopez premiered the song last loving guy and will give a lot to his women’s many roles throughout the recent decades month on the fi nale of American Idol. — IANS children,” the source said. — IANS DAD-IN-WAITING: Rob Kardashian

Affl eck becomes executive Jared eyed for Interview producer of Justice League With the Vampire remake

Actor Ben Affl eck has expanded his role in the Actor and musician Jared Leto is DC universe by taking on the duties of executive rumoured to take over the role of producer on Warner Bros.’ Justice League: Part Lestat in the upcoming reboot of One, in addition to starring as Batman. the 1994 American drama horror Affl eck will work with director Zack Snyder fi lm Interview with the Vampire. and screenwriter Chris Terrio on the script and Actor Tom Cruise essayed the role weigh in on post-production, reports deadline. of Lestat the vampire in the original com. fi lm. Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Affl eck has directing credits on lms fi like Gone Stars) and Jill Killington have Baby Gone and The Town. He also produced, completed the screenplay based on directed and starred in Argo, which won him a Anna Rice’s novels. Best Picture Oscar. Terrio won the best original “Lestat - there can be only one. screenplay Academy Award for the same fi lm. Jared Leto,” Boone recently wrote Snyder began shooting Justice League: Part on Twitter, reports aceshowbiz. One in April with Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ezra com. Miller, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher, Amy Adams, The rebooted project is Amber Heard, Jeremy Irons, J K Simmons and reportedly a part of The Vampire Willem Dafoe. Chronicles universe developed by The fi lm is scheduled to be released on Universal. While Leto is eyed for November 17, 2017, with Justice League Part Two Universal’s Vampire franchise, Tom set for June 14, 2019. Affl eck also announced in Cruise is tapped for The Mummy April at Cinemacon that he would direct and star reboot as part of the studio’s NEW ROLE: Ben Aff leck in a standalone Batman movie. – IANS Monster universe. — IANS

I miss being in love, says Susan Sarandon Russell Crowe enters The Mummy world with Cruise Actress Susan Sarandon, who split with her boyfriend Jonathan Bricklin last year, “misses” being in love. The Actor Russell Crowe has confi rmed that he 69-year-old says she doesn’t mind being alone but enjoys the will be joining Tom Cruise in the remake of The feeling of investing in a partner, reports femalefi rst.co.uk. Mummy, saying that the fi lm will “scare the ##** “I guess the dating thing hasn’t worked out for me. I don’t out of everyone. mind being alone, but I do like being in love, so I miss that. According to Collider.com, the actor shared The problem is, I’m kind of at the mercy of the gods in terms that he will be joining Universal Pictures’ ‘monster of who I meet,” Susan told HELLO! magazine. universe’ as Dr Jekyll, reports dailymail.co.uk. Despite her share of heartbreak, Susan — who was married Crowe said: “This one is kind of more designed to Chris Sarandon from 1967 to 1979, previously dated late to seriously scare the ##** out of you.” singer David Bowie and fi lmmaker Franco Amurri and was in The fi lm is one in a series of reworkings a relationship with actor T im Robbins for 21 years until 2009 of classic monster fi lms by the studio that’s — believes being unhappy is a “choice” and always tries to seeking to create a ‘monster universe’ to rival the learn from bad situations and stay positive. superhero universe of Marvel and DC Comics at “When I made (new movie) The Meddler, I had just broken rival studios Disney and Warner Bros. up with my boyfriend and I wasn’t happy at all,” Susan said. Crowe is set to play the tormented Dr Henry “I’m generally a happy person. I think being unhappy is a Jekyll who changes into murderous madman Mr choice, so whatever happens to me, I try to fi nd some way to Hyde. The fi lming of the movie has already begun learn from it and get myself to a better place,” she added. – in England with Cruise as a Navy SEAL who must IANS battle a rampaging mummy in the Iraq desert. — IANS HORRORSCOPE: Russell Crowe, left, and Tom Cruise 20 GULF TIMES Tuesday, May 10, 2016 COMMUNITY

expecting good results from their college students in the upcoming board examination especially from the grade 12 students. “I have been continuously topping my classes PEC fetes achievers from grade 5 to 8 and I have been a topper of my wing. And it has all been possible because of the way we are taught here at the PEC. We get ample opportunities to participate in extra-curricular as well,” says Salman Khan, a Grade 8 on annual day event student, who intends to become an electrical engineer. “I secured 98% marks. I love Medals and certificates were conferred on meritorious students science and mathematics because these subjects involve exploring new things and problem-solving. in the Annual Prize Distribution Ceremony. By Umer Nangiana Our teachers here are really good and they make us understand the concepts really well. I want n a colourful ceremony to thank my teachers who have featuring impressive been really great. I also want to performances and tableau thank our principal who is always from the junior students active in getting us opportunities of the school, Pakistan to participate in extra-curricular,” IEducation Centre (PEC) felicitated says Minahil Saeed, the overall the outstanding performance of its topper. meritorious students who came off The stars of Junior Wing, Girls’ with fl ying colours in the annual Wing and Boys’ Wing were feted examination of academic year with certifi cates and medals. 2015-16. The trained choir of Girls’ Wing Medals and certifi cates were Music Club presented a beautiful conferred on students securing song of inspiration, motivation top positions in the Annual and championship. The students Prize Distribution Ceremony of Girls’ Wing also performed a which is a regular feature short skit conveying a message instituted to acknowledge the “save the planet earth” .In a mime outstanding talent and diligence based on the theme “save water”, of the students. Rashid Nizam, the presenters of the Boys’ Wing Community Welfare Attache of inspired the audience with their Pakistan Embassy, was the chief enactment. guest at the occasion and awarded The live Qawali by the students the medals. of Boys’ Wing entertained the PEC Principal Nargis Raza was audience. Later, the overall top the guest of honour. Muhammad three position holders of their Humaid al-Mansouri from Jassim respective wings were awarded Charity, Dr Abdul Shakoor and with medals and certifi cate by the Liaqat Amin Satti, members of principal and the chief guest. Board of Governors, parents and a RECOGNITION: Achievers pose with certificates with PEC principal, guests and school off icials. The recipients of Junior Wing large number of students attended included overall 3rd position the event. performers from each of our four matriculation as well, however, them. We also have an English holders Kazim Haider and Shanza The ceremony was a joint eff ort wings. The wing toppers are the some of them take a little bit of language laboratory where we train Fatima, overall 2nd position of all four wings of the school. ones who have the highest marks,” time to understand the new format students in phonetics and spoken holders Maheen Zahid ,Ahmad The presentation made by little Nargis Raza Otho tells Community. and the subjects. Most of the English,” says the principal. Hasham and Isra Rashid, overall angels of the KG Wing earned the “We are very soon going to teachers at PEC are from Pakistan Select teachers are trained in the 1st position holder Noor Sajid. The loudest applause by the audience. introduce interactive smart boards and they do not have to leave so the use and execution of the laboratory recipients of Girls’ Wing included It was followed by an entertaining technology in our classrooms. school does not face the problem of so that they can teach others. The overall 3rd position holder Dania presentation by the students of It saves time as the teacher can shortage of teachers which mostly project to install the smart boards Imshad, overall 2nd position Junior Wing. just upload the lecture instead happens when you hire local will roll out very soon, most likely holder Maira Naeem and overall 1st “We had a really good result ratio of writing them there. It opens teachers and they have to leave for this summer, she adds. “We have position holder Manahil Saeed. for this year as well. We exclude endless possibilities for students to good. more than 170 classrooms, so we The recipients of Boys’ Wing the ‘E’ grade from our results so understand concepts,” she reveals. “We continuously train our cannot update them all at once. included overall 3rd position holder the average that we get is students Otho says normally the teachers and with the installation The process will be gradual starting Ahmad Khalid, overall 2nd position scoring more than 85% marks. We students who perform well in the of smart boards, we will once again with the senior classes,” says Otho. holder Adnan Tasswar, overall 1st also select the overall outstanding 8th grade go on to do well in the train our teachers on how to use The principal says they are position holder Salman Khan.

Students from diff erent grades staged colourful performances.