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Sunday, September 2, 2018 Dhul-Hijja 22, 1439 AH

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Watch out! COVER STORY Dipesh Jain’s Gali Guleiyan is the kind of film worth waiting for. He contends that should not have been the case. P4-5 2 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 2, 2018 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT

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ote Unquo u te Q “The best The Mall Cinema (1): Imaikka 7:30pm; Imaikka Nodigal (Tamil) and most beautiful Nodigal (Tamil) 2pm; Mazinger 10:30pm. Z: Infinity (2D) 5pm; Jawani Royal Plaza Cinema Palace things in the world cannot Phir Nahi Ani 2 (Urdu) 6:45pm; (1): The Little Mermaid (2D) be seen or even touched - they Reprisal (2D) 9:45pm; Jawani 2:30pm; Nartanasala (Telugu) 2:30pm; Maringer Z (2D) 4:15pm; Phir Nahi Ani 2 (2D) 11:30pm. 5:30pm; Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2 The Little Mermaid (2D) 6pm; must be felt with the heart.” The Mall Cinema (2): Jawani (Urdu) 8pm; Jawani Phir Nahi Ani Reprisal (2D) 7:45pm; Slender — Helen Keller Phir Nahi Ani 2 (Urdu) 2:45pm; 2 (Urdu) 11pm. Man (2D) 9:30pm; Reprisal (2D) The Little Mermaid (2D) 5:45pm; Landmark Cinema (2): 11:15pm. Miss Granny (Tagalog) 7:30pm; Mazinger Z: Infinity (2D) 2:30pm; Royal Plaza Cinema Palace Kin (2D) 9:30pm; Slender Man The Little Mermaid (2D) 4:15pm; (2): Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2 (Urdu) (2D) 11:30pm. Slender Man (2D) 5:45pm; Miss 3pm; Miss Granny (Tagalog) 6pm; The Mall Cinema (3): The Little Granny (Tagalog) 7:30pm; Happy Phir Bhag Jayegi (Hindi) Mermaid (2D) 2pm; Stree (Hindi) Reprisal (2D) 9:30pm; Yamla 8pm; Annanukku Jai (2D) 11pm. Community Editor 3:45pm; Pagla Deewana Phir Se (Hindi) Royal Plaza Cinema Palace Kamran Rehmat (Hindi) 6:15pm; Yamla Pagla 11:15pm. (3): Happy Phir Bhag Jayegi e-mail: [email protected] Deewana Phir Se (Hindi) 8:45pm; Landmark Cinema (3): Jawani (Hindi) 2:30pm; Stree (Hindi) Telephone: 44466405 Imaikka Nodigal (Tamil) 11:30pm. Phir Nahi Ani 2 (Urdu) 2:30pm; 5pm; Kin (2D) 7:15pm; Miss Fax: 44350474 Landmark Cinema (1): Yamla Souq Al Jumma (Arabic) 5:30pm; Granny (Tagalog) 9:15pm; Happy Pagla Deewana Phir Se (Hindi) Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2 (Urdu) Phir Bhag Jayegi (Hindi) 11:15pm. Sunday, September 2, 2018 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY

EVENTS due to the growth of local population, foreign worker and its tourism. HEC Paris Masterclass WHERE: 15th fl oor, Tornado Tower Hobby Classes WHEN: September 9 WHERE: Mystic Arts Centre behind Al TIME: 5pm – 7pm Hilal Focus Medical Centre HEC Paris is organising ‘The Journey of WHEN:Wednesday – Monday Innovation: From the Innovator to Eco- Mystic Art Centre, is a holistic performing systemic Innovation’, an opportunity to learn artsinstitution and a one stop solution for more about company innovation with HEC adults as well as children looking to explore Paris Associate Professor Frederic Dalsace, their talents in various art forms. We off er MSc from HEC and an MBA with honors from classes in Carnatic Music, Hindustani Music, Harvard Business School and both MSc and a Karate, Yoga, Zumba, Classical Dance, Salsa, PhD Management from INSEAD. Hip Hop, contemporary and Bollywood dance IWED 2018 is to stage a high-profi le luxury Med Food forms. For details, call 4723680/ 33897609. Choreography Lessons - Brazilian wedding exhibition in order to position it WHERE: DECC Zouk in the calendar as a key appointment for WHEN: October 1 – 4 WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier near MOI the luxury market in the Middle East. This TIME: 3pm – 9pm WHEN: Ongoing till September 15 event also off ers women, who are interested For international entrepreneurs, traders, Brazilian zouk is characterised by the in fashion and luxury, the latest styles and manufacturers, suppliers, food technology dancers’ undulating bodies and the girls’ trends in the market. companies, and hospitality services on food fl owing hair. Dancer or not, depending on and beverage, MedFood will be an excellent the style of Brazilian zouk, you’ll be able Outdoor and fi ve-a-side football platform to open new vistas to foray into to choose connection and embrace with pitches the emerging markets of Qatar While Qatar long graceful steps. The fi nal performance WHERE: Aspire Zone economy is rapidly progressing, the demand is scheduled to be on 15 September as a WHEN: Daily and supply of food is inevitable increasing fl ashmob. TIME: 7pm – 11pm Aspire Zone’s fi ve-a-side football outdoor Doha Women Forum pitches opposite Al Waab Street are available WHERE: The Westin Doha Hotel & Spa every day from 7pm – 11pm. WHEN: September 26 TIME: 8am – 5pm Doha Women Forum 2018: Press for Progress is a platform where women can learn from experts, get inspired by the experiences of other women, share ideas, and network. The forum will feature the stories of women who took steps to aff ect positive change in their workplace, their community and personal lives. The event will consist of empowering talks, group discussions and workshops. After School Activities school includes Group Music lessons, Hip- International Wedding Exhibition WHERE: Atelier hop, Ballet, Drawing & Painting, Drama WHERE: DECC, Westbay WHEN: Ongoing Theatre & Taekwondo. WHEN: September 26 – 30 Music & arts Activities for students Ages between 5 and 10 years old after school TIME: 10am – 10pm taking place after they finish their day in hours.

Breast Cancer Awareness Dance and instrument classes WHERE: InterContinental Doha WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf Times Building WHEN: October WHEN: Wednesday – Monday InterContinental Doha – The City is organising several activities (especially at its various Learn the movements of dance styles in Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the musical dining venues) that focus on highlighting the importance of early breast cancer detection. Try instruments such as Piano, Guitar, Keyboard for adults as well kids and move in the world of the pink afternoon tea and pink-themed nights at Strata Restaurant and Lounge. music. For details, contact 66523871/ 31326749.

Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 2, 2018 COMMUNITY COVER STORY “Indian audience ready for dark cinema since Guru Dutt’s time” — Dipesh Jain, fi lmmaker

We are very quick to brush films as intellectual cinema. But ‘we have to understand these films work on an emotional level

SURPRISE: “When we did test screenings for Gali Guleiyan, it was very refreshing because the audience was like we never thought such a film would come out of India,” says the filmmaker.

been denied such content, perhaps Guru Dutt’s time. They have always By Radhika Bhirani due to “risk averseness” which been ready, but have been denied continues to exist. it. It’s not a problem of choice, it’s a A look at the trailer of Gali problem of providing that choice,” is maiden feature fi lm Guleiyan, starring the widely Jain said in an interview. Gali Guleiyan is a Hindi acclaimed Manoj Bajpayee as a “If you ask a lot of Indians their SUNDAY psychological drama shopkeeper living in self-imposed favourite fi lms, they will say they are about a man trapped isolation within the walled city of Old by Hrishikesh Mukherjee because within the walls and Delhi, can tell you it’s a fi lm that will they were good fi lms with messages, Halleys of Old Delhi. Los Angeles- immerse you in the maze that it sets but they will also go back to Guru ’ based Dipesh Jain says the Indian out to explore. Dutt... And his fi lms weren’t light. CONVERSATION audience has always been ready to “I think the Indian audience has “They were doing social watch dark movies, but they have been ready (for dark dramas) since commentary, but they were very Sunday, September 2, 2018 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY dark. If we had the capacity then, cameras that he watches with morbid why not now?” fascination. Earning a jury mention A recipient of the Student Award at the Mumbai fi lm festival’s Asian by Directors Guild of America (DGA), Gold competition, this fi rst feature Jain wonders why movies which boasts promising intensity, even if its leave the audience introspecting are narrative complexity feels contrived. relegated as catering to only a certain And the shadows cast over an type of audience. innocent psyche can feel very heavy- “We are very quick to brush fi lms handed and downbeat. as intellectual cinema. But we have The story opens with William to understand these fi lms work on an S. Burroughs’s wry observation: emotional level. They make you feel “There are no innocent bystanders … something... Maybe not everytime what are they doing there in the fi rst happy, but being sad is also a strong place?” In Old Delhi’s dense warren emotion,” Jain said. of narrow streets laced with dangling The fi lmmaker says when he took electric wires, behind a dirty, it to some producers in India, he crumbling storefront, Khuddoos found a disconnect in the way it was (Manoj Bajpayee) feverishly scans a perceived. stack of monitors to see what casual “I should not generalise, but passersby are up to outside his dark people asked, ‘There’s no song, it’s so den. Perhaps, they are about to dark... Why don’t you make it a little commit a crime — though it’s not hopeful or tone it down a bit? And we clear what he would or could do didn’t want to do that because there’s about preventing violence if it did a specifi c kind of cinema that we like occur. and we want to make,” Jain said. Increasingly caught up in his grim As such, he fi nds “there’s still obsessions to the point of losing some risk averseness” in Indian touch with reality and the passage cinema, which is why he fi nds “the of time, he would die of starvation cinematic grammar” of fi lms here watching those monitors if it weren’t very similar. for his one together friend (Ranvir “Typically, you would assume the Shorey) who donates groceries and audience of our fi lm to be A-centre, helps him negotiate often hostile well-educated, our kind of people surroundings. But when he begins to who watch international cinema, hear the sound of a boy being brutally Netfl ix, Martin Scorcese, Quentin beaten in the adjoining apartment, it Tarantino. pushes him over the edge. Frantically “But when we did test screenings he wires up more spycams in an for Gali Guleiyan, it was very attempt to fi nd and save the lad, refreshing because the audience but his eff orts just infuriate the was like we never thought such a neighbours, without turning up any fi lm would come out of India. It was trace of the young victim. unique for them, but it’s not that they Intercut with Khuddoos’ don’t know about the grammar.” progressive paranoia is a parallel Alternatively, they did test tale about two boys who are screenings with the lower middle- bosom buddies and who prowl the class strata of the society too. backstreets together. Little Idu is the “We did one screening with bright, observant son of a violent drivers, security guards, and to butcher and a loving mother who my surprise, they connected with vainly tries to protect him from his the fi lm a lot. They came out teary father’s drunken wrath. Secretly because the fi lm worked for them on following dad one day, he spies on an emotional level. They were not him through a high window and taking off a big intellectual idea of a discovers him in bed with a woman. maze... It was an emotional story of a confi dent about telling the fi lm Bajpayee is a lonely paranoiac losing Jain’s Hindi-language feature What follows tragically seals the fate mother and someone trying to help a because at least there’s one story his grip on reality in Dipesh Jain’s explores the roots of paranoia in of the whole family. stuck boy. that’s close... and it wasn’t like I was psychological thriller. a loner intent on spying on his The story is poignantly told with “I know we cannot go wide with just making fi ction.” A thriller whose tense, dystopian neighbours. Here the protagonist’s some nice twists, but its central this fi lm for some reasons, but I am Reviewing the fi lm, The atmosphere distantly recalls obsession expresses itself through mystery is a fail. Jain tries to use confi dent if we were to go wide, this Hollywood Reporter adds: Manoj Coppola’s The Conversation, Dipesh cheap, jerry-rigged surveillance the timeless quality of blackened fi lm will connect with the single Old Delhi to suggest that events are screen audience — as they say — as taking place simultaneously, hinting well,” Jain asserted. “I should not that Idu is the abused boy Khuddoos The fi lm, releasing worldwide is looking for. But any attentive on September 7, is about a reclusive generalise, but viewer will soon connect the dots. shopkeeper who spends his days people asked, In any case, this non-revelation is obsessively watching people through unnecessary and the story works hidden closed circuit cameras. When ‘There’s no song, better without it. he overhears a boy being beaten, he Holding what is practically a begins to frantically search for the it’s so dark... one-man show, Baypayee is intense child. Why don’t you if one-note as the angry vigilante As he becomes lost in the voyeur. Disliked and distrusted by labyrinthine alleys of the city and make it a little his neighbours as a Peeping Tom, recesses of his mind. His grasp on he seems to have no family ties; his reality falters, until he eventually hopeful or tone painful, estranged relationship to stumbles across a shocking truth. his successful, arrogant younger Along with Manoj, the fi lm it down a bit? brother is the only hint that he ever features Ranvir Shorey, Neeraj Kabi And we didn’t had a family. His scowling face rarely and Shahana Goswami along with changes, even when he cuts his hand debutant child actor Om Singh, who want to do that and sews up the wound with a needle is from NGO Salaam Baalak Trust, and thread in his grimy bathroom. which works with street children. because there’s Editor Chris Witt is exceptionally Meeting Om made Jain’s good at alternating the grown-up’s conviction stronger to make a fi lm a specific kind and children’s stories, building which touched upon child abuse. of cinema that ever stronger tension as the climax “This boy was abused by his approaches, while Kai Miedendorp’s parents in Madhya Pradesh and he we like and we lighting creates a sinister atmosphere ran and came to Delhi. The kind of IMPRESSIVE: Manoj Bajpayee, Shahana Goswami and Om Singh in a scene through extensive use of those titular experiences he shared, I felt more from the film. want to make” shadows. 6 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 2, 2018 COMMUNITY

ISC organises ‘Inter Organisation Table Tennis Tournament’

Indian Sports Centre (ISC) in association with Qatar Table Tennis Association (QTTA) recently Adapa were the winner and Arshdeep Sodhi and Umang Gupta were the runners up. Kundanika organised ‘ISC Mega Mart Open’ and ‘Inter Organisation Table Tennis Tournament’ at Qatar Table Khanna and Samridhee Bharadwaj were the winners and Aditi Gorle and Tarika Gorle were the Tennis Training Centre, Ras Bu Abouud. Over 175 people participated in the tournament. runners up in girls under 19 doubles category. For men above 19 category, S Ramkrishna and The first part of the tournament was open to boys and girls, under 14 and 19 singles; and men Mohsin became the winner while Vipul Kumar and Amarjeet Kulkarni bagged the runners up and women, 19 to 40 singles. Dhanya Kumar Adapa won the title while Adheep Sengupta was the title. runners up in boys under 14 singles category. Samridhi Bharadwaj and Tanish Kaur Sodhi, was The second part was the inter organisation tournament. Doha Chapter of Institute of Chartered the winner and runners up, respectively in girls 14 to 19 singles category. In boys under 19 singles Accountants of India won the tournament, while Galfar Al Misnad secured the runners up title. category, Kaushik Manikandan stood first and Umang Sanjeev Gupta bagged the runners up title. Indian ambassador, P Kumaran, was the chief guest at the event. Eli George, Technical Manager Mithila Sunil Kumar won the title while Kundanika Khanna was runners up in girls under 19 singles of QTTA; and Maneesh, Marketing Manager of Mega Mart, were the Guests of Honour. Nilangshu category. Dey, President of ISC, welcomed the gathering during the closing and prize distribution ceremony In men’s category for 19 to 40 singles, Subham Agarwal won the title while Mohsin was the and highlighted the partnership with QTTA in organising inter school, inter organisation and runners up. S Ramakrishna and Amarjeet Kulkarni, was the winner and runner up, respectively in inter expatriate community tournaments to promote Table Tennis among the expatriates. The men’s above 40 singles category. ambassador appreciated the role of ISC in inculcating the sports culture among Indians and For women above 19 singles category, Rukkaiya Pachisa was the winner whereas Saroj Mehta applauded QTTA for supporting various initiatives taken by ISC in promoting Table Tennis in Qatar. bagged the runners up title. In doubles boys under 19, Kaushik Manikandan and Dhanya Kumar Habibun Nab, General Secretary, compered the prize distribution ceremony.

Baume & Mercier Clifton Small Complications: Useful functions and timeless design

As part of the Clifton collection, Baume & Mercier reveals three Power reserve, Retrograde Day and Date new watches with emblematic functions and elegant designs. The dial of the second and most contemporary design Models include new Small Complications integrated on the features additional hands that indicate the day within a matte white dials: the Complete Calendar, the Retrograde display aperture, the retrograde date along a wide arc, and Date and the Power Reserve. Each of the three Clifton Small the power reserve at 6 o’clock. Complication models contains a self-winding movement within a 43mm polished and satin-finished steel case of which the Open balance wheel and Power Reserve streamlined horns off er optimal comfort in wear. The final Small Complication model also features a power reserve indicator at 6 o’clock. On this model, Baume The Complete Calendar & Mercier decided to unveil part of the movement by HAPPY: Terry McGuire, Principal of DBS. Inspired by ‘vintage’ designs, the first model features a skeletonizing the dial at 12 o’clock. Fine watch aficionados complete, clear and easy-to-read calendar. Two apertures will enjoy observing the oscillations of the balance wheel display the day and month, while a blued hand indicates the and the beat of the escapement anchor through the DBS students excel date. The moon phase elegantly completes the white dial. opening in the dial. in IGCSE exams

Students of Doha British School (DBS) Ain Khaled excelled in IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) examinations held by University of Cambridge International Examinations. 87% of students achieved 5 A* to C, including English and Mathematics, while 45% of students scored A* and A. 40 students out of total 1174 that appeared in IGCE Textiles examinations worldwide scored grade 9 (A**). Out of these 40 students, 7 students were from DBS. Where Juanita Joseph scored 10A* grades, one student got 9A*s and 1B while another student secured 8A*s and 2As. Tharienee Pillai scored the highest result ever in the history of DBS with a score of 44 out of 45 marks in International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme. Terry McGuire, Principal of DBS, said “These are the best overall academic results ever achieved at the school. This represents a continuation of the improvement in academic outcomes year on year. This achievement is the product of first class recruitment, continuous development of teachers, great resources and facilities, wonderful students and supportive parents. We are investing heavily in our facilities. DBS is celebrating its 21st anniversary this year. Our first class examination results demonstrate how far we have come. This school is going from strength to strength and the sky’s the limit”. Sunday, September 2, 2018 GULF TIMES 7 HELPING HAND COMMUNITY Out of the blue After mom screams for help, strangers help revive her choking 1-year-old son, writes Denise Crosby

his column is as much a feel-good piece about angelic folks around us as it is a cautionary tale about the dangers ofT small children choking on even little pieces of food that most moms would consider healthy and safe. Cheerios. That’s what busy Aurora mom Reyna Martinez put on 1-year-old son Nicholas Ortiz’s high chair early one Friday afternoon to keep him occupied while she got his older brother dressed after both little boys had just gotten a bath. It’s the standard go-to, as any mom or grandma will tell you, because those tiny bits of oat cereal are small enough even those with few or no teeth can gum them effi ciently. At least that’s what I thought. And so did Martinez. As she was putting clothes on 2-year-old Ethan, she turned to check on his little brother, and to her horror, realised he was struggling to breathe. The Aurora woman knew what to do. Her 2-month-old had been born prematurely, so she and long-time partner Jonathon Ortiz had both taken CRP classes at the hospital as a prerequisite for his release to go home. Martinez started the emergency procedure, she said, but when her son did not immediately respond and his colour grew more ominous, “I froze up,” she said. Making matter worse, she and the boys’ father were sharing a cell phone for a couple days while the second one was getting repaired. And Ortiz had taken it to work that ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL: Nicholas Ortiz enjoys an afternoon at Phillips Park with his 2-year-old brother Ethan and mom Reyna after a choking scare a day. few days earlier. “When I picked Nick up, he was like a limp doll,” Martinez recalls, cell phone to the frightened mother “I thought he was gone,” Center where a series of tests, Needless to say, it’s been an as she ran out the back door and so she could call 911 and took the admitted Esparza. including an MRI, were performed emotional few days for everyone into the alley of her North Avenue limp baby from her arms. His mother thought the same before his release. involved in this story. Esparza said apartment, where usually a cluster The second: Veronica Esparza, thing. A doctor told his mother the after Nicholas was taken away in of people would be standing. a clerical worker at East Aurora Both strangers began working baby likely went a few minutes the ambulance, all she could do Not so on this day. Nor could High School, was on her way to the on the baby. Then, with one press without air. But when I met up with was sit in the car and cry, thinking Martinez get anyone to answer bank to get money so her teenage of her fi ngers to little Nick’s tiny Nicholas at Phillips Park, along of her own 3-year-old at home. doors when she began pounding daughter could go to the Tomcat chest, he suddenly “made a bubble with his mom and two brothers, he Later, she helped take tickets at for help. football game that evening when sound,” said Esparza, and his eyes showed no signs of having survived the football game … but admits With her son still unresponsive, “something made me look back.” popped open so unexpectedly, “I such a close call, greeting me fi rst it was not until after Saturday the desperate mom ran back into What she saw was panic in the thought he had died.” with healthy scepticism, then with that she was able to stop thinking the house, ordered a now-terrifi ed street. She turned her car around. Instead, he began shallow a series of dimpled smiles. about the incident. Ethan to stay put, and rushed out And as the baby was placed in the breathing. Martinez was also told by the Martinez and Ortiz are grateful the front door to the street, where back seat of Coyt’s delivery van, “The baby is moving! The baby is medical staff Nicholas likely put parents, and both are eager to she stood, screaming for help. she gave thanks to the CPR training moving!” Coyt remembers crying too many Cheerios into his mouth meet with Coyt and Esparza in That’s when the good folks East Aurora puts employees out. at once. Some kids can handle this the near future, to thank them in came in to the story. The fi rst was through every couple years. Moments later, the ambulance kind of over-stuffi ng, I’ve found out person for helping save their little 49-year-old Humberto Coyt, who “The problem was, I had no idea arrived. According to a spokesman over the years, others not so much. boy. was delivering fl owers for his shop, what was wrong with the baby,” she with the Aurora Fire Department, Which is why, for me personally, “Angels were watching over Floreria Mexico, when he saw the told me. “The mother was in such a the call to Central Fire Station came choking has always been and will you,” Coyt said to Martinez when mom and baby. panic and said something about his in at 1:20pm, and when paramedics always be my one greatest fear she called him after things had Coyt, who is a kidney transplant bath, so I thought maybe he’d taken got to the scene, the baby was, when it comes to little kids. settled down at the hospital. “I recipient and used to hospitals in too much water.” indeed, breathing. Nicholas was “I never had any issues with was glad I could help you.” and emergency situations, said he “His hands were dark blue and taken to Rush Copley Medical Ethan,” said Martinez, but now “we “Such a beautiful little baby,” immediately stopped his minivan his feet were dark blue too,” Coyt Center, where he was stabilised; watch everything Nick puts into his said Esparza. “I’m just so thankful and jumped out. Then he gave his told me later. then transferred to Loyola Medical mouth.” he’s OK.” —Chicago Tribune/TNS 8 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 2, 2018 COMMUNITY TRA Seeking the W Wyoming is not only one of the nation’s most bea The 10th largest in area, it ranks number 50 in populat

HISTORICAL: In the 1970s, Cheyenne Little Theatre Players purchased the Atlas Theatre in Cheyenne, Wyo, to use as a permanent home for The Old LEFTOVER: Built as the Union Pacific Depot in 1886, it’s one of the last leftovers from the transcontinental railroad, and over Fashioned Melodrama. fibreglass sculptures of giant cowboy boots.

COMPETITION: Cowboys from Texas to Canada compete for more than $1 million in cash and prizes, and the chance to move on to the national rodeo HOTSPOT: Vedauwoo is a hotspot for h championship in Las Vegas. watch golden and bald eagles make lazy Sunday, September 2, 2018 GULF TIMES 9 AVEL COMMUNITY Wild West in all its glory cowboy boots. Walking Cheyenne’s handout, it’s giving them the snack autiful states, but also one of the most fascinating. compact downtown is easy. The fi rst from your own hand. Because bison stop you may want to make is the have no teeth in their upper jaw, they Wrangler where you can get fi tted can’t bite. But don’t think you’ll tion at just over half-a-million people. By Patti Nickell and shaped for your cowboy/cowgirl escape unscathed. They’ll leave you hat. With some 500 diff erent styles with a slobbery kiss courtesy of their available. long tongues. hen I started out on Shoshone National Forests and only Once you’re properly attired, my trail ride on a three cities of any signifi cant size: they also sell jeans and boots at the The focal point scorching day with Cheyenne, Casper and Laramie. Wrangler. My primary reason for being in temps well into the That’s why it’s a bit surprising Check out Danielmark’s, located in Cheyenne the last week of July was 90s, I didn’t know to learn that from its earliest days, a historic home; Freedom’s Edge Tap to experience Cheyenne Frontier WI would be riding from Wyoming to Wyoming was unusually progressive, House. Days, a 10-day annual event that, Colorado. What I did know, according especially in equality for women. Once a movie theatre, the former as organisers like to say, “has been to the trail leader, was that along the When it was still a territory in 1869, lobby is now a cool cocktail lounge kicking up dust since 1897.” way we could possibly see wildlife it became the fi rst in the nation to give with specialty drinks either sizzling That’s a lot of dust when you that might make the horses skittish women the right to vote. It was the or silky While Cheyenne doesn’t consider marquee events such as steer enough to spook. fi rst to elect a woman governor, Nellie exactly rival Manhattan for nightlife, wrestling, bull riding, bronc busting, The last word of advice before we Tayloe Ross in 1925. In 1870, it became Broadway doesn’t have the Historic tie down and team roping, and the set out: “If you see a rattlesnake, well the fi rst to appoint a female justice of Atlas Theatre with its campy grand fi nale wild horse race. try to avoid it.” the peace, suff ragette Esther Hobart melodramas, such as The Great Muffi n Cowboys from Texas to Canada Luckily, we saw no rattlesnakes, Morris, whose fi rst act was to arrest Caper, subtitled the Calamitous Case compete for more than $1 million only some cute prairie dogs. her husband for disorderly conduct. of the Cookie Mobster. in cash and prizes, and the chance We did cross the state line as it to move on to the national rodeo neatly bisected the Terry Bison Ranch, Cheyenne: Capital of cowboy Outside the city limits championship in Las Vegas. the starting point for the ride, and country Sandwiched in between Cheyenne Las Vegas may award the title, but the second largest bison ranch in Wyoming’s capital and largest city, and Laramie in the Medicine Bow Cheyenne has the history, pageantry, Wyoming, after the one owned by Ted Cheyenne, is on its southern border, National Forest is an area of rocky colour and excitement. When you Turner. a 90-minute drive north of Denver. outcroppings the native Arapaho see a bull and rider come charging Wyoming is not only one of the If, like me, you are fascinated with the called Vedauwoo or ‘earth-born.’ out of the chute, you’ll know the nation’s most beautiful states, but also Wild West in all its glory, this is the With their myriad shapes and true meaning of adrenaline rush. By one of the most fascinating. The 10th town for you. sizes, the unusual boulders do appear comparison, a scrambling quarterback largest in area, it ranks number 50 in Wild Bill Hickok married circus wedded to the earth and is some of facing a rampaging defensive line population at just over half-a-million performer Agnes Lake here; notorious the oldest rock in Wyoming, dating looks like child’s play. people. By contrast, Rhode Island, the gunman and Pinkerton agent Tom back 70 million years. Vedauwoo is Before taking their seats in the smallest state in the Union, has nearly Horn was hung here the day before his a favourite of hikers and climbers or 19,000-seat arena, visitors can go double the population of Wyoming. 43rd birthday; and Big Nose George those who just want to relax under ‘Behind the Chutes’ for a backstage This lack of population may be Parrott, a bank robber and cattle the aspen trees and watch golden and tour of the rodeo events, and head due to wilderness on an epic scale; rustler, met an end that was grisly bald eagles make lazy circles in the sky over to the Indian Village in Frontier Yellowstone and Grand Teton even by Wild West standards. After above them. Park for a lunch of delicious Indian rlooks a central plaza lined with National Parks, Devil’s Tower National he was cut down from the hangman’s Another popular recreational area, tacos and a performance of traditional Monument, and Medicine Bow and noose, his skin was made into a pair of Curt Gowdy State Park, honours the dances. Cheyenne’s quintessential boots and his skull into an ashtray. sports-caster and outdoorsman who annual event is the perfect metaphor On a lighter note, Ida Hamilton, was a Wyoming native. for the cowboy culture it has never whose House of Mirrors was one of 60 Known primarily for its innovative surrendered. Hopefully, it never will. brothels in the booming railroad town, mountain biking trail designations, sent out engraved invitations to her similar to those delineating levels of If you go to Cheyenne: establishment’s opening. diffi culty on ski slopes, the park is an Where to stay: Nagle Warren Visitors can learn these fun facts on area of outstanding natural beauty. Mansion B & B. This is luxury, narrated trolley tours or carriage rides One place visitors shouldn’t miss is cattle baron-style, with period taking in 150 years of history. Both the previously mentioned Terry Bison furniture, stained glass and fl oral tours can be booked at the Visitors’ Ranch. Even if you aren’t up for the wall furnishings in the 12 rooms. Centre in the restored train depot. Wyoming-to-Colorado horseback Built in 1888 and listed on the Built as the Union Pacifi c Depot ride, you should go out on the ranch’s National Register of Historic Places. in 1886, it’s one of the last leftovers train to feed the bison. Innkeeper Jim Osterfoss serves a from the transcontinental railroad, If there is anything better than smashing English high tea on Fridays and overlooks a central plaza lined seeing a herd of shaggy bison ambling and Saturdays. – Lexington Herald- with fi breglass sculptures of giant across the green prairie in hopes of a Leader/TNS

hikers and climbers or those who just want to relax under the aspen trees and WILDLIFE: Even if you aren’t up for the Wyoming-to-Colorado horseback ride, you should go out on the ranch’s train to y circles in the sky above them. feed the bison. 10 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 2, 2018 COMMUNITY QUIZ 50th Anniversary of US Open

the Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles. Name this famous personality. Marilyn Monroe

Prior to the Amiri decree in June 2007, Qatar National Day was annually celebrated on 3rd September. What is the historical signifi cance of this date? Qatar gained independence from British rule on 3rd September 1971 and declared itself a sovereign state. he violent grunts of the world’s best What is Kakistocracy? tennis players have A system of government which is joined the Big Apple’s run by the worst, least qualifi ed or city symphony with most unscrupulous citizens. theT year’s fi nal Grand Slam. The US Open is celebrating its On 21st December 1913, The 50th anniversary. Well, kind of. New York World as the fi rst The fanfare is strictly for the newspaper to print a creation tournament as we know it. While of a journalist named Arthur it was fi rst played in 1881, it wasn’t Wynne. What was it? open to professionals until 1968. Crossword Puzzle From Newport to Forest Hills to Philadelphia, back to Forest Hills Why does cat urine glows and then fi nally to the ash dump under a black light? of Flushing Meadows, it has been It contains large amount of a long and fascinating journey. TENNIS ICON: Jimmy Connors, who celebrates his 66th birthday today, is the only player to have won the US Open phosphorus, which glows yellowish The fi rst tournament was held in on grass (1974), on clay (1976) and on hard courts (1978). green in the presence of oxygen, August 1881 at the Newport Casino with or without black light. Light in Newport, Rhode Island and was Tennis icon, Jimmy Connors, who gave in, designating tennis as Ironically, instead of collecting imparts additional energy that initially open only to members celebrates his 66th birthday today, the fi rst major sport to pay equal the $14,000 winner cheque, make the chemiluminescence easier of the US National Lawn Tennis is the only player to have won the prize money for men and women. how much did he receive? to see. Association. This was more of an US Open on grass (1974), on clay Prize money continued to climb $280, a $20/day per day for the 14 upper crust, society event and the (1976) and on hard courts (1978). astronomically. In 2018, it has days of competition. Identify this revolutionary leader. bests of tennis were pariahs in a For the most men’s singles titles reached a record $53 million, with A capital city is named after him. sport in which they should have in the Open Era at the US Open, the men’s and women’s champions Who is the only person in the been pillars. he shares the record with Pete receiving a whopping $3.8 million US Open history to take part in (Answer next week. Answer With the beginning of the ‘Open Sampras and Roger Federer. King each. “To have a chance to play for the Men’s Circuit as well as in to last week’s photoquiz: Paavo Era’ in 1968, the name changed Roger won his fi ve in consecutive $3.5 million, I would have played the Women’s Circuit? Nurmi) from the US Championships to the years, 2003-2008 at 12 noon in the Sahara desert,” Dr Renee Richards, who had US Open. Arthur Ashe won as an By virtue of his long and prolifi c tweeted Connors on the extreme previously played as Richard amateur, and the main stadium at career, the birthday boy Connors heat that aff ected the Queens last Raskind. the USTA Billie Jean King National still holds three prominent Open Tuesday. Tennis Center, the largest tennis- Era men’s singles records: 109 titles The US Open trophy is designed Jimmy Connors was engaged specifi c stadium in the world, was (Roger Federer is next with 98), by Tiff any & Co. A Pineapple, to a fellow tennis pro from later named after him. Virginia 1,535 matches played, and 1,256 adorns the top of the Wimbledon’s 1974 to 1975, and they each Wade won the women’s singles match wins. Men Singles’ Trophy. triumphed in the singles title. The US Open made history Welcome to ‘Nutty’s events at the 1974 Wimbledon Before moving to the hard courts with gender equality. Men and Infotainment. YAYS!’ Championships. This feat was at the Flushing Meadows, US Open women receive the same amount Your time starts now. labelled “The Lovebird Double” used to be a clay and before that a of prize money, a tradition that by the media. Name her. grass court tournament, making started in 1973 after Billie Jean Arthur Ashe was still a Chris Evert it the only major tournament to King threatened a boycott if the lieutenant in the US Army have been played on three surfaces. pay wasn’t equal. The tournament when he won the fi rst US Open. What is the current year in North Korea? 107. The North Korea or Juche calendar was adopted in 1997 and begins with the year Kim Jong-il Tribe NI.yays was born, which was 1912. Hugh Hefner paid $75,000 for the burial vault next to that 1. The brainchild of Scottish inventor Shepherd-Barron, this of a very famous personality at was fi rst set-up in Enfi eld, London in 1967. English actor Reg Varney was the fi rst person to use it. The world’s most northerly What’s the Good Word? 6. Pejorative: (a) illusory (b) selective is at Longyearbyen, Norway and the most southerly located is at (c) persuasive (d) disparaging the McMurdo station at the South Pole. What is this? 1. Congius: (a) surprising (b) insane (c) 7. Exculpate: (a) dig (b) declare not ATM influential (d) a gallon guilty (c) identify (d) transmute (Mohammed Ismail, RasGas, Doha) 2. Famulus: (a) assistant (b) negative 8. Oleaginous: (a) distastefully emotions (c) death (d) enlightenment complimentary (b) vulnerable (c) 2. “If watching is all you’re gonna do, then you’re gonna watch 3. Lodestar: (a) inspiration (b) legal personal problem (d) enabling your life go by without ya”. Who said this and in which movie? (c) hit man (d) business school 9. Charlatan: (a) perception (b) Laverne in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. 4. Hogwash: (a) hindrance (b) mountebank (c) dominating (d) (Helen P, The Charter School, Kochi) nonsense (c) underlying pain (d) imprisoned suff ering 10. Probity: (a) integrity (b) presence Do you have some interesting bytes to share? And, does yourvibe 5. Sequacious: (a) controlled (b) (c) ugliness (d) deterioration attract you to the ‘Tribe NI.yays!’ Every week two of your best questions CHAMPION: Arthur Ashe was still a trained (c) intellectually servile (d) Answers: 1 (d); 2 (a); 3 (a); 4 (b); 5 (c); 6 will be featured here. Please do write to us at [email protected] lieutenant in the US Army when he accomplishing (d); 7 (b); 8 (a); 9 (b); 10 (a) won the first US Open. Sunday, September 2, 2018 GULF TIMES 11 INFOGRAPHIC COMMUNITY 12 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 2, 2018 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES

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Sudoku is a puzzle based on a 9x9 grid. The grid is also divided into nine (3x3) boxes. You are given a selection of values and to complete the puzzle, you must fill the grid so that every column, every anone is repeated. Sunday, September 2, 2018 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Colouring

ACROSS DOWN 1. Not a wholesaler? (5,8) 2. Do string along with, to get 8. It’s delightful to come out on the agreement (7) top occasionally (7) 3. Bother to join a party (3) 9. Kinds of keys agents have to 4. Come upon, in the hunt (4) get in (7) 5. They don’t leave one free to 11. Created trouble and tried to teach in the holidays (10) break a hole through (6) 6. A drunken woman we hear 13. The swimmer again comes in with a beastly laugh (5) for a rest (8) 7. And not giving points to their 15. Is backing the man and takes playing (7) up the cudgels for him (5) 8. What the examinee said 16. He puts out, by one point, the when ploughed in the oral? winner (7) (5,4,2) 18. Go around with the partner 10. Army quarters? (7,4) (7) 12. It makes sense to have a 19. Caught breaking the rule place abroad (5) about money (5) 14. Having a little time to pass is 21. The lad Dylan got a letter nothing new (6-4) from (8) 17. For the French, you measure 23. Springy (6) up the material (5) Answers 25. It again, in time, will form 18. Plot with a bloke to hold the part of Africa (7) pub up (7) Wordsearch Codeword 26. Really look delighted and say 20. Regard as business (7) yes (7) 22. Slowly going right into goal, 28. For the consumer, the extra bouncing (5) time being useful (6,7) 24. Pain that’s hard for one to bear (4) 27. Fix up with a drink (3)

Yesterday’s Solutions

Across: 1 Dropped in; 8 Estella; Down: 1 Decided; 2 Observe; 3 9 Cashier; 10 Sparing; 13 Dark Pails; 4 Darling; 5 Nets; 6 Bear; suit; 14 Ease; 16 Deep regret; 20 7 Baggage; 11 Pretty; 12 Idea; 15 Hale; 22 Beat; 24 Empty words; Shoo; 17 Eye; 18 Pate; 19 Emerge; 28 Rear; 29 Sinister; 31 Granted; 21 Led; 22 Bargain; 23 Aria; 25 34 Grimace; 35 Imitate; 36 Twinges; 26 Retrace; 27 Sargent; Dishonest. 30 Inigo; 32 Note; 33 Dyed. 14 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 2, 2018 COMMUNITY LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE Traditional home cleaning myths

ommon house cleaning Myth 4: If your windows and methods may not doors are shut, your home is always give you clean free from pollutants air to breathe. Combat Not only do outdoor pollutants indoor air pollution and dust particles seep into withC smarter ways to remove your home every time a door is hidden dust in surfaces and opened, or even through minor corners. gaps present in your doors and Mukesh Khare, Vice President, windows, but your home itself has Society for Indoor Environment a whole array of indoor pollutants and Professor, IIT Delhi and that come from cleaning agents, Evan Stevens, Head of Category cooking fumes, indoor paints, - Environmental Control, Dyson, pet dander, pollen from plants. debunk some common house It is hence advisable to use an cleaning myths. air purifier which automatically Myth 1: Feather dusters dust senses the pollution in the Yes they’re soft and fluffy, but air and helps capture harmful contrary to their name, feather gases and pollutants found in dusters don’t really do much than indoor air. just spreading the dust around. Instead, a vacuum cleaner that Myth 5: Air purification provides several key features like relevant only in winters powerful suction, versatility, a Air pollution is a year-long post-motor filter, sealed system phenomenon and is not limited to and hygienic bin ejector, can be winter months. Indoor air can be of greater help when trying to get far worse and polluted, adversely rid of dust that is visible, and also them. However, the chemicals must if you are a strong user of air dirt in a carpet, however, actually affecting babies/toddlers, senior hidden. given off by scented candles and fresheners. breaks down fi bres underneath the citizens, asthma sufferers and air fresheners are known to be a carpet and creates a breeding ground expecting moms amongst others. Myth 2: Fragrant scents prominent indoor air pollutant. Myth 3: Too much for dust mites and bacteria. Of Air purification technology, equal to cleanliness Having an air purifier that filters vacuuming ruins your carpets course, you will need to use care when hence, becomes essential to have To begin with, air fresheners smaller ultrafine particles up to Generally, carpets can stand to vacuuming delicate fl oor coverings, a clean home all-year round, don’t really get rid of bad smells 0.1 microns and gases and VOCs be vacuumed several times a week and also use the right attachments regardless of which part of the or odours. They simply mask (Volatile organic compounds) is a without sustaining damage. Leaving meant for carpet cleaning. country you live in. — IANS

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

There may be some conflict today, Aries, especially in the morning. Your mind may be a little cloudy most of the day, Taurus, and you Praise you may receive this morning could make you feel on top Your general mood is quite good, but there’s a strong force asking could find it hard to ground yourself. It may be that you’re trying of the world, Gemini, but try not to let this feeling go to your head. you to be more realistic in your approach. The last thing you want is to navigate by the stars, but unfortunately, the clouds have moved Stay modest despite the lavish praise that may be showered on you. for someone else to throw a bucket of water on your raging fire of in and there are no reference points to be seen. The good news is By evening, you won’t be able to get by on just talk alone. Actions fun, but this is likely to happen unless you address the reality of the that the skies should clear later, and you’ll find there’s nothing but will speak much louder than words and it’s important that you have situation. smooth sailing for the rest of the night. some sort of plan. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

Things should improve for you as the day progresses, Cancer. Your emotions could feel restricted today, Leo, a feeling that may It could be hard to find your footing early in the day, Virgo. You may The key is to stay loose and not be concerned with the situation’s be diff icult to shake. Take this opportunity to calm down and relax. be better off sleeping in. Have a good breakfast and relax in the outcome. The future is uncertain. You shouldn’t depend on You’ll enjoy the good times more when you give your body the rest it morning. By evening, you’ll be refreshed, recharged, and ready to something that may or may not pan out the way you want. There needs. Always pushing for bigger and better adventures may be fun, take on the town. Your emotions may feel restricted, which could could be some conflict between you and someone with a strong ego but it can leave you too tired to fully appreciate them. make it diff icult to fully express yourself. You’d be better off turning in the morning, but this should resolve itself by evening. this energy inward now. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

Use the morning to take care of yourself, Libra. You could be so Get to some water today and reconnect with this element, Emotionally speaking, you should be doing quite well today, concerned with the world and the shared environment that you Scorpio. Like lapping waves against the shore, you may be gently Sagittarius, especially in the morning. This is a good time to take forget to take care of you. Use the early afternoon to reflect and changing the landscape around you with each word or action. charge of projects that require definite leadership. Don’t think that meditate. Gather facts from your inner state and use the information Don’t underestimate your inner strength. It could be that you seem you’re inferior to the people around you. Act like you belong in a to create a plan for the future. Be flexible in your approach. overpowered by the things going on around you, but don’t let them leadership role and you’ll find that others will automatically support keep you from being the person you truly are. you in that position. You have what it takes to lead. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

You may get frustrated today, Capricorn, especially in the morning People may see you as the personification of drama, especially this There may be a damper on your mood today, Pisces, especially in when other people’s egos seem to be strong. It could be diff icult to morning, Aquarius. This is a good time to express your emotions and the morning. It could seem as if everyone is having fun but you. relate to people who simply refuse to accept any opinion but their get things out of your system. Be sure to release whatever pent-up Having a good time is more a state of mind than anything else. Try own. Things should mellow out by afternoon. You’ll find people emotion you have inside. By afternoon, it might be a good idea to not to get trapped in a lousy mindset. Late afternoon is a good time start to see things from your perspective. Remain confident in your settle down and lay low. Turn your energy inward, come to your to ground your emotions. Operate from a point of stability instead position despite the vacillation of others. centre, and plan what needs to get done. of jealousy. Sunday, September 2, 2018 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY Shahid loves to take the audience TOUGH ASK: Charlie Hunnam. Hunnam was psychologically challenged with Papillon

Actor Charlie Hunnam was psychologically challenged while shooting for survival drama Papillon, says director by surprise Michael Noer. Based on autobiographical novel Papillon, published in France in 1969, the fi lm tells the story of two prisoners By Durga Chakravarty trying to escape a penal colony in Guiana. “Charlie spent much of his time alone in a cell, he couldn’t leave without permission. It became a e it Haider Meer, Tommy challenging shoot in a psychological way,” Noer said in a Singh, Maharaja Rawal statement. Ratan Singh or his upcoming “Those solitary confi nement sequences were like portrayal as boxing hero an anthropological experiment where we tried to give Dingko Singh, actor Shahid Charlie a taste of what it could actually mean to be BKapoor says he loves to take the audience isolated,” Noer added. by surprise with something that they do The fi lm follows the epic story of Henri Papillon not expect him to do. Charriare (Hunnam), a safecracker from the Parisian Ever since his debut in 2003 with underworld framed for murder. Rami Malik will be seen Ishq Vishk, Shahid has proved his as his friend and accomplice in prison. versatility with fi lms as diff erent as Jab Brought to India by MVP Entertainment, the fi lm We Met, Kaminey, Haider, Udta Punjab, released in India on August 31. — IANS Padmaavat, Batti Gul Meter Chalu. His latest project to be announced is a fi lm in which he will play Dingko Singh. Asked how he keeps breaking and building one image from another, Shahid said: “Every creative being wants to surprise people. So, whatever people say of you, becomes like an incessant need to break out of that and do something diff erent. I think that is what makes you somebody as evolving creatively and changing. So, I always liked doing that. “I don’t like being told what I can do. I like to surprise people with the fact that I can do something that they did not expect me to do that what makes me an actor.” ACCUSED: Gerard Depardieu. On fi lms that have a dash of realism, Shahid said: “It is great. It is a refl ection French actor Depardieu accused of rape of our society and the fact that people want to talk about stories that are about French actor Gerard Depardieu has been accused of them. sexual assault and rape by a 22-year-old actress. “The audience wants to see stories The actress fi led a complaint, according to French that are relatable. I always wanted to be news channel BFM, reports variety.com. part of fi lms like that and the fact that it The unnamed actress is accusing Depardieu of is working today it is very encouraging.” having assaulted and raped her at his home here on two The 37-year-old actor says there was occasions — on August 6 and 13. The young woman a time he was in movies and they “were was studying at a school where Depardieu is teaching, made about stuff I could not connect according to BFM. with”. The pair was meeting at Depardieu’s home to rehearse “They were a little fl ighty and little for a play. A preliminary investigation has been launched. artifi cial so to say. It is great to see that Depardieu’s lawyer, Herve Temime said that his client good content is being accepted. Films strongly denied the allegations. “Gerard Depardieu is that are about real things and people shaken by this complaint... and is absolutely contesting that feel palpable…that feel like this is CANDID: “The audience wants to see stories that are relatable,” says . any assault, rape, or any criminal act,” Temime said. actually happening. Depardieu is the second major French fi lm industry “So, every opportunity I get in that space I grab it with both hands.” humour, love story, friendship and a fi gure to be accused of sexual assault, following Shahid, who has worked in family angle, but at the same time it is prominent French director Luc Besson, who is still being “I don’t like being entertainers like Phata Poster Nikla Hero also talking about something which is investigated for allegedly raping Dutch/Belgian actress and R... Rajkumar, is happy about the very real and relevant and important,” he Sand Van Roy. Depardieu stars in Netfl ix’s French series told what I can do. “lines blurring” between masala Hindi added. Marseille. He earned an Oscar nomination for his role in fi lms and content-driven cinema. Shahid walked the ramp here last the 1990 fi lm Cyrano de Bergerac. The actor also earned I like to surprise “The defi nition of hardcore week for designer Amit Aggarwal at the accolades for 1900, La Chèvre, The Last Metro, Green people with the commercial is changing. It is changing recently concluded Lakme Fashion Week Card, and the mini-series The Count of Monte Cristo. for the better. I think entertainment for Winter/Festive 2018. Although he’s considered an iconic actor in France, fact that I can do the sake of entertainment is there which He is happy with the kind of content he has often made headlines for spurring controversies. most actors enjoy doing as well, but the fi lmmakers are making. Back in 2013, he became a local pariah after relocating something that fact that people want to see stories and “The fact that fi lmmakers and writers to Belgium to pay less taxes. He has also been criticised be entertained in diff erent ways is very are learning to create content like that due to his friendship with President Vladimir Putin, who they did not encouraging,” he said. is amazing. Then you are giving the off ered him a Russian passport. — IANS expect me to do” “Even a fi lm like Batti Gul Meter Chalu audience a little bit of everything... It is a is very entertaining... It has a dash of good balance,” he added. — IANS 16 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 2, 2018 COMMUNITY The Diary of a Bookseller: a misanthropic memoir Shaun Bythell’s account is entertaining and dryly humorous, despite his apparent loathing of most humans. In particular, his customers! By Laurie Hertzel

f you like your bookstores comes in when he knows exactly notes how many customers visited private libraries. He is usually When, at the end of the diary, Mr warm and cosy and your what he wants.” Even better, Mr that day and how much money was disappointed in the collections; of Deacon reveals that he has been booksellers chatty, you might Deacon never chats. in the till at closing. The amounts course, because that is who he is, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, it feels not like Shaun Bythell or his Bythell’s misanthropic memoir, are so shockingly low that you but his gorgeous descriptions of the deeply sad. It is too late, now, to shop. The Diary of a Bookseller, covers wonder how the shop can survive. countryside reveal a deep love for start chatting. IYou might, however, like his one year in the life of the Bookshop, Despite Bythell’s taciturn ways, I that corner of Scotland. But here and there, a bit of memoir, which is entertaining his used-bookstore in a drafty, found myself liking him, if only for At one house, the owners had an humanity shines through. When and dryly humorous, despite leaky stone house in Wigtown, his eloquent, measured seething impressive Antarctica collection, an elderly man is delighted to fi nd Bythell’s apparent loathing of most Scotland. about things he cannot control, and as Bythell loaded up his van he an old book with his father’s name humans. In particular, he loathes Over the course of that year, his messy customers; his quirky was uncharacteristically moved to inscribed on the fi rst page, Bythell, his customers: those who want not much happens. He sells some staff , assistant Nicky who calls ask why. The man grew animated, ginger conundrum that he is, lets to chat; those who hang around books. The computer goes down. Bythell ‘the ginger conundrum’ is telling him how he had lived there him have it for free. for hours but don’t buy anything; The front window leaks during a constantly shelving books where he for several summers as a researcher. And while he is too restrained those who try to bargain down driving rain. Bythell’s girlfriend cannot fi nd them; and, above all, “I really ought to be less to express regret or joy, it is clear prices, and understandably those (as perky as he is grumpy) visits the ‘relentless march of Amazon,’ dismissive of customers and people that Bythell is, if not happy, at least who check their phones to see if from London. He drives out into which, he notes, threatens not only selling books,” Bythell thinks as content. “Whatever is required they can get the books cheaper on the countryside to buy books from his store, but all bookstores, as he drives off , but of course that to keep this ship afl oat will be Amazon. people who are downsizing. His cat well as distributors, publishers and is not his nature. These missed done,” he writes near the end. The ideal customer, he tells us, goes missing. His cat returns. And authors. connections, this recurring small “This life is infi nitely preferable to is the steadfast Mr Deacon, who yet, the book is fascinating. Relief comes when Bythell surprise that not all people are working for someone else.”– Star “never browses and only ever At the end of each entry, Bythell heads out to buy books from idiots is one of the book’s themes. Tribune(Minneapolis)/TNS

ACCOUNT: Bythell’s memoir, covers one year in the life of the Bookshop, his used-bookstore in a drafty, leaky stone house in Wigtown, Scotland. AUTHOR: The gorgeous descriptions of the countryside in the book reveals author’s deep love for that corner of Scotland.