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books for autumn, I allowed myself By Daisy Buchanan the luxury of buying the books I really wanted to read. My favourite independent bookshops let me pay nce upon a time, in a online with PayPal – it was great to distant land, by the have the chance to support them sea, there lived a girl throughout lockdown, and it meant who loved a shining that there was always something Orectangle. The girl exciting in the post. was foolish, and she believed the Our lovely local, The Margate rectangle to be wise. Before the Bookshop, would deliver directly sun had fully risen, the girl would to our door. This was especially consult the rectangle, her hair appreciated when we ordered Craig tangled on her pillow, her eyes Brown’s latest book, One Two Three gummed together with sleep, and Four: The Beatles in Time, a brilliant her husband snoring softly beside social pop history that weighs her. “Oh, rectangle, tell me,” she about as much as a sack of potatoes. would whisper. “What should I be Over the last few months, there sad about today? And what should has been so much to be sad and I be angry about? Magic rectangle, scared about – but waking up and please bring me all of the bad news knowing that I’m in the middle of in the world, so that I might spend a wonderful book has helped me the day twitching, and fi lled with immeasurably. foreboding!” Escaping into books has a The girl was me. In the days powerful impact on my mental leading up to 23 March, the day of health. If I feel anxious and knotted, lockdown, there was much to be sad focusing on the page in front of me and angry about. I’d started the year eases that feeling, even if the book with a growing, queasy awareness is a dramatic one. Reading sates my that my addiction to rolling news craving for social media, providing was becoming a problem, and I me with the sense of connection wanted to do something about it. BOOK IMMERSION: Waking up and knowing that you’re in the middle of a wonderful book helps immeasurably. I’ve been longing for. I’ve been My mental health was suff ering, devouring the Cazalet Chronicles but I couldn’t blame the internet. myself to the day’s headlines, I thing, I might feel more prepared to that they are a source of profound for the very fi rst time, and Villy and It was my fault for fi lling my head would spend some time in 1950s face the real-life dystopia that was pleasure too. Instead of panicking Jessica’s squabbles are much more with grumpiness and terror every Italy, or 1930s Suff olk, or just inside surrounding us. my way through the proof pile entertaining than any Twitter feud. day before breakfast. Instead of someone else’s head. If I could Books are such a big part of my and putting pressure on myself to I have become a book pusher. grunting over a long list of why ingest 50 pages of fi ction, fi rst work that I had to remind myself get through all 900 “must-read” Making time to read was my way everything was absolutely terrible, of surviving a period of enforced perhaps I could start the morning solitude – and yet books have kept by reading a book? me connected with my friends and I kept this up for the fi rst couple family. Instead of struggling to of weeks of January, but when the find anything to talk about during global pandemic hit the news cycle, the obligatory Zoom chats, I’ve the phone started sneaking back turned myself into a one-woman into the bed, like an untrainable guerrilla Book of the Week. Since puppy. lockdown began, I’ve read 35 I’ve always been a reader. I host books. Book 36 is The Prophets, a podcast called You’re Booked, Robert Jones Jr’s devastating, where I interview my favourite powerful debut about the authors beside their bookshelves forbidden union between Samuel and fi nd out all about their reading and Isaiah, two enslaved young habits. As well as satisfying and men working on a plantation legitimising my chronic nosiness, in the deep south. It’s out next this has a very lucky upside. I get year, and I’d strongly recommend sent a lot of books. I want to buy asking your local bookshop to and read every single book that order it in for you. our guests recommend, and I’m Every character that you meet married to a fellow author and in a novel is usually enduring book addict. Yet when the proof some kind of crisis. They learn pile is teetering, sometimes I don’t from it, grow and come out the know where to begin, and the more other side. Immersing myself books I have, the less I want to read. in so many different lives and Heaven becomes homework. stories has helped me to develop Still, when the country went into a better perspective on living lockdown, something shifted in my through a very unusual time. At brain. I realised that my greatest the moment, lockdown is easing, fears had come true. There was the rules are changing and the no point scanning the news for world is getting back to a kind of information about how to prevent new normal. But this is my new this. It couldn’t be avoided. In order normal. My lockdown love story to get through the coming days and is all about how I fell for stories weeks, I needed to start the day themselves. Books and I will be diff erently. It was time to step up MORNING READ: Instead of grunting over a long list of why everything is absolutely terrible, perhaps you can start living happily ever after. my reading ritual. Before exposing the morning by reading a book. – The Guardian 4 GULF TIMES Wednesday, July 8, 2020 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Out with the tagline! Children love taglines and are often the most consistent, and irresistible, social enforcers, as any former litterbug or smoker knows, avers Mary McNamara

If Donald Trump doesn’t value his life enough to wear a mask, that’s his own issue. A virus has no voting preference. A virus is just looking for a warm body to kill

— Mary McNamara, ‘ LAT columnist ’ Wednesday, July 8, 2020 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

ey, Los Angeles, can we get some decent “wear the damn mask” PSAs going already? H On Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the state would fi nally be initiating a public awareness campaign and, while I applaud the “wear a mask, slow the spread” eff ort, this really is a time for the private sector to step in and step it up. I mean, here we are, the centre of the entertainment industry, six months into a global pandemic and we’re still confi ning ourselves to #wearamask on Twitter? Relying on Matthew McConaughey and Jason from freaking Friday the 13th to get the word out? I mean, I love McConaughey as much as the next person, but he’s one man! Living in Texas! Are we going to let Texas beat us at the PSA game? Or, God forbid, New York, where Governor Andrew Cuomo held a contest, the winner of which was called “We Love NY”? GETTING IN ON THE ACT: A couple walk along Santa Monica Boulevard last Thursday in West Hollywood, California. Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s deputies Yes, OK, Newsom did convince will issue citations for not wearing masks in public. some of his gubernatorial predecessors to do a PSA with fairly serious and successful PSA crash test dummies. enforcers, as any former litterbug or “normal” life. Especially since both him when he fi rst made wearing campaigns. Over the next six years, Vince smoker knows.) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert masks mandatory in California — Smokey the Bear has been and Larry tried to explain, and In a recent interview with and DeGeneres are selling their own and no doubt his new campaign warning us that “Only you often vividly show, the need for my colleague Nita Lelyveld, branded masks. will be even better, but come on. can prevent forest fi res” since buckling up. Each spot ended seismologist and local patron Maybe the next big reunion of an Are we really going leave it to the the 1940s, and the 1971 “Keep with the memorable tagline “You saint of science Lucy Jones said old television show could feature government to start a trend? Where American Beautiful” “Crying could learn a lot from a dummy” fl attening the coronavirus curve a face-covered ensemble. Imagine are the VSCO girls? Where are the Indian” commercial (though and, in conjunction with the comes down to “Don’t share your the Hamilton cast singing My Shot product-placement experts? Where problematic in many other ways passage of many state laws, helped air.” That could work. in black masks. are the ad agency creatives and the including the fact that the “Indian” almost quadruple the safety-belt How about “if you want to I’m just spitballing here, but celebrities who are not Tom Hanks was portrayed not by a Native compliance rate. bask, wear a mask”? Or “Going you get the idea. We need to make and Rita Wilson? We need to make American but an Italian American) Creators Jim Ferguson and Joel someplace? Cover your face.” masks a habit — a must-have, like a facemasks hot. As in Hydrofl ask kept many bags of trash in the car, Machak also won an Addy award, Go tentpole-wide with “All pumpkin spice whatever. Attraction and Dunkin’ Donuts coff ee hot, and is still considered one of the a Cannes Film Festival Bronze superheroes wear masks”. plus repetition equals retention, roller-skating redux hot, Sriracha best ads of all time. Lion, two Clios and a place in the And get lots of celebrities which is pretty much the mandate everything and AirPods hot. These and other campaigns, Smithsonian. involved — in the PSAs and daily of every television, fi lm, music and And we need to do it right now. including Woodsy the Owl (“Give a In case any creatives out there life. Stephen Colbert and Ellen advertising executive in this town. California infection rates are hoot, don’t pollute!”) helped modify need further enticement. DeGeneres have issued daily So instead of wearing out your increasing, especially in LA County, many types of harmful behaviour Because that’s what we need reminders to wear a mask, but Twitter and Insta feeds, creative in large part because some people over the years — but it’s the “Crash right now — “You could learn a lot maybe they should wear one too. geniuses, put your skills to work for refuse to wear masks. (Reopening Dummies” series that provides the from a dummy” for face masks. I know, I know, they don’t have to good and get a “Got Milk?” type the bars probably didn’t help best “wear a mask” model. Not a bunch of boring former since they are fi lming from their campaign going — one so good it either.) The federal law requiring seat belts governors telling us to do it because home, but there is defi nitely a will work on every platform. I’m not going to argue about in all vehicles passed in 1968, but by “Californians look out for each disconnect between what we are Me, I’m already a convert. I’m this — studies have shown that 1985, only 21% of Americans were other.” A fun but fi rm campaign seeing on TV during their shows actually a huge fan of masks. They wearing a face mask decreases the using them. Car seats? Forget about with a clever tagline. Something and what we are being told to do, hide so many trouble spots, really chance of infection. Period. Hence it — kids just rolled around in the a bit more user-friendly than, so maybe they could give it a go, make your eyes pop and prevent Newsom’s statewide requirement. back of station wagons half the time. say, “wear a mask, you moron,” to just for an episode or two — just men from telling you to smile Yet everywhere you go there Then, in an eff ort to decrease the make it easier for those of us who to show that wearing a mask will because no-one can tell if you are are people breathing all over number of car accident fatalities, the already got the memo to admonish not actually cause a person to smiling or not! everything exactly as if we were not US Department of Transportation non-mask wearers. (Children love suff ocate or break out in hives, that There are so many styles and in the middle of a pandemic with partnered with the Ad Council to taglines and are often the most it need not change your ability to fabrics to choose from, and as for California infection rates rising. produces a series of ads featuring two consistent, and irresistible, social communicate or go about your making a statement, well, a baseball Don’t give me politics. Don’t (and cap or T-shirt has nothing on a face I never thought I would say this) mask. blame the president. He has not I mean, it’s on your actual face. been a great model in this, but are I’m surprised that more we all walking around in ill-fi tting companies, including, ahem, blue suits, overlong red ties and way “(Flattening the the Los Angeles Times, aren’t too much makeup? No, we are not. following Colbert, Ellen and, If Donald Trump doesn’t value his coronavirus curve of course, Disney, in leveraging life enough to wear a mask, that’s comes down to) this opportunity — many more his own issue. A virus has no voting people are going to see a logo on a preference. A virus is just looking don’t share face mask than on a key ring or a for a warm body to kill. smartphone case; let’s make face Meanwhile, those of us who do your air” masks the free tote bag of 2020! wear masks see this and wonder, Because God knows we do not need “How can this be? Why are so — Lucy Jones, another tote bag! many people ignoring the obvious seismologist As for politics, there is no better solution to this terrible problem?” way to say “Make America Great I don’t know, how hard was it to Again” than on a mask. That you wear a seat belt? Or to stop fl icking are actually wearing. Over your lit cigarettes into the brush and nose and mouth. leaving campfi res burning in the Because if you really want to forest? How hard was it to quit make America great again, you will thinking it was OK to throw bags of need a few other Americans still trash out the car window? capable of walking around to help. Hard enough to warrant some — Los Angeles Times/TNS 6 GULF TIMES Wednesday, July 8, 2020 COMMUNITY CBSE Gulf Sahodaya – Qatar Chapter organises webinar

The CBSE Gulf Sahodaya – Qatar Chapter recently organised a webinar on ‘The Influence of Indian School, discussed in length the eff ective learning via visual thinking for competency-based Remote Teaching Tools in Competency Based Education’ to create awareness and familiarise learning. Asna Nafees, Principal of DPS Modern Indian School, enlightened the forum with her teachers with innovative and engaging methods and tools during remote teaching to develop ideas and eff ective practices on Remote Learning and Inclusive Competency Based Education. competencies among children. The discussion was moderated by A P Sharma, Principal of Birla Meenal Bakshi, Principal of DPS Monarch International School, shared her perspectives on Public School (BPS). designing a competency based assessment. Dr Subhash B. Nair, Principal of Shantiniketan Indian Shifa Parvez Shaikh, Principal of Loyola International School, shared her insights on eff ective use School and the Chairman of CBSE Gulf Sahodaya, started the webinar igniting the discussion on a of appropriate tools for competency building in remote learning. Hameeda Kader, Principal of MES very pertinent topic confronting the schools around the world and in India.

ICBF forms ICBF Counselling House

The Indian Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF), under the patronage of the Embassy of India, Principal of Birla Public School, on one of the major concerns faced by parents generally and has recently formed ICBF Counselling House consisting of qualified, experienced and certified in particular during the times when children and parents are confined to homes. The topic was professionals to empower members passing through physical, fiscal, legal and psychological or ‘Parenting During Crisis – Perils, Predicaments and Potentials’. mental challenges. In light of the current crisis and it’s extended developments, ICBF Counselling The third session was on learning disorders, conducted by P N Baburajan, President of ICBF. House has initiated open online awareness segments on Mental Health, under the title ‘Facing The next session was conducted by M P Philip, Principal of Bhavans Public School. He discussed Challenges with Positivity’ with sessions on pertinent subjects every Saturday via Zoom. The ‘Learning Disorders and Optimal Solutions’. He also explained the actions in practice and sessions are addressed by experts from the Counselling House or renowned, qualified persons possible solutions that can be taken. Philip detailed on how the children can be moulded with with expertise. appropriate care and attention. The past few special segments were presented by the Principals of three prominent Indian Sameer Moosa, ICBF Counselling House Co-ordinator and moderator of the Counselling House Schools in Qatar. The first session was conducted by Asna Nafees, Principal of DPS-MIS, on Awareness sessions, called out to the community to pour in every possible support in the ‘Adapting to Changes During Crisis – Perspectives of a School Leader’ where in she uncoiled the direction of having a proper and aff ordable system to accommodate the children with learning entire situation faced by all schools equally in the current scenario and the solutions that have disorders in the community. Abdulla Haji, former board founder member of ICBF, also joined the been sorted and how other schools could do same or better. The session highlighted the idea of sessions. exploring possibilities in diff icult situations. The second session was conducted by A P Sharma, The sessions were conducted online by Avinash Gaikwad, ICBF General Secretary. Wednesday, July 8, 2020 GULF TIMES 7 FASHION COMMUNITY The bolero is here to stay The cropped matador inspired jacket turns up at the fashion shows season after season, writes Clair Wilson

CHIC AND CLEAN: Skirt and bolero by Jules-François Crahay for Nina Ricci, 1960.

n 1950, when the strapless that you have a bare top dress for part of the designer. Another beach- dress, supported by bones, holiday or leisure and the bolero into-street style that does work is a became popular, a brief jacket transforms it into a dress decorous large square collar with as much in loosely described as a bolero enough for town wear. Seldom does the front as at the back. The corners Ialso arrived on the scene as a this transformation come off . There are buttoned on to a strapless dress modest cover to so much bare skin, is little diffi culty in telling when a and no hint is given that there is a and has stayed with us ever since. bolero is worn over a beach-dress sun-dress beneath the demure collar. Most of the leading designers at and I notice that the main function Approaching from the other end some time have announced that of the dress, comfortable and – that is to say a formal outfi t that the strapless dress is “out.” They easy to lounge in, tends to remain by removing the bolero can become have beguiled us away from it with uppermost. The outfi t seldom more casual – I have seen several shoestring straps, the halter neckline, dresses up satisfactorily as, in theory, successful variations. A toreador’s or, this year, with an enchanting fi chu it is supposed to do. jacket, hanging straight and fastened made of diaphanous fabrics. But no There was a time when I thought at the neck is a long-sleeved version one declares the bolero “out.” the graceful shawls and stoles might that is most becoming. Quite the It turns up at the fashion shows break the strong hold of the bolero, prettiest of these I have seen was season after season. I am always but there is an art in wearing them worn with a simply cut dress of pastel surprised when a leisure dress with eff ectively and most women have poplin. Both dress and jacket were a complicated bodice does not have given up the struggle. In any case covered with delicate self-colour a removable bolero. On any English these attractive wraps enhance bare embroideries that gave a highly beach when the day is hot enough for shoulders, they do not conceal them. decorative touch. cotton dresses, every female – from The bolero is only attractive if Yet another style is the long- small children to stout matrons – has it is as well fi tted as the dress, sleeved tailored jacket which really a bolero near at hand to slip on over particularly at the shoulders. I does make a slim-skirted dress look a sundress when the beach is left notice that this summer’s princess- like a summer suit and when removed behind. line dress lends itself to a well- reveals a dress with all degrees of Yet in spite of its almost universal fi tted bolero, tied or buttoned just uncovered shoulders. Such jackets adoption it is not a style that is easily under the bust and emphasising are worn even with a boat-shaped worn well. So many of the boleros the smooth unbroken sweep of neckline which can hardly be called are badly cut and fi tted. The great midriff and skirt. These boleros are décolleté at the seaside but which can attraction is its usefulness now closely moulded to the fi gure and be too revealing for more discreet STATEMENT: Sleeveless dress with a tweed bolero by Karen Stark for Harvey almost a cliché in making one dress complement the dress instead of occasions. Berin, 1956. do the work of two. The theory is appearing an afterthought on the – The Guardian 8 GULF TIMES Wednesday, July 8, 2020 COMMUNITY OFFB When gyms reopen post-lock

During lockdown, gymgoers have adapted, buying equipment for their homes and exercising outside. But there is one benefit of the gym that can’t be replaced, writes Zoe Williams

n a corner of Kennington Park rooms, the potential for sudden, in south London, Joe, 51, and accidental proximity – think Gary, 46, are doing a workout Zumba next to an unco-ordinated they have clearly done before. person – and the multiple everyday IThey have long resistance intimacies that we never used to bands, tied to a fence, and are think about. executing a routine of gym classics: This will defi nitely be a bigger squats, lunges and pushups. feature for some people than others. Before lockdown, Gary and James Stark runs two gyms in Joe were your classic gymgoers: Bristol, one of which is exclusively they went for the weights, not the for personal training sessions, while classes, four times a week for at the other operates small group least an hour each time, Gary before sessions as well. “It’s pretty easy work, Joe after. They are both very to adapt those to new restrictions, aware of the possibilities for viral because we ran a controlled model transmission in a room full of people anyway, in terms of the personnel whose raison d’être is to breathe and the gym space. We always knew heavily and cover everything in who was going to be in when.” sweat. Only outdoor gyms in England Will they go back, I ask, when are allowed to reopen from 4 July, the gyms reopen? Joe says he might but the culture secretary, Oliver put more of the outdoors into his Dowden, has suggested that indoor workouts. Gary thinks their gym, spaces in England will be given the which is fairly upmarket, will cope all-clear in the middle of July, with better than others, since the owners people required to book slots. It will have the money to deep clean it and be much more diffi cult for budget separate the equipment. gyms, Stark explains, because “their The more they talk, though, the model ran on 70% of their members more the caution evaporates. “I’m never showing up”. If you had to pretty committed to training,” spell out who would be allowed in, Joe concludes. “I’ll probably risk at what time, a lot of people would anything.” Gary says: “Missing the realise that they were rationed to ritual of going to the gym is the thing almost nothing – and it is hard to see that’s aff ected me most over this anyone paying for that. whole crisis.” I am a bit surprised. Risk aversion will aff ect some What about work? “I’m fi ne working chains more than others. Stark from home; I didn’t particularly refers to big health clubs, “where the like talking to people at work.” He VIRTUAL FITNESS: All studios have made the Zoom adaptation pretty well and the classes are fuller online than they audience was more families and the prefers not to reveal his job. were before. older members who were going to I speak to nearly 20 exercisers in the cafe. Those outfi ts will struggle. all, some in the park, others online. Members are going to be very They often start off trenchant, reluctant to use that kind of facility particularly if they are a little older. if they’re high risk. Families are “Nothing until there’s a vaccine,” going to wonder whether it’s worth says Jerome, 57, from Inverness. the anxiety.” “Too much heavy breathing and There is consensus among people sweat.” But then they start to list who used gyms for weights, though: what they miss: the community (this calisthenics is not the same; a Hiit is young-person-speak for “other workout online is not the same; people”); the pump classes; the nothing else is the same. Stark, who reformer pilates; the motivation; the runs upmarket gyms for focused feeling alive. young people with goals and From 23 March, exercise became spreadsheets, is confi dent that his a bigger part of the lives of many clientele will come roaring back. people in Britain, as we struggled to The yoga and pilates crowd have fi nd a routine or, more importantly, similar traits, in so far as they get a legitimate reason to go outside. a lot from it and it takes a lot to Across the UK, the initial guidance dissuade them from going to classes. allowed one form of exercise once a Michele Pernetta, who founded the day (Michael Gove even suggested hot yoga franchise Fierce Grace, says a time limit one hour for a walk and simply: “Once you do yoga, once 30 minutes for a run). But for many you really do it, you’re never going people, keeping fi t was huge already: to give it up.” She has four studios nearly 10 million Britons were in London, others in Italy and New members of a gym or fi tness club, York, and speaks regularly to 40 or generating £1.9bn a year and keeping 50 other studio owners, so she has almost 7,000 establishments afl oat. a bird’s-eye view of what lifting If we don’t go back to our old ways, lockdown will look like and what the eff ect will be seismic. this kind of exerciser wants. There is a basic wariness of Pernetta says all studios have being around others if it is not made the Zoom adaptation pretty essential, which is intensifi ed in well and the classes are fuller online the gym environment. It is not just BRINGING FITNESS HOME: By buying simple equipment and using online fitness classes, it is possible to bring the than they were before. People prefer the panting, but also the changing gym experience to your home. live exercise classes to recorded Wednesday, July 8, 2020 GULF TIMES 9 BEAT COMMUNITY kdown, will anyone go back?

ones, because it gives them a sense £1,200. It would be psychologically of sharing the experience with painful to stash that in a cupboard others. But from her observations, while you go back to the gym. and surveys done in London and One more nail in the coffi n – New York: “People are desperate to anecdotally, at least, based on my get back to the studio. You can’t beat sample of interviewees: most people getting corrected [by a teacher], you chose their gym because it was can’t beat the group energy. People near their offi ce, rather than near are social, aren’t they? When you see their house. So, if we don’t go back other people working hard, it makes to work, we don’t go back to play you work harder.” squash. However, it is possible that Most successful yoga classes we will, at some point, go back to packed people in like theatres, an work. inch between mats; throw in 40C So why, with all these swirling heat (Fierce Grace is cooler than augurs, do most people in the that, in the mid-20s, but it feels like industry sound quite upbeat? Partly, a furnace) and this is expensive to I am sure, it is all the endorphins; run even at capacity, never mind people who do a lot of exercise are with two metres between each well adjusted and optimistic, it is person. “Right now, the landlords just a fact. But they do anticipate a are basically in charge of the fi tness bounceback for a reason. Working industry,” Pernetta says. “If you’ve out from home is, like having a got one that isn’t willing to play ball, Zoom meeting, fun while it is a you just can’t survive.” novelty and bearable when there is Underneath all the sweet talk no alternative. Once there is another early in the pandemic, when there option, though, the downsides was a lot of solidarity from the become insistent: your whole house ground up in the fi tness industry – shakes, the other people in it get in many independent gyms reported the way and laugh at you. that people were paying their Kate Smurthwaite, 44, a comedian membership fees even while they and activist, embarked on a popular were closed to help keep them afl oat, online fi tness programme that while governments made soothing comprised an almost daily workout noises about no one getting evicted for nine weeks. “I’m defi nitely fi tter – the reality is brutal. Studios will be STRENGTH OF PILATES: The yoga and pilates crowd have similar traits, in so far as they get a lot from it and it takes a than I was before lockdown; I’m liable for arrears, during exactly the lot to dissuade them from going to classes. quarantoned,” Smurthwaite says. period when they are trying to adapt “But I really miss the trainers at the their businesses to a new model of in the grip of lockdown, beginners bode well for an industry that partly are doing and holding their hands gym. I knew them, they knew me. many fewer clients. just got over it and joined anyway. builds its customer loyalty by getting until they do. Plus, turbo trainers are I’m quite chatty. I miss doing a class Plus, in the fi rst fl ush of So, there is this new self-suffi ciency, hold of people when they are out expensive: the cheapest are about and seeing someone I always used lockdown, a lot of people spent a lot born of necessity, which cannot of shape and don’t know what they £200; I borrowed one that cost to compete with, or checking out of money adapting to it. That is fi ne the room and seeing a new person if it went on sportswear; if anything, and trying to encourage them.” it will motivate people to get back People have been publishing to the gym, since what is the point workouts that don’t require if you can’t show off your new gear? equipment for decades; often The brands Pour Moi and My Gym only the aesthetic changes, so the Wardrobe say their sales have risen Canadian air force recruits whom by nearly 500%, while trainers have people were copying in the 50s seen a similar boost: Saucony says become the Elle Macphersons of its sales went up 300%. the 80s, but they were all doing But what if you bought a bike? essentially the same thing – and Dominic Langan, the CEO of none of them with any bar bells. freewheel.co.uk, says: “Bike sales “I’m not about to install one of to trade have doubled; clothing and those,” Smurthwaite says. helmet sales are up 708%.” Sure, But the thing that is missing some of this will be commuters from the home workout is not any cycling in order to avoid public piece of kit; it is the other people transport and may not count as a (unless you work out with your workout at all. But if I were trying to fl atmates). Lou Taylor, a textile making a living from running a spin designer, says: “I can’t wait for class, I would be worried. work-gym-home to be separate And that is before you even get on things again.” This was the theme of to the turbo trainer, a machine you a recent New Yorker cartoon, which fi x to the back of your bike that turns was captioned: “I can’t fi gure out it into an exercise bike. If you then if I’m working from home or living get on to a platform such as Zwift, at work”. you can race other people from your When asked why they go to the living room. It is peculiarly addictive gym, people talk about the burn, and extremely physically taxing. the sense of achievement, seeing Chris Snook, a spokesman for Zwift, results and sometimes – although I said they had 16,000 concurrent have never heard it said unironically users in December 2019. By April, – living their best lives. But when that had more than doubled, to you have tried and succeeded in 35,000. getting all those things in your More importantly, the profi le of bedroom, you realise what was the users has changed. “Historically, really going on: you went to see we’ve really targeted enthusiasts other people – and nothing is the and used professional cyclists in same without them. That is why, our marketing, and that might have with so much to worry about, the been a bit daunting for the newer fi tness industry does not seem cyclists,” says Snook. It seems that, EXPENSIVE: Turbo trainers allow you to replicate a spin class – but they are not cheap. especially worried. – The Guardian 10 GULF TIMES Wednesday, July 8, 2020 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Wednesday, July 8, 2020 GULF TIMES 11 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Most people have no insight about their ideal partner: study

o you know what kind of an ideal random person in the study. For example, if Kris partner you seek in life? Perhaps a listed down-to-earth, intelligent and thoughtful funny, attractive or down-to-earth as her own top three attributes, Vanessa also one, but a new study suggests that experienced more desire for acquaintances who Dpeople’s ideal partner preferences were down-to-earth, intelligent and thoughtful. do not refl ect any unique personal insight. The fi ndings showed that participants “The people in our study could very easily list experienced more likeness to the extent that their top three attributes in an ideal partner,” these personal acquaintances possessed the top said study lead author Jehan Sparks from the three attributes. University of California in the US. If Vanessa listed funny, attractive and “We wanted to see whether those top three inquisitive, she experienced more desire attributes really mattered for the person who for partners who were funny, attractive and listed them. As it turns out, they didn’t,” Sparks inquisitive. added. “So in the end, we want partners who For the fi ndings, published in the Journal of have positive qualities, but the qualities you Experimental Social Psychology, more than 700 specifi cally list do not actually have special participants nominated their top three ideals predictive power for you,” Sparks said. in a romantic partner — attributes like funny, The authors take these fi ndings to mean that attractive or inquisitive. people don’t have special insight into what they Then they reported their affi nity for series of personally want in a partner. people they knew personally: some were blind The fi ndings have implications for the date partners, others were partners, and others way people approach online dating. People were friends. commonly spend many hours perusing online The researchers included a twist as each dating profi les in the search of someone who participant also considered the extent to which specifi cally matches their ideals. The researchers the same personal acquaintances possessed suggest that this eff ort may be misplaced. three attributes nominated by some other — IANS

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

Act on your instincts today, Aries, and you won’t go wrong. You may Today you’ll find that you’re the missing puzzle piece that people You may find that people want to do a great deal of talking but not a need to give up a bit of control and put logical thinking aside for the need in every situation, Taurus. Engage in light conversation in great deal of feeling today, Gemini. Go ahead and put your emotions day. Let the wind take you where it wants you to go. Explore your social arenas and feel free to turn your charm up full blast. You have on the back burner and let your mind take over. Deal with facts mind and its interactions with others. You’ll find that it will be just the ability to make favourable impressions on just about everyone, and make sure your emotions don’t interfere with the information about impossible to solidify any plans. You’re better off exploring so get the day off on the right foot. Get out of bed earlier than you receive. Things can get clouded if you don’t stay true to the options and comparing notes with others. normal and get your blood pumping with a brisk walk or workout. communication that’s taking place. Be conscious of your words. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

You should be able to evaluate your emotions from a very neutral, If you’re talking about another person today, Leo, make sure you It’s important for you to take action on a day like today, Virgo. Trust detached perspective today, Cancer. Use this opportunity to take aren’t saying anything that would be upsetting if they were standing yourself and your instincts. Oftentimes you’ll have the perfect action based on what you feel. Make sure your actions aren’t right there. Gossip may be running rampant, but that’s no excuse advice for every situation and every other person except yourself. reactionary and that you aren’t simply acting rashly in response for you to contribute to it. Be aware that what you say has a strong Remember that you might have to consult others in order to find the to someone else’s hasty manoeuvres. Think before you make any impact on the people around you and is likely to reach many more best counsel for yourself. Talk things out and take definitive action. sudden moves. ears than you may think. Hesitation causes delay. You have all the facts you need. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

You might find yourself a bit unfocused and confused about which It’s important for you to get outside and feel the wind blowing, Make practical use of the thoughts you have synthesized over way to go, Libra. The baff led look on your face isn’t helping anyone Scorpio. Reconnect with nature and be aware of the four elements. the last few days, Sagittarius. Stretch your boundaries and extend else figure out how to help you. Don’t feel obliged to remain in an Take deep breaths and fill your lungs with this energising life force. your wisdom to the people around you. This is a day to take action. unhealthy situation. It may be time to let go and break some ties Imagine yourself on a mountaintop looking over a vast ocean below. Connect with your heart and move forward with your plans. We to things that no longer work for you. Feel good about extricating Expand your awareness so that nothing escapes your attention. normally think of our hearts as being soft, tender, and vulnerable. yourself from old habits that no longer serve you. Keep your head clear of clutter and be open to new adventures. Today think of your heart as being tough, strong, and adventurous. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

This is an important day for you to make valuable connections with It could be hard for you to get a handle on things today, Aquarius, as You might come across strong opposition today from someone who others, Capricorn. You’ll find yourself engaged in fast-paced, witty your focus seems to jump from one subject to the next without finding seems to want to cut straight through to your heart, Pisces. In reality, conversations and debates from which you can learn a great deal. resolution for any. This isn’t a day to find solutions. You’re better off this is a message reminding you to think about things in terms of the You’re good at seeing both sides of an issue, but the problem is researching, asking questions, and gathering facts. Keep the channels collective – the oneness of us all. Be aware of a greater perspective that this can lead to indecisiveness and an inability to commit to of communication open, and don’t try to pin anyone down for a solid in which you see more than just your side of the issue. Talk to people anything. Choose a path today and stick to it. answer. You’ll accomplish a great deal by keeping things active. you trust before making any major decisions. 12 GULF TIMES Wednesday, July 8, 2020 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES

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Bound And Gagged

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. Wednesday, July 8, 2020 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Colouring

Across Down 1 Prudence, maybe, is no credit 1 Subscription constraining king (10) and noblemen (5) 7 Musical state (8) 2 Bird going to main Welsh port 8 Tiny bit in letter from Greece ... (7) (4) 3 .. bird seen on board? (4) 9 Nothing more than a distress 4 Instructors going out to the signal, neither good nor bad (2-2) races (8) 10 Discipline little Charles at an 5 Doesn’t include moist patch? early age (7) (5) 12 Surrey town that is to inflict 6 Be there for a tiptop nurse (6) corporal punishment on school 11 Amount distributed in principal (11) handouts (8) 16 Only fair (4) 12 Foliage goes away (6) 19 Roman emperor confined in 13 Strive to equal bird that’s not one room (4) on time (7) 20 Bear load that could be 15 Tokyo, strangely, is a city in delightful (8) Japan (5) 21 Boatmen transporting old 17 Drinks supplied after end of signore (10) short stories (5) 18 Put out a container (4)

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Wordsearch Codeword 14 GULF TIMES Wednesday, July 8, 2020 COMMUNITY BOLLYWOOD

Mira to Shahid: I fall in love with you more every day When Shekhar Kapur convinced Jugal Hansraj to act in Masoom Actor Shahid Kapoor’s wife Mira Rajput has penned Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur went down a note for her hubby on their memory lane recently and recalled working fi fth marriage anniversary with Jugal Hansraj in the fi lm Masoom, which yesterday. released in 1983. “5 years, 4 souls, 3 homes, 2 “Jugal, I don’t know if you remember what babies and 1 beautiful family. a run around you gave me to do the part. I There’s nobody I’d rather be saw you in the Amul Dada commercial, and on this journey called life than it took me months to convince you to act in you my love. I fall in love with the movie. I would have to take you to the you more every day. recordings of the songs, take you to sets on “And I’m the luckiest girl studios, to convince you to that fi lm making in the world to have the love can be really interesting exciting and fun,” of my life be my best friend. Shekhar Kapur shared. Thank you for everything, Masoom is Shekhar Kapur’s fi rst directorial for being my strength and for fi lm. It narrates story of a happily-married walking through everything man whose life turns upside down when he together, hand in hand. I love gets to know that he has a son from a past you,” she wrote. aff air. The fi lm featured Naseeruddin Shah DEBUT: Masoom was Shekhar Kapur’s first Mira and Shahid got and Shabana Azmi, with Jugal Hansraj and directorial film. married in 2015 in Delhi and Urmila Matondkar as child actors. had their fi rst child, daughter The fi lm was an adaptation of Erich Segal’s son Sidak . “What a beautiful family. They Misha, in 2016. Two years HAPPY: Shahid Kapoor with wife Mira Rajput. 1980 novel Man, Woman And Child. live happily in New York. And no, I have no later, their second child, son Along with his post, Kapur shared a family intention of making a sequel to Masoom,” he Zain, was born. picture of Jugal with his son and wife. added. In her post, Mira also reminded Shahid how wives are always right. “Anyone looking to make a sequel to Jugal made his acting debut as an adult in “You make me laugh like no one else. And more often than not I’m laughing at you. Masoom, needs to look no further for the Aa Gale Lag Jaa in 1994. Later, he featured Please don’t forget. Wife is always right. And the three golden words will always be ‘I cast. Even cuter than Jugal Hansraj was in in Mohabbatein. In 2008, he directed the 3D am sorry’. To many more years of us,” Mira quipped. – IANS Masoom, is his wife Jasmine and Jugal’s animation fi lm, Roadside Romeo. – IANS Sinha calls Sushant’s suicide discussion agenda driven

BY SUGANDHA RAWAL disturbed. He was just 34. I made my first film at 36 and he was TV VETERAN: Harsh Chhaya. younger than that. I personally nubhav Sinha finds think that this entire discussion Harsh: ‘Chor police’ is all the clamour is pretty agenda driven and that always a popular format around Sushant is the reason why I don’t want to Singh Rajput’s participate in it,” he added. Actor Harsh Chhaya is gearing Asuicide ridiculous. On June 14, Sushant was up for the release of his crime The filmmaker says the everyday found hanging in his Bandra thriller series Undekhi. He says the drama is disturbing, adding he residence by his domestic help, format of the police chasing bad suspects “some politics” has which left the industry and his guys always makes for interesting gotten into the conversation, fans shocked. He was reportedly viewing. which started after the news of battling depression over the Based on true events, the fi rst the young actor’s death. past few months and undergoing teaser of the web series showcased a Sushant’s demise sparked off treatment. murder in the Sundarbans. Another discussions around a lot of things Toxic culture of Bollywood and teaser showing a girl being shot in — from nepotism to the ruthless imbalance of power are two things midst of a celebration at a diff erent ways of Bollywood’s power camps that have been highlighted after location altogether is also out now. to the culture of blind items. his demise. He said it was his character in the “What is going on is ridiculous. Sinha admits that there is series that made him sign up for the I would allow that young boy to imbalance of power in Bollywood, show. rest. He must have been really but it is not something new. “He (his character) is a wealthy disturbed in his head, restless “In any era, there have been man and has all the powers that and not at peace at all. I think we more powerful people than the come with wealth. He is well should just let him be for some rest, and I am not only talking connected. He is a rich and an time,” Sinha told IANS while about Bollywood. So that is not obnoxious man. He is a wild, out discussing how a blame-game something new. It is the order of of control kind of a guy and he started after Sushant’s death. the world that some people have couldn’t care less for anything or “It’s not easy to take your own more power than the rest – which anybody,” Harsh told IANS. life and especially when you’re according to me is not fine but “It’s a negative character, there’s doing rather well. We need to keep that is how the world is,” noted nothing to be proud of being quiet but a lot has been spoken the filmmaker. such a person. As a character, it is about, and I suspect there is some He added: “Most businesses are interesting to play. I tried to make politics that has gotten into it, and so ruthless. It’s about me having him look ‘hateable’,” he added. that’s not good for anybody – not the larger market share, me Harsh also liked the overall story for the boy at all,” he added. having a better number of stock of the series. “The story has its own The filmmaker feels one needs exchanges. Our business is such moments. It’s a cop-based thriller to be sensitive towards Sushant’s that it deals with human beings. story. The thriller...chor police is a family. So, every product is a human CANDID: Sinha admits that there is imbalance of power in Bollywood, but it is popular format for people who do it “They need to think about him being, it could be a director, an not something new. and people who watch it. All in all, and his family. Every day there is actor, or a DOP.” it works for me,” he said. some drama or the other, which “So, while we are a business, other and we should be mindful place for everyone to be happy,” he Directed by Ashish R Shukla, the is disturbing. I didn’t know we are very vulnerable human of each other, our insecurities and concluded on a hopeful note. series is slated to launch on July 10 him, I never met him, but I am beings. We should be kind to each each other’s happiness. There is a – IANS on SonyLIV. — IANS Wednesday, July 8, 2020 GULF TIMES 15 BOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY

John Boyega, Felicity Jones unite for Borderland David Schwimmer: be able to get together to shoot Friends reunion tricky to the reunion special. Star Wars pull off amid pandemic Recently, the show’s co- actor John creator Martha Kauff man shared Boyega is all set Friends star David Schwimmer that the fi lming could happen in to star alongside says the upcoming reunion August. Jack Reynor, special of the popular sitcom is She said: “We are hoping to be Jodie Turner- proving “really tricky” to pull off able to shoot in August, if all is Smith and amid the Covid pandemic. well and there is no early second Felicity Jones While talking to Entertainment wave and the studio is open. If in upcoming Tonight, the actor, popular for everything is in place and we thriller the role of Ross Geller in the understand all the protocols and Borderland. iconic sitcom, opened up about we can still make a good show, Thomas and the reunion special, reports we’ll be shooting it sometime, Charles Guard, femalefi rst.co.uk. mid-to-late August.” dubbed as the “I can tell you that we are It’s been 25 years since Friends CANDID: Schwimmer confessed Guard Brothers, CO-STARS: John Boyega and Felicity Jones. hoping to shoot (the reunion) found its way onto the small that he has “no idea” when are on board to in August, in mid-August, but screen, and started its journey everyone will be able to shoot the direct the fi lm, reports hollywoodreporter.com. honestly, we will do it when it’s to creating history. The show reunion special. The fi lm follows Irish paramilitary soldier Michael (Reynor), who after a safe. There has always been a has made Jennifer Aniston, border ambush, witnesses the shooting of his pregnant wife at the hands hope that a component of that David Schwimmer, Courteney cleanliness, From Chandler’s of an SAS sergeant Tempest (Boyega). The story then narrates Michael’s reunion show will have a live Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc confusions to Joey’s love for mission to hunt down Tempest to avenge his wife’s death. audience, which makes the and Matthew Perry household food, from Phoebe’s freaky The Guard Brothers co-wrote Borderland with Ronan Bennett. The fi lm whole thing really tricky,” he names with fans still referring to fi xations to the group’s witty is inspired by the book The Road To Balcombe Street by Steven S. Moysey. said. them as their characters’ names. conversations on the couch at Borderland is a vengeance-fuelled chase movie, fusing some pulse “We are obviously not going The fi rst episode was aired on Central Perk, everything about ticking action with a powerful message for our times,” said the Guard to risk anyone’s health by doing September 22, 1994. the show continues to garner Brothers, adding: ‘We’re thrilled that the script, driven as much by this,” the actor added. From Rachel and Ross’ rerun value till date. character as it is by plot, has attracted such a fi rst rate cast.” Schwimmer confessed that he “on again off again” romance The reunion special will bring The fi lm will shoot on location in the UK in early 2021. – IANS has “no idea” when everyone will to Monica’s obsession with back the cast together. – IANS Five films that show Morricone was the grand mythmaker

The great Chicago-set soundscape By Michael Phillips of The Untouchables sounds like a Sergio Leone spaghetti Western, and yet the movie’s 1930 gangland maestro has passed, at Chicago trappings are unthinkable the age of 91. without Morricone’s splendidly For someone who rousing contributions. Reading lived a happily long and some of the comments early Monday Aabundantly creative, morning on YouTube, after news of improbably productive life, the the composer’s death, the impact composer Ennio Morricone has of his work came through so very been preparing for his fi nal bow clearly. A truck driver, who wrote for decades now, through his of working 16-hour days six days music. He was both a chameleon a week for 25 years, said this of the and a paradox — an exuberant Morricone main theme from The spirit who had a unique dramatic Mission: “Listening to this every understanding of the elegiac. His night is what keeps me going. His music of mourning, of farewells, music is a gift from God.” lifted audiences to transcendence Two months ago, on the same and beyond, and if that sounds thread, an Italian health care worker overblown, well, that’s the wrote of the same theme: “I’m Morricone style: bigger, more working 12 hours every day against outlandish, sometimes, than other this coronavirus, and Morricone’s composers would dare attempt. music helps me to feel better after The directors and the fi lms for a very hard day in hospital.” It’s one which he’s best known bid farewell legacy among many others for a to so much. His music said goodbye great fi lm composer: to off er solace to a fi lm genre and an American for characters on screen and, by West that never really was (Once extension, for the listener. Upon a Time in the West, with Here are fi ve Morricone fi lm TRANSCENDENT: Ennio Morricone’s music of mourning, of farewells, lifted audiences to transcendence and beyond. Charles Bronson an on-screen, projects, among dozens and dozens. harmonica-playing Morricone It’s not his fault his contributions off -balance: kidding? Serious? admired works, heard often on the Morricone’s playful genre instincts corollary). It complemented a often outshone the fi lms for which Kidding? Serious? pops concert circuit. taking care of business. End title martyr’s cause (The Mission, for he wrote. Giants run that risk, while 2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 4. The Untouchables (1987) theme, the perfect exit music for a which Leone believed he should’ve audiences the world over reap the (1966) Factual balderdash, of course true master of fi lm music. won the Oscar — he ended up rewards. Like we wouldn’t include this (it’s a movie, not a documentary), 5. Casualties of War (1989) winning a generation later for The 1. The Fascist (1961) one. Endlessly parodied, recycled, but this is, at minimum, a three- Another De Palma fi lm, an Hateful Eight, an infi nitely better Morricone’s fi rst credited fi lm imitated, Morricone’s extravagant auteur achievement, with director extremely diffi cult experience and score than movie). It honoured the score propelled an antic World scores from the American West Brian De Palma, screenwriter David eternally controversial. It brought life of an ordinary soldier caught War II action comedy starring Ugo fantasies of director Sergio Leone Mamet (“What am I, alone in this out Morricone’s sparest dramatic in a moral nightmare (Casualties Tognazzi. It’s the sort of brash tonal were halfway to parody to begin world?”) and composer Morricone instincts as well as his innate gifts of War). He loved scrambling his mashup Quentin Tarantino has with, in the best possible way. comprising a dream team. Opening for music to honour the dead. This is infl uences and delighted in cross- imitated for years, and Morricone’s 3. The Mission (1985) title theme: fantastic, very Elegy for Brown. currents. main theme keeps the listener slyly One of the composer’s most spaghetti-Western-y but that’s — Chicago Tribune/ TNS 16 GULF TIMES Wednesday, July 8, 2020 COMMUNITY Your guide to the picture perfect living room

IDEAS: Here are some ideas for a theme-oriented and perfectly-designed living room.

plethora of options available when extent especially when you pair By Puja Gupta it comes to fabric sofas, including it with your sofas. If you’ve gone delicate and relaxing prints and with fabric sofas, an industrial English features such as rolling coff ee table, or one with fusion cozy and comfortable arms and chesterfi eld button- of materials such as metals and sofa set, a coff ee table tuftings. marble tops, can work excellently. for tete-a-tete and a Whether you pick a square shape, perfect TV unit to keep Minimalist TV unit to blend rectangular shape or a round shape, Athe entertainment with every decor the coff ee table and its materials mode on, all these indeed make for Choosing the right design of TV should complement your setup a picture-perfect living room. unit is important to maintain the and make you and your guests feel Heena Jain, Design Consultant space in the room. This is because happy. from WoodenStreets, shares some a heavily crafted furniture can be fantastic furniture design ideas that chaotic in a small area. However, Go fancy with chaise lounges can be implemented for a theme- you can pick Industrial TV units and lounge chairs oriented and perfectly-designed that are ideal for a minimalist Think outside the traditional living room. abode. Being a combination sense when it comes to extra UNIQUE: Think outside the traditional sense when it comes to extra seating. of metal frames with wooden seating. Rather than selecting Fabric sofas set furniture, you can fi x it in any a 2 or a 1-seater matching sofa, Consoling the decor to ground the importance of time. A Fabric sofa set can be the size, be it as small as a fl oor unit, get elegant lounge chairs or Having a delicate furniture limelight in a room thanks to the or a big one with two towers at chaises to set up with your fabric that can enhance a subtle corner Don’t forget the storage pop that its fabric colour brings. the sides. Industrial options off er 3-seater. This unconventional with its features and functions This idea is true to the This gives a deluxe look to the area a clean, crisp look that goes very and asymmetrical approach opens is what you need to make any utility of the ambience with its with hues that can complement well with a fabric-based modern or your living room to a new facelift nook extraordinary. Put on a spaciousness. You can place the theme of the entire room. You contemporary decor. without compromising in comfort. mid-century themed console a classy finished and finely can try out yellows, blues or classy You can even fi ne tune this setup table against the corner wall for structured chest of drawers, neutral tones such as greys and Coff ee table for with a complementing fabric print showcasing a distinct taste of your either industrial or mid-century beiges to set the stage in your living complementing the sofa set on the lounge chairs for an exotic persona in the living room. Over in design, against a wall to fill the room. And you don’t have to limit A coff ee table accentuates the feel. it, you can deck fi gurines, photo empty space and bring storage. yourself to solid colours; there’s a centre of a living room to quite an frames, and even a decorative clock Two birds, one furniture. —IANS