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COVER the cut STORY Homegrown Indian literature has come into its own, says writer Chetan Bhagat. P4-5 2 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 23, 2018 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT

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Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 23, 2018 COMMUNITY COVER STORY “The elites like to look down upon the mere locals” — Chetan Bhagat, writer

SUNDAY CONVERSATION When it comes to books, the ‘Khan Market books’ are (deemed) all good and everything else is‘ trash

By Saket Suman

estselling author Chetan Bhagat, who has had his fair share of criticism by readers and writers of literary novels, says that there is a lot of “elitism” in Indian literaryB circles. He asserted that “there are no benchmarks in India” and that he doesn’t have to prove his credentials to anybody. “When I began writing, the entire (publishing) industry was focussed on literary kind of books, books that are seen by literature experts as having a certain elitist language. Those were the kinds of books being published, and were being written to win awards like the Booker Prize. I think homegrown Indian literature has now come into its own as there are ample of books by ’ Indian writers,” Bhagat said in an interview, Sunday, September 23, 2018 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

“People who really have credibility, even if they are elite, like my books. Amitabh Ghosh, Shashi Tharoor and even late Leila Seth praised my books. Bill Gates has read my books. I write in a simple way” recalling his tryst with the literary and relates to my work. They are based Rupa publications, which think the e-commerce websites if they are elite, like my books. world which began with the looking for stories and content had published all his books so far, has been the game changer. Amitabh Ghosh, Shashi Tharoor publication of Five Point Someone that they can relate to,” he sent signals that Three Mistakes of Having said this, the expansion and even late Leila Seth praised in 2004. elaborated. My Life writer’s readership was on of online stores has also led to the my books. Bill Gates has read His upcoming book The Girl Bhagat said he attempts to a decline. closing down of many physical my books. I write in a simple in Room 105 will be released in connect with all readers by Bhagat refuted the charge bookstores and with the growing way, I add humour, I write about October and is currently available including little nuggets of saying that he has had “an spread of Internet, people are relationships that are similar for pre-order on Amazon. contemporary day-to-day life in expansion in readership”. He more and more drawn towards to relationships that people are “There is a lot of elitism in his stories. said that the coming of online video content than actually having today and I introduce some India. The elites like to look down “For example: Today whole lot bookstores has had a big effect as reading. Still I am confident that national issues in it. upon the mere locals, it’s like a of things happen on Instagram well. there is ample space for reading. “I don’t have to prove my colonial kind of hangover that is and Whatsapp. My new book has “It has increased the You can have lifts and escalators credentials. There was a time particularly there in literature. a lot of that, this wasn’t there distribution in tier 2 and tier 3 but there will be always be stairs.” when people would always remind So when it comes to books, the in my previous books. Even in towns. There were times when He maintained that the writers me what trolls were telling about ‘Khan Market books’ are all good Revolution 2020, the characters my readers used to write to me who have become popular have me. It used to bother me but I am and everything else is trash. While were still using Google chat but that they would go to the railway written stories that common over it now. If somebody has done they are great, I am not saying the world has moved on and that station to buy my books,” the people can connect to. well, and has been consistent, they are not, but if I am aspiring is what I try to do in my books; 44-year-old said. “If a certain elite section looks then you cannot always dismiss to be a pan-India writer, then write what the readers can relate “There are no bookstores that down upon my books, it speaks that by insulting him. You can’t I must make sure that a reader to,” he quipped. sell novels and general reading for their own insecurity. People take away my achievement,” in Guwahati also understands But his fallout with New Delhi- books in smaller towns and so I who really have credibility, even Bhagat asserted. — IANS

THE WORKS

Chetan Bhagat is the author of bestselling novels Five Point Someone (2004), One Night @ the Call Center (2005), The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008), 2 States (2009), Revolution 2020 (2011), What Young India Wants (2012) (speeches and columns), Half Girlfriend (2014), Making India Awesome (2015) and One Indian Girl (2016). All the books have remained bestsellers since their release and fi ve have inspired Bollywood fi lms (which are the hit fi lms Kai Po Che!, 2 States, 3 Idiots, Half Girlfriend and Hello). In 2008, The New York Times cited Bhagat as “the biggest selling English language novelist in India’s history”. Time magazine named him as one of the 100 Most Infl uential People in the World. Bhagat voices his opinion frequently at leading events. He quit his investment banking career in 2009, to focus on writing. He debuted as a screenplay writer with the 2014 fi lm Kick. Bhagat writes columns in The Times of India and Hindustan Times and Dainik Jagran. Apart from writing, Chetan has worked on TV as well as scripted several Bollywood movies. He was a judge on the Voice of India Star Anchor Hunt. Among his other activities, Bhagat is known for delivering speeches on programmes organised by corporations, educational institutes, newspapers and media houses like Dainik Bhaskar, The Times of India and at other conferences apart from writing columns. He has featured in Forbes India magazine as one of the top celebrities of India in 2016. He was listed 40th out of 100. —Wikipedia

LATEST: The book is slated for release next month. 6 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 23, 2018 COMMUNITY The Embassy of Nepal celebrates third Constitution Day

The Embassy of Nepal recently celebrated third Constitution Day at Holiday Inn. Constitution Day freedom, dignity and human rights of all Nepali citizens and embraces the core values of multi- commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the 2015 Constitution of Nepal that off icially ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious, multi-cultural and geographically diverse characteristics of consolidated the country’s transition from a constitutional monarchy to a federal republic. HE Dr the country. It also promotes greater participation and inclusion of all sectors of the society for Issa Saad al-Jafali-al Nuaimi, Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Aff airs, was the promotion of socio-economic and cultural development of Nepal. He said that democratic the chief guest at the event. HE Dr Ahmad Hassan al-Hamadi, Secretary-General of the Ministry elections at all three tiers of federal structure have been concluded in 2017 and the government of of Foreign Aff airs Qatar, and Ibrahim Yousif Abdullah Fakhro, Chief of Protocol were the guest of Nepal now remains strongly centred to achieve sustained peace, progress, social justice, economic honour. development and prosperity. The event was attended by Nepali businesspersons, social workers, journalists, and Nepali He appreciated the leadership of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani for community leaders residing in Doha. The event kicked off with Qatar and Nepali national anthem the extra-ordinary progress along with introduction and implementation of worker friendly policy which was followed by a cake cutting ceremony. The event was inaugurated by Professor Ramesh reforms and initiatives. He also highlighted various sectors of investment opportunities in Nepal and Prasad Koirala, Ambassador of Nepal, along with the chief guest and guest of honours. urged to invest in the country for mutual benefits. Speaking at the event Professor Koirala said that the constitution of Nepal guarantees equality, – Text and photos by Usha Wagle Gautam

OIS celebrates Olive Fest

Olive International School (OIS) recently celebrated Olive Fest at Al Thumama campus. The inaugural event was followed by various competitions including debates, recitation, dance, western songs and dramatics. Parents were also part of the event as judges of diff erent competitions. The best house was awarded a trophy during the closing ceremony. Sunday, September 23, 2018 GULF TIMES 7 MIGRATION COMMUNITY Migrants risking their lives in freight trains to get to Germany

“Even getting close to it can be By Juergen Ruf fatal,” Kessler warns, since the powerful bolts of electricity that run through it can jump up to 1.5 igh above the train metres, posing a danger to anyone tracks, the crane nearby. operator has a perfect And then there are the usual view of the freight dangers involved in rail travel – trains down below as fast speeds, shunting operations, theyH arrive from all over the world. objects on or near the tracks, the But he can also see something else danger that cargoes could become – something much more troubling. dislodged and fall onto someone. Every now and then, between Rail cargo items, as a rule, weigh the carriages or on top of a fl at several tons. car, a tiny jagged shape signals the “We are amazed that, so far, presence of a stowaway. nothing worse has happened,” Weil am Rhein in the south- Dittrich says. “There are instances western German state of Baden- when people are sitting for hours Wuerttemberg is the nearest in tight spaces, hiding in the German town to the Swiss border. bodywork of a train, or sitting It has one of Europe’s largest directly above the wheels.” One freight rail yards. false move could be fatal. That means it is an epicentre Offi cials in the region also report of a growing and worrying trend, SEARCH: A police off icer checks inside a freight train near the German town. seeing women among those on according to rail staff and federal the trains, sometimes pregnant or police: migrants clambering on kilometres from northern Italy. places, the number of migrants is safety,” Dittrich says. The focal carrying babies. Almost all of them board freight trains in Italy and Weil am Rhein, located right at the arriving on freight trains has fallen point for the region is the Rhine are from Africa. Many have already riding them through Switzerland intersection of Germany, France since the beginning of 2018. River plain north of Basel, one of applied for asylum in Italy. to try to reach Germany. and Switzerland, is the fi rst station The downturn is thought to be the busiest rail freight routes in For the railway operators and Police offi cer Carsten Luber after the Swiss border. the result of much stricter controls Europe. police, rescuing these people is and his colleagues are charged More and more migrants are being carried out by Italian police “Sometimes, at a stop or when a big job. “Often, the rail traffi c with keeping a close eye on the turning up in the town. In 2017, before the departure of trains from the train is still slowly rolling, must be stopped, stations shut situation. Their job is to patrol there were just a few isolated cases Verona. we’ll see people jumping from the down and high-voltage power lines the rail routes, checking the in Baden-Wuerttemberg, says But the overall number of wagons,” one railway company shut off ,” Kessler says. Otherwise, freight trains and peering into Carolin Dittrich of the Federal migrants attempting to board employee says. They can also be it would be too dangerous - for the containers. They also monitor Police Inspectorate in Weil am freight trains is still high, despite seen standing on wheel axles, or police and migrants alike. some stations and stretches of Rhein. the dangers involved, because clinging to fl at cars. Sometimes, all “We are trying to prevent or rail along the route. “It’s a very But in 2018, the numbers started surveillance and controls have that gives them away is a slit in a reduce this dangerous form of worrying phenomenon,” Luber to increase dramatically. “In the been stepped up at offi cial border tarpaulin. migration as much as possible,” says. fi rst half of 2018, we picked up 254 crossing points, Dittrich says. When rail staff see something Dittrich says. Baden-Wuerttemberg requires migrants in Baden-Wuerttemberg That means the German railways like this, their job is to alert the Stepped-up surveillance is a higher level of surveillance alone who had arrived on freight and police have their work cut police and border protection one possible solution, as is close than other German states, given trains in Germany,” she says. out. At Weil am Rhein, helicopters forces. communication with authorities its location on one of the most That’s an average of more than 40 and special forces have become “The dangers are manifold,” says in Italy and Switzerland. The aim internationally important migrant per month – and the problem is involved. police offi cer Katharina Kessler is to deter people from making the routes. showing no signs of abating. “In view of the danger to life – for example, the 15,000-volt journey, she says. Most migrants arriving by Similar issues have been reported and limb that migrants expose overhead power line above the “Our message is clear: Nobody freight train in Germany have in the southern state of Bavaria and themselves to on freight trains, the rails. Touching this is almost has any business being out on the travelled a distance of some 400 neighbouring Austria. Yet in those federal police’s primary concern certain to result in death. freight trains and tracks.” – DPA

ENTRY POINT: The freight rail route near the German town of Weil am Rhein. The area has seen an increase in migrants arriving from Italy by freight train. 8 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 23, 2018 COMMUNITY TRA The nine best travel writers y Travel journals interweaves history, culture, politics and personal experience with th

he best travel writing comes from Vietnam very much changed, and himself aversion to cults and disciples.” McKay resists I Wonder As I Wander by Langston writers who are honest about the as much of an outsider as he was in the US. the urge to romanticise that marks so much of Hughes sometimes challenging realities of He travels along blurred lines of identity, travel writing, and instead boldly denounces, Hughes is a poet, and he remains very travel, and who revel in the joy and seeing shades of his own family history and criticises and lays bare the realities of the much the poet as he writes of his travels growth that comes with it. Here’s ripping away much of the exoticism through people and places he encounters. over seven years through many different Twhere to start. which Vietnam is often viewed by Western countries; Spain during the Spanish Civil travellers, all while realising he is now very The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto ‘Che’ War, Russia during the implementation of An African in Greenland by Tete-Michel much a foreigner in the place where he was Guevara the second ‘5 Year Plan,’ the US during the Kpomassie born. Ok, so you’ve probably read this one, but height of segregation and the Depression, An African in Greenland tells Tete-Michel maybe not as ‘travel writing.’ Che Guevara Cuba, Haiti, Japan, Paris. Traveling as a Kpomassie’s journey from his childhood in Lose Your Mother by Saidiya Hartman was a 23-year-old medical student when he black poet in the 1930s, Hughes seamlessly Togo, where he fi rst read about Greenland, Saidiya Hartman traced her own family’s and his best friend set off on a motorcycle infuses art and social issues with his to his eventual journey, through luck and the journey from the hinterland in Ghana to the journey from Argentina to Chile, Peru, personal experiences of varying degrees of kindness of strangers, to the remotest parts of Atlantic coast, where they would have been Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama freedom and racism. I Wonder As I Wander that country. It’s told with such earnestness sold as slaves destined for the United States. and all the way to Miami. They returned is artful, fun and often deeply serious, and joy that you can easily see how Kpomassie Like many black Americans descended from home forever changed by the people and the depicting the places Hughes visited as much managed to charm so many strangers along slaves, Hartman admits that she hoped to poverty they encountered along the way. more than ‘destinations.’ the way. It also frees the reader from the fi nd a sense of belonging in the country her What began as a quirky idea for a year off conventions of so much travel writing that rely ancestors came from. Instead, she fi nds herself medical school quickly became a personally Equal in Paris and Stranger in the on crafted novelty or tour-guide knowledge, an outsider there. She returns to the US having and politically transformative journey, as Village by James Baldwin replacing them with awe and sincerity. discovered little about her family, but with Guevara travelled and gained a stronger No review of travel writing is complete a new understanding of how thoroughly the understanding of the region he’d long called without James Baldwin’s travel essays from Blind Spot by Teju Cole Atlantic slave trade devastated families on home, and the struggles that unite people Notes of a Native Son. In Equal in Paris he Through photography and writing, Teju both sides of the Atlantic. across borders. describes a Paris in which he is poor and Cole curates a voyage through about 20 uncertain of how to navigate race. “None countries. Ranging from broad cityscapes to A Long Way From Home by Claude Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde of my old weapons could serve me here,” he up-close portraits, objects and scenes, Cole’s McKay In her essay collection, Sister Outsider, writes. “I did not know what they saw when photos and short essays give snapshots of A poet by trade, Claude McKay always told Audre Lorde recounts her travels through they looked at me. I knew very well what place. Cole seems pre-occupied with what it like it was. Throughout his career, he was Russia in the essay Notes From a Trip to Americans saw when they looked at me.” exists outside of these photos, how little sometimes criticised for the cutting honesty Russia. She is the ultimate observer, fi nding In “Stranger in the Village,” Baldwin is we see, how blind we are even when we’re of his portrayals of the communities he wrote remarkable comparisons between Moscow regarded as a novelty in a small Swiss town traveling to expand our worldview. about, but he never held back. A Long Way and New York and Tashkent and parts of West where he is the only black man. Treated From Home is an unfi ltered take on his travels Africa. But as a black woman, she cannot as such, he arrives a stranger and leaves a Catfi sh and Mandala by Andrew X Pham from Jamaica to Harlem to Europe to post- just quietly observe. As she recalls being stranger, meditating all the while on how Born in war-stricken Vietnam, Andrew Revolutionary Russia and back again. When questioned about her blackness by locals, she places where a black man is so strange a Pham escaped to the US as a boy, then he describes the many people urging him to perfectly captures how travelling as a person sight will soon no longer exist. “The world is returned to Vietnam many years later as visit the illustrious Gertrude Stein while in of colour is often to be both the curious and white no longer,” he writes, “and it will never an Americanised young man. Pham fi nds Paris, he writes, “I never went because of my the curiosity. be white again.”– The Seattle Times/TNS Sunday, September 23, 2018 GULF TIMES 9 AVEL COMMUNITY you’ve never read but should he complexity of being an outsider in an established community. By Crystal Paul 10 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 23, 2018 COMMUNITY QUIZ Preserving human knowledge

Which is the only region (in fact a self-governing republic) in Europe with a majority Buddhist population? Kalmykia

According to the World Federation of the Deaf, there are approximately 72 million deaf people worldwide, collectively using more than 300 diff erent sign languages. International Day of Sign Languages (IDSL) is celebrated annually across the e can’t say for sure world on September 23. What is if the human race its theme for this 2018? has reached the With Sign Language, Everyone is pinnacle and to Included. a fi nal triumph overW times gone by. Unfortunately, In the climax of which game the history is not documented well would you be required to say enough. THE TIME CAPSULE: Time Capsule-I was made of a non-ferrous alloy called Cupaloy, to resist corrosion for 5,000 ‘Touche’ in case you have beaten Human race is always evolving, years while Time Capsule-II was made of a stainless steel metal called Kromarc. by your opponent? and this is our beauty. We can never Fencing say that it has reached ‘the ultimate The objects sealed away are might have drawn inspiration 10,000 capsules, but many of the in material and social development’. nods to nostalgia and were selected from the Crypt of Civilisation, locations remain a mystery. Which famous art gallery in The race shall march onward to to chronicle 20th-century life in a swimming-pool-sized time Welcome to ‘Nutty’s Infotainment. Paris houses Leonardo da Vinci’s achievements splendid beyond the United States. These include capsule sealed until 8113. Its YAYS!’ ‘Mona Lisa’? the imagination of this day, to new a collection of seeds, metals and creator, Thornwell Jacobs, Your time starts now. The Louvre worlds of wealth, power, life and textiles; microfi lm and newsreels; started building in 1936, three happiness. and everyday items such as a Beatles years before Westinghouse. But It is a large memory device ‘Geliophobia’ is the fear of Time capsule is an audacious record, a bikini, a pack of Camel he didn’t close the room until which was taken to the laughter. What is ‘Gelotophobia’? attempt to preserve human cigarettes and a plastic child’s cup 1940. The Guinness World Book International Space Station in Fear of being laughed at. It is a type knowledge for posterity. It off ers featuring Mickey Mouse. Just 80 of Records declared it ‘the first 2008. It contains digitised DNA of social phobia. a fascinating peek into how past years later, many of objects are now successful attempt to bury a sequences of a selected group generations lived and how they obsolete, giving us an intriguing record for any future inhabitant’ of humans, such as physicist The name of which souq in wanted to be remembered. And look at how quickly we outgrow our of Earth. The International Stephen Hawking, comedian Doha means ‘standing market’ in the pageantry of unearthing these common possessions. Time Capsule Society estimates and talk show host Stephen English? incredible ‘time machines’ is an The Westinghouse model the world has approximately Colbert, Playboy model Jo Souq Waqif exciting aff air, a chance to see Garcia, game designer Richard mysterious items hand-picked long Garriott, and athlete Lance Which American multinational ago as apposite examples of a bygone Armstrong. The project is investment bank was founded era. aimed to preserve human DNA as the ‘Bank of Italy’ by Amadeo Time capsules are a relatively Tribe NI.yays in a time capsule, in case some Pietro Giannini in 1904? new invention that became famous global cataclysm should occur Bank of America in 1930s with the burial of the on Earth. What is the device Westinghouse Time Capsule at the called? One of the greatest speech World’s Fair. 1. In tennis, what was special about the ‘Sphagetti racket’ Immortality Drive delivered in US political history In fact, the Westinghouse Time introduced in 1977 and banned in 1981? was made on September 23, 1952, Capsules are two time capsules It was a racket with 2 layers of string for a greater top spin. “People living in diff erent by Richard Nixon. Name this prepared by the Westinghouse (Seymour Young, Tourist, Doha) countries kill each other at cocker spaniel, featured here Electric & Manufacturing Company. irregular time intervals, so that with Richard Nixon, after whom ‘Time Capsule-I’ was created for 2. Name the well-known movie starring Paul Newman and also for this reason anyone who the speech is named. New York World’s Fair 1939 and loosely based on the story of Robert LeRoy Parker and his partner thinks about the future must (Answer next week. Answer to last deposited exactly eighty years Harry Longabaugh, who robbed banks and trains in the early live in fear and terror.” Which week’s photoquiz: Agatha Christie) back, on September 23, 1938. ‘Time 1900s as leaders of the Wild Bunch, a group of outlaws. scientist wrote this in the Book Capsule-II’ was created for New York Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. of Records put inside Time World’s Fair 1964. Buried 50 feet (Sania Khan, Housewife, Wakrah) Capsule-I? below Flushing Meadows–Corona Albert Einstein. Park, the site of both world’s fairs, Do you have some interesting bytes to share? And, does your vibe attract the capsules are to be opened at you to the ‘Tribe NI.yays!’ Every week two of your best questions will be In 2014, GM named her the the same time in the year 6939, fi ve featured here. Please do write to us [email protected] CEO of the company, marking thousand years after the fi rst capsule the fi rst time a woman has been was sealed. Why New York? Well, it placed in charge of a major auto was believed that the metropolis will manufacturer. Name her. likely become a place of interest for Mary Barra future generations, much like Athens, Rome or Troy now. What’s the Good Word? in all kind of works (c) engaging (d) The time capsules are bullet- negative comment shaped, measuring 90 inches in 1. Glabrous: (a) smooth (b) excessively 7. Patulous: (a) refined (b) closed (c) length. Time Capsule-I was made of talkative (c) rebel (d) enormous spreading (d) central a non-ferrous alloy called Cupaloy, 2. Humdudgeon: (a) mature (b) 8. Scoff law: (a) contemptuous law and created especially for this project influencer (c) highest-performing (d) violator (b) highly productive (c) (d) to resist corrosion for 5,000 years. imaginary illness inspiring content Time Capsule-II was made of a 3. Incrassate: (a) thickened in form 9. Toplofty: (a) agent (b) persevering stainless steel metal called Kromarc. or consistency (b) discount (c) (d) (c) haughty and arrogant (d) creep The contents of the time capsules scream 10. Vicinal: (a) immoral (b) were sealed inside an insulated, 4. Keek: (a) help (b) deliver (c) neighboring (c) clumsy (d) attractively airtight, glass envelope. The interior surreptitious glance (d) civilized lively of the glass envelope of Capsule-I 5. Lactarium: (a) dingy (b) was fi lled with nitrogen, whereas WELL ACCLAIMED: Louvre Museum, world’s largest art museum and a accountable (c) laboratory (d) dairy Answers: 1 (a); 2 (d); 3 (a); 4 (c); 5 (d); 6 Capsule-II was fi lled with the inert historic monument in Paris, features well acclaimed Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Mona 6. Panurgic: (a) planned (b) skilled (b); 7 (b); 8 (a); 9 (c); 10 (b) gas, Argon. Lisa’. Sunday, September 23, 2018 GULF TIMES 11 INFOGRAPHIC COMMUNITY 12 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 23, 2018 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES

Wordsearch Adam

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Cookery Terms

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Codeword Every letter of the alphabet is used at least once. Squares with the same number in have the same letter in. Work out which number represents which letter.

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Sudoku

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. Sunday, September 23, 2018 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Colouring

ACROSS DOWN 1. Tried to find the way, 1. Sees the attraction of foreign overwrought (6) travel? (6) 5. An uproar about organised 2. The trickery gets one down crime? (6) (4) 8. The animal has some trouble 3. The girl I take a long time skirting the hole (5) about sending out (8) 9. Give the quartet away with a 4. A bogus copper? (11,4) little sign (6) 5. Mentions that one thinks it 10. From the outset, you put in, a best to have the piano at the far better runner (6) top (6) 11. Because it’s a violation to 6. It’s in the toy cupboard. Give choose sides (5) the boy the key (4) 14. The composer points to the 7. A land bird (6) case (8) 12. The Continental having 16. The inferior rum you throw entered fights the guards (7) out (6) 13. Because you pull up ahead 18. What one’s doing on a last (7) visit to an auction room? (7,8) 15. Are among the sixteen 20. Opens and among the top running (5) performers is tiptop (6) 17. She complained of having Answers 22. At school, the boy is casual had a turn (5) (8) 19. Make the grass border Wordsearch Codeword 25. Are repeated when he leaves straight again (8) here with the animal (5) 20. In the chest, folded, find a 27. Is the animal outside a bag (6) husky? (6) 21. Flock to put the covers back 28. The people take one to be a again inside (6) threat (6) 23. Left out, meant to wail about 29. Many a romance has been it (6) written about her (5) 24. Still collected (4) 30. The man, you repeat, is not 26. Plant that requires sun to unbeatable (3-3) mature (4) 31. Show us a new way to amuse ourselves? (6)

Yesterday’s Solutions

Across: 1 Determines; 6 Wail; Down: 1 Dates; 2 Trimarans; 3 10 Thieves; 11 Prudent; 12 Roving reporter; 4 Instead; 5 Stainless; 13 Haste; 14 Chair; Exposes; 7 Avers; 8 Litheness; 15 Discharge; 17 Disappear; 20 9 Push the boat out; 14 Backs; 21 Tapir; 23 Endeavour; Cadetship; 16 Rectorate; 18 25 Holiest; 26 Chorale; 27 Pest; Elector; 19 Reduces; 22 Poles; 28 Cross-trees. 24 Reels. 14 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 23, 2018 COMMUNITY LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE Late-night use of gadgets leaves children sleep-deprived: Study

ost parents believe that an In addition, 10 per cent of parents believe excessive late night use of their teenage kids’ sleep problems are gadgets has signifi cantly associated with their health conditions or hampered the sleep patterns medication. of their teenaged children, “Other reasons of sleep disturbances leadingM to poor academic performance, included irregular sleep patterns due to researchers warn. homework or activities which accounted for According to them, 56 per cent of parents 43 per cent, worries about school (31 per cent) fall in this category. and concerns about social life (23 per cent), In the study, published by C.S. Mott the study noted. Children’s Hospital National Poll on The parents have encouraged their children Children’s Health at the University of to try diff erent strategies at home to help Michigan, 43 per cent of parents said their them cope up with sleep problems, including teenage children are struggling to fall asleep limiting caff eine in the evening (54 per cent), or wake up. turning off electronics and cell phones at “The poll suggests that sleep problems bedtime (53 per cent), having a snack before are common among teenagers and parents bed (44 per cent) and natural or herbal believe late-night use of electronics is a remedies, such as melatonin (36 per cent). main contributor,” said Sarah Clark, poll co- Twenty-eight per cent of parents said their director at M.P.H. kids have also tried some type of medication For the study, the researchers included to address sleep problems. responses from 1,018 parents with at least “Parents whose teen continue to have one child who are aged between 13-18 years frequent sleep problems, despite following of age. also seen by parents as contributing to sleep problems (one to two nights per week) recommendations for healthy sleep hygiene, Teenagers’ hectic schedules and homework problems. while 18 percent believe their teenage kids may want to talk to a health care provider, load — as well as anxiety about school Some parents also reported that their struggle with sleep three or more nights per particularly when considering which type of performance and peer relationships — are child experienced occasional sleep week. medication to try,” said Clark. — IANS

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

You’re feeling your power and strength today, Aries. You’ve worked The time is right to pursue training for a particular skill or finish a Circumstances are favourable for you if you’re contemplating hard to get into good physical shape. Similarly, you’ve exerted a degree in a field of interest to you, Taurus. Presently, great success investment in real estate. Any sort of investment looks good for you great deal of energy in your work life and it’s paying off . With today’s and good fortune are indicated when you assert your considerable right now, Gemini. Be ready to receive a young visitor at home today. planetary energy, you can also expect greater intimacy in your energy and focus on the subject matter. If you’ve been considering You may benefit from a significant piece of mail or phone call. Even personal life. Enjoy this special time. honing your communication skills, consider a writing course. if you hadn’t planned on it, you may want to visit an older friend or Perhaps you want to organise a long-desired trip. relative tonight. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

Did you forget to take two aspirin before you fell into bed last night? If it’s true that you reap what you sow, Leo, you’re in for a great You’re highly esteemed in your profession because of your strong This morning you may feel in a fog, but it should lift around midday. harvest in the coming months. Your hard work and focus will start business acumen and no-nonsense approach to problem solving. You could be surprised by some heartening news from a friend or to pay off handsomely with promotions and raises just when you Recent successes may be preparing you for the next leap in the relative regarding a diff icult situation that is now being resolved. may have given up on being acknowledged for all you do. Hang on progression. Be open to opportunities involving the Internet that Enjoy the boost of energy that this good news gives you. to your great energy, passion, and enthusiasm. Doors are about to present themselves. Remember, there’s no glass ceiling online. Today open for you. Get ready to walk through them. may be peppered with all sorts of communications from friends. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

Opportunity may knock for you today from an unlikely source, Expect to receive interesting communications today, Scorpio. You You’re in a great position to reap the rewards from all your past perhaps total strangers! Use your intuition to follow potential leads. might hear from a long-lost friend and have a chance to catch up on hard work, Sagittarius. In the coming weeks you’ll be able to realise Real estate, particularly residential, looks especially promising for the news. Perhaps you’ll hear something about success in reaching important gains in your career and personal projects. Not only realising financial gain for you right now. Follow your hunches and a goal you’ve been striving for these past few months. Expect some should you see significant advancements in your work life but see what develops. Don’t let your caution bog you down at the company. Have a great time exchanging ideas on everything from you’ll also achieve greater personal happiness. You have great moment. It could be surprisingly wonderful. politics to child rearing. momentum, so keep it up and you’ll realise your goals. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

With the current celestial energy, you might be going on a trip, Don’t be surprised if money comes from an unlikely source. It could This is a good time to forge new relationships, Pisces. Be open- Capricorn. It may be for business, pleasure, or both. It’s likely that be a surprisingly good return on an investment or a bequest from a minded if someone you know approaches with a proposal. Do your this trip will achieve certain goals. Perhaps you’re aiming for a relative. Pay attention to any dreams that seem to repeat. They may homework and examine the potential risks, but this is a fine period promotion. Chances are you’ll be successful in your ambitions. Or, hold a lesson about understanding your life path. You may receive in which to pursue something new. Success and good fortune are you may be ready to set out on your own and start a new business. an unexpected visit from a dear friend you haven’t heard from in coming. Keep your eyes and ears open for opportunities. You may It’s an excellent time for this, too. years. All in all, this is a great time. hear some important news from your love interest. Sunday, September 23, 2018 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY Ayushmann’s wife detected with cancer

CANDID: Kylie Jenner said both she and her friend were not driving the car when police pulled them over. Kylie gets pulled over by police

Reality TV star Kylie Jenner got pulled over by police offi cials while celebrating best friend Jordyn Woods’ birthday. The two had been enjoying at a party here to celebrate Jordyn’s 21st birthday. They found their celebrations interrupted on a recent evening during their car journey home, reports mirror.co.uk. Jordyn documented the night on Instagram which showed the best friends giggling as red and blue lights fl ash through the back window of the parked car. “Tryna be a hater right now,” said Jordyn fi lming the scene with Kylie while they sit tight in the back seat. “We got pulled over,” she said giggling, RESILIENT: Ayushmann Khurrana, left, with wife Tahira Kashyap. Tahira asks women to show resilience when fighting against breast cancer. before revealing that neither of them had been driving. – IANS ctor Ayushmann Khurrana’s “I told my doctor now is the time to give from a mammogram. If any symptoms wife Tahira Kashyap revealed some competition to the Kardashians since come up, think of it as a protective yesterday that she was detected Pamela Anderson is passed. But no one force and get yourselves examined. This Davidson gets Grande’s with pre-invasive breast cancer. listened to me, so now I have a portion of my mastectomy has left me with even more Breakfast at Tiff any’s tattoo Tahira posted on Instagram: back tissue in my breast. self love!” A“I was detected with DCIS (ductal carcinoma “Jokes apart, this obstacle has given She also shared an image and videos taken Comedian Pete Davidson is continuing in situ) in my right breast with high grade me a new defi nition of life. Respect its at a hospital. his tattoo journey inspired by singer and his malignant cells. Simply put stage 0 cancer/ unpredictability and have the faith and She dedicated the post to “awareness, self fi ancee Ariana Grande. pre-cancerous stage, with cancer cells courage to be the hero of your own drama of love and resilience of a warrior that I know His latest ink is the words “mille tendresse” multiplying in a contained area.” life.” each one of us possesses”. on the back of his neck. The French phrase Referring to Hollywood actress Angelina “The invincible human spirit is great, Ayushmann then called her “My warrior was featured in the fi lm Breakfast at Tiff any’s Jolie, who had a double mastectomy to gives you the courage to endure and the will princess”. and means “a thousand tendernesses”, reports reduce her breast cancer risk, Tahira wrote: to revive. There is nothing that human spirit Filmmaker Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, who billboard.com. “The result I have become a half Indian can’t do.” directed the actor in Bareilly Ki Barfi , replied His fi ancee has the same tattoo on the back version of Angelina Jolie (since only one She warned women of all ages to be aware. to the post saying: “So much love always.” – of her neck. breast was involved).” “I am 35, and I was returned twice over IANS Davidson previously got Grande’s initials on his thumb and her Dangerous Woman bunny ears inked on the back of his neck, and Case fi led against Salman, most recently debuted a piece featuring the Love Yatri team in Bihar couple’s new pet. – IANS A case has been lodged against Bollywood actor-producer Salman Khan and others associated with his upcoming home production Love Yatri, which was earlier titled Loveratri, in Bihars Muzaff arpur district following the order of the local court, police said yesterday. “An FIR was lodged on Friday against Salman Khan and six others including Aayush Sharma, Warina Hussain, director Abhiraj K Minawala, Ram Kapoor and Ronit Roy in Mithanpura police station following the order of the court,” police station offi cer in-charge Vijay Prasad Rai said. Rai said that the case was lodged against Salman and others in pursuance of an order passed by the court of Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate last week. The court has passed the order on the complaint of an advocate Sudhir Kumar Ojha. In the complaint, Ojha has claimed that the title of the movie made fun of the holy festival of Navaratri. He also alleged that the promos of the movie suggested that it contained vulgarity and could hurt the sentiments of the people. “I am happy that a case has been lodged against Salman and others INSPIRED: Pete Davidson is continuing his for playing with a popular festival and sentiments of people,” Ojha said. tattoo journey inspired by singer and his Earlier this week, Salman had announced on Twitter that the fiancee Ariana Grande. movie’s title has been changed from Loveratri to Love Yatri. The fi lm is IN TROUBLED WATERS: Salman Khan’s upcoming film Love Yatri is slated to open on October 5. – IANS accused of making fun of a holy festival. 16 GULF TIMES Sunday, September 23, 2018 COMMUNITY

MOST LOVED: Heartbeat Surfinia, Lovie Dovie Supetunia or Amore Queen of Hearts are the types of petunia flower that are acknowledged and loved by the garden keepers. 2018: ‘The Summer of Love’ in the garden Supertunia is rich in pink and vibrant, showcasing the white heart which is perfect for a basket or a container mono-culture. By Norman Winter

o doubt, 2018 will go petunia with a stripe or a blast. The of cream. The petunias have held up regularly because as you apply water down as the ‘Summer of hearts kept coming however with superbly through a long hot humid frequently, each dose leaches out Love’ in the garden. Oh, Lovie Dovie. This is also a Proven summer reaching 12-inches tall and nutrients. I like to use a diluted, it’s not like the Summer Winners plant, but in this case, it is a spread of 12- to 24-inches. These water-soluble fertiliser every two of ‘42 or the American a Supertunia. They call it a pink and petunias will give you their hearts if weeks. Nmovie Summer Lovers, but it’s the white stripe but you will see white you select a site in full sun. As good as You will really be amased to see year petunias started giving us that hearts all summer. The pink is rich these new petunias are, don’t expect the new shoots if you maintain your ‘loving feeling.’ and vibrant showcasing the white wonderful success without proper fertilisation programme. Don’t be To be exact, the trend probably heart, and they have bloomed all bed preparation. Take the time to afraid to cut your petunias back. You started a little earlier but hit the summer in Columbus, Ga. work in 3 to 4-inches of organic will often fi nd that cutting back and market with the proverbial crescendo Lovie Dovie will reach 12 inches matter and till to a depth of about 8 adding a little fertiliser helps them this year. If you haven’t guessed yet, I tall with that vigorous spread inches. survive August, and look wonderful am talking petunias with hearts. of 24 inches plus which you are As you do this, add about 2 pounds through the fall. When I fi rst saw Proven Winner’s accustomed to with Supertunias, In of a slow-release fertiliser per 100 These new petunias are so packed Surfi nia Heartbeat I was simply Columbus, they were partnered in square feet. I prefer a 12-6-6 formula with fl owers that they defi nitely can amased. I thought to myself, how hanging baskets with mandevillas with minor nutrients, but that’s just dazzle all on their own. On the other did they get a white petunia with and mixed containers with Golden me. The petunias will never know the hand, there are an almost limitless pink hearts. I also thought it to be Delicious pineapple sage. diff erence if it’s something close or number of companions to consider, the ultimate gift for your loved ones, The most riveting in colour, balanced but do use a slow-release including solid colours of petunias. friends and relatives. however, may come from Amore form of nitrogen. It’s a good idea If you are ready for that ‘Loving Heartbeat is not any old petunia, Queen of Hearts from Danzinger. to give them a light application of Feeling’ from the garden, try it is a Surfi nia, reaching 12-inches There is actually an Amore series of fertiliser about once a month during Heartbeat Surfi nia, Lovie Dovie tall and spreading 16-inches. It diff erent colours but the Queen of the growing season. Supetunia or Amore Queen of Hearts is perfect for basket or container Hearts is simply breath-taking. More than likely you’ll be when the petunia season comes to EXOTIC: Amore Queen of Hearts mono-culture or combined in The hearts in this petunia are a growing these in baskets or mixed your region of the country again.– petunia features dark crimson hearts mixed containers like you would a deep crimson red against a backdrop planters. These will need to be fed TNS with a cream background.