YOUR PAGE, YOUR STAGE! There’s probably a photographer hidden in each of us, looking out for a platform. Community invites you to grab your chance and send your contributions with contact details and complete description of the images to [email protected] — PHOTO ESSAY, Page 10 Sunday, July 7, 2019 Dhul-Qa’da 4, 1440 AH Doha today: 350 - 470 COVER Perspective STORY The spirit of art is infinite in Qatar, says Doha-based Indian artist and art teacher Shajee P Madhavan. P4-5 QUIZ BACK PAGE The ‘fi nisher’ Making learning turns 38. fun for children. Page 11 Page 16 2 GULF TIMES Sunday, July 7, 2019 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 3.19am Shorooq (sunrise) 4.50am Zuhr (noon) 11.40am Asr (afternoon) 3.04pm Maghreb (sunset) 6.30pm Isha (night) 8pm USEFUL NUMBERS Malaal very diff erent people from contrasting backgrounds who fall DIRECTION: Mangesh Hadawale in love with each other. Does their love fi nd its destination or CAST: Meezaan Jafri, Sharmin Segal, Badri Chavan do they part ways? SYNOPSIS: Malaal is the story of Shiva and Astha, two THEATRE: Royal Plaza Emergency 999 Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444 Humanitarian Services Offi ce (Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies) Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372, 40253369 Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364 Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 Qatar Airways 40253374 Spider-man: Far From Home Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world DIRECTION: Jon Watts that has changed forever. CAST: Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal SYNOPSIS: Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza ote Unquo u te Q The Mall Cinema (1): Spider-Man: Far Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (1): “Don’t From Home (2D) 2:15pm; Spider-Man: O.P 160/18 Kakshi: Amminipilla sweat the petty things Far From Home (2D) 4:30pm; Spider- (Malayalam) 2:15pm; Spider-Man: Far and don’t pet the sweaty Man: Far From Home (2D) 7pm; From Home (2D) 4:45pm; Spider-Man: Spider-Man: Far From Home (2D) Of The Magic Potion (2D) 4:30pm; Far From Home (2D) 7pm; Spider- things.” 9:15pm; Spider-Man: Far From Home O.P 160/18 Kakshi: Amminipilla Man: Far From Home (2D) 9:15pm; (2D) 11:30pm. (Malayalam) 6:15pm; Oh! Baby Spider-Man: Far From Home (2D) — George Carlin The Mall Cinema (2): Toy Story 4 (Telugu) 8:45pm; O.P 160/18 Kakshi: 11:30pm. (2D) 2:30pm; Asterix: The Secret Of Amminipilla (Malayalam) 11:30pm. Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (2): The Magic Potion (2D) 4:15pm; Spider- Landmark Cinema (2): Spider-Man: Spider-Man: Far From Home (2D) Man: Far From Home (2D) 6pm; Far From Home (2D) 2:15pm; Spider- 2:15pm; Asterix: The Secret Of Spider-Man: Far From Home (2D) Man: Far From Home (2D) 4:30pm; The Magic Potion (2D) 4:30pm; 8:30pm; El Mama (Arabic) 11pm. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2D) Malaal (Hindi) 6:15pm; El Mamar The Mall Cinema (3): Oh! Baby 7pm; Spider-Man: Far From Home (Arabic) 8:45pm; O.P 160/18 Kakshi: Community Editor (Telugu) 2pm; One Day: Justice (2D) 9:15pm; Spider-Man: Far From Amminipilla (Malayalam) 11:30pm. Kamran Rehmat Delivered (Hindi) 4:45pm; Aladdin Home (2D) 11:30pm. Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (3): (2D) 7pm; Raatchasi (Tamil) 9:15pm; Landmark Cinema (3): Oh! Baby Kalavani 2 (Tamil) 2:15pm; Toy Story e-mail: [email protected] O.P 160/18 Kakshi: Amminipilla (Telugu) 2:15pm; Toy Story 4 (2D) 5pm; 4 (2D) 4:45pm; Oh! Baby (Telugu) Telephone: 44466405 (Malayalam) 11:30pm. Toy Story 4 (2D) 6:45pm; El Mamar 6:30pm; One Day: Justice Delivered Fax: 44350474 Landmark Cinema (1): Raatchasi (Arabic) 8:30pm; Kalavani 2 (Tamil) (Hindi) 9:15pm; Raatchasi (Tamil) (Tamil) 2pm; Asterix: The Secret 11:15pm. 11:30pm. Sunday, July 7, 2019 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY Summer Camp for Special Needs Hobby Classes WHERE: Step by Step Centre for Special WHERE: Mamangam Performing Art Needs Centre WHEN: Ongoing till August 1 WHEN:Wednesday – Monday TIME: 8:00am – 12:30pm Mamangam Performing Art Centre, is a During this time, all therapists and holistic performing arts institution and a one teachers will be working together, running stop solution for adults as well as children individual, peer and group sessions within looking to explore their talents in various classes. The children will continue learning art forms. We off er classes in contemporary, age-appropriate concepts, work on social Bollywood, hip hop, indian classical dance, skills, life skills training, arts and crafts, music (Hindustani and Carnatic), arts and craft, music, and fun activities such as water play. karate, yoga, percussion (Chenda, Thimila, Elathalam and Madhalam), violin, harmonium, Career Guidance public speaking. WHERE: Right Track Consultants, Al Additional services include dance education, Sadd choreograph music videos and dance cover WHEN: Sunday – Thursday albums, choreograph dance musical projects, TIME: 6pm – 8pm corporate workshops and events, choreograph Career guidance for course, country, events for schools, colleges, alumni meets and college and entrance for students of Grade corporate and choreography events. For details, IX-XII, of all curriculum. Career assessments call 33897609. administered for stream preference, career test, branch preference, personality, multiple intelligence and learning styles and productivity. For more information, 55448835. Artistic Gymnastic Classes WHERE: Qatar Academy Msheireb WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 3:15pm – 4:15pm The olympic sport using horizontal bar, rings and fl oor exercises on mats for the EVENTS FBQ Museum brings together the treasures children from age 4 till 16. of the museum owned collection in MF Husain: The Horses Of The Sun order to promote mutual understanding, Exhibition recognition and appreciation between WHERE: Mataf: Arab Museum of Modern Qatar and India. Composed of five main Art topics, including community, trade, arts, WHEN: Ongoing till July 31 food and incense, the exhibition takes Arabic Calligraphy Workshop TIME: 9am – 7pm one on a journey to explore the rich and WHEN: Saturday – Wednesday The exhibition presents Husain’s pluralist diverse Indian cultures, the long historic TIME: 6pm approach to the divine and cosmic aspects of links between Qatar and India, and cultural Arabic Calligraphy workshop is back. being, articulated through the myths, symbols similarities between Qatar and India. Come and learn the artistic practice of Arabic and narratives of the world’s religions and handwriting and calligraphy at Music and philosophies. M. F. Husain: Horses of the Sun Arts Atelier. bears witness to a recurrent motif in his art, a The lessons will take place every Saturday, personal symbol of self-renewal and vitality. Monday and Wednesday at 6pm. For more information, contact registration@ Summer Entertainment City atelierqatar.com WHERE: DECC WHEN: Ongoing till July 13 TIME: 1pm – 11pm The biggest indoor VR and Gaming zone,over 50+ new activities and 45 food options along with 114 retail shops, for the whole family under one roof. Entry fee QR15 After School Activities per head. WHERE: Atelier WHEN: Ongoing Music and arts activities for students taking place after they fi nish their day in school includes Group Music lessons, Hip- hop, Ballet, Drawing and Painting, Drama Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and 10 years old after school hours. Dance and Instrument Classes WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf Times Building WHEN: Wednesday – Monday Learn the movements of dance styles in Ballet Lessons Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the musical India to Qatar – Symbiosis of WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier instruments such as Piano, Guitar, Keyboard Cultures WHEN: Ongoing for adults as well kids and move in the world WHERE: FBQ Museum TIME: 4pm – 8pm of music. For details, contact 66523871/ WHEN: Ongoing till July 31 For more info e-mail at registration@ 31326749. Under the context of cultural exchange, atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839. Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Sunday, July 7, 2019 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Indian artist and art teacher Shajee P Madhavan on the secret to become a successful art teacher “Frankness to deal with contemporary issues” SUNDAY CONVERSATION (Art) is a way of preserving your feelings and observations in a beautiful way forever ‘— Shajee P Madhavan Photos supplied ’ Sunday, July 7, 2019 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY Kerala, especially in my village. By Mudassir Raja Fed up and conditioned with that style, I switch over to search for a new style. hey say the desire to “After coming “After coming to Qatar, I create is one of the to Qatar, I realised that this country has deepest yearnings of rich art heritage and promotes the human soul. Art is a realised that the upcoming artist to a great form of creativity that extent. Here, I have been able to Tprovides a sort of expression to this country has witness a lot of construction and the very sensitive stratum of the rich art heritage innovative works — especially in society. the fi eld of civil engineering. The This creative strain becomes and promotes labourers who were working in the the strongest when an individual construction areas, the structural has no other way to vent out his the upcoming nature of massive buildings, the or her feelings and observations. machineries used in the fi eld in The art is not only a creative way artist to a great general and the social scenarios of for catharsis, it can also bring extent.