MONDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2017

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holds Muharram commemoration

Antidepressants withdrawal boosts

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The charm of classic cars is attracting enthusiasts from across the country who have found another golden opportunity to have selfies with objects of ultimate beauty.

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Rajagiri School celebrates Founder’s Day

Rajagiri School Founder’s Day 2017 was celebrated on Sep-tember 21.

A solemn function was organ-ised at the school auditorium with

the management members, staff, p a r e n t s a n d s t u d e n t s participating.

The formal part of the func-tion was inaugurated by Dr Saju,

Professor and Director of Rajag-iri College of Social Sciences, Kochi. The meeting was presided over by George Jacob the Manag-ing Director.

Dr Aju Abraham addressed the gathering on the occasion. The cultural programme, titled ‘NAVRANG’ was staged after the formal function.

‘NAVRANG’ presented the story of a student who refused to go to school. She was forced by her parents to go to school but came back home that afternoon as a totally transformed person. She began to narrate her happy experiences she had in the school one after another and the mother felt so happy.

The various activities at the school to keep students involved and interested in what they learn is the secret of the uniqueness and success of the school. The school is none other than Rajag-iri Public School, Doha.

The founding fathers of the school were remembered with heart full of gratitude on the occasion.

Indonesian community holds Muharram commemorationIndonesian Ambassador to the

State of Qatar, Air Marshal (Ret) Muhammad Basri Sidehabi hosts

the Muharram commemoration for its community recently. It marks the beginning of the Islamic New Year – a date known as in Muhar-ram the Islamic calendar.

The event is held in coopera-tion with the IMSCA who is chaired by Ustad Abdullah. IMSCA is part of Indonesian community organ-isation under the aegis of Indonesian Community in Qatar led by Edwin Kurniawan.

The Envoy said that “By cele-brating Muharram, we conveys an important message to our children that Islam is not just about prayer, fasting and pilgrimage but empha-sising togetherness and sharing of understanding of Islam, a tradi-tion that developed along with our nation’s cultural history.”

According to Ambassador

Basri, Indonesian nationals views the Muharam as a time for reflec-tion to emphasis on remembrance as well as self-reflection and gratitude.

There are around 250 Indone-sian nationals turned up in the Embassy to listen to the preaching by Ustaz Dr Ahmad Annuri from Indonesia.

He lectures that Muharram is a time for self-reflection and devo-tion, an occasion when Muslims reaffirm their commitment to helping the less fortunate. It is the perfect time for learning the mean-ing of life, for loving the universe. A time to be grateful for all Allah’s immeasurable blessings.

While most might associate new year as a time for celebration, in the Islamic calendar it marks a solemn time when the Prophet Muhammad was forced to flee Makkah.

Millions of Muslims mark the date by saying prayers and fasting. The first day of the Islamic New Year is celebrated by millions of Muslims around the world.

According to Indonesian Embassy’s Minister Counsellor, Boy Dharmawan, the month of Muharram is considered a solemn

time and one of the holiest months after Ramadan. Despite it being the start of the New Year, it is not as important an event as Eid Al Fitr and Eid Al Adha.

The celebration is more of a cultural one rather than a religious holiday and become a part of Indo-nesia ‘s culture.

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Pics: Baher Amin / The Peninsula

Irfan Bukhari The Peninsula

A wonderful line-up of 12 classic cars at Mall of Qatar is attracting not only motor enthusiasts but also the general public.

Advancing its tradition of organising quality exhibitions at the facility, Mall of Qatar, the nation’s ultimate retail destination, has now launched its exquisite month-long Classic Car Show.

Classic cars worth around QR4m are on dis-play at Mall of Qatar as part of the Classic Car Show. The cars include a Jaguar XK120 Road-ster 1954 and an Oldsmobile Convertible 1959.

The show of vintage cars was inaugurated on September 20 by Mall of Qatar’s Vice-Chair-man, Jassim Hamad Al Attiyah.

The charm of classic cars is attracting enthu-siasts from across the country who have found another golden opportunity to have selfies with objects of ultimate beauty.

The visitors can enjoy this spectacular car exhibition until October 21, Mall of Qatar has announced. “We are thrilled to be hosting Mall of Qatar’s first Classic Car Show. We strive to offer unique and memorable events to our vis-itors of all ages throughout the year. No day is ever the same at Mall of Qatar and our Classic Car Show has an impressive line-up of 12 mod-els that we know are going to impress our visitors. We thank our partners Mawater, Qatar Motor

Show, Letbelah and AlRayyan Hotel Doha, for making this event possible, and we invite eve-ryone to join us during our opening ceremony and throughout the month. It is going to be a very exciting one at Mall of Qatar!” said Stuart Elder, Mall of Qatar Chief Executive Officer at the opening of the show.

The bespoke Classic Car Show is located in the mall’s luxury court. The motor show is organ-ized in partnership with Mawater, Qatar Motor Show, Letbelah and AlRayyan Hotel Doha was kicked off yesterday and will last until October 21.

Vintage cars on show at Mall of Qatar

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Commenting on the charm of cars and the show Mahmoud, a Lebanese boy said: “It is a wonderful effort by the adminis-tration of the Mall as they have offered thousands of motor lovers an opportunity to enjoy the classic feel of vintage cars.”

On the occasion of inauguration of Classic Car Show, Salem Al Mohannadi, Director of Mawater said, “The pur-pose of organizing this type of exhibition is to educate the audience about the history of the classic cars which were imported to Qatar from the mid-1950s until the present day.”

He further said: “The aim of this show is to showcase the evolution that these cars have undergone, and how these characteristics were admired by enthusiasts in every era. This gives us an opportunity to showcase the heritage of Qatari car owners and focus on educating the Qatari public about the history of classic cars, while presenting exclusive infor-mation about the manufacturing of these cars and the date of entry into the region. We are also looking to encourage the youth to conduct additional research about and acquire a taste for classic cars. The exhibition includes a number of rare automobiles, which have been carefully selected and are owned by Qatari classic car enthusiasts.”

“We invite visitors of all ages to come down to Mall of Qatar and see our impressive line-up of classic cars that we know everyone is going to love taking pictures with. At Mall of Qatar, we aim to offer memorable events for our visitors throughout the year,” said Stuart Elder, Mall of Qatar Chief Executive Officer.

The beautiful cars will be displayed at multiple locations throughout Mall of Qatar from the luxury court to AlRayyan Hotel Doha and visitors can take photos next to their favour-ite model.

“This selfie I am taking with Jaguar XK120 Roadster 1954 is more precious than those taken at various locations of lux-urious resorts. The pictures with these classic cars remind us golden days and the phrase that says old tunes are the sweet-est,” Cassia, a young expat girl said.

FASHION MONDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 201706Michael Kors desperate to style Queen Elizabeth IIIANS

Designer Michael Kors is desperate to dress Queen Elizabeth II because he

thinks she will look "aplomb" in any outfit she adorns.

Kors, 58, who founded his label in 1981, thinks the 91-year-old queen is the "ultimate person" he would love to style, because he believes she can pull off any outfit effortlessly, reports said.

Speaking to Harper's Bazaar magazine, Kors said: "She would be my ultimate person to be able to dress. To pull it off with such aplomb, it's amazing."

The designer has a long list of celebrity clientele including Kate Hudson and Jennifer Law-rence and believes "consistency" with a person's wardrobe choices is what defines a per-son's style.

"She has total understanding of her life, her needs, what's the best part to show off... I love the consistency, I think it's brilliant. As the end of the day, consist-ency is what becomes style .”

Is authentic leather too costly? Use synthetic onesIANS

Customers often have a hard time while buying the right leather footwear suitable to

their needs. Keeping in mind the high priced authentic leathers, synthetic ones are just right for budget- con-scious consumers and those who follow veganism, experts said.

Ravindra Bhatia, Founder of leather menswear shoe brand Egoss, and Sonia Agarwal, Market-ing Head of another shoe brand La Briza, share tips on why you should go for synthetic leathers.

*Genuine leather allows for great craftsmanship and durabil-ity for customers but, with synthetic leather, we are able to cater to the fast fashion market with good designs at affordable prices. Gen-uine leather smells of leather while synthetic leather smells of plastic.

* Synthetic leather is less expen-sive and does not require getting hides at the cost of animals. The leatherette can, in fact, be custom-ised to suit the end application better than real leather. Synthetic leather footwear allows the brands to offer designs at affordable prices and to cater to individuals that

don’t consume leather goods.*Synthetic leather footwear

allows marketing of designs to budget-conscious customers such as college students, young profes-sionals and even individuals who follow veganism and don’t use leather goods.

*Choose Synthetic leather shoe if you want something pocket-friendly or may be if you follow veganism. It is always a good option to own synthetic leather goods at affordable price points and in-style fashion trends. Synthetic and real leather jacket

Colours can chase away the blues: Giorgio ArmaniReuters

Colour is the answer in times of sadness and austerity, according to Italian designer

Giorgio Armani who was show-casing his spring summer 2018 collection at Milan Fashion Week.

“I do not see why I have to dwell on sadness, making women even sadder.. I answer with col-ours in a time of sadness,” the 83-year-old designer said.

He added that the inspiration for the clothes did not come from a specific art movement or period

but was more about “different strokes of colour”.

The collection drew together most of Armani’s characteristic traits: crisp cuts, asymmetrical lines, bright colors side by side with black and strong geometric patterns.

But unlike past designs, Arm-ani used a palette of pastel colors, with many of his creations in light blues, pinks and pale aquamarine.

Models wore chiffon flower-patterned skirts with elaborate tops, silk ankle-high trousers in

vivid hues were matched with long coats with ginkgo leaf designs and sleek black short coats sat over graphic patterned tops.

Most of the looks were embel-lished with colorful geometric plexiglass earrings, some with big collars made of bright pieces of fabric styled as eclectic scarves.

Colours only briefly disap-peared for some styles in grey and silver and then beige, for both man and woman, while evening wear creations were dominated by black.

Many of the models, with hair styled in rigorous asymmetrical

bobs, wore long mesh veils, some dotted with small coloured pom-poms.

Giorgio Armani explained that the veils were used to convey mys-tery and that his idea of a typical evening was “not too important but still precious.. like an elegant cocktail”.

The Italian fashion house, which usually holds two separate shows during Milan Fashion Week, this year decided to show the lat-ter in London on the day its renovated Bond Street store opened, earlier in September.

WORLD AGENDAMONDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2017 07

FOOD MONDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 201708Joe Yonan The Washington Post

There are nights when you want to think a little more about what you’re cooking

for dinner, and nights when you want to think a little less.

This is for the latter. It’s a scrounging-around-for-some-thing-good recipe, and it truly delivers, because the simple combination of ingredients includes a nice variety of textures and flavours.

You skillet-cook the lot: black beans and baby spinach leaves, broccoli and cherry tomatoes. On top goes an avocado-and-lime mash, followed by a sprinkling of my favorite spice blend, za’atar (although you can skip that if it’s a dealbreaker).

The dish is so close to things I make fairly regularly and have never written down that when I saw it in a cookbook, I blinked, the way you do when you see an old friend in an unexpected place.

I changed just two things, both of them having to do with the avocado. First, I doubled it, because, well, I wanted more of that creaminess in every bite. Second, they instruct you to form it, dipping two spoons into hot water and passing a scoop of the mixture between them,

“turning and smoothing each side until a neat quenelle is formed.”

Nah. Not with a recipe that’s otherwise so unfussy. I didn’t give it a second thought. After I mashed, I dolloped.

Black Beans and Greens with Avocado and Za’atar

2 to 4 servings, Healthy

Ingredients1/2 head broccoli (about 8

ounces)2 tablespoons extra-virgin

olive oil1 medium onion, chopped (1

cup)10 cherry tomatoes, each cut

in halfAbout 3 1/2 ounces (2 cups)

baby spinach leavesOne 14-ounce can no-salt-

added black beans, drained and rinsed

1/2 teaspoon salt, or more as needed

1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or more as needed

Flesh of 2 ripe avocados2 tablespoons fresh lime juice1 tablespoon za’atar, for serv-

ing (see NOTE)

StepsCut the broccoli into small

florets then peel and thinly slice the stalk.

Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Once the oil shimmers, add the onion and cook, stirring frequently, until it softens, 5 minutes.

Add the broccoli florets and stalk pieces; cook, stirring occa-sionally, until those pieces turn a brighter shade of green and lose their crunch yet still have some bite, 5 minutes.

Add the tomatoes, spinach and beans; cook, stirring, until the spinach has barely wilted, 1 minute. Season with the salt and pepper; taste, and then add more salt and/or pepper as needed. Remove from the heat and cover

to keep warm.Mash the avocados in a bowl

with a fork until smooth, then stir in the lime juice.

Serve the black beans and greens in bowls or deep plates, topped with dollops of avocado and a sprinkling of za’atar, if using.

NOTE: If you can’t find za’atar, either leave it out or sub-stitute a squeeze of lime, some toasted sesame seeds, and pinches of dried thyme and cumin.

Nutrition: Per serving: 310 calories, 10 g protein, 30 g car-bohydrates, 19 g fat, 3 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 200 mg sodium, 12 g dietary fiber, 4 g sugar.

When you want dinner to be a breeze, make this

HEALTHMONDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2017 09

Lisa Rapaport Reuters

People taking antidepressants for anxiety, obsessive-com-pulsive disorder (OCD) and

post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to relapse when they stop using these drugs than when they remain on medi-cation, a research review confirms.

Researchers analysed the com-bined results from 28 previously published studies with a total of 5,233 participants who had been on antidepressants for up to one year. Patients were randomly assigned to either continue medi-cation or switch to placebo, or dummy, pills.

Over the next year, patients who discontinued treatment were roughly three times more likely to relapse than people who remained on antidepressants, researchers report in The BMJ.

“Patients and their doctors should be aware that discontinu-ing antidepressants within a year is associated with increased relapse risk,” said lead study author Dr. Neeltje Batelaan of the VU Univer-sity Medical Center in Amsterdam.

“This should be taken into account when discussing discon-tinuation,” Batelaan said by email.

“It does not imply that all patients

should remain on antidepressants for the rest of their lives.”

That’s because the majority of patients who discontinue antide-pressants do not relapse, and because relapse sometimes occurs even when patients are still taking these medications, Batelaan added.

“Overall, relapse occurred in about 36% of people who switched to placebo and 16% of those who remained on antidepressants,” the study found. And among the patients who did relapse, this hap-pened more than three times faster for people switched to placebo than for individuals kept on antidepressants.

It’s not exactly clear why some patients relapsed, but it’s unlikely to have been caused by withdrawal symptoms among the people who discontinued treatment, Batelaan said.

Many antidepressants work by altering the way certain chemicals in the brain such as serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine transmit signals involved in con-trolling emotions and moods. Stopping antidepressants is thought to change how these brain chemi-cals function, which may lead to relapse in some people.

Side effects of antidepressants can include nausea, weight gain, sexual dysfunction, insomnia, blurred vision and constipation. One limitation of the study is that

it included only patients who had been taking these medications for up to a year, making it likely that all or most of the participants didn’t need to halt treatment due to side effects.

Another drawback of the study is its reliance primarily on pub-lished studies funded by drug companies, which the authors note might bias the results toward show-ing the benefits of continuing antidepressant treatment.

Even so, the results add to a large body of evidence already sug-gesting that patients on antidepressants may be more prone to relapse when they discon-tinue treatment than when they remain on medication, said Dr. Ronald Pies, a psychiatry researcher at SUNY Upstate Med-ical University in Syracuse, New York, and Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston.

“If the patient has a fairly severe or recurrent anxiety disorder that has not responded to cognitive-behavioral therapy alone, the use of an antidepressant for up to a year and possibly longer can be justified, owing to the risk of relapse with medication - so long as the patient is tolerating the treatment reason-ably well,” Pies said by email.

“Not all patients will need long-term medication. In fact, the study found that most patients do well when discontinuing treatment.”

Smartphone apps

may help reduce

depressionIANS

Smartphone apps are an effective treatment option for depression,

a finding which may pave the way for safe and acces-sible interventions for the millions of people with the mental disorder, research-ers have confirmed.

The results showed that smartphones open up non-s t i g m a t i s i n g a n d self-managing avenues of care for the people with depression because smart-phones can help them monitor, understand and manage their own mental health.

“The majority of people in developed countries own smartphones, including younger people who are increasingly affected by depression,” said Joseph Firth, postdoctoral research fellow at Australia’s National Institute of Complementary Medicine (NICM).

“Smartphone devices may ultimately be capable of providing instantly acces-sible and highly effective treatments for depression, reducing the societal and economic burden of this condition worldwide.”

Importantly, no differ-ence was found in apps which apply principles of mindfulness compared to cognitive behavioural ther-apy or mood monitoring programmes.

“Apps, which are used as an “integrative medicine” approach, can be particu-larly useful for improving mood and tackling symp-toms in patients with a range of mental health symptoms and conditions including depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety and insomnia.”

Antidepressants

withdrawal

boosts risk of

relapse

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Perspective: Helping kids cope with scary newsMichelle Kinder The Washington Post

As an adult, if you aren’t a lit-tle bit anxious right now, you aren’t paying attention. Hur-

ricanes, fires, floods, earthquakes, DACA, North Korea and events like Charlottesville and the London sub-way bombing are deeply disturbing, if not outright devastating.

For parents, the intensity of the 2017 news cycle has presented yet another layer of anxiety: How can we help our children understand what’s happening in the world, when we don’t understand it ourselves?

It’s disconcerting for children to live in a country where each day’s news is more shocking than the last. It’s a struggle for them to understand natural disasters, and a bigger struggle to understand why some adults are behaving in ways that children have long understood to be unacceptable. How can par-ents help children make sense of the nonsensical?

Helping children understand complicated situations is no easy task. It’s made more difficult when we ourselves are paralysed by the pressure to do it perfectly, which can lead us to avoid the conversa-tion completely.

But children notice our emo-tional state even when we try to mask it. When we avoid speaking about what’s happening in the world, we often leave children to

make sense of scary information they overhear without the cushion of a reassuring interpretation wrapped in a safe relationship.

I’m not advocating for inviting children into adult conversations. What, how and when we share are determined by contextual factors like a child’s temperament and developmental stage.

Our best bet is to have a strong support system in place and have an outlet for our own anxiety, so that it doesn’t leak into our relation-ships with our children. Everyone’s self-care list is different, but prior-itizing time with a good friend, meditation or exercise can help you manage your own stress and anx-iety and position you to be most capable in helping your child.

Here are five ways to talk with your children about current events, even if you yourself are overwhelmed:

Check in often, but from a place

of assurance, not anxiety. Children notice our anxiety and it feeds theirs. Checking in with them from a place of assurance instead might sound something like: “There’s so much craziness in the news - what’s caught your attention? What do you make of what you’re hearing? What are your friends talking about? What worries you? What makes you feel hopeful?”

- Remind them of the values that guide your family. Tell them what you believe and why. Tell them instability always brings an oppor-tunity for kindness. Remind them that when darkness intrudes, it’s an invitation to bring more light into the world. Acknowledge that there is indeed a lot of suffering - but there is also a lot of helping.

Model boundaries and choices. Show children that you are in charge of your media intake. Much of today’s media is designed to seize attention: Feeding the fears of their

audience is one powerful way they do that. When you switch off the news, narrate what you’re doing:

“I’m turning this off. When I watch too much, it stresses me out. When I focus on what I can do to help, it makes me feel useful.” This tells your children it’s okay to be stressed and shows that people can choose how much information to let into their world when they’re overwhelmed.

Don’t minimise fear or anxiety. Always make space for whatever children are feeling. If you need to set a limit, tie it to the expression of the feeling, not the feeling itself. Helping children understand that, and offering avenues to express those feelings directly, are key ele-ments in fostering their social and emotional health. It’s also impor-tant to validate fear or anxiety.

Keep rituals and routines intact. Children rely on routines and pre-dictability for a sense of safety within their little universe. Build in comforting rituals that generate energy, laughter, joy and a sense of purpose.

You know your family best. Your communication choices right now will be defined by factors like your family’s culture, race, history and beliefs. But one thing is certain: Our children are growing up in a time of heightened anxiety. Any-thing we do to help them make sense of what’s happening will serve them at this moment, and long into the future.

Preterm babies sleep more independently: StudyIANS

Preterm babies have more medical sleep problems such as nocturnal movement,

restlessness during the night as compared to full-term babies but they are more likely to fall asleep independently, a new study suggests.

“Preterm children needed less support to fall asleep and fell

asleep more often alone in their own bed as compared to those born at full term,” said Barbara Caravale, lead author of the study and a researcher in the Depart-ment of Developmental and Social Psychology at Sapienza University in Rome, Italy.

“However, preterm children showed more frequent sleep diffi-culties, such as restlessness and breathing problems during the night.”

The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, involved 51 preterm children with normal cognitive, language and motor development and 57 full-term children.

Mothers completed a series of questionnaires to assess sleep-related difficulties, sleep habits and child temperament.

The study found no differences between the two groups of

children in bedtime, rise time or sleep duration.

However, Caravale noted that the sleep problems reported by the parents of preterms may have resulted in sleep disruption, which could help explain significant dif-ferences in attention and emotionality. “Our study found that sleep problems were related to increased negative emotionality and decreased attention.”

BOLLYWOODMONDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2017 11

Anurag Kashyap comes out in support of NewtonIANS

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap spoke out in defence of “New-ton” -- India’s official entry for

Oscars’ foreign language film cat-egory -- amid claims that the movie is inspired by a 2001 Iranian movie titled “Secret Ballot”.

“Newton” is getting a raving response at the box office. Apart from word-of-mouth, the fact that the news that it will represent India at the Oscars came out on the day of its release itself, has given it a much-needed spurt in footfalls. According to trade experts, the movie registered “remarkable” and

“unprecedented” growth just a day after its opening day.

Kashyap tweeted: “That day when you wake up to the news that a deserving film makes a deserv-ing box office... ‘Newton’ shines. Super happy.”

On news that the film is copied, he quipped: “’Newton’ is as much a copy of ‘Secret Ballot’ as ‘The Avengers’ is of ‘Watan Ke Rakhwale’.”

The movie, produced by Man-ish Mundra of Drishyam Films, had its world premiere at the

prestigious Berlin International Film Festival, where it even won an award.

Standing up for its genuinity, Kashyap said: “’Newton’ is an award winner from Berlin fest and I can promise you those curators watch more films in a year than rest of us do in a lifetime.”

While “Newton”, which stars National Award-winning actor Raj-kummar Rao, revolves around a government employee who strug-gles to supervise voting in a forest area of Chhattisgarh, controlled by Maoists, “Secret Ballot” is described as a movie which focuses on the life of a lady ballot officer who visits a barren and desolate place to plead with voters to cast their votes and take part in the elections.

“Newton” director Amit V Mas-urkar has already given his take on the controversy, saying: “The story was born from my heart. I had no idea about ‘Secret Ballot’.”

Meanwhile, meeting the film team’s expectations, the film is attracting audiences to theatres.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted on Sunday: “’Newton’ shows remarkable 162.5% growth on Saturday. Friday Rs 96 lakh,

Saturday Rs 2.52 crore. Total: Rs 3.48 crore India biz.”

Komal Nahta, another trade

expert, wrote: “A 200% jump on Saturday over Friday collections of

‘Newton’. Almost unprecedented!”

Horror an under-explored genre in Bollywood: KunaalIANS

Actor Kunaal Roy Kapur, whose latest movie “The Final Exit” is a supernatu-

ral horror film, says though the Indian audience enjoys watching horror films, the genre has not been explored properly.

Recent horror film like “Mona Darling” and “Dobaara: See Your Evil” failed at the box office this year.

Asked whether it shows that the audience is not ready to accept horror films, Kunaal said: “I do not think there is anything wrong with the genre for our audience to

accept, but about the treatment of it.

“In the last couple of months, films like ‘Annabelle: Creation’ and

‘It’ have done well at the box office. Audience is enjoying these films. But when it comes to Bollywood, horror is one of the under-explored genres. People think it is a genre of B-grade movies where we over-sexualize the story and have given all the wrong treatment to it.

“Horror is one of the genres where the director needs to have high skill to play with every aspect of a film, including cinematogra-phy, background score, light,

special effect and characters. Unless the treatment is smart, instead of getting thrilled, people find it funny, and therefore the film does not work.”

The “Delhi Belly” fame actor is known for playing quirky charac-ters and having a good comedy timing. This is the first time Kunaal has gone out of his comfort zone to play a part in a horror film.

About his character in “The Final Exit”, which released on Fri-day, Kunaal said: “I play a photographer who has a recurring dream of a place and people, and in search of that, he sets a road trip. And then when he reaches the

place, he gets stuck and therefore looks for a way to his final exit.”Kunaal, who also directed an English language film titled “The President Is Coming”, has recently joined social media

“It is quite ironical that the character I played in ‘Going Viral’ is about a guy who runs a com-pany that helps people to go viral on social media; and in real life, I was not on social media for the longest time. In fact, I joined Twit-ter this month.

“I think now being on social media is a part of the business and I am just trying my hand at it. Let’s see how it goes.”

ENTERTAINMENT MONDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 201712

Lady Gaga’s documentary reveals her painStephanie Merry

The Washington Post

The tear-soaked documentary “Gaga: Five Foot Two,” now streaming on Netflix, gives a glimpse of a tumultuous time in Lady

Gaga’s life as she released her most personal album, suffered debilitating pain and prepped for the performance of a lifetime - the Super Bowl halftime show.

With these kinds of documentaries, the promise of a warts-and-all chronicle gets fans and gossipmongers equally excited. So does Chris Moukarbel’s movie deliver the goods? More than most. Gaga does a lot of crying while revealing a few new nuggets of information. Here’s a sampling:

She suffers from constant, debilitating painWe knew this much already from recent

headlines: Lady Gaga postponed the European leg of her tour because of chronic physical pain. She’s been open in the past about her fibromy-algia, but this is the first time fans will see for themselves what she’s going through, and it really is awful to watch.

There are scenes in the movie when she’s writhing and sobbing as doctors or massage ther-apists or friends with large syringes try to ease her discomfort. She complains of full-body spasms, which she believes can be caused by depression, but she also has intense inflamma-tion in her abdomen, and panic attacks, not to mention chronic pain in a hip she broke in 2013.

Despite everything, she still admires Madonna. Or claims to, anyway

In 2015, Madonna sat down with Rolling Stone and complained that Lady Gaga had bla-tantly ripped off one of her songs.

Madonna wasn’t entirely harsh. She also said, “I do think she’s a very talented singer and song-

writer. It was just that one issue.”In the movie, Gaga addresses the beef, say-

ing that, while she still admires Madonna, she wishes the singer had the courage to just come to her directly rather than going to the media. Gaga compares it to “a guy passing me a note through a friend.”

She put a lot of thought into her image makeover

Gaga decided to change her look during the lead-up to her album “Joanne,” which was named after her father’s sister, who died at 19 from complications related to lupus. While doing publicity for past records, she was usually glammed up in crazy couture, but she wanted to be more stripped down for her new music. So she ditched the fancy dresses for a uniform of T-shirts and jeans or shorts. Her hair and makeup also tended to be more natural.

Part of it was a reflection of her new album, but it was also to keep people guessing. That much was clear during her initial meeting about the Super Bowl performance. She told her team that she wanted to do something that was the opposite of what people expected.

During a video shoot, the makeup artists can get very intimate

When you’re dressed in short-shorts, under-butt needs makeup, too, apparently.

Like most people, Lady Gaga struggles to find balance in her life

When one part of the singer’s life is going well, another part is tanking. Sound familiar? During filming, for example, she’s doing extremely well professionally - she just landed the Super Bowl gig, after all. But her engagement to Taylor Kinney has just ended, which is the lat-est in a trend: Every time her career hits a new high, her current romantic relationship falls apart.

She also talks about the strange dichotomy of being surrounded by people all the time - all the flashbulbs and fans, vying for selfies and auto-graphs - while also feeling incredibly lonely.

She brings multitasking to a new levelShe has her makeup done while simultane-

ously undergoing a procedure at her doctor’s office. She also practices her keyboard while getting her hair done.

She cares about how her album is displayed in stores

At one point, Gaga goes to Walmart and com-plains about how few copies of “Joanne” are on display. So she takes matters into her own hands and rearranges things, placing a copy of her CD at the front of each row for maximum exposure. She even buys a couple copies to take home. Hey, when you’re trying to hit No. 1, every sale counts, right?

AFP

Stevie Wonder knelt before a packed New York festival in a protest for peace as he

led stars and politicians in press-ing for sustained aid to eliminate the world’s worst poverty.

On a balmy late summer night, thousands converged on Central Park for the live-broad-cast Global Citizen Festival which

hands out tickets for free to fans who take actions such as peti-tioning their governments to s u p p o r t d e v e l o p m e n t assistance.

With President Donald Trump proposing sweeping aid cuts, the concert had set a goal of build-ing political momentum in the world’s largest donor nation. But in a deeply divided US, another Trump controversy came to the

forefront. Wonder took the stage and knelt, emulating a gesture popularized by NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick during the national anthem to denounce racial injustice. Trump angrily denounced such protests, using profanity to demand that teams fire the athletes.

“Tonight, I’m taking a knee for America,” the blind soul legend said as took to the ground, his

son Kwame Morris clutching his arm.

Wonder also voiced worry over the increasingly personal venom between Trump and North Korean leader. “We could lose the ultimate video game -- of life -- losing sight that weapons are real, and rhetoric is dangerous, whether it be from a superpower in North America or a superpower in North Korea.”

Stevie Wonder protests for peace in concert

MONDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2017 13SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Will Dunham Reuters

Some plant-eating dinosaurs apparently liked a side order of crabs to go with their usual

salad.Scientists said fossilized dung

thought to have come from herbiv-orous duck-billed dinosaurs that inhabited southern Utah 75 million years ago contained pieces of crus-tacean shells along with vestiges of vegetation.

The discovery provides the strongest evidence to date that some large herbivorous dinosaurs sometimes strayed from a purely vegetarian diet, said University of Colorado paleontologist Karen Chin, who led the research published in the journal Scientific Reports.

“This was a very exciting discov-ery, precisely because it was so unexpected,” Chin said.

Fossilized dung, called copro-lites, offers insight into the diet of extinct creatures that cannot be gleaned by merely studying teeth, jaws and skeletons.

Ten coprolites from Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument contained crustacean shells mixed with rotted coniferous wood. For at least part of the year these duck-billed dinosaurs may have munched on rotting logs because they contained stores of crustaceans and other invertebrates, Chin said.

Chin said the researchers do not know precisely what types of crus-taceans were eaten by the dinosaurs,

but it was possible they were crabs. A variety of crustaceans also includ-ing crayfish and pillbugs are known to shelter in the moist environments of rotting logs. The crustaceans were at least two inches (5 cm) long.

“Rotting wood and fungal tissues would have offered useful nutri-tional compounds such as cellulose and fiber, and the crustaceans would have provided good sources of protein and calcium. Protein is an important component of animal diets, and is particularly important when animals are breeding,” Chin

said.The researchers think eating

crustaceans may have been a sea-sonal dietary change linked to breeding and egg-laying. Some birds, the evolutionary descendants of dinosaurs, consume more pro-tein and calcium during breeding season.

Duck-billed dinosaurs, also called hadrosaurs, earned their name because the front of their skull resembles a duck’s bill. They also possessed beaks and special-ized teeth for grinding plant

material, and are believed to have roamed the landscape in herds.

Two hadrosaurs that lived in the area at the time were: Parasaurol-ophus, roughly 310 metres long with a long tubular head crest; and Gryposaurus, about 12 metres long with an arched nasal crest.

Hadrosaurs were common in western North America and other parts of the world during the Cre-taceous Period, representing an important plant-eating group alongside armoured dinosaurs and horned dinosaurs.

Instagram adds face filters for live video broadcastsIANS

Popular photo-sharing platform Instagram has introduced face fil-ters for live video broadcasts through the app.

To use the feature, the user has to tap the face icon in the bot-tom right corner before or during a live broadcast. Then, they can tap any filter to try a new look, and play around with different filters, the company wrote in a blog post.

All existing face filters are now available for live video feature on the app. The “sunglasses” face filter is available exclusively in live video feature for the next week.

After the live broadcast ends, the user has the option to share a replay to stories, or choose “discard” option and the live video would disap-pear from the app.

Apple’s new devices cannot run

superfast wireless networksIANS

Apple’s newly-launched devices -- iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X -- do not have the requisite supporting apparatus that enables Android smartphones to use superfast wireless net-

work technology being developed by internet service providers.The devices cannot deliver high speed under the superfast net-

wrok called Gigabit LTE while several premium Android smartphones house the necessary technology that makes them able to tap into the super high speeds, CNET reported. However, new iPhones would be able to tap into LTE Advanced networks which have a theoreti-cal peak speed of 500 megabits per second.

Plant-eating dinosaurs snacked on crustaceans

BABY BLUES

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

When their headquarters are destroyed and the world is held

hostage, the Kingsman’s journey leads them to the discovery of an

allied spy organisation in the US. Note: Programme is subject to change without prior notice.

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MONDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2017CINEMA PLUS14

KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE

NOVO — PearlAmerican Assassin(2D/Action)10:00am, 12:20, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40pm & 12:00midnightKingsman:The Golden Circle(Action) 10:15, 11:45am, 1:00, 2:45, 3:45, 5:45, 6:30, 8:45, 9:15, 11:30, 11:50pm & 12:00midnight The Lego: Ninjago (Animation) 3D 10:00am & 2:30pm 2D 12:15, 4:45, 7:00 & 9:15pm Stronger (2D/Drama) 10:30am, 1:00, 3:30, 6:00, 8:30 & 11:00pm IT (2D/Horror) 10:00am, 12:45, 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 & 11:45pm Unlocked (2D/Action) 10:00am, 2:30, 7:00 & 11:30pm The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2D/Comedy) 12:00noon, 4:30 & 9:00pm Al Khalya (2D/Arabic) 10:00am, 2:40, 7:20pm & 12:00midnightBe Afraid (2D/Horror) 12:40, 5:20 & 10:00pm The Crucifixion (2D/Mystery) 10:00am, 12:00noon, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00, 10:00pm & 12:00midnight Kingsman:The Golden Circle (IMAX/2D Action) 10:00am, 12:45, 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 & 11:45pm

MALLBhoomi (2D/Hindi) 2:00 & 11:30pm The Lego: Ninjago (2D/Animation) 2:30 & 4:30 & 7:30pm Njandukalude (2D/Malayalam) 3:00pmJai Lava Kusa (2D/Telugu) 4:30 & 11:15pm Prevenge (2D/Comedy) 5:30pm Stronger (2D/Drama) 7:15pmKingsman: The Golden Circle (2D/Action) 6:30, 9:00 & 11:30pm American Assassin (2D/Action) 9:30pm The Crucifixion (2D/Mystery) 9:30pm

LANDMARKJai Lava Kusa (2D/Telugu) 2:15 & 11:00pm The Lego: Ninjago (2D/Animation) 2:30, 4:30 & 6:30pm The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature (2D/Animation) 2:30pm Bhoomi (2D/Hindi) 4:30pm Njandukalude (2D/Malayalam) 5:15pmKingsman: The Golden Circle (2D/Action) 7:30, 8:30 & 11:00pm Stronger (2D/Drama) 7:00 & 11:30pm American Assassin (2D/Action) 9:00pm The Crucifixion (2D/Mystery) 10:00pm

ROYAL PLAZA

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Njandukalude (2D/Malayalam) 2:15 & 4:30pm Prevenge (2D/Comedy) 9:30pmThe Lego: Ninjago (2D/Animation) 2:30, 4:30 & 6:30pm The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature (2D/Animation) 2:30pm Jai Lava Kusa (2D/Telugu) 4:15 & 11:00pm Stronger (2D/Drama) 11:30pmKingsman: The Golden Circle (2D/Action) 7:00, 8:30 & 11:00pm American Assassin (2D/Action) 7:15pm The Crucifixion (2D/Mystery) 9:15pm

The Lego: Ninjago (2D/Animation) 12:00noon, 2:15, 4:30 & 6:45pm Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2D/Action) 12:00noon, 2:45, 5:45, 8:30 & 11:15pm Njandukalude (2D/Malayalam) 12:00noon, 2:45, 5:45, 8:30& 11:15 The Crucifixion 9:00, 11:00pm & 01:00am Haseena Parkar (Action) 12:00noon & 2:45pm

ASIAN TOWNJai Lava Kusa (2D/Telugu) 6:00 & 9:00pm Njandukalude 5:30, 6:30, 8:15, 9:15, 11:00pm, 12:00midnight Bhoomi 5:30 & 11:00pm Adam Joan 8:15pm

AL KHORJai Lava Kusa (2D/Telugu) 10:45am, 1:30 & 4:15pm Adam Joan 8:00 & 11:15pmThe Lego: Ninjago (2D/Animation) 11:00am, 1:15, 3:30 & 5:45pm Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2D/Action) 11:30am, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 & 11:30pm Njandukalude (Malayalam) 7:00, 9:30pm & 12:00midnight

CROSSWORD CONCEPTIS SUDOKU

ALL IN THE MIND

08:00 News08:30 101 East 09:00 Snow of the

Andes10:30 Inside Story11:00 News11:30 UpFront12:00 News12:30 Witness13:00 NEWSHOUR14:30 Inside Story15:00 India’s Ladycops16:00 NEWSHOUR17:30 Talk to Al Jazeera18:00 Newsgrid19:00 News19:30 Counting the

Cost20:00 News20:30 Inside Story21:00 NEWSHOUR22:00 News22:30 The Stream23:00 In Search Of

Putin’s Russia

13:10 Stuck In The Middle

15:15 Elena Of Avalor

16:30 Whisker Haven Tales With The Palace Pets

16:35 Bunk’d 17:00 K.C.

Undercover 19:15 Princess

Diaries 21:10 Tangled

Ever After 21:20 Disney

Mickey Mouse

21:50 Sunny Bunnies

21:55 Bunk’d 22:20 Miraculous

Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir

10:05 Wildest Indochina

11:00 Swamp Brothers

11:55 Wild Animal Rescue

12:50 The Vet Life13:45 My Tiny

Terror14:40 Wildest

Indochina15:35 Untamed &

Uncut16:30 Treehouse

Masters18:20 Sharkzilla19:15 Tigers

Attack20:10 Swamp

Brothers21:05 Expedition

Mungo22:00 Sharkzilla23:50 Untamed &

Uncut

13:10 Alaska: The Last Frontier

13:55 The Island With Bear Grylls: USA

14:40 Deadliest Catch

16:10 Misfit Garage

17:00 How Do They Do It?

18:20 Storage Wars Canada

18:50 The Island With Bear Grylls: USA

21:50 Deadliest Catch

22:40 Walking The Nile

01:05 Telescope01:50 Deadliest

Catch

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BRAIN TEASERSMONDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 15

Yesterday’s answer

Conceptis Sudoku: Conceptis Sudoku

is a number-placing puzzle based on a

9×9 grid. The object is to place the

numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so

that each row, each column and each

3×3 box contains the same number

only once.

ANNE MURRAY, BARBARA

MANDRELL, BRENDA LEE,

CHARLEY PRIDE, CHET ATKINS,

CRYSTAL GAYLE, DOLLY

PARTON, DON WILLIAMS,

EMMY LOU HARRIS, GLEN

CAMPBELL, HANK WILLIAMS,

JOHNNY CASH, KENNY

ROGERS, LORETTA LYNN,

MARTY ROBBINS, MERLE

HAGGARD, PATSY CLINE,

ROGER MILLER, TAMMY

WYNETTE, WAYLON JENNINGS,

WILLIE NELSON.