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A movie unravels the mystique of Ramanujan

CAMPUS | 3 MARKETPLACE | 7 ENTERTAINMENT | 12

DMIS inducts Student Council for new

academic year

Anniversary promotions at Nobu

Doha restaurant

www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

SUNDAY 1 MAY 2016 @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatarEmail: [email protected] thepeninsulaqatar

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GREEN FINGERSP | 4-5

Making a change from books, pens and exams, young students have grown a variety of fruits, vegetables and herbs as part of learning about benefits of healthy eating, importance of sustainability and the need to build a healthy nation.

| 03SUNDAY 1 MAY 2016

CAMPUS

Doha Modern Indian School (DMIS)

inducted the elected body of

Student Council for the Academic

Year 2016-17. The chief guest was

Captain Ravikumar, First Defence At-

tache’ at the Indian embassy. He fe-

licitated the council members and

wished them success in their en-

deavours.

The office bearers were inducted

in their respective positions by the

chief guest and a host of dignitaries.

Principal. Rakesh Singh Tomar con-

gratulated the new members and re-

minded them of the great responsi-

bility extending support for all. While

the Head Girl of the school vowed

to do her best for the further raising

the overall scholastic and co-scho-

lastic performances of the school;

the Head Boy registered the vote of

thanks. The national anthems of Qa-

tar and India brought down the cur-

tain on function.

MES students excel in National Talent Search CompetitionThe students of MES won 23 gold med-

als by securing 90 percent and above

in the 36th National Talent Search Con-

test in Mathematics, G K and Science con-

ducted by The Central Institute of General

Knowledge Learning (CIGKL) Delhi, for the

academic year 2015-16. Students who se-

cured 100 percent marks were award-

ed special appreciation certificates and

shields. Certificates were issued to all the

students who scored more than 50 per-

cent marks in the contest. About 202 stu-

dents represented the school in the com-

petition.

DMIS inducts Student Council

COVER STORY

04 | SUNDAY 1 MAY 2016

The Peninsula

Making a change from rou-

tine books, notes, pens

and exams young students

have grown tomatoes, pep-

pers, eggplants, onions and a variety

of other fruits, vegetables and herbs

as part of learning about benefits of

healthy eating, importance of sustain-

ability and the need to build a healthy

nation.

The young students took part

in Project Greenhouse, an initiative

run by the health campaign Sa-

htak Awalan: Your Health First, it-

self a programme of Weill Cornell

Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q).

As part of the initiative schools re-

ceived a greenhouse, soil, seeds and

growing instructions and were chal-

lenged to cultivate the best crop. All

greenhouses have now been visited

representatives of the Project Green-

house and the winning students with

the ‘greenest fingers’ have been

named as the students of Moza Bint

Mohammed Independent Elementary

School for Girls. Al Khor Independent

Preparatory School for Girls came sec-

ond, and Al Shafallah Center third.

Project Greenhouse has allowed

students to work independently and

in small groups and has taught them a

whole range of skills. Along with learn-

ing about healthy eating, sustainabili-

ty and horticulture, the project feeds

directly into classes about science, the

environment and even mathematics;

students at the winning school regu-

larly measured their plants to record

the growth.

Significantly, teachers have said

that the children have really enjoyed

the project, so they have been broad-

ening their knowledge – as well as

their diet - while having fun.

10-year-old Noura Abdulrahman Al

Hamady at the Moza Bint Mohammed

Independent Elementary School for

Girls, said she had enjoyed the project,

particularly planting the seeds in the

soil and watering them. Her classmate,

Mariam Essa Al Hamady, (9) said she

and Noura had grown tomatoes and

that she now eats more fruit and veg-

etables. At a ceremony Noura, Mariam

and their classmates received a tro-

phy to commemorate their victory.

Shaikha Al Mansoor, the Principal

of Moza Bint Mohammed Independ-

ent Elementary School for Girls, said

Project Greenhouse had been a great

learning experience.

“The students liked it because they

were able to work on their own, wa-

tering the soil and growing the plants

themselves. They learned that vege-

tables are important for a healthy life

and the importance of nature and the

environment. They really looked for-

ward to the fruit and vegetables rip-

ening,” she said.

She also said that the project had

also been a success at Moza Bint Mo-

hammed Independent Preparatory

School for Girls, of which she is also

the principal, where the students and

teachers made salads from the crop

they grew.

Second and third place winners Al

Khor Independent Primary School For

Girls and the Shafallah Center were al-

so honoured.

Ablah Al Kawari, Principal of Al

Khor Independent Primary School

For Girls, said: “We are thrilled to

have won second place for the best

crop in Project Greenhouse, part of

WCM-Q’s Sahtak Awalan campaign.

Our students benefited greatly from

this fruitful project, and they are now

more aware of the importance of ag-

riculture and creating a greener Qa-

tar. They are also keener today on eat-

ing fresh fruits and vegetables and

replacing fast food with easy-to-pre-

pare healthy and nutritious meals. We

look forward to actively participating

in future initiatives that raise aware-

ness, benefit our students and nur-

ture their extra-curricular interests.”

Mohammed Al Sada, Managing

Director of Shafallah Center for Per-

sons with Disabilities (SCPD), a mem-

ber of the Qatar Foundation for Social

Work, stressed the importance of the

center’s participation in the innovative

Project Greenhouse, and commend-

ed the cooperation between SCPD,

WCM-Q and its partners. Al Sada con-

gratulated SCPD’s students for taking

third place in their first participation

in the competition, and applauded

their determination to overcome the

challenges of planting seeds and nur-

turing the young seedlings. He also

thanked everyone involved in Project

Greenhouse, which helps raise pub-

lic awareness about health and sus-

tainability, especially amongst school

children, and contributes to achieving

a healthier society and building new

generations that adopt healthy eating

habits.

Project Greenhouse is now in its

third year and is constantly rolling out

the program to more schools.

WCM-Q’s giant leap with Project Greenhouse

“The students liked it because they were able to work on their own, watering the soil and growing the plants themselves. They learned that vegetables are important for a healthy life and the importance of nature and the environment.”

COVER STORY

| 05SUNDAY 1 MAY 2016

Nesreen Al Rifai, chief communi-

cations officer at WCM-Q said, “By

making health education fun and

practical, we can instill good habits

at an early age. The children at all

the participating schools have been

able to try fruit and vegetables that

they may not have tasted before,

and their pre-conceived ideas about

what healthy food tastes like are

then challenged. The transforma-

tion we have seen in the eating hab-

its of the children has been amazing

and the wonderful produce that has

been grown in all of the greenhous-

es demonstrates that this project is a

great success. So far we have deliv-

ered greenhouses to more than 80

schools and with the invaluable sup-

port of our strategic partners, we will

expand the program to include every

school in Qatar.

“Children who enjoy a balanced,

healthy diet will take this into adult-

hood, and in turn pass it on to their

own children. In this way we are able

to help create a healthy future soci-

ety for the benefit of Qatar. This is

central to WCM-Q and Qatar Foun-

dation who are both working to-

wards implementing Qatar National

Vision 2030.”

Hassan Al Mohamedi is the Direc-

tor of Public Relations and the Com-

munications Department at the Min-

istry of Education and Higher Edu-

cation, a strategic partner of Sahtak

Awalan and Project Greenhouse.

“Through Project Greenhouse stu-

dents all over Qatar are learning ex-

tremely valuable lessons about the

wonderful health benefits we can

gain from eating fresh and healthy

fruit and vegetables. This can have a

very positive impact on the health of

young people in Qatar and protect

them from the dangers of develop-

ing conditions such obesity and dia-

betes,” said.

“The students of Moza Bint Mo-

hammed Independent Elementary

School have done particularly well

and I am very impressed by the ded-

ication they have shown to caring for

their plants, decorating their green-

house and learning about healthy

eating. They are very worthy win-

ners,” he added.

Sahtak Awalan: Your Health First

was launched in 2012 in association

with the Ministry of Public Health

and the campaign’s strategic part-

ners, Qatar Foundation, the Ministry

of Education and Higher Education,

Occidental Petroleum Qatar, Exxon-

mobil and Qatar Olympic Commit-

tee. Its aim is to change attitudes to

health and help create a healthy so-

ciety in line with Qatar National Vi-

sion 2030.

Ablah Al Kawari, Principal of Al

Khor Independent Primary School

For Girls, said: “We are thrilled to

have won second place for the best

crop in Project Greenhouse, part of

WCM-Q’s Sahtak Awalan campaign.

Our students benefited greatly from

this fruitful project, and they are

now more aware of the importance

of agriculture and creating a green-

er Qatar. They are also keener today

on eating fresh fruits and vegetables

and replacing fast food with easy-

to-prepare healthy and nutritious

meals. We look forward to actively

participating in future initiatives that

raise awareness, benefit our stu-

dents and nurture their extra-curric-

ular interests.”

Mohammed Al Sada, Manag-

ing Director of Shafallah Center for

Persons with Disabilities (SCPD), a

member of the Qatar Foundation

for Social Work, stressed the impor-

tance of the center’s participation in

the innovative Project Greenhouse,

and commended the cooperation

between SCPD, WCM-Q and its part-

ners. Al Sada congratulated SCPD’s

students for taking third place in

their first participation in the com-

petition, and applauded their de-

termination to overcome the chal-

lenges of planting seeds and nur-

turing the young seedlings. He also

thanked everyone involved in Project

Greenhouse, which helps raise pub-

lic awareness about health and sus-

tainability, especially among school

children, and contributes to achiev-

ing a healthier society and building

new generations that adopt healthy

eating habits.

Project Greenhouse is now

in its third year and is constant-

ly rolling out the program to more

schools.

COMMUNITY

06 | SUNDAY 1 MAY 2016

AMU Alumni Association organ-

ised a football match at Al Jazeera

Academy recently. F C Bidda beat AMU

Alumni Association. The toss was won

by F C Bidda. In the alloted 60 (30-30)

minutes, Bidda’s managed to lead by 1

goal, winning the match by 3-2.

AMU Alumni’s were trailing by 3-1

up to first half time, the margin was

reduced when Samin hit a scintillat-

ing goal in the 37th minutes. Highlights

of the match included wonderful all-

round performances by Imtiaz Mallick,

Umar Ashraf, Syed Zakir, Mohd Samin,

Ziayul Haq, Hamid Zafar, Shahabuddin

Khan and Mamdouh Ali Aldaw.

Imtiaz Mallick (Captain of AMU Alum-

ni Association) and Sabeal Zeeshan

(Captain of FC Bidda) presented high-

est level of energy. Umar Ashraf fea-

tured in extraordinary reflexes in front

of goal post thus saving many goals,

wherein Shahab and Ziaul showed their

strength in the defence. Zakir & Mam-

douh showed immense energy in strik-

ing at the opposition’s goal.

Bidda scored 2 goals in the first

10 minutes by their powerful striker

Hisham Mohammed. The lead was re-

duced to 2-1 when Mamdouh converted

a corner into a goal with a fine header in

the 17th minute. The lead was increased

to 3-1 by Prince Thomas of Bidda in the

22nd minute through a well-organized

field attack. Certificates and trophies

were presented to the participants.

Qatar resident qualifies for CrossFit Games Regionals

For the first time, an individu-

al from Qatar has qualified for

the Regionals level of the Cross-

Fit Games competition. Steph

Chung will go on to represent Qatar

and CrossFit Erada from May 24 to 27,

competing against the top CrossFit

athletes from the Middle East, Europe,

and Africa in a packed stadium in Ma-

drid, Spain.

Steph, 24, relocated to Qatar in

2014 and is proud to represent her

host country in this growing sport. “It’s

really exciting to make it to the next lev-

el,” says Chung. “The community here

has been so supportive, I couldn’t have

done it without them.” After starting

CrossFit in 2013 as a hobby, Steph be-

gan pursuing the competitive side of

CrossFit just a few months after mov-

ing to Doha. “She’s put in a lot of hard

work,” says her Coach Robert Anthony.

“She deserves it, and we can’t wait to

show the world what Qatar can do!”

The CrossFit Games is a yearly com-

petition that stands alone as the ulti-

mate test of fitness. The competitive sea-

son consists of three stages: The Open,

Regionals, and the Games, and less

than one percent of participants move

past The Open and onto the Regionals

stage. With events including weightlift-

ing, gymnastics, and endurance, ath-

letes qualifying to Regionals have prov-

en themselves to be some of the fittest

in the world. More than 324,000 ath-

letes from around the globe competed

in 2016 for a qualifying spot; of those in

the Middle East and Africa, only 10 men

and women earned spots on the com-

petition floor in Madrid.

CrossFit is a functional fitness pro-

gramme geared towards improving fit-

ness and health, breaking away from

traditional methods that focus sole-

ly on appearance. Scaleable to all lev-

els and abilities, CrossFit gyms or “box-

es” such as CrossFit Erada have been

quickly growing, proving it’s the most

effective and fun way to get in shape.

F C Bidda beat AMU Alumni Association

MARKETPLACE

| 07SUNDAY 1 MAY 2016

Baskin Robbins Happiness FB contest winners receiving the prizes from Country Manager Neelesh Kumar at Dar Al Salaam Mall BR outlet.

Baskin Robbins Happiness contest winners

Anniversary promotions at Nobu Doha restaurant

Nobu Doha, a restaurant by re-

nowned chef Nobuyuki “No-

bu” Matsuhisa located at Four

Seasons Hotel Doha, celebrat-

ing its first anniversary. Recognised

throughout the region as ‘the’ place to

sip and savour, Nobu Doha has had a

ground-breaking year that has includ-

ed sought-after culinary awards, celeb-

rity-filled events and exquisite cuisine.

“In the past year, Nobu Doha has re-

defined the dining experience in Qa-

tar and we are incredibly grateful to

our talented Nobu team, and especial-

ly our loyal patrons and travellers that

have discovered our innovative cuisine,

stylish ambiance and intuitive service,”

said Layne Nguyen, General Manager

of Nobu Doha. “We look forward to

another successful year of pioneering

Doha’s dining scene.”

To commemorate one-year an-

niversary, Nobu Doha is serving up a

special Omakase menu throughout

May. The Anniversary Omakase fea-

tures an exclusive six-course menu

specially created by Nobu Doha head

chef Andrew Bozoki and the team.

The menu includes: Nagasaki farmed

chutoro with karashi miso and aset-

ra caviar, assortment of sushi, shrimp

and lobster mushroom salad with yuzu

dressing, king crab ratatouille ponzu,

A7 Wagyu beef with goma cauliflow-

er mousse and teriyaki jus, Shiso sago

pearls and mango agar with peach

rosewater sorbet.

Each guest who orders the special

Omakase menu will have the oppor-

tunity to win Chef Nobu’s cook book,

signed by the celebrated chef himself

and some drinks free of cost.

As the city’s most coveted restau-

rant, Nobu Doha features an artfully

curated culinary and cocktail menu,

complemented by an unparalleled

ambiance with a main dining room

and three distinct lounges through-

out the tri-level restaurant. Located

at Four Seasons Hotel Doha, along

the water’s edge on the Arabian Gulf,

Nobu Doha boasts 26,000 square-

feet of indoor and outdoor space

matched by 360-degree panoramic

cityscape and water views, creating

an unrivaled ambiance to dine and

discover a new side of Doha. The res-

taurant rivals some of the best ven-

ues around the world.

The Anniversary Omakase menu

is priced at QR450 per person and is

available from May 1 to 31.

08 | SUNDAY 1 MAY 2016

FOOD

By Jim Shahin

The Washington Post

Lamb belly might be the most

popular grilling meat you’ve nev-

er heard of. I first tasted it a cou-

ple of years ago at Hometown

Bar-B-Que in the Red Hook section of

Brooklyn. While checking out the cav-

ernous restaurant about a year after its

2013 opening, I ordered pretty much

everything on the menu: brisket, beef

rib, the usual stuff. All of it was excellent.

But the smoked lamb belly set me to

shaking my head and talking to myself. It

was a flavour bomb of juicy richness, as

powerful in taste as the moist end of a

great smoked brisket, but with a slightly

(only slightly) gamy quality. After a cou-

ple of bites, I paused for a few seconds,

just to regard this marvel. Lamb belly,

where have you been all my life?

After returning from New York, I

set about learning to make it. But first

I had to find it. Turns out, the speciali-

ty cut was hiding in plain sight: at Har-

vey’s Market at Union Market in North-

east. Subsequent purchases were just

as effortless. I must have been charmed;

more recently, locating a belly has been

a challenge. On a recent Saturday, sev-

eral speciality butcher shops, includ-

ing Harvey’s, were out of it. “It’s in such

high demand in food service,” says Meg-

an Wortman, executive director of the

American Lamb Board. “Suppliers are in

short supply.”

Harvey’s co-owner George Lesz-

nar says he used to sell only one or two

lamb bellies a week. For about the past

six months, he has been selling six or

seven. “I don’t know what it is,” he told

me. “But I expect I’ll be selling even

more come summer, when people start

experimenting and learning how to cook

it.”

During that first outing, when I asked

Lesznar for lamb belly, he brought out

the cut that is commonly associat-

ed with the term, a roughly rectangu-

lar section, with ribs. He asked wheth-

er I wanted it bone-in or boneless. I said

both and bought one of each.

What I didn’t realise at the time is

that the belly is not actually the belly. It’s

just called that. It’s technically the breast.

Indeed, the high-demand specialty as-

pect of the cut may not be the only fac-

tor in determining lamb belly’s availabil-

ity. It might also have a little something

to do with language.

Not long ago, I called Union Meat at

Eastern Market and asked for lamb bel-

ly. Co-owner Billy Glasgow told me he

didn’t have any. When I asked for lamb

breast, he said he had several. I headed

over, and, at the counter, Glasgow held

up the cut and explained that the bone-

in cut is lamb breast. He said the rough-

ly inch-thick layer beneath the bones is

called the belly - even though it tech-

nically may be considered part of the

breast.

“Trust me,” says Wortman. “The in-

dustry is confused, too.”

By any name, it is impossibly rich in

flavour. And for Easter, it would make for

a different and decidedly more informal

take on traditional leg of lamb.

American yearly per capita con-

sumption of lamb amounts to only

about one pound. Of the small amount

of consumed lamb, lamb belly is a tiny

percentage, making it both scarce and

sought after. Yet it remains a relative

bargain.

In restaurant kitchens, chefs have

discovered the cut’s adaptability. Marc

Hennessy, executive chef at BLT Steak,

cooks it with Swiss chard, adds it to

peas and carrots, and uses it in agnol-

otti. “It has real versatility,” Hennessy

says. “Just serving lamb belly is kind of

a strong thing. The fat flavour is very

strong. When it comes as a side, people

are very interested.”

Lamb belly’s big flavour pumps up

otherwise staid side dishes, certainly,

but its robust taste is what made me fall

head over heels in the first place.

After returning from my revelato-

ry experience at Hometown Bar-B-Que,

I rubbed spices into the two bellies I’d

bought at Harvey’s — one bone-in, the

other boneless — and smoked them

gently for a dinner party. I had plenty of

other food in case they didn’t turn out.

They turned out. The flavour was as full

and the texture as velvety as I remem-

bered. My guests were amazed.

Since then, I have cooked several

lamb bellies. I always smoke them low

and slow, crisping their outer layer and

concentrating their burly succulence.

Then I grill them and eat them on the

bone, or if they’re boneless, slice them

like steak.

The belly’s deep flavour lends itself

as a base to all sorts of treatments, in-

cluding tacos brightened with lime and

Cotija cheese and gyros flecked with

mint and creamed with yogurt. Be-

cause they are fairly thin and have a

lot of fat, lamb bellies cook at a rela-

tively leisurely pace on the grill (within

two hours) and are incredibly luscious.

In other words, they are nearly impossi-

ble to mess up.

A flavour bomb of juicy richness

Lamb belly’s big flavour pumps up otherwise staid side dishes, certainly, but its robust taste is what made me fall head over heels in the first place.

| 09SUNDAY 1 MAY 2016

FASHION

By Robin Givhan

The Washington Post

There is a torrent of colour. A rain-

bow of hues. A virtual ode to

pink. The most striking aspect of

the Isaac Mizrahi exhibition, on

view at the Jewish Museum through Au-

gust 7, is the fashion designer’s effusive

embrace of orange, grass green, teal

and, of course, pink.

Before visitors get to the clothes, the

sketches or the videos detailing Mizra-

hi’s success, which most will recall as a

starring role in Unzipped, they are intro-

duced to his nearly obsessive desire to

collect every possible hue in the rainbow

in bits of wool, silk and cotton. Examples

of his fabric-swatch collection, which he

neatly stores in slim boxes, are tacked to

the walls of the exhibition’s opening gal-

lery. The effect is akin to walking into a

room-size kaleidoscope, and the inevi-

table response is emotional rather than

intellectual. The color makes you smile.

Is that reason enough for a museum

to mount “Isaac Mizrahi: An Unruly His-

tory”? Does that make it art?

The Mizrahi show arrives at the same

time as a new documentary about a

blockbuster fashion exhibition, as well

as another new upcoming costume in-

stallation in the works, and all three

make arguments about why fashion is

embraced by museums: It is beautiful. It

has cultural significance. It is a hub of

creative experimentation.

But is fashion art? The answer is,

perhaps: It doesn’t matter.

Mizrahi began his fashion career in

1987 when he launched his namesake

brand and began to delight audiences

with a host of innovations that only now,

all these years later, serve as evidence of

just how prescient he was. Mizrahi mixed

his lavishly embroidered, high-end crea-

tions with simple T-shirts and inexpensive

sweaters that he created for Target.

Today it’s common for fancy design-

ers to create one-off collections for mass

marketers. But at the time when Mizra-

hi did it, designing for a lowbrow retail-

er was viewed as perilous — a move that

would surely peel away the gloss from

the runway collection and lead to a de-

signer being cast out of fashion’s inner

circle. Instead, Mizrahi enlarged that cir-

cle. Before Miguel Adrover made frocks

from discarded mattresses and Vete-

ments made DHL T-shirts chic, Mizra-

hi was inspired by freight elevator pads,

re-creating them in silk and stitching

them into an evening gown. He stared

down political correctness with his to-

tem-pole dress — a postmodern, hand-

embroidered celebration of multicultur-

alism that today would surely churn up

cries of appropriation.

There are ballgowns in bright blue

lumberjack plaid and his “Baby Bjorn”

ballgown — a full-skirted red satin dress

that comes with a matching baby carri-

er. There are wry jokes and elegant nods

to pragmatism, but mostly the exhibi-

tion celebrates the pleasure of clothes,

and that is enough to sustain a visitor

through a handful of galleries punctu-

ated by Mizrahi’s charming sketches and

snippets of his cameos on television

and in film. Maybe that’s enough. If Jeff

Koons’ “Puppy,” a giant terrier made of

flowers, evoking more joy than gravitas,

can land in the Guggenheim Museum

Bilbao, there’s no reason Mizrahi can’t

qualify for museum status.

The subject of The First Monday in

May is the lead-up to the annual Cos-

tume Institute exhibition at the Metro-

politan Museum of Art. There are as-

tonishingly beautiful garments, but the

essence of the film, which opened last

week, is how it chronicles the physical la-

bour and the mental fortitude that were

required to mount “China: Through the

Looking Glass,” which set a new bar for

the number of visitors to one of the mu-

seum’s fashion exhibitions.

While it also explored the planning

for the accompanying gala, with all the

stresses of seating charts and high-

maintenance guests — at least one of

whom tends to spend too much time

on his cellphone at such events — the

heart of the film is curator-in-charge An-

drew Bolton, who lovingly and a bit ob-

sessively tends to the clothes and navi-

gates museum politics and cultural land

mines. The intellectually compelling film

explores the museum’s uncomfortable

relationship with fashion. But instead of

making a dogged argument that fashion

is art, it focuses on the power of fashion

to unite two disparate cultures — Chi-

na and the West, whose designers are

inspired by the fables, cliches and ro-

mance of a country some of them bare-

ly know. Museums are a home for cul-

tural debate, that much is certain, and

fashion is portrayed as a facilitator of it.

Bolton will once again position fash-

ion in a wider context with the upcom-

ing “Manus x Machina: Fashion in the

Age of Technology,” which opens to the

public May 5. It will explore the tension

between garments made by hand and

those made by machine, between hau-

te couture and ready-to-wear. Which is

better? “Proponents of the hand see it

as symbolic of exclusivity, spontaneity

and individuality, while opponents see it

as symbolic of elitism, the cult of person-

ality, and a detrimental nostalgia for past

craftsmanship,” Bolton remarked earlier

this year during a preview of the exhibi-

tion. “Proponents of the machine see it

as symbolic of progress, democracy and

mass production, while opponents see

it as symbolic of inferiority, dehumanisa-

tion and one-dimensionality.”

The goal will be to envision the ways

in which man and machine work joint-

ly: solving problems, improving design

and moving the fashion conversation

forward. No wonder that Apple, which

forever altered how humans interact, is

sponsoring the exhibition.

Some of them, such as those by Dutch

designer Iris van Herpen, are both. She

is best known for her use of 3-D printing

and her ability to capture our biology and

our humanity in silicone, latex and plastic.

Museums have come to love fash-

ion exhibitions. They draw crowds, at-

tracted by the clothes’ beauty, as well

as their emotional accessibility. After all,

we don’t just admire or discuss fashion.

We wear it. Manus x Machina will test

whether audiences feel as profound a

connection to an exhibition that ques-

tions the importance of the human

touch in shaping the clothes that, in turn,

help us define ourselves.

Does fashion belong in a museum?

The Mizrahi show arrives at the same time as a new documentary about a blockbuster fashion exhibition, as well as another new upcoming costume installation in the works.

10 | SUNDAY 1 MAY 2016

HEALTH & FITNESS

By Casey Seidenberg

The Washington Post

I’ve often speculated that my boys

would more keenly listen to my

health mantras if I were an NFL or

NBA star instead of just their mom.

They perk up at advertisements fea-

turing professional athletes endorsing

sports drinks or a shoe line. Yes, we’ve

indulged in a few pairs of Kobes, and

they are convinced, despite the nutri-

tion facts I’ve shared, that Gatorade is

good.

My speculation was proved right

recently when I had the opportuni-

ty to sit down with San Diego Charg-

er Melvin Gordon. Suddenly, every-

thing I’ve ever said sounded way cool-

er coming from a pro football player.

When my boys found out Gordon said

that eating well gives him more en-

ergy and an edge over other players,

that water trumps sports drinks, that

a well-balanced breakfast is key and

that kids should start eating well at a

young age, they instantly were more

interested in healthy eating. (The

shocking evidence: My sweets-lov-

ing older child later turned down his

teammates’ dugout candy in favour of

sunflower seeds and grapes.)

Of all aspects of teens’ athletic ca-

reers, there are two areas over which

they have the most control: what they

eat and the number of hours they

practice. Yes, parents can hire pri-

vate coaches, drive across state lines

for tournaments and buy top-of-the-

line equipment for their kids, but teens

themselves can make meaningful dai-

ly food choices that can offer them

an edge, especially when they require

stamina for a wearying fourth quarter

or a second game of the day.

Kids ages 13 to 18 are going through

puberty and a huge period of growth,

bringing obvious physical changes and

an increase in the amount of energy

they require. Studies show that poor

eating can affect not only athletic per-

formance but also overall growth and

physical development, not to mention

academic performance.

So how can teens fuel themselves

best? Here’s my advice.

When to eatThe night before a game: Begin reg-

ular hydration. Sipping water over an

extended period of time is preferred

over guzzling it quickly immediately be-

fore a game. Take a water bottle wher-

ever you go, even to school.

Breakfast: Do not skip this meal, as

it boosts energy and metabolism for the

entire day. Breakfast eaters have been

shown to have better concentration, in-

creased problem-solving capabilities

and quicker mental performance, in ad-

dition to better muscle energy.

Pre-workout meal: The ideal time

for a meal is two to three hours be-

fore a game so the body has time to di-

gest the food and use the nutrients. Ac-

cording to Cynthia Lair’s book Feeding

the Athlete, “it is critical to eat a healthy

meal containing ample carbohydrates

prior to a game or practice in order to

have the muscle energy to play at your

full potential. . . . When our glycogen

levels are low we become slower, weak-

er and less able to concentrate.” Stop

eating one hour before a game or prac-

tice, as digestion will distract from per-

formance and a full stomach is likely to

cause cramps or other discomfort.

Halftime: The best halftime snack is

a watery fruit such as an orange, water-

melon, grapes, pineapple or strawber-

ries, all of which provide glucose and

hydration yet don’t slow the body down.

After the game: Replenish imme-

diately following a big game or work-

out. Studies show that an athlete’s mus-

cles are able to restock glycogen more

quickly if carbohydrates are consumed

immediately following a game or prac-

tice. This is especially important if you

have a second game that day or even

one the following day.

What to eatCarbohydrates turn into energy in

the body faster than any other food

source, so they are an essential part of

an athlete’s diet, especially within 24

hours of a big game. Try fruits; vegeta-

bles; whole grains such as brown rice,

oatmeal and quinoa; and whole-grain

bread or pasta.

Protein is a longer-range source

of energy, helping to build and re-

pair muscle and tissue and also regu-

lating muscle contraction and water in

the body. Good sources are eggs, lean

meats, fish, beans, nuts and seeds, and

dairy. Young athletes could use a little

more protein than non-athletes, but it

is a myth that they need large amounts.

Stick to no more than 15 percent of to-

tal calorie intake.

Fats are a secondary source of en-

ergy for the body. Fats build the brain,

supporting quick thinking on the field.

Good sources are avocados, nuts and

seeds, fish, meat and olive oil.

Water supports all bodily functions.

A 2013 report by the Canadian Pae-

diatric Society said that “athletic per-

formance can be affected by what,

how much and when an athlete drinks.”

Drink water before, during and follow-

ing games, even if you are not thirsty.

Game-winning eating habits for young athletes

Kids aged 13 to 18 are going through puberty and a huge period of growth, bringing obvious physical changes and an increase in the amount of energy they require.

| 11SUNDAY 1 MAY 2016

ENTERTAINMENT

By Michael O’Sullivan

The Washington Post

Despite an army of appealing

actors in its large ensemble

cast, the rom-com Mother’s

Day is startlingly unappeal-

ing. Clumsily edited and culturally tone

deaf, it’s more obsessed with the tit-

ular holiday than even most mothers

would find reasonable.

Whenever presented with two sto-

rytelling options — between, say, sub-

tlety and obviousness — the mov-

ie runs, swiftly and consistently, away

from nuance and toward predictabili-

ty. Among other sins, Mother’s Day fea-

tures a character with abandonment

issues who announces, “I have aban-

donment issues.” Then there’s the run-

ning gag about a Mother’s Day parade

float.

At one point, Jennifer Garner sings

a Huey Lewis and the News song, in

what feels like the whitest moment

in the history of cinema. That is, until

roughly 45 minutes later, when Jason

Sudeikis does a karaoke version of The

Humpty Dance while wearing salmon-

coloured pants.

This thing is a mess.

Though not technically part of a

franchise, Mother’s Day feels like it is.

That’s because director Garry Mar-

shall’s two most recent films — Valen-

tine’s Day and New Year’s Eve — also

center on holidays. Like them, Mother’s

Day jams too many characters and too

many storylines into a single movie, re-

lying on jokes that were stale sitcom

fodder two decades ago.

Mother’s Day frantically hopscotches

among multiple narratives: Jennifer An-

iston is a mom who has nervous break-

downs in grocery store parking lots af-

ter her ex-husband (Timothy Olyphant)

marries a younger woman. Sudeikis is a

former Marine trying to be strong for his

two daughters after losing his wife (Gar-

ner). An aspiring comic (Jack Whitehall)

wants to marry his girlfriend/baby-ma-

ma (Britt Robertson), but can’t because

she fears commitment.

Julia Roberts is a successful busi-

nesswoman and author whose career

obsessiveness masks a long-held se-

cret. And Kate Hudson’s Jesse - hap-

pily married with a child - has hidden

that information from her racist par-

ents, because her husband (Aasif Man-

dvi) is Indian.

That last plot thread is easily the

film’s biggest misstep.

It’s hard to say what’s most offen-

sive about it: Is it the fact that Jesse’s

mother — Margo Martindale, in a role

several sedimentary layers beneath

her talents — refers to the husband as

a “towelhead”? Or maybe that, as rac-

ist white people, Jesse’s parents are,

naturally, from Texas, where they live

in a trailer park?

Five people, including Marshall,

have story and/or screenwriting cred-

its on Mother’s Day. But the way this

film is written, it’s hard to believe that

any of them have ever visited a trail-

er park or spent time with an Indian-

American. I’m not sure they’ve ever ob-

served actual humans.

Despite the many obstacles in their

way, the cast members still throw

themselves gamely into the material.

Occasionally, they even shine in spite

of it. Whitehall, for instance, is charm-

ing in a scene that forces him to take

the stage at a comedy club with his ba-

by daughter in his arms.

As for Roberts, she turns on the

tears — and that high-wattage smile of

hers — in a way that never lets you for-

get she’s a movie star, darn it. (Even if

she is forced to wear a wig that’s the

hair equivalent of mom jeans.)

But even she can’t save Mother’s

Day from itself. When Aniston’s char-

acter casually mentions Groundhog

Day and Flag Day in conversation, I im-

mediately thought to myself, “Be qui-

et, you, or Garry Marshall will get even

more bad ideas.”

One star. Rated PG-13. Contains

coarse language and some suggestive

material. 118 minutes.

Mother’s Day: You’ll want to return this giftMother’s Day frantically hopscotches among multiple narratives: Jennifer Aniston is a mom who has nervous breakdowns in grocery store parking lots after her ex-husband (Timothy Olyphant) marries a younger woman. Sudeikis is a former Marine trying to be strong for his two daughters after losing his wife (Garner). An aspiring comic (Jack Whitehall) wants to marry his girlfriend/baby-mama (Britt Robertson), but can’t because she fears commitment.

12 | SUNDAY 1 MAY 2016

ENTERTAINMENT

By Subhash K Jha

IANS

How does one describe, let

alone cinematically circum-

scribe, the life of an unvar-

nished genius like Srinivasa

Ramanujan, who at the age of 32 had

burnt himself out — scorned, smoth-

ered and snuffed out by his own unp-

lumbed brilliance.

This is not an easy story to tell. Di-

rector Matthew Brown wisely follows

the course set down by Robert Kani-

gel’s biography of Ramanujan. As seen

through the prism of poignant artless-

ness and a belief that the mathemati-

cal genius flows from the will of God,

true to the sombre end to its unre-

hearsed design, the narrative seems to

flow almost by divine ordinance.

The story of a simple human be-

ing with a complex mathematical mind

that he failed to explain to himself, let

alone to the world which marvelled at

his prodigious skills, is told with such

charm and tenderness that you are left

contemplating not so much the inexpli-

cable genius of the man as his simplic-

ity, innocence and humanity.

There are two love stories coursing

through the arteries of this agile yet

supine biopic. Ramanujan’s unfulfilled

love for his wife Janaki (Devika Bhise)

whom he leaves behind in the village

in Tamil Nadu in the dubious care of his

mother (Arundhati Nag) is imagined as

a famished, restless relationship pining

for consumption.

Dev Patel and newcomer Devika

Bhise play out this love story of spousal

separation with aching ardour staged

by the seaside to signify the theme of

a thirst that cannot be quenched.

But it’s the other love story that

provides a centre to the tale of the

mathematical wizard’s quest for a

harmony between self-discovery and

worldly success. The complex ambiva-

lent relationship between young Ram-

anujan and his British mentor G.H. Har-

dy (Jeremy Irons) at Cambridge fur-

nishes a compelling sensitivity and a

supple ardour to the academic context

of the theme.

Here are two men belonging to two

completely different generations and

cultures, tied by their mutual passion

for numbers. Jeremy Irons plays Hardy

as a man who is so consumed by num-

bers he has found no time to cultivate

human relationships. Suddenly when

Ramanujan’s callow erudition sweeps

into Hardy’s life, he feels a change

within himself, a suspended emotional

upheaval that Hardy recognises as “the

closest to romantic love”.

The mentor-pupil relationship is

governed by intellectual and emotional

complexities. Brown — whose last film,

the underrated “Ropewalk”, came 16

years ago — doesn’t gloss over these

complexities. He allows the two actors

to tackle the abundance of emotion-

al and intellectual infinities headlong.

There is miraculous chemistry

at work between Irons and Patel, a

chemistry that allows the two actors

to individualise and associate the two

characters with all their quirks and

suppressed angst. It’s a pleasure be-

yond measure to watch the two ac-

tors own their characters as though

by birthright.

Irons’ supreme command over his

character is no surprise. He has a life-

time of experience to support him to

give life to Hardy’s academically arid

existence. When he speaks to his In-

dian protégé, he doesn’t make eye

contact. This is a man who has nev-

er touched the soul of another human

being, man or woman.

It’s Patel’s Ramanujan that takes

us by surprise. Patel owns the charac-

ter with the same prideful yet humble

authority as Ben Kingsley exercised on

Gandhi. Patel’s Tamilian accent is nei-

ther exaggerated nor exhibited. The

natural tone does slip off once in a

while, but the stumbling stance adds

to the humaneness of the character.

And yes, newcomer Bhise plays

Ramanujan’s wife with gentle affin-

ity. There are other exceedingly ac-

complished actors in the film like Toby

Jones, but it’s Irons playing against Pa-

tel that we are looking at without miss-

ing a beat.

There is one sequence where the ill,

dying, anguished and hungry Ramanu-

jan lashes out at Hardy for not caring

enough. Even though Patel owns that

sequence, Irons hones it.

What lends added grace to the nar-

rative is the authentic locations used

in the film.

Whether it is Cambridge or the vil-

lage in Tamil Nadu, the narrative vis-

its Ramanujan’s life with vivid veraci-

ty. Larry Smith’s camera captures the

pretty locations without allowing the

frames to get over-laden with cute-

ness.

Authenticating and yoking Ram-

anujan’s intellect and existence could

not have been easy. “The Man Who

Knew Infinity” achieves the near-im-

possible task of bringing the genius’s

inner turmoil in the same line of vision

as his prodigious intellectual faculties.

Here is a rare film that allows us a

lucid glimpse into the anguished heart

of a soul that couldn’t fathom the

depth of its own brilliance. Almost a

century after Ramanujan’s death, this

film unravels the mystique of the un-

schooled maestro who didn’t know

why numbers meant so much to him.

We now know.

A movie unravels the mystique of RamanujanDirector Matthew Brown wisely follows the course set down by Robert Kanigel’s biography of Ramanujan. As seen through the prism of poignant artlessness and a belief that the mathematical genius flows from the will of God, true to the sombre end to its unrehearsed design, the narrative seems to flow almost by divine ordinance.

| 13SUNDAY 1 MAY 2016

TECHNOLOGY

By Brian Fung

The Washington Post

It was a few minutes before noon

when it hit. The massive earth-

quake in Nepal touched off multi-

ple avalanches in the snow-capped

Himalayas, forcing hundreds of thou-

sands from their homes. That day in

April, a year ago this week, turned into

the bloodiest Mount Everest has ever

seen. The quake killed roughly 9,000

people. More than twice as many were

injured.

The Nepalese earthquake would

be Alexander Thomas’ fourth time ev-

er being deployed. Thomas had spent

the last two days trying to reach the

site of the disaster, which by then had

become one of the least accessible

places on Earth. The airport in Kath-

mandu — which was roughly a 5.5-hour

drive at best from some of the hard-

est-hit areas — had largely been shut

down to prioritise military airlifts.

When he finally arrived, Thomas

discovered a massive international aid

effort operating on little more than tri-

al and error. Search-and-rescue teams

that would eventually include volun-

teers from Austria, China, Turkey, and

even New Zealand were venturing in-

to the mountains to look for survivors.

But it was a scattershot strategy; no-

body knew who had already been

where. It made a bleak job even grim-

mer. People buried in the rubble were

running out of air.

“This was my first time responding

to an earthquake,” said Thomas. “There

was a massive lack of information; a lot

of time was lost because of that.”

Without reliable telecommunica-

tions, disaster zones quickly become

overrun by confusion and costly mis-

takes. Closing those coordination gaps

— and quickly — has been up to people

like Thomas and his colleagues from

Telecoms Sans Frontieres, an interna-

tional quick-reaction force that sets up

emergency satellite connections in the

hours after a humanitarian disaster.

The Red Cross has deployed com-

munications specialists to Sierra Leo-

ne and the Philippines. The network-

ing company Cisco runs a humanitarian

team it calls TacOps — short for “tacti-

cal operations” — that initially began as

an outside support unit for the US mil-

itary but has responded to areas dev-

astated by Hurricane Sandy as well as

a series of Colorado wildfires in 2012.

Ericsson’s emergency telecoms team

responds to an average of one crisis a

year. And TSF, in its 17-year existence,

has parachuted into dozens of crisis

zones — earthquakes in Algeria, flood-

ing in Bolivia and armed conflict in Al-

geria and Pakistan.

Few who operate in this world can

say which organization’s emergency

telecom services developed first. Nor

can they point to a particular disaster

that kicked off the demand for them.

But what is clear is that advances in

technology have helped unlock tre-

mendous new lifesaving capabilities.

Although humanitarian missions are

often about the what - relief supplies,

medical aid and other goods and serv-

ices - connectivity and communica-

tions have dramatically changed the

how, as well.

Humanitarian groups began se-

riously turning to satellite technolo-

gy sometime within the last decade.

Those early years required huge logis-

tical efforts to bring large, bulky anten-

nas and other equipment to disaster

zones. But as the cost and size of this

technology has shrunk, it’s enabled or-

ganizations to respond more quick-

ly and develop new, innovative tech-

niques for delivering aid.

Today, teams of emergency tele-

communications workers can deploy

anywhere in the world in the opening

hours of a crisis. All they need is a lap-

top-sized satellite antenna that can be

unpacked to become a voice and In-

ternet hotspot supporting download

speeds of 500 kilobits per second.

Glen Bradley is a Red Cross vol-

unteer who landed in Nepal with his

wife, also a volunteer, 48 hours after

last year’s earthquake. The Internet, he

said, has shown aid workers how much

more they can accomplish with real-

time digital communications in hard-

to-reach places.

“Logistics people need to have ways

to requisition equipment to support

the disaster, and they need to be able

to track that equipment,” said Bradley,

a former IT worker for the Defence De-

partment. “They need [geographic] in-

formation so they know how to get the

equipment to the warehouses — and

from warehouses into the field — so

relief units can distribute it. They need

to have aircraft, truck or ship mani-

fests, so people know what’s going in

or out.”

Advancements in technology have

also helped humanitarian organisa-

tions use their people more efficient-

ly. With a satellite connection, doctors

who can’t physically get to a disaster

site can talk directly to patients, or an-

alyze their X-rays, or review blood test

results remotely. The result is a signifi-

cant boost to the quality of care.

Data networks don’t just help in

disaster situations; they are also be-

coming integral to many humanitari-

an organizations’ day-to-day business.

The World Food Program, for example,

now sends $1.2 billion a year in cash

and food vouchers via text message,

which makes accessing benefits more

timely and convenient. When a coun-

try’s networks go down in the mid-

dle of a typhoon or earthquake, so do

these lifelines.

That makes telecom first-respond-

ers vitally important. But the technol-

ogy doesn’t come cheaply. TSF, for ex-

ample, can spend up to $15,000 a day

providing aid workers and victims with

data access with its portable antennas,

according to Thomas. Groups like the

Red Cross use higher-capacity equip-

ment known as VSATs; these satellite

antennas offer more bandwidth at a

lower price, but are bulkier and still

cost more than $200 a day for a 5 Mb-

ps connection. Still, these groups say,

it’s worth it.

“The reliance on telecommunica-

tions and particularly IT is becoming

stronger and stronger in every disaster

we see,” said Bradley. “You just cannot

run an efficient and effective disaster-

response operation anymore, without

having access to the Internet.”

How tech geeks helped save Nepal quake victims

The Red Cross has deployed communications specialists to Sierra Leone and the Philippines. Cisco runs a humanitarian team that initially began as an outside support unit for the US military but has responded to areas devastated by Hurricane Sandy.

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EASY SUDOKU

15SUNDAY 1 MAY 2016

Yesterday’s answer

Easy Sudoku Puzzles: Place a digit from 1

to 9 in each empty cell so every row, every

column and every 3x3 box contains all the

digits 1 to 9.

Yesterday’s answer

MEDIUM SUDOKU

ALL IN THE MIND

CROSSWORD

BRAIN TEASERS

Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal,vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

APPALOOSA, ARABIAN,

BANGTAIL, BAY, BRONCO,

CANTER, CHESTNUT,

CLYDESDALE, COLT,

CROSSBRED, DRAFT

HORSE, FILLY, FOAL,

GALLOP, GELDING,

LIPIZZANER, MARE,

MORGAN, MOUNT,

MUSTANG, PALOMINO,

PINTO, PONY, QUARTER

HORSE, RACEHORSE,

SADDLEBRED, SADDLE

HORSE, SHETLAND PONY,

SHIRE, SORREL, STALLION,

STEED, SUFFOLK, TARPAN,

THOROUGHBRED, TROT.

ACROSS

1. Come into existence (9)

7. Desert plants (5)

9. Entice (5)

10. Paddles (4)

11. Pugilist (5)

14. Brass instrument (5)

15. Wood file (4)

18. Magical incantation (5)

19. Last letter of the Greek alphabet (5)

20. The history of a word (9)

DOWN

2. Profit (4)

3. Country (6)

4. Moderate (9)

5. Performer (5)

6. Pig pen (3)

8. Rotund (9)

12. Downhill ski race (6)

13. Lance (5)

16. Make a request (3)

17. Hard work (4)

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