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CAMPUS | 3 MARKETPLACE | 7 ENTERTAINMENT | 12
DMIS inducts Student Council for new
academic year
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Doha restaurant
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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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