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04 | THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER 2016

Bringing smiles on the facesBy Amna Pervaiz Rao

The Peninsula

A humanitarian, Shefa Ali Nadir,

came to Doha in 2001 after

completing her higher educa-

tion from London. She started

her work journey from Virginia Com-

monwealth University then joined Qa-

tar Petrochemical Company (Qapco)

and is currently working for Sidra Med-

ical and Research Center as the head

of healthcare marketing in the commu-

nication department.

Moreover, she is a yoga specialist

and puts all efforts together to do a

great job for a great cause.

Giving a brief overview of her work,

Shefa said: “I believe that God puts op-

portunities in our path to serve other

human beings. We just need to pay at-

tention so we don’t miss them. I take

opportunities to travel to be at the

service of others.”

Shefa always found inner peace

while bringing smiles on the faces of

needy. While sharing this gesture in-

built in her personality, Shefa said: “I

causally say Hi! to the people who work

in this extreme temperature outsides

under open sky. I ask them how is their

day? Just to show that their life matters

to others”.

To understand Shefa’s passion for

charity we can take help from “The

Prophet”, a classic book written by

Khalil Gibran in which at one place he

writes: “You give little when you give

of your possessions, it’s when you give

yourself that you truly give.”

Shefa has always loved charity, in

fact she loves doing it with the help of

innovative ideas of charity. She consid-

ers orphans her first priority while do-

ing charity work. She says: “Islam place

a huge importance on orphans and

taking care of them. Our Prophet Mu-

hammad (PBUH) was an orphan.”

Last year in

Ramadan, Shefa

and her friends

made charity-

bags filled with

basic human ne-

cessities also hav-

ing a thank-you-

note-card written

in English and

Hindi and went to

every petrol sta-

tion and distribut-

ed them among

workers. She said

that Woqod had

called her with a

desire to sponsor the project. Shefa

did this in 2015 and now they plan to

do it every year for all the hard-work-

ers employed at the petrol stations.

During our busy lives, it can be hard

to find time for volunteering. Howev-

er, the benefits of volunteering are

enormous to you, your family, and your

community.

In February 2014, Shefa prepared

herself to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in

Tanzania to raise funds for the Kilimanja-

ro orphanage centre. This project made

an aim to make the orphanage’s econ-

omy sustainable for the future. Shefa

made a plan with a group of ladies to

translate her plan into a reality. As a re-

sult of her expedition, she raised mon-

ey with which the orphanage succeed-

ed in purchasing 34 cows. “A cow gives

birth every two years, after five years we

hoped to have around 200 cows.”

To make her first experience of

climbing memorable and not filled with

risks, Shefa began physical training in

September 2014. She said, “I got my-

self a trainer and we focused on core

strength. In addition to that, I used to

spend an hour and a half on the tread-

mill. It was my first climb and I was re-

ally excited, with tiny undercurrents of

nervousness. I was not a climber but

I hoped that my experience can high-

light that ordinary people can do ex-

traordinary things.”

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Raising funds for the Kilimanjaro Or-

phanage Centre is part of Shefa’s reli-

gious beliefs she expressed while shar-

ing her Kilimanjaro experience. She said:

“Islam and the Holy Quran place great

importance on the treatment of the or-

phans.

Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said,

‘Whoever caresses the head of an or-

phan (in affection), solely for the sake

of Allah, a good deed will be written to

his account for every hair over which

he passed his hand’ – narrated by Abu

Hurairah.”

Sharing the experiences of her phil-

anthropic journey, she said she visited

Karachi (Pakistan) in 2014. The orphan-

age for which she did her charity work

was ‘Sirat-ul-Jannah’ which means ‘Path

to heaven’ in English.

The reason Shefa gave to choose

this specific orphanage was: “The start

of the Sirat-ul-Jannah project is an in-

teresting and inspiring episode and it

cropped up after Ghufran Qureshi, who

hails from a prosperous British fam-

ily, had a love marriage with Muham-

mad Ahmed in England in 1975 and em-

braced Islam after being inspired by its

teachings. During Ghufran’s job in an or-

phanage house in Britain, she had be-

come fully accustomed with the difficul-

ties and problems of orphans and their

psychology. Ghufran, who faced tre-

mendous hardship and tough circum-

stances founded this great welfare or-

ganisation.” Shefa expressed her feel-

ings about the Karachi trip by saying:

“This experience was filled with joy, ad-

ventures and emotional memories.”

While sharing her Karachi experi-

ence Shefa said: “The good thing about

goodness is it’s transmittable, it passes

from one person to the next, like a dis-

ease it automatically spreads.”

Shefa visited India in 2015 for char-

ity work, she said she went to ‘Mother

Teresa’s house — Missionaries of Charity’.

The orphanage is home to mentally and

physically handicapped children and is

run by the Sisters of Charity, Mother Ter-

esa’s religious community. The children

that have been abandoned in the street

or a hospital are handed over to Moth-

er Teresa’s by the police. Shefa agrees

with the point that Mother Teresa got

it right when she said: “The problem in

the world is that we have all just forgot-

ten that we belong to each other.”

Shefa says that she learnt Mother’s

words by heart and decided to live the

rest of my life not forgetting the gold-

en words.

While expressing her feelings to-

wards the real meaning of togetherness

she said: “Imagine a circle of compas-

sion, and then no one standing outside

of that circle. We would all stand togeth-

er, the poor, the powerless, the voiceless

and those whose dignity has been de-

nied. There is no “them” and “us”. Just

us! Standing together in our humanity.”

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Bhavan’s Public School celebrates Talents DayT

alents Day was celebrated in

all three campuses of Bha-

van’s Public School where inter-

house off stage and on stage

competitions were held amidst great

joy, enthusiasm and team spirit. The in-

augural ceremony was held on October

10 at Matar Campus. The chief guest

for the event was ICC President Girish

Kumar, who in his inaugural address

spoke about the talents each one is

gifted with and about the richness of

the Indian art form.

General Secretary KM Anil and Di-

rector Administration Anjana Menon

also graced the occasion. At MidMac

campus, Principal MP Philip, Headmis-

tress Shailaja Krishna Kumar, Board

members graced the occasion.

Children enjoyed participating in

various competitions. Dr Malathi K

R, educational consultant and Board

members were the chief guests at the

closing ceremony of the Talents Day at

Wakra Campus.

Principal MP Philip in all three cam-

puses spoke on three domains of com-

petition viz. competence, confidence

and conviction and encouraged stu-

dents to participate in various compe-

titions and display their talents. Over-

all champions for Talents Day was Ruby

House. Sapphire House were the cam-

pus winners in Matar and Midmac and

at Wakra Topaz house were the cam-

pus winners.

DBES at QU-CAS holds symposium in collaboration with Katara

The Department of Biological and Environ-

mental Sciences (DBES) at Qatar University

College of Arts & Sciences (QU-CAS) recent-

ly held the 3rd annual “Support, Opportuni-

ty, Success Symposium” in collaboration with Katara

Hospitality.

The event aimed to promote CAS graduate pro-

grammes, facilitate networking and cross-disciplinary

thinking among students, faculty and stakeholders,

and engage stakeholders with their potential em-

ployees by integrating their activities in DBES teach-

ing and research approach.

The opening session was attended by CAS Dean

Dr Rashid Al Kuwari, CAS associate deans for Re-

search and Graduate Studies Dr Hala Al Essa, for Ac-

ademic Affairs Dr Hassan Abdul Aziz and for Student

Affairs Dr Yasser Hussein, DBES Department Head Dr

Fatima Ammar Al Naemi, and Katara Hospitality Chief

Corporate Services Officer Salem Al Kubaisi and Hu-

man Resources Assistant Manager Asma Al Hajri, as

well as CAS faculty, students and staff.

Attendees also included representatives from QU

Center for Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS), QU

Environmental Science Center (ESC), QU Laboratory

Animal Research Center (LARC), Hamad International

Airport, Oryx GTL, Suez Environnement SA, and Total

Research Center-Qatar (TRC-Q).

In his remarks, Dr Al Kuwari said: “The event high-

lights the spirit of collaboration between academia

and industry in Qatar, and serves as a platform to ex-

change knowledge and best practices that will be of in-

valuable benefit to our students. It also demonstrates

CAS’ efforts to promote professional development and

employability among students by providing them with

training and internship opportunities that help them

identify their career pathways and develop their skills

and capabilities to match labor market needs.”

Al Hajri said: “We are delighted and honoured to

be here with you today on this momentous occasion

that witnesses the 3rd annual “Support, Opportunity,

Success Symposium” in collaboration with the Depart-

ment of Biological and Environmental Sciences at Qa-

tar University College of Arts & Sciences. Katara Hos-

pitality has put in place a comprehensive and integrat-

ed approach to build on its established infrastructure

and address crucial issues related to environment,

community, workplaces and product development.”

Dr Al Naemi said: “At DBES, we look forward to

promoting practical and internship opportunities

for our students while focusing on applied research

that serves Qatar in the first place. The Department

aims to strength its academic and research collabo-

rations in order to advance its graduate programmes

— Master of Environmental Science and PhD in Bio-

logical and Environmental Sciences. These two pro-

grammes are recognised for achieving highly interna-

tional standards and are especially tailored to meet

local needs.”

Asma Al Hajri (left) and CAS Dean Dr Rashid Al Kuwari


COMMUNITY

ROTA kicks off leadership training programmeR

each Out To Asia (ROTA) yes-

terday kicked off the first phase

of its annual ROTA Youth Chal-

lenge: RYSC Leadership Train-

ing programme, which aims to equip

youth in Qatar with the skills to chart

their career paths and make a mean-

ingful impact in their communities.

As part of the first day of the train-

ing, more than 45 female and male

youth participants attended work-

shops on numerous leadership and

business management topics includ-

ing Project Management, Social Project

Foundation, and Business Plan.

Hussain Habib Al Sayed, RYSC

Leadership Training Programme facil-

itator, said: “The first day of the pro-

gramme served to give participants a

thorough overview of what will be re-

quired of them throughout the pro-

gramme. In addition, the workshops

provided them with a fundamental un-

derstanding of how to set up a suc-

cessful social development project and

put together a business proposal.”

Roda Al Qebaisi, said: “I’m so grate-

ful to ROTA and ExxonMobil for giving

me this opportunity. I feel incredibly

empowered knowing that the skills we

are being taught will enable me to con-

tribute to my community and make in-

formed career choices.”

The first phase of the Rota Youth

Challenge: Leadership Training pro-

gramme, sponsored by ExxonMobil,

will run until Friday.

AMU Alumni Association of Qatar celebrates Sir Syed Day 2016T

he Alumni Association of India’s

Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)

celebrated the 199th birth anni-

versary of the university’s founder “Sir

Syed Ahmad Khan” on October 20. Sal-

eem Iqbal Sherwani, Former Union Min-

ister of State for External Affairs and

Health & Family Welfare (Govt. of In-

dia) was the chief guest, while Johny

Foster, the Gazal singer, Dr Mohd. Al-

eem, 3rd Secretary (Indian Embassy)

and MS Bukhari, the Managing Direc-

tor of Satco Group were the guest of

honors. Ahsan Masood, Azim Abbas,

Jawed Ahmed, Asad Eqbal Khan, Kash-

if Habeeb, Sakthivel Magalingam, Syed

Mohsin Ibrahim, graced the occasion as

special guests.

More than 275 people including

children’s attended the function. Sar-

war Mirza greeted all the attendees and

Master Mustafa Imran started the pro-

gram with the recitation of Holy Quran,

Ziauddin Ahmad, the President of the

Association presented warm welcome

speech and presented the annual re-

port of the association outlining the

various activities and achievements of

Association during the last year. In ap-

preciation of the efforts, Asad Ameer,

an alig presented a painting to the

Chief Guest.

Jawed Ahmed, ShahidYar Khan and

Ali Imran the Advisors of AMUAAQ pre-

sented mementos to the Guests of

Honors. Mohammad Athar Mirza the

Senior Advisor and the founding mem-

ber of this association couldn’t attend-

ed the ceremony due to health issues,

however, Aqeel Ahmed, the comparer

of the program reminded the audience

about this senior Alig. Main highlights

of the program included Saleem Iqbal

Sherwani’s talk to build a better bond-

ing between people of different faiths.

He talked about the importance

of Urdu, and appreciated the works of

AMU AAQ and emphasised the need to

build bonds between AMU and Qatar.

Also Sherwani released the CD com-

prising of new version of AMU tarana

prepared by Johny Foster.

Bukhari emphasised on the uni-

ty & integrity amongst Aligs, while Dr.

Mohd. Aleem urged AMU Alumni to be

role models in community and work to-

wards making the world a better place

to live. AsadEqbal, delivered a presen-

tation on Alig unity around the world

by a new social platform.

MARKETPLACE


IHG launches Mixed Open in association with Mitsubishi Motors

The 15th IHG Qatar Mixed Open,

represented by InterContinent-

al Doha, InterContinental Do-

ha The City and Crowne Plaza

Doha The Business Park, in association

with Mitsubishi Motors was held on

October 21 and 22 at Doha Golf Club.

The tournament was officially launched

on October 19 in the presence of VIPs,

corporate executives and media rep-

resentatives. The tournament attracted

a top class amateur field of 200 golf-

ers (100 couples) from the Gulf region

competing in a two-day golfing agen-

da that included a complimentary prac-

tice round (October 21) followed by one

tournament round played in Green-

somes format over the Championship

Course at the exclusive Doha Golf Club.

The annual event, a highlight on Do-

ha Golf Club’s schedule, also allowed

GCC golfers to have the opportunity to

play on a world-class, Peter Harradine

designed Championship Golf Course.

“As part of our responsible business

strategic vision, we continued with a

charity auction on the awarding night

where the collected funds were donat-

ed to two important organisations: the

first one is “IHG Foundation” to support

victims of natural disasters worldwide

and the second organisation is “Qatar

Cancer Society” the society is one of the

leading humanitarian organisations in

Qatar which pledges to work towards

increasing public awareness about can-

cer and cancer prevention,” commented

Cyril Mouawad, Resident Manager of In-

terContinental Doha.

“IHG is committed to the develop-

ment of sports in Qatar, we have dem-

onstrated this over the years by or-

ganising and sponsoring many sport-

ing events and competitions in our host

community Doha,” Cyril added.

Prizes that were awarded include

the Top 5 couples and special priz-

es such as “the best pose couple”, the

longest drive and nearest to the pin

at the awarding ceremony followed by

a lavish dinner, both held at Doha Golf

Club on the evening of October 22.

QU-CENG & Qatar Shell hold Al Majilis for alumniM

ore than 70 chemical engi-

neering alumni participated

in Al Majilis event which was

recently organised by the De-

partment of Chemical Engineering at

Qatar University College of Engineering

(QU-CENG). Organised in collaboration

with Qatar Shell, the purpose of the

event was to share the department’s

current status and seek feedback to-

wards continuous improvement.

Attendees included CENG Dean Dr

Khalifa Al Khalifa, Chemical Engineering

Department Head Prof Ramazan Kah-

raman, Qatar Shell Research and Tech-

nology Centre Vice-President Youssif

A Saleh, as well as CENG faculty, cur-

rent students and staff. Youssif A Saleh

Saleh, the keynote speaker, stressed

the importance of maintaining relation-

ships with faculty and fellow students

long after graduation. “Even though we

are no longer students at QU, we re-

main connected to the university and

to each other by the knowledge and

experience we gained here. As we

use education to help Qatar grow, we

should also continue to help each other

learn and advance”, he said.

The event’s agenda included pan-

el discussions led by QatarGas Asset

Manager Ibrahim Bawazir, and Ras Laf-

fan Terminal Operations Manager Ab-

dalla Idris. They discussed issues relat-

ed to the skills chemical engineering

graduates need in order to be success-

ful, and shared career experiences that

were both challenging and encourag-

ing. The event also featured the distri-

bution of awards to QU chemical engi-

neering alumni for their contributions

over the years to the industry in Qatar

and to the State of Qatar. QU chemical

engineering alumni and QatarGas Chief

Operating Officer of Operations Ahmed

Hilal Al Mohannadi was presented

the “Al-Zubara Lifetime Achievement

Award”, while QU chemical engineering

alumni and RasGas Process Engineer-

ing Manager Fawaz Al-Shammari re-

ceived “Al-Shaqab Chemical Engineer

Alumni Award”.

FOOD


Dark and rich with molasses, these muffins will

make you rethink your morning meal options.

You’ll need 2 standard-size muffin pans and

16 tall, tulip-shaped baking paper liners.

MAKE AHEAD: The muffins can be stored in an air-

tight container at room temperature for up to 3 days or

frozen for up to 2 weeks.

From Beth Oristian, owner of Sugar & Twine Bakery

in Richmond.

Makes 16 muffinsIngredients

2 cups plus 1 1/2 teaspoons (about 260 grams) flour

3/4 cup plus 1 1/2 teaspoons (180 grams) sugar

About 1 1/2 teaspoons (8 grams) baking powder

1 scant teaspoon (5 grams) baking soda

A generous teaspoon (5 grams) kosher salt

3 large eggs (150 grams)

Generous 3/4 cup (300 grams) unsulfured molasses

Scant 1 cup (200 grams) soybean oil

About 1 3/4 cups (415 grams) sour cream

A generous 3 cups (190 grams) wheat bran

5 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and chopped

Method

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Place a tall baking

paper liner in each muffin well.

Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking so-

da and salt in a mixing bowl.

Whisk together the eggs, molasses, oil and sour

cream in a large liquid measuring cup until the eggs

are well incorporated. Pour into the flour mixture, then

use a wooden spoon to blend just long enough to in-

corporate the ingredients halfway. Add the wheat bran

and apples, mixing just until evenly distributed; do not

overmix.

Divide the batter evenly among the baking paper

liners; it will fill them higher than the muffin pan rims.

Bake (middle rack) for 35 to 40 minutes, turning the

pans from front to back halfway through, until a tester

inserted into the center of the center muffin in the pans

comes out clean.

Serve warm or at room temperature, or cool com-

pletely before storing.

Nutrition | Per muffin: 380 calories, 6 g protein, 52 g

carbohydrates, 18 g fat, 5 g saturated fat, 50 mg cho-

lesterol, 160 mg sodium, 6 g dietary fiber, 33 g sugar

Apple Bran Muffins

By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel

The Washington Post

There was nothing appealing about heading to

my college gym — okay, maybe the cute guys

playing basketball. But the mammoth sports

center, teeming with athletes, was intimidat-

ing. And with zero athletic ability, I mostly stuck to

the elliptical, not wanting to embarrass myself in the

weight room.

Elisabeth Tavierne noticed a similar trend among

the women at Ohio State University four years ago.

Tavierne, then a junior studying exercise science, had

been a competitive swimmer, so she knew her way

around a gym. She said women were missing out by

sticking to cardio machines.

“Not that the elliptical or treadmill are bad, but the

girls looked so unhappy. They didn’t have smiles on

their faces and were just counting calories,” she re-

calls.

To liberate women from the elliptical, Tavierne

created CHAARG (Changing Health, Attitudes and Ac-

tions to Recreate Girls), a campus fitness club that or-

ganized workouts at local studios. Every week, mem-

bers could try classes such as Turbo Kick or CrossFit.

The club was such a hit that students from near-

by colleges inquired about starting their own chapter.

Today, there are CHAARG chapters at 45 universities

with more than 7,000 members.

“We haven’t done any real marketing at this point;

it’s really all just been through social media and girls

hearing about us from friends at other universities,”

Tavierne says.

Alison Venooker, a junior at the University of Mar-

yland, has been a member of CHAARG since her

freshman year. A three-sport athlete in high school,

Venooker was set on staying fit in college, even

though none of her friends were game to join her in

the gym. Working out alone on the StairMaster got

old fast, so she looked into CHAARG after seeing a

flyer in her dorm.

“It was intimidating at first because I didn’t know

anyone, but everyone was immediately friendly,” she

says. “Once you join, you get added to the Facebook

page, and girls will post whether they’re going to get

lunch somewhere or studying, for people to come

along.”

So far, Venooker’s favourite workout has been the

dance-infused martial-arts class Tae Bo. She liked it

so much that over winter break she took her moth-

er to a class.

CHAARG has become a big part of Venooker’s

college experience. She now leads the social-me-

dia effort for the chapter, keeping its 204 members

abreast of activities and events.

Each chapter is headed by a student ambassador,

who leads a six-person executive team in setting up

activities on and off campus. Chapters host all sorts

of events to promote wellness, including cooking les-

sons, nutrition workshops and self-defense classes.

Tavierne says most chapters have at least 100

members but are divided into smaller groups of 15 to

20 to help members get to know one another better.

At least once a semester, there are weekend retreats

or other outings to connect the chapters.

Students pay $45 in dues per semester, which

works out to be cheaper than taking individual fitness

classes weekly. And for students without a chapter or

graduates who want to stay connected, CHAARG of-

fers virtual memberships for $55 a year. Members

of the online community are paired up to keep each

other accountable.

CHAARG members can sign up for interactive ex-

ercise programs, or FitPlans. Tavierne uses Share It

Fitness, which provides exercise routines for mobile

and online platforms, to create a five-week workout

program.

“The plans really help girls learn how to become

good at lifting weights and just be confident in them-

selves,” Tavierne says. “It’s such an amazing commu-

nity because we have girls who are just working out

for the first time and collegiate athletes encouraging

each other. It’s a lot like a sorority.”

Kate Elson learned about CHAARG through her

sorority at Geoge Washington Univeristy. The senior

hasn’t been able to attend all of the workouts be-

cause of soccer practice, but she has squeezed in the

yoga classes to get some much-needed stretching.

“There are actually a lot of similarities between

CHAARG and my soccer team,” Elson says. “Both have

this passion for healthy living and are full of positive,

enthusiastic women.”

At the University of Cincinnati, most of the

CHAARG events are held on campus with guest in-

structors, but occasionally the group carpools to

classes at nearby studios, says Sarah Jankowski, am-

bassador of the 385-member chapter. Her favorite

workouts have been Turbo Kick and Zumba.

“I would have never tried any of that on my own,

but doing it in a room with 50, 60 girls who are non-

judgmental, super positive and welcoming makes the

experience more fun,” says Jankowski, a senior.

Zumba was not high on Tavierne’s list. She found

it challenging to keep pace with the dance-based

workout. But what she appreciates about the class,

and all of the classes offered through CHAARG, is try-

ing something new in a supportive environment.

“We’re all laughing together as we’re trying new

things, and that really helps girls ease their nerves

and just go for it, knowing that no one is judging you,”

Tavierne says.

Although Tavierne has graduated, she continues

to build the CHAARG sisterhood. She would like to

establish a chapter on every college campus in the

United States, maybe even a few around the world.

HEALTH


Campus fitness club encourages women to ditch the elliptical

FASHION


By Troy Patterson

Bloomberg

Buried on page 86 of the October J. Crew

catalog is a sentence to chill the blood of

any man who has shopped for clothing in

the past five years:

“We widened our ties by ¼” to keep up with to-

day’s changing proportions.”

It is almost an aside. Nearly an afterthought! But

for the loyal J. Crew neckwear client, who has been

investing in 2.5-inch-wide ties since the year 2011,

it signals a potentially seismic shift. See, the width

of ties across the broader market had actually been

shrinking since the start of the decade. Could it be

that men’s neckties are again expanding after an

all-too-brief moment of discreet, clean lines? Is that

modest quarter-inch the start down a slippery, silky

slope into ties the size of mainsails?

Don’t panic. Loosen your collar, take a breath, and

absorb some context: The J. Crew customer is a rel-

ative youngster, with a boyish figure and a breezy air

that helped him carry off a 2½-inch tie in the first

place. More staid brands such as Charles Tyrwhitt and

Thomas Pink never went so narrow with their stand-

ard ties, each holding the line at 8 centimeters, or

3.15 inches.

Second, this is not an abrupt about-face—yet—just

an indicator of future change. The 2½-inch tie re-

mains the most popular width sold by Tie Bar, ac-

cording to company President Allyson Lewis. But, she

noted, “In the last year, we’ve seen three inches get a

little more pickup.”

“The average mainstream tie is roughly 3 to 3¼

inches at this point,” said Andrew Tarshis, owner

of Tiecrafters, the country’s preeminent tie-clean-

ing and alteration service. “It’s a nice, safe width.” A

look at such big brands as Brooks Brothers (current-

ly 3.25 inches) and Hermès (eight centimeters for its

boardroom-ready classic, as opposed to 7.5 centim-

eters, or fewer for its “contemporary” models) bears

this out. So does Lewis’s experience at Tie Bar: Sev-

en years ago, the company’s most popular tie width

was 3½ inches. These days, they don’t even man-

ufacture that. With the exception of old stock, the

widest model at Tie Bar has “migrated down to 3¼,”

she said.

Basically, since the end of the ‘00s, tie sizes at

mainstream companies have been generally shrink-

ing, a result of the influence of such fashion-for-

ward designers as Thom Browne and Hedi Slimane,

who pioneered nipped, short suits (Browne) and

ultra-slim, boyish silhouettes (Slimane for Dior) on

the runway a few years earlier. When the influence

of these suits eventually made it to the world’s

shopping malls, ties were narrowed to match in-

creasingly smaller lapels. Without even realizing it,

your fashion-agnostic dad is probably wearing a

narrower tie than he did 20 years ago.

But the skinny suit is gradually falling out of

fashion on the runway, replaced by softened shoul-

ders in the Italian style and a general air of relaxa-

tion. With suit lapels no longer resembling boning

knives, it is only natural that neckties should move

further away from the Reservoir Dogs collection.

Here’s my prediction: The slim tie of the hep-

cat and the plump one of the company man are

on their way to converging at the mutually hap-

py medium of the 3-inch wide tie. I don’t think we

have to worry about anyone’s neckties returning to

the napkin-like dimensions witnessed at mid-‘90s

NBA draft nights and mid-‘80s insider-trading trials.

(“The wider stuff was too much,” Tarshis un-fondly

remembered of an earlier era. “You look at old ep-

isodes of the Tonight Show, some of Johnny Car-

son’s ties were 4-, 4½-inches wide.”)

That said, broader ties will always look good on bur-

lier men and those who favor spread-collar shirts. And

there continue to exist fashionable men who favor wid-

er ties for lavish philosophical reasons. Some of Tom

Ford’s current models come in at 9.5 centimeters, or

3.74 inches. “There is something a bit meager and up-

tight about a skinny tie and jacket,” Ford once told an

interviewer. “I think that accentuating the natural V of

man’s body makes men look more masculine, less boy-

ish, and in general, more powerful.” It’s a knotty issue.

Sorry hipsters, the skinny tie is over

Basically, since the end of the ‘00s, tie sizes at mainstream companies have been generally shrinking, a result of the influence of such fashion-forward designers as Thom Browne and Hedi Slimane, who pioneered nipped, short suits (Browne) and ultra-slim, boyish silhouettes (Slimane for Dior) on the runway a few years earlier. When the influence of these suits eventually made it to the world’s shopping malls, ties were narrowed to match increasingly smaller lapels. Without even realizing it, your fashion-agnostic dad is probably wearing a narrower tie than he did 20 years ago.

ENTERTAINMENT


By Subhash K Jha

IANS

Hrithik Roshan is not the only blind charac-

ter in “Kaabil”. The trailer reveals that his co-

star Yami Gautam too is blind. And there

is no attempt to hide the couple’s world of

darkness from us.

The first half of this sharply-divided, edgily-cut

trailer shows the visually impaired couple meeting,

falling in love, getting married, singing, dancing (even

doing the Salsa) and then, the second half of the

trailer lays out a dark, cruel world of tragedy and ret-

ribution for the blind hero Rohan Bhatnagar.

His wife is brutally violated and the law won’t do

a thing about it.

“Your world is even darker than mine,” Hrithik tells

the policemen with a wry, sinister smile that gave me

goosebumps.

What will his revenge be, I wondered. Whatev-

er the nature of the retribution against the villains

(played by real-life brothers Ronit and Rahul Roy),

one certainty stares us straight into our stunned fac-

es in this trailer: this blind hero means business.

Without a shadow of doubt, Hrithik is a clear win-

ner in every frame of the trailer, incidentally the best

edited and packaged trailer I’ve seen this year.

That one moment when Yami’s screams of pleas-

ure on the rollercoaster merge into her screams of

pain as she is tortured while Rohit pounds on the

locked door, is worth its weight in gold.

Sanjay Gupta, take a bow. Besides the conscious-

ly divided two halves giving us the before-and-after

effect in the protagonist’s life, the trailer is also re-

markable for laying out the plot clearly on the table.

There is no attempt to hide that this is a vendet-

ta tale of a blind man who is madly in love with the

woman, whose violent death leaves him stunned with

the knowledge that there is little justice in the world

and that the less you are able to see of the physi-

cal world the more you are aware of how desperate-

ly short civilization is of humanism and compassion.

The trailer of “Kaabil” is a piece of pop art, gleam-

ing with a glorious retributive fuel, sparkling with an

implosive energy that flows out Hrithik and saturates

every frame.

Yup, this Republic Day belongs to Hrithik Roshan

and “Kaabil”. And if I was Shah Rukh Khan, I would

take my film to another Friday. Any other Friday. But

not this one.

Incidentally, this is the third time after “Badlapur”

and “Action Jackson” that Yami Gautam plays the he-

ro’s beloved wife who is killed brutally and lingers as

a memory.

He has performed in films as

different as “Pyaar Toh Ho-

na Hi Tha”, “Golmaal: Fun

Unlimited”, “Raajneeti” and

“Omkara”. Actor Ajay Devgn, who is

lauded for his versatile acting talent,

says for him every role is challenging.

“I think every role is challenging

(for me). As an actor, when you wake

up in the morning and go on the sets

you don’t plan your day like ‘today I

am going to enter this genre’,” Ajay

said here at the fifth edition of CII Big

Picture Summit 2016 on Tuesday.

The 47-year-old star, who is the

husband of Bollywood actress Kajol,

shared that an actor has nothing to

with a genre of a film and what mat-

ters is just performing in front of the

camera.

“An actor has nothing to do with

genre. He becomes that character

when in front of the camera and per-

forms,” he added.

Ajay, who made his Bollywood de-

but over two decades ago with the

film “Phool Aur Kaante”, says he has

seen a good change in the Hindi film

industry.

The National Award winning star,

who has worked in hits like “Ishq”,

“Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam” and

“Drishyam”, says that the industry

has become very professional.

Asked if he has seen a change in

the industry in his over a two-dec-

ade long career, Ajay said: “It’s really

changed.We (actors) have started tak-

ing our work very seriously and in 90’s

we all were doing...We weren’t allowed

shoot for more than 11 films....There

were no promotions, no vanity vans...

Everything has gradually changed. It’s

become more professional.

“I think everything has changed

for the good except for one thing,”

he added. But the “Gangaajal” star

shared there was more warmth in the

industry before.

“I think there was more warmth

(in the industry). Every body liked eve-

rybody. There were no problems and

no issues...I miss that warmth. That’s

the major change, which I see today,”

added the actor, who was here to pro-

mote his forthcoming film “Shivaay”.

Ajay has acted in, directed and co-

produced “Shivaay”. The film, which

is slated to release on October 28

around the auspicious occasion of Di-

wali, will clash at the box office with

filmmaker Karan Johar’s “Ae Dil Hai

Mushkil”.

The film also stars Sayyeshaa

Saigal, Erika Kaar, Vir Das and Girish

Karnad.

Every role challenging for me: Ajay Devgn

‘Kaabil’ trailer a breathless blockbuster


TECHNOLOGY

By Andrea Peterson

The Washington Post

It will be hard -- if not impossible --

to stop hackers from weaponizing

the “Internet of Things” anytime

soon. That’s what some experts

are warning in the wake of a massive

cyberattack Friday that used compro-

mised Internet-connected devices like

security cameras to disrupt many pop-

ular web sites.

“These attacks are not going away,”

said Ben Herzberg, security group re-

search manager with cybersecurity

company Imperva.

The big problem is that too many

of those connected products come

with lax security features that make

them juicy targets for hackers, accord-

ing to Herzberg. For instance, cheap In-

ternet of Things devices are often se-

cured with default passwords and may

lack support for security updates. And

the rapid expansion of the Internet of

Things market means even more vul-

nerable devices are likely to be in use

soon: By 2020, there will be over 20

billion Internet of Things devices online,

according to one estimate from analy-

sis firm Gartner.

The type of attack that caused the

Internet meltdown Friday can be car-

ried out from anywhere, but there’s

no regulation that can force device-

makers around the world to make

their products harder to hack, accord-

ing Herzberg. “It would be great if we

could say, ‘If you want to produce a

device connected to the Internet you

must go through basic security checks,’

but we don’t have that right now,” he

said.

Those factors helped set the stage

for the Friday attack, which left ma-

jor services like Twitter and Paypal in-

accessible for many users around the

world. The hackers used malware

dubbed Mirai to control the devices

that carried out the digital assault, ac-

cording to Dyn and researchers at cy-

bersecurity company Flashpoint.

The malware scans the web look-

ing for connected devices protected by

weak or default passwords, Flashpoint

said. Then it forces newly compro-

mised devices to search for other vul-

nerable products, creating a network

that hackers use to attack, according

to the firm.

Mirai is thriving by finding connect-

ed products with weak security con-

trols, experts say. The malware goes af-

ter a lot of outdated technology that

is still connected to the Internet, ex-

plained Flashpoint research develop-

er Zach Wikholm. “Some of them were

made between 2004 and 2008,” he

said.

Newer products can also be vul-

nerable, especially those made by low-

end manufacturers in China, Herzberg

said. Those manufacturers often focus

more on making their devices as cheap

as possible than on making them se-

cure, he said. Many of those devices

come with default passwords that typ-

ical users can’t change. And even if the

password can be changed, the device

probably won’t be able to receive up-

dates to patch newly discovered secu-

rity flaws, Herzberg said.

These issues have helped the mal-

ware spread across the globe. Herzerg

and other Imperva researchers who

investigated earlier this month dis-

covered Mirai-infected devices in 164

countries. That geographic range is an-

other reason it will be hard to prevent

similar attacks: The attack ignores bor-

ders, and vulnerable devices from an-

ywhere could come online, adding to

its strength.

In the United States the Federal

Trade Commission may be able to get

device-makers to step up their securi-

ty game. Maneesha Mithal, an associ-

ate director with the agency’s Bureau

of Consumer Protection, said Internet

of Things security is a “huge priority”

for the agency. “This is an area where

we see companies are not investing as

much time and effort as they should

be in security,” she said.

The agency released a report last

year highlighting security issues in the

Internet of Things market, along with

guidance for device-makers. It’s al-

so taken enforcement actions: one in

2013 against the sellers of poorly se-

cured Internet-connected home se-

curity cameras and another this year,

when it went after ASUS for alleged

security weaknesses in popular home

routers. More Internet of Things inves-

tigations are in process, according to

Mithal.

But there are limits to the FTC’s au-

thority. While the agency can influence

the market through enforcement ac-

tions, it can’t set hard and fast secu-

rity standards, according to former FTC

Consumer Protection Bureau director

David Vladeck.

Of course, the agency also doesn’t

have jurisdiction everywhere. Mithal

acknowledged that “it would be hard”

to go after a foreign device-maker sell-

ing products overseas even if the de-

vice was being used to wage attacks

like the one on Friday. However, she

said, the FTC may be able to collabo-

rate with authorities in other countries

“to go after companies that are world-

wide bad actors.”

The FTC’s enforcement actions can

also change how a company does busi-

ness around the world, not just in the

United States, according to Wikholm,

who said the ASUS case is one exam-

ple. “[ASUS] didn’t just change one

product in response,” he said. “They

changed their entire line.”

Wikholm and Herzberg both said

that improving the security of connect-

ed products will require buy-in from

consumers and device-makers -- and

that will take time. “We have to come

to an agreement not just in the U.S.,

but on the global scale,” Wikholm said.

Perhaps, he suggested, that could be

done through an international indus-

try group.

Can anyone keep us safe from a weaponized ‘Internet of Things?’

The type of attack that caused the Internet meltdown Friday can be carried out from anywhere, but there’s no regulation that can force device-makers around the world to make their products harder to hack, according Herzberg.

ASIAN TOWN

NOVO

MALL

ROYAL PLAZAVILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER

BABY BLUES

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

Still reeling from the effects of a recent breakup, a woman (Anushka Sharma) develops a budding romance with a man (Ranbir Kapoor) who loves to sing.

14 THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER 2016

CINEMA PLUS

Note: Programme is subject to change without prior notice.

Inferno (2D/Thriller) 11:00am, 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 & 11:30pm The Accountant (2D/Action) 11:30am, 12:00noon, 2:00, 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:00, 9:30, 11:00pm & 12:00midnightOuija: Origin of Evil (2D/Thriller) 10:00am, 12:00noon, 1:30, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 6:30, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:30pm & 12:00midnightBoo! A Madea Halloween (2D/Horror) 10:30am, 12:40, 2:50, 5:00, 7:10, 9:20 & 11:30pmThe Great Gilly Hopkins (2D/Comedy) 10:30am, 3:00 & 7:30pmHamlit Fraizer (2D/Arabic) 12:30, 5:00, 9:30pm & 12:30amAe Dil Hai Mushkil (2D/Hindi) 11:30am, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 & 11:30pm Shivaay (2D/Hindi) 10:00am, 1:20, 4:40, 8:00 & 11:20pmKeeping Up With The Joneses (2D/Action) 10:00am, 2:30 & 7:00pmJack Reacher: Never Go Back (IMAX/Action) 10:00am, 12:20, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40pm & 12:00midnight

Shivaay (2D/Hindi) 1:00 & 8:00pm White (2D/Malayalam) 2:00pmThe Great Gilly Hopkins (2D/Comedy) 5:00pmAe Dil Hai Mushkil (2D/Hindi) 5:00pmThe Mermaid Princess (2D/Animation) 2:00 & 3:30pmOuija: Origin of Evil (2D/Thriller) 5:00 & 11:30pm Boo: A Madea Halloween (2D/Horror) 7:00pmJack Reacher: Never Go Back (2D/Action) 7:00pmThe Accountant(2D/Action) 9:00&11:15pm Hamlit Frazier(2D/Arabic) 9:15pmKaashmora (2D/Tamil) 11:00pm

Oppam (Malayalam) 9:30pm Welcome To Central Jail (Malayalam) 6:30pm Shivaay (Hindi) 1:00, 7:00pm & 01:00am Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (Hindi) 4:00 & 10:00pmKodi (Tamil) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00pm & 01:00am Kaashmora (Tamil) 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30pm & 12:30am

Shivaay (2D/Hindi) 1:00 & 10:45pm White (2D/Malayalam) 1:45pm Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2D/Hindi) 1:30 & 6:30pmThe Mermaid Princess (2D/Animation) 4:00pmOuija: Origin of Evil (2D/Thriller) 4:30 & 9:15pm The Accountant (2D/Action) 4:15, 6:15 & 11:30pmThe Great Gilly Hopkins (2D/Comedy) 5:30pmBoo: A Madea Halloween (2D/Horror) 7:15pmHamlit Frazier (2D/Arabic) 8:30pmJack Reacher: Never Go Back (2D/Action) 9:15pmKaashmora (2D/Tamil) 11:00pm AE DIL HAI MUSHKIL

AL KHORAe Dil Hai Mushkil (3D/Hindi) 10:45am, 5:00 & 11:15pmKashmora(3D/Tamil) 11:00am, 5:00 & 11:00pm Kodi (Tamil)2:15pm & 8:15Storks (3D/Comedy) 11:15am & 1:15pm Shivaay (Hindi) 1:45 & 8:00pmAccountant (Action) 3:15, 6:00, 8:45 & 11:30pm

LANDMARKShivaay (2D/Hindi) 1:00pmWhite (2D/Malayalam) 1:30pm The Mermaid Princess (2D/Animation) 4:00pmOuija: Origin of Evil (2D/Thriller) 4:15 & 9:15pm The Accountant (2D/Action) 4:15, 6:00 & 11:30pmBoo: A Madea Halloween (2D/Horror) 5:30pmJack Reacher: Never Go Back (2D/Action) 6:30pm The Great Gilly Hopkins (2D/Comedy) 7:30pmAe Dil Hai Mushkil (2D/Hindi) 8:45pmKaashmora (2D/Tamil) 11:00pm

15THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER 2016

Yesterday’s answer

Conceptis Sudoku: Conceptis Sudoku is

a number-placing puzzle based on a 9×9

grid. The object is to place the numbers

1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each

row, each column and each 3×3 box

contains the same number only once.

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.

ACCOMPLICE, ALIBI, ARREST, BAIL, CHARGE, CLUE, COPS, CRIME, CRIMINAL, CROOK, DETECTIVE, EVIDENCE, EXTORTION, FELON, FINE, FORGERY, FRAUD, FUGITIVE, GANGSTER,GUILTY, HOMICIDE, HOODLUM, ILLEGAL, INNOCENT, JAIL,JUDGE, JURY, LARCENY, LAWYER, MOBSTER, OFFICER, OUTLAW, PATROL, PENALTY, PERPETRATOR, POLICE, PRISON, PRIVATE EYE, PROOF, ROBBER, SHERIFF, SLEUTH, SUSPECT, THIEF, WITNESS.

08:00 News

08:30 Witness

09:00 The Girls of

The Taliban

10:00 News

10:30 Inside Story

11:00 News

11:30 The Stream

12:00 News

12:30 People &

Power

13:00 NEWSHOUR

14:00 News

14:30 Inside Story

15:00 Witness

16:00 NEWSHOUR

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17:30 The Stream

18:00 NEWSHOUR

19:00 News

19:30 Rewind

20:00 News

20:30 Inside Story

21:00 NEWSHOUR

22:00 News

22:30 The Stream

23:00 Searching

For Steele

00:00 NEWSHOUR

01:00 News

01:30 101 East

02:00 NEWSHOUR

03:00 News

13:05 Star Darlings

13:10 Austin & Ally

14:00 Liv And

Maddie

14:25 Jessie

14:50 Dog With A

Blog

15:15 Hank Zipzer

15:40 Bunk’d

16:05 Star Darlings

16:35 Miraculous

Tales Of

Ladybug And

Cat Noir

17:00 Backstage

17:25 Alex & Co.

17:50 Girl Meets

World

18:15 Stuck In The

Middle

18:40 Disney

Cookabout

19:05 Best Friends

Whenever

19:30 Jessie

19:55 Liv And

Maddie

20:20 Austin & Ally

20:45 Backstage

21:35 H2O: Just

Add Water

22:00 Binny And

The Ghost

23:10 Hank Zipzer

23:35 Binny And

The Ghost

00:00 Violetta

TV LISTINGS

13:45 Gator Boys

15:35 Tanked

16:30 Africa’s Trees

Of Life

18:20 Wildest India

19:15 Tanked

20:10 Africa’s Trees

Of Life

21:05 Wildest India

22:00 Extinct Or Alive:

The Tasmanian

Tiger

22:55 Gator Boys

23:50 River Monsters:

Lair Of Giants

00:45 Extinct Or Alive:

The Tasmanian

Tiger

13:05 How It’s Made:

Dream Cars

14:20 Gold Divers

15:10 Alaskan Bush

People

16:00 Deadliest Catch

16:50 Fast N’ Loud

17:40 Street Outlaws

18:30 How It’s Made:

Dream Cars

20:35 Garage Gold

21:00 Sean Conway -

Running Britain

21:50 What On Earth?

23:30 Fast N’ Loud

01:10 Sean Conway -

Running Britain

02:00 What On Earth?

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