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TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER 2017
Eman Al Sulaiti’s passion drives her to extend her knowledge and expertise to budding entrepreneurs in transforming their dreams into a reality.
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Delhi Dynamos Football Club team visit MES
Little evidence new cancer
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COVER STORY TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER 201702
Tania Khan
The Peninsula
It is a splendid mix of knowledge, passion, experience, entrepre-neurial skills and last but not the
least: love of country and unlimited enthusiasm to do something for fel-low countrymen.
Equipped with vast experience in innovative entrepreneurship, Eman Al Sulaiti has announced that she would fully support “my com-munity” and the local economy by providing free consultancy services to Qatar nationals aspiring to launch startups.
A graduate in science from Qatar University, Eman has worked in both government and private sectors since 1999; the year she received her graduation degree from the QU.
Eman Al Sulaiti’s passion drives her to extend her knowledge and expertise to budding entrepreneurs in transforming their dreams into a reality. “I used to receive positive feedback from Qatar and the GCC (regarding consultancy) but after the blockade, I have announced that I will fully support my community and the local economy by provid-ing free consultancy services on
entrepreneurship to Qatari citizens.”
Currently, Eman works as a Quality and Service Design Man-ager at Qatar Foundation. “It has always been a passion of mine to help entrepreneurs in their journey, help them understand how it starts, the obstacles they will face and how can they overcome those challenges. I started reading more and more to effectively apply those concepts in practice.”
After starting her career from Qatar Foundation, Eman switched to the telecommunication sector at Ooredoo Qatar’s Project
Management Office. Soon after Eman found her calling and turned her focus onto innovation and entrepreneurship when she grad-uated as an Executive Leader from Qatar Leadership Centre.
To further hone her skills and knowledge in her preferred field, Eman enrolled for an executive MBA, a programme of 18 months, at HEC in Paris which was followed by another MBA in Luxury. This made her the first Qatar national to have earned these certificates.
Soon Eman was the Director of Business Development in QBIC where she was responsible for
Power of sharing what you know
My purpose through my social media accounts is to simplify the language as much as I can, so that anyone is capable of grasping that knowledge, especially micro business owners.
Pics: Kammutty VP / The Peninsula
acting as a liaison between organ-isations and entrepreneurs, within Qatar and globally.
“I was hands on with the entre-preneurs and facilitated them making right connections with suit-able dealers, supervisors and corporations. I would also coach and mentor entrepreneurs through some of the programs I had applied for in QBIC. Because I was so pas-sionate about my job I gave it everything it demanded. I didn’t stop there, I began judging in com-petitions in universities and in QDB and I also participated as a trainer to guide entrepreneurs on how to establish their businesses.”
Eman is presently involved with training programmes with special-ised centres and is constantly looking for ways to help budding entrepreneurs take the plunge in their ventures. Being an innovator, she has some interesting insight on how to make a business easier to understand with the help of info-graphic illustrations or slides, where the entrepreneurs can visualise strategies instead of reading arti-cles and books in language they may not comprehend.
On success stories in her ten-ure at QBIC, she says: “There are several success stories but the three cases I would particularly mention as they are from my preferred field of expertise (Luxury) and the ones with which I was heavily involved: Hairaat, Kaafe Chocolatier and S’ishira.”
Hairaat is a Qatari jewelry brand owned by Nada Al Sulaiti. I was a consultant for them in the field of marketing, brand visuali-zation and customer segmentation. They are going to inaugurate a store in Gate Mall soon.
Kaafe Chocolatier is a choco-late shop and I was working as their adviser, helped them with their business plan, marketing and expansion strategies. The expan-sion strategy will actually see the light of day in the shape of a new fully equipped café in Al Hazam.
S’ishira perfumers is a brand of high end, natural perfumes which is especially close to me since it is owned by my sister, Sheikha Al Mis-sned. I was their consultant for marketing strategies, brand visu-al izat ions and market
segmentations. To a question on how she caters
to different business and their needs, Eman said: “Mainly my job is to provide guidance in the areas where the entrepreneurs knowl-edge falls short. They are more involved with the core of the busi-ness and the technicalities, I come in where marketing strategies, busi-ness plans and business administration is involved. I help them with the processes of recruit-ing the right people, writing contracts for their staff, service pro-viders and suppliers. I do not interfere with the heart of the business.”
On dealing with difficult clients, she says: “I do not force my ideas or opinions on my clients. The effort and budget is ultimately the busi-ness owners’ decision. I study the case and provide them with my ideas of what is best for their busi-ness to the best of my knowledge. After that, the final decision is always theirs.”
She is also active on social media through her Snap chat (entrepreneursqa) and YouTube (swalf rwad) accounts where she shares her knowledge in local slang and in a way that any layman can
understand. “If you read any articles about
innovation it will be quite difficult to understand for someone who doesn’t have a background in busi-ness. My purpose through my social media accounts is to simplify the language as much as I can, so that anyone is capable of grasping that knowledge, especially micro busi-ness owners. I believe not having sufficient theoretical business knowledge shouldn’t act as
hindrance for someone who wants to become an entrepreneur” she said.
Journey starts from firm belief: “The first step is to always believe in yourself and the next is to make sure whatever you do, you are passionate about it. I feel it is very important that you do what you love and learn more about it. Once you follow your passion it will become very easy to unlock your full creative potential.”
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Journey starts from firm belief: “The first step is to always believe in yourself and the next is to make sure whatever you do, you are passionate about it. I feel it is very important that you do what you love and learn more about it. Once you follow your passion it will become very easy to unlock your full creative potential.”
CAMPUS TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER 201704
Delhi Dynamos Football Club team visit MES
Delhi Dynamos Football Club (DDFC), a Delhi-based Indian professional football
club and leading football team, which competes in the Indian Super League visited MES Indian School on October 15.
The visiting members of the football team, which landed in Doha for a pre-season training ses-sion at Aspire Zone, had a live interaction with the football
enthusiasts of MES and extended an invitation to the school’s foot-ball players to consider joining in Delhi Dynamos academy in future.
They also congratulated the winners of the CBSE Qatar Cluster Football Tournament and wished all success for the nationals to be held in India.
The department of Physical Education of the school coordi-nated the event.
The Grade 9 students of Noble International School had a golden opportunity
to interact with one of the most esteemed educationalists who came as a surprise for them.
Teachers and students alike were briefed quickly about a gathering that was to be highly beneficial to them.
The Chief Guest, the much acclaimed Vice-Chancellor of Calicut University, Kerala, Dr K Mohammed Basheer took his time off to visit the students of Noble International School and have a discussion with them at the NIS campus on October 15.
It was a much anticipated assembly where the students
keenly waited for this eminent person’s presence and clarified a lot of doubts regarding education.
Dr K Mohammed Basheer received a warm welcome by the students and teachers who were more than happy to have him along with the presence of other dignitaries of the management.
The School’s Principal Shibu Abdul Rasheed rendered the welcome address and Vice Prin-cipal Robin K Jose proposed a vote of thanks.
The occasion was blessed with the gracious presence of Hussain Mohammed U, the Chairman of NIS with Shoukath Ali, the Finance Director.
Calicut varsity Vice-Chancellor
holds student briefing at NIS
DMIS marks World Food Day
Morning assembly is a very important ceremony of a school. The purpose of it is to develop a feeling of affiliation and unity among students and to provide them training for good social behav-
iour that is desired in public life.This week, the Grade I A students of Doha Modern Indian School
(DMIS) presented a special assembly on the theme, World Food Day dur-ing their morning assembly on October 12. World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on October 16. It was established by FAO’s (Food and Agriculture Organization) member countries in November 1979.
The students tackled interesting facts and shared valuable informa-tion related to this day. It was a pleasure watching the tiny ones singing a song on how to make a sandwich which was followed by a skit depict-ing the value of food.
They insisted on not wasting food and to share it if they had excess.Rakesh Singh Tomar, School Principal, stressed the importance of
World Food Day by giving the message of ‘Eat healthy and say ‘No’ to junk food’.
SCIENCETUESDAY 17 OCTOBER 2017 05
IANS
Nasa believes a ninth planet does exist that might be 10 times the mass of Earth and
20 times farther from the Sun than Neptune, debunking myths that the planet, dubbed ‘Nibiru’ by doomsayers, will end of the world.
Konstantin Batygin, a planetary astrophysicist at California Insti-tute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, whose team is closing in on finding Planet Nine said there is now enough evidence to assume the “mysterious world exists”.
“There are now five different lines of observational evidence pointing to the existence of Planet Nine,” said Batygin, who is a plan-etary astrophysicist at Caltech, in a Nasa statement.
“If you were to remove this explanation and imagine Planet Nine does not exist, then you gen-erate more problems than you solve.
“All of a sudden, you have five different puzzles, and you must come up with five different theo-ries to explain them,” the astrophysicist explained.
If a planet is there, it’s extremely distant and will stay that way -- with no chance of ever colliding with Earth, or bringing “days of darkness”, as suggested by doomsayers.
According to Nasa, it is now harder to imagine our solar sys-tem without a Planet Nine than with one.
“The signs so far are indirect, mainly its gravitational footprints, but that adds up to a compelling case nonetheless,” Batygin noted.
Batygin and his co-author, Caltech astronomer Mike Brown, described the first three bread-crumbs on Planet Nine’s trail in a January 2016 paper, published in the Astronomical Journal.
Six known objects in the distant Kuiper Belt, a region of icy bodies stretching from Neptune outward toward interstellar space, have elliptical orbits.
These orbits are tilted the same way, about 30 degrees “downward” compared to the pancake-like plane within which the planets orbit the Sun.
Computer simulations of the solar system with Planet Nine
included show there should be more objects tilted with respect to the solar plane.
In fact, the tilt would be on the order of 90 degrees, as if the plane of the solar system and these objects formed an “X” when viewed
edge-on.Sure enough, Brown realised
that five such objects already known to astronomers fit the bill.
A second article from the team, led by Batygin’s graduate student Elizabeth Bailey, showed that Planet
Nine could have tilted the planets of our solar system during the last 4.5 billion years.
This could explain a longstand-ing mystery: Why is the plane in which the planets orbit tilted about six degrees compared to the sun’s equator?
“Over long periods of time, Planet Nine will make the entire solar-system plane precess or wob-ble, just like a top on a table,” Batygin said.
The remaining step is to find Planet Nine itself. Batygin and Brown are using the Subaru Tele-scope at Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii to try to do just that.
If Planet Nine is found, it will be a homecoming of sorts, or at least a family reunion.
Over the past 20 years, surveys of planets around other stars in our galaxy have found the most com-mon types to be “super Earths” and their somewhat larger cousins -- bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune.
“Yet these common, garden-variety planets are conspicuously absent from our solar system. Weighing in at roughly 10 times Earth’s mass, the proposed Planet Nine would make a good fit,” Nasa said.
Nasa admits Planet Nine is real
TECHNOLOGY TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER 201706
Reuters
Apple Inc’s older iPhone 7 models are outselling the recently launched iPhone 8
ahead of the early November debut of the premium iPhone X, broker KeyBanc Capital Markets said, cit-ing carrier store surveys.
Traditionally, new editions of the iPhone have sold quickly as fans queue for the latest upgrade and the surveys would add to signs that the iPhone 8 is not proving as pop-ular as its predecessors.
“Many respondents indicated that a meaningful portion of cus-tomers are buying iPhone 7 in lieu of the new iPhone 8, given the lack of significant enhancements in the new phone,” KeyBanc analyst John Vinh wrote in a client note.
Apple last month introduced the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, which resemble the iPhone 7 line but have a glass back for wireless charging.
While iPhone 8 starts from $699 in the United States, iPhone 7 is retailing from $549 after a price cut.
“Feedback from stores indicate customers are waiting to purchase
the iPhone X or to compare the iPhone X before buying the iPhone 8,” wrote Vinh, who is rated four out of five stars by Thomson Reu-ters StarMine for his recommendation accuracy on the Apple stock.
Apple’s much-anticipated iPhone X, a glass and stainless steel device with an edge-to-edge
display, will start shipping from Nov. 3. The 10th-anniversary iPhone is priced from $999 - Apple’s most expensive mobile till date.
Another reason for the slow uptick of the iPhone 8 could be the modest promotion by U.S. carriers, Vinh said.
“While carriers continue to offer promotions for the new iPhone 8,
they have been much more mod-est compared to the iPhone 7 launch last year,” he wrote.
KeyBanc did surveys in the United States and United Kingdom. Apple was not immediately avail-able for comment.
The company’s shares were up 0.8 percent at $158.20 in early trading.
iPhone 7 is ‘outselling’ iPhone 8
Reuters
Belgian researchers have dis-covered a flaw in a widely used system for securing
Wi-Fi communications that could allow hackers to read information that was previously understood to be encrypted, or infect websites with malware, they said on Monday.
Researchers Mathy Vanhoef and Frank Piessens of Belgian uni-versity KU Leuven disclosed the bug in the WPA2 protocol, which secures modern Wi-Fi systems used by vendors for wireless com-munications between mobile phones, laptops and other con-n e c t e d d e v i c e s w i t h
Internet-connected routers or hot spots.
“If your device supports Wi-Fi,
it is most likely affected,” they said on a website, www.krack-attacks.com, that they set up to
provide technical information about the flaw and methods for attacking vulnerable devices.
It was not immediately clear how difficult it would be for hackers to exploit the bug, or if the vulnerability has previously been used to launch any attacks.
The Wi-Fi Alliance, an indus-try group that represents hundreds of Wi-Fi technology companies, said the issue “could be resolved through a straight-forward software update.”
The group said in a statement it had advised members to quickly release patches and rec-ommended that consumers quickly install those security updates.
Flaw lets hackers read data over secure Wi-Fi
INFOGRAPHICTUESDAY 17 OCTOBER 2017 07
FOOD TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER 201708
Kristen Hartke
The Washington Post
This recipe offers a nut-free alternative to most vegan cheeses. The natural nut-
tiness of cauliflower pairs well with chives to create a lightly firm but still spreadable version of that’s tasty on crackers and can even be melted on bread under the broiler.
Powdered, unflavored vegan gelatin can typically be found in the same section in the grocery store where you would find tra-ditional gelatin and/or baking supplies. Some kosher gelatins are vegan as well — just make sure to choose one that is unsweetened and unflavored.
Makes 1 pound
Make Ahead: The cheese needs to be refrigerated for 4 hours, or until firm. It can be refrigerated in an airtight con-tainer for 5 to 7 days.
Ingredients2 cups cauliflower florets (10
ounces)Water4 tablespoons unflavored
vegan gelatin (can substitute powdered agar-agar
3 tablespoons organic refined coconut oil, liquefied, plus more for the container
1 teaspoon fresh lime juice1 teaspoon sea salt2 tablespoons nutritional
yeast
1 teaspoon onion powder1 teaspoon granulated garlic
(powder)1/4 cup chopped fresh chives
StepsPlace the cauliflower in a
basket steamer suspended over several inches of water. Cover and cook over medium-high heat until tender. Reserve 3/4 cup of that water.
Place the gelatin in a bowl and sprinkle a little cold water over the top to hydrate it (if using powdered agar-agar, you can skip this step), then add the reserved cauliflower water and whisk to incorporate.
Combine the steamed cauli-flower, coconut oil, lime juice, sea salt, nutritional yeast, onion
powder and garlic powder in a blender; puree until smooth.
Add the gelatin mixture to the blender; puree until com-pletely incorporated, then pour the mixture into a bowl so you can fold in the chives. Use a lit-tle more coconut oil to lightly grease a container large enough to hold/mold the cheese mixture, then pour in the mixture and cover with plastic wrap. Refrig-erate for 4 hours, or until firm, before serving.
Nutrition: Per 2-ounce serv-ing (using agar-agar): 60 calories, 1 g protein, 3 g carbo-hydrates, 5 g fat, 5 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 280 mg sodium, 2 g dietary fiber, 0 g sugar.
Cauliflower jack vegan cheese
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Fish Stuffed Mushroom Croquettes
Ingredients
150g Hamour fish filletDozen Fresh Button Mushrooms2 tbs Butter2 Cloves garlic minced1/4 cups chopped white onions2 tsp tomato sauce1 tsp Worcestershire sauce1 tsp soy sauceBlack crushed pepperBread crumbsChickpea FlourSalt to tasteOil for frying Method:
Wash and wipe mushrooms. Sep-arate the caps from the inner stems. Scoop out a bit of the inner portion
with a knife. Without disturbing the outer cap. Set the caps aside.
Melt butter in a pan and add chopped white onions and minced garlic. When translucent add pep-per. Turn over and add tomato sauce, soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce. Cook until tender.
Now add the fish, salt and leave it to cook on medium heat; stirring continuously till the moisture dries up. Leave the mixture to cool down.
Prepare a wet mixture of chick-pea flour adding a pinch of bicarbonate of soda to it. Now stuff the cooled fish mixture in the mush-room caps tightly and roll in the chickpea batter followed by bread-crumbs. Deep fry will golden brown.
Serve with sweet and sour sauce.Nahla Mohamed Fahmy
Fish Curry with
Drumsticks and
Raw Mango
Ingredients
2 tsp coconut oil1/4 tsp mustard seeds1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds (dry roasted)powdered1/2 tsp cumin seeds (dry roasted) powdered1 tsp szetchwan pepper2 sprigs curry leaves1 inch piece fresh ginger finely chopped2 green chillies chopped or slit1/3 cup shallots chopped in two
3 cloves garlic lightly crushed1/2 tsp turmeric powder2 tsp coriander powder3 tsp red chilli powder1.5 tsp salt or as taste1 tomato ripe chopped1 raw mango cut into wedges (with peel)1/2 cup coconut (fresh)500 gms mackrel fish or or use any other fish as well 2 Drumsticks chopped into large pieces
Method
Heat coconut oil in a pan and add in the mustard seeds. Let the mustard seeds splutter. Add in the ginger, crushed garlic, green chillies and and curry leaves. Sautee briefly for 10 seconds.
Add in the shallots and fry till they are soft.
Take a small cup and add Turmeric powder, red chilli powder and corian-der powder,fenugreek powder,cumin powder, ¼ cup of water and make a paste.Add the paste, tomato and the salt to the pan. Saute for a couple of minutes. Add in the raw mango wedges and a cup of water. Let it come to a boil.
Grind the coconut with about half a of water to a smooth fine paste. Add it to the pan.
Add in drumsticks and let the curry simmer for 10-12 minutes on medium flame.
Add fish pieces, szetcwan pepper and simmer till cooked,about 5 minutes or so. Don’t overcook the fish. Garnish with chopped green coriander sprigs.
Serve hot immediately or after an hour or so,as it absorbs more flavors.
Can be served with plain boiled rice, Dosa or chappati..
NOTE : It tastes best with plain boiled rice.
Jalal
HEALTH TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER 201710
Reuters
There’s not much evidence to show that most new cancer drugs approved in Europe in
recent years can help patients live longer or improve their quality of life, a recent study suggests.
Researchers looked at 48 can-cer drugs approved by the European Medicines Agency for 68 different uses from 2009 to 2013.
At the time of approval, just 24 of the 68 uses for these new medi-cations, or 35 percent, had evidence showing the drugs were better at helping patients live longer com-pared to dummy pills or alternative treatments, researchers report in The BMJ. The survival benefit ranged from about 1 to 6 months, and half the time was no more than 2.7 months.
The evidence was even weaker for quality of life improvements, which at the time of approval were documented for just 7 of the 68 new uses of these new medicines, researchers found.
“This does not necessarily mean that patients are taking unsafe or ineffective medicines,” said lead study author Dr. Courtney Davis of Kings College London.
“What it means is that for around half of all new drugs coming on the market in the European Union, patients and physicians will not know whether the drugs offer sur-vival or quality of life benefits over existing treatment options, or in some cases over no treatment,” Davis said by email. “It also means that where survival benefits have been shown, they may not be worth the risk of side effects or additional toxicity for some patients.”
Many newer, targeted cancer medicines have offered fresh hope to patients with tumors that don’t respond to older drugs, but many of these new medicines carry hefty price tags in excess of $100,000 a year.
Because some cancers grow slowly and can affect a large pro-portion of the population, studies to prove a survival benefit may need to run for decades and include large numbers of participants. This has prompted many new cancer drug trials to focus on different goals. For example, instead of prov-ing that a drug helps patients live longer, studies may aim to show how long the drug keeps the tumor from growing larger.
This has led doctors
and regulators to question the necessity of some new treatments, particularly medicines approved based on studies that don’t docu-ment an overall survival benefit.
“While it makes sense to use drugs that shrink cancer and slow growth, the reality is sometimes we do that, but a person doesn’t live any longer,” said Dr. Vinay Prasad, author of an accompanying edito-rial and a researcher at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland.
For some recently approved cancer drugs, companies agreed to do additional studies testing for overall survival benefits as a con-dition of winning permission to sell the drugs.
In the current study, after at least 3.3 years on the market, most of the new medicines still lacked
conclusive evidence that they helped people live longer or offered patients a better quality of life.
Among the 23 new uses out of 68 studied that had a survival ben-efit that could be assessed by researchers, only half were found to be clinically meaningful for patients, the study also found.
“Some of these medicines prob-ably do offer benefits, but we don’t know how much because trials are not done,” Prasad said by email.
“But I also think many of these med-icines don’t offer benefits, only harms and side effects.”
Patients considering treatment with these newer medicines should focus on what proof there is that the drug will achieve the goal that’s most important in their situation, whether it’s survival or quality of life, Prasad advised.
AI implants could be injected in humans in 20 yearsIANS
Artificially intelligent (AI) nano-machines will be injected into humans in 20
years to be used to repair and enhance muscles, cells and bones, as well as enable us to control our environment with thought and gestures, says an IT specialist at IBM.
“We may see nano-machines being injected into our bodies,” John McNamara, senior inventor and IT specialist at IBM’s Hursley Innovation Centre in Hampshire,
UK, was quoted as saying to the Telegraph.co.uk. “These will pro-vide huge medical benefits, such as being able to repair damage to cells, muscles and bones -- per-haps even augment them.”
McNamara said that within two decades, technology may have advanced to such a level that humans and machines are effec-tively “melded” together, allowing for huge leaps forward in human consciousness and cognition, rais-ing the economic, ethical and social implications of AI.
“Beyond this, utilising
technology which is already being explored today, we see the crea-tion of technology that can meld the biological with the technolog-ical and so be able to enhance human cognitive capability directly, as well as being able to utilise vast quantities of comput-ing power to augment our own thought processes.
“Using this technology, embed-ded in ourselves and in our surroundings, we will begin to be able to control our environment with thought and gestures alone.”
However, in a report
submitted to the House of Lords Artificial Intelligence Committee, McNamara warned that the rise of AI could bring “huge disruption” in the retail and service sectors which could spike widespread unemployment.
“The immediate concern is that by ceding decisions or control to machines, the humans start accept-ing their decisions as correct or better than their own and stop pay-ing attention,” said Noel Sharkey, professor at the University of Shef-field, who separately shared the evidence to the committee.
Little evidence new cancer drugs improve survival
BOLLYWOODTUESDAY 17 OCTOBER 2017 11
Sonam Kapoor denies catfight rumours
IANS
Actress Sonam Kapoor is livid over gossip around an alleged ‘cat
fight’ on the sets of her film “Veere Di Wedding”, which features an ensemble of actresses including Kareena Kapoor Khan, Swara Bhasker and Shikha Talsania.
Sonam’s reaction came following a ‘blind item’ posted by an entertainment portal.
In a Twitter post, Sonam wrote: “Dear websites, you can put out as many ‘blind items’ (aka gossip you were too lazy to fact-check) as you like pit-ting women against each other. It may get you clicks but it won’t be the truth. Must you insist on shoving this tired patriarchal concept of women cat fighting into our film (which is not about a road trip) as if grown, intelligent women have nothing better to do.
“We will continue to be actual friends and try and make a kick-ass movie and prove that women can work with each other, get along and have a blast. Because we can, we are and we will continue to. And on schedule. Please keep in mind how outdated, irresponsible, and harmful your narrative is and frustrat-ing for a culture of women who actually want to work together.
“There is no place for it anymore. Sincerely, The cast and crew of ‘Veere Di Wedding’.”
Produced by Rhea Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor, the film’s first schedule was wrapped in Delhi.
It is directed by Shashanka Ghosh.
Sonam and Rhea’s father and veteran actor Anil Kapoor also shot down the gossip item.
IANS
He is very selective when it comes to picking projects, but is not willing to ditch his
personal beliefs for more work. Actor Kunal Kapoor says it is
important as an actor to “be seen” but even more important to be part of work that one believes in.
The actor, who made his debut with “Meenaxi: Tale of 3 Cities” in 2004, also said there was a time when he didn’t have a release for a couple of years, but he didn’t give up.
“Meenaxi: Tale of 3 Cities” in 2004, I am getting a chance to work with such amazing filmmakers like Gauri Shinde, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Reema Kagti and the legendary director Jayaraj,” Kunal, who has been roped in as the brand ambas-sador of fashion brand Indian Terrain, said.
“I’ve been told one of the rea-sons that they want to cast me is that they associate me with qual-ity work. And even though there was a time when I did not have any release for a couple of years, I did not give into work that I had no personal belief in. It has not been easy, but I feel like it has been worth it,” he added.
After his debut movie, many people gave him the tag of ‘Indian Matthew McConaughey’.
Kunal has featured in critically acclaimed films like “Rang De Bas-anti”, “Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana”, “Kaun Kitney Paani Mein” and “Dear Zindagi”. There were some failures as well with
“Hattrick” and “Raagdesh”. He will soon be seen with
Akshay Kumar in “Gold”. Directed by Reema Kagti, the film is about India’s first Olympic medal win as a free nation in the year 1948 at the 14th Olympic Games at London. It will release on Independence Day, 2018.
Kunal, who is married to megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s niece Naina, says he is in a very exciting space as an actor.
Reflecting on his journey, he said: “There was a time when I was not taking up work, because the roles I was being offered were very similar to what I had done in the past. People are in a rush to put you in a box, because a character that you have played in the past, has worked. That fortunately has changed.
“I am in a very exciting space as an actor. In the last couple of years, I have had a chance to play
characters that are very different from each other. From a 16th cen-tury warrior to a millennial film producer to a Shakespeare teacher and now a sportsperson. I have also had a chance to put my passion for writing and storytelling to good use.”
He is working on a few scripts. “These are stories that are close
to me, and characters that I have not had a chance to do before. Ear-lier, I used to wait for filmmakers to offer me parts that I had my heart in. When those were not com-ing in, I asked myself, ‘What sort of characters would I like to play, and how do I develop those for myself’. These scripts are a result of that. I think it’s important not to wait for opportunities to come your way, but to create those opportunities,” said the 38-year-old.
Ask him about “Gold”, and Kunal prefers to remain silent.
“It is too early to talk about the film. But it has been an amazing experience, right from learning a whole new sport, to working with an actor like Akshay, who I have a lot of admiration for. And it has been incredible to be directed by Reema Kagti. She really is one of the most wonderful directors I have worked with.”
Being selective has not been easy, but worth it: Kunal Kapoor
ENTERTAINMENT TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER 201712
Box office: ‘Happy Death Day’ takes the top spotReuters
“Happy Death Day” has cause for celebration. The latest from Blum-
house and Universal is leading the box office this weekend with $26.5m from 3,149 locations. That
puts it far ahead of “Blade Runner 2049,” which is skidding to $15.1m during its second weekend at 4,058 locations, down 54% from its dis-appointing opening weekend.
A horror spin on “Groundhog Day,” “Happy Death Day” centers on Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) as
a woman who wakes up to the same day -- her birthday -- every day, and is murdered every time. Chris-topher B. Landon directed the film based on a script by Scott Lobdell.
Earlier this year in January, Blumhouse’s “Split” opened to a monster $40m in January, and went on to earn $278.3m worldwide.
Then, the next month, “Get Out” was a smash hit as well with a $33.4m opening and $253.1m in glo-bal grosses by the end of its run. The production house is also responsi-ble for the hugely profitable “Purge” and “Paranormal Activity” franchises.
Otherwise, “The Foreigner” -- a US-China co-production between STXfilms, Sparkle Roll Media, and Wanda -- is opening to $12.8m from 2,515 locations. The Jackie Chan-starrer started its international
rollout on September 30, and has tallied $88m overseas so far.
“Casino Royale” director Martin Campbell made the $35m flick, which also stars Pierce Brosnan as a British government official.
And two biopics are struggling to draw significant grosses. Open Road’s “Marshall” is opening to $3m from 821 locations, and Annapur-na’s “Professor Marston & The Wonder Women” is barely making a dent with $737,000 from 1,229 locations.
“It” remains in the top five this weekend, as horror continues to dominate the box office. In its sixth weekend, the Warner Bros. and New Line release is grossing $6 mil-lion from 3,176 spots. Rounding out the top five is Fox’s “The Mountain Between Us,” which is taking in $5.7m from 3,259 locations.
Ed Sheeran hurt in
bicycle accidentIANS
Singer Ed Sheeran has injured his right arm in a bicycle accident, putting in
jeopardy some of his upcoming shows. He is due to perform in India on November 19.
“I’ve had a bit of a bicycle accident and I’m currently wait-ing on some medical advice, which may affect some of my upcoming shows. Please stay tuned for further news. Ed,” the singer posted on his Facebook page along with a photograph.
His right arm is plastered, while his left arm is strapped up in a navy shoulder bandage.
He is due to play a host of tour dates in Asia over the next couple of weeks, starting with October 22 in Taipei, followed by appearances in Osaka, Seoul in South Korea, Tokyo in Japan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore, before moving on to Malaysia and Thai-land in mid-November.
His last dates for 2017 are set for November 19 in Mumbai.
Reuters
The London Film Festival closed with a violent and profanity-laden dark com-
edy featuring Frances McDormand, as a small-town mother seeking justice for her murdered daughter, tipped for an Oscar nod.
At the end of a movie fortnight overshadowed by a cascade of alle-gations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, writer-director Martin McDonagh said he was happy to close the festival with
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing”, calling it “a proper cool film” with a woman at its heart.
“I mostly wanted to write a really strong female lead for a film so I came up with this idea of a very angry mother who goes to war with her local police department.”
“Once I thought that Frances would be the perfect person for it, it wrote itself almost.”
McDormand shot to global fame in “Fargo”, another small-town black comedy, as a North Dakota police chief, a role that won her the Best Actress Oscar in 1997.
In “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing”, her character decides to confront the police chief, played by Woody Harrelson, by hiring advertising hoardings to berate him for failing to find the culprit who raped and murdered her daughter.
“McDormand’s performance is every bit as commanding as her Oscar-winning work in ‘Fargo’ 21 years ago,” Daily Telegraph critic Robbie Collin said in his five-star review of this “gut-twisting, cin-der-black comedy” which won the top prize at the Toronto Interna-tional Film Festival.
Harrelson, who starred in Mar-tin McDonagh’s last movie, “Seven Psychopaths” said of the
British-Irish filmmaker best know for “In Bruges”: “He’s turned into a real master of his craft and I think he has just gotten better each time.”
A day after the Academy of Motion Pictures expelled Weinstein over allegations of sexual harass-ment, some actors were more forthright than others over the scandal.
Clarke Peters, who plays a police chief in the small Missouri town beset by racial tensions in
“Thee Billboards”, said Hollywood “should go into a room and reas-sess their humanity”.
“Abuse in the film industry was not limited to one individual. We all get accosted in one way or the other.”
McDonagh’s movie closes London Film Festival
BABY BLUES
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose
pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman.Note: Programme is subject to change without prior notice.
VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTERNOVO — PearlBlade Runner 2049 (2D/Action) 11:00am, 12:00, 2:00, 3:00, 5:00,6:00; 8:00, 9:00; 11:59pm & 1:00am Renegades (2D/Action) 10:00, 11:45am, 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, 4:45, 6:00, 8:00, 9:45; 10:00 & 11:59pmThe Foreigner (2D/Thriller) 10:15; 12:30, 2:00, 2:45, 5:00, 7:00, 7:15, 8:00, 9:30 10:10, 11:45, 11:59 & 12:20amLeatherface (2D/Horror) 10:00am, 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00, 10:00 & 11:59pmFlatliners(2D/Horror) 10:00am, 12:00, 2:00 & 4:00pmKingsman:The Golden Circle(Action) 12:15, 5:15 & 10:15pmThe Son Of Bigfoot(2D/Animation) 10:00, 12:00, 2:00 & 4:00pmThe Snowman (2D/Crime) 6:00, 8:30 & 11:00pmAmityville: The Awakening (2D/Horror) 10:00am, 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00pmMy Pet Dinosaur (2D/Crime) 10:00am, 12:00, 2:00, 4:00 & 6:00pm
MALLRaju Gari Gadhi 2 (2D/Telugu) 2:00pm Parava (2D/Malayalam) 2:30 & 11:30pm The Foreigner (2D/Action) 8:00pmMy Pet Dinosaur (2D/Action) 2:15 & 5:45, 7:30pmPulikkaran Stara (2D/Malayalam) 5:00pm The Snowman (2D/Crime) 5:45pmLast Night (2D/Tagalog) 9:15pm; Leatherface (2D/Horror) 10:00pmThe Son Of Bigfoot (2D/Animation) 4:00pm; Renegades (2D/Action) 4:00pmAmityville: The Awakening (2D/Horror) 7:30 & 11:45pmBlade Runner 2049 (2D/Thriller) 9:00 & 11:30pm
LANDMARKPulikkaran Stara (2D/Malayalam) 2:30 & 9:15pm ; The Son Of Bigfoot (2D/Animation) 2:15 &4:00pm; My Pet Dinosaur (2D/Action) 2:30, 4:30 & 6:30pm; Raju Gari Gadhi 2 (2D/Telugu) 5:00pm Renegades (2D/Action) 7:15pm; Amityville: The Awakening (2D/Horror) 5:45pm; The Snowman (2D/Crime) 9:00pmParava (2D/Malayalam) 11:15pm; Last Night (2D/Tagalog) 7:15pm Blade Runner 2049 (2D/Thriller) 8:15 & 11:15pm; Leatherface (2D/Horror) 11:45pm
ROYAL PLAZA
ROXY
My Pet Dinosaur (2D/Action) 2:00 & 3:45 & 5:30pmAmityville: The Awakening (2D/Horror) 7:15 & 9:45pmBlade Runner 2049 (2D/Thriller) 7:00 & 9:00 & 11:30pm Parava (2D/Malayalam) 2:00 & 11:30pm; Pulikkaran Stara (2D/Malayalam) 4:30pm The Son Of Bigfoot (2D/Animation) 2:30pm; The Foreigner(2D/Thriller) 4:15pm ; Leatherface (2D/Horror) 6:15pm; Last Night (2D/Tagalog) 7:15pm; Renegades (2D/Action) 9:45pm; The Snowman (2D/Crime) 11:30pm
The Son Of Bigfoot (2D/Animation), 12:00, 2:00 & 4:00pm Renegades (2D/Action) 6:00, 8:15 &10:30pmBlade Runner (Thriller) 12:00noon, 3:15, 6:30, 9:45pm & 01:00am Pulikkaran Stara (2D/Malayalam) 12:00, 2:45, 5:30; 8:15pm & 11:00pm
CINEMA PLUSTUESDAY 17 OCTOBER 2017 13
ASIAN TOWNPulikkaran Stara (2D/Malayalam) 5:45, 8:30 & 11:00pm Parava (2D/Malayalam) 5:45, 6:30, 8:15; 9:15 & 11:00pm Raju Gari Gadhi 2 (2D/Telugu) 6:30pm
AL KHORParava (2D/Mal) 11:30am, 5:30, 8:30 & 11:30pm Pulikkaran Stara (2D/ Mal) 3:15, 9:00 & 11:45pm; Raju Gari Gadhi 2 (2D/Telugu) 3:30 & 9:00pm The Snowman (2D/Crime) 2:45; 7:15 & 11:45pm Leatherface (2D/Horror) 10:45am; 12:45, 5:15 & 9:45
THE SNOWMAN
CROSSWORD CONCEPTIS SUDOKU
ALL IN THE MIND
08:00 News08:30 Counting the
Cost9:00 Al Jazeera World10:30 Inside Story11:00 News11:30 The Stream12:30 Risking It All13:00 NEWSHOUR14:30 Inside Story15:00 Al Jazeera
Correspondent 16:00 NEWSHOUR17:00 News17:30 The Stream18:00 Newsgrid19:00 News19:30 Wukan: China’s
Democracy Experiment
20:30 Inside Story21:00 NEWSHOUR22:00 News22:30 The Stream23:00 Al Jazeera World
13:10 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug & Cat Noir
15:40 Stuck In The Middle
16:30 Bizaardvark 16:35 Bunk’d 18:20 Bizaardvark 18:45 Best Friends
Whenever 21:50 Sunny
Bunnies 21:55 Miraculous
Tales Of Ladybug & Cat Noir
22:20 Alex & Co. 22:45 Lolirock 23:05 Disney Mickey
Mouse 23:10 Sabrina
Secrets Of A Teenage Witch
13:45 Rugged Justice
14:40 Wildest Islands Of Indonesia
16:30 Treehouse Masters
17:25 Pit Bulls & Parolees
18:20 The Lion Queen
19:15 Rugged Justice
21:05 Pit Bulls & Parolees
22:00 The Lion Queen
22:55 Wildest Islands Of Indonesia
23:50 Lone Star Law
01:40 Rugged Justice
13:10 Alaska: The Last Frontier
13:55 Deadliest Job Interview
14:40 Outback Truckers
16:10 Street Customs 2008
17:00 How Do They Do It?
18:50 Treasure Quest: Snake Island
21:00 Ed Stafford: Left For Dead
22:40 Boy To Man23:30 Fast N’
Loud01:05 Ed Stafford:
Left For Dead
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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.
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.
BRAIN TEASERS TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER 201714
