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COVER STORY
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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CAMPUS
06 | THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER 2016
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
| 07THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER 2016
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
08 | THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER 2016
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
| 09THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER 2016
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
10 | THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER 2016
Campus fitness club encourages women to ditch the elliptical
FASHION
| 11THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER 2016
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
12 | THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER 2016
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
| 13THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER 2016
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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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.
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