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Fair green
When completed, the Qur’anic Garden will have all
plants mentioned in the Holy Quran and the Hadith
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Friday, April 5, 2013
A label in the nursery.
Dried pods: The seeds within will be dried, measured then stored for the seed bank.
Creating green
consciousness
LLEWELLYN FLORES
DOHAASK a child where apples come from and the
most likely answer would be some nearby
grocery store’s name rather than a tree’s.
“We can’t blame them,” says Fatima
Saleh al Khulaifi, PR & marketing specialist
for the Qur’anic Garden Green Projects. “They are
the technology generation.”
Fatima says living between concrete and technology,
people often forget about nature. “We have the
responsibility to tell them about the environment; that
without plants, there is no life.”
This is one purpose of the Qur’anic Garden.
The garden, which is going to be the first of its
kind, was inaugurated by HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser
in 2008, planting a Sidra (Ziziphus spina-christi)
sapling at the site. When completed it will contain all
plants mentioned in the Holy Quran and the Hadith
comprising 52 species.
The plants, trees and fruits mentioned in the Holy
Quran and the Hadith are still living in the present
day. Most of them still bear the same name. Many are
mentioned as medicinal, some are mentioned as holy
plants such as the fig (Ficus carica), some are aromatic
like the basil (Ocimum basilicum), some used as cosmetics,
the henna (Lawsonia inermis) and others are
mentioned as fruits of paradise like the banana (Musa
paradisiacal).
According to Fatima, the plants come from three
geographical regions, the desert, Mediterranean and
tropical. The challenge of the Qur’anic Garden Green
Projects is not just to be able to plant and grow the
plants from the Mediterranean and tropical regions but
to be able to create a sustainable environment that will
allow the pants to thrive and yield fruits and flowers.
The Qur’anic Garden aims to cultivate as many
types of each species as possible. Through their nursery,
they are working to identify which species could
survive in the region and which type needs a controlled
environment.
As part of the information collection, the Qur’anic
Garden Green Projects is collating plant information
including scientific name, biodiversity, habit, uses
among other significant details. They are also building
their nursery, herbarium library and a seed bank.
“We have almost covered each plant but the knowledge
never stops growing,” said Fatima. She added
that every now and then science comes up with new
knowledge and this gets added to their data making
the collection of information a perennial process.
The seeds are measured, labelled and stored in
refrigerators at a minus 20 degrees Celsius in order
to preserve them. “Three or five thousand years ago,
how did they preserve these (seeds)?” Fatima asked
rhetorically. “Allah mentioned in the Holy Quran that
when you keep the seed in its own fruit and use it ten
or hundred years later, it will be the same.”
A herbarium sheet is kept for each plant species
and type. It is labelled with the date when the sample
was collected, the scientific and vernacular names,
the area where it was collected and the persons who
collected and identified the sample. Fatima said collecting
a sample from the same plant after a year yields
a different set of information like collecting a sample
at the same time from a similar plant in another area
“because the environment affects the plants.”
Alongside collecting all these information, the
Qur’anic Garden Green Projects is also busy with different
activities spreading awareness not just about
the Qur’anic Garden but also about environment conservation
in general. They conduct seminars, organise
tree planting events and hold fairs and exhibitions in
Dried pumpkin: The seeds of this pumpkin will still grow even
after 100 years as long as the fruit remains intact.
Fig Tree: Mentioned as one of the holy plants.

Friday, April 5, 2013
Plants of the Qur’anic Garden
Candy holders made of dried pumpkin fruit
The Qur’anic Garden
aims to cultivate as
many types of each
species possible.
Through their nursery,
they are working to
identify which species
could survive in the
region and which type
needs a controlled
environment
ANNUALS
Cultivated plants
No. SCIENTIFIC NAME ARABIC NAME ENGLISH NAME
(TRANSLITERATED)
1 Brassica nigra Khardal Mustard
2 Carthamus tinctorius Osfor Safflower
3 Cuminum cyminum Sannoot, Kamoon Cumin
4 Hordium vulgare Shaear Barley
5 Lens culinares Adas Lentil
6 Nigella sativa Al-Habah Al-Sowdaa Black Cumin
7 Oryza sativa Orz Rice
8 Sesamum indicum Semsem Sesame
9 Triticum vulgare Al-Hentah, Kamh-Bur Wheat
10 Allium cepa Basal Onion
11 Allium porrum Korat Leek
12 Allium sativum Fum Garlic
13 Cucumis melo Qiththa Melon, Muskmelon
14 Cucurbita maxima Kara Aslali Large gourd
15 Citrullus vulgaris Batikh Watermelon
16 Cucurbita pepo Dobaa, Kosa Pumpkin
17 Lagenaria vulgaris Yaqtin Bottle gourd, Calabash
Wild plants
18 Neurada procumbens Sa’adan
19 Beta vulgaris Silq Beetroot / Garden Beet
PERENNIAL
Cultivated plants
20 Aloe vera Sabr Aloe
21 Ocimum basilicum Al-Rayhan Sweet Basil
Shrubs
22 Nitraria retusa Gharkad
23 Salvadora persica Khamt, Arak Toothbrush Tree
24 Boxus dioica Al-Katam
25 Lawsonia inermis Henna Henna
schools. They also regularly participate
in the QP Environmental Fair demonstrating
ancient uses of plant parts (like
using the root of the toothbrush tree for
brushing teeth), showcasing the many
use of specific plants and their by-products,
etc.
Fatima referred to the fruits mentioned
in the Holy Quran as heavenly
fruits and a fruit meant for those going
to hell. The Qur’anic Garden, which she
described as a scientific as well as heritage
project, also aims to teach the meaning
beneath mentioning these plants in
the Holy Quran – “to let us love being
good (and) to go for things in heaven and
be afraid of doing bad.”
She also said that conserving and appreciating
the environment is “a principle
mentioned in the Holy Quran.”
Once the Qur’anic Garden is ready,
it will be open to the public especially
to students and researchers. And as a
botanic garden, labels would be posted
to identify and bear information about
the plants.
“Anybody who goes to this garden
will see the plant, touch it and read about
it,” Fatima said.
They plan on having educational
Wild plants
activities for students such as collecting
seeds, creating herbarium sheets
and planting to give them first-hand
experience. These activities aim to teach
the students conservation and why it is
necessary.
Henna applications, drawings and
other much lighter and festive activities
are also in the line-up. “We will do
all these to let them know that there is
something to be concern about.
“We will go on with our careers
26 Astragalus spinosus Katad
27 Cymbopogon schoenanthus Edhkher Camel’s hay
28 Citrullus colocynthis Hanzal Bitter gourd
29 Euphorbia sp. Al-Zaquom
30 Senna alexandrina Sana, Sanamaky True senna
31 Euphorbia pithysa L. Shoprum
32 Acorus calamus Kashab Al-Zerarah Sweet flag
33 Costus speciosus Qust Kust Root
34 Crocus sativus Za’fran Saffron
35 Typha domingensis Al-Bardy Narrow-leaved cattail
36 Zingiber officinale Zanjibil Ginger
37 Zingiber zerumbet Zarnab Wild Ginger
Trees
38 Acacia oerfota Orfot Acacia
39 Acacia raddiana Talh Acacia
40 Acacia tortilis Al-Samor Umbrella Thorm
41 Tamarix aphylla. Athl, Tarfa Tamarisk
42 Aguilaria agallocha Alood Eagle wood
43 Dryobalanops camphora Kafoor Camphor Tree
44 Mallotus philippinesis Wars Kamala Tree
45 Musa paradisiacal Al-Mawz. Talh Banana
46 Citrus medica Utrujj Citron
47 Ficus carica Al-Teen Fig
48 Olea europea Zayt n Olive
49 Phoenix dactylifera Nakhil Date palm
50 Punica granatum Rumman Pomegranate
51 Vitis vinifera Enab Grape
52 Zizphus spina-christi Sidr Christ’s thorn
*Courtesy of QF Publication: The Qur’anic Garden in Qatar
but let us be concerned about this thing,
which is to protect our planet and our
world.”
Banana
seedlings
Dried seeds
from the
Qur’anic Garden’s
seed bank
Display of seeds with
significant information
of the plant on
green posters

Friday, April 5, 2013
Hope Rogue role will boost
empowerment: Newton
APTHANDIE Newton doesn’t shy
away from the idea that she
might be a role model. As she
takes on a leading television
role, she hopes to empower
women like the stars who have come
before her - Kerry Washington, Regina
King and Anika Noni Rose among them.
“They have empowered many,” said
Newton, a racially mixed actress who is
of British and Zimbabwean decent. “Empowerment
anywhere leads to empowerment
everywhere. The world is changing
at a pace where it needs to be. That’s
how I feel, and I’m proud to be a part of
this movement.”
The 40-year-old actress will star
in the dramatic series, Rogue, which
premieres on Wednesday night on
DirecTV’s in-house channel Audience
Network. It’ll be DirecTV’s first venture
into original programming, and the third
series to air on Audience along with Friday
Night Lights and Damages.
On the 10-episode Rogue, Newton
plays Grace Travis, an undercover detective
who takes on a gangster after her
son is killed in a drive by shooting.
The 40-year-old
actress will star in
the dramatic series,
Rogue, which
premieres on Wednesday
night on DirecTV’s
in-house channel
Audience Network
“It’s the most time I’ve had to explore
a character. It was a luxury,” she said.
“I had a chance to explore the settled
details of what this person is going
through. That’s why TV is so great. You
get to see deeper than you would if it was
an hour and a half, although it felt like
we were making a 10-hour movie.”
Newton, who has starred in movies
such as Crash and The Pursuit of Happiness,
said the show’s creator Matthew
Parkhill told her before taping Rogue to
prepare herself mentally and physically
for the filming process.
“He said Crash was only six days for
you. This show will be Crash for four
months,” recalled Newton. “I’m very instinctive
when it comes to the emotional
stuff, but I knew I needed stamina.”
Newton wanted to get more into
character, learning the techniques of
Krav Maga - an Israeli tactical self-defense
method used in close combat. She
thought it would be better for her to
show that she can actually fight, rather
than tote around a gun.
“I wanted to train in the gritty streetlike
way,” she said. I was playing an
undercover detective, so I wanted to look
like I was well trained. I didn’t want to be
the character looking sexy with a gun.”
Newton said she was glad to show
that she’s more than a pretty face.
“For me, it has been a gradual evolution
of empowerment of women of
colour,” she said. “I’m a success already.
I’m happy to influence others along the
way. ... This is one life. If we’re able to
help others while on this journey, then
fantastic.”
Thandie
Newton
Tom
Cruise
Cruise game for space trip
IANS
HOLLYWOOD star Tom Cruise
says he won’t mind a space
trip, which can cost him
£130,000, but would just like “a couple
of other people to test it out first”.
While promoting the new sci-fi
film Oblivion, Cruise admitted he
would love the experience, reports
thesun.co.uk.
“Who wouldn’t want to do something
like that? I’m going to let a couple
of other people test it out first, but
it would be great. I was always hoping,
when I was a kid, that we would
be travelling to different planets by
now,” said Cruise.
The War of the Worlds star, 50,
would be following other celebrities
like Ashton Kutcher, who plan to go
into space. The Two And A Half Men
star has already kept aside £130,000
for Virgin Galactic’s upcoming twohour
mission.
Cruise believes aliens can exist.
In fact, some of his religious friends
do believe that an alien called Xenu
brought humans to Earth 75 million
years ago.
The actor said: “I don’t think you
can actually count it out. It might be
a little arrogant to think we were the
only ones in all the galaxies throughout
the universe - but I’ve never met
one!”
Cruise spoke here at the Russian
premiere of Oblivion, in which he
plays one of the last men on Earth after
an alien battle ravages the planet
in 2073.
He is well practised for a trip to
space as he once flew a Space Shuttle
simulator at NASA’s space centre in
Houston, Texas.

HOLLYWOOD Friday, April 5, 2013
DeGeneres hooked for Nemo
sequel Finding Dory
AP
ELLEN DeGeneres is going fishing
again with a sequel to the
animated blockbuster Finding
Nemo.
Disney and its Pixar Animation
unit announced on Tuesday that De-
Generes will reprise her Nemo voice
role for Finding Dory. The sequel is
due out on November 25, 2015, and
will be directed by Andrew Stanton,
who also made Finding Nemo.
“I have waited for this day for
a long, long, long, long, long, long
time,” DeGeneres said. “I’m not mad
it took this long. I know the people at
Pixar were busy creating Toy Story
16. But the time they took was worth
it. The script is fantastic. And it has
everything I loved about the first one:
It’s got a lot of heart, it’s really funny,
and the best part is - it’s got a lot
more Dory.”
The new film picks up about
a year after the action of Finding
Nemo, with DeGeneres’ forgetful fish
Dory on her own adventure to reunite
with loved ones.
According to Disney, the film will
feature new characters along with
familiar ones, including Nemo and
his dad, Marlin, who was voiced by
Albert Brooks. There’s no word yet
from Disney on whether Brooks will
reprise his voice role.
Finding Nemo was released
in 2003 and took in $921 million
worldwide. The movie was the first
Pixar production to win the Academy
Award for best animated feature
after the category
was added in 2001.
Pixar films have
gone on to dominate,
winning the
Oscar seven years
out of 12.
China hand in Transformers 4
AP
MICHAEL Bay’s Transformers robots
are shaping up again with
some help from China.
Paramount Pictures announced
a deal on Tuesday with China Movie
Channel and Jiaflix Enterprises to help
on the production of Transformers 4,
the next instalment in the director’s
blockbuster franchise.
According to the agreement, China
Movie Channel, which is overseen by
the Chinese government, will help
select filming sites in China, and with
theatrical promotion and possibly postproduction
work there.
It also will work with the filmmakers
on casting Chinese actors in the movie,
which stars Mark Wahlberg and is due
out in June 2014.
Jiaflix, headed by former Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
president Sid Ganis, brokered the deal.
The company exports Chinese films
to overseas markets and promotes
production and distribution of films in
China.
Bay’s 2011 smash Transformers:
Dark of the Moon took in $1.1 billion
worldwide, including $165 million in
China.
SCENE UNSEEN
Adam Levine won’t wed
SINGER Adam Levine, who
is currently dating model
Behati Prinsloo, is happy to
never tie the knot because
he doesn’t think modern
unions are capable of lasting
forever.
“I am doing pretty well.
If you don’t get married,
you can’t get divorced. Why
couldn’t we learn from the
devastatingly low percentage
of successful marriages
that our last generation
went through?” contactmusic.com
quoted Levine as
saying.
Adam Levine
Despite his busy schedule,
he said he will never complain about his heavy
workload as his success could disappear any time.
“It’s a lot. But it might not be a lot someday. I don’t like
to complain. You have this moment. It doesn’t last forever.
You should probably try and enjoy it,” he added.
Gomez to work in Rudderless
ACTRESS-SINGER Selena Gomez is reportedly set to star in
William H Macy’s directorial debut Rudderless.
It’s a musical drama about a
man who forms a band and sings
songs written by his deceased son.
The 20-year-old will be seen
along with actors Anton Yelchin,
Laurence Fishburne and Billy
Crudup, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
Actor-turned-director
Macy, currently seen on TV
show Shameless, will also
star in the movie alongside
his wife, Desperate Housewives
actress Felicity Huffman.
Macy co-wrote the script
with Casey Twenter and Jeff
Robison.
The film is being produced
by Unified Pictures and Amberdale,
and filming is due to begin
in Oklahoma this month.
Selena Gomez
Zoe Saldana sees red lipstick as
problem solver
A RED lipstick and a pair of red shoes
can get you out of any funk in life,
believes actress Zoe Saldana, who
split from Bradley Cooper earlier this
year.
“My mom raised my sisters and
I with a strong sense of self. She
always said, ‘Honey, there is nothing
that a red lipstick and a pair of red
shoes can’t heal, cure, or solve.’ And I
absolutely believe that. They can get
Zoe Saldana
you out of anything, even the biggest
funk of your life,” contactmusic.com quoted Saldana as
saying.
The 34-year-old, known for her sense of style, also
said that although she has a full-time stylist, she regularly
makes drastic decisions alone when it comes to her appearance.
“If I want to chop off half my hair, I will take
scissors and do one side before I even go to the
hairdresser. For me, it’s all about trusting my instinct.
Plus, that way I can’t change my mind!” she said.

Friday, April 5, 2013
BOLLYWOOD
I don’t have time to be
lonely: Prabhudheva
IANS
THE Indian entertainment industry’s
male dancing icon Prabhudheva turns
40 on Wednesday and says he has no
time to brood over his loneliness.
“Of course, I’d like someone in my
life. And of course, when I go home in the evening
I wish there was someone waiting for me. But very
honestly, I don’t have time to be lonely. My work
fills up most of my day and when I get home I just
want to sleep. As for company, I’ve some good
friends in Mumbai and Chennai,” he said.
For his birthday, Prabhudheva flew home to
Chennai to be with his two sons and very close
friends.
Said the choreographer-dancer-actor-director
emotionally, “These are friends with whom I go
back a long way, from outside and the film industry.
I haven’t met some of them for over a year
because of my hectic schedules. I’ve flown back
to Chennai to be with them on my birthday. No
party. Just a quiet get-together.”
Prabhudheva made his mark as an actor with
films like Kadhalan and Raasaiyya. Later, he
went behind the camera to direct hits like Pokkiri,
Wanted and Rowdy Rathore.
On turning 40, Prabhudheva quipped:”I’ve
heard life starts at 40. I wouldn’t know until I
get there... I suspect 40 would just be another
number. I have never allowed myself to stop and
consider my age. I’ve always been on the move.”
Looking back on the year that was, Prabhudheva
admitted it has been a whirligig of activities.
“Of course, I’d like
someone in my life.
And of course, when I
go home in the evening
I wish there was someone
waiting for me”
“I am wearing a number of hats and I’ve had
to move to Mumbai because of the workload in
the Hindi cinema. While I love dancing, and even
acting in ABCD - Anybody Can Dance was fun, I
remain at heart as choreographer,” he said. Everyone
in Mumbai wants a piece of Prabhudheva.
“I guess I am lucky. I’ve been working just as
hard from the time I started 25 years ago. So we
can’t say it’s hard work that has suddenly got me
so much work in Mumbai. It’s a lot of luck and
some hard work. I am glad to be in demand as a
director. But like I said, I consider myself a choreographer
at heart,” he said.
He flies back to Mumbai immediately after his
birthday.
“I am enjoying the workload. Looking back at
my 40 years, I see no reason to complain. God has
been kind. Yes, there have been setbacks. But I’ve
survived,” he said.
Kareena
Kapoor
Kareena Kapoor to endorse
jewellery brand
IANS
ACTRESS Kareena Kapoor has
been signed up as the ambassador
of jewellery retail
chain Malabar Gold & Diamonds.
She is happy with the association.
The brand has become synonymous
with style, design, beauty
and trust, the actress said at the
signing ceremony.
The actress of hits like Jab We
Met and Bodyguard added that
Malabar Gold and Diamonds have
introduced the ‘Brides of India’
concept “showcasing the traditional
and vibrant rituals and colourful
jewellery of brides across India.”
The actress, married to Saif Ali
Khan, is considered an “epitome
of beauty and style” by the brand’s
head honchos.
“She symbolises contemporary
India and represents the emerging
youth of this country. Her presence
in our communication will enhance
our brand equity and will help us
to move seamlessly into the northern
Indian market, which is our
focus for the coming years,” said
MP Ahammed, chairman, Malabar
Group.
In the coming months, 40
outlets of the brand are expected to
open. Out of this, 20 stores will be
located in north India region.
Prabhudheva

Friday, April 5, 2013
Ameesha feels actors should
innovate to avoid stagnation
IANS
ACTRESS Ameesha Patel, who is
ready with her first production
Desi Magic, says change is important
for an actor or else they may
stagnate.
“Everyone goes through phases in life
and change is the only constant. If you
don’t change, if you don’t keep up with
times, if you don’t try and bring newness,
then you become stagnant, especially as
an actor,” the 37-year-old said on Tuesday
at a press conference held for Desi
Magic.
Ameesha’s production house is coowned
by her and Kuunal Goomer.
Desi Magic stars Zayed Khan and
Randhir Kapoor along with Ameesha,
who is a gold medallist in Economics
from the Tufts University in Medford,
Massachusetts.
Recalling the time she entered Bollywood
in 2000 with super duper hit Kaho
Naa... Pyaar Hai, Ameesha said people
often questioned her decision to enter
Bollywood.
“When I entered the industry, the one
question that everyone asked me was,
‘Ameesha you are so highly educated,
you are Rajni Patel’s granddaughter, why
would you be here?’ As if people who are
brainless are in this industry,” Ameesha
said and added that she has proved herself
as an actress too.
Last seen in Race 2, she will soon be
seen in Shortcut Romeo, Run Bhola Run
and Bhaiyyaji Superhitt.
Ameesha
Patel
Akshay Kumar in the
film Action Replayy.
Akshay’s retro look in Action Replayy
was a mistake, says Vipul Shah
IANS
DIRECTOR-PRODUCER Vipul
Amrutlal Shah, whose London
Dreams and Action Replayy
bombed at the box office, accepts that
there were mistakes in the films. He feels
his decision to give a retro look to Akshay
Kumar in Action Replayy went against
the movie.
“When you make a film, you can’t
think or assure that it will be a hit. I am
lucky that out of my eight films six have
worked. If a film has not worked, then we
will have to accept our mistakes that we
have made in the films,” Shah said.
“As per my knowledge, in Action
Replayy, Akshay’s look was my fault.
Akshay had even said that this shouldn’t
be the look, but I was convinced with it. I
feel Action Replayy didn’t work because
of Akshay’s look,” he added.
Despite two big stars Akshay and
Aishwarya Rai in the cast, the 2010 film
failed to click at the box office.
“Now I feel had Akshay’s look been
better, the audience opinion about the
film would have changed. There were
some errors in the script, which I can see
now, but not then. There was lot of mistakes
in the film, which I can see now,”
said Shah.
The filmmaker, who churned out hits
like Namastey London and Waqt: The
Race Against Time with Akshay, shares
a strong bonding with the star, but at
the same time maintains a professional
equation with him.
“We can’t forget that he is a big star.
We should not forget our professional
relationship. He is an easy going person,
very cooperative. I maintain our professional
boundary. He is a very good
friend,” said Shah.
SCENE UNSEEN
Vidya, Emraan to promote
Ghanchakkar in local trains
Emraan Hashmi (left) and
Vidya Balan.
MUMBAI local trains
play an important role
in Vidya Balan and
Emraan Hashmi-starrer
Ghanchakkar, so the
makers have decided
to promote the film in
local trains.
A source close to
the team revealed
that the Mumbai local
trains play a vital role
in the film, so “when
promotion strategies
were being discussed,
promotions on train
was considered an
important idea”.
“Emraan and Vidya are set to promote the film
on the local trains in four cities including Mumbai, Delhi,
Indore and Lucknow,” added the source.
Ghanchakkar promos, released digitally, garnered positive
response from the audience.
Directed by Rajkumar Gupta, the film is slated for a
June 28 release.
Priyanka had fun bringing
Planes character to life
ACTRESS Priyanka Chopra, who lends
her voice to the character Ishani in animated
movie Planes, says her character
is strong, spirited, and a talented Indian
racer.
“Disney creates the most
outstanding stories and unforgettable
characters and I am
very excited to be a part of
their latest adventure...Planes,”
Priyanka said in a statement.
“My character Ishani is
a strong, spirited, talented
Indian racer - she’s feminine
and at the same time competitive.
It’s so different than
anything I’ve done so far, it
was a lot of fun helping to
bring this animated character
to life on the screen,”
she added.
In Klay Hall’s film
Planes, Dane Cook has
given the voiceover for
Dusty Crophopper.
Indian men should not support
vulgarity: Vidyut
ACTOR Vidyut Jamwal,
who is supposedly dating
TV actress Mona
Singh, got angry when a
reporter asked him about
the actress’ morphed
MMS that has been in the
news lately. He said such
things should not be
promoted.
“I think men like you
promote such things.
People like you talk about
these things, see them.
Indian men should not Siddharth Malhotra
support vulgarity in any
form,” the 32-year-old said
on Tuesday in an interview
when asked about
his opinion on the things
happening against the Vidyut Jamwala
dignity of women.
Mona Singh has lodged a complaint at the cybercrime
branch against the morphed MMS, which was
leaked on Friday, and went viral.
Priyanka Chopra

Friday, April 5, 2013
New exhibition highlights
artistry behind bowls
Bowls haven’t
changed in any
important way since
the Song dynasty.
In fact, they haven’t
changed much since
the Neolithic era,
between 4,000 and
10,000 years ago,
when people first
began making
receptacles by
hollowing out wood
and stone or
moulding and
baking clay
NYT SYNDICATE
LAST week, a media frenzy
erupted when a small white
ceramic bowl carved with a
pattern of lotus blossoms sold
for more than $2.2 million at
auction in New York. That price, which
included the buyer’s premium, was 10
times what the auction house, Sotheby’s,
expected the bowl to fetch, and more
than 700,000 times what the sellers had
paid for it.
The consignors, whom Sotheby’s
identified only as a family from New
York state, had bought the bowl for a
few dollars at a yard sale in 2007. It was
displayed in their living room until they
consulted Asian art experts and discovered
that it was a thousand-year-old
artifact from the Northern Song dynasty
in China, an exquisite specimen of pale,
thin-walled Ding pottery.
If it’s curious that this Chinese bowl
escaped notice for so long, it’s an equal
wonder that it finally came to light.
For all of the object’s obvious beauty,
nothing signalled its age or rarity to the
untutored eye.
Bowls haven’t changed in any important
way since the Song dynasty. In
fact, they haven’t changed much since
the Neolithic era, between 4,000 and
10,000 years ago, when people first
began making receptacles by hollowing
out wood and stone or moulding and
baking clay.
Before the bowl, cupped hands and
folded leaves brought water to the lips.
The new containers offered a place to
hold the materials of community and
ritual: food for sharing, incense for
burning, water for irrigation, wine for
sacrament, alms for the poor.
And yet, “we don’t talk about the
bowl because it’s completely this everyday
thing,” said Namita Gupta Wiggers,
director and chief curator of the Museum
of Contemporary Craft in Portland,
Oregon “We take it for granted. We
know it too well.”
That so vital an article is routinely
overlooked led Wiggers to organise an
exhibition devoted to it. Object Focus:
The Bowl opened this month, displaying
nearly 200 bowls, from a Tibetan
singing bowl to a chrome ice bucket. The
show, which is subtitled Reflect (PLUS)
Respond, will run through August 3. A
second part, Engage (PLUS) Use, which
involves artists’ performances, a bowl-

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lending library, a symposium and a collaboration
with chefs, cookbook authors
and bakers in Portland, will be held from
May 16 through September 21.
Speaking by phone from Portland,
Wiggers said she was moved to think differently
about the bowl after reading The
Language of Things, a book by Deyan
Sudjic, who directs the Design Museum
in London. Sudjic wrote about the ways
designers have transformed ordinary
household objects into coded luxuries
meant to raise the owner’s status and
self-esteem. Such objects, as Wiggers interpreted
it, include the table, lamp and
chair. Consumers, she said, covet not
just tables, but Noguchi tables; not just
chairs, but Eames chairs; not just lamps,
but Ingo Maurer lamps.
The bowl does not perform the same
star turn in the object world, Wiggers
believes, and she attributes its background
role to its close connection with
craft. Many magnificent bowls have been
made by ceramic and glass artists working
outside of mass-market commerce,
detached from the publicity machinery
that promotes recognition and value.
She would like us to seek not just bowls,
but Marguerite Wildenhain bowls and
Lucie Rie bowls, to name just two esteemed
artisans. At the same time, she
would like us to respect the anonymous
vernacular bowl that descends from generations
of well-wrought tradition.
Another reason the bowl has been
overlooked, Wiggers posits, is because
it’s an accessory. Which is to say, it’s a
supporting player in the narrative of other
objects and their users. What else is
to be expected from something defined
largely by the void at its centre and its
ability to contain a near-infinite variety
of things?
“When I talk to people about the
bowl, it is always about something else,”
Wiggers said. “It’s a metaphorical conversation
about ritual, like in the tea ceremony,
or about the fabrication process.
It’s very hard to just talk about the bowl
itself. We talk around the bowl.”
Paradoxically, it’s the bowl’s lack of
presence that makes it such an excellent
metaphor and accounts for the many
memorable references to it in literature.
Sifting through the Western canon
alone, one quickly arrives at Micawber
and his punch bowl; Dalloway’s outre
friend Sally Seton floating the heads of
dahlias and hollyhocks in bowls of water;
stately, plump Buck Mulligan performing
a parody of the Roman Catholic mass
with a shaving bowl; and, of course, The
Golden Bowl of Henry James.
Tables, chairs and lamps can’t begin
to compete.
Wiggers has capitalised on the narrative
richness of bowls by inviting
scholars, writers and artisans to select
an example from the show and write a
brief essay about it. Some of the essays
are philosophical, like the meditation
by Mara Holt Skov, a curator in San
Francisco, on a glass bowl by Do-Ho
Suh modelled with the impression of
the South Korean artist’s cupped hands
pressed into the base. It is, Holt Skov
wrote, a “reminder that the hand is
present in everything we make,” even if
the evidence is not always obvious.
Daniel Duford, a potter and printmaker,
wrote more personally about a
ceramic bread bowl of unknown origin
that had been inherited from his wife’s
great-grandmother in Puyallup, Washington.
“It is thick and stout like a Dutch
farm wife. For all its stoutness, it has
a handsome figure, neither dumpy nor
high-toned.”
Wiggers has invited the public to
contribute writings as well, which are
collected online at objectfocusbowl.tumblr.com.
And she is encouraging people
to render their ideas about bowls at a
drawing station installed at the exhibition.
Undergraduates from the illustration
programme at Pacific Northwest
College of Art, the museum’s partner
institution, were the first contributors,
followed by anyone who has cared to
pick up a pencil.
Written or drawn, these interpretations
encourage us to look at bowls with
new eyes and find the poetry in their
banality. Bowls are the mother of design,
and their unique qualities may be stifled
by the comfort of their familiar forms.
Take the ancient Song dynasty bowl
that created such a stir: Tao Wang, an
archaeologist who heads the Chinese art
department at Sotheby’s, said that the
lotus pattern in the ivory bowl is probably
a Buddhist allusion, symbolising
rebirth and purity. This particular bowl
would have been used not for dining,
Wang noted, but for making an offering
to a temple. “It’s not a simple daily
object,” he said.
Which is not to denigrate the
everyday. “The simple bowl,” Wang
added, “is the great invention of the
human mind.”

Friday, April 5, 2013
WHEELS
New Toyota Avalon makes
an impression
For 2013, the Avalon
is no longer dreaming.
This fourth-generation
car has curves
and contours, not
to mention an expressive
new face.
With the scowl of a
grouper and a Snidely
Whiplash mustache,
the Avalon makes a
strong impression
NYT SYNDICATE
SINCE its introduction in 1995,
the Toyota Avalon has brought
to mind Walter Mitty, the
fictional character created by
James Thurber. Like Mitty,
the Avalon meekly floated through life,
taking a few insults here and there while
dreaming of doing great things. For the
Avalon, that meant becoming fun to
drive and genuinely luxurious—anything
other than being a dull ticket for largeappliance
buyers.
For 2013, the Avalon is no longer
dreaming. This fourth-generation car
has curves and contours, not to mention
an expressive new face. With the scowl
of a grouper and a Snidely Whiplash
mustache, the Avalon makes a strong
impression. The 268-hp V-6 adds a bit
of panache to the driving experience, yet
the unassuming Hybrid deserves some
credit for the looks. Design executive
Kevin Hunter says the upper grille would
have been slimmer if not for the need
to feed air to electric-drive components
in the Hybrid (V-6 and Hybrid models
share the same body).
The result of the ambitious design
treatment is not an immediately lovable
face, but we think familiarity will breed
tolerance—and maybe even likability.
Situated behind bulging covers is a
slenderised approach to dual headlamps,
which Toyota calls Quadrabeam in an
imitation of Detroit naming convention.
The arching roofline adds elegance,
although a penalty is the wicked reflection
of the rear package shelf, which the
driver can see in the rearview mirror.
This roofline disguises the trunk’s hugeness
(16.0 cubic feet in the V-6 models
and 14.0 cubic feet in the Hybrid), but
the roomy back seat is obvious from afar.
The Avalon’s new stance correctly
suggests handling prowess that was
previously lacking. It’s entertaining to
throw around this 16.3-foot-long car on a
mountain road; body roll is well controlled
despite a suspension that’s hardly
state-of-the-art. Losing 110 pounds has
clearly helped. Ride quality—another
eye-opener—is happily on the firm side.
Sitting in the driver’s seat of a Limited
model, looking at the three attractive
display screens and the tricolour dashboard
and holding the handsome steering
wheel, we found the word “Toyota”
falling from our consciousness.
Reality is kept in check by the window
sticker, which reveals that the Avalon
is an even better value equation than
before. For modest souls who don’t want
to spring for a Lexus, the Avalon offers
style and features that encroach on Lexus
territory. Yet with the conventional
powertrain, the XLE is priced at $31,785,
a decrease of $2170 from the 2012 base
model. The Avalon Hybrid starts in Premium
trim at $36,350 and ends with the
Limited at $42,195.
The Hybrid has a 2.5-litre four-cylinder
rated at 156 hp and an electric
motor capable of making 141 hp. They
are connected by a continuously variable
transmission, with peak combined output
reaching 200 hp. Whereas the V-6 is
muscular and produces a healthy exhaust
note, the Hybrid’s four-banger sounds
embarrassed and slightly distressed.
According to Toyota, the Hybrid goes
from 0 to 60 mph in 8.2 seconds, or 1.5
seconds slower than the V-6. Although
the Hybrid’s electric-drive components
obtrude into the driving experience, they
are well-packaged within the car, minimising
space, weight, and price penalties.
Three push-button driving modes
are included with either powertrain.
The V-6 has Eco, Normal, and Sport.
Eco restricts the throttle and limits the
climate-control system, while Sport firms
up the steering, changes the shift points,
and matches revs on downshifts. The
Hybrid offers an EV mode that lets the
car go up to 20 mph on battery power for
a mile. Eco and Sport modes correspond
to those found with the V-6, but there are
no paddle shifters peeking at you from
behind the Hybrid’s steering wheel.
In the end, the Avalon does not alter
the large-car formula, but what it does
with its sometimes mundane pieces leads
to an impressive result. Much improved,
and with the desirability factor dialed up,
the Avalon is no longer a car to apologise
for. Finding itself in possession of
a new arsenal of features and qualities,
the Avalon is Walter Mitty living out a
dream.

FOOD
Friday, April 5, 2013
A childhood favourite
grows up
NYT SYNDICATE
THE childhood pleasure of
tomato soup with a side
of grilled cheese had been
enshrined in my mind since
I’d last had it, decades ago.
A tart, bright tomato soup and a crispy
sandwich with an oozing interior: No
wonder they are an iconic match.
Recently I decided to stop mooning
over the memory and just make it. It was
time to reintroduce myself to its charms.
I dug up the soup recipe I remembered
from my grade-school years, a
simple brew of canned tomatoes, onion,
cream and chicken broth simmered until
thick. Then I fried buttered whole-wheat
bread with cheddar until the cheese
dripped.
With great anticipation, I dipped
the golden corners of the sandwich into
the bowl. But, alas, the treasured soup
was bland. And while I still enjoyed the
grilled cheese, it actually tasted a lot better
without the soggy dunk. So much for
nostalgia.
That’s when I remembered a recipe
I adore from The Silver Palate Good
Times Cookbook. That version, spiked
with fennel and Pernod, is livelier and
more sophisticated than your usual
tomato soup. It has a more complex
flavour, too, with the fennel bulb adding
a pronounced sweetness, along with a
very gentle licorice flavour brought out
by the Pernod.
I reworked the Silver Palate recipe
slightly, changing the proportions (the
original recipe called for two sticks of
butter, which I reduced) and adding a
little chili powder to the mix. To serve
alongside, I broiled several slim croutons
seasoned with fennel seeds and topped
with Brie (Camembert would work well,
too). I made sure the croutons were as
crisp as crackers so that they would not
instantly turn to mush when floated on
the soup.
The whole thing wasn’t any harder
to make or more time-consuming than
my grade-school soup and sandwich. But
it was a far more elegant dish, brightflavoured,
warming, fancy enough for
company but still fun to eat because of
the cheesy crouton boats bobbing on the
surface.
As a leftover, the soup was equally
good without the croutons. Though a
butter-soaked grilled cheese sandwich,
eaten alongside but not dipped, would
have been nice, too.
I dug up the soup
recipe I remembered
from my grade-school
years, a simple brew
of canned tomatoes,
onion, cream and
chicken broth
simmered until thick
Tomato-fennel soup with brie
toasts
Time: 90 minutes
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients
7 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 medium fennel bulbs, cleaned and
thinly sliced, fronds chopped and
reserved
1 large onion, halved, peeled and thinly
sliced
2 teaspoons salt
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
3 tablespoons Pernod
2 28-ounce packages or cans chopped
tomatoes packed in puree
1 cup chicken stock
1 teaspoon black pepper
6 baguette slices, 1/2-inch thick1 teaspoon
fennel seeds
3 ounces Brie, thinly sliced
Method
1. Melt 6 tablespoons butter in a
large pot over medium heat. Add fennel,
onion and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Toss to
combine. Reduce heat to medium-low.
Partly cover and cook, stirring occasionally,
until vegetables are very tender,
about 20 minutes. Stir in garlic and chili
powder; cook 1 minute. Stir in Pernod
and cook until almost completely evaporated,
about 3 minutes.
2. Pour in tomatoes, 1 1/2 cups water
and the stock. Bring to a simmer and
cook gently, uncovered, for 30 minutes.
Season with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and the
black pepper. Puree soup in batches using
a blender or immersion blender until
smooth.
3. Transfer soup back to pot over
medium heat; simmer until slightly
thickened, 5 to 10 minutes more. Scrape
down sides and bottom of pot occasionally.
Remove from heat and cover to
keep warm.
4. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spread
bread slices on a large baking sheet.
Bake until lightly golden, about 10
minutes.
5. Toast fennel seeds in a small skillet
over medium heat until fragrant and
lightly coloured, 2 to 3 minutes. Melt in
remaining 1 tablespoon butter.
6. Adjust oven temperature to broil
and position rack 6 inches from heat.
Brush toasts with fennel-seed butter and
top with Brie. Return to oven and broil
until bubbly and golden, 1 to 3 minutes.
(Check every minute or so to see that
they are not burning.) Ladle soup into
bowls and top with a cheese crouton.
Garnish with fennel fronds.
(Adapted from The Silver Palate
Good Times Cookbook, by Julee Rosso
and Sheila Lukins.)

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18:00 Top Gear
19:00 WWE Main Event
20:00 Conan the Barbarian
22:00 Hawaii Five
23:00 Action ya Dawry
00:00 Crank
02:00 Action ya Dawry
03:00 Boardwalk Empire
04:00 Conan the Barbarian
MBC MAX
06:00 Away We Go
08:00 The Velveteen Rabbit
10:00 The Baker
11:30 The Family Holiday
13:00 Man of the Year
15:00 Anastasia
17:00 The Bracelet of Bordeaux
19:00 Aquamarine
21:00 Malice in Wonderland
23:00 Armored
01:00 Malice in Wonderland
02:30 Armored
04:30 The Greatest Game Ever Played
NAT GEO ADVENTURE HD
04:50 Ep 5
05:20 Mexico
06:15 Mexico City
06:40 Boys Night Out
07:10 Bangkok, Thailand
07:35 Taipei, Taiwan
08:05 Hugh’s Three Hungry Boys, 2
09:00 From Cuba To Tunisia
09:25 Arrested In Africa
09:55 Porto,Portugal
10:50 Mexico
11:45 Ep 4
12:10 Ep 5
13:35 Yorkshire
14:00 Taipei, Taiwan
14:30 Hong Kong
14:55 Bangkok, Thailand
15:25 Hugh’s Three Hungry Boys, 3
16:20 African Rough Road
16:45 Congo Chaos
17:15 Fez,Morocco
18:10 Jamaica (aka Reggae Marathon)
19:05 Ep 6
19:30 Ep 7
20:00 Hong Kong
20:30 Bangkok, Thailand
21:00 Yorkshire
21:30 Taipei, Taiwan
22:00 Spain
22:55 Malawi To Botswana
23:50 Botswana To Cape Town
00:45 Living With The Amish, 6
01:40 Papua New Guinea
02:05 Czech Republic
02:35 Ep 11
03:00 Ep 12
03:30 Wacky Wine Weekend
03:55 Bangkok, Thailand
04:25 Living With The Amish, 6
OSN CINEMA
05:00 No Surrender
07:00 The Stool Pigeon
09:00 Spooky Buddies
11:00 Spy Kids: All The Time In The World
13:00 A Dog Named Duke
15:00 The Game Of Their Lives
17:00 Beware The Gonzo
19:00 The Edge Of Love
21:00 Killer Elite
23:00 Chloe
01:00 Beware The Gonzo
03:00 Spy Kids: All The Time In The World

Friday, April 5, 2013
Best on TV Tonight
10:00 pm OSN Movies Comedy: TOMMY BOY 10:30 pm Star Movies: CRIME SPREE 7:00 pm Zee Aflam: KISMAT KONNECTION
Television Listing
OSN FIRST HD
06:00 Switched At Birth
07:00 Emmerdale
08:00 White Collar
09:00 Drop Dead Diva
10:00 American Idol
12:00 Emmerdale
13:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
14:00 White Collar
15:00 Switched At Birth
16:00 Emmerdale
17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
18:00 White Collar
19:00 Glee
20:00 American Idol
21:00 Smash
22:00 Survivor: Caramoan
23:00 Greek
00:00 Switched At Birth
01:00 Survivor: Caramoan
02:00 Smash
03:00 Greek
04:00 American Idol
OSN MOVIES COMEDY
06:00 Envy
08:00 In Her Shoes
10:15 It Could Happen To You
12:00 Just Go With It
14:00 Little Shop Of Horrors
16:00 It Could Happen To You
18:00 How Do You Know
20:00 Hard Breakers
22:00 Tommy Boy
00:00 Detention
02:00 Hard Breakers
04:00 How Do You Know
OSN MOVIES FESTIVAL
05:00 Witness
07:00 My Afternoons With Margueritte
09:00 Taken Back: Finding Haley
11:00 The Conspirator
13:00 Honey 2
15:00 Taken Back: Finding Haley
17:00 Frozen
18:45 Walk The Line
21:00 Incendies
23:15 Body Of Evidence
01:00 The Entitled
02:45 Incendies
OSN MOVIES KIDS
06:00 Everyone’s Hero
08:00 Crab Island
10:00 101 Dalmatians (1961)
11:30 Adventures Of Sharkboy And Lavagirl
13:00 Arthur’s Missing Pal
14:30 Winx
16:15 Battle For Terra
18:00 101 Dalmatians (1961)
20:00 Return To Halloweentown
22:00 Arthur’s Missing Pal
23:30 Battle For Terra
01:00 Crab Island
02:45 Arthur’s Missing Pal
04:30 Return To Halloweentown
OSN SPORT 1 HD
06:00 Trans World Sport
07:00 European Challenge Cup
09:00 ICC Cricket 360
09:30 Live Super Rugby
11:30 Live Super Rugby
13:30 ICC Cricket 360
14:00 Inside The PGA Tour
14:30 PGA Tour
18:00 Super Rugby
20:00 Live Super Rugby
22:00 Live PGA Tour
01:00 ICC Cricket 360
01:30 European Challenge Cup
03:30 Super League
OSN SPORT 4
05:00 NHL
07:00 WWE NXT
08:00 WWE Vintage Collection
09:00 Ping Pong World
10:00 Asian Tour Golf
10:30 Live Asian Tour Golf
14:30 Triahlon UK
15:30 Mobil 1 The Grid
16:00 WWE NXT
17:00 UAE National Race Day Series
18:00 Adventure Challenge
19:00 Triahlon UK
20:00 NHL
22:00 WWE Bottom Line
23:00 WWE SmackDown
01:00 WWE NXT
02:00 UFC The Ultimate Fighter
03:00 Ping Pong World
04:00 US Bass Fishing
SONY ENTERTAINMENT
07:30 Gnan Amrut
08:00 Godbharaai
08:30 Seva Sagar
09:00 Teleshopping
09:15 Teleshopping
09:30 Teleshopping
09:45 Teleshopping
10:00 Chhajje Chhajje Ka Pyaar
10:30 Dil Ki Nazar Se Khoobsurat
11:00 Anamika
11:30 Amita Ka Amit
12:00 Chhanchhan
12:30 Parvarish - Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi
13:00 Kyaa Hua Tera Vaada
13:30 Weekend Out- Season 3
14:00 Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
17:00 Dil Ki Nazar Se Khoobsurat
17:30 Anamika
18:00 Amita Ka Amit
18:30 Cid Chhote Heroes
19:30 CID
20:30 Dil Ki Nazar Se Khoobsurat
21:00 Anamika
21:30 Amita Ka Amit
22:00 Cid Chhote Heroes
23:00 CID
00:00 Crime Patrol 4
01:00 Dil Ki Nazar Se Khoobsurat
01:30 Anamika
02:00 Amita Ka Amit
02:30 Cid Chhote Heroes
03:30 CID
04:30 Crime Patrol 4
STAR MOVIES
05:30 A Simple Twist of Fate
07:15 My Father The Hero
09:00 Powder
10:45 My Mother’s Secret
12:30 Bringing Out the Dead
14:00 A Simple Twist of Fate
15:45 What About Bob?
17:30 Captain Ron
19:00 Nine lives
20:45 Taking Woodstock
22:30 Crime Spree
00:15 My Mother’s Secret
02:00 Captain Ron
03:45 Nine lives
TCM
07:00 Speedway
08:35 The V.I.P.S
10:35 Telefon
12:20 Sweethearts
14:10 Live A Little, Love A Little
15:35 Valley Of The Kings
17:00 A Star Is Born
20:00 The Night Of The Iguana
22:00 Pink Floyd - The Wall
23:35 The Big Sleep
01:25 Speedway
03:00 Live A Little, Love A Little
04:35 The Toast Of New Orleans
THE HISTORY CHANNEL
05:00 Pawn Stars
05:30 American Restoration
06:00 Ancient Aliens
07:00 Pawn Stars
07:30 Storage Wars
08:00 Mud Men
09:00 Pawn Stars
09:30 American Restoration
10:00 Pawn Stars
10:30 Storage Wars
11:00 Ancient Aliens
12:00 Counting Cars
13:00 Ancient Aliens
14:00 Pawn Stars
14:30 American Restoration
15:00 Mud Men
16:00 Counting Cars
16:30 Counting Cars
17:00 Ancient Aliens
18:00 Pawn Stars
18:30 American Restoration
19:00 Mud Men
20:00 Pawn Stars
20:30 Storage Wars
21:00 Ancient Aliens
22:00 Cajun Pawn Stars
22:30 Cajun Pawn Stars
23:00 Storage Wars Texas
23:30 Storage Wars
00:00 Pawn Stars
00:30 Storage Wars
01:00 Ancient Aliens
02:00 Cajun Pawn Stars
02:30 Cajun Pawn Stars
03:00 Storage Wars Texas
03:30 Storage Wars
04:00 Mud Men
THE STYLE NETWORK
05:10 Videofashion News
05:35 Videofashion Collections
06:05 Clean House: New York
07:00 Videofashion News
08:00 Videofashion Daily
09:00 Videofashion Specials
09:30 Big Boutique In The City
10:00 Top 10
10:55 Giuliana & Bill
11:55 Kimora: Life In The Fab Lane
12:50 Videofashion News
13:20 Videofashion Collections
13:50 Chicagolicious
14:45 How Do I Look?
16:35 Kimora: Life In The Fab Lane
17:30 Kimora: House Of Fab
18:25 Glam Fairy
20:20 Giuliana & Bill
21:15 Built
22:10 Tia And Tamera
23:05 Kimora: House Of Fab
00:00 Big Rich Texas
01:00 Empire Girls: Julissa And Adrienne
01:55 Glam Fairy
02:50 Jerseylicious
03:45 Chicagolicious
04:40 Open House
ZEE AFLAM
06:30 Baadshah
09:30 Sholay
12:30 Shreeman Aashique
16:00 Kabhie Kabhie
19:00 Kismat Konnection
22:00 Two To Tango
22:30 Shola Aur Shabnam
01:00 Satya
03:45 Divya Shakti

Friday, April 5, 2013
YOUNG ARTISTS
Divya Susan Varghese
Std: III B,
Bhavans Public School.
Seba Raed Abuwasel
American Acadamy School
Grad IV
Verse & Rhyme
The ill –starred seedling
CAVELL HANSON
April 5
The ill –starred seedling
It tries hard,
To come up in the lone,
But always that scorching ball shone
With its bolts of gold,
It makes even the bold,
To take cover,
All to have a shower,
There the loner lies limp,
Tossed about, breaking every limb.
If only there was a drop,
Falling down plop-plop,
He would try again.
But all in vain,
There is nobody to listen but a fiery ball,
Who pays no heed to no call,
Ah! That poor soul,
All his life is stole
Never did he want this hell!!
But the church’s tinkling bells.
With friends of all kind,
And people so mild,
Be so near to heaven
And feeling like the lord’s shadow,
It must have been fun.
But now it was like sitting on the edge of a
loaded gun,
With no friends kind,
And no people mild,
Only he alone,
Left to die alone.
Abhigyan Kishor
Standard 8 A, DPS
Modern
Indian School
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Friday, April 5, 2013
MOVIES IN QATAR
Dead Man Down
(Crime)
In New York City, a crime lord’s right-hand man is
seduced by one of his boss’s victims, a woman
seeking retribution.
Love Wedding, Marriage
(Comedy)
A happy newlywed marriage counsellor’s views
on wedded bliss get thrown for a loop when
she finds out her parents are getting
divorced.
CITY CENTRE CINEMA VILLAGGIO CINEMA LANDMARK CINEMA MALL CINEMA
G.I.JOE: RETALIATION (ACTION): 11 AM, 1.30 M, 4 PM, 6.30
PM, 9 PM, 11.30 PM. 1 AM [VIP GOLD] 12.30 PM, 3 PM, 5.30
PM, 8 PM, 10.30 PM
DEAD MAN DWON (CRIME): 11.15 AM, 1.45 PM, 4.15 PM,
6.45 PM, 9.115 PM, 11.45 PM
EVIL DEAD (HORROR): 11.45 AM, 1.45 PM, 3.45 PM, 5.45
PM, 7.45 PM, 9.45 PM, 11.45 PM, 1.15 AM
JURASSIC PARK (3D) (ADVENTURE): 10.30 AM, 1 PM, 3.30
PM, 6 PM, 8.30 PM, 11 PM
THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (COMEDY): 10.30
AM, 12.45 PM, 3 PM, 5.15 PM, 7.30 PM, 9.45 PM, 12 MN,
1 AM
ZAMBEZIA (3D) (ANIMATION): 11.30 AM, 1.30 PM, 3.30 PM,
5.30 PM, 7.30 PM, 9.30 PM, 11.30 PM
LOVE WEDDING, MARRIAGE (COMEDY): 12.45 PM, 5 PM,
9.15 PM
OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (ACTION): 11.15 AM, 1.45 PM, 4.15
PM, 6.45 PM, 9.15 PM, 11.45 PM
THE CROODS (3D) (ANIMATION): 11.15 AM, 1.15 PM, 3.15
PM, 5.15 PM, 7.15 PM, 9.15 PM, 11.15 PM
THE LAST EXORCISM-2 (HORROR): 12 PM, 2 PM, 4 PM, 6
PM, 8 PM, 10 PM, 12 MN
OZ THE GREAT & POWERFUL (ADVENTURE): 11.45 AM, 4.30
PM, 9.15 PM
IDENTITY THIEF (COMEDY): 10.30 AM, 2.45 PM, 7 PM, 11.15 PM
JACK THE GIANT SLAYER (FANTASY): 2.15 PM, 7 PM, 11.45 PM
SETTAI (TAMIL): 12 PM, 5.45 PM,11.30 PM
HIMMATWALA (HINDI): 3 PM, 8.45 PM
CHASME BADOOR (HINDI): 12.15 PM, 3 PM, 5.45 PM, 8.30
PM, 11.15 PM
G.I.JOE: RETALIATION (ACTION): 10.30 AM, 11.45 AM,
12.45 PM, 2 PM, 3 PM, 4.15 PM, 5.15 PM, 6.30 PM, 7.30
PM, 8.45 PM, 9.45 PM, 11 PM, 12 MN, 1 AM
DEAD MAN DWON (CRIME): 2 PM, 4.30 PM, 7 PM, 9 PM,
12 MN
EVIL DEAD (HORROR): 12 PM, 2 PM, 4 PM, 6 PM, 8 PM, 10
PM, 12 MN, 1,15 AM
JURASSIC PARK (3D) (ADVENTURE): 6.15 PM, 8.45 PM,
11.15 PM
THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (COMEDY): 12.30
PM, 2.45 PM, 5 PM, 7.15 PM, 9.30 PM, 11.45 PM, 1.15 AM,
ZAMBEZIA (3D) (ANIMATION): 10.45 AM, 12.45 PM, 2.45
PM, 4.45 PM
THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (DRAMA): 11.30 PM, 2.30
PM, 5.30 PM, 8.30 PM, 11.30 PM
LOVE WEDDING, MARRIAGE (COMEDY): 11.30 AM, 3.30
PM, 7.30 PM, 11.30 PM
THE CROODS (ANIMATION): 1.30 PM, 5.30 PM, 9.30 PM
(3D) 12.15 PM, 2.15 PM, 4.15 PM
OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (ACTION): 11 AM, 1.30 PM, 4 PM,
6.30 PM, 9 PM, 11.30 PM
PARKER (ACTION): 6.45 PM, 9.15 PM, 11.45 PM
THE LAST EXORCISM-2 (HORROR): 11.45 AM, 1.45 PM,
3.45 PM, 5.45 PM, 7.45 PM, 9.45 PM, 11.45 PM
OZ THE GREAT & POWERFUL (ADVENTURE): 12 PM, 2.45
PM, 5.30 PM, 8.15 PM, 11 PM
IDENTITY THIEF (COMEDY): 12.15 PM, 2.30 PM, 4.45 PM,
7 PM, 9.15 PM, 11.30 PM
ZAMBEZIA (3D) (ANIMATION): 2.30 PM, 4.30 PM
DEAD MAN DOWN (ACTION): 6.30 PM
EVIL DEAD (HORROR): 9 PM
THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (DRAMA): 11 PM
SNOW QUEEN (3D) (ANIMATION): 3 PM
CROODS (3D) (ANIMATION): 5 PM, 7 PM
THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (COMEDY): 9 PM
JURASSIC PARK 4 (3D) (ADEVENTURE): 11 PM
THE BAY II (THRILLER): 2.30 PM
OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (ACTION): 4.15 PM
G.I. JOE RETALIATION (3D) (ACTION): 6.30 PM
CHASHME BADDOOR (HINDI): 8.30 PM
SETTAI (TAMIL): 11 PM
ROYAL PLAZA
ZAMBEZIA (3D) (ANIMATION): 3 PM
G.I. JOE RETALIATION (3D) (ACTION): 5 PM
CROODS (3D) (ANIMATION): 7 PM
THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (COMEDY): 9 PM
EVIL DEAD (HORROR): 11 PM
LOVE WEDDING MARRIAGE (COMEDY): 2.45 PM, 5 PM,
7.15 PM, 9.30 PM, 11.30 PM
MELANCHOLIA (DRAMA): 2.30 PM, 9 PM
RISE OF THE GUARDIANS (ANIMATION): 4.30 PM
TAKE THIS WALTZ (COMEDY): 6.30 PM
JACK REACHER (ACTION): 11 PM
LOVE WEDDING MARRIAGE (COMEDY): 2.45 PM, 5 PM,
7.15 PM, 9.30 PM, 11.30 PM
SNOW QUEEN (3D) (ANIMATION): 3 PM
ZAMBEZIA (3D) (ANIMATION): 5 PM
CROODS (3D) (ANIMATION): 7 PM
G.I. JOE RETALIATION (3D) (ACTION): 9 PM
JURASSIC PARK 4 (3D) (ACTION): 11 PM
THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (COMEDY): 2.30 PM
DEAD MAN DOWN (ACTION): 4.30 PM
EVIL DEAD (HORROR): 6.45 PM
SETTAI (TAMIL): 8.30 PM
CHASHME BADDOOR (HINDI): 11.15 PM
NOTICE: Timings are subject to change without prior notice.
Movie review
The Place Beyond The Pines
THE highly anticipated new drama from director Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine) powerfully explores the consequences
of motorcycle rider Luke’s (Academy Award nominee Ryan Gosling) fateful decision to commit a crime to
support his child. The incident renders him targeted by policeman Avery (Golden Globe Award nominee Bradley
Cooper), and the two men become locked on a tense collision course which will have a devastating impact on both
of their families in the years following.
Ambitious to a fault, The Place Beyond the Pines finds writer/director Derek Cianfrance reaching for — and often
grasping — thorny themes of family, fatherhood, and fate.
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