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Contact tracing and Covid-19:
What is it and how does it work?
the risk of the Covid-19 virus
spreading further. But not all health
departments have enough staff to
do contact tracing. Some areas are
researching and experimenting with
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who’ve been exposed to the Covid-19
virus.
For Covid-19 contact tracing, a
close contact is someone who’s been
within 6 feet (2 metres) of a person
with Covid-19 for 15 minutes or
more within two days of the person’s
diagnosis. Close contacts can include
family, friends, co-workers and
healthcare providers.
The health department evaluates
close contacts and asks them about
symptoms. Health department staff
members request that close contacts
be tested for the virus that causes
Covid-19. They generally give close
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the risk of unknowingly spreading
the Covid-19 virus to others.
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In communities using contact People with symptoms will likely
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Whose history?
Erected in most cases decades after the war ended, the monuments
better illustrate how white southerners sought to rewrite history
and impart noble motives to the dead, say historians
By Chris Joyner
L
ast month, dozens of
protesters squared off against
50 police officers in riot gear
at the Georgia Capitol and
began to chant.
“Tear down Gordon! Tear down
Gordon!”
The target of their ire was the regal
figure of Confederate General John
Brown Gordon, a former Georgia
governor, senator and a white
supremacist who is generally regarded
as a state leader of the Ku Klux Klan in
the years following the Civil War.
The statue depicts Gordon in his
Confederate uniform astride his horse,
and has held a prominent spot on the
statehouse lawn since its unveiling 113
years ago to a throng of white Atlantans
and a band playing Dixie.
Gordon remains, but Confederate
statues across the Southeast are falling,
including the court-ordered removal of
a 112-year-old obelisk from the Decatur
square June 12. Gone, too, is the
contextual marker, placed just last year,
that informed visitors the monument
was erected to “glorify the ‘lost cause’
of the Confederacy.”
Likewise, on June 30 Rockdale
County removed a 1913 Confederate
monument from the courthouse lawn
in Conyers, and officials in Henry
County officials voted July 7 to take
down the memorial on McDonough
square.
While President Donald Trump
RESONANT CRY: A woman wearing a face mask with the words “I can’t breathe” looks on during a protest against the death in Minneapolis police and others have called the removals
custody of George Floyd, in front of a US consulate in Barcelona, Spain. — Reuters an attempt to erase American history,
historians have long discounted
Confederate memorials as accurate
‘
representations of the Civil War.
Erected in most cases decades after
the war ended, the monuments better
illustrate how white southerners sought
to rewrite history and impart noble
motives to the dead, they say.
I’ve been studying history in some “I’ve been studying history in some
ways all my life. I’ve been doing it
ways all my life. I’ve been doing it professionally for over 30 years, and I
can’t say that I’ve ever learned much
professionally for over 30 years, history at all from a monument,” said
and I can’t say that I’ve ever Kenneth Noe, Draughon Professor of
Southern History at Auburn University.
learned much history at all “Those aren’t the sources we use.”
University of Alabama history
from a monument professor Hilary Green was succinct.
“Monuments do a very poor job in
talking about history,” she said.
— Kenneth Noe, Draughon The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
spoke to five historians who specialise
Professor of Southern History in Civil War and Southern history about
calls to remove Confederate statues
at Auburn University many consider a vestige of segregation
and white supremacy. William Sturkey,
a professor of Southern history at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel
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Hill, said white Southerners erected Before the flood of Civil
the monuments decades after the War monuments were erected,
Civil War in a bloody campaign to Americans did not have much of a
reassert white supremacy and strip history of building such memorials.
Blacks of newly earned freedoms. “John Quincy Adams famously
“People that make the argument said, ‘Democracy has no
that taking down monuments is monuments. It strikes no metals,’”
erasing history truly have no idea Brown said. For example, Benjamin
how much history has been erased,” Franklin, perhaps the most
he said. “These activist organisations universally admired of the Founding
(who erected the monuments) Fathers after George Washington,
sought to reshape history, reshape had no statue to his memory until
the meaning behind the Civil War, the mid-1850s. “It was a cultural
reshape what happened during form that had been developed in
Reconstruction, reshape the monarchical and imperial orders.”
participation of African Americans in
the history of this region and in our First markers in the north
country. Those were the people who The soul-shaking death count of
were actually erased.” the Civil War changed that.
More and more local leaders “So many people died,”
are reflecting that academic Brown said. “They died far from
perspective as they confront home, away from their families,
controversies over memorials violently at a young age, and most
in their own communities. Last importantly of all, their bodies
month, the Kennesaw City Council didn’t come back.”
approved a resolution removing To commemorate the lost,
the Confederate battle flag from a Brown said local leaders began
war memorial on the city’s Main THE AWAKENING: Protesters at the East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis make a statement. erecting monuments — in the
Street. Mayor Derek Easterling North. “It is death that puts the
said the decision was met with authorities are moving ahead. Last between 1890 and World War public monument on the national
overwhelming approval from local month, the University of Alabama ‘Lost cause ideology’ I as whites in Southern states landscape,” he said.
residents. He said addressing these removed a plaque and memorial Karen Cox, a history professor at sought to reassert their political But the proliferation of
monuments isn’t erasing history. boulder placed by the United the University of North Carolina at and social dominance following monuments decades later in the
“Removing a statue is not going Daughters of the Confederacy in Charlotte, said historians have been Reconstruction. South took a somewhat different
to change how people feel,” he 1914 on the campus quad. “slow on the uptake” in considering Cox said the monuments do have tone. And it did not go unnoticed by
said. “It’s not going to change what Alabama has a law protecting the fate of the more than 700 a historical meaning, just not for the newly freed African Americans
happened.” monuments as well, but the Confederate monuments spread the Civil War. and their children, Green said.
But he said local leaders can take university found a loophole in the across the South. “What it teaches us is about “From the very beginning
actions to address the message law that allowed the removal of “There really (hadn’t) been a lot the history of the Jim Crow African Americans were openly
monuments send. In the case of the memorial boulder. Similarly, of discussion among historians period,” she said. “What it’s hostile to this landscape because
Kennesaw, the council removed the DeKalb County removed the Lost until the Charleston massacre,” about is the generation of people it is occurring in the time with
Confederate battle flag, replacing it Cause obelisk after a judge declared she said, referring to the June 17, who put those monuments up, disenfranchisement. It also is
with the flag flown during the Civil it a public nuisance. 2015, mass murder of nine African who attended the unveilings, occurring in a time with lynching.
War, an action designed to remove DeKalb County CEO Michael Americans in a Black church in etc. It’s about their desire to It’s also coming at a time where Jim
the most controversial element of Thurmond, who has written books Charleston by a white supremacist. memorialise the Confederacy and Crow realities are becoming real
the display. about Georgia history, ordered the Noe said he believes the opinion Confederate principles — things and that moment of Reconstruction
removal of the monument, but he of historians has evolved over the like states rights, things like white is closing,” she said. “They are
A historical reckoning dismisses the idea that history is past five years. supremacy.” seeing themselves being erased.”
Thomas Brown, a history being erased. “If you had asked me several She said white leaders sent Sturkey, of UNC, said African
professor at the University of “I’ve spent a major portion of my years ago what do we do with the a distinct message to the Black Americans resisted the erection of
South Carolina and scholar on the adult life and even earlier researching monuments, I would have said, community by placing many of the monuments “from the jump.” He
role of monuments in American and writing about the American Civil ‘Interpret them.’ That’s what we statues in front of the courthouse pointed to one instance in Chatham
culture, said the ground is shifting War. For me, it was and remains the historians do, right? We interpret where trials were held and citizens County, North Carolina, more than
rapidly since the death of George defining moment in the history of our the past,” he said. “That has largely registered to vote. a century ago.
Floyd in Minneapolis refocused the nation,” he said. been rejected, and it was rejected by “These monuments only “Their Confederate monument
nation’s attention on institutional But he said the monuments both sides.” represent a particular version of was defaced within 10 days of
racism. And popular opinion on that were erected after the end of Some of the outrage following history. It’s one that is crafted in going up in the early 1900s,” he
the meaning and relevance of Reconstruction were put there to the attack in Charleston slayings Lost Cause ideology,” she said, said. “It was an African American
Confederate memorials has shifted romanticise the South’s role in focused on symbols like the referring to the idea that the South who climbed the Confederate
too, he said. the Civil War as a heroic struggle, Confederate battle flag, the cause in the Civil War was noble monument and poured tar over its
“The community that put up the rather than a fight to preserve carving at Stone Mountain and and just. “It’s not history as much face to protest the erection of that
John Gordon statue in 1907 is not slavery. several high-profile Confederate as it is myth-making.” particular monument.”
the community that will debate its “The Southerners fought memorials from Richmond to “They certainly speak to the Green said that historical unrest
fate today,” he said. “I do think it valiantly, but they fought for the Birmingham to New Orleans. Cox, culture of the times,” added Noe. is important to consider. While
could be a healthy discussion for worst cause any people have ever who has published books on the “But it was a culture in which diverse groups of white and black
Atlanta now.” fought for,” he said. “There has to movement to erect the monuments, one segment of the population protesters are gathering around
Forty-four of Gordon’s living be some reckoning with that fact.” said most of them were erected dominated another.” monuments in cities across the
descendants are among those nation, there has always been
who have joined the discussion, protest by Blacks who saw them as
noting in a letter to Republican symbols of lost freedoms.
Governor Brian Kemp that the “People that make the “People rejected these from
“primary purpose of the statue
was to celebrate and mythologise
argument that taking the beginning. These were never
uncontested, neutral sites, and it is
the white supremacists of the down monuments is showing today,” she said.
Confederacy.” The descendants But as monuments fall, exciting
want Kemp to remove it.
erasing history truly have cheers or boos from various
Legally removing Confederate no idea how much history corners, Green believes this is only
monuments in Georgia is difficult. the start of the labour of knitting a
A Senate bill Kemp signed last year has been erased” new American identity.
forbids the removal of monuments, “Taking down monuments is easy.
markers, plaques and place names Putting up monuments is easy. But
dedicated to “historically significant — William Sturkey, Professor having those difficult conversations
military, religious, civil, civil rights, that undergird the activists that led
political, social, or cultural events or of Southern history at to the toppling? That’s the hard part.
series of events” or to honor military
service, including in the Confederate
University of North Carolina That’s going to take more time,” she
said. “This is the start, not the end, of
Army. And it stiffened penalties for at Chapel Hill the conversation.”
anyone who vandalises a monument. — The Atlanta Journal-
Yet, elsewhere in the Deep South, Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia)
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Students of Bhavan’s
Students of BPS perform brilliantly in CBSE exams
produce excellent CBSE
The students of Grade-X of Birla Public School (BPS) George, Allen Joseph Gladly, Anfaz Muhammed, Anna
results recently excelled in CBSE Board examination with 100%
pass result. Arya Cherilasseri and Melissa Susan George
George, Pragya Ranjan, Shane Boby, Muhammed
Hashim Abdul Rahman, Subhashini Sudhakar, Ananya
bagged first position in the school with 97.60%, which Kadungorth Manoj, Reeva Prashantbhai Shah,
was followed by Prisha Badwaik, second with 97.40%; Aparna Sharma, Shaza Ziyad, Ruba Sadiq, Alamelu
and Anna George, third with 97.20%. 155 students scored Venkatachalam, Anith Benov, Diya Zainab, Yash Gabra,
more than 90% marks and 256 students scored marks Prisha Badwaik, Anupama Mary Thomas, Sanjay Krishna
above 75%. Kumar, Shaymanti Bhowmik, Arya Cherilasseri, Athira
The students who scored A1 grades in five subjects, Santhosh Kumar Narayanan, Sadiq Hussain Parappil,
include Arya Ananthan, Dhamini Manoj, Edwin Basil Judy, Sivakami Gopinath, Kishen Gandhi, Maizah Maharoof,
Joel John Manappurathu, Parvathi Rajesh Nair, Rimsha Mehrose Fatima, Rahul Raghuveer Kamath, Shrijeeta
Danish, Wajid Ajmal, Abhiram Suresh, Abin Varghese Ghosh, and Eesha Vilas Khawade.
Aasif Safeer Mariam Zeenath Fazil
Arya Cherilasseri Prisha Badwaik
Arundhathy Soumyapriya Arun Muhammed Saadh
The students of Grade-X of Bhavan’s Public School recently excelled in
CBSE examinations. Aasif Safeer bagged first position in the school with
97%, which was followed by Muhammed Saadh, second with 95.6%;
Arundhathy Soumyapriya Arun, third with 95.4%; and Mariam Zeenath
Fazil, fourth with 94.4%. Above 65% of the total students appeared in the
examination secured distinction marks and above.
Anna George Melissa Susan George
NIS students clinch 100% result in CBSE exams
The students of Grade-X of Noble International School (NIS) recently excelled in CBSE Board examination with 100% pass result. Ridha Zakeer Hussain bagged first position in the school with 96.4%
percentage aggregate. The students gained 100%. 59% of students secured distinction. The management of the school along with Principal and Vice Principal congratulated the students and staff
members.
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Ideal Indian School produces outstanding CBSE results
The students of Grade-X of Ideal Indian School recently excelled in CBSE examinations with Zareen and Maryam, Urdu with 99%; Qabas Wahbi Mohamed Abuelhassan and Fatma Ibrahim
100% pass results. Out of 305 students, who appeared for the examination 153 students secured Adem Hamed, Arabic with 96%; Zoya Khan, French with 98%; K S Najla, Tamil with 91%; and Arjuna
Distinction while 99 secured first class. The first position was bagged by Mohamd Anas Ezzuddin Suvaraj K R, Painting with 94%. Other toppers, include Harshith Ramesh, Amrutha V, Treesa Joshy,
and Zahrah Sainudin, with 96.6%, which was followed by Ali Mohammed Haneefa, second with Aadhil Juman, Nikhil P Biju, Najiya Basheer, Samiya S Qureshi, Hamad Ibrahim, Akshay Satish
96.2%; and Aswin Arunkumar Thenamkandiyil and Devika Sanil, third with 95.4%. Kumar, Christy Mariya, Syed Ahmed Hussain, Abdul Basit, Sameera Abdul Rahman, Ayshath
The subject toppers, include Aleesha Mary Shijo, Gayathri Satheesh K, Farheen Mahaboob and Fashna, Mohammed Badiuzzaman, Sana Seraj, Jemi Nainan Xavier, Sheba Ann Jacob, and Sajad
Yohan Luke, English with 99%; Mohamd Anas Ezzuddin and Syeda Maksuda Jahan, Mathematics Salih.
with 99%; Muhammad Nabeeh P, Social Science with 100%; Mohamd Anas Ezzuddin, Science Dr Hassan Kunhi M P, President of IIS, along with Syed Shoukath Ali, Principal of IIS, congratulated
with 99%; Hesham Ahsan, Hindi with 95%; Zainab Abdul Mujeeb, Malayalam with 99%; Nuzhat the students and staff members for their achievements.
Gayathri Satheesh K S Najla Jemi Nainan Xavier Sheba Ann Jacob Nuzhat Zareen Maryam Syed Ahmed Hussain
Sana Seraj Nikhil P Biju Farheen Mahaboob Abdul Basit Ali Mohammed Haneefa Sameera Abdul Rahman Qabas Wahbi
Devika Sanil Zoya Khan Ayshath Fashna Samiya S Qureshi Aadhil Juman Fatma Ibrahim Hesham Ahsan
Christy Mariya Treesa Joshy Mohammed Yohan Luke Aleesha Mary Aswin Arunkumar Harshith Ramesh
Badiuzzaman
Amrutha V Muhammad Nabeeh Zahrah Sainudin Najiya Basheer Arjuna Suvaraj K R Syeda Maksuda Jahan Sajad Salih
Hamad Ibrahim Akshay Satish Kumar Zainab Abdul Mujeeb Mohamd Anas Ezzuddin
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Students of SIS excel in CBSE exams
Students of Shantiniketan Indian School recently excelled in CBSE Board examination with 99% in English; Thansiha Thajudheen, 99% in Social Science; Maria Abraham, Aanisa Panangattayil,
100% pass result.. The high achieving students, include Thansiha Thajudheen, 96.2%; Anar Lamiya Ibrahim, Anar Namboorimadathil Najumuddin, Daana Odam Manniyil, Haleem Ahmed
Namboorimadathil Najumuddin, 94.8%; Shweta, 94.6%; Adithya Hubli, 94.4%; Daana Odam Manniyil, Fakrudeen Ali Ahammed, Farha, 99% in Malayalam; Thansiha Thajudheen, 98% in Arabic; Adithya
94%; Shourya Pratap Bisht, 93.6%; Adithya Nandakumar, 93.4%; Haleem Ahmed Fakrudeen Ali Hubli, 97% in Science; Fatma, 97% in Urdu; Shourya Pratap Bisht, 95% in Hindi; and Lailathunnoor Riaz
Ahammed, 93%; Maria Abraham, 93%; Afrah Shirin, 93%; Shifan Illyas, 92.4%; Lamiya Ibrahim, 91.8%; Ahamed, 84% in Tamil.
Dhiya Kalani Santhosh, 90.8%; Nouba Juraij, 90.2%; and Aditya Kakkanatte Shajil, 90%. K C Abdul Latheef, President of SIS, along with Dr Subhash B. Nair, Principal of SIS, congratulated the
The subject toppers include, Adithya Hubli, 100% in Mathematics; Maria Abraham and Shweta, students and teachers for their hard work.
Shourya Pratap Bisht Lailathunnoor Riaz Lamiya Ibrahim Thansiha Thajudheen Aditya Kakkanatte Shajil Farha Fatma
Ahamed
Afrah Shirin Nouba Juraij Adithya Nandakumar Daana Odam Manniyil Dhiya Kalani Santhosh Aanisa Panangattayil Shweta
Anar Namboorimadathil Shifan Illyas Maria Abraham Adithya Hubli Haleem Ahmed
Najumuddin Fakrudeen Ali Ahammed
Students of Grade-X of DMIS shine in CBSE Board examinations
The students of Grade-X of Doha Modern Indian School recently excelled in CBSE Board Mujeeb, 99 marks in English; Amy Elizabeth Jacob, Deep Oak, Arya Atul Hardas, Anisha Balachander,
examinations. 34 out of 89 students secured 90% and above aggregate. Arya Atul Hardas and Deep 99 in Mathematics; Deep Oak, Arya Atul Hardas, Joanna T Kurian, Krishnendu, 98 in Science; Deep
Amrish Oak secured first position with 97% aggregate percentage, which was followed by Amy Oak, 98 in Social Science; Deep Oak, 98 in Hindi; Hanan Abdul Hameed, 97 in Hindi; Shabeel Naseem,
Elizabeth with 96.6%, second position; and Arya Mahesh Garud, third with 96.4% 99 in Arabic; Sathyasri S, 93 in Tamil; and Amy Elizabeth Jacob, 99 in French. School management
The subject toppers, include Gopika Sujith, Arya Mahesh, Vaisakh Menon, Swathi Suresh, Linah along with principal of DMIS congratulated students, parents and staff members.
Students with 95% and above:
Hanan Abdul Hameed Arya Mahesh Vaisakh Menon Shabeel Naseem Joanna T Kurian Shruti Kunder
Arya Atul Hardas Deep Amrish Oak Amy Elizabeth Aiman Mohamed Ali Giselle Amanda Monteiro Prabhat Singh
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MES students produce excellent CBSE results
The students of Grade-X of MES Indian School recently excelled in CBSE examinations with 100% Students who secured A1 in all 5 subjects, include Bhavna Biju Chacko, Nandana Othayoth, Bavisha
pass result. A total of 569 students appeared in the examination. Bhavna Biju Chacko bagged first Rajesh, Jeswin Binu Chacko, Mariya Rose Elanjikkal Jose, Lavanya Kodappully Baiju, Afiya Jahubar
position in the school with 97.4, which was followed by Nandana Othayoth, second with 97.2%; and Ali, Jabla Chonari, Amatun Noor, Niya Ann Raji, Muhammed Bilal, Ann Mary James, Fathima Fida
Bavisha Rajesh, third with 97%. Palayangal, Sneha Jiljith T, Niya Fathima, Rifna Mohamed Rafi, Shazia Fathima Munaj, Shazia
Students who secured 100 marks in various subjects, include Sidra Amina, Christina Abraham, Nanakkal, Fatma Ahmed, Fathima Qudsiya, Juveriya Mohammad, Areez Asad, Ayisha Raniya A K,
Bhavyasri Rajesh, in English; Juveriya Mohammad, in Social Science; Rehaq Awad, Arabic; Blessy and Raniya Shirin M K Hameeda Kadar, Principal of MES, congratulated the teachers and students
Koshy, French; Afiyah Anjum and Anam Aziz, Urdu. for achievements.
Jaseem Ahmed Jabla C Aman Russell Muhammed Bilal Fathima Qudsiya Lavanya Kodappully Arhaan Mudassir
Baiju Rajpurkar
Anam Aziz Juveriya M Ashfak Abdulla Bhavna Biju Chacko Niya Ann Raji Shazia Fathima Shiza Fatma Jeelani
Mohammed Athar Ali Afiyah Anjum Maria Rose Bavisha Rajesh Fathima Fida Sneha Jiljith T Rehaq Awad
Raniya Shirin Areez Asad Bhavyasri Rajesh Blessy Koshy Sidra Amina Wasil Iftekhar Divya Jayakumar
Niya Fathima Nandana Othayoth Fatma Ahmed Shazia N Afiya Jahubar Ali Rifna Mohamed Rafi Ann Mary James
Amatun Noor Jeswin Binu Chacko Ayisha Raniya Christina Ashin Benisha
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COMMUNITY
Students of DPS-MIS excel in CBSE exams
The students of Grade-X of DPS-Modern Indian School (DPS-MIS) recently excelled in CBSE Odayammadathu Malethu Veedu, Krishna Ravishankar, Julia Anna Joseph, Satyam Agarwal, Elvin
Board examinations with 100% pass result. Sriram Malarvizhi Kumaran secured first position with Joshua Pinto, Tahniath Qadri, Hafiz Ahmed Raffi, and Nandini Premraj Patil, 100 in Mathematics;
98.2% aggregate percentage, which was followed by Neha Francis Cheeramvelil, second position Sriram Malarvizhi Kumaran, 99 in Science; Hafiz Ahmed Raffi, 100 in Social Science; and Sriram
with 97.80%; Sudharsan Podhala Gopikrishna and Mehra Yanaa Arun, third with 97.60%; Nesha Malarvizhi Kumaran, Krishna Ravishankar, Radhika Amar Desai, Satyam Agarwal, Sidharth
Naseem Neela Parambil, Nithina Odayammadathu and Tisha Jain, fourth with 97.40%; and Krishna Sreekumar, Kundanika Khanna, Hamza Ahmad Sajid, Noel Adrian D Souza, Varsha Vinod Chekkura
Ravishankar, fifth with 97.20%. Out of 355 students who appeared for CBSE AISSE 127 students Keloth, 100 in Information Technology.
secured 90% and above. The management of DPS-MIS, along with the principal and vice principals Students with A1 in all subjects, include Sriram Malarvizhi Kumaran, Neha Francis Cheeramvelil,
congratulated the students and staff members. Sudharsan Podhala Gopikrishna, Mehra Yanaa Arun, Nesha Naseem Neela Parambil, Nithina
The subject toppers, include Merchant Aina Fatema Asim and Ann Denny Peter, 100 marks in Odayammadathu Malethu Veedu, Tisha Jain, Krishna Ravishankar, Linayasmine Padinhare
English; Sriram Malarvizhi Kumaran, Krishna Ravishankar, and Naveen Kumaran Swaminathan, Peedikayil, Merchant Aina Fatema Asim, Saumya Murgai, Radhika Amar Desai, Alen Sudheer,
97 in Tamil; Neha Francis Cheeramvelil, Nesha Naseem Neela Parambil, Alen Sudheer, Anjana Pranav Menon, Advaith Raghav Subhash Chakkuth, Prisha Hemant Doshi, Ananya Raju, Abia
Sajeevakumar, Julia Anna Joseph, and Mithra Manoj Nair, 99 in Malayalam; Sudharsan Podhala Kakkat Ubaid, Aibal Jain, Renuka Sreekumar, Sandeep Ramesh Kumar, Afsheen Wasfiya Abdul
Gopikrishna, Advaith Raghav Subhash Chakkuth, Ann Denny Peter, and Jason Christy Thomas, Wahab, Raman Kishore Lakshmi Makesh, Noel Adrian D Souza, Hana Sheena Nizam, Vanya
99 in French; Merchant Aina Fatema Asim, 97 in Hindi; Sriram Malarvizhi Kumaran, Nithina Sharma, Naveen Kumaran Swaminathan, and Mithra Manoj Nair.
Varsha Vinod Chekkura Saumya Murgai Linayasmine Padinhare Merchant Aina Fatema Sidharth Sreekumar Krishna Ravishankar Advaith Raghav Subhash
Keloth Peedikayil Asim Chakkuth
Tisha Jain Pranav Menon Mithra Manoj Nair Nandini Premraj Patil Hafiz Ahmed Raffi Radhika Amar Desai Prisha Hemant Doshi
Sudharsan Podhala Jason Christy Thomas Naveen Kumaran Alen Sudheer Hamza Ahmad Sajid Kundanika Khanna Sriram Malarvizhi Kumaran
Gopikrishna Swaminathan
Anjana Sajeevakumar Julia Anna Joseph Nithina Odayammadathu Tahniath Qadri Satyam Agarwal Subbulakshmi Ann Denny Peter
Malethu Veedu Arumugam
Nesha Naseem Neela Elvin Joshua Pinto Noel Adrian D Souza Neha Francis Mehra Yanaa Arun
Parambil CheeramvelilThursday, July 16, 2020 GULF TIMES 11
LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY
Growing plants inside – the easy way
A
fter months of self- for those starting out on their
isolating, this weekend adventure in the great indoors.
I masked-up and Cacti and succulents are
joined the queue for experiencing a huge spike in
my garden centre. interest, and there is one simple tip
As someone who normally visits that will eliminate the key cause
nurseries or plant shops at least of death and ill health. Place your
twice a week, it was a huge relief to plant no more than 1m away from
be surrounded by all the greenery. a window. Despite glass appearing
But perhaps what was even more transparent, it filters out almost
exciting were the enormous all UVB rays. For every metre you
numbers of young people waiting go from a window this can halve,
patiently in line to get a houseplant then halve again – something these
fix. Working in an industry that desert dwellers can’t handle. If you
has struggled for decades to figure don’t have any sill space, consider
out how to make itself relevant another plant.
and accessible to those under 50, Ferns are the number one
it’s wonderful to finally see a new houseplant people tell me they
generation discovering the joys of struggle to grow, and the problem
the natural world through indoor is almost always simple: lack
gardening. of moisture – in particular, the
But with so much frankly consistent, stable moisture levels
terrible advice on houseplants these plants love. As even the best
out there (ironically on the very gardeners can lapse from time to
social media platforms that have time, the solution to this is to pick
created this new flowering of large, waxy-leaved species, such
interest), I also had to repress the as bird’s nest ferns and staghorn When it comes to the oh-so- microclimate for plants from the zamiifolia) and cast iron plant
desperate compulsion to advise ferns. They have developed a trendy terrariums, the secret rainforest floor, but the exact (Aspidistra eliator) are almost
the 20-somethings on the plants shiny coating as a way to prevent really is to ignore everything you opposite of what desert dwellers bombproof. A delivery man once
they were buying. However, doling water loss. Maidenhair ferns are have seen on Pinterest and never, need. Go for ferns, mosses and left an aspidistra in my mum’s bin
out unsolicited advice is a bit more lovely, but not a great choice for ever plant cacti or succulents in orchids instead. cupboard, which she eventually
socially acceptable in a magazine total beginners, unless you’re them. The glass creates a low- Finally, if you are a timid discovered a couple of months
column than to random people up for a challenge and lots of light, high-humidity environment first timer and want something later, only for it to appear totally
in queues, so here are my top tips dedication. within, which is a perfect unkillable, ZZ plant (Zamioculcas unscathed. —The Guardian
ARIES
March 21 — April 19
TAURUS
April 20 — May 20
GEMINI
May 21 — June 20
Go ahead and make a list today, Aries. Powerful emotions are likely If you look carefully today, Taurus, you’re apt to notice aspects of Be careful about becoming too stubborn today, Gemini. This is one
to lure you from your current path unless you have some sort of people that you never noticed before. There could be a frenzy of of those days in which you’re asked to build a structure in a very
concrete plan to fall back on. Put idle hands to use by delegating activity that catches you in its net and takes you away. Look to other windy area. If you insist on using the most rigid materials, you’ll find
tasks to the people around you. You’ll be amazed at the little blocks people for guidance as you go along. When you ask for help, you’ll that the structure you build ends up snapping in two. If, however,
of time you have when you stay on task and keep yourself and get it. At the same time, you’ll learn a great deal about the people you construct your building with flexible materials, it will bend in the
everyone else around you in motion. who end up helping you. wind and last far longer.
CANCER
June 21 — July 22
LEO
July 23 — August 22
VIRGO
August 23 — September 22
It’s a good thing you have a flexible attitude, Cancer, especially You could be frustrated by others’ lack of commitment today, Leo. You should be feeling emotionally strong today, Virgo, although
today. Your adaptive powers could be put to the test as you find You could try to make plans with people but they keep changing you could find that an idea runs through your head that asks you to
yourself surrounded by fickle emotions and stubborn attitudes. their minds about what they want to do. Perhaps they’re emotionally slow down and take things once step at a time. The internal dialogue
Don’t get too hung up on getting straight answers from people insecure and afraid to take the next step. Don’t let other people hold could drive you crazy if you aren’t careful. The most important thing
today, for they’re apt to be just as confused as you about certain you back. Make plans and stick to them. Other people will fall into to do now is simply follow your heart. Do what you love to do, and
issues. Play it cool for now and ride the waves easily to shore. place accordingly. You don’t need to prod them. associate with the people you love and respect the most.
LIBRA
September 23 — October 22
SCORPIO
October 23 — November 21
SAGITTARIUS
November 22 — December 21
Make the effort to get to a body of water today, Libra. Whether it’s You may find it hard to connect with your emotions today, Scorpio. You may find that your heart is bouncing back and forth like a
the ocean, a river, or lake, the sense of expansion and comfort that It could be that it’s difficult to find a bit of quiet time when you can tennis ball today, Sagittarius. One minute you could be drawn one
you’ll find there will be extremely healing. Know that you are the really sit down and listen to your inner voice. There are distractions way, while the next minute you’re drawn in a completely different
greatest healer you have for yourself and that you have incredible all around that are pulling you in many different directions. Keep direction. Instead of trying to fight this feeling, take advantage of it.
power to share this gift with others, too. Augment this healing in mind that these forces aren’t necessarily acting in your best Consciously or unconsciously, what you’re really doing is exploring.
energy with a return to nature. interests. Try new things until you’re sure that you’ve found what you need.
CAPRICORN
December 22 — January 19
AQUARIUS
January 20 — February 18
PISCES
February 19 — March 20
Your energy level is high today, Capricorn, but don’t let this turn into You could think that your life is too boring for anyone else to care In an effort to be the brightest and best star on the stage, Pisces,
a head-in-the-clouds attitude. Keep one foot firmly planted on the about, Aquarius. Don’t fall into a well of self-pity and convince yourself you might actually be driving away the most important members of
ground, because you may need to keep a level head in a work or that there simply isn’t enough excitement in your life and never will be. your audience. Make sure that you aren’t putting on different masks
personal situation. Keep in mind that the best way to deal with this Believe that you have the power to cure any such downtrodden feeling with different people just so you can appease those you’re with.
is to use your positive energy to heal the difficult situation instead of that you might have at this time. Consider joining a spiritual support Others can see right through any disguise you try to put on. Trying
letting this difficult situation get you down. group where you can honestly share your feelings. to deceive others is simply a sign of disrespect.12 GULF TIMES Thursday, July 16, 2020
COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES
Wordsearch Adam
Pooch Cafe
BARE HARE STARE FAIR
FLARE SQUARE ÉCLAIR PEAR
RARE DARE PAIR WHERE
BEAR MARE WARE FLAIR
HAIR STAIR FARE PRAYER
SNARE DECLARE PARE
CARE MAYOR WEAR
Codeword
Every letter of the alphabet is used at least once.
Squares with the same number in have the same letter
in. Work out which number represents which letter.
Puzzles courtesy: Puzzlechoice.com
Garfield
Sudoku
Bound And Gagged
Sudoku is a puzzle based
on a 9x9 grid. The grid is
also divided into nine (3x3)
boxes. You are given a
selection of values and to
complete the puzzle, you
must fill the grid so that
every column, every anone
is repeated.Thursday, July 16, 2020 GULF TIMES 13
PUZZLES COMMUNITY
Super Cryptic Clues Colouring
Across Down
1 White rose cultivated 2 Fungus in chocolate (7)
differently (9) 3 Grub found in lettuce at
8 A mostly dreary time –but not supermarket (4)
for children (5) 4 See law being broken by a
9 Forgetting a name is unusual beast (6)
(7) 5 Former nurse attempts to find
10 Steal an elevator (4) guards (8)
11 Shopped, yet bread has been 6 Observe opening for estate
ordered! (8) agent (4)
13 The fat of the land, say? (6) 7 Man united, somehow, with a
14 Stay with mother in control (6) single relative (6,4)
17 Satisfies silly sausages (8) 8 Loyalty, for example, in union
19 The language of Monsieur (10)
Dumas? (4) 12 Fool repeatedly at home for
21 Card game making some killer (8)
American a star (7) 15 Dressed for a military
22 So far Yeats is read in operation, we hear (7)
translation (2,3) 16 Extremely simple harp
23 New deal with China to supply designed for an angel (6)
spicy food (9) 18 Was a vocalist in Los Angeles?
(4)
20 Don’t succeed in making
female suffer (4)
Solution Answers
Wordsearch Codeword14 GULF TIMES Thursday, July 16, 2020
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
The perfect comedy for a world
where nothing matters anymore
they’ve been lacking, Nyles coasting in a
By Katie Walsh vapid relationship with bridesmaid Misty
(Meredith Hagner, who absolutely owns the
niche she’s carved out for herself playing
W
e’ve probably all been to absurd ditzes), Sarah stuck in the broken
a wedding that felt like divorcee rut.
it would never end. For Barbakow and Siara build a world around a
Sarah (Cristin Milioti), that fantastical premise, but it that feels real and
wedding is her younger natural. The infinite time loop is outlandish
sister’s, where she’s drowning herself in enough, so there’s no need to mug for cheap
red wine and extremely unprepared to laughs, and the laugh-out-loud moments
give a speech. Now imagine living that are organically earned. It offers the actors
nightmarish day again, and again, and again. a sense of freedom to be as real or as kooky
This is a vision of a sun-drenched, perfectly as they want to be. It’s nice to see Samberg
Pinterested hell that screenwriter Andy Siara in a romantic leading role that plays on his
and director Max Barbakow have conjured as strengths of sweet silliness, but Palm Springs
the setting for their cerebral Groundhog Day- belongs to Milioti, in a breakout performance.
inspired rom-com, Palm Springs. Although she’s had an enormously successful
Sarah is saved from the speech by a career on stage and in TV, this feels like the
beer-swilling character in a Hawaiian shirt, first leading film role for Milioti that allows
Nyles (Andy Samberg), who seems to have her to show new shades of her range. She’s
perfected his wedding routine, anticipating darker, funnier, wackier than she’s been
every dance move, predicting every hookup. before, but still grounded.
He’s either really, really intuitive, or he’s The canon of infinite time loop texts is
been here before. When Sarah follows there are no consequences for anything you the other hand, craves more: more meaning, often about finding serenity in the insanity,
him into the desert at night, she discovers do? Hit by a car? Wake up in the morning. more weight to her actions, more redemption. their neurotic protagonists learning to
that Nyles is trapped in an infinite time Hook up with the bartender? Wake up in the These are the questions that drive the surrender to the scenario. That message is
loop, like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day or morning. Perform an elaborate dance routine curious existence of Nyles and Sarah in Palm even more poignant now, as we all seem to
Natasha Lyonne in Russian Doll, and now wearing matching denim jackets in the local Springs, which is as high-concept as it is low- be trapped in the never-ending sameness
she is too. dive bar? Wake up in the morning. It’s the key. Barbakow achieves a chill and stylish of quarantine. But Palm Springs takes it one
Against the expansive desert backdrop and power of an infinitely clean slate, which vibe for what is fundamentally a hangout step further: It’s not just about accepting, but
a repeating ritual of love, Sarah and Nyles will Nyles uses to test the boundaries of polite movie that begs the question: How weird finding connection in the madness. Maybe
reckon with what it means to never grow old, behaviour and enjoy a perpetual vacation, can you get? What Nyles and Sarah find in that’s the only way to find salvation within,
never die. How will you live your life when sipping cervezas on a pool floaty. Sarah, on the weirdness is the deep human connection and possibly escape the loop. – TNS
Dirt Music beautifully shot, but
squanders meaningful potential
She has a penchant for pre-dawn other. Georgie and Jim are never
By Katie Walsh ocean swims and afternoon naps. direct, so when she meets Lu
Mostly ignored and judged by and he’s rather forthright, it’s a
Jim, she casts her eye toward a refreshing change of pace, even
T
here’s so much potential poacher she spots in the bay in though Georgie still struggles to
in Gregor Jordan’s Dirt the early mornings, Lu (Hedlund). be upfront. In fact, much of the
Music. First, there’s Both Macdonald and Hedlund are issue with the film is that Georgie
the source material, bronzed, sinewy, at the peak of is not an easy character to get
Tim Winton’s Booker sun-drenched beauty. inside. She’s self-destructive;
Prize-shortlisted 2002 novel of But then the film just sort her main coping mechanism is
the same name. (It was awarded of stalls out in a rotation of plunging into bodies of water.
the highest accolade for Australian meaningful looks and tearful But she rarely says exactly what
literature, the Miles Franklin whispers and gazing at ocean vistas. she’s thinking. Or when she does,
Award, and is here adapted by the Lu has a recently tragic past, and it seems too little too late. The
experienced screenwriter Jack the memories of his loss haunt script is frustratingly abstruse at
Thorne.) Then there’s the two him, audibly, and visibly, nearly times.
vastly underrated and enormously constantly, in visions of his brother, The film undeniably captures the
talented stars, Scottish actress sister-in-law and niece singing breathtaking and unique landscape
Kelly Macdonald and American bluegrass music in their family of coastal Western Australia. It’s
star Garrett Hedlund. There’s the band. In their small town, Lu and an incredibly beautiful film, but
stunning setting, on the coast of Jim are bound by Georgie, but also it’s a challenge to emotionally
Western Australia, near Perth, by layers of tragedy that are slowly connect to it. It feels like the outline
which is captured gorgeously by revealed. When it all becomes too of what would have been an epic
cinematographer Sam Chiplin (with much, Lu takes off for a remote novel, but in the translation to the
underwater photography shot by island, running away from his past, screen, it has lost its interiority, and
Rick Rifici). his memories, from Georgie and anything profound it might have
The first 30 minutes or so of Jim, into a punishing wilderness. communicated. In 2009, legendary never get a script that I thought the problem. There’s something
Dirt Music are a mysterious thrill. At first, there’s a certain charm Australian filmmaker Phillip Noyce captured the poetry of the novel, deeply lacking about this screen
Macdonald is Georgie, the younger to the rather taciturn script, in (Rabbit-Proof Fence) was attached and there’s the problem. A poetic version of Dirt Music, and
girlfriend of a well-known local which the characters talk around to adapt the novel, but by 2014, he novel is just difficult to translate ultimately, all that potential is sadly
fisherman, Jim (David Wenham). each other rather than to each admitted in an interview, “I could into a movie.” Therein seems to be squandered. – TNSThursday, July 16, 2020 GULF TIMES 15
SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY
Rajkummar Rao to star Sailesh and (producer) Dil Raju,” Sharing his thoughts, the
in Hindi remake of said Rajkummar. director said: “Yes, I see HIT has
Telugu thriller HIT On working on the Hindi the potential to be a successful
remake, Kolanu said: “The first franchise in Bollywood too. I feel
Actor Rajkummar Rao is all case of HIT tells the story of a the premise of HIT is very global.
set to star in the Hindi remake of police officer who is constantly Of course, I will be making
Telugu superhit cop thriller HIT. fighting a battle with his past very minor changes to suit the
HIT, which stands for and his present. So it’s a troubled sensibilities of the audience all
Homicide Intervention Team, character. I wanted to cast over India. The idea is to create
tells the story of a police officer someone who can bring that a realistic world of crime and
who is on the trail of a missing darkness to the role and still investigation and put a bunch
woman. Director Sailesh Kolanu, make the audience root for him of beautifully flawed and grey
who garnered accolades for the with a matured performance. I characters in that world. And
Telugu original, will helm the felt Raj can evoke that kind of a then let multiple stories unfold
project in Hindi. response. I have been following within that world.”
“When I saw HIT, I instantly Rajkummar’s work ever since Producer Dil Raju, who is
connected with it. It’s an I watched Shaitan. He is a remaking Nani’s Jersey in Hindi
engaging story, relevant in terrific actor and has managed with Shahid Kapoor, will be
today’s environment. As an to surprise us everytime with his backing the venture along with
actor, I am always on the look performances.” Kuldeep Rathore.
out to play characters I haven’t HIT is planned as a massive The film is in pre-production
explored and HIT gives me a investigation franchise in the and will go on floors in 2021.
chance to do that. I’m looking South and Kolanu is keen to Other details will be announced RELEVANT: Rajkummar believes the story of HIT is relevant in today’s
forward to take this journey with follow that in Bollywood too. soon. –IANS environment
Women bring difference to
politics of the set: Hanna creator
and embarks on a journey of self-
By Sugandha Rawal discovery.
Reflecting back on the thought
behind creating the show, Farr
B
ritish writer-producer said: “The reason I first came up
David Farr is narrating with Hanna idea was I had two
the story of Hanna daughters, who were very young
through a female gaze, when I was writing the film. And
and says women leading all they were allowed to watch was
the show behind the camera not Mary Poppins and Sound of Music.
just influences the narrative, but And meanwhile, if you’re a boy, you
bring a big difference to the politics seem to be able to watch westerns
of the set as well. and you could watch gangsters. You
The web series Hanna spins a could see boys doing everything.
new world from the story of Joe And you could see it didn’t seem it
Wright’s acclaimed 2011 film of the was available to young women.
same name. Farr, who co-wrote the “Now, it has become a big
original feature film, is driving the political point, since 2008, or 2009
narrative of the show. when I was writing that, and rightly
“Although the film was about so... It’s not just an action movie
Hanna, and she was the central or an action TV show. It’s about a
character, that (male perspective) person who learns who they are and
was still a very strong thing. It does learns to be what they want to be,
feel like a male view, and the film but through a thriller and through
was directed by a man,” Farr told an action experience. And so yeah,
IANS when asked about embracing right now with what’s going on in
the female grace. the world, there’s an incredible
He continued: “We have made a WEB SERIES: Hanna spins a new world from the story of Joe Wright’s acclaimed 2011 film of the same name. young energy that is in the world,
big choice all through the seasons the moment where young people
to have female directors for large of diverse kinds at a high level. women that she meets who are all to the table and I felt there was a lot really, whether it’s race or gender,
numbers of the episodes. It’s Because if you do that, everything destined to become assassins. What to learn from them.” really are trying to explore and
definitely more than half and I changes. And I think we are a part they brought was such a kind of With a cast led by Esme, Mireille express who they are.
think it makes a big difference. of that process, which I’m proud more personal take on, you know, Enos, and Joel Kinnaman, the first “Suddenly, I think our show
It makes a big difference to the of.” what it is to be a woman in the season of Amazon Prime Video has gained a new politics, which
politics of the set. And it was Farr, also known for adding his world,” said the writer. show Hanna narrated the story of is something that is inherent to
the single easiest and clearest creative vision to series The Night “I can’t feel that. I’ve got two a young girl named Hanna, who the show, and I’m excited by the
decision we made. We didn’t Manager, noted that working with daughters, who are now 20 and 18. has lived in a forest and has gained context in which it’s coming out.”
choose people just because they talented women has been an eye- So I guess I’ve experienced that extraordinary physical abilities. It is Within weeks of the premiere of
were women but we made a opening and learning experience secondhand through that. But they about her experience with modern its second season, the Esme Creed-
conscious choice that they are for him. felt it in a visceral sense. The way reality. It explored the dynamics of Miles starrer action drama series
really good, amazing talents. It “In the first season (of Hanna), I choices are somehow made for you, a father-daughter bond, emotional Hanna has been renewed for a third
does bring a different eye and a wrote almost every episode myself the way conversations are somehow issues of a family while highlighting season.
different voice. It just becomes a except one. In the second season, I taken over by men put bluntly, or the dilemma of how teenagers “There is a crucial further
creative thing and fun. It’s not that gave over half the episodes to four power structures. And so that was grow in the modern world and do development of what will happen
you don’t have to be earnest about other writers and three of them something that they brought to it in they ever fit in. The eight-episode in the next season in my head, and
it, it’s just that you release different were women. And they sketched a way that was very specific. And I second season follows the journey I know the next stage for the show,”
voices. And that’s my simple thing out the story about Hanna, and felt I learned a great deal from them of Hanna as she evades the pursuit Farr had said before the release of
that you just got to release voices this extraordinary group of young as writers. So, they’re bringing a lot of a “sinister government agency”, the second season. – IANS16 GULF TIMES Thursday, July 16, 2020
COMMUNITY
th
The 7 edition of ‘Colours of
Desert’ to go virtual at Katara
“The online exhibition is inviting
By Mudassir Raja
those artists interested to contribute
towards developing the content of
T
hough there is a great
degree of uncertainty in
the world because of the these electronic exhibitions, which
coronavirus outbreak,
people continue to show will be displayed after the completion
resilience and perseverance while
trying to move on with their lives. of collection, arrangement and
Qatar has already established
itself as a hub of artistic and organisation of art pieces on the
cultural activities. While the
novel coronavirus pandemic has Katara website. These exhibitions
put a halt on large gatherings and
art events, both authorities and include topics that explore the
artists continue to find virtual and
electronic platforms to showcase composition of the final art including,
their creativity.
‘The Colours of Desert 2020 - the story of the Qatari cuisine, eco-
7th Edition’ is a series of annual
exhibitions that highlights different habitats and natural life”
aspects of Qatar through creative
works. Its last six editions have — Lina al-Aali, curator
earned immense appreciation for
portraying different colours of of the exhibition
life in Qatar. This year the annual
exhibition of MAPS International, a
Doha-based social art community,
will go virtual in August due to
the current Covid-19 pandemic
situation. The exhibition will be
organised via personalised virtual
gallery in collaboration with Katara
Cultural Village.
The Exhibition will be based
on the theme of ‘Qatar – Road
to 2022.’ The registration for the
artists is currently underway.
Artists based in Qatar and the
foreign participants of earlier
Qatar International Art Festival
exhibitions, also organised by
MAPS International, can take part
in the upcoming virtual exhibition.
The eligible media include;
painting, photography, mixed
media, oil/chalk pastels, block/ink
print, pottery/vessels, sculpture,
digital art, collage, metal work,
fibre/textile art, wood work, and
contemporary craft.
Lina al-Aali is the curator of
the exhibition. She is an artist,
author, certified trainer and former
member of the Board of Directors
of the Qatar Society of Fine Arts. Rashmi Agarwal, president of MAPS
Sharing her views on the upcoming International.
exhibition with Community, she
said: “Any exhibition is a chance after the completion of collection, The exhibition highlights the exhibition by highlighting the sevens; sound has seven notes; there
for any artist to show their talents, arrangement and organisation of diversity of life and culture in significance of the digit seven in are seven directions; seven days in a
especially with organiser like MAPS art pieces on the Katara website. Qatar. The artists show their love the universe and life. “Seven is week; the earth was created in seven
International. They are not only These exhibitions include topics and loyalty towards Qatar. We are the number of completeness and days; a cube has seven dimensions;
considering artists based in Qatar that explore the composition of expecting over 75 artists from 25 perfection – both physically and and so on.”
but also from aboard to strengthen the final art including, the story of different countries to take part in spiritually. It derives much of its Highlighting the support the
the Qatari identity. The exhibition the Qatari cuisine, eco-habitats the exhibition. The theme for this meaning from being tied directly community of artists gets from
is also aligned with the concept of and natural life. These exhibitions exhibition is very important. The to God’s creation of all things. Katara, she said: “I am really thankful
different colours of desert.” provide a platform for the exchange artists will creatively portray the The number seven is much more to Katara for their continuous
About the online exhibitions, of creative ideas that can contribute journey of Qatar to 2022. No doubt, prevalent in nature than most of support and encouragement.
Lina said: “The online exhibition to reducing the negative effects of the destination is very important but us realise. There are seven colours They have always been helpful and
is inviting those artists interested coronavirus pandemic.” the journey to reach the destination in a rainbow; seven oceans; seven supportive through all our previous
to contribute towards developing Rashmi Agarwal, president of is equally important.” continents; seven vertebrae in the exhibitions. It would not have been
the content of these electronic MAPS International, said: “There Rashmi expressed her enthusiasm neck; seven layers of skin – two outer possible without the collaboration of
exhibitions, which will be displayed are different colours in a desert. about the 7th edition of the and five inner; ocean waves roll in Katara.”You can also read
