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“Blessings in the Sand – The Antoine Nehme Legacy”, written by Alexander A Nehme, the youngest son of Antoine Nehme, is apparently a well-articulated, written-record of “The Antoine Nehme Legacy” but has many lessons to be learnt by youngsters who want to start their entrepreneurial journey from the scratch without having anticipating anxieties.

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COVER STORY THURSDAY 18 MAY 201702

Irfan Bukhari The Peninsula

The book is an invaluable gift for the people who are fascinated with the buzzwords of today’s world of competition

and growth — entrepreneurship and startups — and know but very little about the recipe of enduring success in life and business ventures.

It is the story of hard work, per-severance and fidelity; fidelity to the family values, to the profes-sional integrity. It has been penned with the ink of love, respect and gratitude.

“Blessings in the Sand – The Antoine Nehme Legacy”, written by Alexander A Nehme, the youngest son of Antoine Nehme, is definitely a well-articulated, written-record of “The Antoine Nehme Legacy” which also has many lessons to be learnt by youngsters who want to start their entrepreneurial journey from the scratch without having anticipating anxieties.

It is the story of a Lebanese expatriate (Antoine Nehme) who started his business in early 1950s in Qatar when the conditions were definitely very tough but the reso-lution of Nehme was far greater than the growing pains posed by harsh ground realities.

He started his family business — Nehmeh — which after six dec-ades has now become a small empire called “Nehmeh Interna-tional Holdings”, a multifaceted company serving the whole Middle East region. The book reminds the reader of famous quote of Tolstoy:

“Traveller there is no path, paths are made by travelling.”

“Our company follows the clas-sic Hollywood plot in its rags-to-riches story of the founder, Antoine Nehme. Ours is the story of one man who had nothing and who wanted to do something.”

The book is a masterly account of a life well spent, of an untiring ambition and an unflinching cour-age. Behind the success story of

Nehmeh (the company name), there exist not only hard work, persever-ance, innovation and dedication rather the firm belief of company’s founder in family values and busi-ness ethics was a mammoth factor that definitely played a significant role in turning a small hardware store into a corporate reality.

“Family is key here at Nehmeh,” Alexander writes at one place in the book, further writing: “Family is an embodiment of values. When you lose the sense of unity, which is the real nucleus of a village or town, or city or country or nation, you are on dangerous ground.”

Alexander A Nehme says with a palpable sense of pride that Neh-meh was among the first companies which started using ‘Made in Qatar’ in early 1990s. “We cannot neces-sarily say we created the label that is known around the world. Still, by the 1990s, when we began to place this label on our heat-exchangers, we were among only a handful of companies manufacturing in the country.”

The company not only made progress by leaps and bounds but also promoted real meanings of sustainability and culture of CSR long before they became publicity-earning phrases. The writer quotes his father saying: “If you are sad, the company will be sad. If you are happy, the company will be happy.”

The store Antoine Nehme cre-ated many decades ago in Doha was just a warehouse of spare parts but these were the positive qualities of a 23-year-old Lebanese immigrant which had paved the way of growth and progress for a small shop to become a business of remarkable brand equity.

The success story of Nehmeh is a beacon of light for many aspirant entrepreneurs and this book can guide them how to develop a busi-nesses with unwavering belief in one’s abilities and patience.

Nehme family’s love for Qatar and its leadership is really excep-tional as they think that Lebanon is their country while Doha is their

“hometown”.

Antoine Nehme (left) in Germany with a representative of a local company (right), circa 1963.

Antoine Nehme at his shop circa 1970s.

Anton Nehmeh circa 1960s.

The legacy of character and faith

COVER STORYTHURSDAY 18 MAY 2017 03The book is a gift for those

expatriates who also want to peep into Qatar’s history and its jour-ney of becoming a modern state from a small community which used to earn its livelihood from pearl and fish trade few decades ago.

“We know that companies are about evolution, change, and con-stant redevelopment. Nations too are this way, along with the global economy.”

The book shares some per-sonal stories of Antoine Nehme and also unveils family life of the father, the writer son calls “pio-neer”. These elements make the reading experience lively and help maintain readers’ interest. “He (Antoine Nehme) would spend most of his time at work in Qatar and abroad. My mother would, naturally, go crazy. Of course, what he was doing was ensuring the future of his family. Quite often, my mother would say to him, “This is not a hotel,” when he left early in the morning and returned late in the evening.”

Nehmeh is the successor of Natco, originally standing for the Nehmeh Automotive & Trading Company, and now groups sev-eral companies under the Nehmeh corporate identity.

The Nehme family believes in legacy of character as at one point Alexander puts it in Billy Graham’s words: “The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not in material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.”

Not only writer’s affection-ate attachment with his father, his family and Nehmeh is com-mendable but his style and articulation also deserve full marks. The book is divided into nine chapters starting from “San-dals: Arriving in the Gulf with

Nothing” and ending at “Legacy”.

The writer has generously used quotable quotes which give a scholarly flavour to the text and has shared some golden words uttered by his father as well like:

‘Business has all five senses, just like a human being’; ‘Keep an eye on your work, for if you neglect it, it will feel it and neglect you in return’; among many.

The book has received warm response from across the globe. Suzy Mayhew, Campden Group, United Kingdom says: “A unique and personal insight into the evo-lution and expansion of a family business and Qatar. Epitomizes solid foundations, great govern-ance and lasting values for continued success.”

A Lebanese historian, Dr. Ray J. Mouawad writes: “This is the success story of family deeply rooted in the Middle East, like the audacious Sindbad the Sailor, this book embodies the spirit of entrepreneurship in an open-minded and modern Arab world.”

Through the years

The book is a gift for those expatriates who also want to peep into Qatar’s history and its journey of becoming a modern state from a small community which used to earn its livelihood from pearl and fish trade few decades ago.Antoine Nehme, circa 1950s.

Anton Nehmeh store circa 1960s.

Antoine Nehme alongside the largest heat exchanger produced and proudly “Made in Qatar” circa 1990s.

CAMPUS THURSDAY 18 MAY 201704

ISL Qatar teams prepares for WSCAn International School of

London (ISL) Qatar team of 24 secondary students took part in the Doha

Round of the World Scholar’s Cup (WSC) and 21 qualified to proceed to the Global Round in Hanoi in June and over half will attend. From its very title the WSC aims to pro-duce “world scholars” through a series of intense, friendly and ulti-mately rewarding competitions.

This experience is precious because it affords the opportunities to cross cultural boundaries, test academic limits, and mix intellec-tual categories in new and clever ways. Throughout the two-day event students ask world-changing ques-tions and challenge paradigms; they look at values and ideas that will affect the fate of our world. These students are raising the standard of how to prepare for higher educa-tion, and what it means to be a global citizen engaged in civilised discourse. Students of all backgrounds are motivated to discover new strengths, practice new skills and to inspire a global community of future schol-ars and leaders. These ambitious

aims match the philosophy of the International School of London Qatar and its International Bacca-laureate programmes, as well as the pillars of the ISL group — passion, understanding, diversity and iden-tity. ISL Qatar students summarised their experience in many different ways. “WSC creates a passion for learning within you. It builds you up and makes you more confident,”said Naaz. “WSC is a great chance to

learn about yourself and discover unknown concepts, hobbies, skills, activities or subjects which can become part of your identity,” Sebastian said.

“WSC presents not only diversity in nationalities but in subjects and activities that the participants can enjoy and be part of,” Hannah said. Two ISL Qatar junior teams, (Char-lotte Le, Lekh Bhatia and Yousef Barakat, and Marco Zamara, Naaz

Khan and Sebastian Santoni) dom-inated key sections of this year’s earlier round in Doha, finishing first and second respectively in the Jun-ior Division Team Competition. Charlotte, Lekh and Sebastian also achieved great success individually, securing numerous silver medals and taking five out of the six gold medals in the Challenge section; Sebastian and Lekh qualified as first and second place as top overall scholars. One of ISL Qatar’s Senior teams (Kritant Dahoo, Karim El Gamal and newcomer Lubna Amer) also performed superbly in their debate category taking third place overall, rounding off a very success-ful competition. The efforts of ISL Qatar and, in particular, Dr. Pilar Fernandez and Ms Nerine Chalm-ers in bringing the World Scholar’s Cup to Qatar were recognised in the awards ceremony.

Of the 21 qualified World Cup Scholars, 12 ISL Qatar students will compete in the Hanoi Round. ISL Qatar congratulates this next cohort as they prepare for the upcoming Hanoi Global and Yale Champion-ship rounds.

Bangladesh MHM School & College students excel

The Bangladesh MHM School & College has improved its results in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Examinations held

in February, 2017 by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka. 67 passed in the exam while 26 got GPA-5.00 and 37 stu-dents got GPA-4.00 and above. The pass percentage is 100%.

Among the SSC examinees Naematula Zan-nat, Mosammat Maliha Amin, Tasnim Ahsan,

Nabila Ayub, Salma Akhter Sweety, Afroza Binte Noor, Saima Akter, Nafisa Tabassum, Sadia Sul-tana, Pritam Ghosh, Fairuz Maesha, Taspia Tanjim, Fatiha-Tuz-Zahra, Kulsum Kader, S.M. Khaled Hossain, Ariful Haque, Mohd. Tousif-E-Khuda, Md. Jasem, Nafio Farhan Habibur Rahman, Nafin Mahmud, Mehedi Hasan, Saiful Islam Fayez, Rahik Ahmed, Jishan Ahammed, Abrar Shahriyar Hossain were the toppers secur-ing GPA-5.00.

Principal Md. Jashim Uddin hailed all can-didates for making such an excellent result. He appreciated the scholars who had obtained the highest score GPA-5. In his short speech he thanked all the students, teachers and guardi-ans their combined efforts to bring this success and asked to keep up the spirit for future. He also expressed his gratitude to the Ambassador and the Respected Chairman of the institution, Ashud Ahmed, who gave full support.

CAMPUSTHURSDAY 18 MAY 2017 05

SIS holds Nikon photography workshop

Members of the SIS-Photog-raphy Club were enriched with advanced photo-

graphic techniques by expert professional trainer from Nikon Cesar Parroco.

Students of the Shantiniketan Indian School (SIS) got an opportu-nity to control and make their clicks more meaningful and appealing. In the second session, enthusiastic parents — Ajith Everester,

Shamnas Elyas and Anthony Satheesh, spend quality time shar-ing valuable techniques of photography with children to fur-ther enhance their skills and concepts.

The entire SIS family congrat-ulated Sandeep, the coordinator of the SIS Nikon Photography Club for organising such a productive workshop.

Youth Festival inaugurated

at MES Indian School

The inauguration of the Youth Festival, Regalia 2017, a three-day cultural extravaganza of

MES Indian School, was organised in a colourful manner. Hameeda Kadar, Principal officiating declared the event open and congratulated the participants for their over-whelming response and enthusiasm in their artistic pursuit. She also appealed to students for their

increased and active participation to explore their innate talents on an open forum like this.

The three-day cultural fiesta includes classical and instrumental music categories. Competitions in folk dance, classical dance, kathak, kuchupudy, mono act, fancy dress, painting contest depicting art and culture are conducted in senior, intermediate, junior and sub junior

categories. There are as many as 3,500 student entries in various cat-egories of the competitions to be held at 65 venues of the school cam-pus. School officials, parents and students were present at

the inaugural function. K Anwar, convener of the youth festival, wel-comed the gathering, while Ashtami Jith, Cultural Secretary of the Girls’ Section of the school proposed a vote of thanks.

COMMUNITY THURSDAY 18 MAY 201706

Youth Forum Art Exhibition attracts huge crowd

The art exhibition held as part of ‘Youth Live’ organised by Youth Forum attracted a large crowd at Commu-nity College of Qatar. Most talented Indian artists in Qatar showcased their

paintings in the exhibition, which was held under the theme “one World; One Love”.

Dr Sree Kumar, Noufal KV, Kareem Graphy, Seena Aanand, Rajesh Ravi, Basith Khan, Sud-heeran Prayar, Sandra Ramachandran, Mahesh Kumar, Sageer PM, Santhosh Krishnan, Baiju, Sahji Chelad, Archana Bharadhwaj, Savitha Jackar, San-sitha Ramachandran, Sana Abullais, Vasu Vanimel, Zakir Hussain were famous artists showcased their art works in the exhibition. There was live show of painting as well by these artists in the event.

The art exhibition was inaugurated by Muhsin Parari, Indian Film Director. President of Solidar-ity Youth Movement T Shakir, Youth Forum Vice-President Saleel Ibrahim and General Secre-tary Bilal Harippad also attended the event. “The exhibition is an effort by Youth Forum to encour-age constructive contribution of the artists to the service of humanity upholding the message of coex-istence and mutual respect” said Saleel Ibrahim.

Over 500 art lovers and art enthusiasts including Qatari Nationals visited the exhibition. Eisa Saleh Al Muhannadi, Assistant Director of Thakhira Youth Center, honoured Sansitha Ram-achandran, the young talented artist with

valuable gifts. The exhibition was conducted as part of ‘Youth Live’, the closing ceremony of Youth Forum campaign tilted “Youth’s testimony through action for love and amity” on the occasion of fifth anniversary of Youth Forum.

Pukhtun Professionals in Qatar organises seminarPukhtun Professionals in

Qatar (PPIQ) has arranged a first of series in technical

seminar at Radisson Blu Hotel in Doha recently to share technical and management experiences among the new engineers to over-come potential challenges they may encounter during the course of professional career.

Gul Hameed Khalil, who is working as Geotechnical Special-ist at Lusail city project with Dorsch Qatar and is resident member of advisory committee for Institution of Civil Engineers - UK was invited as a presenter to this event.

He portrays the challenges to construction projects faced

during enabling works across Qatar and describes the solutions to overcome and avoid cost and time loses.

The sequence of construction works was described from initial stage until final stage of the ena-bling works package. He emphasis on using modern techniques to avoid damaging the existing

buildings and structures during the construction works with ground movement monitoring system installed prior to initiat-ing works. The use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) was briefly described with usage in enabling works, avoiding clashes to other structures.

Fresh graduates and engi-neers were enthralled by the presentation, which will enable them to overcome any difficulty during their works at construc-tion projects. Moreover, the new comers could foresee what could be faced during the project progress and hence better tackle issues in time. The audiences appreciated the contents of sem-inar with four other presentations of the seminar pertaining to con-structions. This kind of knowledge sharing will enhance the devel-opment of young engineers and will benefit the Qatar construc-tion in general.

COMMUNITYTHURSDAY 18 MAY 2017 07

Aspire Academy holds ‘Aspire Global Citizenship Day’

Aspire Academy recently held its ‘Aspire Global Citizenship Day’, bring-ing more than 40 nations and their

unique cultures under its roof. Aspire Academy organises this event to introduce student-athletes to cultural and ethnic diversity that is paramount to the success of the Academy.

To mark the event, Aspire Acad-emy was outfitted to represent the different countries across different classrooms. Teachers from the exhibiting nations shared unique aspects from their culture, includ-ing history, language, food, traditional games, while emphasiz-ing the similarities that exist across nations.

Speaking about the event, Ahmed Hussain, Vice School Prin-cipal at Aspire Academy, said:

“Aspire Academy’s faculty and stu-dents come from various ethnic and religious backgrounds, which p r e s e n t s a u n i q u e

learning opportunity for students. The Academy’s diversified work-force exposes student-athletes to people from all over the world, helping develop well-rounded and well-educated sports champions”.

The concept of global

citizenship is a key pillar in Aspire Academy’s educational philosophy and supports the Academy’s approach to multicultural educa-tion, education for sustainable development and international education.

The Academy’s efforts to organ-ise such an event stem from its belief in the role of educators as agents of social change, helping stu-dents gain perspective about their role as part of the global commu-nity and multicultural sports teams.

Doha Golf Club holds second Infiniti Monthly Open Doha Golf Club held its sec-

ond Infiniti Monthly Open on May 12. This month’s

open was a Players Championship theme with an exciting floating green challenge after play for all participants.

The event was another great success with 124 golfers taking part, following on from last month’s equally successful Infin-iti Masters Tournament.

Some excellent scoring was on show despite some tough pin posi-tions and breezy conditions.

The Ladies Division was won by Jinok Kim with a wonderful nett 67 playing off a handicap of 36. Her round included four pars including one at the difficult 15th hole. Jinok finished six shots ahead of second place Beth San Jose.

In Mens Division 3, Andrew Muirhead came out on top with a

nett 69 playing off a handicap of 22, including a 2 on the par 3 17th, which most of the players at TPC Sawgrass often struggle to do! Andrew finished 2 shots clear of a five way tie for second place.

Division 2 saw some excep-tional scores, with the entire top 10 players finishing below their handicap. It was 16 handicap Su-Ung Jang who was victorious with a stunning 63 nett. Jang finished four shots clear of Peter Hope who

will be disappointed not to have won with a great score of nett 67.

Division 1 was a much closer affair with only two players break-ing par. The in form Ben Coleman was victorious with a gross 75 nett 70 to take a one shot victory over Arnav Jain. Ben’s win was his sec-ond in 7 days. All winners took home a Ping-Infiniti Golf Bag.

Following play all of the golf-ers had the option of taking part in the Infiniti floating green

challenge. The target was a boat in the lake between holes 9 and 18 sitting 155 yards away. Dinesh Kumar managed to land his sec-ond ball in the boat with a 6 iron to take the spoils in an exciting challenge that will be back again in the future.

The organises thanked Infin-iti and Saleh Al Hamad Al Mana group for their continued support and for another hugely successful event.

HEALTH THURSDAY 18 MAY 201708

The bathroom scale you use every morning may soon measure much more than your weight. Researchers in Lithuania are devel-

oping multifunctional scales that could one day measure more than 20 health parameters and warn us about potentially dangerous life conditions.

A team of researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) have already developed a prototype of multifunctional body composition scales which can help identify the problems in the person’s arterial condition by the pulse arrival time from heart to the feet. The researchers are now improving the model by adding new func-tions and parameters.

“We are continuously increasing the number of parameters, that can be measured using our scales. For example, alongside arterial stiffness, the scales can also detect cardiac arrhythmia (improper beating of the heart),” said Vaidotas Marozas, Director of the KTU Institute of Bio-medical Engineering.

“I believe, that in the future, the multifunc-tional body composition scales will measure more than 20 various health parameters,” Maro-zas said in a statement released by KTU. Body

composition scales supplemented by handlebar and matching technologies can measure a per-son’s pulse through sensors on the handlebar and footpad electrodes.

“We are measuring the speed of blood pulse wave: the faster the speed, the stiffer the arter-ies, which, in turn can already warn about the development of arteriosclerosis, and the latter

can be the cause of increased blood pressure and other conditions,” Birute Paliakaite, who is working with the team of researchers from the very start of the project, said.

Among other conditions, the researchers are aiming to integrate the function of recognising the development of hyperkalemia into the scales.

“When a person has final stage of renal insuffi-ciency syndrome, he or she has to undergo dialysis several times a week. As kidneys can-not manage keeping the balance of microelements in the organism, the risk of poten-tially life threatening conditions, such as increased potassium concentration in blood, i.e. hyperkalemia, arises,” Paliakaite said.

When indicating this potentially life-threat-ening condition, the scales would notify the doctor, who might decide to move the planned dialysis into earlier date, the researchers said.

What is more, the researchers believe that such a household health monitoring device would not even cost people a fortune. “Our tech-nology is less complex than that of a smartphone, which needs expensive materials and elements. We are creating data processing algorithms, and our main resource is our intellect,” Marozas said.

Young adults who take a hiatus from exercise for just two weeks may be at an increased risk of reducing mus-

cle mass, metabolic health, that may accelerate the development of chronic dis-eases such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, a study has found. The findings showed that just 14 days of physical inactivity in young healthy people cause obesity, poor metabolic health, accelerated musculoskel-etal decline, and potentially premature death. “The results emphasise the impor-tance of remaining physically active, and highlight the dangerous consequences of continuous sedentary behaviour,” said Dan Cuthbertson of the University of Liverpool, Britain.

For the study, presented at the Euro-pean Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Portugal, the team investigated the risk factors for developing disease after 14 days of

physical inactivity in 28 healthy people with a mean age of 25 years and a mean BMI of 25 kg/m2. Following the period of inactiv-ity, significant changes in body composition were observed, including loss of skeletal muscle mass and increases in total body fat. The changes in body fat tended to accu-mulate centrally, which is a major risk factor for developing chronic diseases.

Overall, cardio-respiratory fitness lev-els declined sharply and participants were unable to run for as long or at the same intensity as previously. A substantial loss in skeletal muscle mass was also noted, with a reduction in both total (whole body) lean mass (average loss 0.36 kg) and leg lean mass (average loss 0.21 kg).

“Our day to day physical activity is key to abstaining from disease and health com-plications. People must avoid sitting for long periods of time,” Cuthbertson said.

Physical activity may

cut Alzheimer’s risk

Researchers have found that regular exercise may help decrease risk of Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, charac-

terised by progressive neurodegeneration that results in memory loss, compromised physical ability and loss of independence.

In a study, published in the journal BMC Public Health, the team of researchers also confirmed that regular physical activity may improve the perform-ance of daily activities for people afflicted with Alzheimer’s. “As there is no current cure for Alzhe-imer’s, there is an urgent need for interventions to reduce the risk of developing it and to help manage the symptoms,” said the study first author Kathleen Martin Ginis, Professor at University of British Colum-bia’s Okanagan campus in Canada. The researchers reviewed data from more than 150 research articles about the impact of physical activity on people with Alzheimer’s. The panel concluded that regular phys-ical activity improves activities of daily living and mobility in older adults with Alzheimer’s and may improve general cognition and balance.

Soon, body weight scales to measure

more than 20 health parameters

Just 2 sedentary weeks may up diabetes and heart disease

FOOD THURSDAY 18 MAY 201710

Bonnie S Benwick The Washington Post

2 to 3 servings

Here, a thin layer of sweet-tart tomato jam keeps the toast from getting too soggy, and the addition of a roasted tomato turns this into something more substantial.

Ingredients2 or 3 juicy Roma tomatoes, cut

in half lengthwiseOlive oil

Kosher saltFreshly ground black pepperFlesh of 1 ripe avocado (on the

small side)2 tablespoons fresh lime juicePinch sweet Spanish smoked

paprika (pimenton) or Aleppo pepper

2 or 3 tablespoons tomato jam (may substitute no-sugar apricot preserves)

2 slices sturdy, thick multigrain or rye bread, toasted

Watercress or pea shoots, for garnish

StepsPreheat the toaster oven to 425

degrees. Line a small baking pan with aluminum foil.

Arrange the tomatoes, cut sides up, on the baking pan. Drizzle with the oil and season lightly with salt and pepper. Roast for 25 to 30 min-utes, or until softened and a bit toasted at the edges.

Meanwhile, combine the avo-cado, lime juice, smoked paprika or Aleppo pepper and a small pinch of salt in a medium bowl; use a fork

to mash into a coarse consistency.Spread the tomato jam (1 table-

spoon per) on the toasted bread slices, then the avocado mixture. Top with the roasted tomato halves (2 halves per) and the greens.

You may wish to cut the slices in half, for ease of eating. Serve right away.

Nutrition: Per serving (based on 3): 180 calories, 3 g protein, 25 g car-bohydrates, 9 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 140 mg sodium, 4 g dietary fiber, 8 g sugar.

Roasted tomatoes and avocado on toast

FOODTHURSDAY 18 MAY 2017 11Bonnie S Benwick The Washington Post

4 servings

Lanky and charred, grilled scal-lions are easy to make and look so stunning heaped in a

tangle on top of bread. Cilantro crema, whirled in a food processor with plenty of lime and jalapeño, cushions the scallions; and smoky grilled corn, sliced off the cob, adds sweetness and crunch.

Crumbly Mexican cotija cheese punctuates the toast with a salty bite. If you can’t find it, swap in ricotta salata or feta.

The corn can be done on the grill as well.

Make Ahead: The crema can be refrigerated a day or two in advance; you may have some left over, as well as some grilled corn. Feel free to combine the two for a quick side salad, or use the mixture as a base for a potato salad.

IngredientsFor the topping1/2 cup sour cream1/4 packed cup cilantro leaves1/4 cup crumbled cotija cheese 1/2 jalapeño pepper, seeded and

coarsely choppedJuice of 1 lime1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt4 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil8 scallions, root ends trimmed2 ears fresh corn, shuckedFor the toast3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive

oilFour 3/4-inch thick slices coun-

try-style breadKosher saltFor serving1/2 cup crumbled cotija cheese1 teaspoon ground cayenne

pepper

1 lime, cut into quarters

StepsFor the topping: Combine the

sour cream, cilantro, cotija cheese, jalapeño, lime juice and 1 teaspoon of the salt in a food processor; pulse to form a fairly smooth puree. Transfer to a bowl, cover with plas-tic wrap and refrigerate until ready to use (up to a day or two).

Heat a grill pan over high heat.Drizzle 2 teaspoons of the oil

over the scallions and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon of salt; grill on both sides until charred and soft, for 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a plate.

Brush the remaining 2 tea-spoons of oil over the corn and season with the remaining 1/4 tea-spoon of salt; grill on all sides until the kernels are golden brown and slightly charred; this should take 6 to 8 minutes total. Once the corn is cool enough to handle, slice the ker-nels off the cob.

For the toast: Use the 3 table-spoons of oil to drizzle one side of each bread slice. Season each slice with a pinch of salt. Grill the bread on both sides until toasted and grill marked, for 2 to 4 minutes total.

When ready to serve, top each toast with some crema, then divide

the grilled corn among each por-tion. Lay 2 grilled scallions over each piece of toast, then sprinkle with the cotija cheese.

Sprinkle the cayenne pepper on a small plate; dip one side of each lime wedge in it, to coat. Serve the lime on the side, letting people squeeze it over the toast before eating.

Nutrition: Per serving (using three quarters of the crema and corn): 350 calories, 9 g protein, 25 g carbohydrates, 25 g fat, 8 g satu-rated fat, 35 mg cholesterol, 830 mg sodium, 2 g dietary fiber, 4 g sugar.

Grilled corn and scallion toast with cilantro crema

BOLLYWOOD THURSDAY 18 MAY 201712

Actress Huma Qureshi, who will be seen in upcoming horror film “Dobaara: See

Your Evil” along with her brother Saqib Saleem, says that the hor-ror genre has not been explored properly and hopes this “high-concept, low-budget” film will be an exciting watch.

“I think this is the high time in Indian cinema where collabora-tion with international market is important as we have audience across the globe. Our film ‘Dobara’ is a high-concept, low-budget horror film where we attempted to make a good fam-ily entertainer film,” she told the media at the launch of a song from it.

Saqib and Rhea Chakraborty who are playing crucial parts in the story were also present. Huma said that the film is an offi-cial adaption of American

“Oculus”, but they had “changed main characters of the story a lit-tle, to Indianize the story for a better audience connect”. Asked about among two siblings, if

anyone of them was scared of watching horror films in child-hood, Huma said: “Well my grandfather used to tell us a lot of horror stories so I have a fond memory of that, when it comes to watching horror films on TV, oh yes, someone used to get scared a lot (indicating her brother).”

Sharing a childhood mem-ory, Saqib said: “I remember how I used to watch a horror televi-sion show wrapping myself in a blanket that had a hole, and I used to watch the show through that hole. But now I am so brave that I am a part of a horror film.”

Directed by Prawaal Raman, the film also features Lisa Ray, Adil Hussain among others and is slated to release on June 2.

A theatre in Begusarai district of Bihar was used to make a high-definition copy of

“Baahubali 2: The Conclusion”, and the same was used by a piracy gang to extort money from producers of the blockbuster, the Hyderabad police said.

The police have busted the Delhi-based inter-state movie piracy gang with the arrest of six persons, including Divakar Kumar, owner of Veena Cinema Hall at Tivhra in Begusarai.

Others who have been arrested are Rahul Mehta, Jitender Kumar Mehta, Taufiq, Md Ali, all from Delhi and Chandan from Bihar. Another accused from Bihar, Monu, is miss-ing and on the run.

Interestingly, Jitender and Toufiq were also arrested in 2015

for making a pirated copy of “Baa-hubali: The Beginning”, the first movie in the successful franchise.

While Rahul Mehta, who was in Hyderabad to extort money from the “Baahubali” production banner

Arka Mediaworks Entertainment Ltd, was arrested, others were nabbed in Delhi and Bihar and brought to Hyderabad on transit warrant.

According to Deputy Commis-sioner of Police (Central Crime Station) Avinash Mohanty, Arka representative Prasad Devineni had lodged a complaint on April 29 that they received a call from someone posing as film anti-piracy activist, demanding Rs15 lakh. The caller told the firm that he has a pirated copy and warned that if the money was not paid, he would upload it on internet.

However, instead of arresting the caller by tracking his phone, the police decided to go for a thorough probe to reach the roots of the piracy racket. On their advise, the

production firm engaged the caller in a dialogue and sought proof of the pirated copy. He sent a sample video and it turned out to be high-definition copy of the movie.

The police, with the help of experts, found that the film was copied from a theatre in Begusarai, breaching satellite technology secu-rity. While Arka representatives continued dialogue with Rahul Mehta by inviting him to Hydera-bad, the police continued their probe and arrested the theatre owner. However, Monu, a former employee of one of the satellite broadcasters of the movie who cop-ied the movie, managed to escape.

The police arrested Rahul in Hyderabad and on the basis of his information nabbed other mem-bers of the gang in Delhi.

‘Baahubali 2’ copy was made in a Bihar theatre

‘Dobaara...’ a high concept, low budget horror film

Shekhar Kapur one of the finest

directors of our country: Anupam Kher

Veteran actor Anupam Kher has praised filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and says that he is one of the finest directors India has. The 62-year-old actor also said that he is looking forward to the

authorised biopic on the martial arts legend and actor Bruce Lee. “One of finest directors of our country Shekhar Kapur directs a biography I have been looking forward to. Jai Ho” Anupam tweeted. Kapur, who helmed the Oscar winning film “Elizabeth”, is set to direct “Little Dragon”, an authorised biopic of Bruce Lee. “Little Dragon” will be a contempo-rary dramatisation of the 1950s Hong Kong social and political forces that shaped Bruce Lee into the most famous martial arts star and a sig-nificant modern day philosopher, reported variety.com.

I’m very passionate about fitness: Suniel

At 55, actor Suniel Shetty has rede-fined health and fitness for Indian men. He says it’s a great feeling

and says he is passionate about it. “I am someone who is very passionate about fitness and I very strongly believe that within us there is this champion who is willing to come out. It is only that inhi-bition that stops us... Age is just a number,” Suniel said. The actor is more than happy about the fact that the younger genera-tion is getting increasingly focused on fitness. “I am glad that the younger lot today are into training. Suddenly, I see a new generation of children coming up to me and saying ‘Sir, respect. We are going to start training because of you’. If one can inspire an 18-year-old, nothing like it... So, I am very happy,” he added. Suniel, who is the father of actress Athiya Shetty, has inaugurated a gym called SMAAASH Shivfit in Mumbai in collaboration with celebrity crossfit expert Shivoham.

TECHNOLOGYTHURSDAY 18 MAY 2017 13

Samsung sells over 10 million Galaxy S8

Samsung Electronics has sold over 10 mil-lion of its Galaxy S8 and S8 plus smartphones in less than a month. Sam-

sung S, the first device of the smartphone series, had taken seven months to achieve the same numbers.

South Korean Chosun Ilbo daily published the figures citing sources from Samsung, who refused to confirm or deny the figures to EFE news yesterday. The new models of the Gal-axy S series went on sale on April 21 in South Korea, Canada and the US and subsequently in other markets, including Europe, and will be launched in China today.

The company is planning to launch the smartphone in around 120 countries by the end of May. According to analysts, given its cur-rent success, the S8 could end up surpassing the 50 million units its predecessor - the Gal-axy S7 - sold.

Meanwhile, pre-orders for Galaxy S8 exceeded one million in South Korea, where 260,000 units were sold on the first day of its release, according to the report.

Facebook-owned Instagram yesterday introduced face filters and a new set of creative tools in the camera to make it

more fun to share moments with friends.“From math equations swirling around

your head to furry koala ears that move and twitch, you can transform into a variety of characters that make you smile or laugh. To see our initial set of eight face filters, simply open the camera and tap the new face icon in the bottom right corner,” the company said in a blog post.

Instagram also rolled out creative tools in the camera. Users can now make videos that play in reverse with “Rewind,” a new camera format next to “Boomerang” and

“Hands-Free.” Users can also add more con-text to story with a new hashtag sticker. Just

tap the sticker icon at the top right of screen, select and customise the hashtag, then add it to story.

Like with mentions, users can add hash-tags using regular text as well. People watching your story will be able to tap the hashtag sticker or text to visit the hashtag page and explore related posts.

Lastly, users will see a new eraser brush when using drawing tools. After taking a photo or video, select a drawing tool and tap and hold to fill the entire screen with colour. Then, using the eraser brush, creatively reveal parts of photo or video underneath.

“These updates are available as part of Instagram version 10.21 for iOS in the Apple App Store and for Android in Google Play,” the blog post added.

US engineers have developed a 3D-printed, four-legged robot that is capable of walk-ing on rough surfaces such as sand and

pebbles, the media reported yesterday.Researchers led by Michael Tolley, a mechan-

ical engineering professor at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), will present the robot at the IEEE International Conference on Robot-ics and Automation scheduled for May 29 to June 3 in Singapore, Xinhua news agency reported.

The soft-legged robot could be used to cap-ture sensor readings in dangerous environments or for search and rescue, researchers said.

According to the UCSD, the legs of the robot

are made up of three parallel, connected sealed inflatable chambers or actuators, 3D-printed from a rubber-like material. The chambers are hollow on the inside, so they can be inflated. On the out-side, the chambers are bellowed, which allows engineers to better control the legs’ movements.

The breakthrough was made thanks to a high-end printer that allows researchers to print both soft and rigid materials within the same compo-nents. “The idea came from nature. In nature, complexity has a very low cost,” Tolley said.

“Using new manufacturing techniques like 3D printing, we’re trying to translate this to robotics.”

Instagram introduces face filters and camera tools

3D-printed soft & four-legged robot can walk on sand

BABY BLUES

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

Madhav meets a girl named Riya and falls in love. After stuggling to

convince her to be his girlfriend, she half heartedly agrees to be his

“Half Girlfriend”Note: Programme is subject to change without prior notice.

NOVO — Pearl ROYAL PLAZA

MALL

LANDMARK

Stratton (Action) 11:30am, 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30pmAlien Covenant (2D/Thriller) 11:00am, 1:30, 4:00, 6:00, 6:30, 9:00, 11:30 & 11:40pm King Arthur: Legend of The Sword (2D/Action) 11:00am, 1:30, 3:00, 4:00, 6:30, 8:45, 9:00 & 11:30pm Don’t Hang Up (2D/Horror) 10:00am, 2:00, 6:00 & 10:00pm All Nighter (2D/Comedy) 12:00noon, 4:00, 8:00pm & 12:00midnight Fast & Furious 8 (Action) 10:00am, 3:00 & 8:00pm Everything, Everything (Drama) 1:00, 6:00 & 11:00pm Akhlaa El Abib (2D/Arabic) 10:30am, 3:00, 7:30pm & 12:00midnight Bank Alhaz (2D/Arabic) 12:30, 5:00 & 9:30pm Spark: A Space Tail 10:00am, 12:00noon, 2:00 & 4:00pm The Zookeeper’s Wife (2D/Drama) 6:00, 8:30 & 11:00pm The Boss Baby (Animation) 10:00, 11:00, 11:50am, 1:00, 1:40, 3:30, 5:20 & 7:10pm Guardians of The Galaxy 2 (2D/Action) 9:00 & 11:45pm Alien Covenant (2D IMAX/Thriller) 11:30am, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30pm & 12:00midnight

The Boss Baby (2D/Animatoin) 2:15pm Half Girlfriend (2D/Hindi) 2:30pmYokai Watch The Movie (2D/Animation) 2:15 & 4:00pm Sakhavu (2D/Malayalam) 4:00pm Don’t Hang Up (2D/Horror) 5:00pmEverything, Everything (Drama) 6:00 & 9:15pm Colossal (2D/Action) 7:00pm The Zookeeper’s Wife (2D/Drama) 7:00pm Alien Covenant (2D/Thriller) 7:45pm Alien Covenant (2D/Thriller) 9:00pmRakshadhikari Baiju (2D/Malayalam) 11:00pmSangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae (2D/Tamil) 11:15pmStratton (2D/Action) 10:00pm All Nighter (2D/Comedy) 11:45pm

All Nighter (2D/Comedy) 2:00pm The Boss Baby (2D/Animatoin) 2:30pm Yokai Watch The Movie (2D/Animation) 2:00 & 3:45pm Rakshadhikari Baiju (2D/Malayalam) 3:45pm Don’t Hang Up (2D/Horror) 5:30pmHindi Medium (2D/Hindi) 6:45pm Everything, Everything (Drama) 7:00 & 9:15pmHalf Girlfriend (2D/Hindi) 4:15pm Alien Covenant (2D/Thriller) 8:45pmStratton (2D/Action) 7:00pm Colossal (2D/Action) 9:15pm Sakhavu (2D/Malayalam) 11:00pm Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae (2D/Tamil) 11:00pmThe Zookeeper’s Wife (2D/Drama) 11:15pm

Yokai Watch The Movie (2D/Animation) 2:15 & 4:00pm The Boss Baby (2D/Animation) 2:15 & 5:45pm Sakhavu (2D/Malayalam) 2:30pm Rakshadhikari Baiju (2D/Malayalam) 4:00pm Colossal (2D/Action) 5:30pm Everything, Everything (Drama) 7:00 & 9:15pm Alien Covenant (2D/Thriller) 7:30pm Stratton (2D/Action) 7:30pm The Zookeeper’s Wife (2D/Drama) 8:45pm Don’t Hang Up (2D/Horror) 9:45pm Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae (2D/Tamil) 11:00pmHindi Medium (2D/Hindi) 11:15pm All Nighter (2D/Comedy) 11:30pm

THURSDAY 18 MAY 2017

VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER

CINEMA PLUS14

AL KHORSakhavu (2D/Malayalam) 11:30am, 2:30, 8:30 & 11:30pm The Boss Baby 11:00am Baahubali 2 (Hindi) 11:45am Rakshadhikari Biju (Malayalam) 5:30pm Alien: Covenant 1:15, 3:45, 6:15, 8:45 & 11:15pm Half Girlfriend 2:45, 5:30, 8:15 & 11:00pm

ROXYSpark: A Space Tail 2:00, 4:00 & 6:00pm Half Girlfriend (Hindi) 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:00pm & 12:30am Alien (Horror) 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30pm & 12:00midnight Sakhavu (Malayalam) 2:00& 5:00pm The Expendables 2 8:00, 10:15pm & 12:30am Rakshadhikari Biju (Malayalam) 8:00 & 11:15pm

HALF GIRLFRIEND

ASIAN TOWNGeorgettan (Malayalam) 4:00 & 10:00pm Baahubali 2 (Hindi) 7:00pm & 01:00am Sakhavu (2D/Malayalam) 12:30, 2:45, 5:30, 8:15, 11:00pm & 01:45am Rakshadhikari Biju (Malayalam) 1:00, 3:15, 9:00pm, 12:00midnight & 02:00am Keshava (Telugu) 12:00noon Sangili Bungili (Tamil) 12:30, 6:15pm & 12:00midnight

CROSSWORD CONCEPTIS SUDOKU

ALL IN THE MIND

08:00 News08:30 Witness09:00 Shadow War In

The Sahara 10:30 Inside Story11:00 News11:30 The Stream12:30 People & Power13:00 NEWSHOUR14:00 News14:30 Inside Story15:00 Witness16:00 NEWSHOUR17:00 News17:30 The Stream18:00 Newsgrid19:00 News19:30 Earthrise 20:00 News20:30 Inside Story21:00 NEWSHOUR22:00 News22:30 The Stream23:00 The Disappeared

Of Syria

13:05 Star Darlings

14:00 Jessie16:10 Liv And

Maddie 16:35 Descendants

Wicked World 18:20 Disney

Mickey Mouse18:25 Alex & Co.

Whenever 20:40 Disney The

Lodge 21:05

Bizaardvark 21:30 That’s So

Raven 22:00 Shake It Up 22:25 Sabrina

Secrets Of A Teenage Witch

23:10 Hank Zipzer 23:35 Binny And

The Ghost

11:00 Dogs/Cats/Pets 101

11:55 Bondi Vet12:50 Dr. Jeff:

Rocky Mountain Vet

13:45 River Monsters

14:40 Mutant Planet

15:35 Wild Dog Island

16:30 River Monsters

17:25 Speed Of Life

18:20 Wild Ones20:10 Dogs/Cats/

Pets 10122:00 Wild Ones22:55 Mutant

Planet23:50 River

Monsters

12:15 Deadliest Job Interview

13:05 How Do They Do It?

13:30 Storage Hunters UK

14:20 Gold Rush15:10 Legend Of

Croc Gold16:00 Gold Divers18:30 How Do

They Do It?20:10 Storage

Hunters UK21:00 What On

Earth?21:50 Salvage

Hunters22:40 Todd

Sampson’s Body Hack

23:30 Diesel Brothers

King Features Syndicate, Inc.

BRAIN TEASERSTHURSDAY 18 MAY 2017 15

Yesterday’s answer

Conceptis Sudoku: Conceptis Sudoku

is a number-placing puzzle based on a

9×9 grid. The object is to place the

numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so

that each row, each column and each

3×3 box contains the same number

only once.

ABOUT, ABOVE, ABUTTING,

ACROSS, ADJACENT,

ADJOINING, ADVANCE,

AROUND, ASCENDING,

BACKWARDS, BELOW,

BENEATH, CIRCLE,

CONTIGUOUS, DECLINE,

DECREASE, DESCENDING,

DIAGONAL, DOWN, EAST,

EBBING, FALLING, FLOWING,

FORWARDS, HIGHER,

HORIZONTAL, INCLINE,

INCREASE, INSIDE, LEFT,

LOWER, NEXT TO, NORTH,

OUTSIDE, OVER, RETREAT,

REVERSE, RIGHT, RISING,

SOUTH, THROUGH,

UNDER, UP, VERTICAL, VIA,

WANING, WAXING, WEST.