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Are You SUMMER SAD?
Contrary to what most people assume, SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) isn’t
just limited to grey skies and biting cold weather, even summer sadness is a thing
Supriya.Sharma2@timesgroup.com
A It will not always get you to
T
he skies are bright 2007 study sug-
and sunny and days
gests that high
more engaging and pollen counts and aller-
buzzing. The gloom gies might be responsi-
of winter is out of
the way and the lure of summer
ble for a poorer mood
during warmer
vacations lies ahead. Yet not months
everyone is beaming. The thought
of long days and soaring
temperatures is a recipe for mood
swings and depression for many. Although
summer-onset SAD is fairly uncommon, it’s a
real disorder that affects many people.
WHY DOES IT HAPPEN?
We usually associate summertime with
vacations and outdoor activity like spending
time in the swimming pool. Summers are not
supposed to be like your winters when you
start feeling sad and gloomy due to the
showdown of the sun. However, many of us
are not aware of the summertime depression
SELF-CARE
Coolants for
SUMMER SKINCARE
Pallavi.Shankar@timesgroup.com
ALOE VERA FOR ANTI-IRRITATION
After a long summer day (even if it is indoors),
applying aloe vera gel on your skin helps to soothe
and cool heat-ravaged skin. “Aloe acts as an
antioxidant and protects skin from damage and
other skin-related problems like blemishes and
irritation,” says aromatherapist Blossom Kochhar.
TOP TIP: Use pure aloe vera gel or a cream formu-
lated with aloe as an active ingredient at night.
ROSE WATER FOR SOOTHING
One of the best ingredients for all skin
types, including sensitive skin
and combination skin, rose
water is a super coolant.
“Use it like a toner after
washing your face, as a
mist to refresh your face
CUCUMBER MASK
Grate ½ cucumber and
keep the juice aside. Add
rosewater and glycerine in
equal quantities to the juice
and mix well. Ensure that this
paste is neither runny nor too
thick. Apply this mix on
your face at night (after
cleansing) and go to
sleep. In the morning,
wash your face with cool
water and pat dry.
— By Blossom Kochhar
LATEST BUZZWORDS EXPLAINED
SOCIAL
MEDIA
FAMOUS
T
he widening reach of social media has
created the curious phenomenon of
‘social media famous’ people. In other
world, a social media famous person is an
Internet celebrity or what we now also know
as an influencer. These are people who have
acquired or developed their fame and
notability through the Internet. The rise of
social media has helped people increase
their outreach to a global audience.
Earlier celebrities used to be musicians,
actors or athletes but social media
celebrities are highly visible media figures
whose fame is native to social media
platforms. The logic of branding and
celebrification now infiltrates ordinary
people’s everyday life. They are also referred
to as ‘micro-celebrities’. According to
Marwick and body (2011), micro-celebrities
construct an image of the self to be
consumed by peer users on social media,
thus attracting them as a fan base.
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GET YOU TO
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“Would you like me to give you a formula
RETHINK Pics: Istock
for success? It’s quite simple, really:
Double your rate of failure. You are think-
ing of failure as the enemy of success.
But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged
by failure or you can learn from it, so go
ahead and make mistakes. Make all you
can. Because remember that’s where you
normal signs of irritability in the summers,
because of too much sun.
will find success.”
THOMAS J WATSON, CEO of IBM
HOW CAN ONE “I do not know anyone who has got to the
or the summertime sadness. People seem like normal, but people suffering from top without hard work. That is the recipe.
dealing with summer SAD suffer summer SAD will show more anger than
TACKLE IT?
likely, because of, either too much usual. The anger rants will not be usual, for People are advised to
heat or too much light. They feel example. Such a person will show more than spend more time on a the top, but should get
higher temperatures at night, mountain holiday, for you pretty near.”
so you may always find CAN IT BE BODY example. In addition, they MARGARET
them searching for an are also advised to manage
AC cooldown, like IMAGE ISSUES? their stress and depression THATCHER,
Summers start and you shed Former UK
inside the room. by finding out healthy
layers… of clothing, not fat. In coping strategies. It is Prime Minister
fact all the bunched up fat important to stay positive
HOW TO gathered through the winter and tackle your mood stress “Chop your own wood and it will warm
eating just shows up all the by spending time with family you twice.”
IDENTIFY IT? more through the thin sum- and friends. Doing a vacation
Individuals with mer wear. Feeling embar- and any sort of outdoor HENRY FORD, industrialist
summer SAD will show rassed in shorts or a bathing activity is highly
certain signs like suit can make life awkward, recommended. Also,
“The three great essentials to achieve
anxiousness or feeling not to mention hot. Since managing your weight is a anything worth while are: Hard work,
too irritable and angry. summertime holidays and proven method to improve stick-to-itiveness, and common sense.”
It may likely affect parties revolve around your mood and create a mind
their mood, their social beaches and pools, some and body balance while giving
THOMAS EDISON, inventor
behaviour, sleep- people start avoiding so- you a sense of personal
pattern, appetite and cial situations out of em- achievement.
“If you are willing to work hard
more. While some of barrassment. Inputs from Dr Manoj Kutteri, wellness and ask lots of questions, you
these symptoms may director at a leading wellness retreat can learn business pretty
fast.” STEVE JOBS,
NUTRITION Apple co-founder
It is easily absorbed and digested in
the body and goes straight into the
liver aiding metabolism and
“I learned the value of hard work by
working hard.”
in the middle of a
producing energy,” shares Arti Gaur,
an Ayurveda expert.
MARGARET MEAD, author
“Success isn’t always about great-
ness. It’s about consistency.
warm day or mix it Oil pulling Consistent hard work leads to
with other ingredients like An ancient Ayurvedic dental remedy,
success. Greatness will
sandalwood powder, oil pulling is suddenly all the rage. The
besan and haldi in a practice, said to whiten teeth by come.”
Coconut
face pack,” suggests reducing plaque, improve gum health,
wellness expert Suparna and sweeten breath, is quite simple –
DWAYNE
Trikha. once a day, swish three spoonfuls of JOHNSON, actor
TOP TIP: You can also boil rose petals in water and virgin coconut oil in your mouth for 20
after it cools, store it in a bottle in the fridge. minutes before rinsing. Integrative “Diamonds are nothing more than chunks
and lifestyle medicine nutritionist, of coal that stuck to their jobs.”
cures it all
CUCUMBER FOR COOLING Luke Coutinho explains this as an age
old Indian practice which dates back MALCOLM FORBES, entrepreneur
Cucumber’s cooling prowess is no secret. It is gen-
to about 3,000 years. The process
tle on the skin and eyes and is even capable and Forbes magazine publisher
of reducing dark circles and puffiness involves using a tablespoon of a really
around the eyes. Use cucumber juice good quality cold-pressed coconut oil. “Talent is cheaper than
I
on your face and put slices on t is part of Angelina Jolie’s in increasing HDL or good cholesterol, There are numerous benefits of
breakfast routine and preferred which helps in prevention of coronary inculcating this 5-20 mins technique as
table salt. What
your eyes to rejuvenate them.
metabolism booster for Jennifer heart diseases. What’s more? The a morning ritual. Our mouth, besides separates the tal-
Aniston. Indian yogis have always capric and caprylic acids present in our nose is the doorway to our system ented individual from
SANDALWOOD FOR harped about its holistic healing coconut oil improve metabolism and and cleansing it prevents our body the successful one is
HEAT RASHES properties. No wonder, coconut oil is lower resting heart rate. from a lot of anti bacterial and anti
hard work.”
Prickly rashes or mild regaining its day in the sun once again. “Coconut is one fat that helps you fungal infections.
inflammation on the skin is A natural alternative to body polish and lose weight by increasing metabolism. Supriya.Sharma2@timesgroup.com STEPHEN
common in summer. Tackle lip shimmers, a healthier alternative to
KING,
these issues with a paste of
sandalwood powder. Trikha says,
a barrage of cooking oils and a time-
tested immunity booster, this oil goes 1 Virgin coconut oil is best for
internal consumption. It can be
added to hot or cold beverages.
3 Coconut oil is cooling in nature, so
it is suitable for people who suffer
from heat related problems and are of
writer
“Sandalwood is a great agent to way beyond its common usage.
fight sweat and heat-
induced dullness, post
Have a heart
2 Replace your
regular cooking oil
with coconut oil. It has
pitta constitution, while vata and
kapha types can combine it with some
warming oils like olive or sesame.
“Practice creates confi-
dence. Confidence empow-
acne marks and is known
ers you.”
to brighten the skin tone.”
Use the paste from sandal-
After being dismissed as a heart-
unfriendly agent for years, unrefined
been proven to stay stable
under high temperatures
and not change its
4 VCO is also proven to
be beneficial in
inflammatory pains, mixed
SIMONE BILES,
wood brick; both white and extra virgin and virgin coconut oil (VCO) gymnast &
qualities during long with castor oil it can give
red varieties have healing is ruling the shelves again. Why? Olympics gold
properties for skin. Research proves that VCO is beneficial hours of frying. relief in joint pains. medalist
AROUND THE WORLD FASHION HISTORY
crop. During the harvest, villages are
MET GALA: History of world’s
Harvest
festooned with flags, and sim-
festivals
ple bamboo temples dedicat-
ed to the goddess are erect-
ed in the upstream, most sa-
cred corners of the rice
fields.
most high-fashion affair
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced on Monday that the
SUKKOT Israel annual high-wattage celebration of fashion and celebrity, will return
A look at some of the 8th lunar month just like Sukkot celebrates Israel’s in person, first in September, then again in 2022 in its usual slot of the
Cheusok. Families enjoy picnics and bountiful harvests and recalls
the harvest festivals indulge in many different varieties the time when the Israelites wan- first Monday in May. We look at the history of this megawatt event
around the globe of moon cakes. There are also paper
lanterns and lantern processions.
dered the desert living in tem-
porary shelters. Families build
makeshift huts, or sukkah, with
WHAT IS THE MET GALA?
The Met Gala is a fundraiser dedicated
also introduced themes which were to
introduce the theme for the exhibition.
CHEUSOK Korea
Held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar
THANKSGIVING US
Thanksgiving, a US holiday on the
roofs open to the sky. Here they
eat, and sometimes sleep, for the
to New York City’s Metropolitan
Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. The ENTER ANNA WINTOUR
month, during the harvest season. fourth Thursday of November, orig- next seven days. benefit founded in 1948 by publicist Anna Wintour, American Vogue’s current
Families attend ancestral memori- inated in the fall of 1621, when Pil- Eleanor Lambert was to encourage editor, shifted the focus to celebrities
als at the graves of their relatives, grims celebrated their donations for the Costume Institute. when she took over as chairwoman in
and give thanks. On Cheusok eve, successful wheat crop Cheusok It’s the only curatorial department 1995, recruiting A-list honorary and co-
women gather and sing traditional and overflowing store at the Met that has to finance its chairs (including Beyoncé, Taylor Swift,
songs, men engage in wrestling cupboards with a three- own activities. Since 2005, it’s held Sarah Jessica Parker) and inviting every-
matches and there is a grand feast. day feast. Abraham Lin- on first Monday in May. one from Lil’ Kim to Kim Kardashian to
coln declared it a na- attract more attention to the event. “Ms.
tional holiday in 1863. Credit
Wintour has used an intimate understand-
YAM FESTIVAL Ghana, Papua goes to US THE EARLY ing of fashion, and of her own role in that
New Guinea and Nigeria RICE HARVEST Bali Vogue editor Anna
YEARS universe, to transform a dowager social
A West African tradition, the festi- Dewi Sri, the rice god- Wintour (pic left)
From 1948 to 1971, the event into a frenzied red-carpet romp that
val is held at the beginning of Au- dess, is venerated as a who made the Gala
benefit wasn’t pegged to now surpasses, at least in terms of frocks,
gust to mark the end of the rainy sea- matter of course in Bali, into a high-power
an exhibition, and was the Oscars,” former New York Times fash-
son. The festival is a public holiday. where rice is the staple event
held off-site at the Waldorf ion critic Cathy Horyn wrote in 2006.
Yams are offered to the gods Astoria or the Rainbow Room.
and eaten amidst celebra- Moon Festival Guests indulged in fine dining and
tions marked by parades, were entertained by “skits, raffles,
WHO GETS TO GO?
dancing and singing. The gala’s biggest names are A-list mod-
and pageants of models in historic
els, musicians and actors, though occa-
costume” according to the museum’s
MOON FESTIVAL China, records. Former Vogue editor Diana
sionally a megawatt outsider will get
Taiwan, Singapore & Vreeland brought new glamour to
pulled into its orbit. Filling the rest of the
Vietnam the Costume Institute when she
seats is anyone who wants to shell for a
This Mid-Autumn Festival is ticket. Tickets go for approximately `23
Sukkot joined as a consultant in 1972. She
celebrated on the 15th day of lakh, while tables cost over `2 crore.
 02 “If you don't know where you are going, any
road will get you there.”
Lewis Carroll, English writer
LANGUAGE LAB
SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2021

SYNONYMS QUIZ
28. AGGRAVATE 39. DISTANT 45. HESITATED
(a) increase, (b) big (a) Far, (b) Removed (a) Stopped, (b) Paused
(c) angry, (d) intensify (c) Reserved, (d) Separate (c) Slowed, (d) Postponed

29. SYCOPHANTS 40. ADVERSITY 46. RESCUE

(a) advisors, (b) flatterers (a) Failure, (b) Helplessness (a) Command, (b) Help
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(c) servants, (d) sadists (c) Misfortune, (d) Crisis (c) Defence, (d) Safety

Hi folks! We are HOPPER & CROCKY. 30. FLOUT

(a) ignore, (b) refuse
Out of the four alternatives, choose (c) condemn, (d) disregard
41. FAKE
(a) Original, (b) Counterfeit
(c) Trustworthy, (d) Loyal
47. ATTEMPT
(a) Serve, (b) Explore
(c) Try, (d) Explain

the one which best expresses the 31. CORPULENT 42. INDICT 48. FORAY
meaning of the given word... (a) Lean, (b) Gaunt (a) Condemn, (b) Reprimand
(c) Emaciated, (d) Obese (c) Accuse, (d) Allege
(a) Venture, (b) Contest
(c) Ranger, (d) Intuition

32. BRIEF 43. STRINGENT 49. RECKLESS

1. HEIST
(a) Delay, (b) Theft
(c) Protest, (d) Confirm
2. GRIM
(a) Upsetting, (b) Murder
(c) Damage, (d) Refuse to obey (c) Hatred, (d) To hide
3. RUBBLE
(a) Regularity, (b) Defy
(c) Remains, (d) Intensity
4. BOLSTER
(a) Mock, (b) Support
(c) Quirk, (d) Coherent
5. EXTIRPATE (c) Capability, (a) Limited, (a) Dry, (b) Strained (a) Courageous, (b) Rash
(a) Root out, (b) Superficial (d) Antipathy (b) Small (c) Strict, (d) Shrill (c) Bold, (d) Daring
(c) Applicable, (d) Reverie (c) Little,
13. CAREEN (d) Short 44. LAMENT 50. CONSEQUENCES
6. CONGEAL (a) Loud, (b) Bend (a) Complain, (b) Comment (a) Results, (b) Conclusions
(a) Talkative, (b) Solidify (c) Straighten, 33. EMBEZZLE (c) Condone, (d) Console (c) Difficulties, (d) Applications
(d) Joy (a) Misappropriate
(b) Balance,
7. QUISLING 14. FAZE (c) Remunerate
(a) Carnival, (b) Soft (d) Clear
(a) Patriot, (b) Turncoat
(c) Predilection, (d) Native (c) Startle, (d) Connection
34. VENT
8. TRADUCE 15. MORDANT (a) Opening,
(a) Usual, (b) Harmony (b) Stodge, (c) End,
(a) Malign. (b) Glorify
(c) Sarcastic, (d) Victory (d) Past tense of go
(c) Relevant, (d) Pertinent

9. RANKLE 16. STRINGENT 20. INANITION 24. PRUNE 35. AUGUST

(a) Annoying, (b) Revengeful (a) Lethargy, (b) Offensive (a) Lend, (b) Reduce (a) Common, (b) Ridiculous
(a) Quiet, (b) Lapse
(c) Incidental, (d) Rigorous (c) Vacillating, (d) Grasping (c) Expand, (d) Prolong (c) Dignified, (d) Petty
(c) Bother, (d) Infinite

10. GINGERLY 17. BOISTEROUS 21. PILFER 25. JEREMIAD 36. CANNY A N S W E R S
(a) Clamorous, (b) Ferocious (a) Embezzle, (b) Strangle (a) Friction, (b) Revel (a) Obstinate, (b) Handsome
(a) Cautiously, (b) Timidly 1. b 11. b 21. a 31. d 41. b
(c) Fissiparous, (d) Voluminous (c) Follow, (d) Defame (c) Wail, (d) Acme (c) Clever, (d) Stout
(c) Freeze, (d) Graceful 2. a 12. a 22. b 32. d 42. c
3. c 13. b 23. b 33. a 43. c
11. RAPT 18. HAGGARD 22. FUGACIOUS 26. COPIOUS 37. ALERT 4. b 14. c 24. b 34. a 44. a
(a) Harangue, (b) Ephemeral (a) abundant, (b) enjoyable (a) Energetic, (b) Observant
(a) Doleful, (b) Ecstatic (a) Emaciate, (b) Insane 5. a 15. c 25. c 35. c 45. b
(c) Shave, (d) Peerless (c)capable, (d) copiable (c) Intelligent, (d) Watchful
(c) Demolish, (d) Build (c) Rejected, (d) Ridicule 6. b 16. d 26. a 36. c 46. b
7. b 17. a 27. c 37. d 47. c
19. SURREPTITIOUS 23. ATTRITION 27. PREROGATIVE 38. WARRIOR 8. a 18. a 28. d 38. a 48. a
12. COMPENDIUM (a) Hesitation, (b) Secret (a) Friendly, (b) Harassment (a) formative, (b) prevention (a) Soldier, (b) Sailor 9. c 19. b 29. b 39. a 49. b
(a) Summary, (b) Dullness (c) Impious, (d) Artless (c) Restore, (d) Surplus (c) privilege, (d) protective (c) Pirate, (d) Spy 10. a 20. c 30. d 40. c 50. a

8 TECH TERMS 3 PUBLIC SPEAKING SECRETS

... from the most successful TED talks
YOU MUST KNOW W
ant to give a presentation
that has the magic of a
TED Talk? It’s not as
hard as you may think.
At least that is according to Carmine
Gallo, author of the new book “Talk
Like TED.” To write it, Gallo combed
Even if you’re not a geeky through 500 talks to find lessons that
could help anyone who has to give a
person, it always helps when pitch or a presentation.
2 To make a presenta-
tion novel, create
“emotionally charged
events”
bloodsuckers provided a lesson
in how the disease spreads. As
Gallo explains, this was what
researchers call an “emotionally
charged event,” an incident
where you experience shock,
surprise, or fear. “In every pitch,
Back in 2009, Bill Gates released every presentation, you have to
mosquitoes from figure out a way to package the
a jar when he information in a way that stands
was on the out, that’s new, novel, unexpect-

1
you have a wider To connect with peo- TED stage. ed,” Gallo says.
Gates want-

3
understanding of jargons used ple, tell them a story ed to talk
a b o u t To make a pres-
in different fields. Benjy At the end of 2010, Sandberg was
preparing for her TED presentation.
malaria,
and these
entation memo-
Weinberger, engineering site “I was planning to give a speech
chock full of facts and figures, and
rable, use the rule
lead at Foursquare, explains nothing personal,” she said in an in- of threes
terview. But before she went on
the eight basic terms that stage, a friend stopped her, saying
that she looked out of sorts. Sand-
“We can remember three or
four chunks of information
berg said that as she was leav- in our short-term memo-
engineers use every day ing from home that day her ry,” Gallo says. Sandberg,
daughter was tugging at her for instance, gave three

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leg and telling her not to go. ways women can lean in
API: An application programming in- www.foursquare.com into your browser’s ad- VERSION CONTROL: Version control Her friend’s reply: Why to their organisations.
terface helps different software compo- dress bar, the browser contacts a DNS serv- systems help ensure engineers within don’t you tell that story? Now at nearly 15 million
nents interact with each other. “APIs of- er to ask it to translate that name into an IP an organisation don’t overwrite the Sandberg was skeptical views, Harvard neu-
fer a simple, standardized way to provide address, and then sends the original request work of their teammates. These systems — why would she tell roanatomist Jill Bolte
functionality, without requiring a lot of in- to that IP address.” also store all previous versions of files. “This her story in front of Taylor gave a talk on

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tricate coordination.” allows developers to make progress while people? Because, as her experience of suf-

2
OPEN SOURCE: Open source projects make still being able to debug servers running Sandberg soon re- fering and recover-
TECHNOLOGY STACK: A set of standard the code publicly available for free. That older versions of the code.” alised, the best way to ing from a stroke,

7
components for doing things like storing way, users can modify and improve the connect with people called My Stroke of
and retrieving data and handling user lo- code, and even re-use it for other purposes. ALGORITHM: Weinberger likens algo- emotionally is through Insight. It’s broken

5
gins. “A common example of a technology stack rithms to recipes. “It’s a list of step-by- stories. She told one in into three parts: what
is the LAMP stack: Linux for the operating sys- MACHINE LEARNING: “Machine learning step instructions that can be unam- hers, and it helped launch she was doing as a
tem, Apache for the web server, MySQL for the algorithms infer general rules from a set biguously and mindlessly followed by a com- a movement for women’s brain researcher before
database and PHP (or Python) for the server cod- of examples, in a manner superficially sim- puter.” empowerment in business. “I the stroke, the day of the

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ing environment.” ilar to human learning. They are useful for find- find that the most successful stroke, and the spiritual

3
DNS: The Domain Name Service is a di-
rectory for converting names like
foursquare.com to computer-friendly IP
addresses like 107.23.22.73. “When you type
ing approximate solutions to those problems for
which there are no known straightforward al-
gorithms. Siri, for example, is the result of a ma-
chine learning algorithm that approximates hu-
man understanding of speech.”
CLIENT/SERVER: “When two computers
interact over a network, the client initi-
ates the interaction by sending a request
to the server.” Web browsers and mobile de-
vices are typically referred to as clients.
TED presentations are 65% sto- journey she took as a result
ries, 25% data,” as well as a short of the stroke.
explanation of who you are and Source: Business Insider
what you’ve done to establish
your credibility, Gallo says. Bill Gates

ITALIAN WORDS USED IN
ENGLISH
CONFETTI: English speakers will under-
stand this as the colourful paper you
throw at weddings and celebrations,
but the origin of the word is com-
pletely different. In Italian, confetti
means ‘sugared almonds!’ The Italian
word for confetti paper is coriandoli.
LATTE: You may think this is the word
Queries relating to
larly in drama.
CURRICULUM: For English speakers, this
language skills
for milky coffee — but try ordering a
“latte” in Italy and you’ll get a shock.
“Latte” is simply the Italian for milk –
so the waiter will just give you a glass
word means the subject matter of your
course at school or university. In
Italian, curriculum refers to the CV
(curriculum vitae) or resume.
Do you find grammar confus-
ing? Do you get stuck with
words when writing a letter,
an essay or a blog? Do you
of milk. If you want coffee with it, then AL FRESCO: While in English, al fresco have a fear of public speak-
you’re better off ordering a caffè latte or means “to eat outside,” in Italian just ing? Or do you simply want
a cappuccino. means to have “in the fresh (air),” or, to improve your communica-
tion skills? Times NIE is here
VENDETTA: This has the same meaning sometimes, can also mean “in jail.” to help you master the
in English. Primarily associated with LAVA: Entered English in the 18th cen- English language. Just shoot
the Corsica region, this word for a feud tury from the Neapolitan dialect. Refers us your queries on
is has been used for centuries, particu- to lava stream from Vesuvius. toinie175@gmail.com
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FILMS.BOOKS.MUSIC 03
“"I think cinema, movies, and magic have always
been closely associated. The very earliest people
who made film were magicians.”
SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2021 Francis Ford Coppola

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THE TWO WOMEN MAKING HISTORY...

For the first time ever,
two women directors
have been nominated
for the Academy Award
in the same year. Who
are they?

C
hloé Zhao (‘Nomadland’) and
Emerald Fennell (‘Promising
Young Woman’) will compete
for the Oscars in the Best
Director category this year,
along with David Fincher (‘Mank’), Thomas
Vinterberg (‘Another Round’) and Lee Isaac
Chung (‘Minari’). Here are a few things to
know about these two women
filmmakers…
Clockwise from top left: A still
Chloé Zhao from ‘Nomadland’; a still from
She is a Chinese filmmaker known ‘Promising Young Woman’;
primarily for her work in independent US
films. Her debut feature film, ‘Songs My Emerald Lilly Fennell playing
Brothers Taught Me’ (2015), premiered at Camilla Parker Bowles in “The
Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim
and earned a nomination for the Crown’; poster of the thriller
Independent Spirit Award for Best First ‘Killing Eve’; Emerald Lilly
Feature. Her second film, ‘The Rider’ (2017),
was critically praised and received Fennell; promotional poster of
nominations for the Independent Spirit ‘Eternals’; Chloé Zhao
Award for Best Film and Best Director. Zhao
gained further success with DID YOU
‘Nomadland’ (2020), which KNOW?
attracted international DID the Golden Lion at the Venice ‘Anna Karenina’ (2012), ‘The Most of us remember She gained further acclaim about why these two nominations are
recognition and won many YOU KNOW? Film Festival, and the Danish Girl’ (2015), and ‘Vita her as Camilla Parker for writing, directing, and historic. In the previous 92 Oscar
awards, including Best Zhao has recently People’s Choice Award at and Virginia’ (2018). She Bowles in ‘The producing the thriller ceremonies, only five women have ever
Director at the Golden ventured into block- the Toronto International received wider recognition for Crown’ (2019-20) ‘Promising Young Woman’ been nominated. And only one among
Globe Awards, Directors buster filmmaking with Film Festival. She is her starring roles in the BBC One (2020), for which she those five women, Kathryn Bigelow ('The
Guild of America Awards the MCU superhero film currently nominated for Emerald Lilly Fennell period drama series ‘Call the received three Academy Award Hurt Locker'), has won. (see box left
and British Academy Film ‘Eternals’, slated for Best Picture, Best She is an English actress, novelist, Midwife’ (2013-17). nominations: Best Picture, Best bottom). The other four women who have
Awards – making Zhao the release November Director, Best Adapted television writer, screenwriter, film Fennell is also the showrunner for Director, and Best Original Screenplay. She been nominated before are: Greta Gerwig
second woman, and the first this year Screenplay and Best Film director, television producer, film producer, season two of the BBC America thriller is the first British woman to be nominated (‘Lady Bird’), Lina Wertmüller (‘Seven
Asian woman, to win the Editing at the 93rd Academy and playwright. She appeared in period series ‘Killing Eve’ (2019), which earned her by the Academy for directing. Beauties’), Jane Campion (‘The Piano’) and
category at each awards body: Awards. drama films, such as ‘Albert Nobbs’ (2011), two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Now, let’s talk Sofia Coppola (‘Lost in Translation’).

5 WOMEN DIRECTORS ner Anthony Hopkins, ‘The Father’ is

WHO WERE NOMINATED READ IT BEFORE YOU WATCH IT the film adaptation of the 2012 play
‘Le Père’. The original play was writ-
ten by French playwright Florian
IN OSCAR’S 92-YEAR Zeller, who co-wrote and directed the

The Official
film version. The book is about an
HISTORY; AND THE ageing man who must deal with his
ONE WOMAN WHO advanced dementia.

WON THE GONG NEWS OF THE WORLD

2021 OSCARS
Based on the 2016 novel of the same
name by novelist Paulette Jiles, ‘News
of the World’ is about a travelling
Civil-war veteran who goes from
town to town to read them the
news, tasked with return-
ing a kidnapped girl to
her relatives. The film

Greta Gerwig was nominated for

‘Lady Bird’ in 2017
READING has received nomina-
tions for produc-
tion design, cine-
matography,
achievement
in sound,

List Is Here
and best
original
score.

With one of the world’s most glamorous events taking place in less DID YOU KNOW?
Two character roles have
than 10 days, it’s time for an epic reading session. Before the ‘Oscar earned Oscars for four sepa-
rate actors? Vito Corleone
2021 binge’, here’s a look at the nominees from the Best Adapted (Marlon Brando in ‘The
Godfather’ and Robert De Niro in

Lina Wertmüller was nominated for ‘Seven

Screenplay category and some others also inspired by books ‘The Godfather Part II’) and the
Joker (Heath Ledger in ‘The
Beauties’ in 1975 Dark Knight’ and Joaquin
Phoenix in ‘Joker’)
MA RAINEY'S BLACK ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
Directed by Regina King, the film is
BOTTOM based on a playwright Kemp Powers’
The 2020 American drama film, direct-
play by the same name. The story is a
ed by George C Wolfe, is based on a
fictional account of the night of PINOCCHIO
play by the same name by Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone’s
February 25, 1964, when
American playwright 2019 Italian fantasy film is a magical
boxer Cassius Clay,
August Wilson – known DID YOU KNOW? retelling of the classic fairytale, ‘The
activist Malcolm X,
as ‘theatre’s poet of Viola Davis, who Adventures of Pinocchio’, the 1883
singer Sam Cooke and
Black America.’ ‘Ma received her fourth nomi- children’s novel by Italian author
NFL star Jim Brown
Rainey’s Black Bottom’ nation this year for ‘Ma Carlo Collodi which told the story of
spend an evening
is part of Wilson’s ‘The Rainey’s Black Bottom’ has an animated puppet named Pinocchio
together in a Miami
Pittsburgh Cycle’ the most career nomina- and his father, a poor woodcarver
hotel room, celebrat-
Kathryn Bigelow was nominated for series which comprised tions among African- ing their victories and named Geppetto.
‘The Hurt Locker’ in 2008, and won 10 plays that captured American actresses sharing their frustra-
the experiences of the
African American community
tions. The film adaptation HILLBILLY ELEGY
earned nominations for best Adapted from author J D Vance’s con-
in the 20th century. The story focus-
supporting actor, best original song, troversial memoir, ‘Hillbilly Elegy: A
es on a difficult recording session in
and best adapted screenplay. adaptations in popular media. ning novel was adapted for Memoir of a Family and Culture in
1927 Chicago for blues singer Ma
The latest one, now nominated screen by Ramin Bahrani. It has Crisis’, the book (and the movie) is
Rainey, the African American musi-
for costume design and for been nominated for best
cians around her, and the White music EMMA makeup and hairstyling, cen- adapted screenplay. The dark
about the author’s experience of
industry powerhouses who controlled Ever since it was published, author Jane growing up in a rural-working class
tres on Emma, a self- comedy centers on Balram, family with a history of poverty, and
their destinies. Austen’s ‘Emma’ has inspired countless
absorbed, wealthy young a poor Indian driver follows them as they move from
woman who amuses who talks his way Appalachia to suburban Ohio with the
herself by match- into a job chauf- challenges it presents
making her friends feuring a rich
Jane Campion was nominated for ‘The and acquaintanc- entrepreneur and
Piano’ in 1993 es. When her reinvents him- NOMADLAND
schemes go self as the Nominated for best picture, best direc-
wrong, she has owner of a taxi tor, best adapted screenplay, best
to confront her service — with a actress, cinematography, and film edit-
own flaws — and few bloody ing, ‘Nomadland’ is based on a non-fic-
open her own twists — and the tion book ‘Nomadland: Surviving
heart to love complicated America in the 21st Century’. The
along the way. world of high- author, a journalist, wrote about the
powered business. experience of Americans who adopt a
nomadic lifestyle, taking up seasonal
THE WHITE work following the Great Recession.
TIGER THE FATHER The book was named a ‘Notable Book’
Starring ‘The Crown’s’ by the ‘New York Times’ and won the
Author Aravind Adiga’s
Sofia Coppola was nominated for ‘Lost in Man-Booker prize-win-
Olivia Coleman and Barnes & Noble Discover Great New
Translation’ in 2003 Academy award-win- Writers Award.
 04 “Enjoy the game, chase your dreams because dreams
do come true.”
Sachin Tendulkar, former India batsman
SIMPLY SPORTS SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2021

TEN
YEARS THIS IS WHERE THE
LATER,
With April
2011 WC WINNERS ARE
marking 10 years of
India’s title win at
the 2011 World Cup,
let’s take a look at Sachin Tendulkar being

what the players

lifted on the shoulders of his
teammates after their World
Cup triumph at home in 2011
from the 2011 World was voted the Laureus best
sporting moment in the last

Cup are doing at the 20 years

moment right now

VIRENDER SEHWAG
380 runs@47.50 in 8 matches
The swashbuckling opener, who scored 175 in
the first game of the tournament, to get India
off to a rollicking start is nowadays busy more
on twitter and recently played the Road Safe-
ty Series as part of the title-winning India Leg-
ends Team. He is also a commentator.

GAUTAM GAMBHIR
393 runs@43.66 in 9 matches
The left-handed opening batsman, whose
knock of 97 helped India win the final against
Sri Lanka and had scored four half-centuries
in the tournament, is currently a Member of
Parliament from Delhi for the ruling BJP. He
was recently campaigning in Bengal.

VIRAT KOHLI
282 runs@35.25 in 9 matches
He is the current captain of the Indian team
and tipped to break Sachin Tendulkar’s record
for most centuries in ODI cricket. Kohli was
back then the baby of the team and was play-
ful. He had hit a century and a fifty in the tour-
nament but his 35 that helped resurrect Indi-
an innings in senior partner Gautam Gamb-
hir’s company was worth its weight in gold.
Photo: GTETTY IMAGES

SACHIN TENDULKAR
482 runs@53.55 in 9 matches
The maestro was India’s top run-getter in the
tournament and had scored two centuries and
two fifties, including the crucial 85 in the semi-
final win over arch-rivals Pakistan, led India
Legends to title in the recent Road Safety Se-
ries. He offers some expert comments and is
hoping son Arjun, who won a contract with
Mumbai Indians, gets to play at higher level.
He is currently recovering from Covid-19.
YUVRAJ SINGH
362 runs@90.5 and
SURESH RAINA YUSUF PATHAN ZAHEER KHAN R ASHWIN
74 runs@74 and 74 runs@14.8 and 21 wickets@18.76 in 9 matches 4 wickets@23.25 in 2 matches
1 wicket@12 in 4 matches 1 wicket@167 in 6 matches The left-arm pace bowler was the joint high- The off-spin bowler played very little in that
est wicket-taker in the World Cup along with World Cup campaign. He is India’s leading
One of the chirpy and young players in The all-rounder, who couldn’t do much Shahid Afridi. He is now the director of crick- spin bowler in the current team and recent-
that squad, he didn’t get much of a chance with the bat, ensured a decent econo- et operations at Mumbai Indians. ly reached 400 wickets in Test cricket.
in that star-studded line-up. He is cur- my rate of 4.77 with the ball but could-
rently an integral part of Chennai Super nt’ take many wickets. He recently
Kings batting. played for India Legends and is now
recovering from Covid-19. MUNAF PATEL PIYUSH CHAWLA
MS DHONI 11 wickets@32.09 in 8 matches 4 wickets@43.5 in 3 matches
HARBHAJAN SINGH The right-arm pace bowler took 4/48 in the fi- The leg-spinner didn’t play much and is cur-
241 runs@48.2 in 9 matches nal against Sri Lanka. He recently played for rently playing for Mumbai Indians in IPL.
The India skipper couldn’t do much with
9 wickets@43.33 India Legends in the Road Safety Series.

15 wickets@25.13 in 9 matches
The man-of-the-tournament, who immediate-
ly after the title win fought cancer and re-
turned to cricket had retired in 2019. Howev-
er, he returned to cricket again and joined the
Punjab team camp ahead of this season’s Syed
Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament. He recently
played for India Legends under Tendulkar.
the bat in the entire tournament. He, how-
ever, came good in the final scoring an
unbeaten 91 and leading India to the title
win. The 39-year-old, who quit Tests in
2014 and retired from all forms of crick-
et last year, is the captain of Chennai Su-
per Kings. He is also into his own busi-
ness and recently came into news for in-
vesting into kadaknath chicken farming.
in 9 matches
The off-spinner, who is one of India’s
only three spinners to have taken 400
Test wickets, maintained a very good
economy rate of 4.48 in the tourna-
ment. He is in the last bend of his ca-
reer and is playing for Kolkata Knight
Riders this season.
ASHISH NEHRA
3 wickets@40 in 3 matches
A fractured finger ruled Nehra out of the fi-
nal. He is currently involved in commentat-
ing and has moved to Goa from Delhi.
S SREESANTH
0 wickets in 2 matches
The right-arm pacer bowled a total of just 13
overs. He was banned by BCCI after the 2013
IPL spot-fixing scandal but he has returned
to cricket after his suspension was lifted.

To win WC again, India need to get

occasion out of system: Gautam Gambhir
Gambhir on the 2011 World Cup win and also what the team has lacked in the recent ICC tournaments
Do you think that moment
Q (winning 2011 WC) changed
Indian cricket?
Obviously, by win-
ning the World Cup,
you make your coun-
try proud. You make
everyone happy. But
whether that moment
changed Indian cricket? Well, I
don’t think so. I think every win
you earn for your country changes
the face of Indian cricket. So, it is
not one particular tournament.
There are so many people who are
still talking about 1983; there are
people who talk about 2007 and
2011. But I don’t think those mo-
ments alone changed Indian
cricket. I think Indian cricket is
probably about winning as many
games and as many series as pos-
sible, and that will probably
change Indian cricket, not one or
two particular tournaments.
In your opinion, was the
Q 2011 team India’s best-ever?
Absolutely not. I don’t believe in
these statements — when people
or ex-cricketers turn up and say,
this is the best Indian team or that
is the best Indian team. Neither
the 1983 team was the best Indian
team, nor the 2007 nor 2011. Nei-
ther is this current one, because
you can never compare eras. All
you can do is probably put your
best team in the park and try and
win as many games as possible.
That is what I believe. I don’t be-
lieve in comparing teams.
In the recent past, espe-
Q cially since the 2013 Cham-
pions Trophy success, the Indi-
an team has often gone down in
crunch games in ICC tourna-
ments – 2015 and 2019 ODI
World Cup semis, the 2017
Champions Trophy final or the
2016 T20 World Cup semifinal.
Where do you think these Indi-
an teams lacked?
Probably mental toughness, to be
honest. You can play as many bi-
lateral series as you want. You can
win as many bilateral series as
you can. You can win league stage
games. But come the crunch mo-
ments, you know there is no op-
portunity of making a mistake
and if you make a mistake, there
is no way you can rectify it. Then,
obviously, it comes down to men-
tal skills. You will always have
technical skills (playing at this lev-
el and doing so well). But do you
have the mental toughness, the
mental courage to actually play
those moments to the best of your
ability? That is what defines you,
not only as a team but also as in-
dividuals.
There are three World
Q Cups lined up for the cur-
rent bunch of India players —
– T20 World Cups this year and
in 2022, and the 50-over World
Cup in 2023.
These guys are going to be very
privileged that they will get to play
three World Cups in a row, because
a lot of players have never played
three successive World Cups. In
fact, no one has ever played three
World Cups in a row (in three suc-
cessive years). So (my advice is)
just go out there and win the World
Cup, don’t put much pressure that
you have to go out there and win
it. Try and play to the best of your
ability and try and handle the
crunch games better. Get the plat-
form and the occasion out of your
mind, because ultimately, it is not
the occasion or the platform. It is
the contest between bat and ball
that matters, whether it is a World
Cup final, a league game or a Ran-
ji Trophy match. The platform is
not the criteria. The criterion is
whether you can win the contest
between bat and ball. If you can
win that contest, you will make
things easier for yourself. IANS

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