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THE DEBONAIR SHASHI KAPOOR

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10 MUST SEE PLACES IN AUCKLAND

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IRANI CHAI AND OSMANIA BISCUITS ON THE HUSSAIN SAGAR DECEMBER 2017

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CONTRIBUTORS

Dr. RAJESH JEGANATHAN

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A young and dynamic medico. He runs the prestigious Billroth Hospitals based in Chennai.

THOTA THARRANI This year we enter a bigger dimension, planning across a wider reader base with a big step forward, this was ignited with a logo designed by the one and only Thota Tharrani. Brew Lifestyle extends a heartwarming thank you note to the legend himself for his incessant contributions.

VEEJAY SAI An award-winning writer, editor and a culture critic. He has written and published extensively on Indian classical music, fashion, theatre, food and art.

ASHOK VERGHESE He is the director of Hindustan group of institutions, one of the pioneering educational groups in the country. He is a big supporter and cause for promoting young talent in art and music.

VITA DANI Passionate about grassroots development of sport in India. She co-owns Chennayin FC, Chennai’s football team in the ISL and Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT), India’s firstever professional table tennis league.

ANIL JAIN An Intensive desire to succeed and redefine the parameters of success, Anil Jain was always cut out to be an Entrepreneur, taking an active interest in Business right from an early age. He is the promoter or Refex industries Ltd; Refex Trading(s) Pvt. Ltd, and Anil Jain Investments.

G VENKET RAM A leading Indian fashion photographer who has shot principle photography stills for several notable films. He quit his engineering studies to work with cinematographers for a while, after which he joined a course in visual communications at Loyola College.

He then worked with photographer Sharad Haskar and in 1993, started his own studio.

NEERU NANDA A graduate of Delhi University and a passionate writer. She was a free-lanced feature writer for ten years before switching to publishing. Author of a collection of short stories titled “IF”, she has also worked on novels and short stories for children.

ARUNA SAIRAM A winner of the prestigious Padma Shri award. She is the vice-chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi which is India’s premier national institution for music and dance. Ms. Sairam is one of India’s most renowned ambassador’s for music, successfully taking Indian music to the international arena.

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Yoheswari Devaraj

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Climbing the ladder to reach the stars

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The Yogi & His Musical Funnybone The Strong Man

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Your Christmas :ƵƐƚ 'Žƚ ĞƩĞƌ

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Irani Chai and Osmania 48 Biscuits on the Hussain Sagar 54 Not Just a Game Anymore

WHAT'S BREWING Uber Eats 58 Balcony Planter s EĞƞůŝdž Xmas special Thalassophile’s Beach Camping

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Yoheswari Devaraj

^ŚĂƐŚŝ <ĂƉŽŽƌ ŝƐ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ĚŝǀĞƌƐŝĮĞĚ ƌŽůĞƐ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ĮůŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ƐƚĞƌĞŽƚLJƉĞ Śŝŵ͘ The hesitant teacher in The Householder (1963) who is unable to inspire his students; the ǀĂŝŶ ŵŽǀŝĞ ƐƚĂƌ ŝŶ ŽŵďĂLJ dĂůŬŝĞ ;ϭϵϳϬͿ ǁŚŽ ŇŝƚƐ ǁŚĞƌĞǀĞƌ ŚĞ ŝƐ ŇĂƩĞƌĞĚ͖ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬĞƌ ŝŶ <ĂůLJƵŐ ;ϭϵϴϭͿ ǁŚŽ ƋƵŝĞƚůLJ ƉŝŶĞƐ ĨŽƌ ůŽƐƚ ůŽǀĞ ƵŶƟů ĚĞƐƟŶLJ ƌƵŶƐ Śŝŵ ŽǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ŵŽǀŝĞƐ ůŝŬĞ :ƵŶŽŽŶ ;ϭϵϳϴͿ ĂŶĚ hƚƐĂǀ ;ϭϵϴϰͿ ŚĞ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĚĂŶŐĞƌŽƵƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘ Kapoor breathed his last on December 4, 2017 at the age of 79 in Mumbai’s Kokilaben ŵďĂŶŝ ,ŽƐƉŝƚĂů ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ŬŝĚŶĞLJ ĨĂŝůƵƌĞ͘ ,Ğ ŝƐ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚƌĞĞ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ Ͳ <ƵŶĂů <ĂƉŽŽƌ͕ <ĂƌĂŶ <ĂƉŽŽƌ ĂŶĚ ^ĂŶũĂŶĂ <ĂƉŽŽƌ͘ ŽƌŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ŽĨ ,ŝŶĚŝ Įůŵ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ‘Kapoor Khandaan’, he is said to have inherited his father Prithviraj Kapoor’s facial features ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ŚŝƐ ƐŝďůŝŶŐƐ͕ ZĂũ ĂŶĚ ^ŚĂŵŵŝ <ĂƉŽŽƌ͘

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ƚ ĨŽƵƌ͕ ŚĞ ďĞŐĂŶ ŚŝƐ ĂĐƟŶŐ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ďLJ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ ƐŵĂůů ƌŽůĞƐ ŝŶ ƉůĂLJƐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ ďLJ ŚŝƐ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƌƌĞĚ ŝŶ ĮůŵƐ ĂƐ Ă ĐŚŝůĚ actor portraying the younger version of his brother’s characters in Aag ;ϭϵϰϴͿ ĂŶĚ ǁĂĂƌĂ ;ϭϵϱϭͿ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ĚĞďƵƚ ŝŶ ŚĂƌŵƉƵƚƌĂ͘ ,Ğ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĞĚ ŝŶ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĮůŵƐ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŵĞ ŽĨ ^ŚĂƐŚŝƌĂũ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ĮůŵƐ ůŝŬĞ DĞĞŶĂ ŝŶ ϭϵϰϭ͕ dĂĚďŝƌ ĂŶĚ ĂĐŚƉĂŶ ŝŶ ϭϵϰϱ͘ KŶĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ĞĂƌůLJ ƐƚĂŐĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƐ ǁĂƐ ͞^ŚĂŬƵŶƚĂůĂ͟ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĂŐĞ ŽĨ Ɛŝdž͘ Shashi Kapoor was the third person in his family to be awarded the WĂĚŵĂ ŚƵƐŚĂŶ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϭ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ /ŶĚŝĂŶ ĐŝŶĞŵĂ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĂĚĂƐĂŚĞď WŚĂůŬĞ ǁĂƌĚ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϰ ĂǁĂƌĚĞĚ ďLJ hŶŝŽŶ /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƌŽĂĚĐĂƐƟŶŐ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ ƌƵŶ :ĂŝƚůĞLJ͘ According to an interview given by Kunal Kapoor, the actor never ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ǁŽƌŬ ŚŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƵůĚ ƚƌLJ ƚŽ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞ ŚŝƐ ŽƵƚĚŽŽƌ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ schedules to coincide with the kids’ school holidays so that they ĐŽƵůĚ Ăůů ŐŽ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͘ <ƵŶĂů <ĂƉŽŽƌ ĂůƐŽ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ͚/Ŷ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞ ϭϵϲϬƐ͕ ŵLJ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ ĂŶLJ ǁŽƌŬ͘ ,Ğ ƐŽůĚ ŚŝƐ ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ĐĂƌ͘ DƵŵ ĂůƐŽ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƐĞůůŝŶŐ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǁĞ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ ŵŽŶĞLJ͛͘ <ĂƉŽŽƌ ŚĂĚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĞĚ ŝŶ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϭϱϬ ĮůŵƐ͕ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŽǀĞƌ ĨĂŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ his charm and good looks and some of his super hits were Deewaar, Junoon, Kabhi Kabhie, Namak Halaal, Haseena Maan Jayegi, Ek ^ŚƌŝŵĂŶ Ŭ ^ŚƌŝŵĂƟ EĞǁ ĞůŚŝ dŝŵĞƐ͕ ^ŚĂƌŵĞĞůĞĞ͕ tĂƋƚ͕ dƌŝƐŚƵů͕ sŝũĞƚĂ͕ <ĂůLJƵŐ͕ ^ĂƚLJĂŵ ^ŚŝǀĂŵ ^ƵŶĚĂƌĂŵ ĂŵŽŶŐ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ͘

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He was adored for his role opposite Bollywood veteran ŵŝƚĂďŚ ĂĐŚĐŚĂŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Śŝƚ ŵŽǀŝĞ ͞ ĞĞǁĂĂƌ͟ ;dŚĞ tĂůů͕ 1975) in which he delivered one of Hindi cinema’s most famous lines: ‘Mere paas maa hai’ (I have my mother’s ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚͿ͘ Shashi and his English wife, Jennifer Kendal were keen ƉĂƚƌŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϳϴ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ Ă ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ house, Prithvi Theatre in Juhu as a tribute to Prithviraj and to his own roots, which is today one of the city’s most ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞƐ͘ :ĞŶŶŝĨĞƌ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ƐƵƉĞƌǀŝƐĞ ĂŶĚ ƌƵŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ ĨŽƌ ŵĂŶLJ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ ,Ğ ŵĞƚ ŚŝƐ ǁŝĨĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƌůLJ ϭϵϱϬ͛Ɛ ŝŶ ĂůĐƵƩĂ ǁŚĞŶ ďŽƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ ǁĞƌĞ ƚƌĂǀĞůůŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂƌƌŝĞĚ ƚǁŽ LJĞĂƌƐ ůĂƚĞƌ͘

He took the opportunity to work as an Assistant Director for ^ƵŶŝů ƵƩ͛Ɛ ĚĞďƵƚ Įůŵ WŽƐƚ Ždž ϵϵϵ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ZĂǀŝŶĚƌĂ ĂǀĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ 'ƵĞƐƚ ,ŽƵƐĞ ŝŶ ϭϵϱϵ͘ ,ŝƐ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĨŝůŵƐ ĂƐ ĂŶ ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ director include Raj Kapoor starrer film Dulha Dulhan and Shriman ^ĂƚLJĂǁĂĚŝ͘ <ĂƉŽŽƌ ĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ Ă ĨĂŶƚĂƐLJ Ĩŝůŵ ĐĂůůĞĚ ũŽŽďĂ͕ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϭ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƚĂƌƌĞĚ ŵŝƚĂďŚ ĂĐŚĐŚĂŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚ ƌŽůĞ͘ ŵŝƚĂďŚ ĂĐŚĐŚĂŶ ƐĂŝĚ ĨŽŶĚůLJ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ͕ ͞,Ğ ŵŽǀĞĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐƟĐŬ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ŚĂŶĚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞŶƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƵƐŝŶŐ ŝƚ ŽŶ ĂŶLJŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ ŵŝƐďĞŚĂǀĞĚ͘ Ƶƚ ŚĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƵƐĞĚ ŝƚ͊ ,Ğ ǁĂƐ ŽŶĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ǁŚŽ ĐĂƌĞĚ ŝŵŵĞŶƐĞůLJ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ĂƌƟƐƚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĞĐŚŶŝĐŝĂŶƐ͕ ŽŶ ĂŶ ĞƋƵĂů ƉůĂŶĞ͘͟ Kunal Kapoor said that his father should have been given ĂŶ ĂǁĂƌĚ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ůŝĨĞ͘ ,Ğ ƐŚĂƌĞĚ ŚŝƐ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƐ͕ ͞/ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĞLJ ĐŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ŐŝǀĞŶ Śŝŵ ƚŚŝƐ ĂǁĂƌĚ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ͘ /Ĩ LJŽƵ ŐŝǀĞ ŝƚ Ăƚ ĂŶ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ĂŐĞ͕ ŝƚ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ͘ tŚĞŶ Ă ŵĂŶ ŝƐ Ăƚ the end of his life and you give him an award, it doesn’t ŵĞĂŶ ŵƵĐŚ͟

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Kapoor’s children went ahead and found ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶŝĐŚĞ ŝŶ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƐĞĐƚŽƌƐ͘ <ƵŶĂů <ĂƉŽŽƌ ŵŽǀĞĚ ŽŶƚŽ Ă ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ŽĨ ĂĚ Įůŵ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ ŚŝƐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŚŽƵƐĞ ĚĮůŵͲsĂůĂƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĂĚĞ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐĞŵĞŶƚƐ for Bombay Dyeing, Siyaram, MRF, Bush, Mahindra’s Bolero, Scorpio and Chevrolet cars, Karan Kapoor was successful as a modͲ Ğů ĂŶĚ ůĂƚĞƌ ƐĞƩůĞĚ ĚŽǁŶ ŝŶ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ƚŽ purƐƵĞ Ă ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ŝŶ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚLJ͘ ^ĂŶũĂŶĂ is the only one of his children who is still actively involved with theatre and has helped her father to keep Prithvi Theatre ǀŝĂďůĞ͘ Shashi Kapoor shared a great on screen chemistry with several actresses like Nanda, Sharmila Tagore, Zeenat Aman, Hema Malini, Asha Parekh, Parveen Babi, Babita, Moushumi Chatterjee, ZĞĞŶĂ ZŽLJ ĂŶĚ ZĂĂŬŚĞĞ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ hits include Mohabbat Isko Kahete Hain and Jab Jab Phool Khile, Neend Hamari Khwab Tumhare, Raja Saab, Rootha Na Karo, Waqt, Aamne Samne, Suhana ^ĂĨĂƌ͕ Ă 'ĂůĞ >ĂŐ :Ă͕ WĂĂƉ Ƶƌ WƵŶLJĂ͕ Sharmilee, Kabhi Kabhie, Trishna, Baseraa, Zameen Aasmaan and Pighalta Aasman ƐƉĂŶŶŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ϭϵϲϱͲϭϵϴϱ͘ H appeared in many of James Ivory and Ismail Merchants’s British and American films like Householder in 1963, ShakeͲ speare Wallah in 1965 and Heat and ƵƐƚ ŝŶ ϭϵϴϮ͘ /Ŷ ϭϵϴϰ͕ ŚĞ ƐƵīĞƌĞĚ ƚƌĂŐĞĚLJ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů life when his wife Jennifer passed away due ƚŽ ĐĂŶĐĞƌ͘ ^ŚĂƐŚŝ ŐĂŝŶĞĚ ǁĞŝŐŚƚ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƐƵĂǀĞ ůŽŽŬƐ ďĞŚŝŶĚ͘ ,Ğ ƐŚŝŌĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ƌŽůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ŝŶ ĮůŵƐ ůŝŬĞ ůĂŐ ůĂŐ ĂŶĚ /ůnjĂĂŵ ŝŶ ϭϵϴϲ ĂŶĚ ^ŝŶĚŽŽƌ ŝŶ ϭϵϴϳ͘ ,ŝƐ ůĂƐƚ Įůŵ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŝŶ :ŝŶŶĂŚ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϴ ĂƐ Ă ŶĂƌƌĂƚŽƌ͕ Ă ďŝŽŐƌĂƉŚŝĐĂů Įůŵ ŽĨ DŽŚĂŵŵĞĚ Ali Jinnah and Side Streets before leaving ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ͘ 13

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Ɛ ƋƵŽƚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŶŽǁŶĞĚ &ƌĞŶĐŚ ǁƌŝƚĞƌͲĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌͲĮůŵ ĐƌŝƚŝĐ͕ :ĞĂŶͲ>ƵĐ 'ŽĚĂƌĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƵƚLJ ŽĨ ŝƚ ůŝĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞLJĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞŚŽůĚĞƌ͘ Ŷ ĂǀŝĚ ĐŝŶĞŵĂ ĨĂŶ ŵLJƐĞůĨ͕ / ŚĂǀĞ ĂůǁĂLJƐ ĂĚŽƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ ǁĂLJ ƚŚŝƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĚĞĂů ŽĨ ŵĂŐŝĐ ŝƐ ƐƉƵŶ͘ ^ƚĂƌƚŝŶŐ ĂƐ Ă ƐŵĂůů ĮŐŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ Ă ĐƌĞĂƚŽƌ͛Ɛ ŚĞĂĚ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ a well said story for people all over the world to see, every single movie made in all the languages around the world is ĂŶ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ŵĂƐƚĞƌƉŝĞĐĞ͕ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ŵĂŬĞƌ͘ / ĂůǁĂLJƐ ĨĞůƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ŵŽǀŝĞ ŝƐ ǀĞƌLJ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ƚŽ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ďĂďLJ͘ dŚĞ ƉĂŝŶ Ă ǁŽƵůĚͲďĞ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ ŐŽĞƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ĐĂƌĞĨƵůůLJ ďĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŝůĚ ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ƵƉ ƵŶƟů Ă ƐĂĨĞ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌLJ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ ŵĂĚĞ ŵĞ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌŝƚLJ ĞǀĞƌLJ ƟŵĞ Ă ŵŽǀŝĞ ŝƐ ƌĞĞůĞĚ ŽƵƚ͘ EĞǀĞƌ ŚĂƐ Ă ƐŝŶŐůĞ ĚƌŽƉ ŵĂĚĞ ĂŶ ŽĐĞĂŶ͘ ŶĚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ĞǀĞƌLJ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ĚƌŽƉ ĐŽƵŶƚƐ ƚŽŽ͘ Ɛ ŵƵƐŚ ŽĨ ĂŶ ŝƌŽŶLJ ŝƚ ŝƐ͕ ďƵƚ Ăůů ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƌĚ ǁŽƌŬ ĐŽŵĞƐ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞ͘ How many of us have the resources or opportunity to have known these magic makers in detail? Well, I have! Cinema is ůŝŬĞ Ă ůŝĨĞůŝŶĞ ƚŽ ŵĞ͖ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ĂůǁĂLJƐ ďĞĞŶ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůů ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ͘ Ɛ Ă ĐŚŝůĚ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁŝŶŐ ŽƉƟŽŶƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƋƵŝƚĞ ůŝŵŝƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŶŐůĞĚ ŽƵƚ͕ ŵƵůƟůŝŶŐƵĂů ĐŚĂŶŶĞů ƚŚĂƚ ĂŝƌĞĚ Ăůů ŬŝŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ in all sorts of languages, it was the mere enchantment that I ŐƌĞǁ ƵƉ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ Ăƚ͘ / ǁŽƵůĚ ƐƚĂƌĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŽůĚ Ă ŶĞǁ ƐƚŽƌLJ ĞǀĞƌLJ ĚĂLJ͕ ŝƌƌĞƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ Žƌ ŐĞŶƌĞ͘ EŽƚŚŝŶŐ ĐŽƵůĚ ĚŝƐƚƌĂĐƚ ŵĞ ĂŶĚ ŵLJ ϭϱϬ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ŽĨ ďůŝƐƐ͘ ^ƵĐŚ ŝƐ ŚŽǁ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĂŐŝĐ ůĂŶƚĞƌŶ ůŝŐŚƚĞŶĞĚ ƵƉ ŵLJ ĚĂLJƐ͘ 15

Crying with a sad story, laughing with a happy one, I slowly ƌĞĂůŝƐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŚĂŶ ǁŚĂƚ / ĂĐƚƵĂůůLJ ƐĂǁ͘ As the years rolled by and the interest kept growing curiously enough, I voluntarily let myself make cinema a part of me, my ůŝĨĞ͘ dŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŵĞ ŵLJ ǁĂLJ ĞŶĂďůŝŶŐ ŵĞ ƚŽ ƐƉĞŶĚ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĂďůĞ ĂŵŽƵŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ŽŶ ŵŽǀŝĞ ƐĞƚƐ ĂŶĚ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ŝƚƐ ďĞĂƵƚLJ ƐůŽǁůLJ ƚŽŽŬ ŽǀĞƌ ŵLJ ĐƵƌŝŽƐŝƚLJ͕ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŝŶŐ Ă ĚĞƐŝƌĞ ƚŽ ůĞĂƌŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ǁŽƌůĚ ŽĨ ĐŝŶĞŵĂ͘ / ƉĂƟĞŶƚůLJ ƐĂƚ ĚŽǁŶ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ŶŽƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ŵĞŶ ǁŚŽ ƌĂŶ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ůŝŬĞ ǁŽƌŬĞƌ ďĞĞƐ ŝŶ Ă ŚŝǀĞ͕ ůŝŌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƟŶŐ ůŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ƐŽƵŶĚ ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ ŚŽǁ ŵĂŶLJ ĞǀĞƌ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƟŵĞƐ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ŚĂƌĚ ǁŽƌŬ ƚƌƵůLJ ĂŵĂnjĞĚ ŵĞ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ŵĞŶ ĐŚƌŝƐƚĞŶĞĚ ĂƐ d, >/',dD E ďLJ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ ŝŶ aiding to bring the cinematographer’s vision to reality, just ƚŚĞ ǁĂLJ ŝƚ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ͘ dŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ŐƵŝĚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ CAMERA ASSISTANTS who act as bridges between them and the senior cameraman apart from being responsible for the ũŽď ŽĨ ĨŽĐƵƐ ƉƵůůŝŶŐ͕ ůĞŶƐ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ͕ ĞƚĐ͘ /ƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƵŶĨĂŝƌ ŝĨ I proceed from this department without mentioning the CAMERA OPERATORS who are forced to ride in the shadow ďƵƚ ĂƌĞ ĞƋƵĂůůLJ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĂŶLJ ƐƵƉĞƌŝŽƌƐ ĂďŽǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ŚŽǁ ŵƵĐŚ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ĚŽ LJŽƵ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŐŽĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŵĞŶ͕ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ďŽƩŽŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůŝŶĞ͍ dŚĞŝƌ ǁŽƌŬ͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ miniscule in nature, is that drop of water needed to make it an ŽĐĞĂŶ͘ &Žƌ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ͕ Ă ͛^ĞŶŝŽƌ͛ ƉůĂĐĞĚ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ ĐĞŶƟŵĞƚƌĞƐ BREW LIFESTYLE

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ĂǁĂLJ ĐŽƵůĚ ƐƉŽŝů ĂŶ ĞŶƟƌĞ ƐŚŽƚ ĮůŵĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƵƐĞ ůŽƐƐ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽŶĞLJ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂů ƚŚĞƐĞ men place and handle these equipment with utͲ ŵŽƐƚ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ ĂŶĚ ĞĂƐĞ͘ Moving on to the magicians who are blessed with the art of transforming normal people into stars, ƚŚĞ ŵĂŬĞͲƵƉ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ͕ ŶŽǁ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌůLJ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ Dh Ɛ͕ ĂƌĞ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƉŝĞĐĞ ŽĨ ǁŽƌŬ͘ dŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ increased social media awareness and usage, a clear majority of the MUAs today have found a platform to showcase their talent and the hands behind Ăůů ƚŚĂƚ ďĞĂƵƚLJ͘ dŚĞ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ on inside of their heads when they slowly yet ŐƌĂĚƵĂůůLJ ĞůĞǀĂƚĞ ďĞĂƵƚLJ ŝƐ ŚĞĂƌƚͲǁĂƌŵŝŶŐ͘ &ƌŽŵ transforming a peasant to a princess and a man to Ă ŵŽŶƐƚĞƌ͕ LJŽƵ ŶĂŵĞ ŝƚ͕ LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ŝƚ͘ ůĞƐƐĞĚ ĂƌĞ these folks who work magic with their talent and ĐƌĞĂƟǀŝƚLJ ŵŝdžĞĚ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƉƌŽƉŽƌƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƟůů ĂƌĞ Ă ƉĂƌĂůůĞů ƐĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĐƌĂŌƐŵĞŶ ǁŚŽ ƵŶůŝŬĞ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ƚƌĞŶĚLJ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͕ ŐĞƚ ŚŝĚĚĞŶ ďĞŚŝŶĚ Ăůů ƚŚŽƐĞ ŇĂƐŚůŝŐŚƚƐ͘ dŚĞLJ ĨŽƌŵ Ă ďƌĞĞĚ ǁŚĞƌĞŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĂŌƐŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ ŝƐ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞLJ ǀĞŶĞƌĂƚĞ ŝƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŵƵĐŚ ĐĂƌĞ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƌĞ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ŶĞĞĚ to come out and share the light and feel proud of ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁŽƌŬ͘ ,ĞƌĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ ǁĞ ƐĞĞ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ŚĂƉƉLJ ĂŶĚ ƐĂƟƐĮĞĚ ďLJ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ŚĂƉƉLJ͘ ŶĚ ĞĂĐŚ ƐƚƌŽŬĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďƌƵƐŚ ĂŝĚƐ ŝŶ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͘ KŶ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ƐŝƚƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ƉƌĞͲ ƉĂƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ƐĐĞŶĞ ĂŶĚ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ŝƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ head over and over again, just so he can get it right ĂŶĚ ĞdžĂĐƚůLJ ƚŚĞ ǁĂLJ ŚĞ ǁĂŶƚƐ ŝƚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĞdžŝƐƚ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ group of people, predominantly youngsters, who ĐĂƌƌLJ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĞĂĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĞĞůƐ͘ dŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ƚŽ ĚŽ all the handiwork for the captain to help him carry out the shoot with ease, without having to worry about the ƉĞƩLJ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ͘ dŚĞLJ ŵƵƐƚ ĞŶƐƵƌĞ ĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶƵƚĞ ĚĞƚĂŝůƐ ƚĂŬĞŶ ĐĂƌĞ ŽĨ͘ They are required to know the scene, ensure the ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĐĞŶĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĞůƉ ƚŚĞŵ ƌĞŚĞĂƌƐĞ͕ ĞƚĐ͘ ůů ƚŚŝƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ǁŚŝůĞ ŐƌĂďďŝŶŐ this golden opportunity of learning the trade from ƚŚĞ ŵĂƐƚĞƌ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ĞŶĞƌŐLJ ďƵŶŶŝĞƐ ĂƌĞ d, ASSOCIATE and ASSISTANT DIRECTORS who will turn ŽƵƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉƌŽŵŝƐŝŶŐ ĐƌĞĂƚŽƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ͘ / ĂůǁĂLJƐ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚ ƚŚĞŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ǁŝůůŝŶŐůLJ ƉŽƵƌ ŝŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁŽƌŬ͘

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As much as the above mentioned hidden members of the film fraternity are important, there ĂƌĞ ƉůĞŶƚLJ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŽ ƚĂůŬ ĂďŽƵƚ͘ Ƶƚ / ƌĞƐƚƌŝĐƚ ŵLJƐĞůĨ ƚŽ Ă ĨĞǁ ƚŚĂƚ / Ăŵ ĂǁĂƌĞ ŽĨ͘ DŽǀŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ŝŶ ĂŶLJ ŐŝǀĞŶ Įůŵ ƐǁŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝŶ ƚŚŽƐĞ ůŽǀĞůLJ ĞŶƐĞŵďůĞƐ͕ we immediately think of a great designer who might be solely responsible for the way ƚŚŽƐĞ ĂĐƚŽƌƐ ůŽŽŬĞĚ͘ Ƶƚ ŝƚ ůŝĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĂƐŝĐ d />KZ^ ĂŶĚ ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚƐ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽƵƞŝƚ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƐƟƚĐŚ ŝƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ Įƚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚ ůŽŽŬ ǁŽƌƚŚLJ ĂŶĚ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƚĞĂďůĞ͘ dŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƌĞ ĐƌĞĚŝƚ ŐŽĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ ǁŽŵĞŶ ǁŚŽ Ɛŝƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƐǁĞĂƚ ŝƚ ŽƵƚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĞdžƉĞĐƟŶŐ ĂŶLJ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ͘ EŽǁ ĐŽŵĞƐ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂů ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ͕ ƚŚĞ > dZ/ W ZdD Ed ŵŽƌĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌůLJ ĐĂůůĞĚ d, hE/d͘ dŚĞLJ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐ ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ͕ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚ ŝƚ ĨƌŽŵ ŽŶĞ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ͕ ƌƵŶ Ă ďĂĐŬͲƵƉ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƚŽƌ ;ũƵƐƚ ŝŶ ĐĂƐĞͿ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŶĂŐĞ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĚƌŝǀĞƌ͕ ĐůĞĂŶĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐŝĂŶ͘ dŚĞLJ Ɛŝƚ ŽŶ ƚŽŶƐ ŽĨ ǁĂƩƐ ŽĨ electricity and make sure it is by the safety standards, thoroughly understanding ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĂŶĚƐ ůĂLJ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŶLJ ůŝǀĞƐ͘ ŶLJ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ŵŝƐƚĂŬĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ůĞĂĚ ƚŽ Ă ĐĂƚĂƐƚƌŽƉŚŝĐ ĚŝƐĂƐƚĞƌ͘ zĞƚ ƚŚĞLJ ŵĂŶĂŐĞ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƌƵŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ǁŝƚŚ ƵƚŵŽƐƚ ĞĂƐĞ͘ More commonly referred to as THE PRODUCTION, the catering department works from ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞǁ͘ dŚĞLJ ŐĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ƌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƌƚ ďƌĞǁŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ Ă ŚĞĂůƚŚLJ ĂŶĚ ƚĂƐƚLJ ŵĞĂů ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ĂƐƐĞŵďůLJ͘ dŚĞLJ ĂĐƋƵŝƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ƌĞƋƵŝƐŝƚĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞŶŝŽƌ ƚĞĐŚƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĞŶƐƵƌĞ ŝƚƐ ƟŵĞůLJ ĂǀĂŝůĂďŝůŝƚLJ͘ dŚĞLJ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚŽƚ ŽŶ ǁŚĞĞůƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝƚ ŝĨ ƚŚĞLJ ŝŶƚĞŶĚ ŽŶ ƐŽǁŝŶŐ Ă ƐƚƌŽŶŐĞƌ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞŶĞĮƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůŽŶŐ ƌƵŶ͘ &ƌŽŵ ƐĞƌǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵƉƚƵŽƵƐ ĨŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ĐůĞĂŶŝŶŐ ƵƉ ĂŌĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŐƵLJƐ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚƌĂĚĞ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞƩLJ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ Ăƚ ŝƚ͘ WƵƫŶŐ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĨŽůŬƐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ŽŶ ŽŶĞ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ƉůĂƞŽƌŵ ŝƐ Ă ǀĞƌLJ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ WZK h d/KE ƐŝĚĞ͘ EŽƚ ƚŽ ĐŽŶĨƵƐĞ ƚŚĞŵ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ĂďŽǀĞ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŵĞŶ / ƚĂůŬ about here are those with the money! They are those who have invested in the movie, having ĨĂŝƚŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚƌĞĂŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŝƚ Ă ƌĞĂůŝƚLJ͘ dŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ƉĞŶŶLJǁŝƐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƵƐ ĞŵƉůŽLJ Ă ƚĞĂŵ ǁŚŽ ǁŝůů ƚĂŬĞ ĐĂƌĞ ŽĨ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶĞLJ ŵĂƩĞƌƐ͕ ĞŶƐƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ďƵĚŐĞƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŵĞƚ ǁŝƚŚ͕ ƚŚĞ locations are finalised, the day is planned, and the crew is ready and available to commence ƐŚŽŽƚ͘ dŚĞLJ ǁŽƌŬ ŚĂƌĚ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ͲĚĂLJ ďƵƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƉƌŝŽƌ͘ ZŝŐŚƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƐŬĞƚĐŚŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ the schedule and ensuring the required permissions are obtained, the artists dates finalised, ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŝƐƚ ŽĨ ĚƵƚŝĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĞŶĚůĞƐƐ͘ Ğ ŝƚ Ă ĚĂLJ͛Ɛ ƐŚŽŽƚ Žƌ ĂŶ ĞŶƚŝƌĞ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ĐŽŵƉůĞƚŝŽŶ ŽĨ ŝƚ ĚĞƉĞŶĚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŵ ĨŝŶĂůůLJ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ƐƉŽŬĞŶ ĂďŽƵƚ Ăůů ƚŚĞƐĞ ŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ ǁŽŵĞŶ ǁŚŽ ƟƌĞůĞƐƐůLJ ƉƵƚ ŝŶ Ăůů ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞīŽƌƚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ďŽŽŬ ŽĨ ƐƚŽƌLJ ŝŶ ƚŽ Ă ĨƵůůͲůĞŶŐƚŚ ŵŽǀŝĞ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƌĂƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ĐƌLJ ĨŽƌ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ĐƌĞĚŝƚ͘ dŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ĂǁĂƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉĂƌƚ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŚŽǁ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ďŝŐ ũŽŝŶƚ ĞīŽƌƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůLJ ŝŶƚĞƌĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ͘ ^Ž͕ ůĞƚ ƵƐ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ Ăůů ƚŚĞƐĞ ƟŶLJ ƉĞĐŬƐ ŽĨ ƐĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŽŶĞ ĚĂLJ ŵĂĚĞ Ă ŵŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͘ >Ğƚ ƵƐ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ƟŵĞ ǁĞ ǁĂůŬ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ Ă ŵŽǀŝĞ ŚĂůů͕ ƐĂƟƐĮĞĚ͘

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/ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ƟŵĞ / ŚĂĚ Ă ŵĞĂů ǁŝƚŚ ŵLJ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ůŝŬĞ ǁĞ ůŝǀĞ ŝŶ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĐŝƟĞƐ͕ Žƌ ĐŽŶƟŶĞŶƚƐ͖ ǁĞ ƐŚĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƌŽŽĨ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĨƵŶŶLJ ǁŚĞŶ / ŵĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ŵLJ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͘ They just nod along to state that they understand; the nod also ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƚŽƌLJ ƌĞƐŽŶĂƚĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŝŶĞ͘ Our social lives, with the advent of technology may have grown several folds outside, but, within the four walls of what we call ͞ŽƵƌ ŚŽŵĞ͕͟ ŚĂƐ ƐƵīĞƌĞĚ͘ I’ve been working as a freelance writer for almost four years now, and not once in these four years (or the many years before that) ŚĂǀĞ / ƐĂƚ ĚŽǁŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŵLJ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ĞŶũŽLJ Ă ŵĞĂů͘ dŚĞ ĨĞǁ ƟŵĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ do happen every year come with a knot – the family lunches and ĚŝŶŶĞƌƐ ŚĂƉƉĞŶ ŽŶůLJ Ăƚ ƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚƐ͕ ǁĞĚĚŝŶŐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘ This is not some sort of a family feud where we put happy faces for the world beyond our house and bicker about each other’s ŝŶĞĸĐŝĞŶĐŝĞƐ ǀŝĂ ĐŽůĚ ƐƚĂƌĞƐ ͬ ƚĞdžƚ ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞƐ͘ The tag of freelancer that I carry has allowed me to set my own ƟŵĞͲƚĂďůĞ͘ / ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĂǁĂŬĞ ĂŶĚ ĚŽ ƵŶůŝŵŝƚĞĚ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĐŚŽƌĞƐ ƵŶƟů ŵLJ ĞLJĞůŝĚƐ ĚƌŽƉ ĂŶĚ ǁĂŬĞ ƵƉ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ŚƵŶŐĞƌ ƉƵŶĐŚĞƐ ŵLJ ƐƚŽŵĂĐŚ͘ EĂƚƵƌĂůůLJ͕ ŵLJ ŵĞĂůͲƟŵĞƐ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŵĂƚĐŚ ǁŝƚŚ ŵLJ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ͛͘ DLJ ĮƌƐƚ ŵĞĂů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂLJ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ͞ďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ͕͟ ŝƐ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞĚ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ϭ WD ĂŶĚ Ϯ WD ʹ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ / ŚŽǁ ƌŽůů ĂƐ Ă ĨƌĞĞůĂŶĐĞƌ͘ Ɛ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĐůĞĂƌůLJ ƐĞĞ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ůƵŶĐŚƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ ŵLJ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ ;ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ 21

ůĂƌŐĞƌ ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶͿ͘ tŚŝůĞ ŵLJ ŵŽŵ ĂŶĚ ĚĂĚ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŽǀŝĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚŝŶŝŶŐ ŚĂůů͕ / ƚĂŬĞ ŵLJ ƉůĂƚĞͲĨƵůů ŽĨ ĨŽŽĚ ƚŽ ŵLJ ƌŽŽŵ ĂŶĚ ĚŝǀĞ ŝŶƚŽ ŝƚ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĂǁĂLJ͘ ůƐŽ͕ / ŚĂǀĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĞĂƚĞŶ ŝŶ ƐŝůĞŶĐĞ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ϵϬƐ ĂŶĚ ĞĂƌůLJ ϮϬϬϬƐ͕ / ǁĂƐ ĮůůŝŶŐ ŵLJ ďĞůůLJ ǁŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ĐĂƌƚŽŽŶƐ͘ Ɛ LJĞĂƌƐ piled up on my life, the cartoons made way for American series ĂŶĚ ŵŽǀŝĞƐ͘ EŽǁ͕ / ƚĂŬĞ Ă ŵŝŶŝŵƵŵ ŽĨ ƚǁĞŶƚLJ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ĞǀĞƌLJ ĚĂLJ ƚŽ ĐŚŽŽƐĞ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ŵLJ ŵĞĂůƟŵĞƐ ŽŶ ŵLJ ůĂƉƚŽƉ͘ LJ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϯϬͲŵŝŶƵƚĞ episode, my plate would be empty and I’d be drawing circles with ŵLJ ĮŶŐĞƌƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŵ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ƌŽƵƚĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŝůůĞŶŶŝĂů ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ďLJƉĂƐƐ͘ WĞŽƉůĞ ďĞůŽŶŐŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŵLJ ĂŐĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ ʹ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĂƌŝŶŐ ϮϬƐ ʹ ĮŶĚ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƌŶĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƌŽŵĂŶĐĞ͕ ĐŽŵĞĚLJ͕ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĚƌĂŵĂ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁͲĂŐĞ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ ŽĨ ďĞŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĂĚĚĞƌ amongst our set of friends makes us devour every show playing on ĞǀĞƌLJ ƐƚƌĞĂŵŝŶŐ ƐŝƚĞ͘ tŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ĐŽŵŵƵŶĂů ŵĞĂů ;ĞǀĞŶ if it’s with just the members of our family) then? /ŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƐŵĞůůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚŽŵĞͲŵĂĚĞ ĐŚŝĐŬĞŶ ďŝƌLJĂŶŝ͕ ǁĞ ĚƌŽŽů Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƐŚĞƐ ƐŚŽǁŶ ŝŶ njŝnj ŶƐĂƌŝ͛Ɛ DĂƐƚĞƌ ŽĨ EŽŶĞ͘ dŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ůĞǀĞů ŽĨ ĐƌĂnjŝŶĞƐƐ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ƌĞĂĐŚĞĚ͘ The reasons for not having meals together may, likewise, vary from food choices (parents are vegetarians and children are not ĂŶĚ ǀŝĐĞ ǀĞƌƐĂͿ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ ƉŽƐĞ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞLJ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐƌĂǁůŝŶŐ ŐƌŽǁŶͲƵƉƐ ;ĂďŽƵƚ ǁŽƌŬ͕ ƐĂǀŝŶŐƐ͕ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐͿ͘ dŚŽƐĞ BREW LIFESTYLE

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who have trouble avoiding ƚŚĞƐĞ ĚƌŝůůŝŶŐ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ĂǀŽŝĚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ĨĂĐĞͲƚŽͲĨĂĐĞ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƐĂͲ ƟŽŶƐ ĂůƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͘ This wasn’t the case with my parents when they were in ƚŚĞŝƌ ϮϬƐ͘ dŚĞLJ ŐƌĞǁ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ the paint of joint families on them – mom in Chennai, and ĚĂĚ ŝŶ ĂŶŐĂůŽƌĞ͘ DŽŵ ƚŽůĚ me that she ate along with twenty other people that included her aunts, uncles, and cousins every night, and my dad had similar stories to ŶĂƌƌĂƚĞ͘ Television hadn’t yet unleashed ŝƚƐ ƉŽǁĞƌ ďĂĐŬ ƚŚĞŶ͘ DĞĂůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďůĂĐŬͲĂŶĚͲǁŚŝƚĞ ĞƌĂ brought the women, men, and the countless naughty ŬŝĚƐ ƚŽ Ă ƐŝŶŐůĞ ƌŽŽŵ͘ ŶĚ͕ ĨŽƌ us, today, it’s all about tuning into the show that represents our lives perfectly – with buzzing thoughts in the head, ĂŶĚ ĨŽŽĚ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ŵŽƵƚŚ͘

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10 MUST SEE PLACES IN AUCKLAND THAT YOU DID NOT KNOW ABOUT!

AUCKLAND Yoheswari Devaraj

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Popularly known as the gateway to New Zealand’s North island, Auckland is a large cosmopolitan city. If you are ŇLJŝŶŐ ƚŽ EĞǁ ĞĂůĂŶĚ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ůŝŬĞůLJ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ďĞ ůĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƵĐŬůĂŶĚ͘ dŚĞ ĐŝƚLJƐĐĂƉĞ ŵŝŐŚƚ ďĞ ĂůůƵƌŝŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ĞǀĞŶ ŵŽƌĞ ĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƵĐŬůĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚĞĚ ďLJ ƌĂŝŶ ĨŽƌĞƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ Ă ĨĞǁ ĚŽƌŵĂŶƚ ǀŽůĐĂŶŽĞƐ͊ ,ĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Ă ƋƵŝĐŬ ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ϭϬ ŵƵƐƚ ƐĞĞ ƉůĂĐĞƐ ŝŶ ƵĐŬůĂŶĚ LJŽƵ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ŬŶŽǁ ĂďŽƵƚ͘ ĞĨŽƌĞ LJŽƵ ŚĞĂĚ ŽƵƚ͕ ŶŽƚĞ ƚŚŝƐ͗ dŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ǀŝƐŝƚ ƵĐŬůĂŶĚ ŝƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ DĂLJ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ŽīĞƌ ƉůĞĂƐĂŶƚ ƚĞŵƉĞƌĂƚƵƌĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝŶ ƚŽƵƌŝƐƚ ĐƌŽǁĚƐ͘ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ƚŽ DĂƌĐŚ͕ ďĞŝŶŐ ƉĞĂŬ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͕ ŵŝŐŚƚ ƐĞĞ Ă ďŝƚ ŽĨ ĐƌŽǁĚƐ͘ tĞ ŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƌĞĂƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƉĂĐŬ LJŽƵƌ ďĂŐƐ ĂƐ LJŽƵ ƌĞĂĚ ƚŚŝƐ͘

ϭ͘ ^ŬLJ dŽǁĞƌ How would you like to jump from 630 ft into thin air? The ^ŬLJ dŽǁĞƌ ŝŶ ƵĐŬůĂŶĚ ŝƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ LJŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ĚŽ ƚŚŝƐ͘ dŚĞ ƐŬLJ jump is a guide cable controlled to prevent the jumpers ĨƌŽŵ ĐŽůůŝĚŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽǁĞƌ͘ ^Ž ǁŚŝůĞ LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ LJŽƵƌ ĂĚƌĞŶĂůŝŶĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ͕ LJŽƵ ƐƚĂLJ ƐĂĨĞ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ dŚĞ ^ŬLJ dŽǁĞƌ is not only an observation and telecommunications tower, but is also home to New Zealand’s only revolving restauͲ ƌĂŶƚ ʹ ƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ϯϲϬ ĚĞŐƌĞĞƐ ĞǀĞƌLJ ŚŽƵƌ͘ /ƐŶ͛ƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ͍ ŶĚ LJŽƵ thought the Sky Tower was just another tower! Talking of adrenalin ƌƵƐŚĞƐ͕ EĞǁ ĞĂůĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͛Ɛ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ƐǁŝŶŐƐ ʹ ƚŚĞ EĞǀŝƐ ƐǁŝŶŐƐ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂǀĞůůĞƌƐ ĂĐƚƵĂůůLJ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ ŝƚ͊

Ϯ͘ /ƐůĂŶĚ ŽĨ tŝŶĞ ʹ tĂŝŚĞŬĞ ŝŶ ,ĂƵƌĂŬŝ 'ƵůĨ tŚŽ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ƐŝƉ ĨƌĞƐŚůLJ ĞdžƚƌĂĐƚĞĚ ǀŝŶĞLJĂƌĚ ǁŝŶĞ͍ tĂŝŚĞŬĞ ŚŽƵƐĞƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ǀŝŶĞLJĂƌĚƐ͕ ǁŝŶĞƌͲ ŝĞƐ͕ ŽůŝǀĞ ŐƌŽǀĞƐ͕ ĨĂƌŵůĂŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ŐŽůĚĞŶ ďĞĂĐŚĞƐ͘ 'ƵŝĚĞĚ ƚŽƵƌƐ ĂƌĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƚĂƐƚŝŶŐ ǁŝŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ůƵŶĐŚŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ǀŝŶĞLJĂƌĚƐ͘ tŚĞŶ LJŽƵ͛ǀĞ ŚĂĚ LJŽƵƌ Įůů ŽĨ ǁŝŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĚŝŶŝŶŐ͕ ĨĞĞů ƚŚĞ ƐĂŶĚ ďĞͲ tween your toes and drench yourself in the clear blue waters at KŶĞƌŽĂ ĂŶĚ KŶĞƚĂŶŐŝ ĞĂĐŚĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌŽƵƐ ƐŽƵůƐ ĐĂŶ ƚƌLJ ŚŽƌƐĞͲƌŝĚŝŶŐ͕ ĂƌĐŚĞƌLJ ĂŶĚ ůĂƐĞƌ ĐůĂLJ ƉŝŐĞŽŶ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ͕ ŚŝƌĞ Ă ƐĐŽŽƚͲ Ğƌ͕ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ƐĐĞŶŝĐ ŇŝŐŚƚ Žƌ njŽŽŵ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĞĞƚŽƉƐ ŽŶ Ă ŇLJŝŶŐ ĨŽdž njŝƉ ůŝŶĞ͘ ƉĂƌƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ƉĂƐƐĞŶŐĞƌ ĨĞƌƌLJ ƚŚĂƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ LJŽƵ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ /ƐůĂŶĚ ŽĨ tŝŶĞ͕ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĂůƐŽ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ĐĂƌ ĨĞƌƌLJ͕ Ă ƐĐĞŶŝĐ ŇŝŐŚƚ͕ Ă ŚĞůŝĐŽƉͲ ƚĞƌ Žƌ ĞǀĞŶ Ă ƐĞĂƉůĂŶĞ͘ ĞĮŶŝƚĞůLJ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϭϬ ŵƵƐƚ ƐĞĞ ƉůĂĐĞƐ ŝŶ Auckland!

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ϯ͘ WƵŬĞŬŽŚĞ džƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĨĞĂƌ͕ ƚĞƌƌŽƌ͕ ƵŶďĞůŝĞǀĂďůĞ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ĂŶĚ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ůĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ^ƉŽŽŬĞƌƐ͘ zŽƵ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĐŚĂƐĞĚ ďLJ ĐŚĂŝŶƐĂǁͲǁŝĞůĚŝŶŐ njŽŵͲ bies and hungry monsters while you try to navigate through Ă ƐĐĂƌLJ ĨŽƌĞƐƚ͕ ŚĂƵŶƚĞĚ ŚŽƵƐĞ ĂŶĚ Ă ĐŽƌŶ ĨŝĞůĚ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ĞƐĐĂƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĐƌĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĂĚ͘ ZĞŵĞŵďĞƌ Z͘ϭϲ͘ Watch ITM Auckland SuperSprint on the tracks each NoͲ ǀĞŵďĞƌ Ăƚ WƵŬĞŬŽŚĞ WĂƌŬ ZĂĐĞǁĂLJ͘ Kƌ ĚŽ LJŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ splash some paint over? Don’t miss the Asylum Paintball ǁŚĞƌĞ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĨŝŶĚ Ă ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ͘ ƚ ƚŚĞ &ƌĂŶŬůŝŶ Market, you can find some traditional bone carvings, ĨƌĞƐŚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĂŶĚŵĂĚĞ ũĞǁĞůƌLJ͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƌŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ vintage steam train that runs along the countryside at the 'ůĞŶďƌŽŽŬ sŝŶƚĂŐĞ ZĂŝůǁĂLJ͘

ϰ͘ <ĂƌĂŶŐĂŚĂƉĞ ͚<͛ ZŽĂĚ Unique is the word to describe K Road in Auckland famous for ŝƚƐ ďĂƌƐ͕ ƐŵĂůů ƐŚŽƉƐ͕ ĐĂĨĞƐ͕ ƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĐůƵďƐ͘ zŽƵ͛ůů ĮŶĚ everything from handmade jewellery to locally made furnishing, ĂŶƚŝƋƵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ͘ ƉƌĞĨĞƌƌĞĚ ŐĂƚŚĞƌŝŶŐ ƐƉŽƚ ĨŽƌ ĂƌƚŝƐƚƐ͕ writers, students and musicians, this is where you should ƐƚƌĞƚĐŚ ŽƵƚ LJŽƵƌ ůĞŐƐ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ƐŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ ƐƉƌĞĞ͘ tĂƌŶŝŶŐ͗ ƵŝƐŝŶĞ ƐĂŵƉůĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ŝƐ ŽŶ ŽīĞƌ ŚĞƌĞ͕ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŇƵŵŵŽdžĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ͊ dŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ĐƵŝƐŝŶĞ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ŚĂƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ Ă ďŝƚ ƚŽ ĞdžƉůŽƌĞ͕ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ƐŽŵĞ ƵŶŝƋƵĞůLJ <ŝǁŝ ĐƵŝƐŝŶĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ souvenir land, so keep aside a budget for some awesome Kiwi ŬĞĞƉƐĂŬĞƐ͘

ϱ͘ DĂƚĂŬĂŶĂ &ĂƌŵĞƌ͛Ɛ DĂƌŬĞƚ Stroll through Matakana Farmer’s Market on saturdays if you want ƚŽ ƉŝĐŬ ƵƉ ĨƌĞƐŚ ůŽĐĂů ĂŶĚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝĐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ͘ &ŝŶĚ ĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ĚĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ ĐŚĞĞƐĞƐ͕ ŽůŝǀĞ ŽŝůƐ͕ ĂƌƟƐĂŶ ďƌĞĂĚƐ͕ ŐŽƵƌŵĞƚ ƐƉƌĞĂĚƐ͕ ĐƌĂŌ ďĞĞƌƐ͕ ƉĂƵĂ ĨƌŝƩĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ͞&ŽŽĚ WĞƌĨĞĐƚ͘͟ ^ĂŵƉůĞ ǁŝŶĞƐ in the vineyard and indulge in a sumptuous lunch overlookͲ ŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǀŝŶĞƐ͘ ŽŶ͛ƚ ŵŝƐƐ ďƌŽǁƐŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ Ăƌƚ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĂĨƚ ŐĂůůĞƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ĨŝŶĚ ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶƚ ƉĂŝŶƚŝŶŐƐ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ĂƌƚŝƐƚƐ͘ dƌĂŝů ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƋƵŝĞƚ ďĞĂĐŚĞƐ Žƌ ũƵƐƚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƉŝĐŶŝĐ ƚŽ LJŽƵƌƐĞůĨ͘

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craft cafe by

Poompuhar’s ’ Craft café is a first of itss kind craftthemed café loccated at the iconic Anna Salai of o Chennai.

Enjoy a fine dining exxperience and treat your taste buds to heealthy and authentic South Indian cuisiness, going back to our roots. Here, long-forgotten ingredients such as millets and palm sugar are used to reinvent and create new varieties of dishes!

What stands out at the Café is the ambiance. With exquisite bronze and wooden sculptures, bamboo furniture and the vintage statues around will immerse you in a divine setting.

The Craft café is also a fantastic venue to host corporate meetings, birthday parties, anniversary functions, kitty groups, farewells, get-togethers etc.

Poompuhar, No. 108, Anna Salai, Chennai - 600 002

Contact: 044 42111338, 044 28511338 Email:craftsrestaurant@gmail.com

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ϲ͘ EĞǁŵĂƌŬĞƚ Newmarket is where New Zealand shops! Get local, and browse through the mall’s popular stores and skip in to buy LJŽƵƌ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ <ŝǁŝ ďƌĂŶĚƐ͘ tĂŶĚĞƌ ĚŽǁŶ ƌŽĂĚǁĂLJ ĂŶĚ ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ EƵĨĨŝĞůĚ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ ĨŽƌ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌ ĂƉƉĂƌĞů͘ /Ŷ ŶĞĞĚ ŽĨ Ă makeover? Treat yourself to hair, beauty and spa treatments at the top salons and health spas: trust us, you won’t regret it! Auckland’s nightlife is very much happening, start your ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĨĂŵŽƵƐ &ĞƌŐďƵƌŐĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŚĂŶŐ ŽƵƚ ƚŽ ĞdžƉůŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚLJ͘ WůĂLJ Ă ŐĂŵĞ ŽĨ ƚĞŶ ƉŝŶ ďŽǁůŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ LJŽƵƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ Žƌ ŇŽĂƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ KůLJŵƉŝĐ ƉŽŽů͕ ĐĂƚĐŚ Ă ŵŽǀŝĞ Žƌ ĞdžƉůŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ͕ ĂƌĐŚŝƚĞĐƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŐĂƌĚĞŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ,ŝŐŚǁŝĐ 'ŽƚŚŝĐ ŚŽƵƐĞ ďƵŝůƚ ŝŶ ϭϴϲϮ͘

ϳ͘ DŝƐƐŝŽŶ ĂLJ ĂŶĚ ^ƚ ,ĞůŝĞƌƐ dŚĞƐĞ ďĞĂĐŚĨƌŽŶƚ ƐƵďƵƌďƐ ĂƌĞ ĮůůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĞĂƚĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ƐŚŽƉƐ ĂŶĚ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌŽƵƐ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ͘ dĂŬĞ Ă ĚŝƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂ͕ ŚŝƌĞ Ă ŬĂLJĂŬ Žƌ ƚƌLJ ƐƚĂŶĚ ƵƉ ƉĂĚĚůĞ ďŽĂƌĚŝŶŐ Žƌ ũƵƐƚ ƌĞůĂdž ǁŝƚŚ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͘ &Žƌ Ă ŐƵŝĚĞĚ ŬĂLJĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŽƵƌ ŽĨ ŶĞĂƌďLJ ŝƐůĂŶĚƐ͕ ŚĞĂĚ ƚŽ ^ƚ ,ĞůŝĞƌƐ ďŽĂƚ ƌĂŵƉ͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĐŚŽŽƐĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ Ă ŚĂůĨ ĚĂLJ ƚŽƵƌ͕ ĨƵůů ĚĂLJ ƚŽƵƌ Žƌ ƐƵŶƐĞƚ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͘ tĂůŬ͕ ũŽŐ͕ ĐLJĐůĞ Žƌ ƌŽůůĞƌ ďůĂĚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂůƐ ĂůŽŶŐ ƐĐĞŶŝĐ dĂŵĂŬŝ ƌŝǀĞ͘ dƵĐŬ ŝŶƚŽ ĨƌĞƐŚ ĮƐŚ ĂŶĚ ĐŚŝƉƐ Žƌ Ă ĚĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ ŐĞůĂƚŽ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂĐŚ ǁŝƚŚ ŐƌĞĂƚ ǀŝĞǁƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ͘ ŚĞĐŬ ŽƵƚ <ĞůůLJ dĂƌůƚŽŶ͛Ɛ ^ĞĂ >ŝĨĞ ƋƵĂƌŝƵŵ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͛Ɛ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ŶƚĂƌĐƟĐ ƉĞŶŐƵŝŶ ĐŽůŽŶLJ ĞdžŚŝďŝƚ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƐƟŶŐƌĂLJƐ͕ ƐŚĂƌŬƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ĮƐŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂůŬͲƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĂƋƵĂƌŝƵŵ͘

ϴ͘ 'ƌĞĂƚ ĂƌƌŝĞƌ /ƐůĂŶĚ EĂƚƵƌĞ ůŽǀĞƌƐ͕ ŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ LJŽƵƌ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ĞdžƉůŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŝůƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůĚůŝĨĞ ŽĨ ŽƚĞĂ͘ dĂŬĞ Ă ŽŶĞͲŚŽƵƌ ǁĂůŬ ĨŽƌ Ă ĚŝƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ŚŽƚ ƉŽŽůƐ Ăƚ <ĂŝƚŽŬĞ ,Žƚ ^ƉƌŝŶŐƐ͘ ^ŽĂŬ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ƐĐĞŶĞƌLJ ĂŶĚ ĨĞĞů LJŽƵƌ ƐƚƌĞƐƐ ŵĞůƚ ĂǁĂLJ͘ ŝƐĐŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŝƐůĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ǁŝůĚůŝĨĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶƚ ďŝƌĚ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ͕ ƐŶŽƌŬĞůŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĚŝǀĞ ƐƉŽƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƚĞĚ ĨŽƌĞƐƚ͕ ĐůĞĂŶ ǁĂƚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ conservation efforts have allowed wildlife to thrive in its ŚĂďŝƚĂƚ͘ ^ǁŝŵ͕ ƐƵƌĨ Žƌ ŬĂLJĂŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŝƐůĂŶĚ͛Ɛ Ɛ Ɖ ĞĐƚĂĐƵ ů Ăƌ beaches and bays, including the st unning Medlands ĞĂ ĐŚ ͘ Ś ĂƌƚĞƌ Ă Ĩ ŝƐŚŝŶŐ ďŽĂƚ Žƌ ũŽŝŶ Ă ŚĞůŝͲĨŝƐŚŝŶŐ ƚŽƵƌ ƚŽ ĨŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĨŝƐŚŝŶŐ ƐƉŽƚƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŝƐůĂŶĚ͘

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ϵ͘ DĈŽƌŝ ŐĂůůĞƌŝĞƐ Start your New Zealand trip with a glimpse into the history of the counͲ ƚƌLJ͘ dŚĞ DĂŽƌŝ ƚƌŝďĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƐĞƚƚůĞƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ eastern Polynesia who brought to New ĞĂůĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌŝĐŚ ŚĞƌŝƚĂŐĞ ĂŶĚ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ͘ Auckland Museum preserves and cares ĨŽƌ ŝƚƐ ƐŝŐŶŝĨŝĐĂŶƚ ĐŽůůĞĐƚŝŽŶ ŽĨ DĈŽƌŝ ƚƌĞĂƐƵƌĞƐ ;ƚĂŽŶŐĂͿ͘ KǀĞƌ ϭϬϬϬ ƚĂŽŶŐĂ ĂƌĞ ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ DĈŽƌŝ ŐĂůůĞƌͲ ŝĞƐ͕ ,Ğ dĂŽŶŐĂ DĈŽƌŝ ;DĈŽƌŝ ŽƵƌƚͿ ĂŶĚ dĞ Ž dƻƌŽĂ ;DĈŽƌŝ EĂƚƵƌĂů ,ŝƐƚŽƌLJ 'ĂůůĞƌLJͿ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŶLJ ŵŽƌĞ ŚĞůĚ ŝŶ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ƚĂŽŶͲ ŐĂ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĂŶĐĞƐƚƌĂů ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌ ƚƌŝďĞƐ ŽĨ ŽƚĞĂƌŽĂ͘ sŝƐŝƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ galleries to unravel the great stories behind the legends and be pulled into Ă ǁŽƌůĚ ŽĨ ĨĂŶƚĂƐLJ͘

ϭϬ͘ tĂŝƚĞŵĂƚĂ ,ĂƌďŽƵƌ &Žƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĂĚƌĞŶĂůŝŶĞ ĨŝůůĞĚ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ͕ tĂŝƚĞŵĂƚĂ ,ĂƌďŽƵƌ ŝƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ LJŽƵ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŚĞĂĚ ƚŽ͘ tŝƚŚ Ă ŶĂŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƌŽƵŐŚůLJ ƚƌĂŶƐůĂƚĞƐ ƚŽ ͚ƐƉĂƌŬůŝŶŐ ǁĂƚĞƌƐ͛ ŝŶ DĂŽƌŝ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ͕ tĂŝƚĞŵĂƚĂ ,ĂƌďŽƵƌ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚ͘ Ŷ ĂĐƚŝǀŝƚLJ ŝŶ ƵĐŬůĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞĂůůLJ ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌƵĞ <ŝǁŝ ƐƉŝƌŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ϰϬ ŵĞƚƌĞ ƵĐŬůĂŶĚ ƌŝĚŐĞ ƵŶŐLJ͘ ƵŶŐLJ ŽƉĞƌĂƚŽƌ : ,ĂĐŬĞƚƚ ŽƉĞƌĂƚĞƐ ďƵŶŐLJ ũƵŵƉ ĂŶĚ ŽĨĨĞƌƐ Ă ďƌŝĚŐĞ Đůŝŵď ǁŝƚŚ ǀŝĞǁƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƌďŽƵƌ͘ dŚŝƐ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ŽŶ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ LJŽƵƌ ƚŽͲĚŽ ůŝƐƚ͊

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REACH THE STARS AMRUTHA SRINIVASAN, A PROUD DEBUTANTE Akila Sridhar

As a friend, fan, learner of the beauty tips and an ĞdžĐŝƚĞĚ ŬŝĚ ĨŽƌ ŚĞƌ ŶĞdžƚ ǁĞď ƐĞƌŝĞƐ Ͳ ŬŝůĂ ^ƌŝĚŚĂƌ I’m sure many of us recognise Amrutha from her videos, ‘Caught in Cotton Street’ and ‘Street Food dƌĂŝů͛ ŽĨ ŚĞŶŶĂŝͲ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ŐĞŵƐ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ĐŝƚLJ͘ ^ŚĞ won over the female crowd by sharing tips with the ĨƌĞƐŚĞƌ͛Ɛ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ĚƌĞƐƐ ƵƉ ƋƵĞƌŝĞƐ͘

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From being a college distinction holder, a model, and a budding actor to now a ŚŽƵƐĞŚŽůĚ ŶĂŵĞ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ zŽƵdƵďĞƌƐ Ͳ ,Žǁ ŚĂƐ ŚĞƌ ũŽƵƌŶĞLJ ďĞĞŶ͍ 'ĞŶĚĞƌ ďŝĂƐ ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ĐŚŽƐĞŶ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJͲ We decided to clear the cliché section and to that the girl in ŚĞƌ ƉĞĞƉĞĚ ŽƵƚ͕ ŵƵĐŚ ǀŽůƵŶƚĂƌŝůLJ͘ ŵƌƵƚŚĂ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ǁŚŝůĞ ĂŶĚ ĐĂŵĞ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǁĞůůͲƌŽƵŶĚͲ ed answer of never having faced gender bias and like every ŽƚŚĞƌ Őŝƌů ŚŽƉĞƐ ƐŚĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ͘ ^ŚĞ ŝƐ ŐƌĞĂƚůLJ ƚŚĂŶŬĨƵů ƚŽ the wonderful production houses she has been associated ǁŝƚŚ͘ Ƶƚ ŝĨ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ƐŚĞ ĞǀĞƌ ĨĂĐĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ƐĐĞŶĂƌŝŽƐ ƐŚĞ ŝƐ ĐŽŶĨŝĚĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŚĞ͛ůů ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŚĂŶĚůĞ ŝƚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ǁĂLJ͘ This is entirely on account of the confidence people have on her, making her believe in herself is what that counts, what ƐƉĞĂŬƐ ůŽƵĚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ǁŽƌĚƐͲ ŚĞƌ ƐŬŝůůƐ͕ ĂĐƚŝŶŐ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƐŚĞ adds that times are changing and gender is soon becoming ũƵƐƚ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĐĂƟŽŶ ĂƐ ŽƉƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ĐƌŝƚĞƌŝĂ ĨŽƌ ďŝĂƐ͘ ŶĚ ŚĞƌ answer couldn’t have been more apt for the hesitant ones out ƚŚĞƌĞ͘

&ƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͕ ŵĂŬĞ ƵƐ ǁŚŽ ǁĞ ĂƌĞͲ tŚĞŶ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ Ͳ ŚĞƌ ƐŵŝůĞ ƚŽůĚ ŝƚ Ăůů͘ ǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ ĞŶƟƚůĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ͕ ƐŽŵĞ ĚŽ ĂĐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ that certain dreams do have the necessary talents to become ƌĞĂůŝƟĞƐ͘ tŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĂŶLJ ĂĐƚŽƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĞƌ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉŝŽŶĞĞƌ ŽĨ her way, debutant Amrutha has been a head turner in her ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƉƵƌƐƵĞ ǁŚĂƚ ƐŚĞ ĐŚŽƐĞ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ͕ ƚŽ ƉƵƚ in what’s required to see the journey through to the very end: ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƵƐ ůĂĐŬ͘ ǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ ĚƌĞĂŵƐ ďƵƚ ĚŽ ǁĞ Ăůů put one foot ahead of the other when challenged with hurdles at every stage?

Apart from her best friend Rohit, none of her friends were ŝŶƚŽ Įůŵ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ͕ ŝŶ ŽƚŚĞƌ ǁŽƌĚƐ͕ ƚĞůůŝŶŐ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ͘ ^ŚĞ ďĞĂŵƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ĂĐƋƵŝƌĞĚ ŵĂŶLJ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ŽŶůLJ ĂŌĞƌ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŵ͘ dŚĞLJ ĚƌŝǀĞ ŚĞƌ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ĚŽŝŶŐ ǁŚĂƚ ƐŚĞ ĚŽĞƐ ďĞƐƚͲ ƚƌLJ͘ <ŶŽǁŝŶŐ ǁŚĂƚ ƐŚĞ ŝƐ ĐĂƉĂďůĞ ŽĨ͕ ƐŚĞ ĐŽŶĨĞƐƐĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ŐŝǀĞ ŚĞƌ Ă ŚĂƌĚ ƟŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ ƐŚĞ ǁĂŶƚƐ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ƵƉ ŽŶ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞLJ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ĚƌŝǀĞ LJŽƵ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĂnjLJ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƟŵĞ͕ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞLJ ƌĞĂůůLJ LJŽƵƌ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͍ ^ŚĞ ĂƐŬƐ͘ Friends from school and college are just your usual solid rocks and ƉŝůůĂƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ďůŝŶĚůLJ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ŝŶ LJŽƵ ŶŽ ŵĂƩĞƌ ǁŚĂƚͲ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĞ ũƵŵƉƐ ƚŽ ĐĂůů ƚŚĂƚ Ă ĨĂĐƚƵĂů ƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚ͘ Ɛ ĨĂƌ ĂƐ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ŝƐ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶĞĚ͕ ĞdžĐĞƉƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ŚĂŶĚĨƵů͕ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞŶ͛ƚ ƐƚŽŬĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚĞƌ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂůŝƚLJ ƚŽĚĂLJͲ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƉĞƌĐĞŝǀĞĚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚůLJ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƐŬ ĂŶĚ ŐůĂŵŽƵƌ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ͘ tĂůů ^ƚƌĞĞƚ ŵŝŐŚƚ ůĂĐŬ ǁĂƌŵƚŚ ďƵƚ Ă ƐƵƌĞ ďĞƚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ŵŽŶĞLJ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ ĂĐƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů Ă ƐĞŶƐŝƟǀĞ ƚŽƉŝĐ ŝŶ ŵŽƐƚ ŚŽƵƐĞŚŽůĚƐ͘ dŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů Ăƚ ĂŶ Ăƌŵ͛Ɛ ƌĞĂĐŚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŐůĂŵŽƵƌ ĂŶĚ ůƵĐŬ͘ tĞ ŽŌĞŶ ĚŝƐĐŽƵŶƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƚĂůĞŶƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ͘ KƵƌ ďƵĚĚŝŶŐ ĂƌƟƐƚ ŚĞƌĞ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ƉůĂŝŶůLJ Ăŝŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĞƌ ĐŽƵĐŚ ďƵƚ ŝƐ ƉƵƫŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬ͕ ƟŵĞ͕ ĞīŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ 32

ƚŽ Đůŝŵď ƚŚĞ ůĂĚĚĞƌ͘ ^ŚĞ ŝƐ Ă ƚƌĂŝŶĞĚ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐĂů ĚĂŶĐĞƌ͕ ƐŝŶŐĞƌ ĂŶĚ Ă ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ ŝŶƚĞƌŝŽƌ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌ͘ &ƵŶ ĨĂĐƚ͕ ŚĞƌ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ ƐůŽǁůLJ ƚŽŽŬ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮƌƐƚ ƐƚĞƉ ŝŶ ĂĐĐĞƉƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƟŶŐ ŚĞƌͲ ĂŌĞƌ ǁŝƚŶĞƐƐŝŶŐ ŚĞƌ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ͘ ĂďLJ ƐƚĞƉƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƟĞŶĐĞ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƵƐ Ă ůŽŶŐ ǁĂLJ ŝŶĚĞĞĚ͘ ^ƵĐŚ ƐĐĞŶĂƌŝŽƐ ƌĞŵŝŶĚƐ ƵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ďƵĚĚŝŶŐ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƟĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ůŝŬĞ ƵƐͲ ǁŚŽ ĨŽůůŽǁ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚƌĞĂŵƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ ƚŚĞLJ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƉĂLJ Ă ŚŝŐŚ ƉƌŝĐĞ ĨŽƌ ŝƚ͘ /ƐŶ͛ƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ƚŚƌŝůů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵďůĞ ǁĞ ŽŌĞŶ ĐĂůůĞĚ͕ ůŝĨĞ͘ WŽƉƵůĂƌ ƐĂLJŝŶŐ ƌĞĂĚƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ůŝŬĞͲ LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ůŝǀĞĚ LJŽƵƌ ůŝĨĞ ũƵƐƚ ďLJ ďƌĞĂƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ďLJ ĮŐŚƟŶŐ͘ Ğ Ă ĮŐŚƚĞƌ͘ Ğ ĂŶ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞƌ͘ Ğ ƐŵĂƌƚ ĂŶĚ ǁĞůů ƚĂƵŐŚƚ͘

ZŽůĞ ĞǀĞƌLJ ĂĐƚŽƌ ĚƌĞĂŵƐ ĂďŽƵƚͲ Though it sounds like it’s too early for her to shut her door for ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ƌŽůĞƐ ďƵƚ ƐƵƌĞůLJ ĞǀĞƌLJ ĂĐƚŽƌ ŚĂƐ ŚĞƌ ŽǁŶ ĞdžƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ͘ tĞ ƉŝƋƵĞĚ ŚĞƌ ďƌĂŝŶ ĨŽƌ ŚĞƌ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƩĞƌ͘ ^ŚĞ ǁĂŶƚƐ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƌŽůĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƌƌĂŶƚ ŝŵƉĞĐĐĂďůĞ ĐƌĂŌ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽǁ ŚĞƌ ǁŽƌƚŚ ĂƐ ĂŶ ĂĐƚŽƌ Ͳ ZŽůĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ ŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƌŽůĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƐŚĞ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ĚŽ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞ ĨĞĂƚ Ăƚ ĐƌĂĐŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƵŐŚĞƌ ŶƵƚƐ͘ ƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƟŵĞ͕ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ĨƵŶ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ ǁŚŝŵƐŝĐĂů ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ũŽƵƌŶĞLJ͘ ^Ž ŝƚ͛Ɛ ďĂƐĞĚ ĞŶƟƌĞůLJ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ͘ ^ŚĞ ƋƵŝĐŬůLJ ĂĚĚƐ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌLJ ŝƐ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů͕ ĂŶĚ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ĂŶ ŝŶĚŝƐƉĞŶƐĂďůĞ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞǁ͕ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƐƵĐŚ ƌŽůĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞƐ ǁŽƌƚŚ ĚŽŝŶŐ͘

/ŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞͲ ǀĞƌLJ ĂƵĚŝƟŽŶĞĚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ŝƐ ŵŽƟǀĂƚĞĚ ďLJ ƐŽŵĞ ƌŽůĞ ŵŽĚĞůͲ ŽŶ Žƌ Žī ƐĐƌĞĞŶ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĂůǁĂLJƐ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞ ƵƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŬĞ ƵƐ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƵƉƉĞƌ ƐƚƌĂƚĂ͘ tŚĞŶ ƋƵŝnjnjĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ƐŚĞ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ Ɛŝƚ ďĂĐŬ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƌĞĐŽůůĞĐƟŶŐ ĞǀĞƌLJ ŵĞŵŽƌĂďůĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ ǁŝƚŶĞƐƐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂĚĞ ŚĞƌ ĐƌĂǀĞ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƐŬŝůůƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚ͘ Pramila from Arangetram, ^ƵũĂƚŚĂ ĨƌŽŵ ǀĂů ŽƌƵ dŚŽĚĂƌŬĂĚŚĂŝ͕ ^ƌŝƉƌŝLJĂ ĨƌŽŵ ǀĂů ƉƉĂĚŝƚŚŚĂĂŶ͕ ^ƌŝĚĞǀŝ ĨƌŽŵ DŽŽŶĚƌƵ DƵĚŝĐŚŚƵ͘ dŚŽƐĞ ĂƌĞ Ă ĨĞǁ ǁŽŵĞŶ ǁŚŽ ƉĂŝŶƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ůĞĂĚ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ŝŶ dŚĂŵŝnjŚ ŝŶĞŵĂ͘ dŚƌĞĞ ŽĨ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ <͘ ͛͘Ɛ ĐƌĞĂƟŽŶƐ͘ tĞůů ƚŚĞŶ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ ƐŚĞ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŶLJŽŶĞ ǁŽƌƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĂůƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ĂůƐŽ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶƐ ĂƐ sŝĚLJĂ ĂůĂŶ ĂŶĚ ZĂĚŝŬĂ ƉƚĞ͘ ŵŝĚƐƚ ŵƵĐŚ ĞĂƐŝĞƌ ĮĞůĚƐ͕ ǁŚLJ ĂĐƟŶŐ͍ BREW LIFESTYLE

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dŚĞLJ ƐĂLJ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ƚŚĂƚ ůŝĞ Ă ůŽƚ ŵĂŬĞ ŐŽŽĚ ĂĐƚŽƌƐͲ ƐŚĞ ĐŽŶĨĞƐƐĞƐ ĂŵŝĚƐƚ Įƚ ŽĨ ůĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ͘ dŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŚĞ ŐĞƚƐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ĞǀĞƌLJ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͕ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ůŝŬĞ Ă ĐŚĞƌƌLJ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ĨŽƌ ŚĞƌ͘ Ɛ Ă ĐŚŝůĚ ǁŚŽ didn’t know how much it took to be a decent actor, she was only fascinated by the glam that’s usually associated with ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ƐƚĂƌ͘ KŶĐĞ ƐŚĞ ŐƌĞǁ ƵƉ͕ ŝƚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ǁĂŶƟŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ͞ŚĞƌŽŝŶĞ͟ ƚŽ ǁĂŶƟŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ƌĞĂůůLJ ŐŽŽĚ ĂĐƚŽƌ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŚŽǁ ǁĞ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŚĞ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂů ĚĞĂů͘ How did you imagine this field of theatre, series and movies would ďĞ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ ŝŶ ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝƐŽŶ to reality She might have started as a kid dreamy eyed about the ĨĂŵĞ ĂŶĚ ŐůĂŵ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĂƩƌĂĐƟǀĞ ĨĂĐƚŽƌƐͲ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶƵƚĞ ƐŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ͕ ƐŚĞ ĮŶĂůůLJ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚŽŽĚ ƚŚĞ ŶƵĂŶĐĞƐ͘ She realised it’s all about ŝŶǀĞƐƟŶŐ LJŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐͲ ƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌLJ ĂŶĚ ďĞŝŶŐ ƉĂƟĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉĂƌƚ ĂŌĞƌ LJŽƵ͛ǀĞ ĚŽŶĞ LJŽƵƌ ǁŽƌŬ͘ ^ŚĞ ĨĞůů ŝŶ ůŽǀĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĂĐƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĞĚ ŚŽǁ ƐŚĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ŵĂŬĞ ŚĞƌƐĞůĨ ďĞƩĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ĞǀĞƌLJ ƉĂƐƐŝŶŐ ĚĂLJ͘ EŽ ũŽď ŝƐ ĨƌƵŝƞƵů ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŚĂƌĚ ǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŐŽĞƐ ŚĞƌĞ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘

ĞďƵƚĂŶƚ Žƌ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ ƐƚĂƌ͕ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞƐ ĂůǁĂLJƐ ŵĂŬĞƐ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞͲ Her happiest day yet has been when she had gone to a mall ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ Ă ĨĂŶ ǁĂůŬĞĚ ďLJ͕ ǁĂŶƟŶŐ ƚŽ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƚĞ ŚĞƌ ǁŽƌŬ͘ ^ŚĞ ĂƩƌŝďƵƚĞƐ Ăůů ƚŚŝƐ ĂĐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚƵŐĞ ƐĞĂ ŽĨ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ >ŝǀŝŶ͛ ;zŽƵdƵďĞ ǁĞď ƐĞƌŝĞƐͿ ŚĂƐ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ƵƉ ĨŽƌ ŚĞƌ͘ ƉĂƌƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŚĞ ŚĂƐ ŚĂĚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƚĞ ŚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ĚƵďďŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ŚĞƌƐĞůĨ ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ĮƌƐƚ Įůŵ͕ ŝŶ dĞůƵŐƵ ĨŽƌ ŚĞƌ ƌŽůĞ ŝŶ DĞŶƚĂů DĂĚŚŝůŽ͘ When questioned if she has related to her web series character ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŽŶ ŚĞƌ Ă ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJͲ ƐŚĞ ĂĚŵŝƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ Ɵůů ĚĂƚĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĐůŽƐĞƐ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ƐŚĞ ŚĂƐ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ƚŽ ŚĞƌƐĞůĨ͘ dŚĞ ůĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ͕ ǁĂƐ ƉůĂŝŶůLJ ŝŶĨĞĐƟŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĞŵŽƌĂďůĞ͘ With the light at the end of the tunnel not too far away, we wish her great luck in her Feats to achieve and laurels ƚŽ ǁŝŶ͘

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͞ Ƶƚ ǁŚĞŶ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ LJŽƵ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞŵ ůĂƵŐŚ Ăƚ Ă ŶĞǁ ŝĚĞĂ͕ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŐƵŝĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͘ EŽ ŽŶĞ ŝƐ ĞǀĞƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŚŝŵͬŚĞƌƐĞůĨ ƚŚĂŶ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞLJ ƌĞĂůůLJ ůĂƵŐŚ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ĚĞĨĞŶƐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĚŽǁŶ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ǀĞƌLJ ĞŶͲůŝŬĞ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůLJ ŽƉĞŶ͕ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůLJ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ ŚŝƚƐ ƚŚĞ ďƌĂŝŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƵŐŚ ďĞŐŝŶƐ͘ dŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ǁŚĞŶ ŶĞǁ ŝĚĞĂƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ŝŵƉůĂŶƚĞĚ͘ /Ĩ Ă ŶĞǁ ŝĚĞĂ ƐůŝƉƐ ŝŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͕ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ Ă ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ŐƌŽǁ͘͟

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dŚŽƐĞ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌĚƐ ŽĨ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŝŶŇƵĞŶƟĂů ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ƐƚĂŶĚͲƵƉ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶ͕ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĐƌŝƟĐ͕ ĂĐƚŽƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂƵƚŚŽƌ͕ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ ĂƌůŝŶ͘ ŶĚ ŝĨ LJŽƵ ƚĂŬĞ ĂŶ ĞdžƚƌĂ ŵŝŶƵƚĞ ƚŽ ƌĞŇĞĐƚ ŽŶ ŚŝƐ ǁŽƌĚƐ ĚĞĞƉůLJ͕ you will probably realise that the man was quite on point for the case ŽĨ ƐƚĂŶĚƵƉ ĐŽŵĞĚLJ ĂƐ Ă ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ĂƌƚƐ ƚŽĚĂLJ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĂŶ ŽĚĚ ƐŽƌƚ ŽĨ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŶŽ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞ͕ ŶŽ ƉůŽƚ͕ ďĂĐŬƐƚŽƌLJ͕ ƐĞƚƐ͕ ĞĚŝƚŽƌƐ͕ Žƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌƐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĐŽŵĞĚLJ ďŽŝůĞĚ down to the very basics: a comedian and his audience, where ŚĞ Žƌ ƐŚĞ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ƐĐŽƌĞƐ Ă ůĂƵŐŚ Žƌ ƚŚĞLJ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ͘ Ɛ ƌŝƟƐŚ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶ :ŝŵŵLJ Ăƌƌ ĂŶĚ ǁƌŝƚĞƌ >ƵĐLJ 'ƌĞĞǀĞƐ ƉƵƚ ŝƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ Ŭ͕ KŶůLJ :ŽŬŝŶŐ͗ tŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ^Ž &ƵŶŶLJ ďŽƵƚ DĂŬŝŶŐ WĞŽƉůĞ >ĂƵŐŚ͍͕ ͞^ƚĂŶĚͲƵƉ ĐŽŵĞĚLJ ŝƐ Ă ƉĞĐƵůŝĂƌ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ Ăƌƚ ĨŽƌŵ͘ /Ŷ Ă ƌŽŽŵ ĮůůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƉĞŽƉle, the ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůLJ ŽŶĞ ĨĂĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŽŶŐ ǁĂLJ͘ ,Ğ͛Ɛ ĂůƐŽ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůLJ ŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ůĂƵŐŚŝŶŐ͘ &Žƌ ŶŽƌŵĂů ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ Ă ŶŝŐŚƚŵĂƌĞ͕ ŶŽƚ Ă ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ĂƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ͘͟ ŽŵĞĚŝĂŶƐ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ũƵƐƚ ŐĞƚ ƵƉ ŽŶ ƐƚĂŐĞ ĂŶĚ ͞ďĞ ĨƵŶŶLJ͘͟ ĂĐŚ ũŽŬĞ ŝƐ ŚŽŶĞĚ͕ ĂŐŽŶŝnjĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĮŶĞĚ ƵŶƟů ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůLJ ƌĞĂĚLJ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ Ă ƉĂLJŝŶŐ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͘ ŽŵĞĚŝĂŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĚĞĐĂĚĞƐ ŽĨ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ƐƉŝƌŝƚ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďĞůƚƐ ĐĂŶ ďƌŝŶŐ ďĂĐŬ ũŽŬĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ LJĞĂƌƐ ƉĂƐƚ͕ ƌĞƚƌŽĮƩĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ƟŵĞƐ͘ ŶĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚ͕ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ƐƚĂŶĚͲƵƉ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶ ŝƐ ŝŶĚĞĞĚ Ă ǀĞƌLJ ƚŽƵŐŚ ũŽď͘ Standing in front of people is never easy, but standing in front of ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ũƵĚŐĞ ĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ LJŽƵ ƐĂLJ ĂŶĚ ĞdžƉĞĐƚ ƚŽ ůĂƵŐŚ ĞǀĞƌLJ ĨĞǁ ƐĞĐŽŶĚƐ ŝƐ ŵƵĐŚ ŚĂƌĚĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ƐƚĂŶĚƵƉ ƐĐĞŶĞ ŝŶ /ŶĚŝĂ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůLJ ŚĞŶŶĂŝ ƚŽĚĂLJ ŝƐ ŶŽ ůĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ ƌŝŐŚƚ͗ tŚĞŶ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ƐŝƫŶŐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŚŽůĚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŽ LJŽƵƌ ĞdžĐŝƚĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ LJŽƵƌ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ƐƚĂŶĚƵƉ ĂƌƟƐƚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ ůŝǀĞ ŝŶ Ă ϮϬϬϬͲƐĞĂƚĞƌ ĂƵĚŝƚŽƌŝƵŵ͕ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĂůůLJ ƐŵĂĐŬ ĚĂď ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŝĚĚůĞ ŽĨ Ă ƐƚĂŶĚͲƵƉ ĐŽŵĞĚLJ ŵ͘ EĞǀĞƌ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŚĂƐ ƐŽ much original material been this easy to access and been ĐŽŶƐƵŵĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĂŶLJ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘ EĞǀĞƌ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŚĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƚĂůĞŶƚ pool of comedians been this deep, and in format, voice and 39

ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů͕ ƚŚŝƐ ĚŝǀĞƌƐĞ͘ One such household name in the South Asian standup cosmos ŝƐ ůĞdžĂŶĚĞƌ ĂďƵ͕ Ă ŵĂŶ ǁŚŽ ƉƌŽƵĚůLJ ƉůĂLJƐ ŵƵůƚŝƉůĞ ƌŽůĞƐ in his life – standup comic, yoga teacher, musician, theatre ĂĐƚŽƌ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƚŝǀĂƚŝŽŶĂů ƐƉĞĂŬĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ ƌŽƵƟŶĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĚĂLJƐ ŝƐ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ĨŽƌ ůĞdž͗ ǁĂŬĞ ƵƉ͕ ƐůŝƉ ŽŶ ƐŽŵĞ ƐǁĞĂƚƉĂŶƚƐ͕ ĐƌĂĐŬ ŽƉĞŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƉƚŽƉ͕ ĮƌĞ ƵƉ Ă tŽƌĚ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚ͕ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ŚŝƐ LJŽŐĂ ƌŽƵƟŶĞ ĂŶĚ ǁƌĞƐƚůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƟŵŝĚĂƟŶŐ ŵŽŶƐƚĞƌ ŽĨ ďůĂŶŬŶĞƐƐ ƵŶƟů Ă ũŽŬĞ Žƌ ƚǁŽ ƐƋƵĞĞnjĞƐ ŽƵƚ͘ DŽǀŝŶŐ ŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŝƐ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ůŝĨĞ ĂƐ Ă ĨƵůůͲƟŵĞ ƐŽŌǁĂƌĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƌ Ăƚ ŵĂnjŽŶ ŝŶ ŚĞŶŶĂŝ͕ ůĞdž ƚŽŽŬ Ă ďƌĂǀĞ ƐƚĞƉ ƚŽ ƌĞĂůŝnjĞ ŚŝƐ ĂƌƟƐƟĐ ĚƌĞĂŵƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ ŽĨ ĂĐƟŶŐ͕ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂůůLJ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ĂƌƚƐ with strong encouragement from his family and close circle of ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͘ ,Ğ ĨŽŶĚůLJ ƚƌĂĐĞƐ ďĂĐŬ ŚŝƐ ƐƚĂŶĚƵƉ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶĂů ƌŽŽƚƐ ƚŽ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ ƚĂďůĞ͘ ͞/ ǁĂƐ Ă dĂďůĂ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐƚ ĂƐ Ă ĐŚŝůĚ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ǀĞƌLJ ƉŝƋƵĞĚ ďLJ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ƵƉ͘ /Ŷ ĨĂĐƚ͕ / ƚŽŽŬ ŵLJ ƚĂďůĞ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ^ƚĂƚĞƐ ƚŽ ƉƵƌƐƵĞ ŵLJ ƉŽƐƚŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ͘ / ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ dĂďůĂ ĨŽƌ ƌŽƵŐŚůLJ ƚǁŽ LJĞĂƌƐ ƉŽƐƚ which I had the opportunity to be a part of a Tamil music band ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂLJ ƌĞĂ ĂƐ Ă ƉĞƌĐƵƐƐŝŽŶŝƐƚ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ / ĂůƐŽ ƐƉĞŶƚ ƐŽŵĞ ƋƵĂůŝƚLJ ƟŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĨƌŝĞŶĚ ĂŶĚ Ă ďƵĚĚŝŶŐ ĂƌŶĂƟĐ ǀŽĐĂůŝƐƚ ǁŚŽ ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůLJ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƚĂůLJƐƚ ƚŽ ŵLJ ŇĞĚŐůŝŶŐ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ŝŶ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐĂů ŵƵƐŝĐ͘ / ƚŽŽŬ ƚŽ ƐŝŶŐŝŶŐ ǀĞƌLJ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐůLJ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂŝŶĞĚ ŵLJƐĞůĨ ŝŶ classical music for a year to be able to perform in cultural shows ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ƚŚĞƌĞĂŌĞƌ͘ &ƌŽŵ ƚŚĞƌĞ͕ / ƐůŽǁůLJ ŵŽǀĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ĂŶĐŚŽƌŝŶŐ ƐƚĂŐĞ ƐŚŽǁƐ ĂŶĚ ŐƌĂĚƵĂůůLJ ƐƚĞƉƉĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ dĂŵŝů ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĚƌĂŵĂ͘͟ ůĞdž ĚƌĂǁƐ ŝŵŵĞŶƐĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚ͕ ĂƌƟƐƟĐ ĞŶĞƌŐLJ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ fuel from Music and Yoga – both of which he is incredibly passionate ĂďŽƵƚ͕ ďĞƐŝĚĞƐ ƐƚĂŶĚƵƉ͘ ,Ğ ƚĂůŬƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚŽǁ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŚĂƐ ĞŶƌŝĐŚĞĚ ĞǀĞƌLJ single element of both his personal and professional life and the fact ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ĂƩĞŶĚ ĂƌŶĂƟĐ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŽĚĂLJ BREW LIFESTYLE

DECEMBER 2017

ŝƐ ďŝŐ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ Ăƌƚ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŵ ƚŚĞ ĐƌƵdž ŽĨ Ăůů ŚŝƐ ƐƚĂŶĚƵƉ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ͘ ĞŝŶŐ Ă ĐĞƌƟĮĞĚ LJŽŐĂ ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƚŽƌ͕ ůĞdž ĂƐƐĞƌƚƐ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƉƌĂĐƟĐŝŶŐ LJŽŐĂ ĞǀĞƌLJ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ĚĂLJ͘ ZĞŇĞĐƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŵŵĞƌƐŝǀĞ ĂƌĞ ƉŽƐƐŝďůLJ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ŵŽƐƚ ĐƌŝƟĐĂů ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ŚĞ ůĞĂƌŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ LJŽŐĂ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ his focus on point and him grounded as a person amidst all the ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂŽƐ͘

independent show is definitely a huge milestone but more importantly, it is the rigor, the process and the journey to here ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ǁŝƐŚĞƐ ƚŽ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞ͘ ͞DLJ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƟŵĞ in theatre has taught me to focus on the process and the journey ŝƚƐĞůĨ ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚ ƐŚĂƉĞƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů͕ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ǁŽƌƚŚǁŚŝůĞ͕͟ ƐŵŝůĞƐ ůĞdž͘

DŽƐƚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ƐƚĂŶĚͲƵƉ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĚŝƐƟŶĐƟǀĞ ŇĂǀŽƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŵĞĚLJ͘ dŚĞ ǀŽŝĐĞ ŽĨ Ă ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ũŽŬĞƐ͖ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉŚƌĂƐŝŶŐƐ͕ ƌŚLJƚŚŵƐ͕ ƟŵŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ůŽŽŬƐ͘ ŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶƐ ĐĂŶ ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ĚƌĂƐƟĐĂůůLJ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐƐ͘ &Žƌ ůĞdž͕ ŚŝƐ ƚŚƌĞĞͲLJĞĂƌ ƚĞŶƵƌĞ ĂƐ Ă ĨƵůůͲƟŵĞ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ƐƚĂŶĚƵƉ ŚĂƐ ƉůĂLJĞĚ Ă ƉŝǀŽƚĂů ƌŽůĞ ŝŶ ƐŚĂƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ŚĞ ŝƐ ƚŽĚĂLJ͘ ,Ğ ďĞůŝĞǀĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŽǁĞƌ ŽĨ ͞&ŝŶĚŝŶŐ zŽƵƌ sŽŝĐĞ͟ ĂƐ Ă ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŽ ĞdžƉƌĞƐƐ LJŽƵƌ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŽĨ ǀŝĞǁ ĂƐ Ă ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ƚĂŶŐŝďůĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞƌ ƐŽĐŝĞƚLJ͘ DƵĐŚ ůŝŬĞ ŚŝƐ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞƌ͕ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ ĂƌůŝŶ ǁŚŽ ǁĂƐ Ă ƚƌƵƚŚ ƐĞĞŬĞƌ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŽ ƉŽŬĞĚ ŚŽůĞƐ ŝŶ ƌĞůŝŐŝŽŶ͕ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ and anything else that seems corrupt with smart, hilarious rants; ǁŝƚŚ ĞĂĐŚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ͕ ůĞdž ƐĞĞŬƐ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ŚŝƐ ŽǁŶ ǀŽŝĐĞ by drawing out references and lessons from his personal life and ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ďƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ŝƚ ůŝǀĞ ŽŶ ƐƚĂŐĞ͘ &Žƌ Śŝŵ͕ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ĂĐƚ ŽĨ ĮŶĚŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ǀŽŝĐĞ ďĂƐŝĐĂůůLJ ďŽŝůƐ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŽ ĮŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ŵĂŶŶĞƌ ŽĨ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ďĞƐƚ ĂůŝŐŶĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƐƚ ƚƌƵĞ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ŽǁŶ ƐĞůĨ͘

hƉͲĂŶĚͲĐŽŵĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ĮŶĚŝŶŐ ĚĞǀŽƚĞĚ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƉŽĚĐĂƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽĐŝĂů ŵĞĚŝĂ͘ ^ƚĂŶĚͲƵƉ ůĞŐĞŶĚƐ ĂƌĞ ĚŽŝŶŐ ĚƌŽƉͲŝŶ ƐĞƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞůĞĂƐŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ ŶĚ ĐŽŵĞĚLJ͛Ɛ cultural resonance deepens with rapid technological change, ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐ ƐŽĐŝĞƚĂů ĚŝǀŝƐŝŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ĚŝnjnjLJŝŶŐ ŶĞǁƐ ĐLJĐůĞ͘ ŽŵĞĚLJ ŝƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚĂŬĞŶ ŵŽƌĞ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐůLJ ŶŽǁ͘ dŽƉͲďŝůůŝŶŐ ƐƚĂŶĚͲƵƉ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶƐ ĂƌĞ ƚƌĞĂƚĞĚ ĂƐ ƉƵďůŝĐ ŝŶƚĞůůĞĐƚƵĂůƐ͘ ĐĂĚƌĞ ŽĨ ƉŽĚĐĂƐƚƐ ĨĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ ĐŽŵŝĐƐ ƚĂůŬŝŶŐ ƐŚŽƉ ĂŶĚ ĚĞǀŽƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĚŝƐƐĞĐƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĂŌ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ůĞdž͛Ɛ ͞ ůĞdž ŝŶ tŽŶĚĞƌůĂŶĚ͟ ŚĂƐ ŚƵŐĞ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐƐ͘

ŌĞƌ Ă ƐƵƉĞƌ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ƉĂĐŬĞĚͲŚŽƵƐĞ ƐĞůůͲŽƵƚ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ƌƵŶ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ /ŶĚŝĂ͕ ůĞdž͛Ɛ ŶĞǁ ƐŽůŽ ƐƚĂŶĚƵƉ ĂĐƚ ͞ ůĞdž ŝŶ tŽŶĚĞƌůĂŶĚ͟ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶ ŚĞŶŶĂŝ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƌŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ͘ &Žƌ ůĞdž͕ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ƚŽ ůĂƵŶĐŚ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ ŚŝƐ ĮƌƐƚ ůŝǀĞ 40

EĞǁͲĂŐĞ ƐƚĂŶĚƵƉ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞƌƐ ůŝŬĞ ůĞdž ďĞƐƚ ĞŵďŽĚLJ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ĞdžƉĞĐƚ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ŵŽĚĞƌŶͲĚĂLJ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶƐ͗ ^ŽŵĞŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ ĐĂŶ ǁĂŬĞ ƵƐ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁĞŝƌĚ͕ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚƌŝŐƵŝŶŐ ƉŽƐƐŝďŝůŝƟĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƵƐ͕ ŝŵƉĞů ƵƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ƉĞƌƐƉĞĐƟǀĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚŝŶŬ differently about our own lives – and most of all, make us ŚŽǁů͕ ůĞƚ ŐŽ ŽĨ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ůĂƵŐŚ ŝƚ Ăůů ŽƵƚ͘ ůĞdž ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŶĞĂƌ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ďůĞŶĚ ŽĨ ĂƌƟƐƟĐ ŵĞƌŝƚ͕ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ƌŚLJƚŚŵ͕ ƚĞĐŚŶŝĐĂů ƉƌŽĨŝͲ ciency, sense of comical timing, quality of his written material, ŚŝƐ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌLJ ĂŶĚ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ŽĨ ĐŽŵŵŽŶͲŵĂŶ ŝŶĨůƵĞŶĐĞ Ͷ ĂŶĚ ŽĨƚĞŶ͕ ŚŝƐ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶLJƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ĨƵŶŶLJ͘

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,ĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽǀŝĞ ďĞŐŝŶƐ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ͘ :ƵƌŽƌ ϴ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĨĂƐĐŝŶĂƟŶŐ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ / ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ƉůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ŽĨ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ͘ WůĂLJĞĚ ďLJ ,ĞŶƌLJ &ŽŶĚĂ͕ ƚŚŝƐ amiable gentleman starts the movie by being the only juror on ƚŚĞ ũƵƌLJ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ǀŽƚĞ ͞'ƵŝůƚLJ͟ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ LJŽƵŶŐ ďŽLJ ŽŶ ƚƌŝĂů͘ ǀĞŶ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ũƵƌŽƌƐ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ ĂƌĞ ĐƵƚͲ ĂŶĚͲĚƌŝĞĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽǀĞ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďŽLJ͛Ɛ ŐƵŝůƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ũƵƌŽƌ ƐŵŝůŝŶŐůLJ ǀŽƚĞƐ ͞EŽƚ 'ƵŝůƚLJ͘͟ When asked about why he believes in the boy’s innocence, he ƋƵŝĞƚůLJ ĐŽƌƌĞĐƚƐ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ĞdžĂĐƚůLJ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ďŽLJ is innocent, but he believes that the boy is at least owed a fair trial and the jurors should debate it more before they give the verdict ĂŶĚ ƐĞŶĚ Śŝŵ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ĚĞĂƚŚ͘ ,Ğ ƐƵŵƐ ƵƉ ŚŝƐ ĐŽŶŇŝĐƟŶŐ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚŝƐ ǀĞƌĚŝĐƚ ͞dŚĞƌĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĞůĞǀĞŶ ǀŽƚĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŐƵŝůƚLJ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ƐŽ ĞĂƐLJ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ ƚŽ ƌĂŝƐĞ ŵLJ ŚĂŶĚ ĂŶĚ ƐĞŶĚ Ă ďŽLJ Žī ƚŽ ĚĞĂƚŚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƚĂůŬŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝƚ ĮƌƐƚ͘͟ ,ŝƐ ďĞůŝĞĨ ŝƐ ŵŽĐŬĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ũƵƌŽƌƐ Ăƚ ĮƌƐƚ͕ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ĂŶŐƌLJ ǁŝƚŚ Śŝŵ ĨŽƌ ŚŽůĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ƵƉ͕ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůLJ :ƵƌŽƌ ϳ͕ ǁŚŽ ǁŝƐŚĞƐ ƚŽ ůĞĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƚƌŝĂů ĂƐ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ƟĐŬĞƚƐ ƚŽ Ă ďĂƐĞďĂůů ŐĂŵĞ͕ ĂŶĚ :ƵƌŽƌ ϯ͕ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉĂƐƐŝŽŶĂƚĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ďŽLJ͛Ɛ ŐƵŝůƚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŚŝƐ ďĞůŝĞĨƐ ĂƌĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ slowly convince and win over the other jurors, who one by one begin to concede that the boy indeed does deserve a fair trial, and slowly begin ƚŽ ǀŽƚĞ ͞EŽƚ 'ƵŝůƚLJ͘͟ ƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽǀŝĞ͕ / ĨŽƵŶĚ ŵLJƐĞůĨ ƌŽŽƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ :ƵƌŽƌ ϴ͘ / ĨŽƵŶĚ ŵLJƐĞůĨ ƐŝƫŶŐ ĂŶdžŝŽƵƐůLJ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŽŽŵ ĂƐ / ǁĂƚĐŚĞĚ ŚŝƐ ƋƵĞƐƚ ƚŽ ƉƵƐŚ ĨŽƌ Ă ĨĂŝƌ ƚƌŝĂů ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďŽLJ͘ / ǁĂƐ ĨĂƐĐŝŶĂƚĞĚ ďLJ ŚŝƐ ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƉƵƌƐƵĞ ũƵƐƟĐĞ͕ even when he had to stand up against a crowd of people who were all ƉƵƐŚŝŶŐ Śŝŵ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚĞ ͞'ƵŝůƚLJ͟ ǀĞƌĚŝĐƚ͕ ƌŝƐŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁƌĂƚŚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞŵ͘ ƐŝĚĞ ĨƌŽŵ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ĚĞĞƉůLJ ŵŽƌĂů ŵĂŶ͕ :ƵƌŽƌ ϴ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ĞdžƚƌĞŵĞůLJ ŝŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĂŐŵĂƟĐ͕ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ũƵƌLJ ďLJ ĚĞĨĞĂƟŶŐ ĞǀĞƌLJ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂƌŐƵŵĞŶƚƐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ ďŽLJ͘ tŚĞŶ ĂŶ ĂŶŐƌLJ :ƵƌŽƌ ϭϬ ƚĞůůƐ Śŝŵ that they shouldn’t believe the defendant because he’s not white, Juror 8 quietly retorts that he believed the old lady who saw the murder, with ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌĚƐ ͞^ŚĞ͛Ɛ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽŽ͕ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ƐŚĞ͍͟ tŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ũƵƌLJ ĂƌŐƵĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ďŽLJ͛Ɛ ŵƵƌĚĞƌ ǁĞĂƉŽŶ ǁĂƐ Ă ƌĂƌĞ ŬŶŝĨĞ͕ ŚĞ ƋƵŝĐŬůLJ ƉƵůůƐ ŽƵƚ Ă ƌĞƉůŝĐĂ ŽĨ ŝƚ͕ ƐƟĐŬƐ ŝƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƚĂďůĞ ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐĂůůLJ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ƐĂLJŝŶŐ͕ ͞/ ŐŽƚ ŝƚ ůĂƐƚ ŶŝŐŚƚ ŝŶ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ũƵŶŬ ƐŚŽƉ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƌŶĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ďŽLJ͛Ɛ ŚŽƵƐĞ͘ /ƚ ĐŽƐƚ ƚǁŽ ĚŽůůĂƌƐ͕͟ ƚŚĞƌĞďLJ ƐŚŽĐŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶƚŽ ƐŝůĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂŶƟŶŐ ƐĞĞĚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵŝŶĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ďŽLJ ŵĂLJ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ŐƵŝůƚLJ͘ :ƵƌŽƌ ϴ ĮŐŚƚƐ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ũƵƌLJ ĨŽƌ Ă ĨĂŝƌ ƚƌŝĂů͕ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůLJ :ƵƌŽƌ ϯ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŚŽŵ ŚĞ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ ďůŽǁƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ƟŵĞƐ͕ ƉƌŽǀŽŬŝŶŐ Śŝŵ ŝŶƚŽ ĂƩĂĐŬŝŶŐ Śŝŵ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŶLJŽŶĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ƐĂLJ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌĚƐ ͞/͛ůů Ŭŝůů LJŽƵͬŚŝŵ͟ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ ŝƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ǁŝůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐƟĐŬ ŚŝƐ ŶĞĐŬ ŽƵƚ ĂŶĚ ƚĂŬĞ ƌŝƐŬƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďŽLJ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŝŶƐŝƐƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŚŝƐ ǀŽƚĞ ŝĨ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ũƵƌŽƌƐ ƐƟůů ǀŽƚĞĚ ŐƵŝůƚLJ͘ :ƵƌŽƌ ϵ ƚŚĞŶ ǀŽƚĞƐ ŶŽƚ ŐƵŝůƚLJ͕ ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐ ŚŽǁ ŝŶŇƵĞŶƟĂů :ƵƌŽƌ ϴ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ũƵƌLJ͘ The main reason I respect him, however, is the fact that he is willing ƚŽ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ Ă ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĮŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ ũƵƐƟĐĞ͘ ,Ğ ŝƐ Ă ĨĂƐĐŝŶĂƟŶŐ character and one I will remember for life, and one I will always ĐŚĞƌŝƐŚ͘ 43

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YOUR CHRISTMAS JUST GOT BETTER! Padma Murughappun

Ğǁ ĚƌŽƉƐ ŽŶ ƌŽƐĞƐ͕ ďĞůůƐ ũŝŶŐůŝŶŐ ĞǀĞƌLJǁŚĞƌĞ͕ ĐŚŝůůLJ Ăŝƌ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ LJŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƚ ĞŐŐŶŽŐ͕ ƚƌĞĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶŐĞůƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƌƐ ĂĚŽƌŶĞĚ͕ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ůĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ũŽLJ ĂŶĚ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞ ĚĞůŝŐŚƚ Ͳ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ƐƵďƚůĞ ŚŝŶƚƐ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ĞǀĞƌLJ LJĞĂƌ͘ 'ŝǀĞŶ͕ ŚŽůŝĚĂLJƐ ĂƌĞ ŵĞĂŶƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐƉĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͕ ĞůĂďŽƌĂƚĞ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵĐŚ͕ ďƵƚ ŚŽǁ ŝƐ ƚŚŝƐ ŐůŽďĂů ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ĚŽŶĞ ŝŶ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉĂƌƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ ,Žǁ ĂǁĞƐŽŵĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŝƚ ďĞ ƚŽ ƚƌĂǀĞů ĂŶĚ ďĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ͍ ,ĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Ă ƐŚŽƌƚ ŐƵŝĚĞ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ƉŝĐŬƐ ŽĨ ƚŽƉ ϱ ĚĞƐƟŶĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ǀŝƐŝƚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ LJĞĂƌ͘ tŝƐŚŝŶŐ LJŽƵ Ă ŵĞƌƌLJ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ͊

ϭ͘ ZĞLJŬũĂǀŝŬ͕ /ĐĞůĂŶĚ ͗ Come Christmas, its looks like the fairyland from our dreams and is our number one pick to ƐƉĞŶĚ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ŝŶ͘ ĂƉŝƚĂů ŽĨ /ĐĞͲ land, Reykjavik is a spectacle of breathtaking views and Ă ϰͲŚŽƵƌ ĚĂLJůŝŐŚƚ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůLJ ǁŽƌƚŚ ĞǀĞƌLJ ƉĞŶŶLJ͘ Brimming with creativity and such soulfulness, this small city has ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ͘ ǁŝůĚ nightlife, historical venues to ůĞĂƌŶ ŝƚƐ ƉĂƐƚ͕ ĞLJĞͲƉŽƉƉŝŶŐ architecture all combined ĨŽƌŵƐ ƵƌŽƉĞ͛Ɛ ƐŵĂůůͲƚŽǁŶ ĐĂƉŝƚĂů͘ Christmas makes it even more magical with the ϭϮ zƵůĞ >ĂĚƐ ; ƚŚĞ /ĐĞůĂŶĚ 44

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ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ^ĂŶƚĂ ůĂƵƐͿ ƐƚĂƚƵĞƐ ŝŶ ĞǀĞƌLJ ĐŽƌŶĞƌ͕ ƵƌŽƌĂ ŽƌĞĂůŝƐ ůŝŐŚƟŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ ƐŬLJ ǁŝƚŚ ĞLJĞͲĐĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ĐŽůŽƵƌƐ͘ tŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƚƌŝƉ ĞǀĞŶ ŵŽƌĞ ĞdžƚƌĂ ƚŚĂŶ ŝƚ ĂůƌĞĂĚLJ ŝƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůLJ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƵƌ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ 'ĂŵĞ KĨ dŚƌŽŶĞƐ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ƐĐĞŶŝĐ ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŝĐĞͲĐĂƉƉĞĚ ŵŽƵŶƚĂŝŶƐ͘ dŚƌŽǁ ŽŶ LJŽƵƌ ĨƵƌ ĐŽĂƚƐ͕ ĐŚĂŶŶĞů LJŽƵƌ ŝŶŶĞƌ :ŽŶ ^ŶŽǁ ĂŶĚ ĞŶũŽLJ LJŽƵƌ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ĮŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ tŚŝƚĞ tĂůŬĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĚƌĂŐŽŶƐ͊ ŌĞƌ Ăůů͕ tŝŶƚĞƌ ŚĂƐ ĐŽŵĞ͘

Ϯ͘ ƵƌŝĐŚ͕ ^ǁŝƚnjĞƌůĂŶĚ ͗ What better way to celebrate the birth of Jesus than to dip yourself in a huge bowl of hot fondue in the land of cheese, wine and everything ŶŝĐĞ͘ ,ĞĂĚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŽ ƵƌŝĐŚ ƚŚŝƐ December, go live your life in one of world’s most liveable ĐŝƟĞƐ͘ ^ĞĂƚĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ũƵŶĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ a river and a lake, this ancient city is vibrant in its every sense Ͳ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ͕ ĐŚƵƌĐŚĞƐ͕ ĨŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ͘ Watch the children welcome the season of Advent with ĐĂŶĚůĞƐ͕ ƐĞƫŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ĂŇŽĂƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ >ŝŵŵĂƚ ZŝǀĞƌ ĂƐ LJŽƵ ƐŝƉ ŽŶ LJŽƵƌ ,ĞŝƐƐĞ ^ĐŚŽŐŐŝ͘ 'ƌĂď Ă ƐĞĂƚ Ăƚ ĂŶLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƩLJ ĐĂĨĞƐ͕ al fresco to enjoy the crystal ůŝŐŚƚƐ ůŝŐŚƚ ƵƉ ŵĂƌŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ zŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ŝƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƌŶĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĐŝƚLJ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŝŶƚ ƐŵĞůů ŽĨ ǁŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŝŶŶĂŵŽŶ ůŝŶŐĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽůĚ Ăŝƌ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ĐĂƌŽůƐ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ǁŝƚŚ ǁĂƌŵƚŚ ĂŶĚ ũŽLJ͘

ϯ͘ dƌŽŵƐŽ͕ EŽƌǁĂLJ ͗ dŚĞLJ ƐĂLJ ƚŚŝƌĚ ƟŵĞ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌŵ ĂŶĚ LJĞƐ͕ ŝƚ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ͘ ,ĞƌĞ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ in Nordern Paris, closer than ever to Santa Claus hoping we ǁĞƌĞ ͞ŶŝĐĞ͟ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ͞ŶĂƵŐŚͲ ƚLJ͟ ƚŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƵƉ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ EŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ >ŝŐŚƚƐ͕ ũƵƐƚ ϰϬϬ Ŭŵ away from the Arctic Circle ( almost close the North Pole, ŽŶĞ ĐĂŶ ƐĂLJͿ͘ ^ŝƚƚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ island of Tromsoya, the city is connected to the other side of the island via the majestic dƌŽŵƐŽ ƌŝĚŐĞ͘ Popular for the beautiful Midnight Sun occurrence, the city hosts more than just a tinge of the polar ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ͘ dŚĞ ĂƌĐŚŝƚĞĐƚƵƌĂů ŵĂƌǀĞů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĐƟĐ ĂƚŚĞĚƌĂů ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďƌŝĚŐĞ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůŝŶĞĂƌ ŝƐůĂŶĚ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĐĞŶƚƵƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ĞdžƉĞĚŝƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĐƟĐ ǁĞƌĞ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ĞǀĞƌ ƐŽ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ WŽůĂƌ DƵƐĞƵŵ ŚŽůĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ ĂŶĚ ƌĞůŝĐƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚLJ͛Ɛ sŝŬŝŶŐ ĚĂLJƐ ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚŝƐ ƉůĂĐĞ Ă ƌƵƐƟĐ͕ LJĞƚ ůŝǀĞůLJ ĨĞĞů͘ <ĞĞƉ Ă ůŽŽŬŽƵƚ ĨŽƌ ^ĂŶƚĂ͛Ɛ ƐůĞŝŐŚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂƐŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĂŶĐĞƌ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂĐŬ ǁŝƚŚ sŝdžĞŶ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ǁŚŝůĞ LJŽƵ ĞŶũŽLJ Ă ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů 45

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EŽƌĚŝĐ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ŵĞĂů ŽĨ ďĂƐŝůͲŐůĂnjĞĚ ĮůĞƚ ŽĨ ĐĂƞŝƐŚ Žƌ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ ƌŽĂƐƚĞĚ ĮůĞƚ ŽĨ ƉŽƌŬ͘ ϰ͘ ^ĂŶƚĂ ĂƌďĂƌĂ͕ ĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂ ͗ Who says you have to go to the North Pole to see ƚŚĞ EŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ >ŝŐŚƚƐ ǁŚĞŶ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƐĞĞ ŝƚ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŚĞƌĞ ŝŶ the West Coast as Santa Barbara lights up in its Parade ŽĨ >ŝŐŚƚƐ ǁĞůĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚLJ͛Ɛ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ũŽLJĨƵů ĐŽůŽƵƌƐ ĞǀĞƌLJǁŚĞƌĞ͍ EŽǁ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽ ŶŽƌŵĂů ƉĂƌĂĚĞ Ͳ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŽŶ ďŽĂƚƐ ůŝƚ ǁŝƚŚ ĨŝƌĞǁŽƌŬƐ ĂŶĚ ůŝŐŚƚƐ͘ ^ĐƌĞĂŵŝŶŐ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ LJĞƚ͍ tĂŝƚ Ɵůů LJŽƵ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞŵ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ďĞĂĐŚ ĐŝƚLJ ŝŶ ^ŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ ĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂ ŝƐ Ă ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ĚĞƐƟͲ ŶĂƟŽŶ Ăƚ Ăůů ƟŵĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ LJĞĂƌ ŚŽƐƟŶŐ ĨƵŶ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ďƵĚŐĞƚƐ ĂŶĚ ůŝŬĞƐ͘ ĞĂƵƟĨƵů ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ͕ ƌĞƐŽŶĂƟŶŐ ŽůĚ Californian elegance paired with style and comfort make ŝƚ ƚŚĞ EƵŵďĞƌ ϰ ĚĞƐƟŶĂƟŽŶ ŽŶ ŽƵƌ ůŝƐƚ ƚŽĚĂLJ ĨŽƌ Ă ƌĞůĂdžĞĚ ĂŶĚ ůĂŝĚ ďĂĐŬ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ŚŽůŝĚĂLJ͘ 'Ž ĐƌĂnjLJ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƉĞƌ ůŝǀĞ ďĂƌƐ͕ ĞŶũŽLJ ĮƐŚ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŝĞƐ Ăƚ ƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŽǁŶ ĞdžƉůŽƌŝŶŐ ŝƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ũŽůůLJ ƌŝĚĞ called Santa Barbara trolley, feel the Christmas the Southern Californian way!

ϱ͘ 'ŽĂ͕ /ŶĚŝĂ ͗ sŝƌƚƵĂůůLJ ƵŶŝŶƚĞƌƌƵƉƚĞĚ ďĞĂĐŚĞƐ͕ ƉŝŶƚͲƐŝnjĞĚ ŝƐůĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ƌƵŶ hƐĂŝŶ Žůƚ ƐƚLJůĞ LJŽƵ ĞŶĚ ƵƉ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƉůĂĐĞ LJŽƵ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ͕ ƌĞŵŶĂŶƚƐ ŽĨ WŽƌƚƵŐƵĞƐĞ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ůLJŝŶŐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ŽŶůLJ ŵĞĂŶƐ ŽŶĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ Ͳ Ă ŐŽŽĚ͕ ŽůĚ /ŶĚŝĂŶ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͛Ɛ ŽǁŶ ďĞĂĐŚ ƐƚĂƚĞ͊ Catholic Churches light up for the season in yellow and red welcoming Santa Claus and everyone for a ride that you cant get anywhere ĞůƐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ ĂƌŽůůĞƌƐ ĐĂƌŽůůŝŶŐ͕ ƐĞĂ ĨŽŽĚ ĐŽŽŬŝŶŐ͕ ĮƌĞĐƌĂĐŬĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĐĂŶĚůĞƐ ůŝŐŚƟŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ǁĂLJ ĂƐ LJŽƵ ǁĂůŬ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ĞdžƉůŽƌŝŶŐ 'ŽĂ ŝŶ Ăůů ŝƚƐ ƐƉůĞŶĚŽƵƌ͘ 46

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and reached the spot from where the ƐŝdžƚĞĞŶƚŚͲĐĞŶƚƵƌLJ ŵŽƐƋƵĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƐĞĞŶ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ ƚƌĂŶƐŝĞŶƚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ might be, the Charminar stands tall ŝŶ Ăůů ŝƚƐ ƚƌĂŶƋƵŝůůŝƚLJ͘ / ƐƚŽŽĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĨŽƌ I don’t know how long, with my friend ĂŶĚ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ǁŝŶĚ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ͘ WŝŐĞŽŶƐ jumped into the air as the prayers from Ă ŵŽƐƋƵĞ ďĞŐĂŶ͘ There is a certain charm about ,LJĚĞƌĂďĂĚ͘ ǀĞƌLJ ƉůĂĐĞ ŚĂƐ ŝƚ͕ LJĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŝƐ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů͘ /ƚ ƐŝŶŬƐ LJŽƵ ĚĞĞƉ ŝŶƚŽ ŝƚ͘ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Ăŝƌ͘ You’ll run into some old (when I say old, / ŵĞĂŶ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ƐŝdžƚLJ LJĞĂƌƐ ŽůĚͿ ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞ ǁŚĞƌĞǀĞƌ LJŽƵ ŐŽ͘ tĞ ǁĞƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ relatives’ place in Saroor Nagar from >ĂŬĚŝŬĂƉƵů͘ Ŷ ƌŽƵƚĞ / ƐĂǁ Ă ŶĂĂŶ ƐŚŽƉ Ͳ ŝƚ ƌĞĂĚ ͚DƵŶƐŚŝ EĂĂŶ͗ DŽƌĞ dŚĂŶ ϭϬϬ zĞĂƌƐ KůĚ͛͘ dŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ ǁĞƌĞ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ƚŽƵŐŚ ƟŵĞ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƐŽ ŵĂŶLJ ŶĂĂŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůŽǁͲƌŽŽĨĞĚ ƐŚŽƉ͘ ůĂĚ ŝŶ Ă ǀĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ pants, beads of sweat accumulated on ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨŽƌĞŚĞĂĚƐ ĞǀĞƌLJ ŶŽǁ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ͘ This I could see because I was stuck in a traffic jam so thick we were moving ŽŶůLJ Ă ŵĞƚƌĞ ĞǀĞƌLJ ĨŝǀĞ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͘ /Ŷ ŽŶĞ part of the city you can see plenty of Bajaj Chetaks on the many green, hilly roads, driven by people in love with ĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ ǀŝŶƚĂŐĞ ĂŶĚ ƐůŽǁ͘ /Ŷ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ not so far away part, you can be part of ƐŶĂŝůͲƉĂĐĞĚ ƚƌĂĨĨŝĐ ũĂŵƐ͕ ĐĂƵƐĞĚ ŵĂŝŶůLJ by unorganised construction and rash ĚƌŝǀŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞ ƋƵŝƚĞ ŶĂƌƌŽǁ ƌŽĂĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ shopping hub Sultan Bazaar had a metro ŇLJŽǀĞƌ ƵŶĚĞƌ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͘ ƌŽƵŶĚ ĮǀĞ LJĞĂƌƐ ďĂĐŬ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ƚǁĞŶƚLJͲŵŝŶƵƚĞ ĚƌŝǀĞ ĨƌŽŵ >ĂŬĚŝŬĂƉƵů ƚŽ EĂŵƉĂůůLJ ZĂŝůǁĂLJ ^ƚĂƟŽŶ͘ dŽĚĂLJ ŝƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ŶŽ ůĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ ĂŶ ŚŽƵƌ͘ Nevertheless, like I said, the charm ƐŽĂŬƐ LJŽƵ ƵƉ͘ KŶ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƌŽĂĚ / ƐĂǁ Ă ƐŚŽƉ ƐĞůůŝŶŐ /ƐůĂŵŝĐ ĨƌĂŵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŝƌƌŽƌƐ͘ / ƚŚŝŶŬ Ͳ / ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ǀĂŐƵĞůLJ Ͳ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ĐĂůůĞĚ ͚/ƐůĂŵŝĐ dƵŐŚĂƌƐ͗ 'ůĂƐƐ ,ŽŵĞ͛͘ Its windows had coloured glass panes, ƚŚŽƐĞ ƚLJƉŝĐĂů ŽĨ /ƐůĂŵ͘

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EŽƐƚĂůŐŝĂ ŐĞƚƐ ŚĞĂǀLJ ŝŶ ,LJĚĞƌĂďĂĚ͘ / ƵƐĞ ďůĂŶŬĞƚƐ ďŽƵŐŚƚ ďLJ ŵLJ ŐƌĂŶĚŵŽƚŚĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ďŝĚƐ ƐŽŵĞ ƐŝdžƚĞĞŶ LJĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŽĚĂLJ͘ dŚĞ ĨƌŽĐŬƐ ƐŚĞ ŐŽƚ ŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ &͘ ͘ <ŚĂŶ͛Ɛ ƐŚŽƉ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ŝŶ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ĐŝƚLJ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ŵĞ ƚŽ ĐŚĂĂƚ͕ ĐŚĂĂƚ ďŚĂŶĚĂƌƐ ĂŶĚ ZŽŽŚ ĨnjĂ͕ Žƌ ũƵƐƚ ĂŶLJ ƐŚĂƌďĂƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂƩĞƌ͘ dŽ ƚŚŝƐ ĚĂLJ͕ /͛ǀĞ ŶŽƚ ďĞĞŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ƉůĂĐĞƐ Ͳ ŚĂƌŵŝŶĂƌ͕ ZĂŵŽũŝ &ŝůŵ ŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ,ƵƐƐĂŝŶ ^ĂŐĂƌ ůĂŬĞ Ͳ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ /͛ǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƚŽ ĂůŵŽƐƚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉůĂĐĞƐ͘ ǀĞƌLJ ƟŵĞ / ƚĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŝŶ ƚŽ Žƌ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚLJ͕ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŵŝƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƵĚĚŚĂ ^ƚĂƚƵĞ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƐĞĞŶ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŝŶ͛Ɛ ĂůŽŶŐ EĞĐŬůĂĐĞ ZŽĂĚ͘ EĞŝƚŚĞƌ ŚĂǀĞ / ŵŝƐƐĞĚ ƚĂƐƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ƚƵƫ ĨƌƵƫ <ĂƌĂĐŚŝ ďŝƐĐƵŝƚƐ ĞĂĐŚ ƟŵĞ /͛ǀĞ ĐŽŵĞ ŚĞƌĞ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ͕ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ KƐŵĂŶŝĂ ďŝƐĐƵŝƚƐ ŵƵĐŚ͘ ŶĚ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ /ƌĂŶŝ ĐĂĨĠƐ ĂƌĞ ŚĞƌĞ͕ / ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ƐůŝŐŚƚĞƐƚ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƐŝƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĞŐĞŶĚĂƌLJ ƚĞĂ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ Ă ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƌĞĂƐŽŶƐ ĂƐ ƚŽ ǁŚLJ ƚŚŝƐ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝƐ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ƚŽ ŵĞ͘ /Ŷ ƐƉŝƚĞ ŽĨ ŵĂŶLJ ŶĞŐĂƟǀĞ ƚƌĂŝƚƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝƚ͘ dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ Ͳ / ǁĂƐ ďŽƌŶ ŚĞƌĞ͘ DLJ ĮƌƐƚ ŵĞŵŽƌŝĞƐ ĨŽƌŵĞĚ ŚĞƌĞ͘ dĞůƵŐƵ ǁĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞƐ / ůĞĂƌŶƚ͘ ůďĞŝƚ /͛ŵ ŶŽƚ ŇƵĞŶƚ Ăƚ ŝƚ ŶŽǁ͘ dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ memory of the curved edge of a pipe was formed here, when I touched the water pipe that comes out of the tank which is in the ĐŽŵƉŽƵŶĚ ďĞůŽǁ͘ DLJ ƐŵĂůů ŚĂŶĚƐ͕ ĂƐ ƐŵĂůů ĂƐ ŵŝŶŝ ƉƵƌŝƐ͕ ǁŽƵůĚ ŐŽ ƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞĚŐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬ ŵĂĚĞ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ǁĞůĚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ŵĞƚĂů͘ ŶĚ ƉŝŐĞŽŶƐ͘ dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ / ƐĂǁ Žƌ ŚĞĂƌĚ ƉŝŐĞŽŶƐ ĐŽŽŝŶŐ ǁĂƐ ŚĞƌĞ͕ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶĚŽǁƐ Žƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂůĐŽŶŝĞƐ͘ ^ƚĂLJŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŐƌĂŶĚƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ͕ ďŽƚŚ ŵĂƚĞƌŶĂů ĂŶĚ ƉĂƚĞƌŶĂů͘ ^ƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƟŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽƵƐŝŶƐ͘ DLJ ůŽǀĞ ĨŽƌ ŐƵůĂď ũĂŵƵŶƐ͘ /ƚ Ăůů ďĞŐĂŶ ŚĞƌĞ͘ / ŬŶŽǁ / ǁŝůů ĐŽŵĞ ŚĞƌĞ ŵĂŶLJ ŵŽƌĞ ƟŵĞƐ͘ ŶĚ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƟŵĞƐ͕ ƐŽŽŶ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͕ /͛Ě ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ,ƵƐƐĂŝŶ ^ĂŐĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ /ƌĂŶŝ ĐŚĂŝ ŝŶ ŽŶĞ ŚĂŶĚ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ KƐŵĂŶŝĂ ďŝƐĐƵŝƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĞ ,LJĚĞƌĂďĂĚ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ LJĞƚ ŬŶŽǁ͘ /͛ŵ ƐƟůů ƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƚĞƌƌĂĐĞ͖ / ŚĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ƉƌĂLJĞƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŵŽƐƋƵĞ ŶĞĂƌďLJ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĞ ƉŝŐĞŽŶƐ ũƵŵƉŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ Ăŝƌ͘

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If I told you that you could sit at your house in front of a computer, play games all day and earn money, would it be too hard to believe? Of course the idea sounds bizarre ĂŶĚ ƵŶĐŽŶǀĞŶƚŝŽŶĂů͕ ďƵƚ ĞͲƐƉŽƌƚƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĂŐĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŶŽǁ͘ ͲƐƉŽƌƚƐ ĂůƐŽ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐ ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ŝƐ Ă ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ĐŽŵͲ petition using computer games held particularly between ƉƌŽͲƉůĂLJĞƌƐ͘ :ƵƐƚ ůŝŬĞ ĂŶLJ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƉŽƌƚ͕ ŚŽƵƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŽƵƌƐ ŽĨ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƌĚ ǁŽƌŬ ŐŽĞƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƉƌĂĐƚŝĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚĞĂŵ ƉůĂLJ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵŽŶ ŐĂŵĞ ƚLJƉĞƐ ĂƌĞ ZĞĂůͲƚŝŵĞ ^ƚƌĂƚĞŐLJ ŐĂŵĞƐ͕ ĨŝŐŚƚŝŶŐ͕ ĨŝƌƐƚͲƉĞƌƐŽŶ ƐŚŽŽƚĞƌ ;&W^Ϳ ĂŶĚ DƵůƚŝƉůĂLJĞƌ KŶůŝŶĞ ĂƚƚůĞ ƌĞŶĂ ;DK Ϳ͘

ĞƌƐŚŝƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ďĂƩůĞƐ ƚŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƌŽŽĨ͘ dŚĞ <ŽƌĞĂŶ ĞͲ^ƉŽƌƚƐ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶ Ăƌŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ DŝŶŝƐƚƌLJ ŽĨ ƵůƚƵƌĞ͕ ^ƉŽƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ Tourism, was founded in 2000 to promote and regulate Ğ^ƉŽƌƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͘ ƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϬϬƐ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŐĂŵĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĞdžĐůƵƐŝǀĞůLJ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ^WE ĐŚĂŶŶĞů ŚŽƐƚĞĚ ŵĂŶLJ ĞͲƐƉŽƌƚƐ ĐŽŵƉĞƚŝƚŝŽŶƐ͘ dǁŝƚĐŚ͕ ĂŶ ŽŶůŝŶĞ streaming platform launched in 2011, routinely streams ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ Ğ^ƉŽƌƚƐ ĐŽŵƉĞƚŝƚŝŽŶƐ͘ /Ŷ ϮϬϭϯ͕ ǀŝĞǁĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ platform watched 12 billion minutes of video on the serͲ vice, with the two most popular Twitch broadcasters games ďĞŝŶŐ >ĞĂŐƵĞ ŽĨ >ĞŐĞŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƚĂ Ϯ͘

Stanford University hosted a video game competition for ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ͞^ƉĂĐĞǁĂƌ͟ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ LJĞĂƌ ϭϵϳϮ ĂŶĚ ͲƐƉŽƌƚƐ ĂƌĞŶĂ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĞǀŽůǀŝŶŐ ĞǀĞƌ ƐŝŶĐĞ͘ dŚĞ ĨŝƌƐƚ h͘^ EĂƚŝŽŶĂů sŝĚĞŽ Game Team was created in 1983 and they went on to host ƐŽŵĞ ǀŝĚĞŽ ŐĂŵĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ 'ƵŝŶŶĞƐƐ tŽƌůĚ ZĞĐŽƌĚƐ͘ dŚĞ advent of the internet only accelerated the growth of the ŽŶůŝŶĞ ŐĂŵŝŶŐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ dŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ŐĂŵĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŝŵĞ ǁĞƌĞ ŽƵŶƚĞƌͲ^ƚƌŝŬĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ tĂƌĐƌĂĨƚ͘

Sadly, online gaming is only considered a waste of time and parents have a preconceived notion of how games spoil the ŚĞĂůƚŚ ĂŶĚ ĞLJĞƐŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞLJ ĂīĞĐƚ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ŐƌŽǁƚŚ ŽĨ Ă ĐŚŝůĚ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŝƌŽŶŝĐ ŚŽǁ ĞǀĞŶ ǁŚŝůĞ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ŝŶ Ă ǁŽƌůĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƐƚĞĂĚŝͲ ly moving towards virtual reality, children are not allowed to ĞdžƉůŽƌĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨŝĞůĚ ŽĨ ŐĂŵŝŶŐ͘ DŽƐƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌĚ ͞ƐƉŽƌƚ͟ ƚŽ ŵĞĂŶ ƐŽŵĞ ƐŽƌƚ ŽĨ ĂƚŚůĞƚŝĐ ĞǀĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞƐ ƉŚLJƐŝĐĂů ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ ďƵƚ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐůLJ͕ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌĚ ƐƉŽƌƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ KůĚ &ƌĞŶĐŚ ǁŽƌĚ ͞ĚĞƐƉŽƌƚ͟ ŵĞĂŶͲ ŝŶŐ ͞ůĞŝƐƵƌĞ͘͟ ͲƐƉŽƌƚƐ ŝƐ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĂŵƵƐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŚĞŶĐĞ ŝƚ ŝƐ ůĞŐŝƟŵĂƚĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĐĂůůĞĚ Ă ƐƉŽƌƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďƌŽĂĚĞƌ ƐĞŶƐĞ͘

^ŽƵƚŚ <ŽƌĞĂ ŝƐ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ŚĂŶĚĞĚůLJ ƚŚĞ ŚƵď ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞͲƐƉŽƌƚƐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ dŚĞLJ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ůŝƩůĞ ŐĂŵŝŶŐ ŚŽƵƐĞƐ Žƌ ĐĂĨĞƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĐĂŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ŐĂŵĞƐ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞLJ ǁĞƌĞ ĨƌĞĞ͘ dŚĞ &ŝŶĂŶĐŝĂů ƌŝƐŝƐ ŽĨ 1997 in Asia also meant that many people were unemployed and ƚŚĞLJ ǁĞƌĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƉĂƐƚͲƟŵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƵƐ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁͲ

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