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DEHYDRATION 6
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T
here’s a false perception
that hydration needs drop so
dramatically in winter that
dehydration can never be a
problem. A study from the
University of New Hampshire found that
your chance of dehydration actually
increases during the colder months. It
says, “We lose a great deal of water from
our bodies in the winter due to respirato-
ry fluid loss through breathing. Our bod-
ies also are working harder under the
weight of extra clothing, and sweat evap-
orates quickly in cold, dry air.”
SNEAKY CAUSES FOR
WINTER DEHYDRATION
The fact is that our bodies lose mois-
ture all day, every day, through
respiration, perspiration,
Winter
urination, and bodily
comfort drinks
function, regardless of
like coffee and hot
the temperature out-
side. Plus indoor heat
from heaters and insu-
chocolate can be very
dehydrating. Go for
herbed teas and
lation makes the air
really dry. Many people
layer up and sweat through
spiced milk
their clothes, but because they
don’t feel hot, they don’t realise that
they’re losing as much sweat as they
are and hence don’t feel the need to
SELF-CARE
Ayurveda and
its treasure
trove of
solutions is
all you need
for healthy,
happy hair
Basics of
AYURVEDIC HAIRCARE
A
yurveda does not generalise treatment.
It recognises that different people have
different doshas and as a result,
everyone needs a personalised
treatment. Hair fall, dandruff, split
ends, frizzy hair are some of the most common
problems that people face everyday and Ayurveda
has solutions for all these problems. Here are
some practices to add to your haircare routine…
POSITIVE THINKING: Ayurveda postulates that all
diseases originate inside the mind. It means that
doshic imbalances are caused because of the
imbalances in our mental state and emotions.
Many studies have proven this hypothesis to be
true. A 2019 study indicated that hair
disorders may have psychiatric and
psychosocial aspects. Taking care of your
mental health is the first step in being
healthy, even when it comes to hair growth.
EATING HEALTHY: Eating healthy is
necessary if you want to make your hair
strong and long-lasting. Healthy foods
nourish the hair follicles from within
and make
them more
resilient. Best
practices include
eating dosha-
specific seasonal
fruits and
vegetables; including healthy
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and broths. Food and hydrating fruits
and vegetables not only correct the
water balance but also replace essential
salts and minerals.
The world’s shortest flight
Add flavour to your pitcher.
Flavoured water is basically a more
appetising way to consume more
is only 53 seconds long
in the world, transporting passengers
water, and more water soluble vitamins
from one island to another. The flight
and minerals. Lemons, lime, oranges,
operates from the Westray in the Orkney
grapefruit and berries all are excellent
Islands to the nearby Papa Westray
sources of vitamin C.
island and covers a distance of 2.7 km in
Carry water everywhere. Hydration
less than a minute. The airline operates
is a classic example of “out of
two to three flights a day.
sight, out of mind”, so try keeping
a water bottle with you at all times, but
for ease, keeping one in the car, one at ABOUT WESTRAY
the office, one in the gym bag, can Westray is a scenic but small island with
ensure that you have a water bottle a population less than 100 people. A
wherever you go no matter if you acci- number of holidaymakers visit the island
dentally leave one behind! in the summer season. From Westray,
7
Bring tech in. If none of the above
W
passengers board a flight to Papa
work for you, go for phone ell, you read that right. The short-
Westray Island. Otherwise, Westray is some 15
reminders or apps to keep track of est flight runs between Westray
minute flight from Kirkwall, the capital of Orkney.
how many ounces or glasses of water and Papa Westray islands in
you’ve consumed, or get a high-tech Scotland, UK. Well, if the weather
water bottle. Digital water bottles actual- is favourable, the wind flow is ABOUT PAPA WESTRAY ISLAND
ly track your sips and some of them glow right and luggage is less, passengers can reach Fondly known as the Papa, it is the ninth-largest
or light up to remind you to get a refill. their destination in just 47 seconds! As per the island in the Orkney Islands. Spread over 900
Guinness Book of World Records, Loganair is the hectares, the island has a rich biodiversity. The
amount of water each day. smallest scheduled commercial airline in the population of the place is less than 100. Tourists
2
Have warm drinks. If you find it world. Loganair is basically a Scottish regional air- come here to spend time in nature and by the
drink water to replenish fluids. difficult to drink water when it’s line based in Glasgow Airport close to Paisley in beach. It’s also an ideal place for birdwatchers.
Other contributing factors to winter cold outside, drink warm bever- Scotland. The airline’s LM711 is the shortest flight — TNN
dehydration include decreased humidity ages like decaffeinated hot tea, herbal
in the air, lack of thirst signals from the tea, or hot cider.
QUICK BITES
3
brain, and increased fluid loss with more Wear layers. Don’t overdo it on the
frequent colds and flus. Without the obvi- warm clothing. Wearing layers can
ous signals to drink enough water, dehy-
dration during the winter months often
goes unacknowledged. Not to forget tank-
help you regulate your body tem-
perature and minimise water loss
from perspiration. Purple Power
4
ing up on dehydrating winter comfort Eat your water. Having enough
water is one thing and
T
drinks like coffee and hot chocolate. he sight anthocyanins) and show higher
keeping the body well of black antioxidant capacity than their orange
hydrated is another. carrots and and yellow counterparts.
SMART WAYS TO DRINK Hydration comes not just
MORE WATER: from sipping water but from
a host of high water foods.
beets stacked
together in veggie
markets is enough
Vitamins
A-B-C in black
4 If wild blueberries are
good for your eyes, so
are black carrots. Studies
1
Make it a habit. Don’t rely on thirst to The primary way of hydra-
tell you when you need to drink tion is drinking plenty of
to signal the peak of winter
season. Let’s find out what's the
carrot extract is
needed for a
suggest that
anthocyanins can benefit
water. Make a point to drink a certain
clean water orally, but
about 20 per cent of
big fuss about this variety of carrot: healthy heart, vision in a number of
our intake comes from
foods specially fruits,
1 Anthocyanin (a powerful antioxidant) is
what gives black carrots their dark hue.
This substance holds quite a lot of health
eyes and blood
vessels
ways such as by
enhancing night vision,
fighting macular
vegetables, drinks
benefits and has potential for treating degeneration, and
neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s. reducing the risk of
2 The strawberry red to purple colour
that black carrot extract produces
can provide a natural alternative to
retinopathy in
diabetic
patients.
synthetic food colourings.
3 All carrots are low in calories and
rich in dietary fiber, vitamin K,
5 Black carrot
juice helps in
a healthy digestion. The
vitamin C, potassium, and manganese. high amount of calcium,
And all carrots (except the whites) are potassium and iron
good sources of carotenoids. But helps in developing
black/purple carrots contain higher stronger bones
amounts of phenolics (especially and teeth.
LATEST BUZZWORDS EXPLAINED
5 FASHION TERMS THE
PANDEMIC ADDED TO OUR LIFE
HATE-WEAR AND SADWEAR
With everyone working from home, many
wear”. “Hate-wear” refers to clothes that
are “worn for their utility rather than their
feel better when we’re sad, specifically
born out of the existential ennui of lock-
demic, dopamine dressing has transpired
for consumers to boost their moods
fashion brands launched style.” Examples of “hate-wear” a sweater down”, according to Charlie Teasdale, the through fashion. Endorphin-inducing
a range of with holes in, jogging magazine’s style director. colours (yellow, orange, green, pink, red
Just “loungewear” – bottoms in the wrong and blue), kitsch motifs, summer camp
like health, hair size and a jumper jewellery and psychedelic 70s prints are
health is a mix of
easygoing
worn so regu-
‘ZOOM’ TOPS all what can make for feel-good fashion.
home These are business on the top, party (or
factors. An ayurvedic clothes larly it
sweats) on the bottom. The waist-up
haircare routine can’t that still “sud-
dressing trend that rages on courtesy SOFTCORE
work without a proper look good denly
online life gave rise to a curious This is a mix of loungewear
exercise regimen enough to became a
category in fashion – Zoom with dopamine dressing –
and a healthy come on that symbol of
look. It could be a shirt with basically wearing super
diet Zoom call. But stress and
a heavily embellished collar comfy clothes but this
editorials came up sadness”.
that is bound to be visible time round even the fabric
with subsets that Esquire,
HOUSE on the screen or a top with is the height of comfort
reflected the zeit- meanwhile,
SHOES: The dramatic shoulders – anything that (think terry towels or satin).
geist of this time. came up
house shoe is the can add some style statement to your Buoyed by the Gen Z consumer,
Two terms that with the
ideal work-from-home zoom frame. the softcore subculture will carry
ruled: The New term “sad-
shoe — not a slipper sweats into the post-pandemic age.
York Times’s “hate- wear”, “our collec-
but not an outside tive term for clothes DOPAMINE DRESSING
fat in the diet – like ghee or nuts; including foods wear” and Esquire shoe either  If you were born in January, your
magazine’s “sad- that make us To offset the adverse effects of the pan- birthstone is a garnet
that help in digestion – e.g. cumin, turmeric,
ginger, and honey, etc.  January is the coldest month of the
year in the Northern Hemisphere
HAIR OILING AND WASHING: Hair oils nourish the
follicles and the scalp and help retain moisture,
TRIVIA TIME  The pink dianthus
FASCINATING FACTS YOU
which is essential in preventing hair fall. You can caryophullus commonly
either use coconut or sesame oil or purchase a known as carnation
herbal hair oil. It is recommended that you wash is the birth flower
your hair twice a week and oil them afterward. of January
Washing more than that may strip the scalp of its
natural oils and discourage proper hair growth.
SCALP MASSAGE: Gently massaging the scalp with
herbal oil can encourage hair growth and
DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT JANUARY
WHERE DID JANUARY WEIRD DATES National Nothing
 The Christian Orthodox
New Year is celebrated on
January 14, because the
Orthodox Church still follows
strengthen the hair from the roots to the tip. Day – a holiday the Julian calendar
HERBAL HAIR CARE: Reetha and shikakai are two COME FROM While nationally, with zero pressure.  The Chinese calendar is luniso-
of the most popular herbs in Ayurveda to Unlike other months in the calendar, this is the month lar, following the Moon and the
encourage hair growth and prevent hair fall. When January was not named after a number, for Army Day (Jan Sun. The Chinese New Year is cele-
the fruits from these plants are added to warm but instead after the Latin word for door 15); Republic Day
IT WAS brated some time between January
21 and February 21
water, they turn into a frothy, soapy, ‘ianua’. And unsurprisingly so – January (Jan 26) and ADDED
shampoo-like product. marks the end of the old year and the National Girl Child
This is the beginning of the new one, so ancient Day (Jan 24); it is LATER we practice now.
DIY way of Romans saw it as the bridge between the also a month of The original
doing it, but if you past and the future. This is also why the some “interesting” Roman calendar
do not want to go patron of the month is the ancient days. Like January only had 10 months. January and February
IT HAD STRANGE NAMES
through the hassle, Roman god Janus, the double- is crowned as national soup were not included, but were added later The Anglo-Saxons called it Wulfmonath,
you can easily find an headed god of doors, begin- The name of month; Houseplant by King Numa Pompilius, the second king or the month of wolves, to mark the
Ayurvedic shampoo. nings, endings, and transi- the full moon Appreciation Day falls on of Rome. He did this so calendars would time of the year when starving wolves
TNN tions. Janus’ two faces occurring in January 10; January 4th is be equivalent to a lunar year. Even so, it would scavenge towns and villages in
— Expert: Puneet allowed him to look forwards January is the National Trivia Day. If none of only had 30 days. It was Julius Caesar who Britain for food. Charles the Great des-
Aggarwal, founder & CEO of into the coming year and wolf moon these days mean anything to added a 31st day to the month and that ignated January as Wintarmanoth,
Nirogam backwards into the past year. you, January 19 in the US is completed it to the full month of January meaning winter or cold month.
 02 “To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to
forget ourselves.” — Mahatma Gandhi ENVIRONMENT SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 2022

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What makes Hydroponics is put forward as a solution to combat climate change, to reduce the environmental
damage caused by land overuse and intensive farming. Let’s see why…

HYDROPONIC FARMING
SO POPULAR?
Supriya.Sharma2@timesgroup.com fresh, local food to all neighbourhoods
around the world.

O
ur traditional agriculture

NEW TERMS TO
method calls for soil,
water and sun — but now HOW DOES IT WORK?
it’s possible to cultivate a While indoor farming is not a new

garden without that first
component. A hydroponic crop doesn’t
use land to supply plants with their
nutrients. Instead, it feeds them with
nutrient-enriched water through their
roots. As a result, it’s considered more
sustainable. Crops grown indoors and
hydroponically can be grown
anywhere on earth at any time of the
year, regardless of weather
conditions, availability of cultivable
land, or soil quality. Plus it opens up
the window of growing and supplying
BRUSH UP ON
phenomenon (greenhouses have been
used for centuries), the more recent
innovation of hydroponic farming
breaks down the growing process even
further by eliminating all unnecessary
components of traditional farming. In Natural Capital
the traditional sense of growing Refers to elements in the natural environment — like forests,
plants, the soil is one major way that water, fish stocks, minerals, biodiversity and land — which pro-
plants get the nutrients they need to vide valuable goods and services to people. For example, a
grow, along with the sun & water. With woodland or a forest is a valuable
hydroponics, alternatives to those natural capital asset as it
nutrients are directly fed to plants provides services like
through water. This way, the use of flood risk reduction
and carbon capture.
According to the
World Bank Group,
the depletion of
natural capital
poses a significant

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soil is able to be completely erased. There is some loss to evaporation, Eliminates pesticides: While challenge to
Rather than from the sun, plants which is normal, but much of the hydroponic systems don’t achieving poverty
receive energy from LED lighting water is retained for days and weeks. eradicate pest issues, it does reduction and sus-

that is tailored specifically to the
energy needs of the plants. Instead
of using soil, seeds are planted in
soil-free growth mediums such as
coconut husk. Also, the vertical
integration of plants allows for
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It uses less land: One of the best
things about hydroponics is that
less land is needed to grow
plants, compared to traditional
farming methods. Grow pots can be
placed closer together or vertically,
lower the potential of this happening,
resulting in less need for pesticides
and herbicides. Hydroponic systems
are highly controlled so there’s no risk
of weeds taking over your garden. As a
result, there’s no need for herbicides.
tainable development
objectives.
Paris Agreement
A legally binding international
treaty on climate change which was adopted by over
190 countries in 2015. Its goal is to limit global warming to

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farmers to optimise the total space without causing any problems in the No soil erosion: Field agricultural
usage of their growth area. growth rate of plants. Nutrients in the practices have eroded half of the well below 2°, preferably to 1.5° Celsius, compared to pre-
growing solution are distributed soil on Earth in the last 150 years, industrial levels.

HOW IS IT GOOD FOR differently in water compared to soil. decreasing the availability of arable Desertification

3
Reduces overall carbon footprint:
Due to use of less land and water,
THE ENVIRONMENT? hydroponic farming reduces
land. Hydroponic systems don’t use
soil. No soil means no soil erosion. It’s
that simple.
Land degradation in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid areas
resulting from various factors, including climatic variations
and human activities.

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It uses less water: It allows for a
more rational use of water, an
ever-scarcer resource.
Hydroponic systems use 10x less
water because it is delivered in a
controlled and highly efficient way.
With hydroponics, there is a central
nutrient reservoir or water bank, and
the water in this water bank is either
circulated or fed directly to the plants.
emissions associated with food
production and market transport. With
hydroponics, farmers have the option
of establishing their greenhouses in
locations that are closer to the
markets. Essentially, this cuts down
the need for expensive transportation
and also the pollution associated with
transportation of goods.
Creates local foods: Those
who grow hydroponics create
local food opportunities. When
people usually buy their groceries
from a supermarket, it’s often difficult
to predict how far they travelled. If
you buy from local businesses and
farms instead, you’ll help the planet.
A hydroponic farm can surely be a
practical resource.
Sustainable business
A business that scores the triple hattrick of being economical-
ly viable, socially responsible and environmentally conscious.
Particulate Matter (PM)
Very small pieces of solid or liquid matter such as particles of
soot, dust, fumes, mists or aerosols. The physical characteristics
of particles, and how they combine with other particles, are part
of the feedback mechanisms of the atmosphere.

READ THIS TO CALM

GOOD TO KNOW RETHINK
that has been sliced or processed, will be

ZERO
exempt. Dubbing the ban as “a real revo-
lution”, President Emmanuel Macron has
stated that this demonstrated the coun-

YOUR ECO-ANXIETY
try’s resolve to phase out single-use plas-
tics by 2040. Currently, more than a third
of fruit and vegetable goods in France are
believed to be sold in plastic packaging,

WASTE
and officials anticipate that the ban will
prevent the use of a billion single-use
plastics per year.

Eco-anxiety, climate doom and constantly finding plastic trash dumped on the road can

CITIES induce a state of environmental existential dread in the best of us. So while the fight to
preserve our environment continues, here are a few reasons to cheer up!
BIG BUSINESSES ARE
URGING UN TO CREATE A
properties of ordinary plastics
while also being degradable
and recyclable.
United Kingdom as possible.
The 30-year-old singer said
he’s looking to buy large
According to tracts of property in
NEW TREATY ON PLASTIC

T
www.phys.org, the the country so he
he concept of the “zero-waste city” move that improves waste separation
includes a 100 per cent recycling rate accuracy. The municipality also
POLLUTION researchers created can plant more
Earlier this week over 70 busi- two novel poly- trees to offset his
and recovery of all resources from introduced a “Pay As You Throw”
nesses — including some of mers, one that is job’s carbon foot-
waste materials. However, tariff that increased the cost of
the world’s biggest plastic stretchable like print. He is not
transforming over-consuming cities to trash collection and deterred
polluters — have unani- rubber and the alone. Sheeran’s
zero-waste cities is highly challenging. In high people from throwing waste.
mously called for the UN to other that is robust plan comes after

consumption cities in the industrialised world,
large amounts of paper waste, over-packaging,
food waste, and e-waste are all causing
particular problems. So, “zero waste” in this
sense means designing and managing products
and processes systematically to avoid and
eliminate the waste and materials, and to
conserve resources in the long run. The pioneer
among zero-waste cities is San Francisco in the
US. It has spent 19 years incrementally moving
toward becoming a 100% trash-free zone,
creating a culture of recycling and composting.
HERE ARE TOP 5:
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Pune, India: In Pune, an
implement a global pact to but ductile like major record NO MORE FUR FARMING
informal waste collection
combat plastic pollution most commercial labels, including
infrastructure has always IN ITALY
which includes cuts in plastic plastics, using sugar- Sony Music Group,
existed. They also offer a waste Over the last few years, fur has been
production, a key growth area based starting ingredi- Universal Music Group
separation service for residents, who falling out of favour in the fashion world,
for the oil industry. The businesses, ents rather than petro- and Warner Music
are rarely incentivised to do so on their with major brands like Gucci, Prada,
including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Unilever chemical derivatives. Group, signed a new
own. This reduces the amount of waste sent Valentino and Versace banning the use
and Nestle, have signed an open letter pact that aims to tackle
unnecessarily to landfill. of fur in their collections, while retailers
recommending such a ‘plastic treaty’. This the effects of climate
ED SHEERAN
4
Vancouver, Canada: The Metro Vancouver like Saks Fifth Avenue and Macy’s are no
comes ahead of the United Nations change by ‘decarbon-
federation pledged to go zero waste in
2006, and between then and 2018
IS REWILDING
Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.2) sched- ising’ the music longer selling it. And now that the Italian
uled to be held later this year, where offi- industry. Senate has passed an amendment to the
successfully reduced the amount of waste UK; WHILE
cials will begin negotiations on a treaty to government’s 2022 budget bill to phase
that was landfilled or incinerated by over 32 out fur farming, Italy will become the
per cent. In 2018 the city went a step further
tackle the plastic waste crisis. THE GLOBAL FRANCE’S
by introducing Zero Waste 2040, a MUSIC
16th European country to ban fur farm-

SCIENTISTS INVENTED PLASTIC BAN ing. According to www.ecowatch.com,

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Kamikatsu, Japan: In 2003, Kamikatsu
became the first municipality to establish
a goal to become a zero-waste city in
comprehensive long-term strategy to push the decision came about after talks with
Vancouver towards zero waste to landfill within INDUSTRY WILL BEGAN IN 2022
the next twenty years.
A DEGRADABLE AND Humane Society International/Europe,
‘DECAR- In France, a new rule pro- which offered practical strategies in its

Japan. They expect to accomplish their
objective in a few years with an aggressive
waste separation programme and by cutting
the cost of waste management by making
recycling cheaper than incineration.
5
Thiruvananthapuram, India: The city RECYCLABLE With
banned use of single-use plastics at public the recent dis-
events and festivals, one of the most PLASTIC connection of the last
ambitious bans in India. Over 80 per cent of the Researchers from the thermal power plant,
University of Birmingham
waste generated here is organic and Paraguay became the
(UK) and Duke University
hibiting the use of plastic pack-
BONISE’ aging on most fruits and veg-
etables came into effect on
MUSIC January 1. According to the ban,
In a recent
30 fruits and vegetables includ-
interview, Ed
report ‘Mink breeding in Italy: Mapping
and future perspectives’ for closing fur
farms and converting them into busi-
nesses that are humane and sustainable.
The last five mink farms in Italy — locat-

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Capannori, Italy: When residents of the city subsidises residential only country in the world ing cucumbers, lemons, and ed in Lombardia, Emilia-Romagna and
(US) have developed a Sheeran stated
Capannori heard news of a composting, biodigesters, and with 100% clean and oranges will not allowed to be Abruzzo, which between them contain
new family of sustainable that he intends
planned incinerator within biomethanation facilities as renewable electrici- wrapped in plastic. However, about 7,000 caged animals — must close
polymers that have all of the to ‘rewild’ as
their community, they took well as providing municipal ty generation! larger packs, as well as fruit by June 30, 2022.
much of the
action and became the first composting facilities where
town council in Europe to households can bring their
sign up to zero waste. The organic waste.
first step was a door-to-

Are you ready for Earth Day?

door collection scheme, a

With less than 100 days to go for Earth Day, held every year on
April 22, here are a few ideas to help you plan what you will do
DRAW YOUR IDEAL WORLD happening far away from home. not only help you understand the matter
Can you imagine the world you want to in-depth, but also help you practice how
live in? Is it the colour of the greenest MAKE A VIDEO to explain it to others to inspire action.
leaf you ever saw? Or in hues of pink and Communicating the importance of cli-
peach like coral reefs? Can you draw it? mate action is as important as taking PLANT A TREE
Art projects are fun, hands-on activity positive action for the environment. For Lastly, plant a tree. By planting trees
that can help you feel connected to envi- Earth Day, putting together a video or you’re taking a tangible action and being
ronmental topics, even if the issues are presentation on your preferred cause will part of a bigger goal.
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FILMS.BOOKS.MUSIC 03 SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 2022
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but
because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
— Neil Gaiman, ‘Coraline’

It’s time to get it done! STAY CLASSIC

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WITH SOME OF THE BEST CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF ALL TIME!

Nitya.Shukla@timesgroup.com midway in March. Her remedy to stay focused
THE ALICE BOOKS beautiful and reverberant literary fairy tales in
Faltering on your New Year resolutions? Or when you are halfway is to set sub-goals to min-
the world, about loss, love and longing. Gerda’s

I
n her new insightful book ‘Get It Done: imise your tendencies to cut corners. (And these by Lewis Carroll search for her brother Kay in ‘The Snow Queen’;
worse... contemplating total abandonment? Surprising Lessons from the Science of sub-goals could be monthly, weekly or even
daily.)
‘Alice’s Adventures in the little mermaid’s mute passion for her
Motivation’, psychologist and behavioural sci- Wonderland’, and ‘Through prince... Gorgeously written, the stories offer
This awesome new book will help you stay entist Dr Ayelet Fishbach takes on our worst the Looking Glass, and solace and enchantment.
fears (unfinished/abandoned resolu-
true to your course tions or goals) to #3: How to master self-control what Alice Found There’,
are an extraordinary brace
show us and practice of books, written by the THE NARNIA
You are not the only one with mathematician Charles
Dodgson, under his pseu-
SERIES
an inner saboteur who baits you to abandon
that resolution to stay healthy in favour of donym Lewis Carroll. He by CS Lewis
how we chomping down a hot chocolate fudge. To prac- employed logic, humour The best children’s
can tice (and hopefully) master any sort of self-con- and inventive fantasy, fashioning the books have a way of
get it trol, Fishbach recommends to “know your most powerful and unusual works in children’s altering the universe
all done. enemy” by asking yourself questions like: literature. Some have tried to work out why a around them.
Drawing Q: What are my main temptations? raven is like a writing desk. But most will be Everyone can
on her Q: What are the situations in which I’m most content to be drawn away into enchantment. remember their first
own work likely to succumb to those temptations? encounter with
and the Once you know the temptations that can weak- Narnia and then
broader en your resolve, make a ‘pre-commitment’ to
PETER AND trying to get
social-psycholo- help you resist them — and reward yourself WENDY through the back of the wardrobe into
gy research, when you do. (However, that reward cannot be an enticing other world.
Fishbach’s book has two main objectives: to by J M Barrie
another hot chocolate fudge!) Challenge your- Some would argue that
help readers set the right goals,
and to offer research-based
self to the higher expectations you this novelised form of NORTHERN LIGHTS
have of yourself. the play ‘Peter Pan’ is
insights into how to better achieve by Philip Pullman
them. Here are some key insights not a children’s book; Philip
from the book... #4 Have a support being instead complicit
with an ironic, adult
Pullman’s dae-
mons, in his
system viewpoint. However, this, lavishly imag-
#1: Your goal should Whether it’s your family, friends or and all its variants, are ined alterna-
cousins.. the ones you count as your enjoyed immensely by tive world run
not be a chore support system can have a signifi- children. There is the by a sinister
Your goals have a powerful effect cant impact on your goal and its theme-park world of religious organi-
on you. Once you decide on one, achievement. According to the Neverland: the sation, are among
you direct all your efforts towards author the “presence of others influ- sense of the most endur-
achieving it — which causes you to ences our motivation, even when unbounded ing creations of chil-
modify your behaviour. Once you they’re not physically with us”. Even imagination, and dren’s literature. His
have a goal that excites you, find a a photo of a loved one has the the dizzying themes are cosmic
way to attach a reward or immediate gratifica- power to trigger a social facilitation effect as allure of flight and and vast, with a
tion to it. The process of achieving a goal such types of cues, says Fishbach, make “you magic. dizzying sense of
becomes less exciting if you begin to view feel like you’re being watched, even when you possibility. His story is spellbinding, and, in Lyra
them as chores (or something boring). To aren’t”. She says such an experience, in turn, Belacqua, he made a heroine at once appealing,
start, Fishbach recommends asking yourself motivates you to do well, and to do more, and spiky and enduring.
two questions: further increases your cooperation, honesty and
Q: Do my goals fit the person I am, and are generosity.
they ideal goals for the person I hope to
become?
Dr Ayelet Fishbach is the
Q: Can I make my goals feel more exciting
by focusing on what I’m trying to achieve, Jeffrey Breakenridge Keller
rather than the means I’m using to Professor of
achieve them? Behavioural Science
and Marketing at
#2: Reign in the University of
‘middle problem’ Chicago Booth
FAIRY TALES
While the “beginnings and School of
ends are clearly marked, mid- Business, and the by Hans
dles can be long and ill-defined Christian
in the goal process”. Fishbach
past president of
writes people tend to abandon their the Society for the Andersen
A strange and
goals midway “because middle actions Study of Motivation and the shy man, Hans
don’t seem to matter as much.” For International Social Cognition Christian
example, you slack on goal to run a 5k in
30 minutes or less by June Network (ISCON). Andersen, pro-
duced some of the most

12 HOLLYWOOD ACTORS
bachelor's degree in drama in 1979. She is
also a member of Mensa, a social organi-
sation whose members are in the top 2%
of intelligence.

WITH VERY HIGH IQ

You have watched them in films, but did you know these actors are known for their intelligence quotient
– be it Ivy League degrees, publishing papers or speaking various languages?
JAMES FRANCO (130) emerging identity is manifested in the lit- trustee and one-time commencement DAVID DUCHOVNY (147)
Actor James Franco holds an IQ score of 130. Mulder from the ‘The X Files’ has degrees
His intelligence is best revealed in his pas- erature of William Faulkner and Flannery speaker.
O’Connor via the motif of children that from two Ivy Leagues. With an IQ of 147, the
sion for education. He has attended and actor graduated with a B A in English litera-
age too quickly.”
graduated from UCLA, Columbia University, MAYIM BIALIK (150-163) ture from Princeton University. While in
NYU, Brooklyn College, Warren Wilson Mayim Bialik plays a neurobiologist on ‘The Princeton, his poetry received an honourable
College, and is a PhD student Yale University. LISA KUDROW (154) Big Bang Theory’, and in real life, has her mention for a college prize for the Academy
While at UCLA he took 62 credits in one Phoebe Buffay on ‘Friends’ graduat- PhD in neuroscience from UCLA. She had of American Poets. He also earned his
semester, while the normal limit is 19. ed from Vassar College with a been accepted to Harvard and Yale, but Master’s in English lit from Yale University,
Franco has even taught courses in Bachelor of Science. She chose to attend school close to home. She but abandoned his PhD studies there
these universities. He is known for his worked with her father — a first got her BS, then went back to when he booked a beer commercial in
eclectic interests, and has even pub- world renowned headache school for her doctorate, with her ’87. During his ‘Inside the Actors Studio’
lished a book of poetry. specialist — on a study dissertation being an investigation interview, Duchovny revealed that the
concerning hemispheric of hypothalamic activity in patients title of his unfinished doctoral thesis
CONAN O’BRIEN (160) dominance and headache with Prader-Willi syndrome. was ‘Magic and Technology in
While still in high school, this types for 8 years while try- Contemporary Poetry and Prose’.
ing to become an actress.
famous talk show host interned
She earned a research
ARNOLD
for Congressman Robert Drinan, QUENTIN TARANTINO (160)
and in his senior year, he won the credit on this study. Six SCHWARZENEGGER Quentin Tarantino has an IQ of 160 – the
months after graduat-
National Council of Teachers of
ing, before publishing (132-135) same as world-renowned physicist
English writing contest with a The Terminator and the mega- Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein!
short story. He then went on to her research and
advancing on to gradu- action hero has a reported IQ Despite his intelligence, Tarantino
graduate as valedictorian of his of 132-135! Though this should- never liked school, except for history
class. He was also the president of ate school, Kudrow
ditched further edu- n’t surprise us as he came to class “because it was kind of like the
the Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret America penniless and man- movies”, he told ‘Entertainment
social organisation that published a cation to pursue act-
ing. But as a Vassar aged to build his empire. He Weekly’ in an interview.
humour magazine. O’Brian’s 72- graduated from University of
page senior thesis titled, ‘The Old alum, Kudrow,
maintains ties as a Wisconsin-Superior, with a
Child’ in Faulkner and O’Connor’, degree in international mar- NATALIE PORTMAN (140)
argued that “the New South’s keting of fitness and busi- She plays a brilliant scientist Jane
ness administration in 1979. Foster in the Marvel series ‘Thor’, and
SHARON STONE JODIE FOSTER (132) it’s not far from the actor’s real IQ.
Did you know Jodie Foster is a The ‘Black Swan’ lead has a bache-
(154) French scholar who attended Yale? GEENA DAVIS (140) lor’s degree from Harvard, making
Sharon Stone received a Foster is known for being gifted, Geena Davis is multifaceted in
her the first alum to win an Academy
college scholarship at having learned to read at the age of 3 Hollywood and we think it has quite a
Award. She notoriously skipped the
age 15. Stone is widely and juggled a childhood acting career bit to do with her high IQ of 140! She
premiere of her film ‘Star Wars
reputed to have an IQ with a heavy course load at Lycée graduated from Boston University with a
Episode I: The Phantom Menace’ to
of 154. When she was Français de Los Angeles. An IQ of 132 study for her high school finals.
15, she accepted a isn’t too surprising. She is fluent in KATE BECKINSALE (132) After that, she went on to get her A
scholarship to French and English, while understanding A young Kate Beckinsale was singled out B degree in psychology from
Edinboro University most Italian, Spanish, and German, for her intelligence in grade school; her Harvard University. She also pur-
of Pennsylvania, though she doesn’t speak those three school reports cited a reading level of an sued graduate courses at the
where she studied languages. She graduated from Yale 11-year-old when she was just six. Before Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
creative writing University magna cum laude, having performing her notable role as Selene in She’s been published twice in
and fine arts. If she majored in literature with a thesis on ‘Underworld’, Beckinsale studied French scientific journals, and was a
applied to Mensa, Toni Morrison. She was awarded an and Russian literature at Oxford research assistant at Harvard.
she’d be accept- honourary Doctor of Fine Arts degree University’s New College, and still fluently That’s not all. She is fluent in
ed. from Yale in 1997. speaks French, Russian and German. over five languages!
 “It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that.
It's the will to prepare to win that matters.”
Paul 'Bear' Bryant, American football player
SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 2022

Apart from being a fun game,

squash challenges your
agility and strategy.
It is incredibly beneficial for
health and fitness and can be
played through the year in all
kinds of weather

E
KNOWING THE GAM
Squash is a fast-paced racket and ball sport played by
two players in an indoor court. The players take alter-
nate turns to strike the ball with their rackets onto one
designated playable surface, or wall, in front of them
which is part of the court. Both players face the same
wall. The objective of the game is to hit the ball in such
a way that the opponent is not able to play a return with
ease. A small, hollow rubber ball is used. The players
take turns in striking the ball with their rackets onto the
playable surface in the court, once the ball is served.
AME
HISTORY OF THE G
The game has its origins in the older game of rackets
which was played in London’s prisons in the 19th centu-
ry. Around 1830, boys at England’s Harrow School
noticed that a punctured ball, which ‘squashed’ on
impact with the wall, offered more variety to the game.
By the 20th century, the game had become popular in
schools, clubs and private squash courts but with no set
dimensions. The first squash court in North America was
SCORING
A match is played in a best-of-three or five-game for-
mat. The player who scores 11 points first wins the
game, unless the score reaches 10-all, in which case the
game continues until one player leads by two points.
Squash is point-a-rally (or PAR), which means a player
wins a point every time with every win of rally, even if it
was not their serve. The server, on winning a rally,
scores a point and retains the service; the receiver, on
winning a rally, scores a point and becomes the server.
IONS
REFEREEING DECIS
With two players occupying space inside the court,
there are occasions when players will obstruct each
other’s path to the ball and ability to play a shot. In such
a scenario, a penalty point may be awarded to either
player, or the rally may be replayed with no penalty
depending on the decision of the referee or the com-
peting players.
TERMINOLOGY
Serve - Starting a rally by hitting minimal effort to play the ball,
the ball (underarm or overarm) while the outgoing player has
against the front wall. made every effort to clear a path
to the ball, a no let is called and
Nick - The area where the side walls the outgoing player wins the point.
meet the floor, if the ball hits this
area, it is usually an outright winner Outline - The line running around
the top of the court. If the ball hits
Let - When a rally breaks down due the red line that marks the top of
to interference, a let decision can the court then it’s out.
be made when neither player is at
fault and sees the rally replayed. Tin - The area below the lowest
red line on the front wall. If the ball
Stroke - When a rally breaks down hits this line or below then it’s out.
due to interference and the incom-
ing player’s swing is prevented by Service line - the line on the front
the retreating player, a stroke is wall in between the Tin and out
called and the incoming player lines.
wins the point.
The T - The T shape in the middle
No Let - When a rally breaks down of the court where the lines meet
due to interference and the incom- and denotes the strongest place to

EQUIPMENT
set up at New Hampshire in 1884. In 1928, the Squash ing player is deemed to have made be during a rally.
Rackets Association, now known as England Squash,
was formed to set standards for the game in Great
Britain and internationally. Racket: Squash rackets tend to have a long handle and
a small head, similar to a tennis racket, but with a small- AMENTS
er head. IMPORTANT TOURN
Ball: The squash ball is around 2 and a half inches in World Championship WSF & PSA Satellite Tour
diameter and is made from rubber. More advanced balls
E
RULES OF THE GAM are less bouncy and take more time to warm up. The World Series World Team Championships
larger, bouncier balls allow more time to get a rally US Pro Squash Series World Games
going and help develop the correct technique.
A player can hit the ball once before his/her opponent Professional Squash Association World Junior Championships
hits it. The contact must be singular and one cannot Eyewear: While eye injuries are rare in squash and rack- PSA World Tour Finals World University
‘carry’ the ball. The ball can only bounce once on the et ball, players often wear protective eyewear on court.
floor. A player must make an effort to clear the shot and This particularly applies when playing doubles and in PSA World Tour World Masters
ensure the opponent has room to play his/her shot. junior squash. PSA Challenger Tour

PLAYERS (INDIA) Dipika Pallikal Karthik | Joshna Chinappa | Saurav Ghosal | Mahesh Mangaonkar PLAYERS (WORLD) Mohamed El Shorbagy | Ali Farag | Karim Abdel Gawad | Paul Coll | Tarek Momen

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