SRINAGAR: Kashmiri women journalist Safina Nabi on April 22, 2023 won the prestigious Fetisov Journalism Award for her article published on Scroll about how countless women in Kashmir, whose husbands disappeared and could never be traced, have been cut out of inheritances and left to fend for themselves.
Safina Nabi Wins Fetisov Award at Dubai on April 22, 2023
Nabi won the second prize in the “Outstanding Contribution to Peace” category, and the Fetisov Journalism Awards praised her reporting for providing a “comprehensive and impressively detailed picture” of the issue.
According to a press release from the awards, Nabi’s story “highlights what is not known, shows the human consequences of neglect, and most emphatically gives voice to the people totally disregarded by their own authorities and whose ordeal is largely invisible to international audiences.”
The Fetisov Journalism Awards have four categories in total, and each winner in the three categories shares a cash prize of 130,000 Swiss francs (Rs 11, 94,371).
Nabi’s award-winning reporting brings attention to an often-overlooked issue and highlights the struggles faced by “half-widows” in Kashmir, whose stories are often ignored.
Mumbai: She has already mesmerized Dior’s current creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri, who tagged her as ‘India’s most iconic woman’. Veteran beauty Rekha looked resplendent in her traditional Kanjivaram saree at Dior’s India-inspired pre-fall 2023 show on Thursday evening.
The ‘Silsila’ actor had a fun moment with the paps stationed at the Gateway of India, where the show was held. Rekha greeted the paps with folded hands.
The actor chose a gorgeous pink Kanjivaram saree for the occasion. Her hair was neatly tied in a bun and she decorated it with flowers. She completed the look with a golden potli and heavy jewellery. The actor also posed with Sonam Kapoor later.
After meeting Rekha before the show, Maria Grazia Chiuri wrote about her experience on Instagram. She wrote, “I was so touched to meet the iconic Rekhagi last night for the first time. India’s most iconic woman and an incredible actress. I am so grateful you have joined us last night, it was a true honour.” For that event, Rekha chose a pure white saree.
Set against the backdrop of the iconic Gateway of India, the French fashion brand celebrated the richness of Indian textiles and the show itself marked the first official calendar display by a prominent European luxury brand in India.
Maria Grazia Chiuri, Dior’s current artistic director of women’s collections, has collaborated with Mumbai-based atelier Chanakya School Of Craft to put together the luxury brand’s ready-to-wear collection.
Thai stars Phakphum Romsaithong (Mile) and Nattawin Wattanagitiphat (Apo), Frieda Pinto, Never Have I Ever actress Poorna Jagannathan alongside Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma, Sonam Kapoor, Masaba Gupta attended the event.
Bandipora: Sharik Ahmad Mir, a 23-year-old young writer hailing from the Plan area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, dreams of becoming an civil service officer.
After completing his schooling at Space Age Model School Bandipora, he earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Kashmir and is currently pursuing his post-graduation through Cluster University of Kashmir.
while talking to the reporter sharik ahmad mir said, “I have written 3 books, both of which have been successfully published. My first book is titled ‘How Islam Rescues the Journey of Lost Soul, and the second one is ‘Addiction Lies: How to Avoid and Detox Your Addiction.’ And third book is Dark Love and Faith ..
“I started writing last year. The situation made me do this and my sufferings and thoughts inspired me to wipe away all my depression and stress through pen and paper. ALL My books are self-help books.”
ABOUT My 3rd recent published book (Dark Love and faith) The book Dark Love and Faith is based on practical advice this book teaches us “No love is real, no love is everlasting unless it is done for the sake of Allah. This is why love which is done while disobeying Allah is usually broken, ends up in hurt, and both people usually end up as enemies, or go down for other evil after this, unless Allah saves them and blesses them with His guidance.”
About my first book “How Islam Rescue the Journey of Lost Soul” is a book full of practical advice, a journey of return towards Allah. “Some might see the path as bleak, but this book enlightens readers that Allah will always guide us all home, no matter where we are and no matter where we come from,” said Sharik. If any reader feels lost in finding meaning to their lives, this book will highlight research topics of rescuing losslessness and clarify doubts pertaining to such matters.
Besides writing books, “I have only one hobby, and it consumes all my free time. I enjoy reading and have always been a voracious reader. Although I prefer reading non-fiction, I make a deliberate effort to read at least one non-fiction book every couple of weeks. My hobby is reading, and I feel that it is a great hobby.”
“About my second book, Addiction Lies, it is a must for any recovering addict. This book busts the full spectrum of addiction―from drugs, alcohol, caffeine, and sugar addictions to digital media, work, stress, bad relationships, and fame. This book describes a more holistic approach to recovery by combining treatments of the past with the latest knowledge and techniques,” Mir said.
“My dream is to become ‘an civil service officer’ to responsible for improving social infrastructure and curbing corruption to counter poverty,” he said.
“I believe a person should share his/her knowledge because if a person leaves this world, their knowledge will stay alive. I believe that you may not always find a mentor, but you can always be self-taught. ‘The only problem is that you tackle a lot of hardships, failures, rejections, and embarrassment before being successful when you are self-taught,” he added.
Lauren James’s electric form was rewarded with a first goal for England in a 4-0 defeat of South Korea in the Arnold Clark Cup to continue Sarina Wiegman’s unbeaten run as the Lionesses’ manager.
“She has been a talent for a long time, she just needed to be available and needed some time at Chelsea,” said Wiegman of James. “She worked really hard at Chelsea. That’s what you have seen this season, then she can take the next step to the national team.
“Now, when she starts playing at this level with Chelsea, and in the Champions League, and on this international level, and gets those minutes, she can improve. I hope now she gets consistency, she stays fit and keeps enjoying herself.”
At Stadium MK, it took England 40 minutes to find a way past South Korea’s banks of red but Georgia Stanway’s penalty broke the deadlock shortly before half-time and goals from Chloe Kelly, Alessia Russo and James in the second half ensured a stylish win to kickstart the European champions’ year.
The team news delivered a surprise, albeit a familiar one, with Leah Williamson shifted from centre-back into the midfield to compensate for the loss of the influential Keira Walsh, who was ruled out with a stomach bug. Wiegman has played the captain further forward before. In the run-up to the Euros last summer Williamson played alongside Walsh in a double pivot several times, but for the tournament itself the manager reverted to a centre-back pairing of Millie Bright and Williamson behind Walsh.
Wiegman had said before that tournament that her captain had not felt totally comfortable in the middle, but if the team’s first outing at the Arnold Clark Cup is anything to go by, she clearly still views Williamson as one of the best options to act as a back-up for Walsh.
The manager had promised rotation, but was equally keen to get off to a strong start in defence of the Arnold Clark Cup and restart their World Cup preparations on the front foot, so the starting XI was strong.
England were dominant, with South Korea’s back three spending much of the game as part of a back five. It took three minutes for James to show why she is probably vying with Kelly and Lauren Hemp for one of the two places alongside Russo in the summer, the Chelsea forward lashing wide of the far post from the edge of the area.
It was one-way traffic, with the Lionesses controlling 83% of possession and having 14 shots to one in the first half. In the 37th minute the crowd was roaring, but the ball that looked to be going in rattled back off the inside of the far post from Russo.
The inevitable came three minutes later. The ever-dangerous James was tripped by Jang Sel-gi and the Brazilian referee Andreza Siqueira pointed to the spot. Stanway’s penalty was emphatic, sent powerfully beyond the reach of Kim.
Georgia Stanway’s penalty puts England ahead late in the first half. Photograph: Marc Atkins/Getty Images
“She is very tight on the ball and can dribble well too,” said Wiegman of James. “That is a strength from herself and also our team. It was nice with her dribble that she got fouled and won that penalty.”
At half-time the Williamson experiment was over. Jess Carter was substituted for the Manchester United midfielder Katie Zelem, with Williamson slotted in alongside Bright and more normal service was resumed.
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England doubled the lead within a minute of the restart. Kelly, the scorer of the Euro 2022 final winner, collected the ball after a defensive muddle, drove forward and fired in a shot that took a deflection and looped into the back of the net.
Breached so soon after the break, the South Korea defence crumbled and, four minutes later, Russo clipped Alex Greenwood’s wicked cross from the left over Kim at the near post.
James would eventually be rewarded for her constantly threatening presence, starting a move from the halfway line that ended with her collecting the ball and smashing it past Kim. She was engulfed by her delighted teammates as the Chelsea manager, Emma Hayes, watched the player she has desperately tried to shield from the spotlight and pressures that come with it bask in the glow.
“Lost for words really,” said James. “I just like to stay humble, continue giving to the team and continue improving.”
Lucy Bronze praised the 21-year-old playing in front of her. “Everyone knows the quality that LJ’s got,” she said. “Technically on the ball she’s probably one of the best there is. It’s fun for me to play with her because I know she’s always going to get the ball in the right place.
“It’s crazy that she’s so young because this is the player that everyone has been talking about for five years now. Everyone has been waiting for this superstar and it’s exciting to be here now at the start of her England career.”
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The Starling Girl, the feature debut from writer-director Laurel Parmet, sets forth two difficult, easily muddled tasks. First, striking the correct tonal balance for a sexual relationship separated by age and authority – in this case, an intoxicating, transgressive romance between 17-year-old Jem Starling (Eliza Scanlen) and her brusquely handsome, 28-year-old youth pastor Owen (Lewis Pullman, son of actor Bill). And the second, depicting an insular religious community – a group of fundamentalist Christians in present-day Kentucky – with enough specificity and emotional acuity to bridge the gap with viewers who will find such a place opaque, unrelatable or possibly even unbelievable.
Parmet succeeds more on the former than the latter. The Starling Girl, anchored by a bristling performance from the always solid Scanlen, is at its best when it hews to the combustible suspense of a teenage girl glimpsing her own instincts – for honesty, for autonomy, and most threateningly for pleasure. It’s ultimately less a portrait of a toxic relationship – that’s not the tone of Owen and Jem’s connection here – than a familiar battle of faith and feelings, intuition versus indoctrination, the fine line between sin and sublime.
Glance by glance, Jem is invariably drawn to Owen against the backdrop of shame-ridden conservatism. The two first reconnect on a stairwell outside church – Jem in snotty tears after a fellow congregant chastises her visible bra outline; Owen, recently returned from a missionary stint in Puerto Rico, the subject of gossip over why he and his wife (Jessamine Burgum) don’t have children yet. This is Duggar-type Christian fundamentalism – long skirts and covered shoulders, no social associations outside church and no secular culture.
The honeyed Southern summer setting, lushly captured by cinematographer Brian Lannin, feels expansive in a way Jem’s social and emotional futures do not. By day, she escapes into dance practice and solo bike rides at dusk, the air thick with humidity and crickets (characters are dripping in sweat on multiple occasions, often coinciding with a melting of control). By night, she experiments with masturbation and curses her sinful hand. One afternoon, her strictly devout mother (Wrenn Schmidt) and father (Jimmi Simpson), a former secular musician and addict whose recovery is thornily bound up in faith, inform her that it’s time for her to court Owen’s painfully sheltered brother Ben (Euphoria’s Austin Abrams), and that’s that.
Jem balks and bargains – it is never boring to watch Scanlen, most notably of Sharp Objects and Little Women fame, play a character whose inner fire scrabbles with her learned politeness, and whose lust is basically indistinguishable from a crucial curiosity about the world. This is where the casting gets tricky. Scanlen, who is 24, has such a deft handle on reckless, almost devious innocence that she can still pull off a high-schooler, but barely. In another movie, she and Pullman, who is 29, could play uncomplicated lovers. Last year’s Sundance standout Palm Trees and Power Lines managed to balance both the magnetism and grossness of a relationship between a 17-year-old girl and 34-year-old man largely through the casting of actual teenager Lily McInerny, who looked believably her age – as in, more child than woman, shockingly young.
The Starling Girl manages to skirt the issue of credulity by framing the central relationship as less toxic than desperate. Pullman capably plays Owen as somewhat of a Peter Pan with a visibly fractured psyche. Her instincts are nascent and powerful; his have been so stunted by shame as to resemble that of a teenager. The 116-minute film plays, however intentionally, like a genuine if deeply flawed connection, one whose inappropriateness is outdone by the merciless expectations inflicted by their community. When he takes her virginity in the backseat of a car, in an expertly staged scene that focuses on her thrill and disappointment, it feels both achingly teenage and ominous. He cannot conceive of her pleasure; she will of course pay for it.
Parmet maintains a firm grip on this slippery relationship throughout its doomed course, less so on their world – if the rules are so strict and the gossip so thick here, how could these two plausibly get away with time together? A side plot involving her father’s descent into alcoholism provides motivation for Jem to distrust her rigid world even more, but culminates in unnecessarily high stakes. The final act’s redemption feels almost gratuitous in its depiction of her family and community’s emotional cruelty. The conclusion is, thankfully, appropriately understated; Scanlen can portray miles of emotional growth with a few short minutes. Films of this tricky variety often hinge on the central performance, and in her hands, it mostly works.
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