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the young love to play Bowling is for all those who love target games, where one has to aim at an object Men’s magazines biased
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For people who have sports on their minds but who don’t want to go to the field or sports ground, there’s this world of indoor sports or the “gaming zone”. Youngsters today are keen to hop on to this bandwagon instead of indulging in full time sports. Almost all cities are offering them with a lot of options where they can come to play these recreational sports. For sports like cricket, golf, football, hockey etc. you need to have proper infrastructure, you need to have lots of time at your disposal, you also need to have a team of players and so on. I mean it’s not as if you can just get up and start playing hockey all of a sudden. Bowling
Abhinav Bansal (22) was motivated by his friend from New York to begin a bowling zone in Chandigarh. And thus, he kept the place’s name ‘Times Square’, a name that rocks the bowling world in New York. Even though it comes as one of the expensive games (Rs 150 per head per game), yet students don’t mind shelling out that much to come and enjoy a game daily with their friends. “Till now, there hasn’t been a single day, when our bowling zone is not used. These might be the examination days, yet you can see students coming here to enjoy and play," says Abhinav. “This is my favourite game after golf. I love target games, where I have to aim an object. So bowling is super fun for that matter,” says Ankur Goyal, BA 3rd year student from DAV College, Sector 10 Chandigarh. “Yet he always loses in every bet we put in this game,” adds his friend Bhavuk Uppal. Table soccer “I first saw this game in the film Bend It Like Beckham some five years ago. And since then, I was keen to play it once,” says Niketa Bansal, 3rd year student from INIFD, Sector 8 Chandigarh. Today, she is one of the regular players at the gaming zone in DT Mall, Industrial Area Chandigarh, which provides a table for foosball. This game is also known as table soccer, and comes in many forms like hockey, ice hockey, football et al. This table stands some tiny players dressed in their jerseys, and as many handles by which two or more individuals can control these miniatures to hit the ball in the goals. “This game has so many advantages. The best thing is that we don’t need to dress up in our jerseys and shoes and drive to a playground with sunscreens applied. Then, we need not find 11 people to make a team and then play. I usually come here with one or two of my friends half an hour before our movie, for a game. It’s fun to play a game in jeans or whatever clothes one is wearing,” says Jasmine Kaur Malhotra, who works in the IT Park, just close to the mall. A full-size board for table soccer can also be found at Planet Sports, Sector 17 Chandigarh. Mini golf
If golf is considered to be an elite sport, then mini golf can be one of the easiest-to-set and economical sports. If you own a small garden in your home, you just need a putter and a golf ball to play this game for as long as you want. This will not only pass your time efficiently but also improve your short game notably. Also, if your garden or the open space isn’t straight and there are many obstacles in between, then it is even beneficial for it gives you a vast opportunity to putt in various ways. Mini golf is very famous outside India, but is still catching interest here. Zaika Restaurant, Sector 26 Chandigarh, gives you a small space with artificial green mat and some clubs to play a shot while your family and friends are enjoying their meal. Scrabble
“Every man dies; not every man truly Scrabbles”, was the tagline of a show by Chuck Woolery, which began to promote the game in 1990s. But today scrabble needs no promotion. Almost all of us must have played it right from our childhood. Most parents also encourage their kids to play this board game in order to enhance their kids' word building power. But there are some youngsters, who have been introduced by their friends to play scrabble. “I played it first time today, and it was so much fun. The words we use in our day-to-day life suddenly become relevant when we have to remember and build them to earn points. I lost to my friend today, but I’m going to play it every day now and will beat her soon,” said Rupinder Kaur, a student from Panjab University Chandigarh, who was at the Books and Brew Café, Sector 38, where anyone can come and play scrabble over a cup of coffee. Air hockey
“When I don’t have anything to do in my evenings, I have one best option: To buzz my friend for a game of air hockey!” says Simar Singh, student class 12th, Shemrock School Mohali. This game is the oldest, easiest and cheapest that one can find in any gaming zone. And because of this, it is widely played by all youngsters. With not many rules to follow, and no typical techniques to play, it is also a likable sport by all groups of ages. As the famous quote from Bob Basso goes, “If it’s not fun, then you’re not doing it right.” If you do not have time to go to a ground and play a real game, then do not keep sitting idle in front of your computers. Join this world of ‘gaming zone’ and see how right you are doing things in your life. Experience some fun!
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remarks made by men’s magazines about women are similar to those made by ‘convicted rapists’, a new study has revealed. The study divulged that when presented with quotes from both, some men actually found themselves identifying more with the views of the sex offender than those adopted by the magazines. Psychologists have asserted that the study highlights the danger of the sexualisation of women in the media and have also called for moves to deal with the issue. In the study, men aged between 18 and 46 were shown quotes about women They were also given quotes made in interviews with convicted rapists, the Daily Mail reported. On being asked which comments they identified the most, the majority chose those made by the rapists rather than the magazine. After being informed about the quotes, which were from lads’ magazines, the surveyed men said that they identified more with these - even when they were misled and the quotes were actually from rapists. A separate group, including women, of participants were also asked to rank the comments on the basis of how derogatory they were. The results revealed that the magazine descriptions were more demeaning than those from the sex offenders. One of the quotes from the sex offenders list stated: “I think if a law is passed there should be a dress code. When girls dress in those short skirts and things like that they’re just asking for it”. “There is a fundamental concern that the content of such magazines normalises the treatment of women as sexual objects,” said Dr Peter Hegarty, of the University of Surrey. “We are not killjoys or prudes who think that there should be no sexual information and media for young people.” “But are teenage boys and young men best prepared for fulfilling love and sex when they normalise views about women that are disturbingly close to those mirrored in the language of sexual offenders?” According to Dr Miranda Hovarth, of Middlesex University, there is something definitely wrong when people consider that the language used in men’s magazines comes from convicted rapists. “There is clearly something wrong when people feel the sort of language used in a lads’ mag could have come from a convicted rapist,” Hovarth said. “We were surprised that participants identified more with the rapists’ quotes, and we are concerned that the legitimisation strategies that rapists deploy when they talk about women are more familiar to these young men than we had anticipated,” Hovarth added. The study has been published in the British Psychological Society’s British Journal of Psychology. — ANI
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Free radicals, which are present in your body and in the environment, can wreak havoc on your skin. However, with a steady supply of vitamin E, your bodies can easily neutralize them. Vitamin-E rich foods like fruits (avocados), nuts and oil seeds help prevent your skin from drying out and becoming itchy, especially in cold or dry weather. Vitamin-E is known for protecting your skin’s moisture from inside out and a good supply keeps it looking fresh
and young. Always maintain a balanced diet with lots of vegetables, fruits, grains, sprouts and nuts that can satisfy your requirement of protein, carbohydrate and fat. Raw food is better than cooked food. So increase intake of raw foods. Make sure you are consuming a plenty of yellow and orange fruits, and vegetables and salads as they are high in beta-carotene, an antioxidant. Drink plenty of water to keep your dry skin well hydrated. Use unrefined cold-pressed flax seed oil for salad, baked vegetables or other dishes that do not require heating to high temperature. This type of food will keep your dry skin moist. Flax seed contains high amount of Omega-3 fatty acid, which keeps your skin healthy. Eat foods rich in sulfur like garlic, onion and eggs. These will keep your dry skin smooth and healthy. (The writer is a dietician with the Department of Dietetics, PGI)
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