64 OUTLOOK 22 July 2019
After a hiatus of 33 years, Japan will resume commercial whaling. It exited the International Whaling
Commission, which had put a moratorium on the practice, except for research purposes or by indigenous
communities. The move helped whale populations recover, but several species are still vulnerable.THIS TOO
HAPPENEDglitterati
Bonding, Aaj Kal
She takes after her mother
in so many ways: the shape
of her face, that smile, the
way her hair tumbles back.
He, as you all can see, is an
image of his dad (has he
inh erited that two-genera-
tion-old dimple?) Saif and
Amrita Singh’s children
Sara and Ibrahim Ali Khan
are holidaying in England.
This casual, happy chat
over some Earl Grey does
confirm what they say—the
siblings are inseparable.Here’s Looking At Her
Kabir Singh, though fiercely damned for supposed
‘mis ogyny’, must be a pistol of the highest calibre, for
the redoubtable products it threatens to overtake in
commercial success—Bharat and URI: The Surgical
Strike—are bearers of the national zeigeist. In three,
weeks, its collection is expected to touch Rs 250 crore!
What has it, then? Shahid’s jerky, handsome energy?
We suspect it’s Kiara Advani’s effortless classiness and
a certain shyly bold look she has in those eyes.Deserves A Smash-Hit
Indians had an emotional courtride of an
Olym pic silver in badminton through
Sindhu’s Rio effort. Someone (along with
Saina) who raised the profile of badminton
in India, Sindhu—all determinedly pursed
lips and steely eyes—certainly deserves a
biopic. But who can provide a fair imitation
of those springy leaps and staggering lopes?
Filmmaker Sonu Sood’s firm choice, for
obvious reasons of heredity and interest, is
Deepika. Nothing, though, is decided.PTI