Tabla, 10 April 2009

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    22 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY MICA(P) 181/03/2009 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2009 S|£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon CONTRARY KHAN
    1217 1  -  He is not a candidate. He does not belong to a party. Yet, Aamir Khan is using his star power to get India’s middle class to vote PATRICK JONAS your patrickj@sph.com.sg KHANS rule Bollywood. Or so it may seem, considering the number of heroes named Khan. Aamir Khan,
    PHOTO: IANS; PHOTOS: IANS  -  1,217 words
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Skater with a mission
      382 2 She will skate 5,000km to spread the ‘save the girl child’ message MS SHITAL Pandya began her journey on Jan 21 from New Delhi. The 24-year-old is on a mission to spread awareness of the Save The Girl Child campaign. Accompanied by her father Jagdish and
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      Lock icon Tata voted most powerful CEO
      352 2 MANY Indian CEOs have been making news in recent months because of their falling wealth. Amid the financial ruin, one man stood tall. He was busy shaping a revolution on India’s roads. So it did not come as a surprise that Mr Ratan Tata emerged
      PHOTO: IANS  -  352 words
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      Lock icon Indian is top paid CEO in the US
      182 2 WITH a US$104 million pay packet in 2008, mobile phone-maker Motorola’s India-born chief Sanjay Jha has emerged as the United States’ top-paid CEO while Citigroup’s Vikram Pandit tops the league among bailed-out banks. In a survey published on April 3 by Wall
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      Lock icon Shoe-thrower wants to apologise to minister
      559 3 Hindi daily journalist says he was not trying to hit Indian home minister LIKE it happened in Baghdad and Britain, the journalist lacked aim. But the shoe-throw-ing incident in New Delhi on April 7, like the previous incidents, managed to grab people’s attention. Shoe
      PHOTO: REUTERS  -  559 words
    • regional roundup
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        Lock icon HARYANA
        62 3 India’s biggest shirt RELIANCE Retail’s apparel and accessories division Reliance Trends is aiming for a place in the Limca Book Of Records with a gigantic T-shirt (above) measuring 40ft by 30ft and weighing 50kg. The shirt was displayed at the Ambience Mall in Gurgaon on April 3. It took
        PHOTO: IANS  -  62 words
      • Article
        Lock icon DELHI
        95 3 China-made handsets to go dead BY APRIL 13, around 30 million China-made mobile handsets in India will be phased out on orders from the Department of Telecommunications. Chinese mobile handsets have 15-digit International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers. Other handsets come with 16-digit IMEIs. On service providers’ computers, the
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      • Article
        Lock icon KARNATAKA
        94 3 ISRO chief gets Z category security INDIAN Space Research Organisation chairman G. Madhavan Nair and six other prominent space scientists have been provided with security cover following a threat to their lives. A Lashkar-e-Toiba militant claimed that plans were being hatched to kidnap or assassinate them. Mr Nair, 65,
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        Lock icon GUJARAT
        75 3 No gold imports DUE to high prices, no gold was imported into Gujarat in March this year. This is the first time since a liberalised import policy came into force 18 years back that no gold was imported in the state in any given month, reported DNA. Gold prices
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      • Article
        Lock icon MEGHALAYA
        89 3 Elephant threat to polls OVER 200 polling booths, mostly in the Garo hills region in Meghalaya, have been marked “sensitive” for fear of attacks by wild elephants, reported The Times Of India. Chief Electoral Officer P. Naik said that, after elephant attacks disrupted polling during the 1990s, the election
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      Lock icon Tamil and Telugu movie stars reign
      357 4/5 IN THE SOUTH IN THE south Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, it is common for stars to be part of a political party or sometimes even launch a party of their own. The late C.N. Annadurai, who founded the Dravida Munnetra
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      Lock icon Bolly stars rule the roost
      328 4/5 IN THE NORTH CONGRESS Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Salman Khan are the big guns who have lent their names to the Congress party. Salman has already started campaigning in Uttar Pradesh. According to party sources, Shah Rukh, Priety, Govinda and Nagma will campaign
      PHOTO: AP  -  328 words
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  • PERSONALITY
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      Lock icon Iron man
      1127 6  -  with Jawharilal with Jawharilal Rajendran with Jawharilal Rajendran ground. raj@sph.com.sg HE HAS spent most of his life in the children’s education business even as he pursued his own education. A fortnight ago, Dr T. Chandroo threw a big party for his many friends to celebrate his doctorate in
      workout. PHOTO: ARUN RAMU  -  1,127 words
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  • SINGAPORE
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      791 7  -  It’s been six months since tabla! was launched yes, time does fly and it has made many friends in that time PRADEEP PAUL pradeep@sph.com.sg NINE months ago, when Singapore Press Holdings decided to launch a weekly newspaper in English for the Indian diaspora in Singapore, people were excited.
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      Lock icon Build bridges with words
      457 8  -  Sinda kicks off series of dialogues to bring expat and local Indians closer SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg MANY an attempt has been made to encourage local Indians and Indian expatriates to mingle. Now, the Singapore Indian Development Association (Sinda) has taken yet another step to formalise the
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    • TABLA MAIL
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        Lock icon Try the INI way
        315 8  -  election process India. G. Radhakrishan way I read the article about NRIs being allowed to vote and think it’s a great idea. In fact, I have an idea to share withtabla! readers. It involves giving NRIs an identity card which could be called the Indian National
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      • Article
        Lock icon We are not “sleeping”
        136 8  -  N. Girish I believe that the NRI should be given the opportunity to vote from his or her current place of residence. A recent ad on TV about the Jaago Re Campaign, supported by Tata Tea, goes like this: The protagonist, speaking to a lady, tells
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      Lock icon Like a mini UN
      478 9  -  The two Indians at the Asia Journalism Fellowship recount their three months in Singapore DEEPAL TRIVEDI Deepal Trivedi is an Asia Journalism fellow from Ahmedabad Fourteen accomplished journalists from different Asian countries are adding to Singapore’s multicultural mosaic these days. The Asia Journalism Fellowship (AJF), a
      Jing (China). PHOTO: ASIA JOURNALISM FOUNDATION  -  478 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Shining through the rain
      294 9  -  ESHWAR SUNDARESAN Eshwar Sundaresan is an Asia Journalism fellow from Bangalore THE afternoon sky is slate-gray. Underneath, Singapore waits patiently, as if anticipating the arrival of a comforting lover. And then it begins. A streak of silver rips through the clouds and drills a passage among
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      Lock icon RJC pips favourites
      210 9 RAFFLES Junior College (RJC) emerged the champion at the recent finals of the inter-junior college Tamil debate competition Sorsilambam 2009 which was aired live on local television on April 4. Debating the topic “Women going to work is the most important contributing factor to decadence in the
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      Lock icon Durga puja and adda
      590 10  -  Bengali Association of Singapore GAURI GUPTA THERE is nothing that brings out “Bengali-ness” more than Durga puja. Whichever part of the world he may live in, come Durga puja, the Bengali expat comes alive and recreates exactly the ambience of the puja pandals of his childhood.
      Togetherness... always a big all the socio-religious events. PHOTO: BENGALI ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE  -  590 words
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      Lock icon Bankers turn chef, waiter
      376 10 AS PART of Standard Chartered Bank’s 150th anniversary in Singapore, two business heads auctioned their cooking and serving talents to raise money for charity. This was one of the items for auction at the anniversary dinner held in February. Amid enthusiastic bidding, this item was picked
      on as Mr serves Mr PHOTO: STANDARD CHARTERED  -  376 words
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      Lock icon Wet and wild day at Downtown East
      331 11 Narpani family day draws over 5,000 IT WAS wet’n’wild fun at Downtown East on April 5 as over 5,000 people attended a family day outing organised by The People’s Association Indian Activity Executive Committees Co-ordinating Council (PA Narpani Pearavai) with the Indian Activity
      performances. PHOTOS: THE STRAITS TIMES, PA IAEC  -  331 words
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      Lock icon S’pore Sindhis donate blood
      329 11 OVER 100 people showed up at the Singapore Sindhi Association on April 5 to donate a pint... of blood, that is. Despite the heavy downpour, both regular donors and first-timers came to give blood to the Singapore Red Cross Society (SRC) from 9.30am to 3.30pm. The
      event on April 5. PHOTO: SINGAPORE SINDHI ASSOCIATION  -  329 words
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      Lock icon Deadly Indian rojak
      223 13 SINGAPORE has been hit by its worst case of food poisoning. Two people have died and 35 others are in hospital. The culprit Indian rojak, a local favourite, from a popular stall at a Geylang Serai hawker centre. A total of 137 people sought treatment at hospitals
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    • singapore news
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        Lock icon End to Horizon Towers saga
        152 13 THE Court of Appeal halted the contentious Horizon Towers collective sale once and for all on April 2 with a hard-hitting ruling that singled out the estate’s sales committee for scathing criticism. The dramatic judgment caught many by surprise and vindicated the four sets of
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      • Article
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        135 13 THE People’s Action Party (PAP) will continue to ensure a good spread of candidates to reflect the views of the young and also to take care of older Singaporeans, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean has said. The PAP is confident that the core of the
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        128 13 PUBLIC bus operators SBS Transit and SMRT have been fined again by the Public Transport Council (PTC) for not meeting service standards. SBS Transit, which runs the majority of bus services here, was fined $4,500. Some of its services were overcrowded, while the waiting times of others
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      177 21 24,300 Number of taxis in Singapore. How come it’s so hard to find one when it starts raining? Rs800,000 Cost of dress that actress Kareena Kapoor will sport for a song in Kambakkht Ishq 15 Number of reservoirs in Singapore US$187,500 Amount Reliance Industries paid Mr Lawrence Summers,
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      Lock icon IT’S ONLY words
      306 21 “Nowadays, the word ‘bonus’ is almost a dirty word.” Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Lim Boon Heng “Vajpayee not being around during the ongoing campaign is painful.” India’s opposition leader L.K. Advani “How can leaders of the BJP point a finger at Manmohan Singh and talk
      PHOTO: IANS  -  306 words
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      186 8 EB The Hindu Endowments Board (HEB) is looking for a capable person with a flair for writing and editing to prepare teaching material for its Hindu Studies Program (Project Bakthi). This teaching material will be used as text by children in various age groups between 5 and 14 years of
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  • EDUCATION
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      Lock icon Go, Voyagers, go
      276 12  -  There’s more to school than homework and exams. That’s why tabla! has this page for students of the three Indian schools here, to play reporter and photographer (This page is rotated among the schools. Next week, DPS) NIKITA PAVADE, Class 10 CBSE PIONEERS, Explorers, Discoverers, Voyagers. These
      PHOTOS: NPS  -  276 words
    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon When trash becomes treasure...
        155 12  -  LOSHINI SENTHIL KUMAR, Class 9 IGCSE MAN has walked this planet for thousands of years. From the Vedic period, knowledge has been passed down not by manuscripts but by word of mouth. This truly gives new meaning to the phrase “Living Library”, and it is to
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        Lock icon ...and butterflies
        74 12  -  PARAM CHHURA Class 5B IN 2007, the world spent US$16 billion on plastic bottles. It takes 700 years for a plastic bottle to begin decomposing in a land fill. Every minute, one million polythene bags are used. For our talent night, the art club came up with an
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      90 13 DPS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL SINGAPORE *7<vic& (kaneti cn t&e fcelct education IGCSE and GCE-A level option alongwith Indian curriculum. New Kindergarten classrooms instituted to cater to new admissions. New classrooms and laboratory for IGCSE A level and senior students. f UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE International Examinations CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE i 3 Admissions
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      Lock icon Strike force
      761 14  -  Will the Bollywood producers’ strike force the cineplex owners in India to share the moolah more evenly? SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg THE stand-off is in India: The Bollywood producers want 50 per cent of the box-office takings; the Indian cineplex owners don’t want to reduce the 60 per cent
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      Lock icon Jackky’s Bling party
      182 14 Bollywood News Service NEWCOMER Jackky Bhagnani threw the wrap-up party for his debut film Kal Kisne Dekha at the hip-and-happening discotheque Bling (partly owned by Jackky himself) in Mumbai’s Leela hotel. The party started after midnight and continued in full swing till the wee hours. Jackky, who
      Bollywood News Service; PHOTO: BNS  -  182 words
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      Lock icon Kamal’s 10 avatars are back
      665 15 This time in Hindi. And the multi-lingual actor wants the rest of India to see his ‘biggest hit’ Indo-Asian News Service KAMAL Hassan’s Tamil blockbuster Dasavathaaram, in which he plays 10 roles, is set to hit the screens again in Hindi. And the multi-lingual actor
      Indo-Asian News Service; PHOTOS: WWW.BEHINDWOODS.COM  -  665 words
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      Lock icon Family matters
      889 16  -  In Bollywood, many stars are related, some by marriage J. KOTHARI in, Bollywood News Service THERE is a theory that there are only six degrees of separation linking all the people in this world. With its multifarious dynasties and inter-marriages multiplying the family links, Bollywood is a maze
      in, Bollywood News Service; PHOTO: BNS  -  889 words
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      Lock icon Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Neil Diamond and fusion dance
      351 16  -  SHEELA NARAYANAN perspective. sheela@ sph.com.sg REPRISING its ambitious 1991 dance drama Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the Temple of Fine Arts (TFA) hopes to make its 2009 version more spectacular. The production, based on the best-selling 1970 book of the same name by Richard
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      Lock icon No Bollywood questions please
      994 17 Top three winners of Miss India contest tell media they want to focus on world titles THE much-awaited Miss India contests were held in Mumbai on April 5. Now a billion eyes and more will be waiting and watching to see how the three beauties picked
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  • RELAX
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      64 18/19 HAND GESTURES IN BHARATANATYAM If you are keen to learn more about Bharatanatyam, dancer Kavitha Krishnan is conducting a workshop in association with the Maya Dance Theatre and Apsara Asia. Learn the history of this dance form and how hand gestures tell a story. Fees
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    • Article
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      583 18/19 VESAKHI 2009 Vesakhi celebrations in Singapore begin with the complete reading of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, the original scriptures written by the Sikh gurus. A donation drive to help needy families and major upgrading to the temple will be launched. When: April 12 to 14. Starts
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      Lock icon DR B. ARUNDHATI AND CHARU HARIHARAN IN CONCERT
      60 18/19 Singapore Indian Association and Bhaskar’s Arts Academy present acclaimed Indian vocalist Dr B. Arundhathi. He will be performing with vocal support from daughter Charu Hariharan in a concert of north and south Indian classical and light music. Tickets: $100, $50 and $30.
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    • TV HIGHLIGHTS
      • friday
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          Lock icon KALYANAM PANNIYUM BRAHMACHARI
          34 18/19 3pm VIJAY A bachelor rejects a proposal from a traditional girl as he wants to marry a modern girl. The girl transforms herself and marries him, then teaches him a lesson.
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          47 18/19 4.30pm STAR GOLD Simran and Vicky are engaged to be married. When Simran is raped at a party, Vicky is not ready to accept her any longer. But Simran’s best friend Rohan will do anything for her. The drama stars Aftab Shivdasani and Natasha.
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          Lock icon POOVA THALAIYAH
          69 18/19 9pm VASANTHAM In this Indian drama directed by K. Balachander, a widower (Gemini Ganesan) struggles to keep the peace between his younger brother (Jai Shankar) and his mother-in-law (S. Varalakshmi) as each tries to claim control of the family. With conflict constantly simmering, the household threatens to erupt
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      • saturday
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          Lock icon ADUTHA VAARISU
          36 18/19 2pm VIJAY A street dancer is the only heir of a landlord. When the property is threatened, the hero comes to the rescue and saves the property from the villains. Stars Rajinikanth, Sreedevi, Cho
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          Lock icon HIJACK
          76 18/19 4pm VASANTHAM When terrorists hijack a commercial jet and force it to land at the airport where he works, airline ground crew engineer Vikram Madaan (Shiney Ahuja) discovers he is in a unique position to sneak on board the plane and battle the bad guys. But can he defeat
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          Lock icon HULCHUL
          29 18/19 6pm STAR GOLD Two families are locked in a feud that drives them to take revenge on each other. This hilarious comedy stars Akshaye Khanna and Kareena Kapoor.
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        • Article
          Lock icon DANCE INDIA DANCE
          19 18/19 10pm ZEE TV Watch the contestants’ superb dance moves and see who will have to leave.
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      • sunday
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          Lock icon MAJAA
          51 18/19 1pm VASANTHAM Govindan (Manivanan), who adopts two orphans named Adhi (Pasupathy) and Madhi (Vikram, above with Asin), decides to leave his thieving ways and turn over a new leaf. They meet a broken family (Vijay Kumar and his three daughters) who owes the village panchayat a huge sum of
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          Lock icon HONEYMOON TRAVELS PVT. LTD
          35 18/19 4pm STAR GOLD Six couples go on a package honeymoon to Goa. Six humorous stories that explore the nature of love and human relationships unfold. This is a happy-go-lucky, quirky drama.
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          Lock icon NA TUM JAANO NA HUM
          39 18/19 10pm STAR GOLD Esha and Rahul fall in love by corresponding with each other but do not know each other’s identity. But Esha’s parents want her to marry Akshay, who is Rahul’s best friend.
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      • monday
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          Lock icon KAI NIRAYA KAASU
          38 18/19 3 pm VIJAY KAI NIRAYA KAASU A married man is tempted by the riches of another woman. When he tries to escape from her clutches, he falls into a trap and is framed for murder.
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        • Article
          Lock icon SPECIALS @ 10-HEROINE... ZINDAGI KE PANNO SE
          73 18/19 SPECIALS 10-HEROINE... ZINDAGI KE PANNO SE 9.30pm SONY ENT (Director Madhur Bandharkar) Savitri has spent her entire life catering to her family’s needs. With a husband who cares only about himself, her life is miserable and she lives only for her children, who give her strength to stay in the
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          Lock icon NAERUKKU NAER
          28 18/19 9pm VASANTHAM A young girl (Simran) seeks to avenge the death of her father and her maternal uncle’s ill-treatment of her mother. She plans his downfall...
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          Lock icon TAXI NO. 9211
          52 18/19 TAXI NO. 921 1 10pm STAR GOLD TAXI NO. 9211 Two men (John Abraham and Nana Patekar, right) are both quick to anger. They get involved in an accident and this brings out their worst qualities. Both of them, as it turns out, are at the opposite ends of the
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      • tuesday
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          Lock icon ARANGETRAVELAI
          27 18/19 3pm VIJAY Prabhu goes to the city in search of a job and meets Revathi. Staying in the same place, they fight like cats and dogs.
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          Lock icon VAARANAM AAYIRAM
          39 18/19 9pm VASANTHAM Surya grows up in a loving family. The story describes his journey through life as he meets many people good and bad. In all his encounters he is guided by the love of his parents.
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      • wednesday
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          Lock icon YAARADI NEE MOHINI
          66 18/19 2pm VTV Vasu (Dhanush) is the irresponsible son of a school discipline master (Raghuvaran) but he changes when he meets Keerthi (Nayanthara). Getting a job at the company where she works, he proposes to her, but is shocked to learn that she will soon be married to
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      • thursday
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          Lock icon BEST BUDDY
          65 18/19  -  7.30pm VASANTHAM Compiled by Surendar Kaur Surendar Kaur Child presenters take you on a journey to the world of animals and pets, asking questions that children at home will want to ask too. Experts answer the questions on the spot. Each child presenter presents specific segments, thus becoming
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      Lock icon QUIZ
      188 18/19  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1) In the comic strip Superman, which planet were the parents of Superman from? a) Krypton b) Pluto c) Vega 2) Which country does tennis player Marat Safin represent in Davis Cup? a) Russia b) Slovenia c) Hungary 3) The North and the South Island are the
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      Lock icon MOVIE THIS WEEK
      58 20 THE LAST LEAR Amitabh Bachchan Harry is an eccentric and passionate person. Besides being a Shakespearean stage actor and an ardent fan of The Master, his life seems like a play after he meets Siddharth, a new-age film director. A play replete with action, drama, love, emotions,
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      65 18/19 Listings on this page are free. Write to: tabla!, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Tower Block, Level 5, Singapore *****4; fax: 6319-8311 or e-mail: tabla@sph.com.sg at least two weeks ahead. Include the name of the event, organiser, venue, date and time, ticket prices and your name, address and contact number. Send
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  • Page 18/19 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      307 18/19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Band of seven 7 First of billions 11 16.5 feet 14 “Rocky” villain 15 Andean city 16 Wax trapper 17 Antic 18 Yankee in the news, informally 19 Four-stringed instrument, for short 20 Doc wannabes 23 Semi-aquatic salamanders 27 Hobby-store buys 28 Relatives of burrows 29 Balsamic,
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      71 18/19 SUDOKU The objective is to place the digits 1 to 9 only, once in each of the small 3x3 squares. At the same time, you must create a row of unique digits going across and down over the large grid. WHAT AM I? I add flavour and colour to your
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      461 20 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Aries There may be tension with children. If you are going for an interview in the early part of the week, chances of success could be low. But things will improve in the later part of the week. You will enjoy success and good cheer. Taurus
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      33 20 SOLUTIONS crossword quiz sudoku 1) Krypton 2) Russia 3) New Zealand 4) Items of clothing 5) Suneil Shetty 6) A diamond 7) French 8) NASA 9) Nero 10) Copper what am i? Saffron
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon DOUBLES ANYONE?
      54 22 Sania Mirza reached the doubles semi-final at last month’s Sony Ericsson Open at Key Biscayne, Florida with no, not this monkey but Chuang Chia-jung of Taiwan. Having lost in the first round of the singles, her ranking stayed at 100 after the tournament while her doubles ranking rose
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      429 22  -  Local Cricket Weekend Report HEMANT KENKRE AFTER two weeks of sunny weather, nature’s law of averages struck the SCA Division 1 league. Rain returned with a vengeance to Kallang where Singapore Recreation Club Kings (SRCK) met ANZA. In the 49th over, the players had to return to
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      Lock icon Aiming for a top 10 finish
      832 23  -  As Jeev Milkha Singh sets out to master the Augusta course, he answers 10 questions from tabla! FREEWHEELING Rohit Brijnath Open. rohitb@sph.com.sg Rohit Brijnath is a Senior Correspondent with The Straits Times ESPN Star.com GOLF’S second Singh is finding his voice in the United
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