Tabla, 2 October 2009

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    23 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY MICA (P) 181/03/2009 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2009 Sffl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Festive frenzy
    544 1  -  It’s time to start shopping for the festival of lights SHEELA NARAYANAN celebrating. sheela@sph.com.sg FROM this weekend, Singaporean Uma M. Chandran will be dusting off the cobwebs from her purse as she heads out for her festive season shopping. After all, Deepavali or Diwali whichever way you call
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      74 1 GET YOUR COPY OF AT 7-ELEVEN OUTLETS, INCLUDING SHELL STATIONS WHILE STOCKS LAST COPY OF AT 7-ELEVEN OUTLETS, INCLUDING SHELL STATIONS WHILE STOCKS LAST HARSHA BHOGLE ON INDIA’S CHAMPION’S TROPHY EXIT PAGE 22 THE INDIAN COMMUNITY AKSHAY’S FULL OF PRAISE FOR WOMEN PAGE 16 TROPHY THE 12,000 TABLA PANDAL PAGE
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon 110 not out
      541 3  -  He fought the Japanese in Singapore and then joined the Indian National Army SURENDAR KAUR surenda@sph.com.sg HE NEEDS a bit of help to move around and is short of hearing. Not surprising given that Santa Singh Athwal is 110 years old. He recently celebrated his birthday and
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      Lock icon The 12,000 tabla pandal
      364 4  -  It gets tabla!’s pick as pandal of the year. Can you blame us? SANJOY BOSE In Kolkata In Kolkata IT MAY not be right in the middle of town, in fact it is almost a two-hour drive from downtown Kolkata, but once you got to the
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      59 4 Are they for real? (Above) No, this is not the Taj Mahal, it’s a Durga puja pandal in Kolkata’s Howrah district while another pandal (left) in Agartala, Tripura, replicates Mumbai’s Taj Mahal Palace hotel, one of the sites of the terrorist attacks in November last
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    • Article
      Lock icon Obama’s choice is India
      243 5 IT’S always an eagerly watched event after the United States gets a new president. Mr Barack Obama’s choice as guest at his first state dinner is India. And it is con- state is it is considered a plum presidential nod of recognition, say Washington watchers. Indian
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    • regional roundup
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        Lock icon MADHYA PRADESH
        79 5 Pak terrorist Kasab is Ravana IN A break from tradition, an Indore-based organisation burnt an effigy of Ajmal Kasab (left), the lone surviving terrorist of the 26/11 Mumbai attack, instead of demon-king Ravana. The 30m tall effigy weighed around 4,000kg. “The present terrorism and thus present day’s biggest
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        Lock icon KERALA
        68 5 42 dead in Thekkady boat tragedy A DOUBLE-DECKER boat carrying 74 tourists capsized in the Thekkady lake. At press time, 42 bodies have been recovered. The tragedy occurred when the state-run double-decker boat Jalakanyaka tilted after several tourists moved to one side on sighting elephants in the Periyar Wildlife
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      • Article
        Lock icon UTTAR PRADESH
        89 5 Lesson on fake notes in schools EVERY year, large amounts of fake currency enter India The Times Of India has it that about Rs13 crores are being pumped in annually. The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to counter it by educating students on how to distinguish between the
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      214 3 WES Home is 3,289 km away. And closer than ever. Fly home any time with I daily flights to Hyderabad Return all-inclusive ■$548 Hyderabad mm AP12' U5397, Set off on a royal homecoming with all-new daily flights to Hyderabad from 20 October 2009, in addition to existing flights to Coimbatore,
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      261 5 CP TITAN AUTOMATIC -TITAN The 33-jewel Valence has a retro day/date indicator and is water resistant up to 30m. Just one of the thirteen unique watches in the Titan Automatic collection. V* N V > l > .X, ■X Cl m m ■■fry m </ m rj o Present in
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  • PERSONALITY
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      1087 6  -  tabla! talk with Patrick with Patrick Jonas keeping patrickj@sph.com.sg IT IS not easy to keep pace with Professor Thirumalai Venky Venkatesan. He is 60 but he leaves younger people in his wake as he strides the corridors of the National University of Singapore (NUS). He speaks
      PHOTOS: JOSEPH NAIR, COURTESY OF PROFESSOR VENKY  -  1,087 words
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      91 7 > ONE special reason n to visit India in 2,0 Any time is a good time to visit the Land of the Taj. But there is no time like now. W >r* w PI ONE unforgettable holiday with someone special and a bouquet of never-before benefits ONE complimentary air-ticket ONE
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  • SINGAPORE
    • YOUTH IN ENTERPRISE 14
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        487 8 Sheela Narayanan WHEN Miss Jannelle Kalliappa started her nail salon Sounique in Serangoon Road six years ago, it seemed that the gods of business were not on her side. A month after she opened her doors in March 2003, armed with a beauty diploma
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        Lock icon More Indians in S’pore
        396 8 Population Trends report shows percentage of Indians has risen from 7.1% in 1990 to 9.2% now THE population of Singapore has grown it has hit five million and so has the number of Indians living here. In the Population Trends 2009 report released by the Department
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      118 10 3.6 million Old ez-link cards in use on the last day (Sept 30) of the free exchange period which began in January 77Age of Indian PM Manmohan Singh. He celebrated his birthday on Sept 26 by cutting a cake on Air India One as he flew to Geneva
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      216 10 “Whenever a film came up with haunted, spooky songs, the composer always used to approach me. But I like soft, romantic songs.” Lata Mangeshkar who turned 80 on Sept 28 and has more than 50,000 songs to her credit “The trend now is that if you are
      PHOTO: YASH RAJ FILMS  -  216 words
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      Lock icon It’s time to shop...
      900 12/13 ...and SHEELA NARAYANAN has some suggestions for you For your home Bright House Lighting Who: Lighting and home fixtures. What: If you are planning on refurbishing junior’s room this Deepavali, the Cute Cute Baby Fan (right) is a 32-inch six-blade ceiling fan that comes with a
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      Lock icon Durga puja draws thousands
      260 15 Newly-arrived expats join in Bengali association joy THIS year, the Bengali Association of Singapore did not just celebrate Durga puja, it also celebrated the participation of newly-ar-rived expatriates. The president of the 53-year-old association Nikilesh Gupta said: “It gives me immense pride to thank everyone who
      PHOTO: SINDHI ASSOCIATION; PHOTO: BENGALI ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE  -  260 words
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      450 9 .ill 1 W r. .a 1I Modular EMBA Preview «i 0 lit ml: t lit Strategizing to ensure that for management practitioners in Singapore and Asia Pac, the current global situation becomes an opportunity for previously unconsidered paths to success, rather than a signal to buckle down and prepare for
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      29 10 f sr: V 'watch ‘'Pure 'Earth fashion shovJ on Zee ‘T'Vf 5uncay. 4 Oct 9:30 Ifni f Celebrate traditions 02 -46 'The Centre point 'Tel: *****152 WWW.bureearth. cont.sa m
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      89 12/13 Vintage India celebrates the festival of lights in full Indian Tradition.... 9(et us wish you a.... Happy CJ)eepcmtfif with a tracfitionaf c Incfian 0hafi festival from October 11th to 17th iiSf m A':- a tribute to dining tradition 10 Dempsey Road #01-21 Dempsey Hill Singapore *****0 Experience a truly authentic
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  • EDUCATION
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      409 14  -  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, GIIS) ANAMIKA RAJIV, CLASS 6A ON SEPT 5, our school participated
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
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        138 14  -  RISHABH JOHN, Class 3B GRANDPARENTS are important members of our families. They give us a lot of love, support and kindness. That is why we have a special day to honour them. Grandparents Day was celebrated in our school on Sept 8. Grandparents of students were invited
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        160 14  -  VARSHA VENKIT, Class 10 TEACHER’S Day was celebrated with a lot of gusto and fanfare in our school, with preparations having started a fortnight earlier. Notwithstanding the Damocles sword in the form of the semester examination hanging over our heads and the demanding hours
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      50 15 DPS INTERNATIONAL SCHOO SINGAPORE WE Strive to SHINE tH \psr/// IGCSE and GSE-A level along with Indian Curriculum UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE International Examinations CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE KINDERGARTEN AFTERNOON CLASSES (12:30 PM to 3:30 PM) Tel: 6285 6300, Fax: 6285 1670 Email: admissions@dps.edu.sg, Website: www.dps.edu.sg Address: 36 Aroozoo Avenue, Singapore *****2
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      Lock icon Women are stronger than men
      415 16 So says Akshay Kumar who is hosting his second season of Khatron Ke Khiladi Indo-Asian News Services HE SAYS he picked Twinkle as his life partner because she has the courage to “kick butt”, and adds that he was disappointed with the pathetic manner in
      Indo-Asian News Services; PHOTOS: APUN KA CHOICE, IANS  -  415 words
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      Lock icon Lankan beauty woos Bollywood
      393 17  -  Former Miss Sri Lanka Jacqueline Fernandez makes her debut in Aladdin JIGAR SHAH Bollywood News Service AYESHA Takia’s loss was Jacqueline Fernandez’s gain. When the former dropped out of Aladdin, Jacqueline was roped in. And the Miss Sri Lanka 2006 has made the most of the
      Bollywood News Service; PHOTOS: EROS ENTERTAINMENT, WALLPAPERS.ONEINDIA.COM  -  393 words
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      165 16 a i/a. International School (Indian CBSE Syllabus) 3 Hu Ching Road, Singapore *****1 (opp. Blk 159 Taman Jurong, next to Jurong Secondary School) Tel: 6265 2342 I HP: 9040 5969 email: info@yuvabharathi.sg I URL: www.yuvabharathi.sg Classes School timings Kindergarten Montessori for age group 2'Z to 5 'k yrs Primary High
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  • RELAX
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      131 18/19 WALKING ON FIRE It may sound scary but fire-walking, or Theemithi, is part of a religious vow in which the devotee promises to walk on fire in exchange for a wish or blessing granted by the goddess Draupadi. When: Oct 4, 11.30pm Where: Devotees walk
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    • Article
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      271 18/19 DEEPAVALI SHOPPING You will be spoilt for choice when you visit the Deepavali Trade Fair and Deepavali Bazaar to shop for all your festive needs from food to clothes to unique handicraft items from India. Admission is free. When: Till Oct 16,11am to 11pm Contact: 9816-7425 or log
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      234 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. QUIZ DEREK O’BRIEN 1) Other than English, which language is
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      396 18/19 FUTURE SPEAKS Aries Try to avoid minor quarrels with family members. Speak your mind and do not evade issues or they will crop up again. You could close a big business deal. Taurus Your careful planning will bear fruit and you’ll be satisfied with the financial gains from it. Wear
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  • SPORTS
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      356 20/21  -  Adrian Sutil crashes, Tonio Liuzzi finishes last... not a good Singapore Grand Prix for Force India PRADEEP PAUL pradeep@sph.com.sg SO MUCH for expectations. Having got Indian F1 fans around the world excited with a sudden show of form at the Belgian and Italian Grands Prix, the Force India
      PHOTO: FORCE INDIA FORMULA ONE TEAM  -  356 words
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      77 20/21 NOT even the heat on Saturday night’s qualifying round could erase the excitement off their faces. Ferrari fan B. Raghunandan, 22, had flown in from Bangalore with his father S. Bharat, 52, a senior vice-president of a shipping company. Waving a Ferrari flag, Mr Raghunandan said: “This
      PHOTO: PAUL FALZON  -  77 words
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      823 22  -  Let down by their bowling, India bows out of the Champion’s Champion’s Trophy star column star Harsha Bhogle tabla@sph.com.sg IT’S AN indication of how well matched the teams at the Champion’s Trophy are, or the result of some capricious pitches, that three of the fancied teams are on their
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      275 20/21 SPICE o UEEN DEEPAVALI SPECIAL OFFERS Air flown Sweets and Savouries from WELL KNOWN SWEET HOUSE from TAMILNADU (call 6255 2440 or 8265 0097 for details) Special Ghee Mysorepak-S$18 per KG, Soan Papdi S$18 per KG, Badusha S$18 per KG. Also available: Many more Sweets Savories available. Visit Spice Queen
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