Tabla, 9 October 2009

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  • 24 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN CC /[UNITY MICA (P) 181/03/2009 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY. OCTOBER 9 2009 Sjfll A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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    403 1  -  Time flies... it’s been a year since tabla! was launched PRADEEP PAUL Editor Editor pradeep@sph.com.sg IT’S been a year of extremes. Extreme effort to keep a fledgling product flying in possibly the worst economic storm ever. And extreme gratification to see the enthusiasm with which the Indian
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    • 8 1 BHARAT BHAVAN WINS ARCHITECTURAL HERffAGE AWARD PAGE 8
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  • INDIA
    • 937 2 “tabla! has filled a niche in Singapore as not all Singapore Indians can read in the vernacular. It is able to connect with English-speaking Singapore Indians and keep them linked to the community. The paper should be commended for its success.” Dr Balaji Sadasivan, Senior Minister of
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    • 786 2  -  Dr Balaji on his visit to Tamil Nadu PATRICK JONAS Singapore flag flying high. patrickj@sph.com.sg LAST month, Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Balaji Sadasivan made a five-day tour of Tamil Nadu. He was accompanied by senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
      PHOTO COURTESY OF MFA  -  786 words
    • 425 3  -  That’s the message to NRIs from M.J. Akbar RINKOO BHOWMIK Rinkoo Bhowmik is a media consultant based in Singapore and runs www.buzzzar.com ASK firebrand journalist M.J. Akbar (right), who was in town for the India Club Book Talk recently, what he thinks of non-resident Indians (NRIs)
      PHOTO: RINKOO BHOWMICK  -  425 words
    • 237 4 NOBEL-PRIZE winner Venkatraman Ramakrishnan is one of the typical members of the modern day Indian diaspora Indian roots, but a global citizen. He was born in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, in 1952. His parents moved to Vadodara. After he graduated in Physics from the MS University, he moved
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      537 4 Khajuraho is now better connected to the rest of India WONDERS OF INDIA Part 4 THE Indian Railways is breathing new life into Khajuraho. Not that the 22 temples that remain from the Chandella dynasty don’t attract enough tourists to justify a link to this town. Towards the
      PHOTOS: MADHYA PRADESH TOURISM  -  537 words
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    • 215 3 Home is 3,289 km away And closer than ever. Fly home anytime with daily flights to Hyderabad. return all-inclusive -%548 Hyderabad T v msp 'i*§& 'i 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
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  • PERSONALITY
    • 968 6  -  tabla! talk with with Patrick Jonas patrickj@sph.com.sg WHEN I met him last week, he was the CEO and managing director of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). By the time you read this article, Mr Subramaniam Ramadorai would have made way for a younger man and taken on
      PHOTO: SINGAPORE HUMAN CAPITAL SUMMIT 2009  -  968 words

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  • SINGAPORE
    • 484 8 The rebuilt Indian high commissioner’s residence wins Architectural Heritage Award EIGHT conserved buildings in Singapore were declared winners of the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s (URA) Architectural Heritage Award this year. And standing proud among them is Bharat Bhavan, the residence of the Indian high commissioner since 1948, at 2
      PHOTOS: SHING DESIGN ATELIER  -  484 words
    • 197 9 EVERY now and then the world becomes a victim of violence. Taking into account the rich legacy of India’s founding father Mahatma Gandhi, the United Nations decided to observe Oct 2, his birthday, as the International Day of Non-Vio-lence. Singaporeans and Indians residing here marked the
      was officiated (right).PHOTO: GIIS  -  197 words
    • 56 9 love...On Oct 7, some 200 of the Fasting women performed prayers as part of the traditional festival Karva Chauth at the Chander Road Shree Laxminarayan temple. On this day Hindu women fast for their husbands’ longevity, beginning at sunrise and ending when the moon appears. and ending
      and ending when the PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER  -  56 words
    • 516 10  -  It will soon have daily flights to Hyderabad, up from five a week SHEELA NARAYANAN strength.” sheela@sph.com.sg FREQUENT travellers to the City of Pearls, as Hyderabad is known due to its pearl industry, have cause to cheer. Soon they will be able to fly there
      Charminar, Hyderabad.PHOTOS: SILKAIR  -  516 words
    • YOUTH IN ENTERPRISE 15
      • 543 12 Sheela Narayanan IN HIS elegant and cosy China Square office, two men watch over Mr Mandeep Singh Nalwa. In one corner, he has a black and white photograph of his late father who was a career soldier in the Indian army. Next to his table
        PHOTO COURTESY OF MANDEEP SINGH NALWA  -  543 words
    • 150 12 THE Government is moving quickly on a plan to regulate real estate agents in the wake of growing calls to improve the standards of the industry. The Straits Times understands that an independent body will be set up and chaired by a neutral party appointed by the
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    • singapore news
      • 112 12 AFTER almost 17 hours of deliberation, Ram Puneet Tiwary was found guilty for a second time on two counts of murder by a jury in Sydney. He is to be sentenced on Nov 13. But the long-running saga, which began in 2003 with the deaths of
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      • 105 12 ENGLISH language lessons need not be boring, if pupils can be hooked from young. Teachers can use an array of tools to teach it, including riddles, poems and stories. And, from next year, there will be more “explicit instruction of grammar” from Primary 1. The
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      • 434 13  -  Singapore Gujarati Society GAURI GUPTA GUJARAT is blessed with a long coastline and since ancient times traders from the region have ventured overseas using the sea route. Gujarati traders arrived in Singapore and settled here as early as 1903. In 1956, prominent members of the Gujarati
        PHOTO: SINGAPORE GUJARATI SOCIETY  -  434 words
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      109 15 Devotees fulfil vows in annual firewalking festival THOUSANDS of devotees fulfilled their religious vows at the Sri Mariamman Temple in South Bridge Road at the annual firewalking or Theemithi festival. The devotees walked on fire to thank the goddess Draupadi for her blessings and wishes granted. More than
      PHOTO: ARUN RAMU  -  109 words
    • 91 15 ENGLISH story books are a luxury in some parts of rural India. The Indian Activity Executive Committee (IAEC) of West Coast CC recently held a donation drive to collect books for children in Orissa. They managed to collect 900 books which will be
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    • 199 18 Celebrations include awards and concert THE Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sicci) will be awarding lawyer and business leader Sat Pal Khattar a Sicci-DBS Singapore-Indian Business Award. The award, launched in 2007, is given to eminent people who have contributed to bilateral investment and business
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    • 365 22 “I don’t have to go around looking for customers. They now look for me.” Karung guni (rag-and-bone) man Michael Satha who went online at www.ragnbone.com.sg when the competitionheated up “I didn’t need anybody to tell me either what to do or what not to do after a
      PHOTO: IANS  -  365 words
    • 165 22 30,000 People took part in walks organised by NTUC FairPrice and the South East Community Development Council to give rice to needy families 6,500 Diwali lamps strung along Belgrave Road in Leicester, England 134India’s rank in the UN’s Human Development Index. Singapore is ranked 23 2.5 million People
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  • 532 11  -  And you can do so at MDIS which has teamed up with Oklahoma City University to offer a degree course in the subject SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg THERE has never been a better time to be a psychologist. As Asian countries get more
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  • EDUCATION
    • 481 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, NPS) Proud of Gandhiji A.G. SIBIKRISHNAN, Class 4B IT WAS
      PHOTOS: GIIS  -  481 words
    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 153 14  -  AYUSHI GARG, GARG, Class 5B IN JUNE, I was selected to be one of the team leaders for a project on kindness by the Singapore Kindness Movement. My teammates Shriya, Anukriti, Prachi and I decided to work on a Fountain of Kindness and we made a paper
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 446 19 She’s excited about her second Bollywood movie London Dreams but she’s concerned about being left out of the film’s promos AFTER her Bollywood breakthrough in Ghajini, Tamil heroine Asin has teamed up with Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan for London Dreams. The film directed by Vipul Shah has
      PHOTO: BOLLYWOOD HUNGAMA  -  446 words
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  • RELAX
    • 157 20 MINDSET OF A GREAT LEADER Business leaders who need some inspiration on coping with change and how to drive change in an organisation could find Swami Swaroopananda’s talk on the Mindset Of A Great Leader helpful. Tickets: $100 (only 50 seats) When: Oct 9, 3.45 to 6 pm
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    • 64 20 UTSAV DEEPAVALI STREET PARADE Join in the fun and watch the parade organised by the Hindu Endowments Board, Little India Shopkeepers and Heritage Association. There will be performances by foreign arts groups and a fireworks display. Tickets: Free tickets available at Jothi Store and Flower Shop,
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      181 20  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1) In which European city was the Tate Modern Art Gallery opened in 2000? a) London b) Geneva c) Paris 2) How many stars feature on the national flag of China? a) Seven b) Six c) Five 3) In which country was cellophane produced for the first
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    • 6 20 For solutions, turn to Page 24
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 213 21 FUTURE SPEAKS Aries Take time out for yourself. You will reap the benefits of past efforts and do well in your career. Taurus You are ready to discover new things. Think positive and do not dwell on problems. Gemini You need to confront long-standing issues. Keep personal issues out of
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  • SPORTS
    • 711 24  -  She’s done India proud and deserves to be treated well FREEWHEELING FREEWHEELING Rohit Brijnath rohitb@sph.com.sg Rohit Brijnath is a Senior Correspondent with The Straits Times NICE. Just about 25 years exactly since she made us weep at the 1984 Olympics, P.T. Usha cried at the way
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    • 802 26  -  Does the 50-over format work? Did the Champion’s Trophy prove anything? star column Harsha Bhogle tabla@sph.com.sg THE underdog tried hard and we applauded. New Zealand played with spirit and they punched above their weight, like they always do. But underdogs often have adrenalin on their
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    • 365 28 India’s Jhulan Goswami clocks 130kmh with her fastest deliveries INDIA’S women cricketers don’t make the news often. But they should... given that they are led by Jhulan Goswami, the world’s fastest bowler in women’s cricket. It is said that the Indian captain bowls at speeds close to 130kmh
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