Tabla, 16 October 2009

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  • 25 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT O F THE INDIAN CO MMUNITY MICA (P) 181/03/2009 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 2009 Sfh A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • 209 1  -  The festival of lights illuminates a growing sense of confidence SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg THE timing could not have been better. With the festival of lights upon us, bright sparks of optimism are lighting up the economic of optimism are lighting up the economic front. The latest news
    PHOTO: JAMIE KOH  -  209 words
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    • 78 1 GET YOUR COPY OF AT 7-ELEVEN OUTLETS, INCLUDING SHELL STATIONS WHILE STOCKS LAST THE HEARTBEAT O F THE INDIAN CO MMUNITY MISS INDIA UNIVERSE WAS TOO THIN PAGE 14 COPY OF AT 7-ELEVEN OUTLETS, INCLUDING SHELL STATIONS ROYAL SPLENDOUR ON SHOW IN LONDON PAGE 4 WHILE STOCKS LAST SIMON TAUFEL
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  • INDIA
    • Article, Illustration
      693 2  -  Nobel winner Venki is a simple man who cycles to work and supported Muslim students PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg HE MAY have left India long ago but India is never far from Nobel winner professor Venkatraman Ramakrishnan’s mind. One of those who testified to the man’s love and concern
      Cambridge.PHOTO: AP  -  693 words
    • 338 3  -  Scientists in Orissa are perfecting a type of rice that doesn’t need to be cooked PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg TO MANY this may sound like a “believe it or not” story. Is it possible to eat rice without cooking it? It is possible and some in India’s north-east have
      PHOTOS: CRRI  -  338 words
    • 579 4 Exhibition in London showcases the magnificent treasures of the Indian royal courts THE word maharaja conjures up images of wealth and splendour. An exhibition put together by London’s Victoria Albert Museum wants to show the other side of the maharaja his role in the cultural and
      PHOTOS: COURTESY OF THE MEHRANGARH MUSEUM TRUST ©DAVID DUNNING, MAHARANA MEWAR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ©DAVID DUNNING, V&A IMAGES, ©2009 HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II, ©NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON,N. WELSH ©CARTIER  -  579 words
    • 242 5 MOTHER Teresa may have been born in Albania but she lived the better part of her life as a Kolkatan. So when Albanian prime minister Sali Berisha asked New Delhi that the remains of the Nobel New Delhi that the remains of the Nobel laureate be
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    • regional roundup
      • Article, Illustration
        107 5 Akshay gets sixth degree Black Belt BOLLYWOOD superstar Akshay Kumar (above, right) is now a Shiyan, a title he was given after being honoured with a Katana, the symbol of the highest honour in martial arts, and a sixth degree Black Belt in Kuyukai Gojuryu Karate. Akshay was honoured
        PHOTO: IANS  -  107 words
      • 73 5 Lemon village UNDER the concept of “one village one product”, the North East Financial Development Corporation along with a leading NGO is setting up a “lemon village” at Arora in the state’s Nalbari district. The concept was first tried out successfully in Japan and Thailand, reported PTI. Ten thousand
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      • 49 5 Maids to get ID cards DOMESTIC helpers in the state are to be issued photo IDs so that they can get free healthcare. This was announced after some 5,000 maids from across the state met the state chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at his residence in Bhopal.
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    • 215 3 Home is 3,289 km away, And closer than ever. Fly home anytime daily flights to Hyderabad? return all-inclusive -'$548 Hyderabad 5 mr- m 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, Kochi and
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 533 6  -  Diploma at 50 shows spirit of Sikh community MALMINDERJIT SINGH AGE did not prove a barrier to Madam Kulmeet Kaur. Even as she guided her two daughters in their undergraduate studies, she made time to pursue her educational interest. The 50-year-old mother graduated earlier this year from
      PHOTO: YOUNG SIKH ASSOCIATION  -  533 words
    • YOUTH IN ENTERPRISE 16
      • 585 8 Sheela Narayanan IT WAS not Mrs Puja Gill Saxena’s plan to be an entrepreneur. In fact she was quite happy in her career in the IT industry, having carved a niche for herself in sales and business development and had no intention of joining her
        PHOTO COURTESY OF MRS PUJA GILL SAXENA  -  585 words
    • 178 8 SINGAPORE’S recession is decisively over after the economy surged with unexpected velocity in the third quarter, growing over the same period a year earlier for the first time in more than a year. This stellar performance has prompted the Government to raise its full-year forecast for the second
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    • Singapore news
      • 126 8 COMMUTERS will now have two payment cards to choose from for use on buses and trains, to pay for road tolls and carpark fees and to make purchases from stores, eateries and entertainment outlets. Nets (the Network For Electronic Transfers) has launched its long-awaited multi-purpose
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      • 136 8 THE number of people in hospital for Influenza A (H1N1) is down to six, but there are troubling signs that a second wave could be gathering. Polyclinic attendances are creeping up, and patients with upper respiratory tract infections hit more than 13,000 for the past two
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    • 277 9 Hariharan’s concert has audience asking for more as Indian Chamber of Commerce celebrates its 85th birthday THE Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sicci) celebrated its 85th anniversary on Oct 10 with a concert by the Big Voice Of India,
      PHOTO: SICCI  -  277 words
    • 431 10 ...just place your order at these restaurants. They have put together special promotions to help you celebrate the festival of lights with family and friends The Song Of India To celebrate the festival of lights, chef Milind Sovani has designed a four-course dinner with a vegetarian
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    • 178 11 MORE than 200 people gathered at the Singapore Polytechnic auditorium on Oct 11 to celebrate Deep Utsav 2009, organised by members of Bijhar (people from Bihar and Jharkhand). Guest-of-honour Prof Nilanjan Sen, associate dean of executive education at NTU, lit a lamp to signal the
      PHOTOS COURTESY OF EKTA SINGH  -  178 words
    • 77 11 PASSENGERS using Changi airport are enjoying the Deepavali mood, using Changi Deepavali mood, thanks to a variety of themed garden displays (above and right) set up in all four terminals by the Changi Airport Group. The colourful displays, which have most passengers grabbing their
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    • 785 12/13  -  More shopping, more parties... Singapore is ready for a better, brighter celebration SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg LADEN with shopping bags and sharing a laugh with her good friend by her side, Mrs Tina Ramdas looked excited as she sniffed out the bargains at the Deepavali Bazaar in Little
      PHOTOS: JAMIE KOH, SHEELA NARAYANAN  -  785 words
    • 175 17 $6.06 million Amount raised by the President's Star Charity here, about $1 million more than last year’s $5.04 million 2 million Children under the age of five die every year in India, according to a study by NGO Save The Children 1,207 SMSes that jammed Amitabh Bachchan’s handphone
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    • 344 17 “We still believe that salaries are best determined by the boards of various companies and the government has no intention of imposing restrictions on CEOs’ salaries.” Indian PM Manmohan Singh “I am busier than before. Nowadays, I am hardly at home. I am always out doing things.”
      PHOTO: APUN KA CHOICE  -  344 words
    • 192 19  -  Singapore Gujarati Society’s youth wing puts on a slick music-and-dance show GAURI GUPTA tabla@sph.com.sg IT WAS a coming of age for the Gujarati youth in Singapore. Most of them born and bred here, they have imbibed the Singaporean system of planning and executing projects with
      performed by younger PHOTOS: SINGAPORE GUJARATI SOCIETY  -  192 words
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  • PERSONALITY
    • 1009 7  -  tabla! talk with Patrick Jonas patrickj@sph.com.sg THERE may not be many who can match her pedigree when it comes to art. Dr Gauri Parimoo Krishnan’s parents are well-known contemporary artists in India. Her dad is also an art historian, having been a professor at the Maharaja
      PHOTO: JOSEPH NAIR  -  1,009 words


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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • Article, Illustration
      700 14  -  She may be a Miss India Universe but Simran Kaur Mundi is a simple jeans-and-T-shirt person at heart SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@ sph.com.sg LADIES, don’t hate Simran Kaur Mundi because she’s drop-dead gorgeous. Don’t even hate her because she’s the 2008 Miss India Universe. You can save that emotional
      PHOTO: PURE EARTH  -  700 words
    • 631 15  -  Indian theatre group gives a different take on Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet SHEELA NARAYANAN magical.” sheela@sph.com.sg HAMLET with clowns. That’s the short description of Rajat Kapoor’s production of Hamlet The Clown Prince by Indian theatre group Cinematograph. It will be making its debut in Singapore at
      PHOTO: CINEMATOGRAPH  -  631 words
    • 397 16 Film-maker Ashutosh Gowariker’s latest project is on the Chittagong uprising against the British Indo-Asian News Service WHEN Ashutosh Gowariker read a book based on the 1930s Chittagong uprising against the British, he made two decisions: To make a film about the topic and to cast Abhishek
      ➥ Indo-Asian News Service; PHOTO: MOVIETALKIES.COM  -  397 words
    • 195 16 BLUE Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Zayed Khan, Lara Dutta This is India’s first underwater thriller. Several people are looking for treasure lying at the bottom of an ocean, even risking their lives. But someone in the group is ready to betray the others to
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    • 80 16 INDIAN WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION ASI IVIN (.IOWAN I I’Roouc i ions presents 33 DEAL A play in English In Association with Airline Partner FLY KINGFISHER **Mahesh Manjrekar Achint Kaur** Written Directed by Mahesh Dattani Date: Sunday Nov. 1,09 Time: 2pm 7pm Venue: Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel Tickets: IWA members $50 Non
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    • 88 16 WIN MOVIE TICKETS tabla! has 15 pairs of tickets to give away for All The Best Fun Begins (released in Singapore on Oct 16) at GV Yishun And GV Tampines, courtesy of Jalan Distributors. All you need to do is answer this simple question: Which actor produced and starred in
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  • EDUCATION
    • 230 18  -  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) SONALI VENKAT, VENKAT, Class 7 IWAS fortunate to
      sparkle to the PHOTOS: NPS  -  230 words
    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 309 18  -  ANNANYA V., Class 4 ON a Wednesday morning, 60 NPS students from Class 3, 4 and 5 boarded the school bus for an excursion to Riders Lodge in Johor. We played many games in the bus, but still screamed with excitement when we reached there. We
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      • 253 18  -  AYSHWARYA KRISHNAN, Class 9 CBSE THE Early Years Sports Day at our school was based on the theme Healthy Living Is Happy Living. And it saw students aged three to five taking part in quirky events like Pack Your Bag and Matching The Masquerade Mask. We
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  • RELAX
    • 509 20/21 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
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    • 51 20/21 ANNAKUT Every Deepavali, Baps Swaminaryan Sanstha (Singapore) holds a ceremony where hundreds of vegetarian delicacies are offered to the gods, after which mahaprasad is distributed to the participants. When: Oct 18,10.30am Where: Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple, 19 Ceylon Road Contact: 9271-7605 or log on to
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    • Article, Illustration
      184 20/21  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1) Who is the author of The Godfather? a) Mario Puzo b) Harold Robbins c) Robin Cook 2) Which country’s national anthem is called The Star-Spangled Banner? a) USA b) Germany c) China 3) In 490BC, where did the Greeks defeat the Persians? a) Sparta b) Athens
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    • 124 20/21 AYUSH AYURVEDIC PTE. LTD Ayurvedic Health Care Centre 146 Race Course Road, Singapore *****5 Tel: 6398 0415 Fax: 6398 0405 Email: ayushayur@singnet.com.sg Open daily: 9am 9pm Ayurveda which means literally "Science of Life"is based on the twin principles of wholeness and balance. As a holistic healing tradition, Ayurveda recommends treating
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    • 65 20/21 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 20/21 Miscellaneous
    • 143 20/21 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 2.30pm ZEE CINEMA: Jodhaa Akbar 3pm VIJAY: Maanavan 4.30pm SONY ENT: Ghar Sansar 10pm VASANTHAM: Andrum Indrum Endrum 2009 (Live) 12.15am VASANTHAM: Kuselan Saturday 2pm VIJAY: Kurumbu 4pm VASANTHAM: Ghajini (Starring Aamir Khan, below) 5.30pm STAR PLUS: Vijaypath 9pm VASANTHAM: Ayan 9.30pm ZEE GOLD: Super Star Sunday
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    • 351 20/21 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Pest on a pup 5 Brainfreeze beverage 9 Bone in the arm 13 Iranian capital 15 A son of Noah 16 Charlotte and Norma 17 Senator Sam of Watergate fame 18 Revolutionary War militia member 20 Like the Ninja Turtles 22 U.N. agency established in 1919 23
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    • 94 20/21 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? It is said that I can help
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 480 22 SOLUTIONS 1) Mario Puzo 2) USA 3) Marathon 4) Popeye 5) Spain 6) Lipolysis 7) J. Frazier 8) Shashi Tharoor 9) Squirrel 10) Duke crossword sudoku i? am what quiz Walnuts FUTURE SPEAKS Aries A good deal of your attention may be focused on increasing your earnings. You will demonstrate
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  • SPORTS
    • Article, Illustration
      660 23  -  ...it isn’t easy to be a cricket umpire. And he should know. He was the world’s top umpire from 2004 to 2008 HEMANT KENKRE tabla@sph.com.sg CRICKET umpires, most of them having played some form of grade cricket, used to be reserved people with that “don’t question me” look
      PHOTO: MITHILESH MISHRA  -  660 words
    • 173 23 SINGAPORE managed to draw their annual Saudara Cup match against Malaysia last weekend in Johor. Batting first on winning the toss, the hosts rattled up a formidable total of 358 runs for the loss of nine wickets in the allotted 75 overs with Suresh
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    • 964 24  -  Nation versus nation is good, but cricketers must be given more opportunities to parade their skills star column Harsha Bhogle tabla@sph.com.sg Indo-Asian News Service I MUST confess I am enjoying being a little part of a quiet new revolution in world cricket; of being in this wonder-
      Indo-Asian News Service  -  964 words
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 56 23 fXcci, Sluwt leuute Cjallety, 100 Bead RpaiL Wishing all our Hindu patrons a very happy and prosperous diwali S3 It <1 t :&§k nbir 9 hem K3 TSfjaw. Khnn.Kareena Kapoor d MAIN aurr 1 Mrs KHANNAj =Nd.lSH SL&T T-=£| 0 > <) 55 00 10 55 To 05 45 For
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    • 91 24 WIN A TICKET TO MUMBAI We also have 10 $20 vouchers from Orchard Hotel to be won. All you have to do is log onto the tabla!website (www.tabla.com.sg) by Oct 24, click on the survey button, fill in a simple form, submit it... and your name will be in the
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