Tabla, 23 October 2009

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  • 27 3 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT O F THE INDIAN CO MM U NITY MICA (P) 181/03/2009 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009 S|Jl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • 545 3  -  Okay, cricket fans, you know his top scores and probably even his batting average. Now it’s time to see the other side of Sachin Tendulkar PRADEEP PAUL pradeep@ sph.com.sg HE IS big on charity, and never forgets a favour. He is adamant about fitness being a crucial part
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  • INDIA
    • 505 4 Two of the accused in the latest hedge fund scandal and the prosecutor are Indian THE setting is the United States. But some of the players in the Galleon hedge fund scandal are south Asian, mainly Indian. The main player Raj Rajaratnam, a Tamil born in
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    • 381 5 AAA w SIN GO PRESS TA81A FRIDAY okAs mzet <£, t&ojro We've totally renovated celebrating with a JOIN IN THE FUN Face painting Free give-aways Magician Balloons much more GRAND OPENING Starts 10am Tomorrow J SPCMLO®™ PLAZA SINGAPURA Level 5,68 Orchard Road STARTS SATURDAY 24TH OCTOBER 10am-MIDNIGHT SALE ON UNI
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 888 6/7  -  Normally content to let his bat do the talking, Sachin Tendulkar opens up to tabla! PRADEEP PAUL pradeep@sph.com.sg ONE of the first things they teach you in journalism school not that I went to one is that you let speaking people speak. Okay, I jest...but the principle is
      PHOTOS: ADIDAS  -  888 words
    • Article, Illustration
      84 6/7 Favourite dish: Fried fish. Home-made, Maharashtrian style. Favourite actor: Amitabh Bachchan Favourite actress: Madhuri Dixit Favourite sport (other than cricket, of course): Tennis and Formula One. I’m a Roger Federer and Michael Schumacher fan Favourite music: U2, Lata Mangeshkar Favourite destination: Any place where nobody knows where
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    • 782 6/7  -  That’s the story of a pair of leg guards. And Sachin still remembers... that’s what makes him special HEMANT KENKRE tabla@sph.com.sg ONE Monday morning, a few weeks ago, I woke up still exhausted from a weekend spent playing and watching cricket to find a
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    • YOUTH IN ENTERPRISE 17
      • 523 10  -  Sheela Narayanan CHARM, tenacity and a lot of fire in the belly are necessary ingredients if you plan to be in Mr Rajesh Nair’s shoes. The 39-year-old is the founder and chairman of the WorksAlliance group of companies and the managing director of SearchWorks which
        PHOTO: SHEELA NARAYANAN  -  523 words
    • 135 10 SINGAPORE can play a complementary role linked to India’s plans to develop its infrastructure, said Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Education S. Iswaran on Oct 21. Noting that the Indian government has announced plans to boost investment in infrastructure to more
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    • singapore news
      • 128 10 THE Government will continue to spend money to boost the economy in the next financial year, but measures will be more targeted and less broad-based. Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam told Parliament that Budget 2010 will see a shift away from broad-based relief type measures towards
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      • 109 10 THE use of three media platforms newspapers, radio and Internet for an advertising campaign helped Singapore Press Holdings snare the Best in Cross Media Award at the 8th Asia Media Awards organised by WAN-Ifra, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers. “This award honours a
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    • 892 12 The annual SICCI-DBS Singapore Indian Entrepreneur Awards sees a stellar line-up WHEN the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) turned 85, it celebrated with a glitzy evening held at the NUS University Cultural Centre on Oct 10. Singer Hariharan was there to entertain the guests,
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    • 85 15 THE festive season kicked off with a slew of parties and events. (Left) Law Minister K. Shanmugam started the festivities in Little India. They included a concert and a fireworks display. (Right) Standard Chartered held a performance by singer Sonu Niigaam and a charity auction
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  • PERSONALITY
    • 1034 8  -  tabla! talk with Patrick with Patrick Jonas patrickj@sph.com.sg TULIKA, in Hindi, means paint brush. And Ms Tulika Tripathi certainly lives up to her name: She wields the brush occasionally. A few paintings by her dot the walls of her high-rise apartment near Newton but she wishes she
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    • 208 9 You're at home anywhere in the world. Is your bank account? i When you're straddling two countries, you need a bank account that can cater to your banking and remittance needs. That's why HSBC NRI services makes banking across India and Singapore hassle-free and convenient. Benefits of HSBC NRI Services
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    • 856 11 Advertising Feature Singapore school wins top international education excellence award Global Indian International School becomes Singapore's first education institution to win the prestigious Asia Pacific Award. Singapore was honoured when Global Indian International School (GIIS) East Coast campus won the Best in Class Education Excellence award presented at the annual
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    • 339 13 ESPLANADE PRESENTS A CELEB RATI N F TR AD ITI N AL AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, DANCE AND THEATRE MEMORY F TIME by Sikkil Gurucharan and Anil Srinivasan INDIA 20 NOV 09, FRI, 7.3DPM Esplanade Recital Studio In collaboration with Apsaras Arts SWAR SANGAM by Dr M Balamuralikrishna and Pandit Ajoy
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  • EDUCATION
    • 406 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) SANJNA PANDURANGI, Class 3B THE recent Story
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 200 14  -  SIDDHARTH SOLANKI, SIDDHARTH Class 8B ON THE last day of our semester examinations, our physical training teacher, Mr R. Manoharan, announced that the school was going to conduct a two-day, one-night camp for students from Class 5 to 8. Enthusiasm and curiosity gripped us as
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      • 106 14  -  MEGHDEEPA KANUNGO, Class 8B WE HAVE more than 25 clubs in our school, and last month’s co-curricular activities exhibition showcased their activities. The exhibition room was a riot of colours as exhibits like a stained-glass painting, quilling and clay modelling took centrestage. It was a great
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  • FOOD
    • 319 15  -  The multiregional menu is set to please everyone SHEELA NARAYANAN ry glass Kingfisher sheela@sph.com.sg Kinara Contemporary Indian Cuisine 31 Cuppage Road Tel: 6735-7622 EXPANDING its brand into Orchard Road, the Kinara Group has opened its fourth restaurant, Kinara Contemporary Indian Cuisine at Cuppage Terrace. With its
      PHOTO: SHEELA NARAYANAN  -  319 words
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    • 83 15 DPS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL! SINGAPORE -5 w M m SMC L J I s LtX P^ci/idc «it p* DPSIS has earned a reputation for academic excellence. We offer our students enriched art, music, atheletic and overall personality development programs to expand their horizons. IGCSE and GCE-A level along with Indian Curriculum
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 496 16  -  After 34 years with the instrument, Samuel Dass still doesn’t think he knows it all SHEELA NARAYANAN willing sheela@sph.com.sg FOR a man who picked up the sitar at the age of seven, honed his skills under sitar masters like Pandit Raj Kumar Sharma and Shahid Pervez, formed
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    • 515 17 Salman Khan’s Being Human show a big hit BOLLYWOOD stars on the ramp is not a novelty these days. But this was a special occasion. It was bonding time for the Khan family. Salman Khan’s Being Human show at the HDIL India Couture Week in Mumbai,
      PHOTOS: IANS  -  515 words
    • 83 17 BOLLYWOOD’S favourite bad guy Mahesh Manjrekar (below) will be in Singapore on Nov 1 with his hit play Double Deal which features television star Achint Kaur. The play, presented here by the Indian Women’s Association, is an adaptation of the Broadway thriller Killing Time by Richard Stockwell,
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    • 179 17 BUSINESS MANDARIN FOR BEGINNERS (WDA Chinese Workplace Literacy Beginners Plus Programme) Organised by: v SINGAPORE INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INDUSTRY <I?KLC SCHOOL OF EDUCATION For those who do not speak Mandarin You will gain the ability to: understand spoken Mandarin speak basic Mandarin The WDA subsidy is applicable only for
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  • RELAX
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      332 18/19 VEENA RECITAL To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Alapana Arts is holding a veena recital by Geetha Ramanathan Bennett. holding a veena by Ramanathan Bennett. Tickets: $20, $60 for a group of 4 When: Oct 23, 7.30pm $60 group When: Oct 23, 7.30pm Where: Glass Hall, Singapore Art Museum,
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    • 93 18/19 CONGRATULATIONS to the 15 tabla! readers (below) who won a pair of tickets to the movie All The Best Fun Begins. 1. Mrs Sultana Mohammed Maideen 2. Misss Amanda Benson 3. Mr Rakesh Kumar Pandey 4. Ms Sukhdeep Kaur d/o Ranjit Singh 5. Mr Kumar Dheeraj
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    • Article, Illustration
      191 18/19  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1) Which comic-strip character’s parents were originally from planet Krypton? a) Mandrake b) Superman c) Spider-Man 2) Which country's flag has a sword-wielding lion and four bo leaves? a) Sri Lanka b) Japan c) Pakistan 3) With which country would you associate the Mamluk and Cairene carpets?
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    • 178 20 “There is only pain, hurt and emotion.” Industrialist Anil Ambani on the tussle between him and his brother Mukesh over India’s biggest natural gas deposit. He forgot to mention there’s at least US$17 billion at stake “We must never lose sight of the sharp end, and that
      PHOTO: WWW. SHIAMAK.COM  -  178 words
    • 103 20 30 million tonnes Kerala’s annual requirement of sand for construction. It wants to get it from the seabed 18Number of Indian Ocean countries, including Singapore and India, which tested a tsunami alert system 260 Calls made to the Delhi Fire Department as the city celebrated Diwali on Oct
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    • 53 18/19 Jamiyah Business School CERTIFICATE DIPLOMA DEGREE TRAINING V B DIPLOMA IN HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT DIPLOMA IN CULINARY ARTS SCHOLARSHIP OFFERED! COURSE PREVIEW Date: 30 Oct 2009, Friday Time: 7.30PM P Study Loans Available 970 Geylarig Road, Tristar Complex, eJGirust n02-03 Singapore *****2 w Tel: 6478 0456 Website: www.jbs.edu.sg "Terms and conditions
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  • Page 18/19 Miscellaneous
    • 454 18/19 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 3pm VIJAY: Niraikudam 4.30pm SONY ENT: Hum Tumpe Marte Hai 9pm VASANTHAM: Iru Kodugal 10.30pm ZEE CINEMA: Dalaal Mn VTV: Metti Saturday 2pm VIJAY: Thunaivan 4pm VASANTHAM: Boothnath 4pm STAR GOLD: Hu Tu Tu 5.30pm STAR PLUS: Zindagi Rocks 5pm VTV: Manuneethi 10.30pm ZEE CINEMA: Dhamaal Sunday
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    • 422 18/19 FUTURE SPEAKS Aries Money will flow in from many directions. Workers and businessmen alike will enjoy a good week personally and professionally. Taurus This week is going to be complicated. Tremendous efforts will be needed for very little gain. Don’t invest your hard-earned money in risky ventures. Gemini This will
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  • SPORTS
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      590 21  -  Pick him, drop him, pick him, drop him... the Indian selectors aren’t being fair to him and Indian cricket FREEWHEELING Rohit Brijnath ness rohitb@sph.com.sg Rohit Brijnath is a Senior Correspondent with The Straits Times THE dropping of Rahul Dravid from the one-day team is not about Rahul Dravid.
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    • 163 22 MRS Huma Akram, wife of former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram, was being flown in an air ambulance from Lahore to Singapore on Oct 20 for neurosurgery to remove three tumours from her brain when her condition worsened. This forced the pilot to make an
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    • 776 22  -  The Indian selectors’ whimsical hire-and-fire policy makes no sense star column Harsha Bhogle INDIAN cricket begins its home season by showing disrespect to one of its most honourable torch-bearers. Rahul Dravid has always done everything asked of him, including in the last five one-day games he played
      PHOTO: AFP  -  776 words
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 31 21 SOLUTIONS crossword sudoku 1) Superman 2) Sri Lanka 3) Egypt 4) Mt Everest 5) Rayon 6) Argentina 7) Jackfruit 8) Fox 9) Platoon 10) Wrist i? am quiz who Ajay Devgan
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