Tabla, 18 March 2011

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  • 23 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY MICA (P) 046/03/2011 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2011 S|il A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • 2460 1  -  President S.R. Nathan chats about charity work, the growing Indian community here and much more President S.R.Nathan talks to tabla! PRADEEP PAUL, PATRICK JONAS THERE is something disarming about the manner in which President S.R. Nathan converses with you. Despite the official venue we conducted the interview at
    PHOTO: ARUN RAMU; PHOTOS: ARUN RAMU, THE STRAITS TIMES  -  2,460 words
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    • 153 1 A.R. RAHMAN WANTS HIS ‘SOPHISTICATED SINGAPORE FANS’ AT HIS CONCERTS PAGE 16 WORLD CUP CRICKET PICKS UP STEAM PAGES 26 27 INDIA LAUNCHES TWO RS150 COINS PAGE 4 Get tabla! delivered to your doorstep. Call 6319-1800 or e-mail circs@sph.com.sg Catch us online at www.tabla.com.sg Celebrating 60 Glorious Years of Service
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  • INDIA
    • Article, Illustration
      432 2 Cricket legend Viv Richards makes designer daughter happy by turning up at her show INDIA may or may not win the ongoing cricket World Cup but the event has certainly brought great joy to a budding designer in Mumbai. On the second day of the Lakme Fashion Week
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    • 344 3 India’s mountains offer much more WHEN you consider India as a tourist destination, you hardly think of it as a place where you can ski or paraglide over mountains. But you can. In addition, there are several trails in the states bordering the Himalayas which are
      PHOTOS: INDIA TOURISM  -  344 words
    • PROPERTY PICKS
      • 541 4 WHEN businessman Chetan Kapoor and his wife Renita were looking for a home in Singapore in 2009, they were very sure where they wanted to be: In the east. The couple, who hail from New Delhi and had been in Singapore for more than three
        ARTIST’S IMPRESSION: FAR EAST ORGANIZATION  -  541 words
    • 487 4 Rs150 coins on IT and Tagore are a hit in India TWO Rs150 denomination coins released recently in India are making news. The first was made last year by the Kolkata Mint to commemorate Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary. However, deliveries of
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 361 6 / 7 HERE’S a look at President S.R. Nathan’s life journey so far... G Born on July 3, 1924, in Singapore G Brought up in Muar, Johor, but moved back to Singapore when, with the crash of the rubber industry, his father lost his job G Received
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    • 822 8 / 9 pradeep@sph.com.sg patrickj@sph.com.sg we hope you are reading this, because the President of Singapore would like to make friends with you. When speaking about how Indians can better integrate into Singapore society, President Nathan, who takes regular morning walks along the beach
      PHOTOS: THE STRAITS TIMES, ARUN RAMU; FILE PHOTO  -  822 words
    • 684 10 / 11  -  No wood from virgin rainforests... eco-friendly furniture brand Picket Rail took the bold step of using only wood from plantations SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg THESE days eco-friendly is starting to move from a tagline to a lifestyle choice. And furniture companies like Picket Rail are trying to lead the
      PHOTOS: PICKET & RAIL, BERITA HARIAN  -  684 words
    • 218 12 THE Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI), together with the Tripartite Alliance for Fair Employment Practices (TAFEP) has launched the Tamil edition of the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices and the Guide on Employment Laws for Employers. The launch on March
      PHOTO: SICCI  -  218 words
    • 248 15 DURING the 2006 General El e c t i o n through new media tools such as c a m p a i g n i n g through new media tools such as Facebook, Twitter or podcasts were banned. But with the easing of
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    • singapore news
      • 163 15 THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) is introducing new measures to protect users from costly Premium Rate Services (PRS) and shocking bills from high data roaming charges when they travel. While details are being worked out, one way of achieving this would be
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      • 143 15 RESPONDING to a university student questioning the effectiveness of the $100 daily entry levy in keeping Singaporeans out of the casinos at an annual forum for contributors to Reach, the Government’s feedback portal, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan said: “Yes, you are
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      • 110 15 SEVERAL mega-sites like Pearl Bank Apartments and Laguna Park, which have tried and failed before, are gearing up to enter the collective sale market again. Marketing agents for the pair have said both developments are “in the final laps” of the sales process. Another condo
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    • 120 25 16,000 Doctors rural India is short of, especially in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh 52Lorries flagged down in Singapore last month for not complying with new passenger safety rules in force from Feb 1 $150 Cost for a night’s stay at the Merlion Hotel (which incorporates the Merlion
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    • 214 25 “When you try too hard to be cool, you ain’t cool, bro.” –Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Lui Tuck Yew responding to MPs asking for a cool image to be created for Singapore “I don’t plan anything for my birthday because I believe in celebrating
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    • 210 10 / 11 BEFORE AFTER Eat Your Way to a Healthy Figure At this time of year, we look at ourselves and our lives and start thinking about ways we can improve. If your health is a priority and you want to lose weight and look and feel better, why not give us
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    • 468 10 / 11 Main Organiser Strategic Partner SINGAPORE l INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INDUSTRY Living, Breathing Asia Knowledge Advisor cutting through complexity Gold Sponsor REDINGTON Session Sponsor noble 1 group INDIA-SINGAPORE-CHINA: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN THE TRILATERAL RELATIONSHIP S1CCI BIENNIAL CONFERENCE 2011 Guest-of-Honour MrS Iswaran Senior Minister of State Ministry of Trade and Industry,
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  • EDUCATION
    • 527 13 All students got home safely and repairs to building have started WHEN the 9.0 magnitude quake off the coast of Japan, and the monster tsunami it triggered, razed the Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, buildings in Tokyo 380km away from the quake’s epicentre shook,
      PHOTOS: GIIS  -  527 words
    • 367 14 VITHIYA RAGU, Class 7B WHEN Social Studies Week was celebrated in our school recently, students from Class 6, 7 and 8 presented skits based on topics from history and geography lessons. The best team from each level was awarded a shining trophy. I was part
      PHOTOS: DPS  -  367 words
    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 147 14 VISHNU SUNIL KUMAR, Class 2D LAST week, our teacher told us to make a poster on toilet manners. Everyone in the class was very excited as this was a new experience for us. At home, I searched the Internet to learn more about the topic
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      • 131 14 KAASHVI KAMATH, Class 1B LAST month, my classmates and I were taken to the Chinese Garden. I was excited about the trip. First we were assigned our buddies before we got on the bus. When we reached, I saw a white arched bridge at the
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 750 16  -  A.R. Rahman says the Singapore audience is a sophisticated lot who get his music SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg MUSIC maestro A.R. Rahman normally performs before large crowds between 18,000 and 70,000. So when he got a request from Base Entertainment Asia to bring his Jai
      PHOTO: ARUN RAMU  -  750 words
    • 475 17  -  The movie was good, the musical is better. Especially since it has a few local touches AHNUSHKA KAUR RIAR tabla@sph.com.sg LOTS of colour, larger than life costumes, soulful, deep voices and well-choreographed dance sequences... what more can one ask for when attending a musical? I
      PHOTOS: THE STRAITS TIMES  -  475 words
    • 655 18 / 19  -  SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg KAILASH Kher (right) may be only 1.57m tall, but his raw Sufi-like voice and his dynamic on-stage presence far overshadows his diminutive frame. The 37-year-old singer, one of the top performers in Bollywood, will be in Singapore to perform at Suntec City
      PHOTO: IANS  -  655 words
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    • 177 16 f Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society presents rh Brought to you by Supported SINGAPORE INDIAN FINE ARTS SOCIETY THE SHAW FOUNDATION In collaboration with lee foundation SIFAS Festival of Indian Classical Music Dance 2011 16 March 3 April 2011 NATYAARPANA A Dedication In Dance A Bharatanatyam Dance Recital by Rama
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    • 263 18 / 19 vSanttiairf Ke ra la In d ia ■r m r y ft!* IN ASSOCIATION WITH SANTHIGIRI AYURVEDA SIDDHA VAIDYASALA (unit of Santhigiri Ashram, Trivandrum, Kerala, India) AYURVEDA PANCHAKARMA THERAPIES IN THE MOST TRADITIONAL AND PUREST FORM BROUGHT TO SINGAPORE All kriyas like Abyangam Swedanam, Pizhichil, Navarakizhi, Elakizhi, Sirodhara, Nasyam, Podikizhi/Thakradhara,
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    • 123 18 / 19 ■m. N Proudly Presents An Exclusive Exhibition of Crafts Of Tamil Nadu Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, Serangoon, Singapore On 18' h March to 27 lh March 2011 8.00 AM -11.00 PM 4.00 PM 8.00 PM Special Exclusive Display of Exquisite Tamil Nadu Crafts at Meeting Room No. 323, Level 3,
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  • FASHION
    • 206 20 FASHIONISTAS rejoice. The Orchard Road Business Association with Singapore Press Holdings and MasterCard is organising the second Fashion Season@Orchard 2011 from March 25 to May 8. The highlights include the Orchard Fashion Runway where 150 models will drape the latest looks from international labels such as
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  • FOOD
    • 362 21  -  AHNUSHKA KAUR RIAR tabla@sph.com.sg IT WAS lunchtime and Changi Business Park was bustling. Battling hunger pangs, my friend and I looked around and found Ras Bites at Plaza 8 located within the park. The casual dining outlet, which is part of the Ras chain
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    • 261 21 M. ayurmantra Ayurveda... A healing system with the harmony of nature "Ayurmantra" brings authentic Ayurveda to Singapore The fully equipped treatment centre offers all facilities for Traditional Ayurvedic treatment under the supervision of Dr. M S Mahadevan, a fourth generation Ayurvedic Physician. lu ik ■>. For appointment: Phone; *****158 Fax;
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    • 202 22 FOR THE BEST DEALS IN TOWN BY VISITING PICKET&RAIL Visit our website, www.picketandrail.com Our new showroom opens end March, Upper Thomson Rd, 25 Tagore Lane, Singapore Godown #02-09 $599 OW! $199 CA5MACARRY T&C apply. Pilgrim Solid 7pc UP $399 NOW! Texas Dining Set (Solid Wood Frame Wood 5pc Dining Set
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 576 22 friday 2pm VIJAY: Paasa Malargal 3.30pm SONY ENT: Darr 4pm STAR PLUS: Bum Bum Bole 8pm STAR GOLD: Qayamat City Under Threat 9pm VASANTHAM: Patha Kaanikai 10pm ZEE CINEMA: Insan Mn VTV: Nenjai Thodu saturday 1pm VASANTHAM: Poo Vizhi Vaasalilae 2pm VIJAY: Pudhiya Mannargal 3pm ZEE TV: Bai Mothi Bhagyachi
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  • RELAX
    • Article, Illustration
      358 23 NUS ARTS FESTIVAL A festival featuring 40 events with a great selection of traditional and contemporary Indian arts performances. Contact: Log on to www.nusartsfestival. com GThe Good, The Bad And The Sholay by Checkpoint Theatre NUS Stage. Tickets: $23 $16 When: March 25 26, 8pm Where: UCC Theatre
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    • 65 23 ¯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 23 Miscellaneous
    • 360 23 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Male seal’s bevy 6 Partners of “ands” and “buts” 9 Dry gullies of Africa 14 Rock concert venue 15 Anointing substance 16 Fall off, as popularity 17 Make good use of class time 18 Bridal bio word 19 Asian palm 20 Keep time to the music, in
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    • 194 23 QUIZ DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Who is the author of the play Death Of A Salesmen? a) Arthur Miller b) Harold Pinter c) Tennessee Williams 2. The Merlion is the symbol of which country? a) Taiwan b) Malaysia c) Singapore 3. Who founded the East India Association in 1866? a) Surendranath
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    • 81 23 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. DID YOU KNOW The Bailey Bridge, built in 1982 by
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    • 629 24 To place an ad in tabla! call Kalwant at 9171-4327 or Ajit at 9693-0266 or e-mail tabla@sph.com.sg r nmrjl< r r- jl so Manicure»Henna Colouring Pedicure Home Service very reasonable rates Call or SMS 9730 4615 Tor Ladies Onfy ONLY HAVE 1.1/2 HOURS A WEEK TO KEEP FITP BOLLYWOOD FREESTYLE
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 29 24 SOLUTIONS 1. Arthur Miller 2. Singapore 3. Dadabhai Naoroji 4. Isaac Newton 5. Natalie Portman 6. Belgian 7. English 8. Rice 9. Kajol 10. M.F. Husain crossword sudoko quiz
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  • SPORTS
    • WORLD CUP SPECIAL
      • 576 26 / 27  -  Here’s some World Cup news with a twist Irepoints tabla! cheeky singles the HEMANT KENKRE in Mumbai THE mood in the Press Club was glum on the day after India’s loss to South Africa. The usual bonhomie and cheer, along with the clink of glasses, was
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      • 284 26 / 27  -  tabla! moment DR K.N. RAGHAVAN picks the turning point of the week’s action THE shocking implosion of the famed Indian batting line-up it resulted in the fall of nine wickets for a mere 29 runs in their match against South Africa would go down in World Cup
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      • 63 26 / 27 GROUP A March 18: New Zealand v Sri Lanka (Mumbai) March 19: Australia v Pakistan (Colombo) March 20: Kenya v Zimbabwe (Kolkata) GROUP B March 18: Ireland v Netherlands (Kolkata) March 19: Bangladesh v South Africa (Dhaka) March 20: India v West Indies (Chennai) March 23:
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      • 817 26 / 27  -  As the World Cup moves into the knockout stage, Australia, South Africa, Pakistan and India look good columnstar HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg IT’S time to start bidding the “associates” goodbye and while they haven’t set the tournament afire collectively, it is also time to acknowledge their contribution.
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