Tabla, 22 March 2012

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  • 23 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY MICA (P) 062/03/2012 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2012 SfSl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • 343 1 The just-retired Rahul Dravid shares some little known facts about himself... on and off the cricket pitch HE IS a man of few words. Rahul Dravid has, for the past 16 years, let his actions on the cricket pitch do the talking. And they say a
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    • 186 1 FREE CHOCOLATE FONDUE IN A GLASS www.lafondue.com.sg I Authentic North Indian Cuisine FREE GULAB JAMUN WITH ICE CREAM www.grandpalki.com Reservations 6474 0204 Reservations 6735 0203 Blk 25 Dempsey Hill The Regent Singapore BRING THIS AD WHEN YOU COME FOR LUNCH (MONDAY THURSDAY) MADHAVAN WANTS JUST ONE MOVIE A YEAR PAGE
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  • INDIA
    • 223 2 Let’s go skiing in India YES, this is Solang Valley in Himachal Pradesh... not some exotic ski resort in the Alps. And it is fast turning into a popular destination for skiers. In February, the valley played host to its first ski event, the Alpine Premier League. Over 350 participants
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    • 82 2 What happens when a conman with a heart of gold goes in search of his childhood love? How do electrifying dances from all parts of India, toe-tapping music and side-splitting humour add to this journey? We’ll tell you more in next week’s tabla!. For now
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    • 403 2 You may find some of these numbers interesting INDIAN elections always throw up surprises. And not just in terms of the results. An analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms and National Election Watch shows that the number of lawmakers with criminal records grew in the
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    • 532 4  -  Five Kolkatans unite to celebrate the city’s unsung heroes on hoardings SHALINI GUPTA in Kolkata tabla@sph.com.sg BAD news crowds out the good news but good news has a way of fighting back. In Kolkata, an interesting experiment is taking place. A few citizens have forged an uncommon
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    • 219 3 Parkway East Hospital Stomach Cancer Early screening can save your life Stomach or gastric cancer is one of the top 10 most common cancers among both men and women in Singapore. Most cases occur in people over the age of 50. If it is diagnosed at an early sLage, there
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  • NEWS
    • 526 5  -  Chinese family in Chennai has totally adopted local language and customs TAMILVEL tamilv@sph.com.sg Tamilavel is a correspondent with Tamil Murasu MEETING Mr Shieh Sen, 63, for the first time, I instinctively put out my hand and said hello. He responded with “vanakkam” and the typical
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    • 515 5  -  LOOKING GOOD Dr Komathy Rajaratnam This fortnightly column by Dr Komathy Rajaratnam (founder of The Lifestyle Clinic at 16-03 Camden Medical Centre, tel: 6733-0788) will deal with beauty and aesthetic issues relevant to the Indian body type. THERE are no short cuts to weight loss. It’s
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    • 476 12 / 13 If you’re a cricket fan, you’ve probably read all the glowing tributes to Rahul Dravid. But the man himself hasn’t said much about his retirement yet... but tabla! managed to get him talking about 20 unusual topics FAVOURITE INNINGS It’s hard to pick one. Probably the 233
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  • BUSINESS
    • 911 6 / 7  -  biz matters: Jyotirmoy Saha (CEO, August Media Holdings) PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg WHILE studying for his master’s degree in physics, Mr Jyotirmoy Saha was asked by one of his professors if he could fill in for him for a couple of weeks. It was to teach a
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    • biz notes
      • 103 6 / 7 IT WAS his first budget as railway minister and it could be his last. Mr Dinesh Trivedi of the Trinamool Congress promised initiatives to run passenger trains at 350kmh, goods trains at 100kmh, build clean stations and executive lounges when he announced the
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      • 120 6 / 7 INDIA has permitted Natco Pharma to make and sell a generic copy of a patented cancer drug made by German firm Bayer. The drug made by Natco will be available to patients for Rs8,800 (for 120 tablets). The same number of tablets were
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      • 80 6 / 7 AS INDIA’S poorer states develop, the migration of workers stops flowing to other parts of the nation. Mumbai’s construction sector is feeling the pinch after the inflow of migrant labour from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan declined, according to The Indian Express.
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      • 95 6 / 7 CLOSE on the heels of Kingfisher Airlines’ accounts being frozen by India’s tax authorities came news that Jet Airways accounts were also frozen. A Jet Airways spokesman came out with a denial saying: “Jet Airways would like to clarify its position on certain inaccurate, damaging and misleading
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    • 298 6 / 7 biz SINGAPORE pipped Paris and Hong Kong in The Global City Competitiveness Index (EIU) to claim the No. 3 spot. New York and London were No. 1 and 2 in the index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a research outfit of The Economist
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      13 6 / 7 RS50.22 A$0.95 ¤0.76 £0.63 S$1.26 Exchange rates as of March 15, 2012
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    • 173 6 / 7 AHMEDABAD, Mumbai and Pune were the three cities that a high-powered 40-member business mission from the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce Industry (SCCCI) visited recently. The group was led by SCCCI president and Nominated Member of Parliament Teo Siong Seng. During the visit, from Feb 26
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 241 8  -  Travelling exhibition showcases Indian artists’ works Sheela Narayanan GIVING Indian artisans a platform to showcase their talents, the Tamil Nadu Handicraft Development Corporation or Poompuhar is holding an exhibition in Singapore on the grounds of the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple. Poompuhar, established in 1973 and named after the
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    • 440 10 Members are from the community, education, media and public service EDUCATION minister Heng Swee Keat will chair a 16-member board that will administer the Lee Kuan Yew Fund for Bilingualism which was set up to spearhead initiatives to support the teaching and learning of English
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    • 203 11 4 Berths for ocean liners at Singapore’s new International Cruise Terminal scheduled to open in the second quarter of this year. The previous one had two 10m Height at which the Indo-Russian BrahMos missile can fly to attack surface targets. It does so at a speed of Mach
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    • 395 11 “The demand for NRIs, grooms and brides alike is not the same as it was 10 years ago when we started the business. Today, only 25 per cent of profiles would click on the preference for NRI groom/bride matches, so you can well imagine the plunge.” Matrimonial
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    • 230 17 THE Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act or “Lemon Law” will come into effect from September. It will require retailers to replace, exchange or give refunds on defective goods that are not of satisfactory quality or performance standards. Amendments to the law also provide additional remedies
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    • singapore news
      • 151 17 YES, there will be a by-election in Hougang. When? Not decided yet, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Parliament on March 9. The single-seat constituency has been vacant since former Member of Parliament Yaw Shin Leong was expelled by the Workers’ Party on Feb 14.
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      • 106 17 THE Government wants to coax more women back into the workforce. To achieve that aim, some 200 new childcare centres will be built over the next five years. They will spring up mostly in Housing Board estates and provide places for some 14,000 to 20,000
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      • 156 17 MORE low-income families and the elderly will soon be able to receive financial help from the Government’s Community Care Endowment Fund more commonly known as ComCare after changes were made to the eligibility criteria to include a wider range of income groups. With the
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    • 145 8 “1 want you to know tke power, tke liberation of another kind of science, the inner science, the yogic science, tkrougk which you can become tke master of your own destiny.” Sscdlrguru f K IT! s:. i Si r r.N 'I Si' '< 5iBv» witk Sa-dhguru March 31 st April
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    • 164 9 IT’S HERE AGAIN! 16-18 March 2012 Singapore Expo Hall 6B FREE ADMISSION (10 AM -10 PM) Incorporating Jrlalab PnnH I ifnctuln WoHrlinn Inrin Ytrauanan7a Food Lifestyle Wedding Indo Xtravaganza Cooking Demos Chef Arfin Sultanul Chef Amri Giant Sale of Food Fruits from all over Malaysia! Interactive Performance “Flvinn Prntn” Mega
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  • FOOD
    • 731 14  -  Have fun dipping meats, veggies, fruit or sweet tidbits into pots of cheese or chocolate at La Fondue SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg WHEN I think of Switzerland, three things pop into my head: Dilwale Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, chocolate and fondue... and not necessarily in that order. For
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    • 74 14 Trusted name in Astrology (Gold medalist) Pandit Ji B.K. Sandalaya (Punjab) Make one call and find the solutions to your problems (Analysis for any problem related to life) Call now to understand the mantra and blessings of forefather Isht Sadhna Analysis and expert advice on all your problems related to
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  • EDUCATION
    • 486 15 Target is to improve maths skills of Indian children right from preschool WHEN children underperform, parents get concerned. Indian self-help group SINDA (Singapore Indian Development Association) feels the best way to tackle issues related to children’s education is to get to them
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    • 522 16  -  There’s more to school than homework and exams. That’s why tabla! has this page for students of three Indian schools here to play reporter and photographer (This page is rotated among the schools. Next week, NPS) DRISHTI BAID WE WERE on a
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 166 16  -  NIRANJANA PILLAI, Class 10B AN AMAZING opportunity to explore concepts in maths, arts, science and related technologies came our way at the GIIS SMART Fest (an annual event to celebrate the students’ talents) hosted by GIIS, East Coast Campus. I was really impressed with the science
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      • 152 16  -  MANASI SOMANI, Class 4C AVIKAM MANGLA, Class 3C WE ALL like different things and are interested in various things. This is the basis of the theory of multiple intelligences, which we learnt about at a talk by Mr Ebnurabi Etheris at the Celebrating Uniqueness exhibition
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    • 153 15 “My daughter enjoys studying at GIIS. I am very happy with my choice of school.” Ms Jane Ju Kwang Dol, Parent of Lee Sol, Class 5 A, GIIS East Coast Campus Global Indian International School’s (GIIS) Primary Programme is a world-class Primary years programme based on the CBSE-International (CBSE-i) curriculum,
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 704 18 That’s Madhavan’s philosophy as he ‘worships’ his film roles Indo-Asian News Service TALENTED Tamil actor R. Madhavan straddles two worlds Hindi movies and south Indian cinema with elan but despite having a good hold in both, he doesn’t believe in piling up projects in his kitty.
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    • 315 19  -  Sheela Narayanan SINGAPORE kicked off the theme of this year’s National University of Singapore’s Arts Festival Asian Cities, with the NUS Indian Instrument Ensemble (IIE) presenting The Singapore Story. Under the helm of Carnatic violin maestro Dr L. Subramaniam, the ensemble cherry-picked moments of
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    • 351 19  -  Sitar maestro Purbayan Chatterjee has fond memories of this island SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg PURBAYAN Chatterjee has a soft spot for Singapore even though his last performance here was in 2006. The master sitar player told tabla! over the telephone that when he was younger and
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  • RELAX
    • 515 20 / 21 PLAY GNew Zealand-based Jacob Rajan puts on two performances Guru Of Chai and Krishnan’s Dairy. The first is about a tea-seller whose life changes when he meets a girl who has been abandoned while the second deals with a family that moves to New Zealand in search of
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    • 43 20 / 21 HALAL EXHIBITION Get your fill of halal food, cooking demonstrations, Indonesian furniture and interactive performances at Halal 2012. Free admission. When: March 16 to 18, 10am Where: Singapore Expo Hall 6B Contact: 6741-1377 or log on to www.megaxpress.com
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      213 20 / 21  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Which of these drinks takes its name from the province of Jerez de la Frontera in Spain? a) Rum b) Sherry c) Gin 2. In Opry House, a video short released on March 28, 1929, what was added to Mickey Mouse’s features? a) Black nose tip
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    • 43 20 / 21 Famous Astrologer Pandit VK Shashtri President, Indo Global Astrologer Association Gold Medalist At such a young age, he can provide a complete Analysis for life related problems like Love, Relationships, Family Disputes, etc. For free analysis and meeting call now 65 *****104 or
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  • Page 20 / 21 Miscellaneous
    • 234 20 / 21 friday 2pm VIJAY: Meikappalan 3.30pm SONY ENT: Superstar 9pm VASANTHAM: Johnny 10pm ZEE CINEMA: No Entry 11.30pm STAR GOLD: Action Replayy Mn VTV: Ethirum Puthirum saturday 12.30pm ZEE CINEMA: Bbuddah...Hoga Terra Baap 1pm VASANTHAM: Arivaali 3pm ZEE TV: Maherchi Saadi 3.30pm SONY ENT: Yamla Pagla Deewana 4pm COLORS: Dil Kabaddi
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    • 330 20 / 21 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Arrogant person 5 Best suited 11 Cries of excitement 14 excitement 14 and and terminer 15 In an earpiercing way 16 Almond or pecan 17 Emulating a surgeon, pre-operation 19 “To is human 20 Words rarely uttered by toadies 21 Religious hermit 23 Comparatively coy 26 Check-up
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    • 49 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 uniquedigits going across and down over the large grid. GFor solutions, turn to next page. Now, now, don’t cheat
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 309 22 FUTURE SPEAKS Aries Only hard work will give you the desired success. Pay attention to your health. A short journey is possible. Taurus You may feel that your work and efforts are not suitably rewarded and your self confidence may be a little bit shaky. A lack of concentration will
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    • 29 22 SOLUTIONS crossword quiz sudoku 1. Sherry 2. White gloves 3. Pixel 4. Jakarta 5. Mark his leather products 6. Goitre 7. France 8. AC Milan 9. Elevator 10. Iguana
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  • SPORTS
    • 1001 23  -  Let’s enjoy cricket for what it is... a great sporting spectacle columnstar HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg IDON’T know how you feel but increasingly I find my love for cricket assaulted from all directions; I feel it’s been kidnapped, bundled into the boot of a car and dropped
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