Tabla, 23 March 2012
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Title Section29 2012-03-23 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT O F THE INDIAN CO MMUNITY IAN COMMUNITY SjSl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 062/03/2012 P) 062/03/2012 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 201229 words
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Article, Illustration916 2012-03-23 1 ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN - Star power, national award... no wonder Vidya Balan rules Indian cinema today ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN ankitav@sph.com.sg ACTRESS Vidya Balan has broken every mould you can think of in the Indian film industry. She is daringly different. A woman who rejoices in her voluptuousness, in fact flaunts it withPHOTOS: IANS - 916 words
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INDIA
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Article, Illustration743 2012-03-23 2 ABHIJIT GHOSH, PRAPTI ACHARYA - Foreign investors hope for changes when parliament evaluates finance bill ABHIJIT GHOSH, PRAPTI ACHARYA tabla@sph.com.sg Abhijit Ghosh and Prapti Acharya are partner and senior manager respectively with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Singapore INDIA’S budget, announced last week, has evoked mixed reactions. The message from the country’s financePHOTO: PIB - 743 words
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Article, Illustration625 2012-03-23 4 Some say Indian breeds of horses are facing extinction Indo-Asian News Service NOT many know that India has six indigenous breeds of horses. And they are facing the threat of extinction. The Kathiawari and Marwari horses and the Zanskari, Spiti, Bhotia and Manipuri ponies are threatenedIndo-Asian News Service - 625 words
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Article, Illustration415 2012-03-23 5 A businessman, politician and sportsman hogged the headlines last week in India VIJAY MALLYA Rich man... His Kingfisher planes may be grounded but his race cars are burning the track. Days before the Formula One season kicked off in Melbourne on March 18, the Scotsman newspaper415 words
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Advertisement226 2012-03-23 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, there226 words
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Advertisement241 2012-03-23 5 HIGH COMMISSION OF INDIA SINGAPORE CHANGE OF SERVICE PROVIDERS The existing contracts for collection services for Visas, Passports and Consular Services are expiring on March 31, 2012. The High Commission has appointed new Service Providers whose details are as follows: VFS (Singapore) Pte Ltd 79 Anson Road, 15-02, Singapore *****6241 words
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SINGAPORE
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Article179 2012-03-23 6 Gujarati society to hold performances, exhibition THIS year the Singapore Gujarati Society is marking a landmark: 100 years since it was formed in Singapore. To kick off the centennial celebrations, the society is holding a 21/2hour performance called Jai Jai Gadvi Gujarat, where a troupe of 22179 words
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Article, Illustration135 2012-03-23 6 ABOUT 1,200 Sindhis, young and old, celebrated the Sindhi New Year at Kallang Theatre on March 18. Organised by the Singapore Sindhi Association (SSA), the Chetti Chand Celebrations or Sindh Ji Shaam was a recollection of the community’s ancestral heritage in Sindh, which gavePHOTO: SINGAPORE SINDHI ASSOCIATION - 135 words
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Article, Illustration368 2012-03-23 7 SHEELA NARAYANAN - Ramesh Meyyappan and Daisy Irani come up tops at the Life! Theatre awards SHEELA NARAYANAN LOCAL Indian actors bagged two of the main awards at the 12th annual Straits Times Life! Theatre Awards held on March 19. First-time winner Daisy Irani picked up the BestPHOTOS: THE STRAITS TIMES - 368 words
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Article218 2012-03-23 11 IF YOU are one of those concerned about rising subsidised consultation fees at public hospitals and the cost of quality medicine, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong wants to reassure you that the Government intends to keep healthcare costs manageable and nobody in need218 words
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singapore news
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Article124 2012-03-23 11 IS THE local economy on the mend? Judging by figures that showed exports from Singapore soaring by 30.5 per cent last month, double what experts were expecting, it could be. The figures come amid rising confidence in some quarters that the global economy may be on124 words
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Article139 2012-03-23 11 “WHAT do you want to see in your parks? More facilities for old people? More slides for young people? More nature (or) food and drink options?” That’s what Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has asked and he wants people to share “not just ideas for139 words
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Article128 2012-03-23 11 THE last of the Marine Cove tenants, including McDonald’s, pulled down the shutters on March 18. The 2ha place, known for its food, retail and recreation options, will be redeveloped by the National Parks Board (NParks). Some tenants have moved elsewhere while others are hoping128 words
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Article192 2012-03-23 21 1,920 Screen doors installed on platforms of Singapore’s elevated MRT stations for safety reasons 37% Indian women have experienced some form of abuse by their husbands pushing, slapping and hair pulling, punching, kicking, choking or burning according to the Indian government’s National Family Health Survey US$ 183 million192 words
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Article, Illustration325 2012-03-23 21 “Singapore men are telling us they expect to be Superman in the bedroom.” Professor Peter Lim, president of the Society For Men’s Health which conducted a study on duration of sex “It hasn’t yet sunk in yet but I’ve definitely lost around 50 kilos.” Sachin Tendulkar afterPHOTOS: IANS, THE STRAITS TIMES - 325 words
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NEWS
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Article, Illustration616 2012-03-23 8 ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN - Sumansa Exhibitions is bringing 40 top Indian developers to Singapore... and investors can capitalise on the good news in the country’s budget ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN 2012 is the year of caution, so we are told. A time where everyone will play the waiting game.616 words
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Article, Illustration428 2012-03-23 16 That’s what drives creator of Isha Yoga YOGA, in the words of Jaggi Vasudev (right) he is referred to as Sadhguru by his followers is any kind of method or spiritual process one employs to heighten the presence of that which is the428 words
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EDUCATION
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Article, Illustration322 2012-03-23 9 Cost and quality of education are main draws Indo-Asian News Service MISS Dulce Vania from Mozambique is studying for a management degree in India and is also a budding entrepreneur she exports human hair to her homeland. “I have started a small-scale human hair exportIndo-Asian News Service; PHOTO: IANS - 322 words
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Article, Illustration264 2012-03-23 10 NITHYA KARTHIKEYAN - 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, DPS) NITHYA KARTHIKEYAN, Class IB Year 1 A GROUP of young NPSI diplomats,PHOTOS: NPS - 264 words
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SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
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Article, Illustration182 2012-03-23 10 ABHIRAM ANAND - ABHIRAM ANAND, Class 11 CBSE IN AN international school like ours, which is embedded in a cosmopolitan society, we celebrate every festival and event with great aplomb. Recently, to mark the year of the dragon, we had a fun-filled celebration in school. The students decided to182 words
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Article, Illustration243 2012-03-23 10 ISHITA BANERJEE - ISHITA BANERJEE, Class 8C EARLY this year, our under-12 girls basketball team had its first match in the ACSIS tournament 2011-2012, against Overseas Family School. We went into the tournament quite nervous as our previous performance in this tournament had been quite disappointing. However,243 words
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ENTERTAINMENT
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Article, Illustration1229 2012-03-23 12 / 13 SHEELA NARAYANAN - The Indian musical’s fire cracker producer hopes it will chug into your hearts too SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg TAKE one love story, spirited songs and high-powered dance numbers, put them all on a train journey to the world’s most romantic icon and you get an exhilaratingPHOTOS:QUINTESSENCE ENTERTAINMENT - 1,229 words
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Article, Illustration277 2012-03-23 15 Sheela Narayanan - Kala Ramnath and Ganesh Rajagopalan plan to improvise a lot at SIFAS festival Sheela Narayanan TWO of India’s most prominent violinists will be having a musical conversation at the Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society’s (SIFAS) festival: Kala Ramnath (below left) and Ganesh Rajagopalan (below277 words
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Advertisement145 2012-03-23 15 “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 April145 words
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FOOD
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Article, Illustration379 2012-03-23 17 SHEELA NARAYANAN - SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg WHEN Indian Wok opened a new branch in Suntec City, replacing its sister restaurant Bombay Cafe Xpress, it was necessary to sample the menu. Was it on a par with my favourite Siglap outlet? I had to test it out. So IPHOTOS: SHEELA NARAYANAN - 379 words
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Miscellaneous29 2012-03-23 17 OS INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS \frtl RNATION a\. w •/< I Z..^s 4 /i m 4 l/f jr /vuic n 1 SAIF ALI KHAN KAREENA KAPOOR m Golden Villager fflMMBe*l*uT*lkLe* NOW SHOWING29 words
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Miscellaneous193 2012-03-23 18 friday 3.30pm SONY ENT: Fanaa 4pm STAR PLUS: Anjaana Anjaani 9pm VASANTHAM: Karakattakkaran 9pm VTV: Amarkalam saturday 1pm VASANTHAM: Galatta Kalyanam 3.30pm SONY ENT: Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak 4pm STAR PLUS: Main Hoon Na 4pm COLORS: Udaan 4pm ZEE CINEMA: Kartoos 4pm VASANTHAM: Chandni 6pm ZEE TV: Phir Hera Pheri193 words
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RELAX
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Article395 2012-03-23 19 TALK Special workshop on enthusiasm conducted by Kana Gopal, a trainer for Living Values Education, who has also been an adjunct lecturer at various tertiary institutions in Singapore. Free admission. When: March 23, 7.30pm Where: Peace Hall, 7 Hindoo Rd, 3rd Floor, Chern Seng Building Contact: 6296-6566 or395 words
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Article, Illustration214 2012-03-23 19 DEREK O’BRIEN - DEREK O’BRIEN 1. What was invented by Denis Papin in 1680? a) Grill b) Pressure cooker c) Microwave 2. Which of these is believed to be the first high-level programming language? a) FORTRAN b) PASCAL c) C 3. Which of these was used to be made with powdered lampblack214 words
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Article, Illustration36 2012-03-23 19 LIGHT WALK TRAIL Explore the light art installations (left) at your own leisurely pace. Free admission. When: Till April 1, 7.30pm Where: Marina Bay Waterfront Contact: Log on to www.marinabay.sg/ ilightmarinabay36 words
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Miscellaneous329 2012-03-23 19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Give shelter or refuge to 7 Uppercut target 11 Bottomrow PC key 14 Elaborately embellished 15 Boxcar Willie dressed as one 16 Astor’s line 17 Summer treat for a goddess? 19 Dangerous to drive on 20 Showed off, as clothes 21 Pupil’s flower? 22 Kangaroo babies 25329 words
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Miscellaneous50 2012-03-23 19 SUDOKU G For solutions, turn to next page. Now, now, don’t cheat The objectiveis 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.50 words
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Miscellaneous308 2012-03-23 20 FUTURE SPEAKS Aries A tough time arguments with family members, loss of money, unexpected expenditure. Life at work will not be smooth. Expect obstacles in business deals. Taurus Meeting with friends can translate into gains. You will be emotionally strong and have warm and good relations with your family and308 words
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Miscellaneous26 2012-03-23 20 SOLUTIONS crossword quiz sudoku 1. Pressure cooker 2. Fortran 3. Ink 4. Austria 5. Liver 6. Imagination 7. Basmati rice 8. Catalyst 9. Basketball 10. Labrador26 words
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Advertisement105 2012-03-23 21 4 KERALA AYURVEDA CENTRE 444 Serangoon Road Singapore *****6 (Opposite Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple) Tel: 6392 4158 Working Hours: 9am to 8pm. Closed On Mondays. CENTRE FOR TRADITIONAL AYURVEDIC TREATMENTS The fully equipped treatment centre offers all facilities for Traditional Ayurvedic Treatments under the supervision of experienced Ayurvedic graduates from105 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration869 2012-03-23 22 PRASENJIT K. BASU - Ramesh Krishnan sliced opponents wide open with precision strokeplay and touch artistry Strokes from the past RAMESH KRISHNAN PRASENJIT K. BASU tabla@sph.com.sg Prasenjit K. Basu is an economist by profession and a keen tennis enthusiast. He blogs about Indian tennis at www.sports-india.com IT WAS the first weekend of869 words
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Article, Illustration1022 2012-03-23 23 HARSHA BHOGLE - His struggle to score his hundredth 100 shows he is just like one of us columnstar HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg SACHIN Tendulkar’s ascent to the 100th was probably like being on the last leg of a Himalayan conquest. I say “probably” because I have experienced neither, nor amPHOTO: IANS - 1,022 words
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Advertisement186 2012-03-23 24 PROPERTY SHOW 14 th 15 th April 2012 Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore «> Back by popular demand! Looking for the ideal investment? Or that perfect home? Whatever your reason, India offers a variety of choices to non-residents when it comes to property. And the Indian Property Show186 words
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