Tabla, 18 May 2012

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  • 21 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, MAY 18,2012 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 062/03/2012
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  • Article, Illustration
    1261 1  -  At 39, Leander Paes is still India's best tennis player. Is it the desire to win another Olympic medal that keeps him going? ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN ankitav@sph.com.sg IT’S DIFFICULT to understand what keeps Leander Paes going. The Indian tennis star turns 39 next month. He is still playing
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    • 217 1 tj[FaF Call 6735 0203/ 6725 3213 The Regent Singapore I Cuscaden Road, #03-02 Singapore 249 715 www.grandpalki.com Grand Palki promises to takej guests on a journey through North India with a mouthwatering menu of regional delights. Starts with Dal Makhni, a Punjabi speciality made from black lentils before moving on
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  • INDIA
    • 699 3 Statues of elephant god for Ganesh festival limited to 15 feet in Mumbai to prevent accidents Indo-Asian News Service DAYS of the Ganesh idols towering over Mumbai at over 25 feet are over. Now, idols of Hinduism’s revered elephant god, the harbinger of good fortune, will
      Indo-Asian News Service; PHOTOS: IANS  -  699 words
    • regional roundup
      • 62 3 TAMIL NADU THE state is speeding ahead in attracting car companies to set up factories in its territory. It has signed memorandum of understandings (MOUs) with five car majors with an investment of at least Rs5,700 crores to create 9,530 jobs. The MOUs are with Daimler India,
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      • 74 3 GUJARAT ACCORDING to the chairman of India’s National Human Rights Commission Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Dalits (people of lower caste) in at least 77 villages in Gujarat have been forced to migrate due to social boycotts. He said it was the outcome of the “mindset” of the people
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      • 89 3 UTTAR PRADESH IN A bid to stem rising incidents of crime and make the police more efficient, the state transferred 20,324 constables on May 15. The principal secretary of the state said that policemen would now be able to get postings around their home districts. He
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    • 361 4 14-year-old Taruni Sachdev was best known for her role in Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Paa BOLLYWOOD child artiste Taruni Sachdev wanted to be an actress from the time she was five years old. Those who worked with her knew that she had the potential to make
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    • 257 4 Make Learning Fun these Holidays! SUMMER QUEST 2012 at GIIS Queenstown Campus, Singapore (open to children and adults) Enjoy these holidays with exciting and fun learning programmes conducted by experienced trainers at Summer Quest 2012, a vacation workshop being organised by GIIS Queenstown Campus. Category 1 Age Group 8 to
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    • 126 5 FROM TOMORROW THE 1ST EVER SOUTH INDIA PROPERTY SHOW SINGAPORE www.thebudgethome.in Eyeball media's BUDGET HOME ’12 Your budget... Your home SOUTH INDIA BUDGET HOMES Singapore! More than 20 stalls, Over 3000 crores worth of properties. Properties ranging from Rs<2<5 LakllS tO RS.75 LakllS Date: 19 th 20 th May 2012,
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 137 6 Nice little touch... Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Member of Parliament for the Ang Mo Kio GRC giving the finishing touches to a kolam at the Cheng San Community Club on May 12 as part of the Indian New Year celebrations, called Rhythms in Unity. More
      PHOTOS: THE STRAITS TIMES  -  137 words
    • 228 6 SHE is known more for having stalled economic reforms in India. Yet, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee desperately wants to usher in development in her state after three decades of Marxist rule. Her emissary, the state’s minister for industries Partha Chatterjee, told a gathering in Singapore on
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    • 184 9 12.3 million Passengers handled by Changi airport in the first quarter of this year 75Basic trainer planes the Indian air force is buying from a Swiss firm in a deal worth Rs2,900 crores $1,200 Fine imposed on thief for stealing six pairs of shoes from a block of
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    • 362 9 “The merger has not worked out as planned. Maybe some benefits were foreseen out of this move like synergy and economies of scale, but those did not happen.” India’s aviation minister Ajit Singh on the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines “Don’t worry about price of
      PHOTOS: IANS, FILE  -  362 words
    • 717 10  -  She lost her parents before she was nine but the NUS High School student says her guardian angels have helped her cope ESTHER SIVAPRAKASAM tabla@sph.com.sg SINCE I lost my mother to lymphoma when I was five and my father to heart failure when I was eight,
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    • 450 13 IN THE May 14 Parliamentary sitting, the frontbench answered 29 questions from MPs, not counting supplementary queries posed after the answers. Here are some highlights: G Buses: In reply to three MPs who rose to urge the Minister of State for Transport Josephine Teo to improve bus services
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    • singapore news
      • 65 13 IT’S back to a straight fight for Hougang’s single seat on May 26 between the People’s Action Party’s Desmond Choo and Workers’ Party’s (WP’s) Png Eng Huat. WP veteran Poh Lee Guan and independent Zeng Guoyuan did not submit their nomination papers by the
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      • 60 13 SINGAPORE’S economy grew 1.6 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter, unchanged from the Government’s advance estimate despite economists’ expectations of an upgrade. Gross domestic product was 10 per cent higher in January through March than in the preceding three months, the Ministry of Trade Industry said
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 612 7 S^NDA Singapore Indian Development Association Advertising Feature Start ng the momentum Preschool doesn’t just give your child a head start in the challenging paper chase. Without a doubt, it also plays an instrumental role in fostering social, physical, intellectual and emotional development. While the majority of Indian parents send their
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  • NEWS
    • 479 8 Life Republic township in Pune is just what you may have been waiting for WHEN developers from India come to Singapore to market their properties, their focus is usually on apartments and villas. But Kolte-Patil Developers from Pune is offering something different. It is offering Life
      PHOTOS: KOTLE-PATIL  -  479 words
  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • EDUCATION
    • 573 11 Decline in violence against Indians helps increase numbers substantially BACK IN 2009 and 2010, students from India in Australia were victims of a spate of attacks, perceived to be racially motivated. This led to a drastic fall in the number of Indian
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    • 354 12  -  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) SUDHARSHINI NANTHAKUMAR, Class 9A THIS year the International
      PHOTOS: GIIS  -  354 words
    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 58 12 WE HAVE always enjoyed learning and reading about different cultures from around the world. At the recent GIIS Cultural Convention at our Queenstown campus, we got the chance to prepare a model on indigenous people for an exhibition. The exhibition was to encourage our interest
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      • 174 12  -  CHITHRESH JAYAKUMAR, Class 6C WHEN I did research, I found a wealth of information about indigenous people. But I soon became interested in Papua New Guinea as I found that it is one of the most culturally diversified countries on earth and its indigenous population
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      • 143 12  -  ATHARVA PATIL, Class 6C WHEN we were given the topic, I wanted to prepare ordinary things in an extraordinary way for this project. My mother is a doctor and my father is a pharmacist and my idea originated there. I wanted to show how indigenous plants
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      • 219 12 MUSKAN VERMA, Class IGCSE 10A SHEEN MANTOO, Class IGCSE 9A OF ALL the competitions held at the GIIS Cultural Convention, the Hindi newspaper-making or Hindi Samachar Patrika competition appealed to us as the most creative of all. The selection of the teams was made
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    • 265 11 Ms Deepali Ray, Parent of Meghna, Class 9 IGCSE, GIIS Queenstown Campus student (2012 Testimonial) *e> "My daughter wanted a fine balance between J academics and co-curricular exposure. That's what brought I her back to GIIS." 1 After trying other international schools in Singapore, Meghna Ray chose to return to
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 751 14  -  Sand animation artist Ronnie Chhibber says he lets his hands do the talking as he creates India’s icons for the musical TAJ EXPRESS, presented by SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg WHILE you may not see performance artist Ronnie Chhibber on stage with the rest of the Taj Express
      PHOTOS COURTESY OF RONNIE CHHIBBER  -  751 words
    • 314 14 THEY thought so highly of Singapore that the Merchant sisters felt that when it came to launching their first stage musical Taj Express, Singapore was the place. Speaking to the media on May 11 at the NTUC Centre, Shruti and Vaibhavi Merchant (below) felt that after
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    • 515 15 Bengali beauty Shraddha Das says it’s her Telugu films that have boosted her success in Mumbai WHILE her Bollywood career seems to be on the upward trajectory, Shraddha Das says she is not giving up her career in south Indian cinema. “I’m being
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    • 598 16 Soleus’ sports watches have features that help runners and hikers and they look good too HIGH-TECH sports gear are often many things, but sexy is not one of them. The wear-and-tear demands of sweat resistance jostle with technology making sportswear, like watches, solid but rather unattractive.
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    • 125 15 Soorya (Singapore) presents yet another spectacular audio visual experience! DO NOT MISS!! Relive the nostalgia and magic of Mohammed Rafi Pranamam Ode to the Legend Celebrating the musical genius through Music, Dance and Cinema India’s iconic singer of evergreen, melodious music is remembered through his popular songs. 20 May (Sun),
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  • FOOD
    • 464 17  -  Jungle Tandoor has more to offer than its theme park appeal SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg IALMOST expected Mowgli, Baloo and Lord Greystoke aka Tarzan to join me for lunch when I recently dropped in on the Jungle Tandoor for a quick bite. My colleagues had visited
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    • 103 17 'Dazzling Bollywood Performance FREE Mass I At Dance Fiesta 2012 on 26 May.Ngee Ann Workshop City Come Experience for the first time in Singapore a Bollywood Mess Workshop for 3000 ppl Venue: Civic Plaza, 26th May Spin. Crab your FREE TICKETS at Bolly Dancing Studio! 261 Waterloo Street, #01-12 Waterloo
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 254 18 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 2pm VIJAY: Needhiyin Nizhal 3.30pm SONY ENT: Mashaal 5pm STAR PLUS: Right Ya Wrong 7pm ZEE CINEMA: Chaalbaaz 9pm VASANTHAM: Varusham 16 Mn STAR GOLD: Force Mn VTV: Paasam 6pm STAR GOLD: Ra. One 6pm ZEE TV: Company 7.30pm SONY ENT: Band Baaja Baarat 8pm COLORS: Dil
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    • 319 18 FUTURE SPEAKS Aries Good news can be expected. Relationships with siblings will be good, but you need to take care of your mother’s health. You should be patient with your subordinates and listen to what your boss has to say. Taurus A good period for education and social activities. Life
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  • RELAX
    • 244 19 SHOW Sonu Nigam will perform live in Singapore. Tickets: $228 to $38 When: May 18, 7pm Where: Suntec City Convention Hall 601-602Contact: 6348-5555 or log on to www.sistic.com.sg CULTURAL NIGHT Local talents will perform as part of Kaarunyam, a fund-raising concert for the Sree Narayana Mission. Tickets: $50,
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    • 122 19 GTheyyam Dance of the Gods, is a combination of music, vocal recitations and dance. Free admission. When: May 24 25, 8pm Where: Main stage, Festival Village, Esplanade Park Contact: Log on to www.sooryafest.org PERFORMANCE GPranamam, an ode to the legend Mohammed Rafi (right), through music,
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    • Article, Illustration
      238 19  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Which of these is a compressed file format developed by Microsoft? a) SAP b) WAP c) CAB 2. Which of these organisations was founded by Lord Baden Powell? a) Red Cross b) Boy Scouts c) Salvation Army 3. Newsprint 7.5-9.5%, Office/Business Paper 4-4.5%, Printing Paper 6-7%,
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 347 19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Nine goddesses of the arts 6 Attack, as Caesar 10 All-male party 14 Cafe emanation 15 Reader’s Digest co-founder Wallace 16 “O Brother, Where Art (2000 film) 17 Broadcast studio alert 18 Genesis shepherd 19 Makes mistakes 20 They may protect important papers 23 Dynamic (Batman and
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    • 49 19 SUDOKU 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 uniquedigits going across and down over the large grid. G For solutions, turn to next page. Now, now, don’t cheat
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    • 140 20 Y&NBEAUTY& BRIDAL Ho] dlo] dlo] [Uq] [Uq] [Hq] [aio] [aio] [ajo] [ajo] [Uq] [Ue Chinese lessons for non-Chinese Contact Ling Ling at 9763 1935 (after 22 May 12) "I am currently holidaying in Japan." email: teelingling@yahoo.com §Jg] [ajo] [ajo] [ajQ] [ajQ] [ajo] [ajo] [hjq] hje] HIH HIS 01 PRIVATE TUITIOH
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 34 20 1. CAB 2. Boy Scouts 3. Moisture content 4. Prime Meridian 5. Of its rarity 6. Coconut water 7. Semantics 8. The value of “pi” 9. Animals 10. New Zealand sudoku crossword SOLUTIONS quiz
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  • SPORTS
    • Article, Illustration
      479 21 Controversies continue to dog the Indian Premier League THE spotlight may be on “spot-fixing” unveiled in a TV “sting” operation in this season’s IPL. But the tournament has had several other controversies.tabla! picks a few. No SRK in Wankhede? KOLKATA Knight Riders (KKR) may be second in the
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    • 192 22 INDIA’S medal hopes in tennis lie with three men Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna. However, it is still not clear which of these three will partner to form India’s strongest team at the event. Bhupathi has said that he would like to partner Bopanna, with
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    • 900 23  -  concernTV ‘sting’ calls for a higher entity to keep a check on IPL columnstar HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg THE “sting”, I’m afraid, was tame and misleading! There were some issues there that deserved airing but they were concealed by theatrical, incessant self-promotion. Cricket needs to be careful
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