Tabla, 15 June 2012

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    18 1 tabla! THE INDIAN COMMUNITY MICA (P) 062/03/2012 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, JUNE 15,2012 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Dr NRI
    1880 1  -  Chennai doctor’s US$1,000 home medical care scheme for the aged parents of NRIs is gaining popularity PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg FIELDING phone calls from the United States and the United Kingdom have become common for Dr Hari Ramesh (right). Sometimes he even has to answer these calls at night.
    PHOTOS COURTESY OF DR HARI RAMESH  -  1,880 words
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Indian weddings go glocal
      1073 2 / 3  -  Tradition takes a backseat and Bollywood is the benchmark SHUBHA MENON Women’s Feature Service A GROUP of young and not-so-young men and women move to the brisk commands of a tights-clad, streaked blonde. At the far end of the room, a female executive discusses hiring charges
      Women’s Feature Service; PHOTOS: WOMEN'S FEATURE SERVICE  -  1,073 words
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      Lock icon Indian wedding invites go glitzy
      678 2 / 3 Indo-Asian News Service THEY could be studded with Swarovski crystals; they could match the bride’s trousseau; they could come in multiple folds and, yes, they might just cost Rs100,000 each. Welcome to the world of the big, fat Indian wedding card. India’s wedding market is
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  • NEWS
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      497 6 Pernod Ricard employees reach out to youths on responsible consumption of alcohol PERNOD Ricard may be a world leader in wines and spirits but the company has not forgotten that it has a responsibility towards youths even as it promotes sales of high quality alcohol. For the second
      PHOTOS: PERNOD RICARD SINGAPORE  -  497 words
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      Lock icon Little India in Paris
      1555 12 / 13  -  You can get anything Indian here from sambar to jasmine garlands to Hindi movie videos thanks to the Pondicherry influence RAMONA KAROOR tabla@sph.com.sg Ramona Karoor is an Indian journalist based in Paris. She was born in Trivandrum, Kerala, and spent time in Chennai, Mumbai and New
      PHOTOS: RAMONA KAROOR  -  1,555 words
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon He donated blood 200 times
      983 7  -  He also donates plasma and platelets, and will be awarded the Medal For Life on June 16, which is World Blood Donor Day JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg HEROES need not necessarily leap into a burning building or race to a crash site to save lives. Sometimes
      PHOTO COURTESY OF MANOHARAN RAMALINGAM  -  983 words
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      380 8 “Singapore is a First World country, and everything is so modern. Our first instinct would be to visit the shopping malls, but my advice is to visit museums, and talk to the locals, especially the elderly. Get them to talk about their lives.” IT consultant Shubhada Jayant
      PHOTO: IANS  -  380 words
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      156 8 Rs 10,000 Reward offered by the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations for information on people involved in illegal dog fights 154 Bariatric operations done on very overweight people in Singapore last year. The operation reduces the size of the stomach 568 Cases of rape in Delhi, compared
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      Lock icon PM Lee: Growth needed for everyone’s well-being
      336 11 SINGAPORE cannot afford to let growth slow more than is already naturally happening as the economy becomes more developed, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (right) told an audience of more than 600 economists, businessmen and policymakers at the Economic Society of Singapore annual
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        Lock icon Analysts raise Singapore growth forecast to 3%
        107 11 PRIVATE sector economists surveyed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) expect the economy to expand 3 per cent this year, up from the 2.5 per cent forecast previously, driven mainly by construction and tourism. This despite fears over the euro zone debt
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        Lock icon 15,000 more to be barred from casinos
        110 11 ANOTHER 15,000 Singapore citizens and Permanent Residents will be barred from the casinos as part of a move by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports to strengthen existing safeguards to protect the financially vulnerable. From July 1, 12,000 recipients of ComCare
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        Lock icon Resale home prices are on the rise
        133 11 BOTH private and public resale homes have attracted higher prices in the past two months, a report has shown, stoking concerns that more cooling measures might be on the cards. Preliminary data collated by major property agencies in Singapore found that the average
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      71 8 LIVE MUSIC LOUNGE Enjoy A Beautifull Evening Of Hindi Nostalgia X At Bollywood Taal 9 1 C n r f eflt te He l > Happy Hours Daily: Bk 6-9 pm Buy 1 jug Buy get 1 jug free get 1 glass free f r Draft beer Juices Liquors Soft
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  • EDUCATION
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      Lock icon All aboard the biodiversity train
      384 9 It will travel 18,000km through India and showcase things like climate change, water and energy conservation Indo-Asian News Service IT’S called the Science Express-Biodiversity Special and it will make 52 stops along its 18,000km journey. The aim: Spread awareness about the biodiversity of ndia. Launched
      Indo-Asian News Service; PHOTO: PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU  -  384 words
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      178 10  -  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) GLEN VARGHESE, Class 8D WHEN we walked into the school campus on
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
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        Lock icon Yay, we can slide, climb and swing
        160 10  -  SHREYA SEN, Class 10 IGCSE THE youngsters from Early Years have a new activity area: The brand new Playgym. Inaugurated last month, the new fitness and activity station has seven activity areas that allow the tiny tots to exercise their muscles and supplements
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        198 10  -  NEHA GUPTA, Class 5C I WAS really nervous at first about whether we would win or lose! It was our first inter-class pictionary competition in Primary School. Before I knew it, I was up on stage, trying to guess the word. I could hardly think and my
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      342 9 i "Each child has an innate potential. GIIS was very quick to identify our son's talents." Mr Rajesh Balakrishnan and Ms Aparna Rajesh Parents of Rohan, Class 5, GIIS East Coast Campus (2012 Testimonial) After trying other international schools in Singapore, Mr Rajesh Balakrishnan and Ms Aparna Rajesh moved their
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      204 11 KERALA AYURVEDA CENTRE. 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 facilities for Traditional Ayurvedic Treatments under the supervision of experienced Ayurvedic graduates
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      Lock icon Taking a ride on the Taj Express
      1793 14 / 15  -  The audience saw the glitz and the glamour... backstage, it was a different story. One that shows how hard the cast and crew have to work to keep us entertained SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg PAINT, perspiration, make-up, nicotine, spiced tea, cologne, glucose powder, pain
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      Lock icon Audience members loved Taj Express
      250 14 / 15 tabla! spoke to some members of the audiences that filled the Esplanade Theatre for the Taj Express shows. This is what some of them had to say: “Just one word... excellent. The music, the dance and the energy was fantastic. Everything blends so well. The
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      572 16 / 17  -  Sheela Narayanan PULKIT SAMRAT probably arrived in Singapore knowing that he would be the topic of some Taj Express-related conversations. After all, he was playing the lead role. What he definitely didn’t expect was that he would become the talking point of the Indian community here... even among
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      512 16 / 17  -  Sheela Narayanan THE Taj Express got a celebrity cheerleader when Bollywood actress Rani Mukherjee attended the musical’s world premiere on June 7 at the Esplanade Theatre. The petite actress was in town to show support for her close friend Vaibhavi Merchant, the show’s director of choreography and
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      Lock icon Audience members loved Taj Express
      198 16 / 17 “Loved the dancing and all the energetic parts.” Ms Elaine Soh (left), who does Bollywood dancing at a local yoga centre. She watched the musical with a group of friends who dressed up in saris especially for the show on June 8 “It was colourful,
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      Lock icon No superstars, no local flavour
      806 18 / 19  -  Ranbir and Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Kamal Hassan are highlights of this year’s IIFA JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg WHILE the Taj Express chugged on at The Esplanade, many Indian movie stars descended on our shores for the 13th Jaypee International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards. It
      PHOTOS: ARUN RAMU, SHEELA NARAYANAN  -  806 words
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      17 20 To place an ad in tabla! call Kalwant at 9171-4327 or Ajit at 9693-0266 or e-mail tabla@sph.com.sg
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      697 20 friday 11.30am STAR GOLD: Drona 2pm VIJAY: Deivam 3.30pm SET: One 2 Ka 4 4.30pm ASIANET: Changathippoocha 5pm STAR PLUS: Dabangg 6.30pm STAR GOLD: Krrish 9pm VASANTHAM: Chinnapadas 9pm VTV: Rasikkum Seemane 10pm ZEE CINEMA: No Problem saturday 1pm VASANTHAM: Thanga Pathakam 3.30pm SET: Salaam Namaste 4pm VASANTHAM: Zindagi Na
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  • RELAX
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      333 21 CONCERT A tribute concert to Sivaji Ganesan. Tickets: $20 When: June 16, 6.30pm Where: Singapore Polytechnic Convention Centre Contact: 9388-2897 SCREENING The Sengkang Community Club IAEC is screening Agneepath as part of its Movie Chaska. Ticket: $2 (includes a drink and a snack) When: June 23, 7pm Where:
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      51 21 DIALOGUE The Friends of Narpani Pearavai Youth Committee is holding an evening with Dr Kumaran Rasappan (right) who recently scaled Mt Everest. Free but registration is required. When: June 27, 6.30pm Where: The Grassroots’ Club, 190 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 Contact: Log on to
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      181 21  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. In which of these art forms are no chemical colours used? a) Kalamkari b) Applique c) Terracotta 2. In German, which comic character is known as Tim? a) Popeye b) The Phantom c) Tintin 3. Hominids developed bipedalism to... a) Run faster b) Save energy c)
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      338 21 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Wee mischief-makers 5 Remove weaponry from 11 The three from Santa 14 Holiday tune 15 Physical singer Newton-John 16 Singer/songwriter DiFranco 17 Where some millionaires play in pin stripes 19 Augusta National members 20 One of the Gabors 21 Coastal area 23 Treat badly 26 Without further
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      78 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 unique digits going across and down over the large grid. DID YOU KNOW The archway of the Gateway of India
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
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      28 22 SOLUTIONS sudoku crossword quiz 1. Kalamkari 2. Tintin 3. To save energy 4. Danish 5. Agatha Christie 6. Potassium 7. A horse 8. Platypus 9. Maple 10. Heart
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  • FOOD
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      649 23  -  Listen up, all you carnivores... Brazil Churrasco has been serving good barbecue for close to 20 years SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg SERVE good food and the people will come. It is the fundamental rule that Brazil Churrasco, the Brazilian steakhouse in Sixth Avenue, maintains even after 18 years in
      PHOTOS: SHEELA NARAYANAN, FILE  -  649 words
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Indian triumph at the French Open...
      197 24 Indian triumph at the French Open... Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi lifted the mixed doubles trophy (left) at the recently concluded French Open. The Indian duo, the seventh seeds, beat Poland’s Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico 7-6, 6-1. It was their third
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        911 24  -  India needs to make some changes to its domestic cricket HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg AT LAST, some light at the end of what seemed an interminable tunnel. India’s domestic cricket, as contemporary as the long playing record and as effective as a coalition government, is letting itself
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