Tabla, 22 June 2012
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Title Section23 2012-06-22 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY MICA (P) 062/03/2012 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2012 Sfil A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION23 words
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Article, Illustration225 2012-06-22 1 A year after Mamata Banerjee took over as chief minister, there’s not much joy in this city IF INDIA was Britain’s richest overseas possession, Kolkata (or Calcutta, as it was called then) was one of its sparkling jewels. Britain ruled India from this city and administered all its225 words
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Advertisement18 2012-06-22 1 FIVE tabla! READERS WRITE ABOUT KOLKATA: PAGES 2 3 BLACK WHITE MEMORIES OF EARLY-1900s CALCUTTA: PAGES 4 518 words
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INDIA
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Oh, Kolkata!
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Article, Illustration779 2012-06-22 2 / 3 MUDAR PATHERYA - Five tabla! readers with strong Kolkata connections give their take give on their city of joy MUDAR PATHERYA in Kolkata MAMATA Banerjee is the worst thing that has ever happened to Bengal after the Great Bengal Famine. She has made the state a laughing stock across India.779 words
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Article380 2012-06-22 2 / 3 RAJIV MUKERJI - RAJIV MUKERJI HOPE comes in many colours for 35-odd years in Bengal it was the red banner under which dreams were to be built. The inevitable rub-off of this “coloured” vision was the neglected and crumbling city of Kolkata that we called home. The citizens eventually did380 words
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Article478 2012-06-22 2 / 3 ROHAN ROUTROY - ROHAN ROUTROY LET me start by saying I absolutely love Kolkata. Though it has pretty much remained stagnant in terms of development for the last 40 years, thanks to the leftist rule, there was something charming about the city when I used to live there. The reason was478 words
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Article342 2012-06-22 2 / 3 SAUJIT BANDHU - SAUJIT BANDHU MAY 20, 2011, was a historic day for West Bengal. It marked the end of 34 years of “uninterrupted” rule by the Left Front government. The people had been asking for this change for betterment “poriborton” for many years and it was expected that the342 words
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Article810 2012-06-22 2 / 3 INDRANI ROBBINS - INDRANI ROBBINS WHEN I was a child, Calcutta wasn’t a city to me, it was three homes: Monohar, Rakhal, Sardar. The first was where my paternal grandparents lived along with the extended family of great aunts, great uncle, aunts, uncles, cousins, and their guests. The other two810 words
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Article, Illustration605 2012-06-22 4 / 5 Negatives of photographs depicting life in India during the time of the British Raj found in Edinburgh THE negatives were wrapped in a copy of The Statesman newspaper dated 1914 and placed in a shoe box. They lay undiscovered till last month in an EdinburghPHOTOS: RCAHMS - 605 words
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BUSINESS
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Article, Illustration1207 2012-06-22 6 / 7 PATRICK JONAS - biz matters: Sriram Srinivasan (CFO, JOil) Srinivasan Ramachandran (CTO, JOil) PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg ONE is a scientist. The other, an expert in finance and management matters. Yet, the two are often asked if they are brothers. All because they have similar names. Dr Srinivasan Ramachandran, 50, is the1,207 words
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Article, Illustration273 2012-06-22 6 / 7 AND she continues to put on a smile on India’s masses with her witty one-liners. Mr Rahul daCunha, director of daCunha Communications which created the cartoon of the girl for Amul’s advertising campaign in the early 1960s, says her little-girl innocence, the immediate social relevance of273 words
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Article, Illustration346 2012-06-22 6 / 7 EVEN as ratings agencies downgrade India, the country’s prime minister is putting on a brave front in the international arena. Mr Manmohan Singh, on a visit to Los Cabos, Mexico, to attend the G-20 summit said his government is determined to take “tough” decisions toPHOTO: PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU - 346 words
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biz
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biz notes
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71 2012-06-22 6 / 7 THE well-known Indian clothing brand Raymond plans to open 20 tailoring academies and 100 workshops across the country in the next five years to train about 25,000 people. It began by opening an academy in Patna last month. Raymond, which entered the organised sub-premium textiles71 words
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87 2012-06-22 6 / 7 AROUND 28,000 engineers hired by Infosys from campuses in India have been told to wait. Some may have to twiddle their thumbs till July 2013, which is a sign of the company’s slow growth. The Economic Times reported engineering graduates who were offered jobs at87 words
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Article73 2012-06-22 6 / 7 MARKETS in India were expecting a cut but the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on June 18 left rates unchanged. The key lending rate, known as the repurchase rate, was unchanged at 8 per cent. It also kept the reverse repurchase rate, or its borrowing rate,73 words
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64 2012-06-22 6 / 7 THE city’s municipal corporation has approved 78 skyscrapers (over 70m in height). Of these, around 38 are new proposals while 40 were pending before the earlier committee. The new approval committee’s chairman Shafi Parkar said tall buildings were a necessary alternative for the rising64 words
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Article19 2012-06-22 6 / 7 RS44.39 US$0.78 A$0.77 ¤0.62 £0.50 RS56.39 A$0.98 ¤0.78 £0.63 S$1.27 Exchange rates as of June 21, 201219 words
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116 2012-06-22 6 / 7 MOODY’S Investors Service says Singapore has demonstrated a very high degree of resilience to global financial shocks, despite the openness of its economy and its dependence on global trade and finance. In its annual credit report, Moody’s said Singapore excels in four areas: Its strong116 words
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SINGAPORE
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Article, Illustration691 2012-06-22 8 JAMUNA SUNDARAJ - Banyan and palm trees blend with elephant statues at the Indian Garden that is part of the new Gardens by the Bay JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg SNUG in the centre of Singapore’s latest attraction, Gardens by the Bay, is a space dedicated to Indian ethnicity. Called691 words
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singapore news
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Article150 2012-06-22 11 ACCORDING to Urban Redevelopment Authority figures, developers sold 1,702 private homes, excluding executive condominiums in May, a drop of 31.8 per cent from April’s record 2,496 units. This is the lowest since the beginning of this year, breaking developers’ three-month long streak of over 2,000150 words
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Article145 2012-06-22 11 FREE-TO-AIR channels will be fully converted from analogue to digital signals from December next year. Digital transmissions allow broadcasters to send more signals more efficiently, enabling viewers to receive higher quality images and sound. With the change, national broadcaster MediaCorp will start delivering145 words
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348 2012-06-22 11 UNEMPLOYMENT rates may be up, but there are still many jobs on the table; that’s the message from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in its first-quarter labour market report. According to the report, some 64,000 workers were jobless in March, as Singapore’s unemploy- ment348 words
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Article, Illustration198 2012-06-22 11 SINGAPORE tops the world with the greatest proportion of Internet users owning owning smartphones, a global study by Swedish telco equipment maker Ericsson has found. The nation also ranks second when it comes to the tablet computer. Three in four here have a smartphone andPHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES - 198 words
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Article, Illustration447 2012-06-22 22 “I plan to not have any money left in my bank account on day zero.” Dr Bernard Cheong, a founding partner of the Lifeline Medical Group in Singapore. He prefers to give his children the money while he is alive and sees no need to write aPHOTOS: IANS, THE STRAITS TIMES - 447 words
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Article202 2012-06-22 22 4 Crisis centres in Singapore for women who are victims of domestic abuse US$2.1 million Paid for an untitled painting of Mahishasura by Indian artist Tyeb Mehta at a Christie’s auction last week 16Deaths (as of June 18) caused by the current heat wave in Uttar Pradesh; the202 words
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EDUCATION
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436 2012-06-22 9 Top universities to collaborate in the eight-project Obama-Singh initiative INDIA and the United States have decided to cooperate further in the field of higher education. On June 12, Indian officials joined their US State Department counterparts to announce the first eight institutional436 words
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Article, Illustration291 2012-06-22 10 RHEA PAI - 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, GIIS) RHEA PAI, Class 11 (A level) OUR school recently organisedPHOTOS: DPSIS - 291 words
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SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
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Article, Illustration167 2012-06-22 10 AKASH G. RAJ - AKASH G. RAJ, Class 6B LAST year our school conducted the International Maths Olympiad (IMO) organised by the Science Olympiad Foundation for Classes 2 to 12. I was one of the Class 5 participants and, after practising hard, wrote the preliminary examination in November. I167 words
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Article, Illustration172 2012-06-22 10 RITHESH BALU - RITHESH BALU, Class 7C OUR co-curricular activity Business CCA teaches us the art of conducting business. I greatly enjoyed my business lessons and learnt how to entice consumers into buying products and to address customer needs. At the end of the academic year, all the students opting for172 words
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Advertisement322 2012-06-22 9 Ms Deepali Ray, Parent of Meghna, Class 9 IGCSE, GIIS Queenstown Campus student (2012Testimonial) *X9 r "My daughter wanted a fine balance between academics and co-curricular exposure. That's what brought her back to GIIS. After trying other international schools in Singapore, Ms Deepali Ray moved her daughter to GIIS. GIIS'322 words
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ENTERTAINMENT
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Article, Illustration678 2012-06-22 12 Like that famous scientist, Bollywood stars are also tuning into music to tune out stress Indo-Asian News Service ALBERT Einstein once said: “I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.” And many Bollywood stars seemIndo-Asian News Service; PHOTOS: IANS - 678 words
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Article, Illustration544 2012-06-22 13 SHEELA NARAYANAN - Singaporean dancers blend bharatanatyam and contemporary dance with a Chinese poem SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg TAKE one Chinese poem, two passionate dancers and what do you get? A performance piece that is a collaboration and connection of two cultures. In I Watched The Flowers, bharatanatyam dancer Nirmala Seshadri teamsPHOTOS COURTESY OF NIRMALA SESHADRI - 544 words
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LOOKING GOOD
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Article, Illustration328 2012-06-22 13 Dr Komathy Rajaratnam - Dr Komathy Rajaratnam BLACKHEADS AREN’T ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM Fine black hair in the hair follicle sometimes gives the impression of a blackhead. Laser treatment is the answer, not extraction. VITAMIN A CAN HELP PREVENT OPEN PORES Open pores are caused by excessive oil production. Fruit acids328 words
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NIGHTLIFE SPECIAL
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Article, Illustration1189 2012-06-22 14 JAMUNA SUNDARAJ - Want an Indian night out in Singapore? You can take your pick from dancing girls or dance floors playing lively Bollywood and Tamil music JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg LOUD, boisterous laughter breaks the stillness of a Friday night at Boat Quay. The streets are turning alive1,189 words
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Miscellaneous317 2012-06-22 18 FUTURE SPEAKS Aries No problems with health at this time. Generally, this is a good period to make investments. You could experience gains in your profession or business. Taurus This is a good period for marital and love relationships. You’ll have a good time socialising and there are indications of317 words
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Miscellaneous249 2012-06-22 18 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 2pm VIJAY: Gnana Oli 3.30pm SONY ENT: Traffic Signal 5pm STAR PLUS: Teen They Bhai 6pm VTV: Neenga Sollunga 9pm VASANTHAM: Ponmanachelvan 10pm ZEE CINEMA: Bin Bulaye Baraati Mn STAR GOLD: Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Saturday 1pm VASANTHAM: Illarama Nallaram 2.30pm STAR PLUS: Dabangg 3pm249 words
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RELAX
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Article, Illustration312 2012-06-22 19 EXHIBITION Riding The Horses/Eternal Mother, scrolled serigraphs by the late M.F. Husain. Free admission. When: Till June 29, 11am Where: Indigo Blue Art, 33 Neil Road Contact: 6372-1719 or log on to www.indigoblueart.com DANCE Kaveri: The River Of Life a bharatanatyam performance that celebrates the Kaveri River in312 words
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Article, Illustration80 2012-06-22 19 FUN FOR CHILDREN AT THE MUSEUM Exhibitions such as Art Garden at the Singapore Art Museum and activities ranging from creative crafts workshops at the Asian Civilisations Museum to the Fun Adventure Overnight Camp in the Singapore Philatelic Museum... are all part of Children’s Season80 words
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Article, Illustration184 2012-06-22 19 DEREK O’BRIEN - DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Bakhia and Taropa are two processes related to which craft? a) Patola sari b) Applique c) Chikan 2. What is the opening page on a website called? a) First page b) Free page c) Home page 3. Which flag is universally accepted as a sign of184 words
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Miscellaneous324 2012-06-22 19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Green gem 5 Armageddon nation 10 Tricky to outwit (Var.) 14 Open court hearing, in law 15 Mountain ridge 16 Hawaiian dance 17 3,600ths of hrs. 18 As You Like It character 19 and make it snappy!” 20 Does’ hobbies? 23 It has a pupil but no324 words
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Miscellaneous51 2012-06-22 19 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. G For solutions, turn to next page. Now, now, don’t51 words
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Miscellaneous29 2012-06-22 20 SOLUTIONS sudoku crossword quiz 1. Applique 2. Home page 3. White flag 4. Castor oil 5. Bangladesh 6. Kublai Khan 7. Pancreas 8. Salt 9. Bull fighting 10. Hippopotamus29 words
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FOOD
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Article, Illustration502 2012-06-22 21 SHEELA NARAYANAN - Jade Of India’s multi-cuisine repertoire has something to please everyone SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg THE next time you are with a big group of friends and find it hard to decide on a dinner venue, head for Jade Of india. This multi-cui-sine restaurant yes, that’s what it callsPHOTOS: SHEELA NARAYANAN - 502 words
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SPORTS
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154 2012-06-22 23 THE All India Tennis Association (AITA) has served an ace. Last week, it named Mahesh Bhupathi to partner Leander Paes, the only Indian player to qualify for the Olympics doubles tournament. But Bhupathi refused. So the AITA has included a second154 words
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Article, Illustration169 2012-06-22 23 Dhoni made a total of US$26.5 million, of which US$23m was from endorsements and the rest from salary, prize money He is ranked 31st, ahead of Manchester United star Wayne Rooney (37th: US$24.3m), tennis world No. 1 Novak Djokovic (62nd: US$20.6m), track star UsainPHOTO: IANS - 169 words
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Article, Illustration904 2012-06-22 23 HARSHA BHOGLE - The cricket-playing nations need to revive Test cricket HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg FOR years we thought India’s batting will be fine, that one of the many young fellows routinely knocking runs in domestic cricket will become the next Rahul Dravid or V.V.S. Laxman. It’s the bowling, we thought,904 words
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