Tabla, 14 September 2012

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  • 24 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY NITYITY MICA (P) 062/03/2012 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2012 Sf£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • Article, Illustration
    981 1  -  Academic excellence and awards spur the Global Indian International School to expand its brand across the region SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph .com.sg FROM a lone campus in Mt Sophia with barely 50 students to 20 campuses in seven countries... it has been a very busy decade for the
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    • 109 1 “You Curry We Hurry” island-wide delivery T6463 0001 HBP since 1995 for menu, delivery terms promotions visit www.dial-a-curry.com.sg INDIAN COMMUNITY FLOATING NITYITY HOT LEGS... LOUISSA THOMAS IS 3RD IN MISS UNIVERSE SINGAPORE PAGES 16 17 LOUISSA MISS SINGAPORE 17 REV YOUR ENGINES... SINGTEL GRID GIRL ASHVIN SANDHU IS IN POLE
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  • INDIA
    • 954 2 ‘Ships of hope’ with doctors and basic medical facilities take healthcare to dwellers of island villages Indo-Asian News Service IN THE pouring monsoon rain, men, women and children run alongside the torrential Brahmaputra, waving at people in white coats on a boat. This is their boat of
      Indo-Asian News Service; PHOTOS: IANS  -  954 words

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  • NEWS
    • 442 4 DEVELOPING a niche for good affordable international schooling is GIIS’ strength, according to its chairman Atul Temurnikar (below). “The origins of the school are best described by the initiative to provide high quality education on an affordable basis,” he said. “When we look back, this
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    • 524 23  -  Share the Formula One excitement with G.H. Mumm champagne JAMUNA SUNDARAJ REMEMBER the moment when Red Bull drivers Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel sprayed champagne on each other, fellow Formula One driver Jenson Button and the crowd below the podium after last year’s Singapore Grand Prix? It
      PHOTO: ARUN RAMU  -  524 words

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    • 267 5 www.hdfc.com Attention NRIs PIOs Owning a home in India is now easier than ever. Get complete home advisory solutions, right here in Singapore. t j O If you've been dreaming about buying a home for your family, we can help put your name on the door. Talk to us. We
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  • BUSINESS
    • 999 6  -  biz matters: Kesri Singh Kapur (Group chief executive officer of RSH Limited) PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg WHEN I last met Mr Kesri Singh Kapur, RSH Limited was a public listed company and he its group chief operating officer. That was three years ago. Much has changed since
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    • biz notes
      • 102 6 FORECASTERS in the private sector polled by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have cut Singapore’s growth forecast for the whole year. The 22 analysts who responded to MAS’ poll in August expect Singapore’s gross domestic product to grow 2.4 per cent this year, markedly below
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      • 67 6 STEEL Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is planning to invest more than Rs95,000 crores in Jharkhand. According to The Times Of India, the government firm plans to expand and modernise various projects across the state. The company’s chairman C.S. Verma said SAIL will expand Bokaro steel plant,
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      • 55 6 INDIAN IT giant Infosys reported that it has acquired Lodestone Holding AG, a management consultancy firm based in Zurich, for about Rs1,932 crores. Lodestone is engaged in advising international companies on “strategy and process optimisation, and provides business transformation solutions enabled by SAP”, Infosys said in
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      • 62 6 INDIA’S largest low-fare carrier IndiGo has tied up with Asia-Pacific’s leading online travel agency to give Zuji customers access to IndiGo’s competitive flight deals. Commenting on the alliance, IndiGo president Aditya Ghosh said: “We are happy to work with a leading online travel partner, who
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    • 9 6 S I N G RS45.08 US$0.81 A$0.77 ¤0.62 £0.50
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    • 14 6 U S RS55.42 A$0.95 ¤0.77 £0.62 S$1.22 Exchange rates as of Sept 13, 2012
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    • 180 8 THIS time it is bigger. The third edition of the annual property show will feature over 50 properties on a pan-India level from India’s top developers. The developers include Hiranandani Upscale, DLF, Emaar MGF, Isha Homes, Mantri Developers and Olympia Tech among many others. The
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    • 107 8 Amul girl weeps...understandably so, since the man who was responsible for her creation is no more. Paying homage to Dr Verghese Kurien, who turned India from a milk-deficient country to the world’s largest milk producer, the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation that he set up released the
      PHOTO: AMUL.COM  -  107 words
    • 193 8 tabla! biz SINGTEL’S mio TV is turning its fifth birthday into a memorable affair by unveiling a major acquisition deal with FOX International Channels. This will add 40 channels to its stable, taking the total number of channels to 111. As a result, Indian viewers
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    • 377 8  -  Jamuna Sundaraj REGULARtabla! readers, especially those with a penchant to test their general knowledge, will be familiar with the name Derek O’Brien. After all, he has been helming the quiz column in this newspaper since the day it began publication almost four years
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    • 206 7 EXPLORE YOUR ROOTS AND A GREAT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY AT THE SAME TIME. If you are looking for a good investment then look no further than India, the country of your origin. The Hindu and Hindustan Times are back with the third edition of The India Property Show 2012, in Singapore.
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    • 111 8 SIFA.S Samvaad Series presents A Talk by noted dance historian Dr Sunil Kothari on The Different Banis (schools) of Bharatanatyam Select extracts of dance styles will be screened during the lecture Date Saturday, 22nd September 2012 Time 7 pm Venue SIFAS Auditorium, 2A Starlight Road, Singapore *****5 Admission free Padma
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    • 228 9 THE JOIN A QUIZ AS GREAT AS THE COUNTRY IT'S BASED ON. A r u /■••I m rfi* supertech Yovr<. for L-ife- presents Great India ajuiz SHOW REGISTRATION OPENS ON 12 th SEPTEMBER, 2012. For registration and tickets for the Grand Finale, log on to www.sistic.com.sg India's No.l English News
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  • SINGAPORE
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      • 64 10 / 11 IT HAD originally been scheduled to close in 2010, but a critical shortage of hospital beds led to Alexandra Hospital (right) getting an extension until 2014- 2015, when a new hospital in Jurong is to open. Now, given the continuing shortage of hospital beds, the
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      • 126 10 / 11 MINISTER for National Development Khaw Boon Wan has said that he is looking into the housing concerns of singles. But Mr Khaw said that even if singles are allowed to buy new flats directly from the Housing Board, they will likely still face restrictions, such as not
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      • 120 10 / 11 BRADDELL View, a 920-unit Housing and Urban Development Council estate, has sent a letter to residents asking for volunteers to help clean up the estate. The reason? The estate is facing a shortage of cleaners. And it is not the only one. Other condominium
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    • 303 10 / 11 SINCE immigration policies were tightened in late 2009, the number of new permanent residents (PRs) has dropped from an average of 58,000 per year from 2004 to 2008, to 28,500 per year from 2010. These figures released by the Government showed how its stricter
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    • 113 10 / 11 Rousing end to first National Games... as cheerleaders (right) filled the pitch and led the stadium crowd in cheering and dancing, President Tony Tan Keng Yam brought the inaugural Singapore National Games to a rousing close, despite an incessant drizzle. More than 5,500 athletes
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    • 447 10 / 11 AT THIS year’s National Day Rally, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong invited Singaporeans to look beyond present woes, such as those in housing and transport and think about the future and how to make Singapore a gracious home over the next 20 years, one that
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    • 258 10 / 11 MANY parents will be happy, so will many school principals, at Education Minister Heng Swee Keat’s announcement that the banding of secondary schools by academic results will be abolished with immediate effect. Mr Heng said that school banding “gets in the way” of making
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    • 103 10 / 11 Women of substance... Her world magazine has named Professor Ivy Ng (far left), Woman of the Year and Ms Janice Wong (left), Young Woman Achiever. Prof Ng, the Group CEO of Singapore Health Services (SingHealth) and wife of Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen, was instrumental in transforming
      PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES  -  103 words
    • 233 10 / 11 10.5m plan to get SMEs to hire S’poreans FROM Sept 13, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the retail and food and beverage (F&B) sectors can tap into a new fund to get a subsidy of up to $21,000 for each local graduate they hire and train. The subsidy for
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    • 284 12 “The story of India is not a few paragraphs in a textbook of history, but the story of a vast multitude of human beings trying to find their rightful place in the comity of nations.” Indian president Pranab Mukherjee urging the youth of the Indian diaspora to
      PHOTOS: THE STRAITS TIMES  -  284 words
    • 91 12 100 Missions completed by the Indian Space Research Organisation since 1975; it launched 62 Indian and 29 foreign satellites Rs40 lakhs Value of two gold garlands donated by a Gujarat-based family at the Shirdi Sai Baba temple in Maharashtra 70,000 Runners took part in the Safra Singapore Bay
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    • 217 15  -  Jamuna Sundaraj THE event for this coming festive season, the Deepavali Mela 2012 jointly organised by tabla! and Tamil Murasu along with events company De Ideaz, is growing in size. Slated to be held from Oct 19 to 21 (10am to 10pm) at the Singapore Expo
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    • 107 15 A night of Rajasthan...the Kamala Club’s annual dinner party was held on Sept 1 and the theme this year was Rajasthan, with members of the club putting on cultural dances such as the Ghoomar. The chief guest for the event was India’s High Commissioner to Singapore
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    • 241 15 MORE than 400 top students from across the educational spectrum from primary schools to universities were awarded for their success in various fields from academics to the arts at the annual Singapore Indian Development Association’s (SINDA) Excellence Awards. The ceremony at Nanyang Polytechnic was attended by
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    • 100 10 / 11 Celebrate with us enjoy festive bargains! Date 19, 20 21 October 2012 Time 10am 10pm Venue: Singapore Expo Hall 4B, 1 Expo Drive The best of 150 vendors Jewellery Bridal Education Travel tourism Apparel Handicrafts Electronics Highlights Fashion Shows Talk Show Musical Night Wellness Programme Kid's FUNtastica! Cultural Extravaganza For
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    • 282 12 IGNITE YOUR ENTREPRENEURSHIP JOURNEY Are you tired of stretching your working hours and not get paid? Are you tired of job hopping and having your worth determined by your employers? Can your employers pay you according to the rising living cost? Hi Career Seekers, If the answers to these questions
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  • EDUCATION
    • 339 13 JUST like she does with the unusual roles she takes on and turns into must-watch portrayals, south Indian actress Vidya Balan has made a genuine effort to spread the message of education in the heartlands of Uttar Pradesh. On Sept 7 she made a two-hour road trip to
      PHOTO: IANS  -  339 words
    • 534 14  -  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) ANYA RAVI KOMAL REDDY, Class 10 IGCSE THE
      PHOTOS: DPS  -  534 words
    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 309 14  -  AASTHA NEPAL, Class 6C DURING Math Week, our class was assigned a 3-D model-making activity. We were required to bring colourful popsicle sticks and Blu Tack. Our class was divided into groups A, B, C and D and we were supposed to complete the model during the maths
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      • 223 14  -  MYTH I LI BASKAR, Class 10 ICSE EVERY year we look forward to the day when the tricolour unfurls against a clear blue sky, and we renew our ties with our country of origin India. This year too, we celebrated Independence Day with a special assembly. Students
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    • 123 13 scxrr^npajxx SAMAR PA NA THE ASIAN FESTIVAL OF CLASSICAL DANCE a, A PRIYADARSINI GOVIND TM KRISHNA RAMLI IBRAHIM THE SUTRA DANCE THEATRE SARDONO KUSUMO ANANYA CHATTERIEA GAYATRI SRIRAM PONNAMMA DEVAIAH TANVI BHASKAR SHRUTI LAYA MUDRIKA TROUPES produced by sfiruWaya organised by JADE with the support of NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL ARI
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    • 387 13 ml Ptm As completes 10 years, I congratulate henTon ivering Fet'demic 1 iMCIJts WWstently. Miuttua s Capt Sanjay Mittal Parent of Aman, IB Yr 2 GIIS Queenstown Campus and Dhruv, Class 10IGCSE GIIS East Coast Campus (2012 Testimonial) GIIS'focus on providing a strong academic foundation and holistic development, makes it
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    • 101 15 DPS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL Torch (Bearers in the <FieGf of (Education,.. We Nurture Lifelong Learners U U III if,' Tl yj-js■////// 1 u a*: n 7 vH r i i 'V NW Ifc e Igniting intellectual curiosity promoting the joyous pursuit of knowledge An education for the heart Soul, an education
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • Article, Illustration
      686 16 / 17  -  Miss Universe Singapore 2012 second runner-up Louissa Lavnea Thomas does look like the American singer JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg PERHAPS it is her fiery curls, or her dusky skin and ol-ive-shaped eyes that drive her family and friends to constantly call her a Beyonce look-alike, although a less
      PHOTOS: HUSHLUSH HAIR & MAKEUP, COURTESY OF LOUISSA LAVNEA THOMAS  -  686 words
    • 522 16 / 17 SO PRIYANKA Chopra (below) is now a triple threat can dance, can act and now can sing. She made her debut as a singer when the video of her debut single, In the City featuring Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am, was telecast on
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  • FOOD
    • 337 16 / 17  -  SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg WHEN Iranian chef Vali Forghani (below right) travels for work outside the Middle East, the one cuisine he always seeks out is Indian. Other than the simple fact that he loves it, it is a cuisine that he feels
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    • Article, Illustration
      436 16 / 17  -  Sheela Narayanan SOMETIMES the price to pay for progress can be a little annoying, especially when it means one of your regular haunts has to move. The Mango Tree had been planted at the East Coast Recreation Centre at East Coast Park (ECP) for 12 years before it
      PHOTOS: THE MANGO TREE  -  436 words

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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 288 18 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Aries In order to forge ahead you may have to take on new responsibilities and work hard to execute them. Financial gains and profits from business deals are expected. Taurus You will feel the need to make extensive changes in your way of thinking. You will
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  • RELAX
    • 413 19 FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS G Sri Krishna Jeyanthi Mahotsavam Festival 2012. Free admission. When: Till Sept 19 (various timings) Where: Sri Krishnan Temple, 152 Waterloo Street Contact: 6337-7957 or e-mail srikirshnantemple@hotmail.com G Maa Jwalaji anniversary celebrations with bhajans and kirtan. Free admission. When: Sept 15, 7pm; Sept 16, 10am Where:
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    • 41 19 DANCE Samarpana, an Asian festival of classical dance. Tickets: $55, $45 and $35 When: Sept 14 to 16, various timings Where: Theatre, University Cultural Centre, NUS, Kent Ridge Crescent Contact: 8201-4757 or log on to www.samarpanafestival.net
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    • Article, Illustration
      287 19  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Toques, bowlers, fedoras and busbies are all varieties of...? a) Ties b) Hats c) Coats 2. In the Blondie comic strip, who named Blondie’s daughter Cookie? a) Chic Young’s wife Athel Lindorff b)Readers through a mail-in contest c) Chic Young’s friend Walt Disney 3. On a
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 314 19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 pole (Native American carving) 6 “I called it!” 10 “Pet” that’s a plant 14 Playful mimicking 15 A shade of beige 16 Hops-drying oven 17 H.H. (Saki’s real name) 18 Financial aid of a sort 19 It may be drawn in the sand 20 Slamming on the
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    • 75 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. DID YOU KNOW The Rashtrapati Bhavan, completed in 1929, was
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 42 20 1. Hats 2. Readers through a mail-in contest 3. Quit program 4. of her skill in archery 5. Arabian Gulf as Persian Gulf 6. Diabetes 7. William Shakespeare 8. High-protein, low-carbohydrate diet 9. Economic sciences 10. Repel sharks sudoku crossword SOLUTIONS quiz
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  • SPORTS
    • 917 21  -  The World T20 is an opportunity for West Indies cricket to revive itself columnstar HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg THERE was a time when the subcontinent was mystery, assigned darker and more exotic shades than even we were aware of. It was the land of the unknown,
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    • Article, Illustration
      445 22  -  Sahara Force India promises to keep Indian fans in good spirits at the SingTel Singapore Grand Prix PRADEEP PAUL pradeep@sph.com.sg FERNANDO Alonso and Lewis Hamilton may be taking most of the chequered flags this Formula One season, but that doesn’t mean Indians who follow the high-octane sport
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    • 367 22  -  Sheela Narayanan WITH three brothers who are all mad about Formula One, it is hardly surprising that Ms Ashvin Sandhu is a huge fan herself. And that is why she auditioned to be a SingTel Grid Girl... it provides the opportunity to get real close to
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    • 77 22 IT WILL be a power-packed line-up of entertainers at this year’s SingTel Singapore Grand Prix. Maroon 5 is set to rock the stage on Sept 22 at the Padang stage while Katy Perry (above) will be performing on Sept 23. The
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    • 25 23 For more details on G.H. Mumm champagne, contact Pernod Ricard Singapore’s senior manager (public relations) and brand ambassador Rajan Menon at rajan.menon@pernod-ricard-singapore.com or call 6235-5055.
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