Tabla, 28 September 2012

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  • 35 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY TBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY BEA OF HE INDIAN COMMUNIY sph A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 062/03/2012 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28,2012 PTMBR 28, 2012
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  • 1451 1  -  Indian classical arts give children from the Indian diaspora a chance to stay in touch with their roots SARITA ALURKAR-SRIRAM tabla@sph.com.sg AS 15-YEAR-OLD Aditi Deshpande performed the final piece at her bharatanatyam arangetram (which literally means taking the stage) the auditorium resounded with thunderous applause. Aditi’s first
    PHOTO: URMILA DESHPANDE; PHOTOS COURTESY OF SIFAS, LIJESH KARUNAKARAN, RAJESH RAO, BHARATI MURALI, URMILA DESHPANDE  -  1,451 words
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    • 206 1 THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN TBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY BEA OF HE INDIAN COMMUNIY DIA HIGH OMMISSIONER SPEAKS N CUNTRY'S FUTURE AGE 2 INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER SPEAKS ON COUNTRY'S FUTURE PAGE 2 Get tabla! delivered to your doorstep. Call 6319-1800 or e-mail circs@sph.com.sg Catch us online at www.tabla.com.sg >
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    • 25 1 “Mexican Home Delivery” island-wide T6463 0001 for menu, delivery terms promotions visit www.cafe-mexicana .com FORCE INDIA SHINES AT SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX PAGES 22 23 NES
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  • INDIA
    • 748 2  -  Don’t rush to flawed conclusions on country’s future, says high commissioner PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg IS THE India growth story over? This has been a question that has been dominating the media in recent months. That is, till India’s prime minister Manmohan Singh announced a slew of economic reforms
      PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES  -  748 words
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    • 136 2 SCHOOL OF EDUCATION agifrust fws)=^ QUALIFICATIONS POWER MANDARIN Speak and write confidently for successful business and networking KLC School of Education is one of few institutions appointed by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) to offer a wide range of Chinese Workplace Literacy programme (CWPL) for working adults. Join us
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    • 159 3 Marathi International Film Theatre Awards Singapore 2012 Co-partner Club Hosted by FOUNDATION MADHURIMA INT’L PTE LTD N MARATHI INTERNATIONAL FILM Si THEATRE AWARDS SINGAPORE 2012*sv^ 04 Oct: Celebrity Cricket Match at Singapore Indian Association, 3pm 05 Oct: Drama "Vyakti ani Valli" to be staged at Kallang Theatre, 4.30pm Movie Screening
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  • BUSINESS
    • 1152 4 / 5  -  biz matters: Harish Nim (CEO, Emerio GlobeSoft) PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg LUCKY, is a word that he mentioned more than once in his conversation. Often it was to explain his achievements. What he did not harp on was that his achievements came about in the face of adversity. When
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      • 117 4 / 5 NTUC FairPrice, together with its business partners, have raised $300,000 at their annual Partners Golf Day to benefit the Nurses’ Initiatives for Community Engagement (NICE). The sum raised will be used to provide health assessments, health education and counselling services for the elderly who live
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      • 116 4 / 5 RESEARCH firm Gartner is upbeat about the Asia-Pacific (A-Pac) region’s business process outsourcing market. It says the A-Pac region, excluding Japan, will reach US$9.5 billion in 2016, up from US$5.9 billion as of last year. Gartner Research Director T J Singh told the Press Trust
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      • 93 4 / 5 LAST year saw the population of India’s rich fall by 18 per cent. This was after recording a gain of 20.8 per cent in 2010, according to a report by Capgemini and Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Wealth Management. The report, titled Asia-Pacific Wealth Report 2012,
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    • 78 4 / 5 That’s what Daimler India, the Indian subsidiary of German automaker Daimler AG, has done. The company launched three heavy duty BharatBenz trucks for the haulage and construction segment in Mumbai on Sept 26. Bharat means India in Hindi. The three are the first among the
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    • biz
      • 348 4 / 5 Fears rise as Singapore factory output falls SINGAPORE’S factory output fell 2.2 per cent in August from a year ago its first contraction in four months. This was caused by weaker demand for electronics exports and transport engineering output. Economists had expected August’s production growth to slow from
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    • 23 4 / 5 S I N G U S RS43.41 US$0.81 A$0.78 ¤0.63 £0.50 RS53.34 A$0.96 ¤0.77 £0.61 S$1.22 Exchange rates as of Sept 27, 2012
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    • 131 4 / 5 SINGAPORE Mercantile Exchange (SMX), the pan-Asian multi-product commodity and currency derivatives exchange, won three awards at the recently concluded FOW Awards for Asia 2012 in Singapore. The SMX EUR/USD currency pair contract won under the Interest Rates and Foreign Exchange category, SMX Black Pepper contract was pronounced
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    • 119 4 / 5 ARANMULA, which falls between Cochin and Trivandrum airports in the state of Kerala has got clearance from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to go ahead with building India’s first private airport. According to the executive director of KGS Aranmula International Airport, a team from the
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 293 6 / 7 IN A forum with 30 Singaporeans on the local Chinese language television that discussed various hot button topics from the low fertility rate, pre-school education and immigration, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he felt Singapore would be able to fit more people here.
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    • 182 6 / 7 SINGAPORE’S economy will stall. A paper released by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) on Sept 25 revealed that the local workforce will start to shrink in eight years, or 2020. This is because the number of working-age Singaporeans exiting the workforce will exceed those entering
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    • 61 6 / 7 Jurong Green Community Club’s Onam celebrations was a record breaking one with the volunteers creating the biggest Onam Pookalam (arrangement of flowers on the floor) of 1,024 sq ft done by 111 women using 1,500kg of fresh flowers from India. The celebrations of the Malayalee community also included
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    • 315 6 / 7 MORE than half a billion dollars was collected by the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) from additional stamp duties imposed on the property market as part of the Government’s cooling measures. The additional buyer’s stamp duty (ABSD) contributed $450 million between its inception on
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    • singapore snippets
      • 177 6 / 7 FOLLOWING a global alert by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on an unknown virus related to the deadly SARS infection the Ministry of Health (MOH) is closely monitoring the situation. It has informed all hospitals of the alert to ensure that they
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      • 67 6 / 7 AFTER the Saudi Arabian government cut the number of visas from 2,180 last year to 680 this year for Singapore Muslim travellers, local travel agents specialising in the Haj packages claimed they lost $12.5 million on bookings. The Saudi government said
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      • 131 6 / 7 CHEE Soon Juan has raised the amount needed to annul his bankruptcy, a result of failing to pay former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong $500,000 in damages for defaming them during the 2001 General Election campaign. Dr
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    • 217 6 / 7 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong touched on a variety of topics while answering the 10 most popular questions by readers of The Straits Times’ current affairs website, Singapolitics. Three of the questions were chosen by the newspaper’s editors. Here are some of the
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    • 144 6 / 7 TO RESPOND to risks and challenges of the future, Singapore’s foreign reserves will have to be built up to strengthen social safety nets, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the welcome dinner for the first Singapore Summit on Sept 21. “We have to build up our
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    • Article, Illustration
      99 6 / 7 FAMILY DAY... President Tony Tan Keng Yam was the guest-of-honour at the annual People’s Association Narpani Pearavai-Vasantham Family Day at the Singapore Discovery Centre on Sept 23. Over 6,000 participants including new citizens took part in the various activities like stage games, family colouring competition, face painting, balloon
      PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES  -  99 words
    • 124 6 / 7 CHANGI Airport’s Budget Terminal has shut its doors six years after it opened. It handled its last flight on Sept 25. It will be demolished to make way for the airport’s new Terminal 4 which is slated to be ready by 2017. The six airlines that were
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    • 539 8 / 9 There has been a definite surge in the demand for the Indian classical arts in Singapore. Apart from four long -running institutions offering classes in classical music and dance several newer institutes and arts groups offering dance, the last 10 years have seen
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    • 257 10 “If we can keep up the consistency, India can become one of the world’s leading wine producers. China has been trying for years, but India has come much far ahead.” Swedish sommelier and global brand ambassador of Sula Vineyards, Cecilia Oldne “While we may not know the
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    • 76 10 1.5 lakhs Dementia patients in Kerala as of last year 125 Age of Allahabad University, the fourth-oldest in India 133,000 People in Singapore who are expected to have investable assets worth more than US$ 1 million by 2015 $1 million Asking price for a car licence plate, Q69M
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    • 228 13  -  Jamuna Sundaraj THIS weekend will see over 250 teams go head-to-head at the Great India Quiz Show’s preliminary rounds, slated to be held at the GIIS East Coast campus and the GIIS Queenstown campus. Organised by Times Now, the Great India Quiz
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    • 237 13  -  Jamuna Sundaraj GREAT bargains, delicious food and exciting entertainment. These are what you can expect at the first ever Deepavali Mela, brought to you by tabla! and Tamil Murasu, in association with events partner De Ideaz. The mela, to be held from Oct 19 to
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  • EDUCATION
    • 307 11 Indo-Asian News Service QUITE a crowd. That would be your impression seeing this photograph. But they are only part of the 45,000 students studying at City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow. The school, whose 20 branches in Uttar Pradesh state’s capital together hosts this large
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    • 358 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, DPS) SHARVANI SIVAKUMAR, Class 5B; ANSHUL JHINGAN HEMAL ARORA, Class
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 252 12  -  SARANSH MALIK, Class 4C SAMYUKTA SOUNDERRAMAN, Class 5B KEEPING in line with its vision to promote talent and creativity, NPS International School held its humorous poem recitation earlier this month for the Class 3, 4 and 5 students. Everyone was very excited and a little nervous
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      • 146 12  -  TRISHA BANERJEE, Class 5D OUR school has an assembly every week that inculcates good values in us. On Sept 20, it was my class’ turn and the theme was “the significance of a pencil”. You will never believe how important little things like pencils are
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    • 239 11 A Learning is r. a delight in< M the Global JMj *5 Montessori Plus* p programme and my daughters j love going to Ms Sowmya Lakshmi Srikanth Parent of Samyukta and Sanjana, K2, GIIS Balestier Campus (2012 Testimonial) The Global Montessori Plus programme combines preferred practices in pre-school education with
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    • 106 13 DPS 'BS11C INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL 2 orcH (Bearers in the <Fiehf of Education... •frools r\o+ *foYs! Fire Safety Week Know two ways out Know your safe point Remember stop, drop roll Once you are out, stay out r /*> r t i T Fire Safety is Everyone's Responsibility. An education for
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 785 14/15 Hairy chests are out... clean-shaven torsos are in. And it’s not just the stars who are shaving or waxing Indo-Asian News Service REWIND to the 1980s... Amitabh Bachchan’s many heroines leaned over his hairy chest and twiddled with the curls, scenes
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    • 449 14/15  -  JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg WHEN she heard the news that she had won the Mira Nair Award at the Harlem International Film Festival for her film, A Gran Plan, the first thing Ms Sangeeta Nambiar (below) did after having dinner with her family was to update her
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  • FOOD
    • 590 16  -  Beets’ modern vegetarian menu fuses Asian and Western flavours SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph. com.sg MY FIRST date with my husband, nearly 10 years ago, was at a vegetarian restaurant. At the time he was a vegetarian and much to my mother’s vain hope, she thought he would
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    • 98 17 K a y*V i iq, 10 21 October 2012 10am 10pm Singapore Expo Hall 4B, 1 Expo Drive The best of ISO Vendors Jewellery Bridal Apparel Education Handicrafts Travel tourism Electronics Hithlitfhts Fashion Shows Wellness Programme Talk Show Kid's FUNtastica! Musical Night Cultural Extravaganza For booth space and sponsorships, contact
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 258 18 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Aries You may enjoy a memorable journey this week. More domestic or professional responsibilities may be entrusted to you. Taurus You may have new business proposals coming your way this week. Expenditure for luxury or posh living is also likely. Gemini Suspense may continue regarding marriage
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    • 219 18 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 12.30pm ZEE CINEMA: The Great Indian Butterfly 1.30pm VIJAY: Rajathi Raja 3.30pm STAR PLUS: Guzaarish 3.30pm SONY ENT: New York 4.30pm ASIANET: Traffic 9pm VASANTHAM: Aaniver 10pm STAR GOLD: Do Dooni Chaar Mn VTV: Dharma Durai Saturday 12.30pm ZEE CINEMA: Bin Bulaye Baraati 1pm VASANTHAM: Parthal Pasi
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  • RELAX
    • 394 19 EXHIBITIONS G Ketna Patel’s works are on show at the Heterotopia 2012. Free admission. When: Till Oct 7, 10am to 7pm (Wed to Sat), 1 to 5pm (Sun). By appointment on Mon, Tue public holidays. Where: Yavuz Fine Art, 51 Waterloo Street 03-01 Contact: 6338-7900 or log on
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    • 38 19 MUSIC Maharashtra Mandal Singapore presents Hindustani semi-classical vocal music by renowned vocalist Devaki Pandit (left). Tickets: $30, $15 When: Sept 29, 5pm Where: GIIS, 1 Mei Chin Road Contact: 9646-5051 or e-mail feedback@mmsingapore.org
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    • Article, Illustration
      302 19  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. What is common to the three Nobel Peace Prize winners Carl von Ossietzky, Aung San Suu Kyi, Liu Xiaobo? a) Awarded posthumously b) Awarded when they were under arrest c) All declined the award at first 2. The Galton-Henry system of classification, published in June 1900,
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 338 19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Some turns 6 Nonprofit situation 10 In the doldrums 13 Not oblivious 14 It gives the orchestra an A 15 Mammal whacked in an arcade game 16 Not quite tops 18 Found the ground 19 Mild earthquake 20 Five-centime piece of old 21 Warm and friendly 22
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    • 50 19 SUDOKU G For solutions, turn to next page. Now, now, don’t cheat 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 uniquedigits going across and down over the large grid.
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 44 20 1. Awarded when they were under arrest 2. Fingerprints 3. Match 4. Ayodhya 5. Blondes 6. Sherlock Holmes 7. Cookie 8. Laptop 9. The thrower uses one hand to throw the ball 10. Active muscles richly supplied with blood vessels sudoku crossword quiz SOLUTIONS
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  • SPORTS
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      • 857 21  -  Bangladesh needs to be jolted to produce better cricketers HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg WE TOOK eight days at the ICC World T20 to get to the eight teams we knew would play the next stage. We yearned for the established teams to squirm a bit, maybe even get
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      654 22/23  -  No typo, no lisp... Force India did itself proud by finishing fourth in the SingTel Singapore Grand Prix PRADEEP PAUL pradeep@sph.com.sg 3.8SECONDS... that’s what separated Force India’s Paul di Resta from the podium in Singapore. That said, the Scottish driver did notch up his career-best result fourth at
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    • 736 22/23  -  JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg RED was the colour choice amongst many groups of Indians at last weekend’s SingTel Singapore Grand Prix. And these Ferrari fans turned up in full force on Sept 23 to cheer for Fern- ando Alonso and Felipe Massa.
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