Tabla, 8 March 2013

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  • 28 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY NDAN COMMUNTY SjSl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 042/11/2012 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, MARCH 8,2013 RE, WEEKEND F FRIDAY,
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  • Article, Illustration
    2929 1  -  What makes Indian women lace up and pound the streets? MALAVIKA NATARAJ tabla@sph.com.sg IN A busy world where things get done at the touch of a button, and the only involuntary exercise is walking around an office, or running to the nearest coffee shop for a daily caffeine
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 59 1 Available at all major pharmacies and medical halls INDIAN COMMUNITY NEHA SHARMA ON YAMLA PAGLA DEEWANA SEQUEL PAGE 17 THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN NDAN COMMUNTY INDIA BUDGET: HIGH EXPECTATIONS, LOW IMPACT PAGES 2 3 RITU BERI’S VISION FOR INDIAN FASHION PAGE 18 Get tabla! delivered to your doorstep. Call
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  • INDIA
    • 1012 2 / 3  -  INDIA BUDGET Indian budget fails to kickstart economy and generate interest from foreign investors ABHIJIT GHOSH, PRAPTI ACHARYA tabla@sph.com.sg AMID a backdrop of high expectations for measures to revive India’s economic growth, Budget 2013-14 unveiled on Feb 28 was slightly disappointing. Given the general negative sentiment
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    • 545 2 / 3  -  INDIA BUDGET That was the sentiment at a seminar organised by the Indian High Commission ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN tabla@sph.com.sg THE Indian government’s chief economic adviser Dr Raghuram Raj an has said that the country was in a very tight macro-economic situation going into this year’s
      PHOTO: ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN  -  545 words
  • Page 2 / 3 Advertisements
    • 87 2 / 3 r r u V V 1 The difference between Education and Learning. Education dictates. Learning motivates. Education tells you 'why'. Learning tells you 'how'. Education helps for a job. Learning helps for a life. Give your child the gift of inspired 'learning' at Yuva bharalhi and help them to be
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    • 120 2 / 3 Indian Property Fair is back in StHQdporc» Excellent Investment Opportunities in Noida, Gurgaon, Punjab, Jaipur, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and many more 9th and 10th of Mar' 2013 (10 AM 8 PM) Singapore Swimming Club 45 Tanjong Rhu Road, Singapore *****9 ireo vatika THE Bid MULTIPLIER creating lasting value ES PER
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  • BUSINESS
    • 243 4 IF YOU’RE looking into investing in a property in India and to take advantage of the depreciating rupee, now could be the time. Two property shows are being held in Singapore this weekend. The two shows are The Indian Property Fair and a display of
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    • 508 4 biz INDIA has 55 billionaires in Forbes magazine’s latest list of world’s billionaires. Singapore has 10. Considering that Singapore has a population of only around 5 million, there are two billionaires for every million living here. The Indian list is a more mixed picture as mercan- tile families
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    • 16 4 S I N G RS43.66 US$0.80 A$0.78 ¤0.61 £0.53 Exchange rates as of March 7, 2013
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    • 7 4 U S RS54.10 A$0.97 ¤0.76 £0.65 S$1.23
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 43 4 BANK OF INDIA SINGAPORE BRANCH is relocating its place of business from 138 Robinson Road to #01-01, #02-01, #09-01 158 CECIL STREET, Singapore *****5 with effect from 11 March 2013 Tel: 6222 0011 6225 6227 A Bank of India Cations hip 6eyoncf 6anhj,ng
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  • NEWS
    • 164 6 MARCH 8 is International Women’s Day and a recent survey by MasterCard shows that women are still facing barriers to leadership positions in government and the private sector across the Asia/Pacific region. According to MasterCard’s latest Index of Women’s Advancement, among the 14 Asia/Pacific markets, New
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    • Focus on women
      • 72 6 THE US State Department has said that First Lady Michelle Obama will join Secretary of State John Kerry in honouring 10 women in Washington on March 8 and this includes the Delhi rape victim. She will be honoured with the International Women of Courage
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      • 72 6 KERALA is mulling over the use of electronic gadgets for the protection of women. The state’s Panchayat and Social Justice Minister M.K. Muneer told Indo-Asian News Service on the government’s plan for Women’s Day: “We have received proposals of an electronic bangle and varieties of SIM
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      • 75 6 MORE women in north India are using mobile apps to ensure their safety and let family and friends know their location. Among the apps, Life360 is a family locator which connects all the family members, allowing them to communicate instantly and track the GPS location
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 58 6 7” T l (W T v ns Elegant summer dresses Vibrant cotton tops Sophisticated silk outfits fimi v. i i izes available from 36 to 52 J t New arrivals every week Visit us today! Tanglin Mall #02-28 Ph: 6887 5331 (Orchard MRT) Centrepoint #02-48 Ph: 6733 6752 (Somerset MRT)
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    • 102 6 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 all facilities for Traditional Ayurvedic Treatments under the supervision of experienced Ayurvedic
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 365 10  -  New facilities include a postgraduate centre and classrooms with interactive white boards JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg WHEN it comes to private education in Singapore, the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) is one of the first names to come to mind. The 57-year-old institute is one of
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    • 516 10  -  First-ever global meet to discuss new ideas and business trends expects 700 delegates JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg FOR the first time, the alumni of India’s premier business school, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) will be holding a global conference here in Singapore. IIMPact 2013: New
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    • 499 13 Chinmaya Mission global head to conduct seminar in Singapore THE biggest challenge a chief executive running an organisation faces these days is information overload how does one focus and bring out that one single idea that transforms his outfit for the better? And in these
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    • 480 14 / 15 MR HRI Kumar Nair (Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC) had proposed to levy a national defence tax on non-citi-zens as a way of helping to sharpen the differences between foreigners and Singaporeans. Some liked the idea, others criticised it and some even suggested that he was giving foreigners
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    • 202 14 / 15 MP INDERJIT Singh (Ang Mo Kio GRC) argued in Parliament on March 6 for minimum wage. During the Budget debate, Mr Singh said the Government needs to have confidence that a minimum wage system here will not scare employers. “We have many other good things going
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    • singapore snippets
      • 94 14 / 15 SINGAPORE’S central bank will look at ways to ensure that financial firms fill gaps in the market for financial products that consumers here would like to buy. Examples include “micro-insurance” low-premium insurance aimed at low-income groups and long-term care insurance. In the review, the Monetary Authority
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      • 130 14 / 15 FREEZE public transport fare increases until service standards improve. This was the call from two Members of Parliament on March 6, the second day of the Budget 2013 debate. Mr Liang Eng Hwa (Holland-Bukit Timah GRC) said operating costs may well have gone up
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      • 98 14 / 15 CHIEF Justice Sundaresh Menon (right), 51, has received an international legal award for the best speech of 2012. He was honoured at a ceremony in Bogota, Colombia, for a key address in Singapore last June which called for a regulatory regime to be put in place
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      • 103 14 / 15 THE National University of Singapore can now lay claim to being the second best in Asia, behind Japan’s University of Tokyo. And the Nanyang Technological University was one of the stellar performers in the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings, moving to the
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    • 178 14 / 15 What a deep hole... a sinkhole (left) appeared on Clementi Road, near the National University of Singapore, on March 4. Fortunately, a police spokesman said, there were no injuries reported. But Mr Daniel Lie who posted photos of the sinkhole on citizen journalism website Stomp, said
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    • 332 16 “I never look for safe projects; I look for exciting projects and most of the time, they are the unsafe ones.” Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan “We have a long way to go with corporate giving in Singapore. The happy news though is that more companies are now
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    • 171 16 Rs200 crores To be spent on science and technology for India’s mass market $230,200 Spent by Singapore’s Government on roof-top foilage on multi-storey carparks last year 80% Of sewage generated in India flows untreated into rivers, lakes and ponds 1,400 Students from Primary 4 to Primary 6 levels
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  • EDUCATION
    • 505 11  -  It is the answer to many of the real-world problems HARISH DORAISWAMY tabla@sph.com.sg Harish Doraiswamy is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of the Global Schools Foundation. Globalisation, while not without its shortcomings, has had one tremendously game-changing outcome the fact
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    • 419 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) NAMAN SHARMA JAYASIMHA, Class IB Year 1 WE WERE
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 309 12  -  MONESHAA, Class 11A ON FEB 6, my school hosted the 5th GIIS Inter School HiQ Science Quiz aimed at increasing interest in the field of science and research among students in secondary schools. Participants included teams from Funchun Secondary School, Yishun Town Secondary School, GIIS
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      • Article, Illustration
        270 12  -  MALVIKA MURLALIDHAR, Class 7B BASKETBALL was a passion which our U-12 Girls team at GIIS East Coast campus had not fully explored. The team was formed just a few months ago and after about two months of training, we started to play our first few matches as
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    • 280 11 1^ i "In the IB Diploma Programme at GIIS, teachers encourage us continuously. I am inspired and motivated by them." Ashwin Venkatram IB Year 2 student, GIIS Queenstown Campus (2013 Testimonial) Global Indian International School's focus on providing a strong academic foundation and holistic development makes it a preferred choice
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    • 100 14 / 15 WHY PAY MORE? Fares Starting from SGD 90* onwards only! Travel out of Singapore (Return Fares) All tickets are Return and Valid for Economy Class. Tickets must be issued by 31st March 2013 and Subject to Seat Availability. The above fares are per passenger, excluding of Airport Taxes/Surcharges Etc. For
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 283 17 BE PREPARED to be transported to the majestic sand dunes and colourful villages of Rajasthan by world-renowned flautist Shashank Subrahmanyam as he enthrals you with Sammilan Spirit of Krishna. Accompanied by the magical voices of Rajasthani Manganiyar singers and an orchestra, this unique
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    • 434 17  -  In the sequel to Yamla Pagla Deewana, Neha Sharma plays a Salman Khan fan and says she loves him in real life too ITEE SHARMA Bollywood News Service SHE made her Bollywood debut with Emraan Hashmi in the film Crook in 2010 and since then has co-starred
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    • 749 18 India has potential of almost a billion buyers, says designer Ritu Beri Indo-Asian News Service CHANGING patterns among consumers, for whom “wants” have become “necessities”, denote good times for those offering fashion and luxury products, says designer Ritu Beri (below right).“India’s position as a target market
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    • 296 19 Indo-Asian News Service TWENTY-FIVE years after it hit the screens, Mira Nair’s 1988 film Salaam Bombay!, which was nominated for an Oscar, is being released again on March 22. The film-maker is “absolutely thrilled” with the news. “It’s absolutely thrilling to bring Salaam Bombay! to a new
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
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    • 182 19 SINGAPORE INDIAN FINE ARTS SOCIETY Presents SIFAS FESTIVAL OF INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC DANCE 2013 MARGAM Its Myriad Hues A Bharatanatyam Recital by Urmila Sathyanarayanan Esplanade Theatre Friday 22 March 2013, 8:00pm Ticket Prices: $80, $40, $30 GAANA MANJARI Versatility in Classicism A Carnatic Vocal Concert by Sanjay Subrahmanyan Esplanade Concert
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  • RELAX
    • 219 20 Sikhni from South... Southern actress Taapsee Pannu (right) may have been featured in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films but she is a Delhi-based Sikh girl and David Dhawan is introducing her in Bollywood with Chashme Baddoor. The director has even coined a nickname for her Sikhni from
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    • 331 21 EXHIBITIONS G Silent Sermon, an exhibition by Sanjay Kumar featuring works inspired by Buddha. Free admission. When: Till March 10, 10am to 8pm Where: Gallery, The Arts House, 1 Old Parliament House Contact: Log on to www.theartshouse.com.sg G IT Show Check out what’s hot in the digital, electronics
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    • 111 21 PROPERTY EXHIBITIONS GProperty exhibition by Sobha Developers Limited showcasing residential projects in Bangalore (left), Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi NCR, Kerala, Mysore and Pune. Free admission. When: March 9 10, 10am to 8pm Where: Enterprise Room, Level 4, Raffles City Convention Centre, Hotel Fairmont, 80 Bras Basah
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    • Article, Illustration
      183 21  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. In Asterix comics, what is the name of Asterix’s dog? a) Pluto b) Dogmatix c) Jumbostix 2. Which of these spices is generally light brown in colour? a) Saffron b) Cinnamon c) Turmeric 3. What links an island nation off the coast of North Carolina and
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 331 20 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 1.30pm VIJAY: Madhumathi 4.30pm ASIANET: Bharghavacharitham Moonnamkhantam 9pm VASANTHAM: Oru Odai Nathiyagirathu 9pm SONY MAX: Salaam Namaste 9pm VTV: Nanban 10pm ZEE CINEMA: Shaitan Mn STAR GOLD: Provoked Saturday Noon STAR PLUS: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara 1pm VASANTHAM: Jeevanamsam 2pm ASIANET: Sathgamaya 3pm COLORS: Challa Mussadi Office
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    • 105 20 Huye Pagal 4pm VASANTHAM: Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya 6pm ZEE TV: Luck By Chance 6pm COLORS: Singh is Kinng 9pm VASANTHAM: Yetho Seithai Ennai Sakkti 9pm SONY MAX: Shanghai (below left) 10pm ZEE CINEMA: Hungama Mn STAR GOLD: Kahaani Mn VTV: Vettaikaran Sunday Noon STAR PLUS: Raja Hindustani 1pm
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    • 93 20 9pm SONY MAX: Aggar 9.45pm STAR GOLD: Paathshala 10pm ZEE CINEMA: Ru Ba Ru Mn VTV: Aboorva Sagotharargal tuesday 4pm ASIANET: Nadhiya Kollapetta Rathri 9pm SONY MAX: Anand 9.15pm STAR GOLD: London Dreams 10pm ZEE CINEMA: The Great Indian Butterfly Mn VTV: Seval Wednesday 4pm ASIANET: Rasathanthram 9pm SONY MAX:
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 312 21 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Young whale 5 Gab 9 Betrayer of Christ 14 A future one is judged on TV 15 Place for an ace? 16 Bolshoi Theatre offering 17 Baltic capital 18 Something (extraordinary thing) 19 What are you driving at? 20 Muppet with quite an appetite 23 Place a
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    • 45 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 uniquedigits going across and down over the large grid. GFor solutions, turn to next page.
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 26 22 SOLUTIONS quiz sudoku crossword 1. Dogmatix 2. Cinnamon 3. Bermuda 4. Botswana 5. Mahatma Gandhi 6. Water 7. Alexander 8. Carbon 9. Everton 10. Tiger shark
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  • SPORTS
    • Article, Illustration
      831 23  -  columnstar His chances of making a comeback to the Test side look tough HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg IN MANY ways, it was inevitable and yet, it hits you like one of his many shots over the years. Looked at coldly, de- void of emotion and without a look at
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
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