Tabla, 21 March 2014

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  • 24 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT O F THE INDIAN CO MMUNITY Sj£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MCI (P) 031/11/2013 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, MARCH 21,2014
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  • 348 1  -  Indian architects and designers in Singapore add their touch to the landscape AMITA SARWAL Going back to an era before World War I, Singapore’s skyline was dominated colonial nated by colonial buildings which were mostly designed by British architects. The first, tallest skyscraper in South-east Asia was
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    • 19 1 WHO WILL WIN T20 WORLD CUP? PAGE 23 More about the Indian architects and designers on Pages 12 13
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  • INDIA
    • India in 2 minutes
      • 65 2 A PROPOSAL to start house boat facilities has been agreed upon in principle by chief minister Vasundhara Raje during a recent meeting on promotion of tourism in Rajasthan. Water bodies which have sufficient water throughout the year, like Bisalpur Dam, Jawai Dam, Mahi Dam, Parvati Dam,
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      • 63 2 KARNATAKA police have set up special anti-suicide squads to monitor protests and political rallies and to prevent people resorting to pressure tactics by attempting suicide in view of the Lok Sabha elections. The squad, comprising plainclothes policemen, a medical team and an ambulance, will
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      • 78 2 THE Kerala Government has drawn up a plan to honour non-tipplers in Chemmaruthi village, near Varkala, by presenting them with a cash reward of Rs1,000 each. A senior health official said the aim of the programme is to create awareness in society that alcoholism is
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      • 87 2 OFFICIALS of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority said that the 3.5km Santacruz-Chem-bur Link Road (SCLR) will open soon in Mumbai. India’s first double-decker flyover (below) is expected to provide major east-west connectivity. Six lanes will carry more than 80,000 vehicles
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      • 96 2 THE first occurrence of a rare disease, Haim-Munk Syndrome (HMS), also known as Cochin Jewish disorder, was found in a woman of Dravidian descent in Chennai. The gene was known to be found only among specific Jewish populations. Genetic tests are available
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      • 87 2 THE Kerala Health Department has clarified that rumours spreading in social media platforms about the euphorbia plant are baseless. Rumours said planting euphorbia in houses will lead to cancer and that officials from the Health Department will visit homes to remove them. But officials said the department
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      • 95 2 WIDOWS of Vrindavan celebrated Holi for the first time this year. Vrindavan, considered a holy city, attracts many widows. More than 1,000 women came together to play games smearing colour on each other, whereas in previous years, they only sprinkled flower petals. Charity organisation
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  • BUSINESS
    • Article, Illustration
      793 4  -  Textile trader with a nose for food business PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg ARMED with an engineering degree from the University of Pittsburgh and an MBA from Duquesne University, a young Nand Ramchandani arrived in Singapore in 1972. His father was at that time running a textile trading business in
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    • biz notes
      • 114 4 IN A survey released by the Monetary Authority of Singapore private-sector economists expect Singapore’s economy to expand by 3.8 per cent this year, a tad lower than the 3.9 per cent previously tipped in a December poll. The survey was sent to 26 economists
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      • 109 4 AGITATING workers at Toyota’s plant in Karnataka said they are open to lowering their wage hike demand to persuade management to lift the lockout declared on March 16. “We are open to reducing our wage hike demand to Rs4,000 per month from Rs8,000
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      • 86 4 IN A deal worth US$220 million, DBS Bank has agreed to buy the Asian private banking business of French lender Societe Generale as well as parts of its trust business. According to news agency AFP, the Singapore bank said in a
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      • 103 4 BBC Global News will, for the first time, broadcast from India, covering the initial phase of the general elections. The broadcast will start in the first week of April. Chief executive of BBC Global News Jim Egan was quoted by Business Standard as saying: “Obviously, it’s
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 235 6  -  GAYATHRI RAMESH pgaya@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Malayalee Association (SMA) is organising its fund-raising event Karunyam at the Sree Narayana Mission on March 22. “It’s a welfare programme that’s aimed at raising funds to help the needy people in our community,” said SMA president P.K.
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    • 313 6 BIOPIC on philanthropist ADr Prakash Baba Amte will be screened in Singapore on March 29 and 30. There will be two versions of the movie, Dr Prakash Baba Amte The Real Hero (in Marathi) and Hemalkasa (in Hindi). Both will have English subtitles. The movie
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    • 771 7  -  Bala A. Chandran was in the youth wing of the Indian National Army during World War II NILANJANA SENGUPTA IFIRST met Mr Bala A. Chandran (Bala to many in Singapore) in 2011 at one of the many Udupi restaurants of Serangoon Road. To my surprise
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    • 191 11 100 Shared car locations in Singapore with around 300 cars and 9,000 members Rs30,000 crores Amount that is likely to be spent by India’s goverment, political parties and candidates in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, making it the most expensive electoral exercise in Indian history $105 Cost of
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    • 513 11 “Our pace of life is fast, and we all feel the pressures of living in a city. But all the more we should try harder to respect and help one another. It will make life more pleasant for all of us.” Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on
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    • 371 12 / 13 THE founding director of URBNarc describes his architectural aesthetics-cum-maxim thus: “Connect to the context, and touch the ground lightly. Use as few resources as possible, but still serve humanity.” Mr Gaurang Khemka, 40, started his practice in 1993 while at Sushant School of Art
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    • 747 12 / 13 HEN Mr Vikas Gore moved to W Singapore in the late *****, he became one of the earliest Indian architects here. He recalls: “Indian architects, whether local Indians or expatriate Indians, were a rarity until the early *****. “When I first came here,
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    • 367 12 / 13 SHE landed in Singapore in 1997 as a fresh graduate from CEPT, Ahmedabad, India. Along with short stints at DP Architects and Guz Architects and the three formative years at SCDA, Ms Ujjwala Naik Goenka imbibed a thorough grounding in the aspects
      PHOTOS: DP ARCHITECTS, METAMORPH DESIGN, URBNARC, STUDIO PARADIGM  -  367 words
    • 375 12 / 13 AFTER moving to Singapore in 2000, Himaal Kak Kaul spent six years honing her design skills in residential architecture at the small and extremely design-focused practices of Ernesto Bedmar of Bedmar and Shi and Guz Wilkinson of Guz Architects. Setting up
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    • singapore snippets
      • 91 14 / 15 MORE than 30,000 needy families with young children will be able to benefit from a free insurance scheme. NTUC Income’s Income Family Micro-Insurance Scheme (IFMIS) provides families with a $5,000 payout when their main income earner dies or becomes totally and permanently disabled. In a statement,
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      • 112 14 / 15 THE Government has adopted a “comprehensive solution” to uplift lower-paid workers, Law Minister K. Shanmugam said on March 19. It has offered them help and subsidies in the areas of housing, education, employment, and healthcare needs, he said after a fundraising event organised by the
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      • 111 14 / 15 THE motor-insurance industry is smiling, with profits in its pocket and the smallest payout against claims in five years. It says that the measures to crack down on fake and inflated claims are finally paying off. This could mean motorists can expect insurance premiums
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      • 122 14 / 15 MORE than half of Singaporeans download music and videos illegally, even while they condemn piracy as a form of theft. A survey of 900 people last year by Singapore-based research consultancy Sycamore Research and Marketing showed that 61 per cent of people here aged 16 to 64
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      • 86 14 / 15 MUSLIMS in Jurong West and Woodlands can look forward to two new mosques by 2016, which will be built to accommodate the growing numbers of worshippers in these areas. Each mosque will take up about 2,500 sq m of space and cost about $15 million, the Islamic
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    • 318 14 / 15 ARECORD 796,000 tonnes the weight of about 1,420 fully loaded Airbus A-380s of food was thrown away last year, according to National Environment Agency statistics released this month. This marks a steep 13.2 per cent rise from the 703,200 tonnes dumped in 2012, and is
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    • 216 14 / 15 Honorary degree for Indian tycoon... the former chairman of Tata Group, Mr Ratan Tata (centre with, from far left, SMU provost and deputy president (academic affairs) Prof Rajendra K. Srivastava; chairman of SMU Board of Trustees Ho Kwon Ping; Minister for Education Heng Swee Keat;
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    • 234 14 / 15 Long ride for cancer... two breast cancer surgeons have set out on a motorcycle journey from Singapore to Sweden to raise awareness of the potentially deadly condition. The pair started their trip, called The Long Ride, at the National University Health System in Kent Ridge. Associate
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    • 303 14 / 15 SELLING prices at some uncompleted projects have fallen over the past three months by anything from just over 1 per cent to 7 per cent possibly as developers aim to clear units that have been on the market for some time. Urban Vista
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    • 114 7 n Y. V. im t Air India Boeing 787 DREAM LINER iifflTfi Fly the Dreamliner to Delhi An amazing flying experience awaits you aboard Air India's B-787 Dreamliner to Delhi, 20th March onwards. Enjoy the luxury of full-flat beds in Executive class, personal TV, laptop power charging port on all
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  • EDUCATION
    • 776 8 / 9 Once poor, Achyut Samanta is now providing free education to thousands in Odisha Indo-Asian News Service HE IS hailed as a “god” by the children of Odisha’s poor tribals, a man who sought to overcome the deprivation of his childhood to build an impressive institution
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    • 432 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, NPS) JISHNU MURUKESHAN SAGNIK CHAKRABORTY, Class 9 IGCSE TICK…tick…tick… was the
      PHOTOS: GIIS  -  432 words
    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 196 10  -  HIMMAT SINGH MANN, KEN BABU CHIRAMEL SOUMYA PATRO, IBDP Year 1 ON Feb 7, we were at this year’s Chingay parade to support the 48 GIIS students from the Queenstown campus who were taking part in the opening segment. We made our way to the
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      • 142 10  -  PRASEEDA V., Class K2 MY SCHOOL organised the science fair Einstein In Me on March 7. Our teachers encouraged us to take part and my mother helped me choose an experiment which I could relate to. My experiment, “Potato piercing with straw”, shows how air pressure can be
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    • 334 8 / 9 m W) SIFAS Festival of Indian Classical Music Dance 2014 28 March 13 April 2014 PRASTARA- Musical Notes A Carnatic Vocal Recital by Sriranjani Santhanagopalan Sat 29th March 2014 at 7.30pm Esplanade Recital Studio Tickets: $20 Sriranjani Santhanagopalan, disciple and daughter of the legendary Neyveli Sri R Santhanagopalan, is one
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    • 287 8 / 9 Academics is at the forefront of our focus at GIIS in providing a holistic educational experience to our students. We recognise the importance of providing value-based education with a multi-pronged approach. Our curriculum delivery enables students to continually discover, experience and hone their skills in diverse areas, leading to all-round
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    • 85 14 / 15 Now for the 1st time in Singapore! An exclusive collection of trendy sarees and salwar suit fabrics by Chennai-based designer Thangam Mathai. Hand dyed, block printed and embroidered tussars, silks, chiffons, kota silks and cottons will be on display in a rare and tempting combination of colours and designs! A
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 1258 16 / 17 Soundarya’s directorial debut is a tribute to superstar father Rajinikanth’s illustrious career Indo-Asian News Service SOUNDARYA Rajinikanth Ashwin’s directorial debut Kochadaiiyaan is a tribute to her father and superstar Rajinikanth. During the film’s audio launch, Soundarya thanked her father for giving her the opportunity to
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    • 674 16 / 17  -  GAYATHRI RAMESH pgaya@sph.com.sg “I’M excited to come back to Singapore. I love the people of Singapore,” said singing sensation Sunidhi Chauhan in an interview ahead of her Dhoom concert on March 21. “So far I’ve not had the chance to try the local cuisine or
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    • 629 18  -  Bollywood seems to have an obssession with catfights RADHIKA BHIRANI Indo-Asian News Service A LOOK at Bollywood’s infamous catfights through my eyes will seem as mundane as a morning cup of tea! Over the years, Bollywood paparazzi seem to have gone overboard with reports on
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    • 623 19 POWERHOUSE music-makers Vishal-Shekhar, who have strummed their way into our hearts by composing numerous music hits like Tuney Maari Entriyaan, Drama Queen and Balam Pichkari, always leave their audiences craving for more. And on March 30, local Bollywood fans will have an opportunity to
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  • RELAX
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      297 20 Indo-Asian News Service Damaged locks, hair fall, dandruff and dry tresses are problems that can affect women. Seek help from nature to make packs for nourishing hair, advises an expert. Makeover expert Aashmeen Munjaal offers a few healthy, easy-to-make hair packs: G Coconut and cream mask: The
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    • 285 21 PLAY Me, Kash And Cruise is a play that marks the journey of Mumbai by playwright Rahul DaCunha. Production is hosted by BCP Pte Ltd. Tickets: $380, $135 and $85 When: March 26, 7.30pm Where: Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel Contact: 9005-8740 FORUM Idols, Rituals Gurus Is that It?
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    • 148 21 HOLI G Bollywood Holi non-stop music, dance performances and fun with colours. Tickets: $10 When: March 22, 11am to 3pm Where: Meyer Coast Beach ECP near Big Splash Contact: 9320-1595 or log on to www.bollywoodholi.com G Rang de Holi 2014 beach holi celebrations. Tickets: $15
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    • Article, Illustration
      225 21  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Facebook ID numbers 0-***** were assigned to students of which university? a) Harvard University b) Princeton University c) Brown University 2. What is Rhodesia, once a British colony, now known as? a) Guyana b) Zimbabwe c) Namibia 3. What is the method of cooking food in
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 375 20 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Aries You may be able to realise moderate gains through business ventures and contracts. Libra Watch your words to avoid misunderstanding and differences. Relationship with your spouse will be peaceful. Taurus Control your confrontational attitude and emotional tendencies to enhance harmony in your married life. There
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    • 9 20 11.30pm ZEE THAMIZH: Aarumezh uguvarthigal Mn VTV: Vaani Raani
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    • 115 20 Aaruchamy 2pm COLORS: Khatta Meetha 3.30pm SONY ENT: Student Of The Year 4pm VASANTHAM: Thaandavam 5pm COLORS: Ishkq In Paris 6.30pm ZEE THAMIZH: Pattathu Yaanai 9pm SONY MAX: Mere Dad Ki Maruti Mn VTV: Priya monday 3.30pm SONY ENT: Bajate Raho 9pm SONY MAX: Kya Super Kool Hai Hum 9.40pm
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  • 27 21 The string puppets of Orissa are known as Kundhei. Made of light wood, the Orissa puppets have no legs but wear long flowing skirts.
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 329 21 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Arles’ river 6 Word of regret 10 Provide too much of a good thing 14 Eagle abode 15 Whimsical adventure 16 Roll-call reply 17 Where a judge will hear a sad tale 20 Dundee hill 21 Slayer of the Minotaur 22 Final ending? 23 Night vision 24
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    • 40 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.
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 30 22 sudoku crossword quiz SOLUTIONS 1. Harvard University 2. Zimbabwe 3. Saute 4. Tyrannosaurus Rex 5. Iceland 6. Strait of Hormuz 7. Nelson Mandela 8. Joule 9. Neptune 10. Frank Lampard
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  • SPORTS
    • star column
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        1258 23  -  This is the most open T20 World Cup with six strong favourites HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg I’M OFTEN asked who I think will win the ICC World T20 and I think my answer is the same as that any cricket-lover can give. “I don’t know and I can’t
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