Tabla, 18 April 2014

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  • 21 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, APRIL 18,2014 MCI (P) 031/11/2013
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  • Article, Illustration
    1299 1  -  He looks like he can do no wrong. Isn’t it time he took over from Dhoni as Test captain? V.K. SANTOSH KUMAR santosh@sph.com.sg IN THE aftermath of India’s capitulation in the World Twenty20 final in Bangladesh, following their dismal showing in New Zealand and South Africa a month
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    • 140 1 FOR ALL YOUR FESTIVITIES AND CORPORATE EVENTS! THE BANANA LEAF R II r 40 =1 54, Race Course Road, Singapore *****4 Catering Hotline 9225 3535 48 Serangoon Road, #01-32, Little India Arcade, Singapore *****9 www.bananaleafapolo.com www.facebook.com/TheBananaLeafApolo LIVING HIS PASSION PAGE 5 STAR KIDS WHO MADE THE CUT PAGE 17 BANKER,
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  • INDIA
    • India in 2 minutes
      • 62 2 AIR charter service operators across India are thriving during the election season as politicians hire helicopters and business jets for electioneering. The businesses reported a 30-40 per cent increase in chartering of flights over the past two months, mainly by political parties. According to reports,
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      • 63 2 THE tombstones do not belong to their families, but about 300 families live among them at the Bondala Gadda cemetery area in Hyderabad. The families living in homes around the tombstones have been suffering from poverty for the past 40 years, like the Indian woman (left)
        PHOTOS: © AFP  -  63 words
      • 60 2 INDIAN Oil Corp has reduced petrol prices by 70 paise, effective on April 16. This follows an earlier reduction of 75 paise on April 1. The reduction does not include local taxes, and came about as a result of the declining international prices of
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      • 90 2 DURING Shiva Gajan, Hindu devotees believe that by enduring pain, Lord Shiva, the god of destruction, will grant them what they pray for. A devotee is carried past spectators as he lies on a bed of nails (above), at a village in Agartala, the
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      • 76 2 HE WAS beaten to death by three young men who were harassing his daughter. All three were sons of Dr Indresh Parashar’s neighbour. They were furious that he had complained about them to their mother. The 42-year-old Meerut resident was attacked with metal rods,
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      • 97 2 A TRAIN that departed from Okha, Gujarat, heading towards Ernakulam, Kerala, was diverted towards Pune, due to an accident near Ratnagiri. From there, the train was mistakenly diverted to Solapur, Maharashtra and then to Gulbarga in Karnataka. Passengers were left confused and without water
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      • 114 2 VARIOUS types of medicine named after Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi were launched last month by a Gurgaon-based company ICI Healthcare Pharma. There are two types of medicine named after Modi Namoni, a pain-relieving gel and Namo tablets, with a composition of nimuslide and paracetamol, for
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      • 47 2 THIRTY-EIGHT years after starting to compose music for movies, Ilayaraja will start working on the scores for his 1,000th movie, Thaara Thappattai, soon. The news was revealed by the film’s director Bala at the launch of the official Ilayaraja Fan Club in Madurai.
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      • 67 2 GAURAV Sharma (above), an independent political candidate in this year’s elections, climbed multi-storey buildings wearing a Spider-Man costume to speak to residents as part of his campaign for the Lok Sabha elections in Mumbai. He is a former martial arts trainer for the Mumbai city police
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    • 821 6 But as election temperatures rise, not all are able to do so Indo-Asian News Service TOURING thousands of kilometres, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal, a diabetic, at times doesn’t even get time to eat or take his insulin shots. But doctors and experts caution that,
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    • 1091 7  -  Meera Sanyal and Medha Patkar are two of AAP’s star candidates in Mumbai SMITA DEODHAR Women’s Feature Service THE Indian media has been playing up the contrasting personas of the two women candidates of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Ms Meera Sanyal, 55, and Ms Medha
      Women’s Feature Service; PHOTOS: WFS  -  1,091 words
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    • 195 3 SingTelmioTVproudlypresents CELEBRATE THE INDIAN NEW YEAR! Usher in the Indian New Year with popular Kollywood artistes Nandha, Suji Bala and Erode Mahesh from 6pm on 18 and 19 April opposite Serangoon Plaza in Little India! Catch dance performances and hilarious stand-up comedy acts for an evening of festive fun. A
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  • BUSINESS
    • biz notes
      • 120 4 BOOSTED by strong growth in manufacturing and construction, the Singapore economy grew 5.1 per cent in the first quarter from the same period last year. This was lower than the 5.5 per cent growth in the fourth quarter of last year over the year before, according to
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      • 73 4 THE World Bank in its latest issue of the Migration and Development Brief said India received US$70 billion in 2013 from overseas workers. This is the highest any country got as remittance from overseas workers. India was followed by China with US$60 billion and the
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      • 81 4 SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) reported its results for the second quarter ended Feb 28, 2014 (2Q FY14) and net profit attributable to shareholders was $81.3 million, $5.7 million (7.5 per cent) higher compared to 2Q FY13. The group’s results were lifted by a $52.9 million gain on
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      • 80 4 THE agriculture and food industry in Bihar has the potential to reach Rs1 lakh crore by 2015, says a study of industry association Assocham. “About 15 million tonnes of cereals comprising rice, wheat, maize along with a wide range of fruits and vegetables are produced
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      • 157 4 THE Formula One Singapore Grand Prix is set to soar to new heights with Singapore Airlines (SIA) coming on board as its new title sponsor (above, SIA stewardesses at the venue of the announcement). Singapore’s national carrier will be the sponsor for two
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    • 6 4 SING RS48.09 US$0.79 A$0.85 ¤0.57 £0.47
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    • 14 4 US Exchange rates Rs60.22 A$1.06 ¤0.72 £0.59 S$1.25 $Exchangerates as of April 16, 2014
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    • 816 5  -  DML Live CEO Keerthivasan Subramanian outlines his plans for the company GAYATHRI RAMESH pgaya@sph.com.sg IN FEBRUARY, CEO of DML Live Keerthivasan Subramanian was on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. Seated beside him was music maestro A.R. Rahman. The two were touring the region as part
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    • 132 4 jomboree Today Tomorrow Singapore Welcome to the only curated Indian designer exhibition in Singapore Sho &500 ndtc ?ke sxctvsi gift Garments I Jewelleries I Accessories Leading designers from India Singapore V Preeti Jhawar Rimi Nayak Vivek Kumar The Silk Root Je Reve Asha Timbadia Tanshu Vanity Box Purnima Gupta Jewellato
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    • 269 4 Natural Therapies Centre JO L 'A V V ■i L l We are becoming increasingly concerned about being healthy and ageing gracefully. Many of us change our lifestyles, our diets and our exercise patterns in our attempts to continue being healthy and avoid the dreaded 3 major issues ie Diabetes,
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 792 8  -  Global School of Technology and Management offers career growth in building industry HARPREET KAUR tabla@sph.com.sg SHE had been working as a part-time cosmetics sales promoter when she decided to take her mum’s advice and enter the construction industry. She decided to become a quantity surveyor a
      PHOTOS: HARPREET KAUR; TAN LI XIN  -  792 words
    • singapore snippets
      • 101 12 / 13 EXPECT heavy traffic at the Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints between April 17 and April 20 because of the Good Friday public holiday. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said it expects large numbers of travellers to use the checkpoints at the same time. For departures from Singapore, traffic at
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      • 112 12 / 13 TRAFFIC on the roads around the Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore (MBCCS) came to a standstill on April 10 when two large cruise ships docked at the passenger seaport on the same morning. Between them, the luxury liner Queen Mary II of the Cunard Cruise Line and
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      • 69 12 / 13 THE public can put up names of individuals they deem suitable to be a Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) from April 14. Forms are available at the Parliament House or through the Parliament website. Nominations close on May 20 at 4.30pm. NMPs must be Singaporeans, in
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      • 112 12 / 13 THE Land Transport Authority switched on cameras at 10 hot spots for illegal kerb-side parking on April 14 but this did not deter motorists from flouting the law at at least five of them. The Straits Times visited the 10 areas between noon and 5pm and
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      • 97 12 / 13 BUS frequency has improved by one to five minutes on average and buses are less congested now, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has said. Providing an update on its ongoing Bus Service Enhancement Programme, the LTA said 339 of 550 state-funded buses have been put
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    • 350 12 / 13 SINGAPORE is a country in transition as it adjusts to new domestic needs while navigating an uncertain international environment, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (right) said on April 15. He made the point on the day the Government announced that Parliament had gone into
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    • 256 12 / 13 THERE has been a big drop in the number of private homes sold in Singapore. Developers sold only 480 new units last month, 35 per cent down from 739 in February, figures from the Urban Redevelopment Authority showed on April 15. This was also almost 83
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    • 128 12 / 13 music...on April 13, sweet voices filled the Woodlands CC Theatrette. The musical programme Vandeham Sharadam was organised by Woodlands CC’s Indian Activity Executive Committee and presented by the students of Dr Bhagya Murthy, a leading vocalist, music teacher and composer. The event featured a variety of
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    • 99 12 / 13 National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan (third from left) joining residents in a Vishu celebration (a harvest festival of Malayalees) on April 13 at Sembawang Community Centre. As part of the festivities, Mr Khaw, who is also an MP for Sembawang GRC, tucked into a vegetarian feast using
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    • 100 14 US$200 million Loaned by Bank of India to Air India to buy three Boeing Dreamliner jets 7,000 Singapore passports have been reported lost or stolen each year over the last five years 90% Of the over 400 pickpocketing cases last year on the Delhi metro involved women offenders
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    • 314 14 “We are not looking at, for example, free education and free childcare for the babies.” Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Grace Fu reacting to the 4,000-odd suggestions from the public on gifts for Singaporean babies who will be born next year. The suggestions include gold coins,
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    • 204 14 JODI Love Dile Na Prane is a story that spans 20 years about the search for love. Does love hurt or linger? The film explores a story within a story. It is a film within a film where each character contributes to the notion of the
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  • EDUCATION
    • 491 9  -  Students of the different GIIS campuses in South-east Asia got to interact with the star through a live video conference HARPREET KAUR tabla@sph.com.sg THE Queenstown campus of Global Indian International School (GIIS) was abuzz with excitement. Students were gripping their camera phones, singing and chanting
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    • 331 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, DPS) SHRAVAN KRISHNAN SHARMA, IB Year 1 AT THE career
      PHOTOS: NPSIS  -  331 words
    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 192 10  -  MIHIR KHANDEKAR, IB Year 1 OUR students performed extremely well in the 12th Scholastic Environment Fund Oratory Competition 2014 on the Environment that was held last month at Bukit View Primary School. The theme for this year was Water Management and Conservation in the Age of Climate
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        116 10  -  ADITYA RANADE, Grade XI AFTER five months of dedicated research, information gathering, writing, designing and editing, NPSI students launched their fifth edition of the school yearbook, Footsteps 2013-2014, on March 20. Chronicling outstanding sports, extracurricular and academic achievements and also entertaining its readers with students’ short stories
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    • 323 9 Global Schools Foundation Global Indian International School trust Cert No.: EDU-2-2045 Validity: 10/09/2012 to 09/09/2016 www.globalindianschool.org Nurturing Global Citizens The best part about IB Diploma atGIISis that we engage with real world issues, and deliberate ideas that have local and global significance. j^J Sri Aditya Gadam IGCSE Class 10 2013
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    • 51 10 S^NDA Singapore Indian Development Association 1800-295-4554 www.sinda.org.sg EJ facebook.com/mysinda Making children feel loved and taken care of is important. Spending quality time with them is P the first step. They would feel more comfortable sharing their thoughts at home rather than seeking comfort outside. GK o §\H from NPS International
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 472 15  -  India’s best stand-up comedian Papa CJ will be part of The Indian Laugh Riot show to hit Singapore GAYATHRI RAMESH pgaya@sph.com.sg Gear up to laugh to your heart’s content at The Indian Laugh Riot, a show that is part of the Singapore Comedy Fringe Festival organised
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    • 590 16  -  Singapore-based director talks of her struggle to get her award-winning movie screened GAYATHRI RAMESH pgaya@sph.com.sg BACK in 2011, director of the drama centre Playacting Productions Sangeeta Nambiar started writing a story that turned out to be bigger than expected. It was about a
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    • 728 17  -  From stars like Hrithik Roshan to Kareena Kapoor and newbies Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt, a look at who makes the cut ARPANA Indo-Asian News Service EVER since I started covering the Hindi film industry, I have heard artistes complaining about how tough it’s for
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    • 138 16 Shree Lakshminarayan Temple Celebrates its 45th Anniversary Date: Sun 20th to Sun 27th Apr 2014 with Bhagawat Katha by wami Vedprakash Shukla a renowned discourse scholar from India Programme anniversary w r& ir sv l Program on Sun 20th Apr 2014 08.00am 12.30pm Parikrama start of Bhagawat Katha followed by
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  • RELAX
    • 653 18 Indo-Asian News Service AMITABH Bachchan is a part of Bhoothnath Returns, but the megastar says child talent Parth Bhalerao (below right, with Amitabh) is the film’s hero. He calls the boy a “commensurate performer”, who left even seasoned professionals behind with
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    • 363 19 CONCERT A.R. Rahman Infinite Love Live In Concert. Tickets: $98 onwards When: April 30, 7.30pm Where: The Meadow, Gardens by the Bay, 18 Marina Gardens Drive Contact: Log on to www.dmllive.com BAZAAR Singapore Souk Indian-themed night bazaar organised by Limite Edition, Singapore. Free admission. When: April 25, 5.30pm
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    • 47 19 EXHIBITION Jamboree 2014 features Indian designers from India and Singapore. Free admission. When: April 18, 10am to 9pm April 19, 10am 10am to 5pm Where: Holiday Inn Singapore Orchard City Centre, Cavenagh Road Contact: E-mail enquries@jamboree.sg or log on to www.facebook.com/ JamboreeSingapore
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    • Article, Illustration
      192 19  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Battle Cat is the companion of which cartoon character? a) Spider-Man b) He-Man c) Phantom 2. Which of these languages was developed to handle records and files and business applications? a) APT b) C++ c) COBOL 3. The name of which gemstone came from ancient words
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    • 173 20  -  GAYATHRI RAMESH pgaya@sph.com.sg THE launch of Siva Chippada’s second self-help book Your Satisfaction Is Your Success will be held at The Arts House, Blue Room, on April 19 at 10am. The guest of honour for the event is the chairman of the Singapore Indian Chamber of
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 242 18 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 9.30am VASANTHAM: Kadhalikka Neram Ilai 1pm VASANTHAM: Thambikku Entha Ooru 3.30pm SONY ENT: Ladies VS Ricky Bahl 4pm LIFE OK: Garam Masala 4pm VASANTHAM: Bol Bachchan 9pm STAR MAX: Hate Story 9.30pm VASANTHAM: All In All Azhagu Raja Mn VTV: Mayakkam Enna 1am VASANTHANM: Marupadiyum Oru Kadhal
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    • 316 18 FUTURE SPEAKS kamal kapoor Aries You may get additional work that will keep you very busy. You feel as if everyone’s picking on you and mistrust those you encounter. Taurus There will be opportunities that will help you establish beneficial new contacts. You could be travelling more at this time.
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 346 19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Do the party dishes? 6 Two-toned sea mammal 10 Partner of circumstance 14 Shopping mecca of old 15 Grassy pastures 16 Field of expertise 17 Fantastic notions 19 12 Years A Slave actor 20 Baby bodysuit 21 Org. with a crack staff? 22 Peacock feather features 23
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    • 61 19 SUDOKU The objectiveis 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. DID YOU KNOW The Bommalattam puppets of Tamil Nadu are the largest
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  • FOOD
    • 648 21  -  It feeds the body, mind and spirit, according to Vedic wisdom TARUN BASU Indo-Asian News Service WHY should one eat with one’s hands? Eating food with your hands feeds not only the body but also the mind and the spirit. That is the Vedic
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 29 21 SOLUTIONS quiz sudoku crossword 1. He-Man 2. COBOL 3. Diamond 4. Yellow river 5. Galaxies 6. Thrombosis 7. Island 8. Domestic cat 9. Anju Bobby George 10. Sirimavo Bandaranaike
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  • SPORTS
    • 718 24  -  It has to keep itself in the right pages of the newspapers this year star column HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg OMETIMES a draw is a good result. As I pack S my bags for IPL-7, having enjoyed the cricket at the earlier six editions enormously, I think
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