Tabla, 18 July 2014

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    22 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY sph A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MCI (P) 031/11/2013 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, JULY 18,2014
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    Lock icon Maths obsession
    2059 1  -  Why do Indian parents put stress on maths education? MAMTA MUKHERJEE tabla@sph.com.sg “WHEN the economy goes bad which jobs do you think will roll first?” asks a local Singaporean friend, before readily supplying her own answer: “Those which don’t require number-crunching.” Geometry, trigonometry, calculus and algebra are not
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      266 1 INDIA’S BUDGET ANALYSED PAGE 4 Get tabla! delivered to your doorstep for $24 a year. Call 6319-1800 or e-mail circs@sph.com.sg View us at www.tabla.com.sg Term Deposits 1.60% on 18-Mth USD Term Deposits p.a.* Go for the sweetest deals Now you can savour higher interest earnings by placing your money with
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      5 1 JAGUAR FORA HOLE-IN-ONE PAGE 7
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      6 1 WHY NARGIS LOVES BOLLYWOOD PAGE 19
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  • INDIA
    • India in 2 minutes
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        Lock icon Pay tax to enter Shimla
        88 2 ALL outside vehicles will have to pay a tax before entering the hill town of Shimla in Himachal Pradesh. The municipal corporation will impose a green fee on vehicles bearing registration numbers of other states. Shimla is the second tourist town after Manali to do
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        Lock icon Gandhi Peace Prize for Chipko Movement pioneer
        76 2 INDIAN president Pranab Mukherjee presented the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2013 to environmentalist Chandi Prasad Bhatt (above) at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi on July 15. The 80-year-old is an environmentalist and social activist, who founded Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh in
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        Lock icon Uniform for school teachers in Gujarat
        74 2 THERE is likely to be a dress code for primary school teachers in Gujarat, after a panel of representatives from Gujarat’s school boards made the suggestion. The body, which comprised chairpersons of school boards from five districts, has made suggestions to reform the primary
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        Lock icon TN to develop 10 ancient towns in state
        92 2 TAMIL Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa announced on July 16 that her government will be giving Rs1 crore each for the infrastructure development of 10 ancient and historical towns in the state. The chief minister told the state assembly that the government had
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        Lock icon Compensate women over Facebook post, NHRC tells Maha govt
        145 2 THE National Human Rights Commission has ordered the Maharashtra government to pay Rs50,000 each as compensation to two women who were illegally detained for 10 days by the police following a Facebook post after the death of Shiv Sena chief Bal
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        Lock icon Andhra capital to be modelled on Singapore
        100 2 THE Andhra Pradesh Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister P. Narayana has said the state is finalising the design for the capital of Andhra Pradesh. He said that a team will visit Singapore later this month to study urban planning issues as the
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        Lock icon Clinton visits NGO kitchen in Jaipur
        99 2 FORMER US president Bill Clinton (below) arrived in Jaipur on July 14 to take a look at a lunch programme that feeds over a million schoolchildren every day across the country. Mr Clinton visited the kitchen which is run in the city by an
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        Lock icon Andhra and Telangana celebrate Bonalu festival
        81 2 THE states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are celebrating the Bonalu festival (left) to appease the mother goddess with offerings of milk, rice and jaggery for better crops and protecting children against diseases. Bonalu has been declared by Telangana as a state festival and
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        Lock icon What it should have been
        51 2 IN A report (Generous Response) on May 23, we said that the Chettiar community in Saigon, Vietnam, donated ornaments to the Sri Thendayuthapani Temple in Singapore. This is wrong. The ornaments were donated to the Sri Thendayuthapani Temple in Saigon by the Chettiar community in
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      Lock icon Great expectations
      845 4  -  Did the Budget of India’s new finance minister meet them? ABHIJIT GHOSH, PRAPTI ACHARYA THE Budget proposals announced in the Indian parliament on July 10 by the new government led by the country’s prime minister Narendra Modi had something for everyone. Before going into detail, it is only
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      822 3 VOTED SINGAPORE’S FAVOURITE PAY TV NETWORK /BEST\ CONTENT QUALITY /BEST\ I IN CONTENT VARIETY /BEST'% RECEPTION QUALITY Source: MDA Media Consumer Experience Study 2013 VOTED BEST PAY TV SERVICE Shnvi TECH AWARDS 2014 Taarak Mehta ka Oio JUirYi n Your daily dose of laughter. On the go Enjoy Hindi comedy
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      73 4 Looking to Own a Home in India bera Excellence Business Excellence Research Group 6 Leading developers from India showcasing properties across Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Kochi, Hyderabad NCR (Delhi, Gurgoan, Noida) Lotus 4D, Level 4 Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre Date July 26 27 Time 10 am-7 pm Banking Partner OICICI
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      11 4 Five new IITs and IIMs to be set up: Page 9
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      161 5 www.mantri.in manTRi ENJOY AN INCREDIBLE VIEW WITHOUT A JET LAG. TU3 I** y CT fi m i 'f m m w v <• k L 3r c 05 V k'h i •6 Vw JUST LAUNCHED III! Address Next to Periya Eri, Radial Road, Pallavaram Homes 2/3 BHK Penthouse Budget t
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon S.R. Nathan’s memoirs now in Tamil
      342 6 His story is an inspiration to all, says Law Minister K. Shanmugam at the launch THE original English version was launched in 2011. But now, you can read former president S.R. Nathan’s memoirs, An Unexpected Journey: Path To The Presidency, in Tamil. The new
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      Lock icon Jaguar for a hole-in-one
      417 7  -  Many other exciting prizes to be won at this year’s Integration Cup ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN ankitav@sph.com.sg AT THE 2014 Integration Cup golf tournament organised by tabla! and Tamil Murasu together with Golf Digest magazine on July 30, more than 100 golfers will get the opportunity to
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      Lock icon Integration Cup 2014
      90 7 JOIN tabla! and Tamil Murasu for a day of golf, lunch, dinner and entertainment by signing up for the Integration Cup 2014. When: July 30, 11.30am to 10pm Where: Singapore Island Country Club, New Course Format of Play: System 36 (Stableford Points) Registration fee: $1,400 per flight
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      Lock icon Integration Night 2014
      36 7 Held from 6.30pm, it’s open to non-golfers too and tickets are available at $70 for dinner and drinks for one person for a night of entertainment. How to register: Log on to www.golfdigest.com.sg
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      Lock icon The best kept secret
      643 8  -  Former TCS Apac chairman Girija Pande co-authors book examining economic relations between Asian giants India and China ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN ankitav@sph.com.sg ASIAN giants India and China are fast forwarding towards being two of the largest economies in the world. The economic ties between these two countries
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      Lock icon Scaling peaks in their fields
      444 11 The Peak magazine’s new book features three Indians THE three Indians who figure in The Peak magazine’s coffee-table book 30/30 The Game Changers are well-known in their fields. The Indian names among the 30 featured in the book are the dean of Lee Kuan Yew
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      Lock icon Jobs Bank kicks off with 16,000 positions
      353 14 / 15 SINGAPORE’S first national jobs bank website catering to local job seekers was officially launched on July 14. The Jobs Bank, first announced by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) last year, already lists more than 16,000 positions with about half of them targeted at
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    • singapore snippets
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        143 14 / 15 THE Ministry of Manpower has issued a list of “dos and don’ts” to maid agencies to inform them how to market domestic workers. In a letter sent on July 16, it told them not to include words such as “cheap fees or promotional rates” in advertisements
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        127 14 / 15 MORE visits to Singapore’s first marine park at Sisters’ Islands have been scheduled to cater to popular demand. The National Parks Board (NParks) has announced six new walks for between September and December. Registration will begin next month on the board’s website. The number of
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        Lock icon Balloting for Primary 1
        108 14 / 15 FOUR oversubscribed primary schools CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School in Ang Mo Kio, Henry Park Primary in Bukit Timah, Radin Mas Primary in Bukit Merah and Nan Hua Primary in Clementi held a ballot for places on July 17. It was the first time since 1995
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        Lock icon Grand Old Dame reopens
        48 14 / 15 THE oldest performing arts venue here, the Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall, reopened this month after a four-year refurbishment. On July 15, the 152-year-old monument hosted its first official event, a Singapore Symphony Orchestra concert at the Concert Hall, which now has better acoustics.
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      Lock icon Aiyoh, so dirty...
      237 14 / 15 Aiyoh, SO dirty... an anti-littering volunteer group, the Waterways Watch Society (WWS), organised what to many might have sounded like an odd contest for a country with a worldwide reputation for being spotless. It asked Singaporeans to send in photographs of some of the dirtiest places here
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      180 14 / 15 SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) has won the Best Investor Relations Award (Gold) for 2013 in the “$1 billion and above market capitalisation” category at the Singapore Corporate Awards 2014. This is one of the five awards which make up the Singapore Corporate Awards (SCA), the others being
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      131 14 / 15 Clearer picture... more than 200 people attended the first Pioneer Generation Package dialogue in Tamil on July 12. Organised by the Nee Soon GRC grassroots organisations, the Tamil dialogue was targeted at those aged 65 years and above. Participants were also briefed about Medishield Life. During the question-and-answer
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      Lock icon Closer tabs on public figures’ wealth
      279 14 / 15 INDIVIDUALS who hold prominent public function roles, including heads of state and senior political party officials, may come under closer financial scrutiny as Singapore’s central bank looks to tighten rules to tackle money laundering and terrorism financing. Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) deputy managing
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      455 16 “Youths see sex as the norm in a relationship. And many have multiple short-lived relationships that last from a few weeks to a few months.” Ms Lena Teo, assistant director of counselling at the Children-at-Risk Empowerment Association (Care Singapore). Social workers say they are seeing more teenagers
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      157 16 $1.1 billion Spent by MasterCard holders in the first month of the Great Singapore Sale 55Quintals of rice, 3,000kg of vegetables and over 55,000 eggs are used to prepare the mid-day lunch for schools in Ganjam, Orissa 570,000 People in Singapore watched World Cup match screenings at 58
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  • EDUCATION
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      Lock icon Five new IITs and IIMs to be set up
      389 9 Indo-Asian News Service RECOGNISING the importance of higher education, India’s finance minister Arun Jaitley announced the setting up of five new IITs and IIMs in his Budget speech. “The country needs a large number of centres of higher learning which are
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      Lock icon Blazing a trail
      339 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, GIIS) MEENAKSHI CHANDRA, Class 10 ICSE MAY 21 was not just an
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
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        Lock icon Lesson on positivity
        192 10  -  SARTHAK BHATNAGAR, Class 11 A Level ON MAY 29, the students of Class 11 A Level visited the CPAS (Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore) campus as part of the CIP (Community Involvement Programme) activities organised by our school. On arrival, we were taken to the basement hall where
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        Lock icon Dancing to a different beat
        199 10  -  SHRISHTI MISHRA, Class 11 A Level THE Interhouse dance competition is a much-awaited event every year and this year, it again proved to be a memorable contest. Each House chose a medley of songs on the Bollywood theme assigned to them, and had to perform
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      54 10 S^NDA Singapore Indian Development Association 1800-295-4554 www.sinda.org.sg EJ facebook.com/mysinda m Break communication barriers with your children. Don’t settle for one-word answers like “OK”. Probe with open-ended questions like, “what’s the funniest thing that happened today?” Likewise, tell your children about your day so that a strong bond develops. 3B® §\H
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      118 11 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL Torch bearers the in Sa field of education E ytar enjoy activity-enriched periential learning Let your x W m I J J <V. A J >c •N m 1. 4 Newly revamped dedicated ‘activity rooms’ for Speech Drama Art Craft Music Movement Integrated learning in a vibrant, fun-filled
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      100 12 / 13 3; V V 'v ft Air India Boeing 787 —v DREAM JLINER Fly the Dreamliner to Delhi, and very soon to Mumbai and Chennai too Book Now On 60 th Anniversary of Air India’s flight to Singapore and Avail Special Fares to: Delhi Frankfurt Pune Ahmedabad Rome Amritsar Chennai Milan
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      Lock icon Indian comedy comes to S’pore
      434 17 STARHUB becomes the first in the Asia-Pacific region to launch SAB TV On Demand together with SAB TV, India’s only channel dedicated to comedies. The channels will be available to StarHub TV subscribers from July 21, in the new SAB TV Pack for a monthly
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      Lock icon It’s awards time for south Indian cinema
      646 18 Mahesh Babu and Nayantara rewarded for efforts Indo-Asian News Service MAHESH Babu won the best actor for Telugu movie SVSC, while Nayantara bagged the best actress trophy for her performance in Tamil film Raja Rani at this year’s star-studded 61st Filmfare Awards southern
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      Lock icon Nargis prefers Bollywood to Hollywood
      440 19 Actress says she loves the songs and dances of the Indian film industry CTRESS Nargis Fakhri, who is making her debut in Hollywood with the film Spy, said she is more comfortable in Bollywood. Nargis (right), of Pakistani and Czech origin, was born and brought
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        Lock icon Zohra Sehgal dies at 102
        204 19 VETERAN actress Zohra Sehgal (far left as a young actress and in her later years) died in New Delhi on July 10 of a heart attack at the age of 102. Zohra was living with her daughter, renowned Odissi danseuse Kiran Sehgal, in Delhi. Zohra
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        Lock icon Salman books Eid slot for Bajrangi Bhaijaan
        75 19 THIS Eid, Salman Khan (right) will woo his fans with Kick, and for next year’s festive occasion the star plans to release his film Bajrangi Bhaijaan. Salman took to his Facebook page to inform his fans about Bajrangi Bhaijaan which co-stars Kareena Kapoor
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        Lock icon Swara to gain weight to play a mother
        129 19 ACTRESS Swara Bhaskar (right) is all geared up to put on weight for her role as a mother in Nil Battey Sannaata. She said it’s a “guilt-free bingeing opportunity”. The actress who impressed in Raanjhanaa, which also starred south Indian superstar Dhanush,
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  • RELAX
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      437 20 Indo-Asian News Service HARSH heat can damage your skin, so it is important to keep a basic skin regime. Face masks like mango-chia and sabudana-lime will help to refresh and rejuvenate your skin. Priti Mehta, founder and director of Omved, an organisation
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      395 21 MUSIC Jazz in July soulful improvisations, swinging rhythms and the infectious grooves of Singapore jazz artists as they showcase their talents at the Esplanade Concourse and at the Outdoor Theatre throughout the month. Free admission. When: Till July 31 Where: Esplanade Theatres on The Bay Contact: Log on
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      52 21 BIG PICTURE Catch artist Stephen Wiltshire (right) in action as he draws Singapore’s cityscape, commissioned by Singapore Press Holdings to celebrate its 30th anniversary in an event called See The Big Picture. When: Till July 20, 10am to 5pm Where: Main atrium of Paragon, 290
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      Lock icon QUIZ
      180 21  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Who was found by Garfield in a dresser drawer and adopted by him? a) Arnie b) Odie c) Pooky 2. What is the proportion of water vapour in the atmosphere called? a) Humidity b) Water pressure c) Cloud 3. Morello is a variety of... a) Apple
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      308 20 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Aries This is the time for you to pursue some major goals. Recognition awaits on the job front. You will have the money to spend on your needs. Taurus Travel is likely. You will gain through effective communication. You will have to incur unwanted expenditure. Gemini
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      274 20 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 3.30pm LIFE OK: London Dreams 3.30pm SONY ENT: Aarakshan 7pm ZEE CINEMA: I Am 24 8.40pm STAR GOLD: I Hate Luv Storys 9pm SONY MAX: Dhoom 9.30pm VASANTHAM: Natpukkaga Mn VTV: Karuppu Chataikaran Saturday 11.30am COLORS: Partner Noon STAR PLUS: Bol Bachchan 1pm VASANTHAM: Parisu 3pm ZEE
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      47 21 Double your reach and brand visibility by leveraging the Double Celebrations in August! Ride on these two Special Features in 8 August 2014 Singapore National Day Edition 15 August 2014 India Independence Day Edition To book your ad space, call Kalwant 9171 4327 or Nishal 8395 0438
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      311 21 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Chip dip 6 “Answer, please” 10 Icelandic epic 14 Smart guys? 15 Bedside water pitcher 16 Mouse patcher 17 Have numerous duties 20 Photo tints 21 Italian volcano 22 Pool stick 23 Ornamental loop 25 Software holders 27 Corn core 30 Illumination measure 31 Give up 32
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      45 21 SUDOKU GFor solutions, turn to page 23. 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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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon In search of balance
      740 23  -  India and England short of genuine all-rounder star column HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg GOOD cricket teams are always searching for balance. It is an interesting word for we seek it in so much more than cricket; in the media, in politics, in life itself! And here in
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      28 23 SOLUTIONS sudoku crossword quiz 1. Pooky 2. Humidity 3. Cherry 4. Aerodynamics 5. Adhesive stamp 6. Wisdom teeth 7. Uncle Sam 8. Carbon 9. Noval Djokovic 10. Krill
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