Tabla, 6 February 2015

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    22 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY SfSl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6,2015 MCI (P) 025/11/2014
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      238 1 Landmark: 6299-7786 Website: www.landmark.com.sg Royal Palm: 6333-5123 Website: www.royalpalmsg.com Grand Empire: 6291-8144 Website: www.grandempire.com.sg MMUNITY SINGAPORE’S COMEDY COUPLE PAGE 16 WHY SHE DONATED HER BONE MARROW PAGE 8 WORLD CUP CRICKET TV GUIDE PAGES 12 13 Can India retain the World Cup? A touch of cricket fever... children at an
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      5 1 ROTIMATIC’S ANGEL INVESTOR PAGE 17
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  • INDIA
    • India in 2 minutes
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        83 2 TO EASE the congestion at ticket counters, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation is piloting a “cash on delivery” rail ticketing system in 200 cities. Customers can book their tickets online and pay for them when they are delivered to their home. They can
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        Lock icon Shah Rukh’s road block
        119 2 BJP MP Poonam Mahajan has asked that a ramp near Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan's bungalow in suburban Bandra be demolished, following complaints by local residents of alleged illegal construction. Residents have also alleged that the ramp prevents them from using a part of the road
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        Lock icon Over 50 lakh devotees return home after month-long Magh Mela
        105 2 MAGHI Poornima fell on Feb 3 this year, marking the end of the Hindu month of Magh and of the Magh Mela. Over 50 lakh devotees who spent the past month performing rituals and seeking salvation on the banks of
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        Lock icon Rs1.29 crores of cash, gold found in unattended lockers
        95 2 A CLEANLINESS drive conducted in a Kendriya Vidyalaya school in Ahmedabad found Rs1.29 crores worth of cash and gold in two unattended lockers in the staff room. Out of five unclaimed lockers, three contained old worksheets and books, but one contained
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        Lock icon Schools in Jaipur to introduce surya namaskar
        89 2 FOLLOWING directions previously issued by the Madhya Pradesh government, Rajasthan’s education department issued orders for every secondary and senior secondary school to hold a 20-minute assembly every day, which includes surya namaskar, meditation, prayers and newspaper reading in English and Hindi. While education
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        Lock icon Chhattisgarh to showcase tribal culture at crafts fair
        108 2 THE 29th edition of the Surajkund International Crafts Mela (above) is being held in Surajkund in Haryana’s Faridabad district, and will last till Feb 15. Known for showcasing richness and diversity of handicrafts, handlooms and the cultural heritage of the country, this
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        Lock icon West Bengal village sells safe drinking water
        105 2 RESIDENTS of Madhusudankati Samabay Krishi Unnayan Samity, a remote village cooperative society in West Bengal, are purifying water from ponds and selling 2,000 litres of safe and packaged drinking water every day to neighbouring villages in the North 24 Parganas district. The water
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        Lock icon Coir-based sound panelling developed in Kerala
        86 2 RESEARCHERS in Kerala have developed a sound panelling system made from coir, a natural fibre obtained from coconuts. Termed Accoir, it is on display at an ongoing Kerala international expo on coir and natural fibre products which opened on Feb 1. It was developed
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        Lock icon Cloud database for soldiers in Indian Army
        102 2 THE Indian Army has plans to create a cloud database to store unclassified information about soldiers, including information like certification, that can be accessible from anywhere. This is part of the army’s plans to connect soldiers through an internal network of optical fibres,
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        Lock icon Police summon actor for meeting gangster
        100 2 THE Mumbai Police have summoned Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal for allegedly meeting jailed gangster Arun Gawli in a state-run hospital on Dec 28 without permission. The police said the actor, who was essaying the role of Mr Gawli for the upcoming film Daddy, met
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        Lock icon Bumper wheat crop expected this year
        112 2 FOR the eighth year in a row, India looks set to harvest a bumper wheat crop, following a slow start to the planting season that raised fears about a drop in output. Planting gradually picked up pace as the weather turned favourable. However, the
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        Lock icon Punjab govt clamps down on tobacco sales
        94 2 THE Punjab government has imposed a ban on the sale of tobacco and tobacco products around educational and religious institutions in the state, a minister said on Feb 3. Health and family welfare minister Surjit Kumar Jayani directed the deputy commissioners of all
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  • BUSINESS
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      Lock icon S’pore is guest of honour at Delhi World Book Fair
      368 4 Special honour to mark 50 years of bilateral relations THE Singapore flag will be flying high at this year’s New Delhi World Book Fair. It has been accorded guest-of-honour status as India and Singapore are celebrating 50 years of close
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      Lock icon A joy to behold
      188 4 JOYALUKKAS has created a wide range of exquisite designs for Valentine’s Day. The collection by master craftsmen to make the day of love special for women is being sold under the Joyalukkas Be Mine Collection. The exquisite pendants and bracelets are crafted in 18K yellow and
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      13 4 US RS61.66 A$1.27 ¤0.87 £0.65 S$1.34 Exchange rates as of Feb 4, 2015
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        Lock icon Micromax overtakes Samsung in India
        62 4 ACCORDING to research firm Canalys, Indian budget smartphone-maker Micromax has overtaken Samsung Electronics to become the leading supplier in India’s smartphone market. It achieved the feat for the first time in the fourth quarter. Canalys said Micromax accounted for 22 per cent of smartphone sales
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        Lock icon S’pore to assist India in semiconductor biz
        85 4 SINGAPORE, a leading manufacturer of electronics products and semiconductors, will assist India in expanding its electronics manufacturing capacity and develop trade and technical cooperation links between the respective industries in both countries. According to an agreement signed in Bangalore on Feb 3 by
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Solving your hair and scalp problems
      337 5 TrichoKare is the most trusted trichological centre in Singapore, according to recent survey A SURVEY by consumer research company Nathan Rich Research LLP has found that, when it comes to solving their hair and scalp problems, most men and women in Singapore would put
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      Lock icon How a trichologist helped Jay Nesh
      143 5 WHEN radio DJ and actor Jay Nesh (left) visited TrichoKare, he discovered that he had red patches on his scalp. A trichologist tells how TrichoKare helped him. What kind of treatment did Jay Nesh receive? TrichoKare does not believe in a one-size-fits-all solution. We
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      Lock icon Is your home water filter keeping you safe?
      745 6  -  Do your research before buying and take proper care of it innovation GURDEV SINGH tabla@sph.com.sg Dr Gurdev Singh is the deputy director, Environmental Water Technology Centre of Innovation, Ngee Ann Polytechnic. IN SINGAPORE’S early years, not everyone had access to piped, and
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  • EDUCATION
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      Lock icon Why she donated bone marrow
      527 8  -  Donor wants to bust myths about the procedure and get more to donate LAWRENCE STEWEN tabla@sph.com.sg IN SINGAPORE, there is a one in 20,000 chance of finding a matching bone marrow donor within the same racial group. Moreover, only 38,000 donors are registered with the
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      Lock icon Our grand music and dance event
      228 9  -  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) BHAWNA SHARMA, IB Year 1 JAN 21 was
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
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        196 9  -  VIKRAM SURESH, Grade 7D ON NOV 11 last year, students from NPS International School attended the 5th Annual Be The Change Exposition held at Suntec City Convention Centre. Organised by SoCh in Action, the event brought together nearly 1,500 schoolchildren from Singapore, along with their parents and
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        Lock icon Coming full circle
        205 9  -  ADITYA BHATTACHARYA, IB Year 2 FOR the first time in my Model United Nations (MUN) career, I was chairing at the Yale-NUS Asia Pacific MUN. The conference was held from Jan 23 to 25 in three venues Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), NUS University Town and the Resorts World
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon The semifinal maybe
      629 10 / 11  -  MOHAN SUBRAMANIAM DESPITE what happened in the recent Tri-series involving Australia, England and India, I think India will fare decently in the World Cup and might make it to the semi-final. But winning the Cup again? Though the heart dearly wants that to happen, the head says
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      Lock icon Can India retain the World Cup?
      408 10 / 11  -  Yes, they have a chance BALAJI BHAKTHAVATCHALAM Balaji Bhakthavatchalam (top left) is client services director with CSC Computer Sciences THE answer to the question lies in whether one chooses to believe in banal statistics or the raw power of faith. It boils down to
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      Lock icon Don’t think they’ll make it
      340 10 / 11  -  TANUJ KHOSLA AS MUCH as I hate to say this, I don’t think India can go the distance this time. However, I shall be surprised (and disappointed) if the team gets knocked out of the first round itself. I have three main reasons behind this
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      Lock icon Miracle needed
      617 10 / 11  -  SUBINA AURORA KHANEJA THE image of Kapil Dev holding up the World Cup at Lord’s in London will stay etched in the minds of all those who were witness to that moment in 1983. The numbers will reveal that the top figures of the day were Mohinder Amarnath
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      Lock icon ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
      1146 12 / 13 STAR Cricket HD Feb 14 to March 29 Sat Feb 14 (06:00 Singapore Time) 1st Match, Pool A New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Hagley Oval, Christchurch (live on STAR Cricket Extra Ch 124) Sat Feb 14 (11:30 SGT) 2nd Match, Pool A Australia v England,
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      Lock icon Players to watch
      1047 23  -  Fortunes of top teams in World Cup in the hands of a few star column HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg THE teams have been picked, the analysis is on, questions are being asked, often haltingly, sometimes dismissively, about home team chances and by now everyone has favourites anointed. I
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      Lock icon Time to get game together
      262 23 WITH all the hype ahead of the World Cup, India have not put up the best of shows in Australia. With not even one victory in the recent Tri-series, India are definitely not the favourites to defend the World Cup. The surprise selection of Stuart
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon A more flexible CPF scheme?
      464 14 RESIDENTS in Singapore can look forward to a more flexible national pension scheme that allows them to customise different levels of savings and payouts. A lump sum withdrawal at age 65, of up to 20 per cent of their Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings, is
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      Lock icon Marking a festival...
      85 14 Marking a festival... Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Teo Chee Hean talking to a kavadi carrier during Thaipusam on Feb 3. Some Hindus carry kavadis or pots of milk and make the trek from Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple in Serangoon Road to Sri Thendayuthapani
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      816 16  -  Singapore’s only married stand-up comedy couple Rishi and Sharul set to perform their first show together BHAVNA VASNANI bhavnav@sph.com.sg SHE would sit at the side while her father Kamal Channa rehearsed with local actress Daisy Irani for her Hindi plays. Watching Daisy direct her father had a huge
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      1183 17  -  Son of a Sindhi refugee, who found business success in Singapore, is angel investor in Rotimatic venture PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg TALKING to him, it is hard to believe he dropped out of school when he was 14. Today, Mr Deepak Gurnani, 54, is a successful businessman, well-versed in
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      81 18 3 calls made every 10 minutes to the Singapore Civil Defence Force last year requesting an ambulance Rs29,758 crores Deposits by non-resident Indians at Kerala’s State Bank of Travancore, making up more than a fourth of its deposits 54.1 million Passengers handled by Changi Airport last year, the
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      269 18 “The community club, the street, the garden, the park, all that is our home. And if we do not mess up our own homes, then surely our streets, our clubs, our gardens must not be messed up.” Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan adding
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      163 18 tk Ananda *^s!r Sangha mgapore O ne-kalf minute of revolution of energy around le sensitive spinal cord of man effects subtle progress in bis evolution; tkat kalf-minute of Kriya equals one year of natural spiritual evolution. Paramhansa Yogananda (Author of ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’) mo? Kriya Yoga in'MODERN AGE J
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      360 19 SINGAPORE-BASED dancers Nirmala Seshadri and Neewin Hershall will stage an outdoor performance at the National University Heart Centre, Singapore’s (NUHCS) Sculpture Garden on Feb 12 and 13. Their performance, called I Carry Your Heart, will feature bharatanatyam and the Japanese dance theatre form
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      348 19  -  LOOKING GOOD Dr Komathy Rajaratnam Dr Komathy Rajaratnam is the founder of The Lifestyle Clinic at 16-03 Camden Medical Centre, Tel: 6733-0788. Her articles deal with beauty and aesthetic issues relevant to the Indian body type. YOU have exercised and watched your diet but
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  • RELAX
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        Lock icon Tamil film good way to start, says Neha
        139 20 KERALA-BASED Neha Ratnakaran (right), who is making her cinematic debut in the upcoming movie Ivanuku Thannila Gandam, says Tamil filmdom is the best place for an actor to start one’s career. “When I got the lead role in Ivanuku Thannila Gandam I
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        Lock icon Mallika tired of glamorous roles
        143 20 ACTRESS Mallika Sherawat (below) says she is flooded with offers of glamorous roles in Bollywood. Asked why is she choosy with her scripts, Mallika told IANS: “Yes, I am a little choosy. Usually the roles that I get from Bollywood are very glamorous roles. I
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        Lock icon Anil Kapoor exercises six days a week
        223 20 ACTOR-FILM-MAKER Anil Kapoor (below) says he exercises six days a week and recalls the time when he cycled to the location where his 2015 film My Wife’s Murder was shot. The 58-year-old was with Indian union minister of state for social justice and
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      452 21 DISCUSSION Panel discussion with Singapore Literature Prize Tamil Authors on “What is the Future of Singapore Tamil Literature?”, featuring authors Samuvel Nepolian Devakumar, Jayanthi Sankar, Mohamed Kassim Shanavas, Krishnamurthi Mathangi, Swaminathan Amirthalingam, R. Kalamohan, Noorjehan Ahmadsha, Kotti Thirumugganandam, Suriya Rethnna, Pichinikkadu Elango and Chitra Ramesh. Moderated by Mr
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      63 21 CELEBRATION Pongal Festival 2015 celebration with cooking of pongal rice by different ethnic members, Uri Adithal (breaking of suspended pot), cultural and magic shows. Jointly organised by IAECs of Bedok, Fengshan and Kampong Chai Chee Community Centres. Tickets: $5 When: Feb 8, 8am to 2pm
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      Lock icon QUIZ
      174 21  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Which unit is used to measure the speed of ships? a) Knot b) Mickey c) Gallon 2. In which European capital would you find the Notre Dame Cathedral? a) Paris b) Brussels c) Rome 3. Who was the first winner of the Templeton Prize for Religion?
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      17 21 The capital of the British empire was moved from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911.
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      540 20 FUTURE SPEAKS Aries You are capable of being extremely productive and making a success of whatever you do. But be careful of overreacting if you feel threatened. Taurus Look out for opportunities that may be on the horizon; if single, then romance is likely. With many obstacles in your way,
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      312 21 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Regrets 5 Emirate inhabitants 10 More than diet 14 Dreaded character 15 Not secure, as a gem 16 Handbag for needles 17 Hunter’s prey, sometimes 20 Cold pie 21 Cosy place on a winter’s night 22 Island (2008 film) 24 Conger 25 Flanders on TV 26 A
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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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      7 21 GFor solutions, turn to the next page.
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