Tabla, 13 February 2015
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Title Section26 2015-02-13 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT O F THE INDIAN CO MM U NITY Sj£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13,2015 MCI (P) 025/11/201426 words
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INDIA
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Article, Illustration706 2015-02-13 2 Indo-Asian News Service FOR one dubbed a maverick and written off politically less than a year ago, Mr Arvind Kejriwal (right) has proved to be more wily than his seasoned political rivals. The slightly-built fighter has made an incredible comeback by scriptingIndo-Asian News Service; PHOTOS: © AFP, IANS - 706 words
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India in 2 minutes
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124 2015-02-13 2 A SURVEY conducted by online matchmaking service Shaadi.com has found that more single Indians aged 25 to 34 are receptive to the idea of women contributing to the household income. In the survey, 39.6 per cent of men agreed that women should contribute to124 words
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Article, Illustration81 2015-02-13 2 FOLLOWING the launch of an initiative on Feb 9, women are now given priority for the front seat in Mumbai’s shared taxis (above) in a move that has received approval from women. This scheme reduces discomfort for women who have to sit with male passengers.81 words
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80 2015-02-13 2 MAHESWARI, an 85-year-old elephant brought into the Thiruvananthapuram zoo from the wild in 1946, died on Feb 9, two days after falling ill. “Despite the best medical aid, we could not keep her alive,” said Mr Jacob Alexander, the vet who treated her. The80 words
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86 2015-02-13 2 WITH many natural and man-made lakes in the state having become victims of urbanisation, the Karnataka legislative assembly passed a Bill to set up an authority that will protect, conserve, restore and develop lakes in urban areas. The Bill empowers the Karnataka86 words
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87 2015-02-13 2 THE Maharashtra government has banned cattle from neighbouring Gujarat from going into the state in search of fodder, as nearly 24,000 villages face severe water and fodder shortage. This is in addition to a ban on the selling of fodder outside the state. Several lakhs87 words
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108 2015-02-13 2 AS PART of its Smart Policing initiative, the Hyderabad Traffic Police will soon be receiving 100 GPRS-enabled body cameras, which will be in use by the end of March. Currently, they are using four wearable video cameras on an experimental basis. The high resolution108 words
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Advertisement119 2015-02-13 3 U.S. University Fair study in the USA A A <2 4 <f~. o '4/ SINGAPORE Saturday, February 28 Venue: Pan Pacific Hotel 7 Raffles Boulevard, Singapore Fair Hours: 1:00 4:00 pm Presentation: 12:30- 1:00 pm Obtaining a student visa Local Contact: EducationUSA Singapore Email: educationusa@sais.edu.sg Tel: +65 6709 4838 Participating119 words
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NEWS
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Article, Illustration452 2015-02-13 4 / 5 President Tony Tan’s India visit aims to raise ties to a new level PRESIDENT Tony Tan Keng Yam had a fruitful four-day visit to India. Dr Tan, accompanied by his wife Mary, arrived in Delhi on Feb 8 at the invitation of India’s president Pranab Mukherjee. ThePHOTOS: MCI, PIB - 452 words
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Article, Illustration438 2015-02-13 4 / 5 ON THE third day of his visit to India, President Tony Tan Keng Yam launched a book on Singapore-India relations and unveiled a Peranakan exhibition featuring heirlooms from Singapore. He also attended a one-day food festival where favourites such as popiah and rojak were served. The 200-page438 words
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Article, Illustration533 2015-02-13 6 BHAVNA VASNANI - Year-long renovation to turn building into hub of sporting activities BHAVNA VASNANI bhavnav@sph.com.sg IF YOU have been passing by Tessensohn Road and Balestier Road over the past few months, you may have noticed that a familiar building is closed for renovation. ThePHOTOS: DANGARCH CONSULTANTS, SKA - 533 words
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Article, Illustration556 2015-02-13 10 LAWRENCE STEWEN - an education in Indian traditions at Thomson CC to create community bonds LAWRENCE STEWEN tabla@sph.com.sg IT IS said that marriage is not just about joining two people together. On Jan 30, five mock Indian weddings were held at Thomson Community Club to create community bonds by teachingPHOTOS: @ KUMARASAMY, THOMSON IAEC - 556 words
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Article, Illustration949 2015-02-13 11 BHAVNA VASNANI - He moves book business HQ to Singapore and finds success BHAVNA VASNANI bhavnav@sph.com.sg IN 1949, Ms Mary Martin opened a small bookstore in Adelaide, Australia. In the 1950s, she moved to Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and started exporting books from India to her store inPHOTOS: AMOS MAK, COURTESY OF SANCHU KESAVAMURTHY - 949 words
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Article, Illustration1409 2015-02-13 12 / 13 S.N. VENKAT - S.N. VENKAT tabla@sph.com.sg S.N. Venkat is a senior associate director at Singapore Management University. “GH A R k i m u r g i d a l b a r a b a r” i s a well-known Hindi proverb. Essentially it means we do not valuePHOTOS: THE STRAITS TIMES, S.N. VENKAT - 1,409 words
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Article210 2015-02-13 12 / 13 DR KIRUTHIKA Curic, senior manager of the outreach and promotion group at the Science Centre, says she usually avoids the mainstream attractions during weekends and tends to go off the beaten track. Here are a few places she and her family go to: Offroad biking track at Mandai210 words
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Article348 2015-02-13 12 / 13 MS SAVITA Kashyap is executive director of Journeys, a heritage tour company, which operates The Original Singapore Walks. It aims to bring people to the city’s best-kept secret places. She is also a member of a walking group called Jeywalkers which is named after its founder,348 words
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singapore snippets
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118 2015-02-13 14 / 15 IN GREYING Singapore, occupational therapists are much needed, and demand is set to increase. But thanks to greater awareness, extensive recruitment efforts and competitive pay, occupational therapy in the public sector is not facing a serious manpower crunch here, unlike many other jobs. Current annual starting118 words
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124 2015-02-13 14 / 15 THE National Environment Agency (NEA) is taking action against a public waste collection company found to have mixed items meant for recycling with rubbish for incineration during refuse collection. NEA rules require recyclables and waste to be collected separately and in separate trucks. The124 words
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Article, Illustration114 2015-02-13 14 / 15 RUMOURS about the possible departure of DBS chief executive (CEO) Piyush Gupta (below) have been exaggerated, it seems. Market talk has linked him to British bank Standard Chartered, whose CEO Peter Sands is said to be under pressure to leave. When asked if headhunters114 words
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Article110 2015-02-13 14 / 15 SAYING it was seriously concerned about Mr M. Ravi’s mental health, the Law Society revealed on Feb 10 that it has ordered the lawyer to stop practising with immediate effect. He has been told that the ban will remain until a psychiatrist examines him and submits110 words
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310 2015-02-13 14 / 15 HEALTHCARE has always been both an emotional and political issue, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and “it is always tempting to say we will do more, we will do better and it will cost less... maybe even free”. But governments have310 words
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Article, Illustration141 2015-02-13 14 / 15 the meaning of Singapore’s 50th birthday celebrations is not something to be decided by the Government or by themes or slogans, said Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin. It is something each Singaporean has to decide for himself, he told a crowd of tertiary students and company managers atPHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES - 141 words
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Article, Illustration132 2015-02-13 14 / 15 A TOTAL of 15.1 million visitors came to Singapore last year, a drop of 3.1 per cent compared to 2013 (see chart at right). The amount they spent $23.5 billion remained the same as the previous year. The drop can be attributedGRAPHICS: STB - 132 words
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Article177 2015-02-13 14 / 15 THE Housing Development Board (HDB) launched 3,995 new flats for sale under the February 2015 Build-To-Order (BTO) exercise on Feb 11. These flats are spread across five projects located in the non-mature towns of Bukit Batok and Hougang, and the mature town of Geylang. This177 words
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Article, Illustration327 2015-02-13 16 “What the customer sees is just a glass of water; what we see is time and effort taken to wash, pour, serve and refill.” Senior marketing executive of Peranakan Place Debby Lim on the rising trend of eateries in Singapore charging for water “Last year, I wasPHOTOS: IANS, THE STRAITS TIMES - 327 words
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Article187 2015-02-13 16 9,000 People took part in Singapore’s Safari Zoo Run 2015, held on Feb 7 and 8 6,000 CCTV cameras to be installed in Mumbai by September 2016 50 Successful kidney and liver transplants between spouses have been carried out by the National University Centre for Organ Transplantation in187 words
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EDUCATION
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Article504 2015-02-13 8 Financially independent students are set to enter institutions in the US and Canada Indo-Asian News Service ANEW segment of high-flier students, who are likely to be both academically prepared and financially independent, are expected to boost the stagnant number of Indian students in US institutions,Indo-Asian News Service - 504 words
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Article, Illustration401 2015-02-13 9 ROSHAN RAJU - 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) ROSHAN RAJU, Class 9 IGCSE OUR school’s Cultural SocietyPHOTOS: DPSIS - 401 words
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SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
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Article, Illustration248 2015-02-13 9 THAARUN THIRUMENINATHAN; WILLIAM JOHNSON, Class 7B - THAARUN THIRUMENINATHAN WILLIAM JOHNSON, Class 7B Class 7B ONE of the most keenly-contested events organised during Computer Week was the Movie Making Competition. Students of Classes 7 to 10 participated in teams of at least four or five and each group had to create a five-minute movie248 words
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Article, Illustration169 2015-02-13 9 HARSH ITA BALAJI, Class - HARSH ITA BALAJI, Class Class 1A MY SCHOOL held Computer Week from Jan 19 to 23, and I was super excited because I love computers. The theme was “CYBORG”. We learned how these man-machines can become a reality in the future. I was happy to learn how169 words
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FASHION
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Article, Illustration293 2015-02-13 17 Experience and exposure help, says Rakul Preet Singh Indo-Asian News Service RAKUL Preet Singh first faced the camera when she was just two years old, and her love for showbiz has grown since. Having done her fair share of catwalks beforeIndo-Asian News Service; PHOTO: IANS - 293 words
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ENTERTAINMENT
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Article, Illustration650 2015-02-13 18 Actor Dhanush says there’s nothing special about stardom and that comparing him to his famous father-in-law Rajinikanth is baseless Indo-Asian News Service E’S that rare grounded, modest yet talented actor who considers stardom “nothing more than a little extra attention than the normal crowd”. That’s Dha- nush (right)Indo-Asian News Service; PHOTO: © AFP - 650 words
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Article, Illustration140 2015-02-13 19 IT’S thanks to her passion for acting, says Vidya Balan (right). “I’m very fortunate that I never came across anything like the casting couch or exploitation. This was all because I was very passionate about acting, but not desperate about work,” the National140 words
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Article, Illustration118 2015-02-13 19 ACTRESS Elli Avram (left) is having great fun working with comedian-turned-actor Kapil Sharma in Abbas-Mustan’s forthcoming film. Kapil is making his acting debut with the film and Elli is amazed at his skills. “I am having great fun shooting for the film. KapilPHOTOS: IANS, THE STRAITS TIMES - 118 words
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Article, Illustration126 2015-02-13 19 ACTOR-FILM-MAKER Kamal Hassan (right) is likely to play the lead in the Tamil remake of Hindi blockbuster PK, if sources are to be believed. The remake will be produced by Gemini Film Circuit, which had earlier remade Rajkumar Hirani’s Munnabhai M.B.B.S. and 3 Idiots as126 words
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Article, Illustration163 2015-02-13 19 ACTOR Abhishek Bachchan says his father Amitabh Bachchan (right) is nervous about making his debut as a commentator for the India-Pakistan match during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Adelaide on Feb 15. Big B will take on the commentator’s role163 words
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RELAX
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Article, Illustration546 2015-02-13 20 Indo-Asian News Service ARE you bored with eating or serving the mundane corn flakes and milk breakfast? Or do your children run away at the sight of corn flakes? It’s time to be innovative! IANS asks five homemakers from across India for interesting recipesIndo-Asian News Service - 546 words
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Article385 2015-02-13 21 DANCE GBaka Vadha a kathakali performance by the Bhaskar’s Arts Academy’s kathakali troupe. When: Feb 22, 7pm Where: Goodman Arts Centre Contact: 6336-6537 GI Carry Your Heart a cross-cultural dance for patients and the public by Nirmala Seshadri and Neewin Hershall. Hosted by National University Heart Centre, Singapore385 words
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Article, Illustration32 2015-02-13 21 CHINATOWN CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS 2015 Check out CNY festivities at Chinatown with an array of exciting events and colourful street decorations. Contact: Log on to chinatownfestivals.sg32 words
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Article, Illustration183 2015-02-13 21 DEREK O’BRIEN - DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Which cartoon character was created by Elzie Crisler Segar in 1929? a) Popeye b) Captain Planet c) Batman 2. What do you call a severe snowstorm with strong winds? a) Blizzard b) Fog c) Waterspout 3. Which is the southernmost national capital in the world? a)183 words
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Article35 2015-02-13 21 Kampong Glam was a fishing village at the mouth of Rochor River. It got its name from the word kampung, which means village, and the gelam tree which grew in the area.35 words
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Page 20 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous316 2015-02-13 20 FUTURE SPEAKS Aries You may lose valuable chances at the last minute. You will not find much progress in your work. This may be due to lack of concentration. Taurus This is a good time to win new contacts and friends. You will shine at work. You will be kept316 words
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Miscellaneous221 2015-02-13 20 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 3pm LIFE OK: Pyaar Ke Side Effects 3.30pm SONY ENT: Aandhi 9pm SONY MAX: Mardaani 9.30pm VASANTHAM: Alaipayuthey Mn STAR GOLD: 2 States Mn VTV: Nee Unnai Arinthaal Saturday 11.30am COLORS: Na Tum Jaano Na Hum Noon STAR PLUS: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara 1pm VASANTHAM: Ootty Varai221 words
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Miscellaneous300 2015-02-13 21 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Window ledge 5 Haul, slangily 10 Major (The Great Bear constellation) 14 Black-and-white snack 15 “No” vote from a horse? 16 They’re generally caught at night 17 Mismatched battlers 20 Cold-weather coat 21 Broad sash 22 Fork it over 23 Onlooker 25 Lousy eggs? 27 Dusting cloth300 words
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Miscellaneous40 2015-02-13 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.40 words
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Miscellaneous7 2015-02-13 21 GFor solutions, turn to the next page.7 words
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Article, Illustration180 2015-02-13 22 Indo-Asian News Service OY, an upcoming romantic thriller, R needed a “character” and not a “lead actor”, says its director Vikramjit Singh, who feels that Ranbir Kapoor (left) fits the bill for the titular role of a mysterious thief due to his risk-taking ability.Indo-Asian News Service; PHOTO: IANS - 180 words
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Miscellaneous23 2015-02-13 22 quiz 1. Popeye 2. Blizzard 3. Wellington 4. Spain 5. Bicycle 6. Electorate 7. Mario Puzo 8. Vishnu 9. Joe Frazier 10. China23 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration1044 2015-02-13 23 PATRICK JONAS - These cricketers are likely to shine at the World Cup PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg EVERY World Cup throws up stars. This page focuses on players who are likely to shine in this year’s tournament from eight countries with a longer cricketing history than the others. 1 Moeen AliPHOTOS: © AFP - 1,044 words
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Article, Illustration826 2015-02-13 24 HARSHA BHOGLE - But India will start as the favourites against Pakistan star column HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg THERE is a tournament to be won. And there is a cricket match to be won. The first must be the destination, the second the milestone you drive by. WhenPHOTO: © AFP - 826 words
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