Tabla, 17 October 2008

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    21 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY MICA (P) 171/09/2008 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 2008 •T SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon BINDRA’S TOP 10
    701 1  -  He’s intelligent, he’s articulate and he’s an Olympic gold medallist. Abhinav Bindra speaks to tabla! Rohit Brijnath rohit@sph.com.sg Rohit Brijnath is a senior correspondent with The Straits Times. INDIA’S only individual Olympic gold medallist is quiet. He usually is. Shooting is a sport absent of words, here
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    Lock icon NEW FACE OF INDIAN SINGAPORE
    9 1 PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Mr No Fear
      476 2  -  Indian finance minister Chidambaram has a message for everyone PATRICK JONAS message patrickj@sph.com.sg FEAR. This is one word that those who have money know well these days. So do finance ministers and finance professionals. Yet, in these troubled times, India’s Finance Minister P. Chidambaram (inset) is an
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      Lock icon TEARS CHEERS
      703 3 The alliance of Jet and Kingfisher means thousands of airline jobs cut ON MONDAY, the head honchos hugged. They then burst into peals of laughter. The key to their joy: A potential saving of Rs1,500 crores. Rivals Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airways decided to form a strategic alliance.
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      Lock icon Tamil MPs threaten to quit
      454 4 They want Indian government to intervene in Lanka-Tiger war THE Tamil Tigers are under pressure in the battle with the Sri Lankan army. They are being pushed back and may soon lose the key town of Kilinochchi. But they are not the only ones feeling
      Minister M. Karunanidhi night. PHOTO: IANS  -  454 words
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      183 4 If you have something to say, please do drop us an e-mail at tabla.com.sg. It doesn't have to be sweet, but do try to keep it short. No more than 100 words. Type in 'tabla mail’ under subject. B RED SUN A Symbol of Health II ft it M 0MICholesser
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  • TABLA
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      327 6 The heartbeat of the Indian community gets kickstarted by ministers from Singapore and India SENIOR Minister of State S. Iswaran, who engineered Singapore’s recent Formula One success, showed a deft hand last Saturday at the official launch of tabla! during Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) at Suntec City.
      Ravi. PHOTO: ARUN RAMU; stage at the tabla! presentation at the Zee Carnival he? PHOTOS: ALPHONSUS CHERN/ARUN RAMU  -  327 words
    • TABLA MAIL
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        Lock icon Five stars for first issue
        79 6  -  Deepak Gurnani Just laid my hands on the issue and gobbled up the entire issue in 40 minutes flat, such was the excitement. Like its name, tabla! was music to my senses which can’t get enough of everything Indian. It has beautifully achieved the fine
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        33 6  -  Dr V.S. Bhatnagar up We have seen the first issue of tabla!. The content and format are commendable. I hope it will encourage local talent and cover important news from India.
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        Lock icon What I want in the paper
        87 6  -  Dheepan paper Thanks for the supplement on PBD Singapore. I didn’t expect a 48-page first issue. What I would like to see in tabla!: a forum page, sports on TV, websites about Singapore, guest writers and a Q and A page for our Indian
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        69 6  -  south.T.S. Prakasam In-depth coverage tabla!, the English weekly is truly the heartbeat of the Indian Community, The prime edition reveals the resume of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, Articles from A to Z are readable and in depth. Tabla music reaches the entire island of Singapore from Tuas
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    • EXCERPTS FROM SPEECHES AT PBD
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        Lock icon PM on importance of Indian diaspora
        573 7 I AM delighted to welcome all of you to Singapore for the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) or Global Indian Diaspora Conference. When we made the offer to host this gathering, we did not know it would be held during such exciting times. The world
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        Lock icon SM’s personal reflections on India
        583 7 I AM honoured to be invited to speak at this special event, the first Pravasi Bharatiya Divas conference held in Singapore, and before such a distinguished audience. It gives me an opportunity to share with you my personal reflections on Engaging India my engagement with
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      Lock icon Entrepreneur Awards
      129 7 THE ‘SICCI-DBS Singapore Indian Entrepreneur Awards’ is presented annually by the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce Industry (SICCI) to recognise outstanding Indian entrepreneurs as well as to serve as motivation for budding Indian entrepreneurs. DBS Bank has been the awards’ sponsor since 2004. The independent Panel of Judges
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    • regional roundup A quick update on what's happening around India
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        Lock icon ANDHRA PRADESH
        246 8 Chiranjeevi tour ends a day early TELUGU star Chiranjeevi (left) had to cut short his tour by a day due to fever. His cancelled the His Praja Rajyam party cancelled the Praja Praja Rajyam party Praja Yatra as the star was running a fever. as was running a
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        151 8 Chola DBS shuts 75 branches THE joint venture DBS group has with the Murugappa Group is closing down 75 of its 260 branches across India. The closing down of branches by Cholamandalam DBS Finance Ltd will also see some 200 employees working in the branch loan section being
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        Lock icon DELHI
        118 8 New speed guns that shoot in the dark SPEEDSTERS in Delhi beware. The traffic police there is getting new speed guns that can detect the speed of a vehicle even after dark and also take photographs as evidence. The speed guns will come into action in a couple of
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      38 6 If you have something to say, please do drop us an e-mail at tabla@sph.com.sg. It doesn’t have to be sweet, but do try to keep it short. No more than 100 words. Type in ‘tabla mail’ under subject
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      283 8 K) KADEKA JAPAN www.kodeko.com.sg After mouths on the trellis, the premium mine yrapes houe ripened. This is jusi tint bujiMiAiMy. The precious grapes go into another painstaking process. From juicing to fermentation, and maturing to fruition of the prized wine, great attention is paid to the tiniest detail. And it
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  • INVEST
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      Lock icon ABSOLUTELY ASBESTOS
      930 9  -  Gold is stagnant, property is expensive, bank savings are stingy and the stock market is, well, scary. Here’s an investment tip that may just work Mudar Patherya Mudar owns Visaka stock. He heads India’s annual report agency called Trisys. Responds with speed at mudar@trisyscom.com AFTER you have done
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      Lock icon How many stockbrokers to change a bulb?
      420 9  -  MARKET CHATTER AYESHA KOHLI AYESHA KOHLI WHILE nobody is laughing all the way to the bank these days, a side trade in humour and some outrageous conspiracy theories seem to be flourishing, bringing a smile or at least a raised eyebrow to many
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  • PERSONALITY
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      829 10  -  Girija Pande talks about why he chose Singapore over Hong Kong and what it was like in China tabla! talk with Patrick Jonas city. patrickj@sph.com.sg IF YOU ask Mr Girija Pande’s children how they learnt the Pythagoras theorem, they will tell you an interesting story. It stems
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon S’pore car market gets a boost
      601 12  -  Indian expats add vroom to car showrooms CHRISTOPHER TAN ment demand. tabla@sph.com.sg The writer is a senior correspondent with The Straits Times WHEN BMW’s now-retired senior vice-presi-dent in charge of international sales Luder Paysen was asked many years ago why the Bavarian carmaker chose
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      Lock icon Go ahead, call me Chindian
      602 13  -  New Face runner-up Shatricia Nair is of mixed parentage, and proudly celebrates both Deepavali and Chinese New Year Sheela Narayanan sheela@sph.com.sg YOU could call her masala but Shatricia Nair (right) prefers to call herself Chindian (as people of Indian-Chinese descent sometimes get tagged). “I don’t
      couples are a non-issue. PHOTOS: THE NEW PAPER  -  602 words
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      275 14 “I don’t normally complain or find excuses but I truly believe the referee made the difference in the match.” Ritwik Bhattacharya after losing to Frenchman Mathieu Castagnet in the World Open squash tournament “If there is something I detest more than a trip to the dentist, it
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      180 14 71Number of nations competing in the Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 in Pune 7.5%GoldmanSachs’ estimate for India’s economic growth for the year ending March 2009. US$207 million Contract won by Tata Consultancy Services from the Indian government to speed up the issue of passports to citizens. 1,000 Number of
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      Lock icon Time to shop
      822 16  -  Whether you celebrate Deepavali or Diwali, shopping is a must ....even if it is a chore for some of you. tabla! offers suggestions to make the retail trek for fashion and food this festival of lights a little more fun and palatable Compiled by Manavi Sharma Sheetal
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      Lock icon Time to eat
      498 17 The Song Of India Who: Master chef Milind Sovani presents his latest collection of Indian sweets, elegantly packaged in gift boxes for gift giving. What: The Premium Festival Delights box containing 12 special Mithais which include Mango and Choc Burfi (Alphonso Mango and White Chocolate), Figs and
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      82 14 •V i' Si f. mm¥ w s#//rf? sr /rfJ P* -> v k y.^'-r i y 'v V i’»;V v- An Invitation To Dress Different This Season The Jewel Box invites you to an Open House Sale of the new and very intriguing CELEBRATION COLLECTION Fri Oct 17th and Sat
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      Lock icon Don’t call me a genius
      702 18  -  Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain prefers to be called a student, not a master Sheela Narayanan (Indian music) sheela@sph.com.sg Zakir Hussain Presents Masters Of Percussion will be on at the Esplanade Concert Hall on Oct 30 at 7.30pm. Tickets $50, $70, $100, $120 and $150 are
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      Lock icon Big B is in hospital and Bollywood stands to lose Rs100 crores
      385 18  -  Sheela Narayanan CALL it a triple deja vu. In 1982, when Amitabh Bachchan, then 40, was involved in a near-fatal accident on the set of Coolie, his film projects were put on hold for many months. Cut to
      Oct 11. Looking PHOTO: AP  -  385 words
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      Lock icon SRK mania at Suntec
      517 19  -  Fans push, shove and scream to get close to the star DEEPIKA SHETTY you special. deepikas@sph.com.sg Deepika Shetty is a correspondent with The Straits Times, Life! WILL it be black or a cappuccino? Two Starbucks packets in hand, the big question backstage is which one will
      fans. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES  -  517 words
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      Lock icon I’ve given up ice cream and pizzas
      489 20 Himesh Reshammiya even had a hair transplant for Karzzz role Karzzz. Bollywood News Service WHILE being driven in his brand new black BMW to a suburban mall for a promotional event of Karzzz, Himesh Reshammiya was palpably nervous. But the shy guy eventually
      Karzzz. Bollywood News Service; PHOTOS: IANS, BNS  -  489 words
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      Lock icon Stop calling it Bollywood and Kollywood
      347 20 TAMIL actor-producer-director Nasser was in Singapore yesterday to discuss the possibility of making a documentary about Indian immigrants. He spoke to Tamil Murasu’s TAMILAVEL What brings you to Singapore? This is one of my favourite destinations. I have been here 20 to 25 times.
      Singapore is one of his PHOTO: ARUN RAMU  -  347 words
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      Lock icon Friendships last, relationships don’t
      576 21  -  Priety Zinta talks about relationships with co-stars, going psycho and pimples MAULI SINGH Bollywood News Service THE full-of-beans Priety Zinta will be seen as more than just a pretty woman in her upcoming films: Heroes, Har Pall and Heaven On Earth. In a chatty mood, she
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  • RELAX
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      118 22 DIWALI DHOOM DANDIYA ISHTYLE It’s time to let your hair down with the festive season upon us. Club Colaba, the latest Bollywood dance club is putting up a special Diwali and Dandiya combination that will get you on the dance floor. Don’t forget to bring
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      Lock icon what’s on
      614 22 THE RETURN OF HALLOWEEN HORRORS The Night Safari celebrates Halloween with spookier and more thrilling attractions. Don’t miss them. When: Till Nov 1, 7.30pm to midnight Where: Night Safari, 80 Mandai Lake Road Contact: 6269-3411 or www.nightsafari.com.sg TASTES OF INDIA CARNIVAL Celebrate the diversity of India and feast
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    • TV HIGHLIGHTS
      • friday
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          20 22 Midnight VTV Starring Kamal Hassan, Saranya, Ravi, Nazar One of Kamal’s most memorable roles as a powerful mafia don.
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          63 22 11pm ZEE TV Amrita must look for a way to find the souls so she meets Naagrani and asks for help. Naagrani gives her Amrita a potion to help her kill Rudra. Amrita then transforms into Choti Amrita to enter Trinaal Lok. On the way she meets a witch
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      • saturday
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          31 22 7pm ZEE TV Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Rajnikanth, Govinda, Deepa Sahi, Shilpa Shirodkar, Anupam Kher and Danny Denzongpa. A huge 1991 hit with Amitabh in his famous angry young man role.
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          Lock icon SA RE GA MA PA CHALLENGE 2009
          32 22 10pm ZEE TV Find out who gets eliminated this week. In Sunday’s episode, Preity Zinta will appear in the programme to promote her film, Heroes.
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      • sunday
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          48 22 4.30pm SONY ENT Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Salman Khan. Baghbaan is the story of Raj Malhotra, his wife, Pooja, and his four sons. Raj and his wife raised their sons who are now nicely settled in their respective professions. But when he retires, life suddenly changes.
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          Lock icon JAB WE MET
          23 22 7pm ZEE TV Starring Shahid Kapur and Kareena Kapoor as Aditya, a rich industralist and Geet in this romantic comedy
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      • monday
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          54 22 2pm VTV The story is about a young man (Nanda) who comes from a village to Chennai and loses his memory in an accident. He is nursed by a doctor (Uma), who slowly falls in love with him. In the meantime, the man is trying to find an answer
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          Lock icon SALONI – SAATH PHERA
          57 22 SALONI SAATH PHERA 9.30pm ZEE TV This is a must watch episode. Nahar tells MB about his illness and that he has two months to live. Saloni already knows the truth but is waiting for Nahar to tell her. Dr Varun, talks about other trivial things which seems odd considering
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          Lock icon RANBIR RANO
          65 22 11pm CHANNEL Rano complains to the principal about Ranbir putting posters principal putting up posters all over town. The principal doesn’t believe that and asks Rano what she has against Ranbir. She then tells Rano to take care of the matter as it is affecting the college’s reputation.
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      • tuesday
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          50 22 6.30pm ZEE TV Leeza has recorded her conversation with Rekha. She puts the CD into the CD player in Abhay’s room. When Abhay listens to the CD, he is shocked. He apologises to Leeza and they hug. At least one couple is back together. What will happen next?
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          64 22 9pm VTV Saravanan and Maha (Partibhan and Richa) are childhood playmates who were separated when Maha’s parents migrated to the city. Years later, when the duo meet, Maha is a popular pop singer and Saravanan a struggling music composer. While he is obsessed with her, her care and
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      • wednesday
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          Lock icon NAAN READY NEENGA READYA
          52 22 5pm VTV Viswam (Srikanth) and Murugan (Prabhudeva) are quarreling neighbours who come to Hyderabad in search of a job. They join Buchayya’s job. They join Buchayya’s (Tanikella Bharani) company as management trainees. Buchayya has a beautiful daughter, Sasi Rekha (Namitha). Of course they fall in love
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          44 22 7.30pm ZEE TV Nupur tells Raj deep that what happened in the past was an accident and that Trishna doesn’t know anything. But if he keeps behaving like this, Trishna will surely find out. Aside from this, Tanya falls in love with Raj.
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          Lock icon MAAYKA
          60 22 10pm ZEE TV Where is Durga really taking Soni to? She tells Jeet that she and Soni need to go for prayers alone. Will Mahi be able to persuade Shabd’s friends to confess in court about what actually happened that night. And we see Angad’s re-entry into the show.
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      • thursday
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          64 22 2pm VTV Parthiban is a sociallyconscious is a sociallyconscious youth who wants to clean up society. His motivation is his late father (Thalaivasal Vijay), a crusader who crusader who was murdered. Parthiban is intelligent enough to realise that he is not a one-man-army to fight the evils and corruption
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          84 22  -  8.30pm ZEE TV Compiled by Surendar Kaur Surendar Kaur Shlok and Radha leave to meet an mysterious man in a temple. When they get there, a boy hands them a note. It says the duo are being followed and he can’t meet them. The note also tells them to
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      Lock icon QUIZ
      206 23  -  Derek O’Brien 1. Who was invited to attack India by Daulat Khan and Alam Khan? a) Ahmad Shah Abdali b) Nadir Shah c) Babur 2. Which classical dance form is also known as Attakatha? a) Manipuri b) Kathakali c) Kuchipudi 3. The name of which port is actually a
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      Lock icon MOVIES THIS WEEK
      269 24 KARZZZ Himesh Reshammiya, Urmila Matondkar, Shweta Kumar, Dino Morea Karzzz is a remake of the 1980 Subhash Ghai hit Karz, hook, line and masala. Monty (Himesh) is a South African rock star. He meets a ballet dancer Tina (Shweta) at a party and falls madly in love
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      66 23 Listings on this page are free. Write to tabla!, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Tower Block Level 5, Singapore *****4, fax to 6319-8311 or e-mail at tabla@sph.com.sg, at least two weeks ahead. Include name of the event, organiser, venue, date and time, ticket prices and your name, address and contact number.
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
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      329 23 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Type of nerve 6 “It’s all (“It happened so fast!”) 11 Tiny Tim’s dad 14 Two-ton beast 15 “Queen of Mean” Helmsley 16 Winter Olympics need 17 Closely monitored figure 19 “I’ll be a monkey’s uncle!” 20 Part of a recovery program 21 Bogart classic “Key 22
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      101 23 3 4 SUDOKU 8 5 6 9 4 5 3 7 3 6 8 2 6 7 9 1 7 5 9 5 7 6 1 5 9 2 3 3 1 The objective is to place the digits 1 to 9 only, once in each of the small 3x3
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      40 24 If you have something to say, please do drop us an e-mail at tabla.com.sg. It doesn't have to be sweet, but do try to keep it short. No more than 100 words. Type in 'tabla mail' under subject. tabla! 1
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      529 24 FUTURE SPEAKS By Kamal Kapoor Aries This is going to be a good period for those who are born under the Aries sign. During the beginning of the week, you may win a long-awaited litigation. If you have applied for a loan, the chances of getting it are very high.
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      115 24 SOLUTIONS quiz crossword sudoku 1. Babur 2. Kathakali 3. Jaffna 4. Shoe 5. Cockroach 6. United Nations 7. Smallpox 8. Sandwich 9. Eiffel Tower 10. Surat who am i? 9 7 6 5 3 4 1 8 2 2 8 5 6 9 1 3 7 3 1 4 8
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  • EDUCATION
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      286 25  -  There’s more to school than homework and exams. That’s why tabla! has this page for the students of the three Indian schools here to play reporter and photographer (This page will be rotated among the schools. Next week, DPS International.) AMRUTHA SRINIVASAN (Grade 8) AN
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
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        309 25 OUR teacher at NPS International said Christians pray in Churches, Muslims pray in Mosques. I pray in Temples. “What do they look like Maam?” She smiled at us and said “we shall see.” On Tuesday we all got into the bus. First
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        Lock icon Adrenaline pumping week
        262 25  -  AALEKHYA REDDAM (Grade 8) EXCITEMENT was rampant in the air. There was talk of inter-house competitions coming up soon at NPS, but we were yet to hear of it. Finally, on Tuesday, during the morning assembly, the principal mentioned that she had an important announcement to make.
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon BOUNCER
      211 26 Zaheer’s bouncer has reignited the war of words which started in Australia “They are under pressure, we know that. So we are looking ahead at the second game. I have never seen an Australian team play such defensive cricket, which is good for us.” Zaheer Khan “He’s entitled to
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      Lock icon Bonhomie in Bonn but no win yet
      396 26 Anand draws again in battle with Kramnik WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP play tie-breaker. Indo–Asian News Service VISWANATHAN Anand surprised Vladimir Kramnik by going in with a Nimzo-Indian even as many expected a Petroff from him in the second game of the World Chess Championship
      play tie-breaker. Indo–Asian News Service; Bonn. PHOTO: REUTERS  -  396 words
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      114 26 THE world chess championship between champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Vladimir Kramnik is taking place in Bonn. Anand and Kramnik are very good friends and most of the battles will be confined to the chess board. At a news conference before the tournament kicked off, the
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