Tabla, 24 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 24 2008 JT SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Deepavali...Diwali... does it make a difference?
    178 1  -  SHEELA NARAYANAN A S WE prepare to celebrate the Festival of Lights, it’s time to deal with that oft-asked question: Are we celebrating Deepavali Diwali? question: celebrating Deepavali or Diwali? The South Indian community calls it Deepavali and celebrates it a day before their
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Blending North and South
      571 2 Dr Gauri Krishnan, 45, is the deputy director of Research and Publications as well as the senior curator for South Asia at the Asian Civilisations Museum. She has her own blend of celebrations which pays homage to her husband, Mr Krishnan Jagannathan’s Tamil family, as well
      Snanam. PHOTO: SHEELA NARAYANAN  -  571 words
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      Lock icon Our path of lights
      515 2 Malayalee Kamini Ramachandran, 39, has seen them all from Malaysian plantation style Deepavali celebrations to Punjabi-East London Diwali parties. The professional storyteller, married to banker Aditya Bhugtiar, 42, shares her experiences. I GREW up in the rubber estates and oil-palm plantations of Malaysia and have very
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      Lock icon Gloom hits Mumbai markets
      601 3  -  KARISHMA VASWANI In Mumbai Karishma Vaswani presents the India Business Report on BBC World News IT’S festival time in India. Diwali, the Hindu New Year, is usually accompanied by big sales and special offers from most of the country’s leading retailers. But as the downturn in
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    • Article
      Lock icon What the festival of lights means
      202 3 FOR Hindus, the festival of lights is one of the most important dates in the calendar. Deepavali/Diwali is a Sanskrit word which means path or array of lights and signifies the victory of good (light) over evil (darkness). In South India, Deepavali is a
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    • Article
      Lock icon How local associations celebrate
      185 3 “For Diwali we usually have a get together like a dinner and dance. And because the North Indian celebrations will be on Tuesday it is not a public holiday we will be holding it on Sunday.” Bharti Parwani, secretary of the Singapore Sindhi Association. “In the
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Obama is their man
      406 4 Indian-Americans prefer him to McCain as president THE US presidential election is just 10 days away. Which way will the Indian-Americans vote? A survey this month done by four US universities suggests they are flowing with the tide. They favour Senator Barack Obama (right) over Senator
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    • Article
      Lock icon Indians in dream team?
      131 4 Indo-Asian News Service IF THE next US president follows the advice of some analysts, Indian-born PepsiCo chief Indra Nooyi should be the next US trade representative and Newsweek International editor Fareed Zakaria should be national security adviser. The Foreign Policy journal’s website invited a panel of
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      Lock icon From shooting basket to shooting rockets
      636 6 Ex-basketball player’s key role in India’s successful moon rocket launch Indo-Asian News Service A LITTLE past dawn on Wednesday, 6.22 am to be exact, a rocket carrying the Chandrayaan-I, blasted off into space from Sriharikota. Watching the launch was a former Kerala state basketball
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    • Article
      Lock icon Impact probe to spot future landing sites
      195 6 OF the 11 payloads on board Chandrayaan-1, one holds pride of place. Painted in the colours of the Indian flag, it is the Moon Impact Probe (MIP). The 29kg MIP will crash-land on the lunar surface to identify future landing sites and explore
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      Lock icon Fire and firecrackers
      464 8  -  Rise of Raj Thackeray brings joy to supporters, heartburn to rest of India PATRICK JONAS JOY in Maharashtra. Agony in Bihar. That was how India went to sleep on Wednesday night. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, whose arrest triggered vandalism and unrest in Maharashtra, returned
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      Lock icon Can DMK afford to pull out?
      339 8 ONE has hit the road seeking votes even though it is not yet election time. Her rival, in the meantime, is softening his stance after threatening to pull out his MPs from Parliament. Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi has welcomed a statement made
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      Lock icon Hot air and plane truths
      964 10  -  Jet-Kingfisher alliance and its fallout leaves many in splits ANJULI BHARGAVA Business Standard LAST week has been one of the most rewarding ever since I started writing on the aviation sector. Never have I laughed so much at the turn of events and the emotional
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    • regional roundup
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        Lock icon JAMMU & KASHMIR
        113 10 JAMMU KASHMIR Trade route re-opens after 61 years Trade route re-opens after 61 years A TRADE route that was shut after India and Pakistan were partioned, was reopened on Tuesday. To the beating of drums, 13 trucks from the Indian side carrying fruit, walnut, honey and spices crossed into the
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        Lock icon DELHI, UP
        76 10 Sexual harassment cases up IT’S not happy news if you are a woman working in Delhi or Uttar Pradesh. The National Commission for Women has recorded 60 cases of sexual harassment at work places in the capital over the last three years, while Uttar Pradesh has registered 77
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        117 10 Will IT firm face Nano fate? AFTER the Tatas, it is the turn of the IT industry in West Bengal to face the ire of the farmers. Many farmers at Rajarhat’s Jagadishpur the site identified for a Rs1,500 crores IT project have refused to give up their land
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        Lock icon TAMIL NADU
        68 10 Firecrackers costlier, so less noise PRICES of firecrackers have shot up 35 per cent compared to last year. But Deepavali may well be a visual delight with more colour and less sound in Tamil Nadu due to stiff regulations on decibel levels, reported IANS. Following orders from the
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  • Article, Illustration
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    687 11 SIM grads who come here from India find jobs fast HE had two job offers even before he had graduated from his banking and finance degree programme at SIM. Mr. Yash Wardhan, 23, whose degree is from the University of London, received the offers from a
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  • PERSONALITY
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      Lock icon Starting with a Clean Slate
      915 12  -  tabla! talk with Patrick Jonas with with Patrick Jonas patrickj@sph.com.sg HE CAME bounding through the glass door. After shaking my hand firmly with the words “Hi, Narayan”, he ushered me into the Insead cafe bar. The international flavour of the campus came not just from
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Bridging the disconnect
      490 13  -  Local and expatriate Indian women talk about how to improve relations between them SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg IT WAS a morning when the “snooty” expatriate met the “stand-offish” local and came to a consensus. We want to be friends. So how do we go about doing it? In
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      Lock icon Some walk, some run over the burning coal
      134 13  -  TAMILAVEL THOUSANDS of devotees packed the Sri Mariamman Temple here on Oct 20 for the annual firewalking or “Theemithi” festival. Inside the temple grounds, 14,000 pieces of “kandar” firewood specially brought in from Malaysia had been reduced to small chunks of charcoal
      Pits of fire and milk. PHOTOS: ARUN RAMU  -  134 words
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      Lock icon Sikhs celebrate 300 holy years
      94 13 SIKHS across the globe celebrated the 300th anniversary of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji (Sikh Holy Scriptures) last week. The Singapore Sikh community built a float that is a replica of the Takhat Sachkhand Sri Hazur Sahib the Sikh shrine in Maharashtra where the
      island. PHOTOS: GURDIP SINGH  -  94 words
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      296 14 “When stones are thrown at you, you can turn them into milestones.” Sachin Tendulkar, after breaking the world record for the most number of Test runs “There was more action in the Cinthol ad than in Dhoom 2. It was so much fun. I did kayaking, free-running,
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      185 14 10,000 Number of CDs containing hymns and chants from the Guru Granth Sahib distributed free in Malaysia and in other South-east Asian countries to mark the 300th anniversary of the Guru Granth Sahib. 12,037 Number of world record Test runs that Sachin has scored. 450 billion yen Japan’s
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  • BOOKS
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      Lock icon Forget Bridget Jones, meet Aisha Bhatia
      542 15  -  Refreshing debut book set to go international in print with with with Deepika Shetty rights deepikas@sph.com.sg AFTER Shobhaa De rocked the Indian literary scene with her saucy novels, she got stuck with the label, “Jackie Collins of the East”. It’s something De loathes to
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      132 15 ■■PHPPHPPHPPHRH Diwali Celebration at Shahi Maharani </UFestival of Awadhi Kashmiri Cuisines 20th to the 27th of October 2008 This Diwali, Shahi Maharani brings the best of the rich lavish foods passed down from the palaces of the Emperors of Kashmir and the Nawabs of Awadh. Be treated like royalty as
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  • EDUCATION
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      Lock icon Should I be a cricketer or a rocket scientist?
      390 16  -  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, GIIS.) ESHITA KABRA
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
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        Lock icon Have you ever seen a paper clip float on water?
        182 16 SCIENCE week is much more than a quest for knowledge, it is also about having fun. It stimulates interest in scientific research, no matter how simple or complex it may be. And young people are the perfect candidates for such
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      • Article
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        139 16  -  CATHLEEN JOAN B. GABRIEL (Class 10) (Class 10) LONG distance runs aren’t really my thing, I favour sprints; so when word about the school’s road relay spread, I had my reservations on whether to compete or decline, and save myself the pain of training. I chose
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  • FOOD
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      Lock icon Chic eats
      326 17  -  Classic Indian in classy ambience SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg Y ANTRA is a good place to go if you want to introduce your guest, client or friend who is uninitiated in North Indian food, in style. The Yantra vegetarian and non-vegetarian tandoori platters (from $24 to $44) could be
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      Lock icon Roll those shoulders
      308 17 NOW that we’ve got you into the Bolly fitness groove (last week we showed you how to get the head and neck warmed up) it’s time to move onto the shoulders. All you have to do is follow the moves demonstrated here by Nidhi Banthia-Me-hta, founder-chief creative
      PHOTOS: GEOFFREY PEREIRA  -  308 words
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      339 18/19  -  It just wouldn’t be Diwali if Bollywood didn’t release some blockbusters. Not all of them light up the screen though UTKARSHA MHATRE Bollywood News Service BOLLYWOOD has certain rituals that are followed no matter the passage of time or the state of the economy. One of them
      Bollywood News Service; Om. PHOTO: APUN KA CHOICE; PHOTO: SONY PICTURES  -  339 words
    • SPARKLERS
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        142 18/19 The Subhash Ghai-produced Aitraaz was a surprise package and the audience once again liked the Akshay-Priyanka pair. It was a fair success and Priyanka Chopra was only the second woman to be named Best Villain at the Filmfare Awards. Verdict: Sparkler. The biggest grosser that Diwali was Yash Chopra’s
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        Lock icon 2005
        93 18/19 Three movies released in the Diwali week. Kyon Ki, Garam Masala and Shaadi No.1 were family entertainers and aimed at general viewership. While the rather serious and sombre Kyon Ki did not please the crowds, Priyadarshan’s other movie rollicking comedy Garam Masala was a hit. Garam Masala “paired” John
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        101 18/19 The superstars did battle this year. On one side it was Shah Rukh Khan’s Don The Chase Begins Again and on the other side it was the teaming up of Salman and Akshay in Jaan-e-Mann. Don The Chase Begins Again was directed by young gun Farhan Akthar. And he
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        114 18/19 This was perhaps the most exciting build-up in recent times. With Ranbir Kapoor, debuting in a Sanjay Leela Bhansali film, pitted against the deadly duo of Shah Rukh Khan and Farah Khan, the industry was abuzz with speculation. With the promos of both movies being well received, the two
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    • BOMBS
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        Lock icon 2005
        114 18/19 Ram Gopal Verma’s experimental Naach fizzled out due to its abstract story and strong competition. It was like a coffee that is neither hot nor well brewed. Verdict: Bomb. Shaadi No.1 was a typical David Dhavan roller-coaster comedy. The huge star cast (with Sanjay Dutt headlining) and slapstick comedy
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        40 18/19 Jaan-E-Mann got some amount of critical acclaim but was a commercial disappointment, especially since so much had been expected from it. Plus, Akshay denied of expected was denied a repeat of his previous year’s successes (Garam Masala). Verdict: Bomb
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        40 18/19 Bollywood News Service Saawariya was trapped under the load of OSO and its own colourful excesses. Ranbir in Saawariya was critically acclaimed and liked by the audiences, but the film was not quite palatable for the masses. Verdict: Bomb
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      Lock icon Rahman’s The Big Band show will feature Singapore band
      444 18/19 MUSIC composer A.R. Rahman is going on a journey. He will travel through 15 Indian cities and by the time he finishes his journey, he would have found a winner. Rahman has teamed up with Phat Phish, an entertainment and communication
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      Lock icon Don’t mess around
      490 20  -  Hard Kaur is in your face and she likes it that way SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg ARD Kaur is a woman who elicits H extreme reactions from men and women. With her brassy dragon fire personality. her penchant for chunky gold accessories and tight shorts paired with sky-high
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      Lock icon Fashion circus
      615 21 No, we’re not making fun. That’s exactly what Manish Arora wanted to convey with his designs Indo-Asian News Service CLOWN pants, voluminous jackets and ruffled skirts in funky hues of bright pink, blue and green all crafted by designer Manish Arora featured at the grand finale of the
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      Lock icon Meanwhile, at Delhi Fashion Week...
      228 21 THERE was more fashion on show in New Delhi. The breakaway Fashion Foundation of India held its first Delhi Fashion Week at Emporio in Vasant Kunj last week, reported the Business Standard. Held 15km away from the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week, it was supported
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  • RELAX
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      Lock icon hot pick OF THE WEEK
      111 22 ZAKIR HUSSAIN PRESENTS MASTERS OF PERCUSSION Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain’s Masters Of Percussion tour which usually goes to North America and Europe will make its Asian debut. Zakir will showcase musicians from the sub-continent, like V. Selvaganesh, the son of ghatam virtuoso Vikku Vinayakram who
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      608 22 DIWALI COUNTDOWN 2008 Bhangra the night away at this Deepavali Eve countdown bash featuring the latest Bollywood hits by Hard Kaur, the India-born British superstar who has taken Bollywood by storm. She has performed with celebrities such as Justin Timberlake and Pharell. When: Oct 26, 9pm till 6am
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    • TV HIGHLIGHTS
      • friday
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          68 22 11am SONY ENT Starring: K Bhagyaraj, Poornima Jayaram, Suman Raja (Bhagyaraj) the watchman’s son works at an Ooty bungalow owned by a rich man whose granddaughter Radha (Poornima), was Raja’s best friend when they were in school. Years later, Radha returns to Ooty after having studied and
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          Lock icon HAMARI BETIYON KA VIVAAH
          60 22 7.30pm ZEE TV Sujata meets Raghav and tells him that they can never be together and he has to accept this truth he has to forget her. Trishna finds herself in a dark location and she sees a box. She picks it and is about to
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          Lock icon MALABAR WEDDING
          38 22 9.30pm VASANTHAM Starring: Indrajith, Gopika. Sorakalyanam is a custom where friends of the bride and groom play practical jokes on them. Manukuttan (Indrajith), who marries Smitha (Gopika), takes it sportingly. But for Smitha, it creates problems.
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      • saturday
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          Lock icon BHOOL BHULAIYAA
          52 22 4 P™....yASANTHAM When Siddharth (Shiney Ahuja) visits his Indian home town with his new wife Avni (Vidya Balan) from the US, they stay at his ancestral home, laughing off warnings of ghostly encounters. When Avni falls mysteriously ill, Siddharth calls his doctor friend (Akshay Kumar) to help solve
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          77 22 4.30pm SONY ENT Starring: Salman Khan, Bhoomika Chawla. Radhey Mohan (Salman) is a rowdy slacker who keeps hanging out at his old college and gets into fights. He falls for a first year student Nirjara (Bhoomika) who is afraid of his violent behaviour. But when he saves her
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          Lock icon MUNIYANDI VILANGIYAL MOONDRAM AANDU
          49 22 9 Pm...VASANTHAM Starring: Bharat, Poorna. Muniyaandi (Bharat) is the apple of his dad’s eye. The anxious parents have already lost their elder son and are very protective of him. However drama ensues whe he falls for Madhumita (Poorna), the daughter of the town’s rich baddie.
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      • sunday
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          61 22 4.30pm SONY ENT BETA Raju (Anil) is the only heir of a widowed multi millionaire. Raju’s father marries Nagmani(Aruna) to give his son a mother’s love. Raju becomes completely devoted to his stepmother. When he marries Saraswati (Madhuri), she discovers that Nagmani has evil plans to get her hands
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          Lock icon AAJA NACHLE
          96 22 10.30pmSONYENT Starring: Madhuri Dixit, Akshay Khanna. Dia is a divorced mum living in New York and must go back to India after she receives news that her guru is on his death bed. When she arrives, she finds he is gone and has left her the responsibility of
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      • monday
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          20 22 11am SONY ENT Starring Sunny Deol, Poonam Dhillon, Amrish Puri and Anupam Kher. A tale of murder and revenge.
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          19 22 2pmVTV Starring: Jayam Ravi, Prakash Raj, Genelia. A story about the strife between a father and son.
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          36 22 8 pm ZEE TV DULHAN Amar will get involved in an accident where Gauri’s (new entry Aneesha Kapoor) husband dies. Amar feels guilty and goes to Gauri’s home to break the news to the family.
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      • tuesday
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          20 22 11am SONY ENT Starring Rajesh Khanna, Tina Munim, Padmini Kolhapure Poor boy meets rich girl the rest is predictable.
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          20 22 2pm VTV Sathyaraj plays a caring husband who is affected by paranoia. The film deals with national security issues.
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          67 22 9 pm ZEE TV Pia is back. Jigyasa thinks she needs to check her horoscope to see why the three sisters keep entering her life. Both Rano and Jai are not happy to see Pia. Pia with happy gangs up with Jigyasa to gangs up with Jigyasa to
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      • wednesday
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          Lock icon SANAM TERI KASAM
          48 22 11am SONY ENT Starring Kamal Hassan, Kumar Gaurav and Reena Roy. Sunil (Kamal) and his father con a rich man into believing that Sunil is his long lost son. Only the rich man’s wife who is separated from her husband can identify her real son.
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          98 22 RAKHI EK ATOOT RISHTE KI DOR 12.30pm ZEE TV Prince tells Nandini that she is going with him but Rajah stops them. Nilima also tries to stop them but she falls down the stairs, injuring herself badly. She is taken to the hospital where she needs surgery. Before she enters
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      • thursday
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          79 22 1 lam SONY ENT Based on a film by Kamal Hassan, Ramji(Madhavan), a cook from Bihar, is forced to go to London to make money for his sister’s wedding and dowry. However his promised London job disappears on arrival and his belongings get stolen. An Indian couple helps
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          38 22 5pm VTV Aran is about the work of the elite command force comprising eminent men headed by Major Mahadevan (Mohanlal). Known for their bravery, the team thwarts every attempt by militants to disturb peace in the valley.
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          Lock icon ATHU ORU KANAKAALAM
          30 22 9pmVTV Starring Dhanush, Priyamanihe. A tale of a middle-class young man who falls in love with his servant but ends up in prison for an accidental crime.
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          24 22 9.30pm ZEE TV Yes, Nahar will be dying but there is a big twist in the works. And will Saloni marry Varun?
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      187 23  -  BY DEREK O’BRIEN 1. In the Mahabharata, whose head did Bhima shave for misbehaving with Draupadi? a) Jayadratha b) Duryodhana c) Karna 2. In India, the Kabir Award is given for excellence in which field? a) Light music b) Social work c) Indian poetry 3. Which state capital city
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      Lock icon MOVIES THIS WEEK
      175 24 HEROES Salman Khan, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Mithun Chakraborty, Preity Zinta, Sohail Khan, Dino Morea, Amrita Arora, Riya Sen Heroes is a story of two boys who start their road trip from Delhi to Chandigarh and then Manali to Ladhakh. On their journey, these boys meet characters
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      101 23 SUDOKU 7 2 8 4 5 6 4 1 6 5 1 4 9 3 7 3 4 1 9 3 5 6 7 3 6 5 9 5 6 9 8 The objective is to place the digits 1 to 9 only, once in each of the small 3x3
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