Tabla, 31 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 31 2008 •T* SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS
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    Lock icon MASTER BLASTER
    17 1 WORLD RECORD NUMBER OF TEST RUNS UNDERLINES SACHIN TENDULKAR'S PLACE AMONG CRICKET'S ROYALTY PHOTO: AFP
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  • MONEY
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      Lock icon Woes of an Indian Wall Street wife
      1310 1  -  Family gives up three-bedroom bungalow for small apartment GERALDINE BAUM MRS Mona Mond (inset) had a plan and it didn’t include Wall Street going haywire and giving up a three-bedroom house with a half-acre yard for a small apartment. She’d married a man
      tough PHOTO: LOS ANGELES TIMES  -  1,310 words
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      Lock icon Ultimately, the investor has to take the responsibility
      381 9 SINGAPOREANS aggrieved by their investments in Lehman Minibonds and DBS High Notes 5 will have their complaints handled “fairly and properly”, assured Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (right). He said it understandable Loong (right). He said it was understandable that some investors
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  • INDIA
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      1041 2  -  The Master Blaster has risen to great heights but has his feet well grounded Hemant Kenkre Hemant Kenkre is a former Bombay University player and played top division cricket alongside Sachin during the maestro’s formative years IN 1985, venerated cricket coach Ramakant Achrekar ordered me
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      Lock icon SACHIN’S TOP 5 TEST/ FIRST CLASS INNINGS
      447 3 155 not out (India v Australia, Chennai, 1998) This was the defining innings when he tamed Shane Warne. Any ball the Australian pitched on the rough, good length around the leg stump, was paddle-swept by the Master or driven/lofted with and against the
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      Lock icon What he says about himself
      63 3 “I hate losing and, cricket being my first love, once I enter the ground, it’s a different zone altogether that hunger for winning is always there.” “When there is time to think about cricket, I think, but when there is time to be with family,
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      Lock icon What cricket’s best say about Sachin
      287 3 “For all Bradman’s achievements, Tendulkar is the closest thing to batting perfection I’ve seen in terms of technique and temperament. He is probably the most complete batsman the game has seen. I would back him to become the first man to score a hundred
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      Lock icon Man of honour and responsibility
      485 3  -  Rohit Brijnath Rohit Brijnath is a senior correspondent with The Straits Times HEN I first met Sachin Tendulkar, he was 15 and W owned a poise only the exceptional are given. When the bowler ran in, boy became man. Cricket and him was like Clooney
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      Lock icon The rain in Chennai falls... sorry it doesn’t
      420 4  -  CHENNAI CHATTER Parvathi Nayar THE weather is notoriously hard to forecast, but not in Chennai. While it’s been raining up a storm, predictably, the two officially turned officially declared “rain holidays” turned out to be bone dry. Other days saw incessant rain,
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      Lock icon Paralysed Sikh to go home
      427 4 He gives up 15-month fight to win refugee status in Canada village Indo-Asian News Service IN 2003, Mr Laibar Singh had entered Canada on a fake passport and been denied refugee status. In 2006, he was ordered to be deported. But before he could be
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      Lock icon Man shot dead in Mumbai bus
      475 6 Patna radiologist was protesting against recent attacks on north Indians A STORM is building up in Delhi. The clouds have blown in from Maharashtra, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and it is buffeting the national coalition government. On Monday, a young man from Bihar was
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    • regional roundup
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        69 6 Supercop floats party RETIRED Punjab police chief K.P.S Gill, who is credited with wiping out militancy in the state, now wants to clean up politics. He has floated a party named Tehreek-e-Watan Parastan-e-Hind and wants to get “undesirable elements” out of politics. DNA reported that Mr Gill said his
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        102 6 Arsenic-free water for all BY 2010-11, all 69 blocks across nine districts in West Bengal that are affected by arsenic-contaminated ground water will get plants to supply clean water. The West Bengal government aims to build 400 arsenic-removal plants in these districts and the water will be supplied
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        Lock icon ANDHRA PRADESH
        117 6 Hyderabad gets US consulate THE United States opened its consulate in Hyderabad last Friday, but it will start issuing visas only in December. The consulate is located at Paigha Palace, a heritage building, in Begumpet. With 16 visa windows planned for now, the consulate will work out of
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        Lock icon KARNATAKA
        105 6 R510 lakhs rent for villa THE economic outlook may be hazy the world over and even India may be slowing down”, but rents in Bangalore’s gated communities are showing no signs of dipping, The average rent in Epsilon Villas, soon to be home to cricketer Rahul Dravid, is around
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        98 6 State sets up relief fund THE Tamil Nadu government on Monday set up a separate Sri Lankan Tamils relief fund to help the Tamils there. The state Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi appealed to the people to contribute liberally to the fund, and soon there was a steady stream
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        47 6 Blasts kill 40 AT LEAST 40 people were killed and over 200 injured in 13 serial blasts in different parts of Guwahati and Kokrajhar on Thursday. One of the blasts took place close to the chief minister’s residence. Most of the blasts were in crowded markets.
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      76 4 Junior Tennis KIRAN’S TENNIS SOLUTIONS COACHING PROGRAMS Group Lessons Private Lessons •f Semi-Private Lessons High Perfomancc Coaching Holiday camps FEATURES t Game Based Learning t Progress through fun t Emphasis on good fundamentals and techniques i Group of similar skill level KIRAN’S TENNIS SOLUTIONS Kiran has a coaching experience of
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      221 5 Grand Flectrical fair 08/09 I 3rd Oct OB 25th Jan X>9 imp a®*I This year’s Grand Electrical Fair pampers you with an irresistible line-up of the most sought-after home and entertainment innovations. From now till 25th January ’09, shop at Best Denki and you could WIN the Mazda3 SP 1.6L
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  • PERSONALITY
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      Lock icon Man of US$1.2 billion and 10,000 books
      790 8  -  tabla! talk with with Patrick Jonas patrickj@sph.com.sg THE appointed time had come and gone. But there was no sign of India’s youngest self-made billionaire. Mr Jignesh Shah had finished his talk at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas and was on his way to the
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      30 8 If you know of anyone of Indian origin who merits being featured on this page, e-mail the person’s name and contact details to tabla@sph.com.sgwith the word Personality as the subject.
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon I can write faster in long hand
      500 10  -  Cultural Medallion winner P. Krishnan doesn’t use a computer to write his stories SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg HE DOESN’T need a high-powered computer to write his stories. And this is a man who has written 40 stories, 360 plays and 100 essays. Mr P.
      Literary PHOTO: DESMOND FOO/THE STRAITS TIMES  -  500 words
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      Lock icon Suranjana wins Pen Award
      349 10  -  Sheela Narayanan IF SURANJANA Sengupta could set up camp in a public library, she probably would. The 14-year-old DPS International School (DPSIS) student is so enamoured with reading that her parents have set her a two-hour limit for her library visits. She said, with a giggle:
      at Digest winners. PHOTO: SURANJANA SENGUPTA  -  349 words
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      Lock icon Why my best pals are Indians
      558 11  -  Philip Lee plee@sph.com.sg Philip Lee is a writer with SPH Special Projects Unit, Marketing Division. CHOCKALINGAM Palaniappan Chettiar came into my life when I was in Primary 1. A quiet boy with thick glasses, centre-part-ed hair and slightly goofy teeth, he was an avid
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      Lock icon IT’S ONLY words
      275 12 “India is a big market for the future for Lamborghini. It is a big country and buyers are becoming more open to buying ultra luxury high-style brands like ours.” Lamborghini’s global director of sales and customer service Enrico Maffeo “Let us not make an issue of it.
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      196 12 5 billion Trips made annually on India’s railway network. 180Number of Indian Air Force pilots killed in crashes since 1970 500Estimated number of the Great Indian Bustard left in the wild. These birds are found in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Rs20,000 Amount an overseas
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      Lock icon SMU wins Campus Quiz
      136 13 FOR the second year running, the team from the Singapore Management University (SMU) won the Tata Crucible The Campus Quiz contest. A record number of 300 participants took part in the contest held on Oct 24 at the Rock Auditorium. After three exciting hours, Anirban D.
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      Lock icon A taste of India at DPS
      194 13 THEY came, they saw and they had a taste of India. The DPS International School hosted a Tastes of India DPS on Oct 24, attended by a large gathering, which included those living in the neighbourhood. The occasion was graced by Madam Cynthia Phua,
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      181 11 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! 0 RED SUN A Symbol of Health e« m Cholesser Red
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      192 13 m VI NC I The Great Way To Live THEODOREALEXANDER' DESIGNERS MAKERS OF FINE FURNITURE Theodore Alexander is one of the leading manufacturers of fine furniture, with comprehensive collections of several thousand different designs; providing eclectic, traditional and transitional furniture and accessories to its clients. Using fine materials and traditional
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      255 14/15 When the world's top tabla player heard about Singapore's latest newspaper, he was thrilled. No prizes for guessing why. He insisted on seeing a copy of tabla! when he arrived in Singapore for his Masters Of Percussion concert at the Esplanade Concert Hall on Oct 30. To
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      Lock icon Bringing India closer to my heart
      246 16  -  There’s more to school than homework and exams. That’s why tabla! has this page for students of the three Indian schools here to play reporter and photographer (This page will be rotated among the schools. Next week, NPS.) KEERATIKA LERTNAMWONGWAN (Class 9B) THE excitement
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
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        Lock icon Little DJ of the Year on Bollywood radio
        174 16  -  KUHUK PARASHAR (Class 7B) KUHUK PARASHAR (Class 7B) HAVE you heard of Singapore's Bollywood radio station Big Bollywood 96.3 FM? Global Indian International school students got a very unique opportunity to be DJs on the station. Yes, you read that right!! GIIS
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      • Article
        Lock icon The Diya.... a poem about Diwali
        170 16  -  KEERATIKA LERTNAMWONGWAN (Class 9B) THE festivals of lights is here, The time to celebrate is near. As friends and family gather round, They light little diyas on the ground Their faces as sparkly and bright, As the diyas glowing light As a brand new
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        Lock icon Hiranya cuts CD and sets record
        96 16 HIRANYA S. (right), a stud e n t of Grade 2 at the Balestier Campus, has earned an entry into the Singapore Book of Records as as the youngest recording artiste. Hiranya is the first person to release a CD at the tender age
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      Lock icon Kapoor sisters join forces
      361 18  -  They will be in TV reality dance show Nach Baliye MILI SWARNAKAR Bollywood News Service IT WAS something film producers tried to do for years: Get the two sizzling Kapoor sisters together on screen. Though elder sister Karisma was still acting when Kareena made her 2000
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      Lock icon Celebrity couples in dance-off
      115 18 NACH Baliye is the celebrity dance contest that has celebrity couples in a dance-off for the title of India’s best dancers. The show is the Indian version of the American reality contest, Dancing With The Stars. In its fourth season, the show has a professional dancer
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      Lock icon When Bolly meets Holly
      472 19  -  The result is the birth of Roadside Romeo India's first animated feature film DEEPIKA SHETTY deepikas@sph.com.sg DISNEY and animation. Bring the two together and you expect an audience of hyper-ac-tive young kids and their harried parents. So imagine my surprise when I walked into Jade with
      friendships figure prominently Roadside Romeo. PHOTOS: YASH RAJ, WALT DISNEY  -  472 words
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      Lock icon Eyeing the Indian pie
      177 19 Roadside Romeo took two years and a budget of about US$7 million to complete. That’s about 15 times less than the average cost of Disney’s Pixar movies like Ratatouille, which cost a staggering US$150 million. Bollywood today is the largest film industry in the world. India
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      Lock icon Dual role on hold
      323 20 Vishal shelves mega film project in which he will star, co-direct VISHAL Krishnan, Kollywood’s newly-minted stud and Tamil cinema’s self-acclaimed future superstar, is putting a major film project on hold. The yet-untitled film, in which he reportedly was going to play a superhero as well as
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      178 20 M. NIGHT Shyamalan has formalised his first movie project with Media Rights Capital (MRC) as part of their three-picture deal to produce thriller-horror films. Dubbed the Night Chronicles, it will kick off with a supernatural thriller called Devil. Shyamalan will produce the film based on
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      Lock icon Deepika shares slim secret
      669 21  -  She lets you in on how she keeps her figure, even though she loves to eat ANITA RAHEJA-HEENA AGARWAL Bollywood News Service IF YOU’VE ever wondered how Deepika Padukone maintains that killer physique, wonder no longer. She is sharing her secret here. The first thing I
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      Lock icon Actresses are smarter than actors
      298 21 Indo-Asian News Service ACTRESS Soha Ali Khan (left), who boasts a strong educational background and sound work experience in the corporate world, has no qualms about saying that actresses in Bollywood are smarter and more intelligent than their male counterparts. “I think the female actors
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  • FOOD
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      404 17  -  Saravanaa Bhavan’s thosais and sweets are yummy SHEELA NARAYANAN breaking sheela@sph.com.sg WHEN the world economy gets as shaky as it is now, eating out becomes a luxury. But let’s face it, there are days where you simply can’t contemplate putting together a meal after a hard day’s
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    Lock icon Do the shoulder shuffle
    273 17 LET’S keep going with the shoulders... Bollybeatz style. Nidhi Banthia-Mehta, found-er-chief creative officer of BollyBeatz, says this form of exercise stems from the traditional Bhangra dance. With its stomping feet, shoulder-shrugging, hand-clapping, swinging arms and bouncing dance steps, it was the perfect candidate to be fused
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      28 18 STAY IN TUNE WITH THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY tabla! Get 52 copies of tabla! delivered to your doorstep for just $28. Call 6319-1800 or e-mail circs@sph.com.sg
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  • RELAX
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      84 22 SOORYA GLOBAL FESTIVAL OF INDIAN DANCE MUSIC Every year, this travelling show performs at a different Soorya chapter around the world. As part of the Kalaa Utsavam, the event will have an instrumental fusion performance by veena maestro Rajhesh Vaidhya and his group. There is
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      Lock icon what’s on
      675 22 HYPNOTHERAPY Attain greater heights at work and sport, increase will power, eliminate anxieties and phobias, and heal yourself and others. These are just some of the benefits of hypnotherapy. Dr Aarti Khosla will talk on how you can benefit from this scientifically-acknowledged therapeutic discipline which leading personalities from
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    • TV HIGHLIGHTS
      • friday
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          Lock icon NAAGIN
          89 22 5pm ZEE TV Amrita has managed to save Arjun’s life but at a price. Kanishq had to sacrifice his life for Arjun. Bhujang is deeply affected by his son’s death and tries to bring him back. Triveni and Amrita now know about the skeletons in their closets. Triveni wants
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          65 22 9pm VTV Aravindan (Vijay), Chandru (Surya) and Krishnamurthy (Ramesh Khanna), value friendship over everything else, even family, and for this reason, Chandru resists the advances of Aravindan’s sister Amutha (Vijayalakshmi). When the trio take up a painting job at a mansion, Aravindan falls in love with Padmini (Devayani), who
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      • saturday
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          26 22 3pm ZEE TV Starring Aamir Khan Salman Khan A 1994 comedy of two conmen trying to get rich quick by marrying a heiress
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          75 22 4pm VASANTHAM Buddhadev Gupta (Amitabh Bachchan, right) is a 64-year old chef cum owner of London’s top Indian restaurant. An arrogant, egotistic and pompous man, Gupta has never been in love. Until, Nin Verma (Tabu) walks into his restaurant and life. She is cool, calm, quiet, independent and
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          Lock icon LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI
          47 22 4.30pm SONY TV The sequel to the hit Munnabhai MBBS where Munnabhai (Sanjay Dutt), falls in love with Jhanvi, a radio jockey. To win her heart he pretends to be a history professor and in the process starts seeing the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi.
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      • sunday
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          Lock icon ALADIN..JAANBAAZ EK JALWE ANEK
          82 22 11am ZEE TV Aladdin has lost the lamp and Jeenu is now in the hands of the evil Jaffer, who sends him to kill his ex-master Aladdin. Ustaad Kokaz decides to train Aladdin and sends him on a quest only after he wins the sacred scroll.
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          Lock icon KADHAL KIRUKKAN
          32 22 2pm VTV Starring R Parthiban Saravanan (Parthiban) and Maha (Richa Palot) are childhood friends. Saravanan is insanely in love with Maha so much so he turns into a psychotic killer.
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          Lock icon MERI JUNG: ONE MAN ARMY
          54 22 5.30pm SONY ENT A daring young man Ganesh (Nagarjuna) comes to the city and with the help of a fun loving auto rickshaw driver manages to find good accommodation in a middle class housing society. But he gets into trouble with some local gangsters who
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      • monday
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          Lock icon GUMRAAH
          47 22 11am SONY ENT Starring Sanjay Dutt; Sreedevi; Rahul Roy; Anupam Kher Based on the famous English movie Bangkok Hilton, Sridevi plays a singer who gets mixed up in drug trafficking due to Rahul Malhotra’s (Rahul Roy) plot. The hero (Sanjay) gets her out of the mess.
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          Lock icon RANBEER AND RANO
          74 22 11.30am ZEE TV Ranbir runs away from his haveli to avoid getting married and head off to Dharamshala. Rano also goes to Dharamshala for her teaching internship. The two meet in Dharamshala for the first time, 15 years after their first encounter. However, their relationship is marred
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          27 22 6.30pm ZEE TV i Leeza and Lajwanti finally manage to prove their innocence and bring out Rekha’s true colours in front of the entire family.
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      • tuesday
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          35 22 1.30pm ZEE TV WAARIS Gayatri loses her child and holds Shankar responsible. She leaves home. Shaurya gets engaged to Ganga and Rudra Pratap Singh dies. The question now is, who will become the WAARIS.
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          62 22 7.30pm ZEETV KA VIVAAH Trishna gets a clue of Rajdeep’s perplexing past. Tanya’s pregnancy raises questions for the Malhotra and Kohli families. It also causes tension between the two families. Raj gives Trishna mental and emotional support as she is hurt by Rajdeep’s behaviour. In the
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      • wednesday
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          27 22 9pm VTV Starring T Rajendar Mumtaz, Sheela, Meghna Naidu, Ajees, Darshini, Padma Narayanan. Rajender plays a Member of the Legislative Assembly. Mumtaz plays his love interest.
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          41 22 9.30pm ZEE TV Nahar comes to know that he is suffering from a terminal disease. He tries to hide it from the whole family but Saloni somehow finds out about his condition and tries to make his end painless.
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      • thursday
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      176 23  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Which fabric used for military uniforms gets its name from a Hindi word? a) Pashmina b) Silk c) Khaki 2. After Hindi, which is the most spoken language of India? a) Tamil b) English c) Bengali 3. In which country did Merino, a breed of fine-wool
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      Lock icon MOVIES THIS WEEK
      254 24 FASHION Mugdha Godse, Priyanka Chopra (above), Kangna Ranaut, Arbaaz Khan, Harsh Chhaya, Madhur Bhandarkar, Karan Johar Meghna Mathur (Priyanka) is a small town girl who wants to make it big in the fashion world. She knows she has what it takes to become a supermodel and is
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      314 23 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 The roof of the world 6 With bated breath 10 July birthstone 14 Computerphiles 15 Composition of some ladders 16 Big pot of stew 17 Draft 19 E pluribus 20 Kan (pet food brand) 21 Canter alternative 22 Some restaurant packets 24 Buy-one get-one-free item? 26 One
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      106 23 SUDOKU 9 6 8 1 4 8 5 9 5 2 4 2 5 9 5 4 3 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
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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! w,
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      380 24 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Aries Success beckons those in business. Servicemen may get an expected and long-awaited promotion. Those born under this sign are advised to avoid speculation and the stock markets. Taurus A moderate week for the Taurus born. You will be criticised by seniors. Your confidence level will
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      117 24 SOLUTIONS crossword quiz 1. Khaki 2. Bengali 3. Spain 4. Krishna 5. Seismograph 6. Sarson da Saag 7. Jantar Mantar 8. Cricket 9. Aurangzeb 10. Palni who am i? sudoku 5 2 9 1 6 4 7 8 3 1 4 7 3 2 8 5 9 6 3 8
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Another jewel in his crown
      446 25 Indo-Asian News Service VISWANATHAN Anand has been among the game’s elite for more than a decade and a half. The latest world title comes as icing on the cake for one of the all-time greats in chess. Anand was among the top three in the
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