Tabla, 30 January 2009

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    20 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY MICA(P) 171/139/2008 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, JANUARY 30 2009 JP SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS
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    Lock icon WIN TICKETS TO SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE PREMIERE
    12 1 PHOTOS: GOLDEN VILLAGE, STAR SPORTS, BNS
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    Lock icon The P word
    219 1  -  Forget the R word. We know what that means... and we're feeling the pinch. Here’s how the P word can help you ride this economic storm SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg THESE days, the P word rules prudence, that is. With most countries sliding into recession and the outlook
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon The man who blew the whistle on Maytas
      775 2  -  Elattuvalapil Sreedharan had questioned the Satyam company’s Hyderabad Metro Rail contract in September last year Patrick Jonas AT HIS age, most people would be content with morning walks in the park or tending to the garden. Mr Elattuvalapil Sreedharan is an exception.
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      Lock icon Bow-wow, everyone loves Slumdog
      786 3  -  Slumdog Millionaire and stray dogs dominated this city's headlines MUMBAI MUSINGS Ayaz Memon SLUMS, dogs and millionaires have hogged the limelight in Mumbai’s media space over the past few weeks. Ever since Danny Boyle’s brilliant film on how an urchin from the city’s underbelly goes on
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      Lock icon India parades its finest
      492 4/5 The Republic Day parade in Delhi may have hogged the limelight, but there was much fanfare around the country too EVERY year on Jan 26, the nation’s eyes are on Delhi as the Republic Day parade gets underway. This year was no different. Here’s a quick
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      Lock icon IN SINGAPORE...
      60 4/5 AT 9am on Jan 26, Dr S. Jaishankar (below), the high commissioner of India, raised the Indian flag to salute India’s Republic Day. After that he read the message from the president of India. The ceremony, attended by about 1,000 people at the Indian Commission in Grange Road,
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      Lock icon Mangalore’s ‘culture cops’
      288 6 THE BJP government in Karnataka, which is under fire for not acting swiftly against the leaders of groups who attacked women in a Mangalore pub, Amnesia, on Jan 24, arrested Sri Ram Sene convenor Prasad Attavar and Rashtriya Hindu Sena chief Pramod Mutalik on Jan 27. The
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    • regional roundup
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        67 6 Mumbai gets Ambani hospital THE Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute opened its doors on India’s Republic Day. Built by businessman Anil Ambani and named after his mother, it is located in Andheri and has 730 beds and over 100 outpatient departments. The 17-storey building with two
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        83 6 Former president Venkataraman dies INDIA’S eighth president Ramaswamy Venkataraman died in New Delhi on Jan 27. He was 98. He was elected president in 1987 and had the distinction of working with four prime ministers in the course of his five-year term. Of these, Mr Venkataraman appointed three. He
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        Lock icon ANDHRA PRADESH
        55 6 PwC partners suspended PRICEWATERHOUSE has suspended two of its employees for their alleged involvement in the fraud at Satyam Computer Services. “In light of recent allegations, chief relationship partner S. Gopalakrishnan and engagement leader Srinivas Talluri have been suspended, pending completion of investigations into the Satyam matter,” the
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      115 3 in Association with The High Commission of India, Singapore Announces opening of another Visa Application Service Centre and the first Passport Application Service Centre With effect from 22 nd January 2009, applicants for Indian Passport and Visa may also choose to submit their passport and visa applications at an additional
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      56 4/5 The only Airline offering seamless travel to every part of India Reintroducing daily direct flight to Delhi from 1 st February 2009 Introductory return fare SGD350 SGD305 taxes (taxes as on 28/01/09) AIR INDIA FLIGHTS Contact your travel agents or visit our websites to issue your own tickets Air India:
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  • PERSONALITY
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      Lock icon Master of his destiny
      957 7  -  tabla! talk with Patrick with Patrick Jonas patrickj@sph.com.sg IF HIS gaze falls on your hand while you are being introduced, he means no disrespect. It is just that Mr Ajay Bhalla cannot resist an opportunity to cast a glance at your palm. In his younger days,
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Prudence is the name of the game
      936 8  -  Times are tough. So some members of the Indian community have started cutting back on expenses to survive this economic crisis THE P WORD SHEELA NARAYANAN MANAVI SHARMA tabla@sph.com.sg THE recession has made Mrs Manbir Chyle Lalwani stop and think every time she
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      396 9  -  His film work helps publicise Singapore charity TAMILAVEL MR VAIRAM Gopalakrishnan has always had a keen interest in helping people. He also loves to travel and is a veteran film-maker. So when the Singapore International Foundation (SIF) knocked on his door for a favour combining
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      Lock icon Temple holds reunion feast
      118 9 IT WAS a Chinese New Year celebration with an Indian touch. For the past five years, the Sri Mariamman Temple in Chinatown has held a reunion feast for the less fortunate during Chinese New Year. This year, some 110 senior citizens and residents from Banyan Home,
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      Lock icon To MBA or not to MBA
      1049 10  -  That is the question. And if yes, then when and yes, why should it be done? DR PREM SHAMDASANI NUS Business School NUS Business School Dr Prem Shamdasani is professor of marketing, vice-dean, executive education and academic director, Asia-Pacific Executive (APEX) MBA at the
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      Lock icon THE MBA REASONS
      126 11 “I took on the MBA as I thought it would be useful for me in the job market help me be more marketable, whether I am getting a job in Singapore or back in India.” Mr Debajyoti Ghose, 25, who has just completed his MBA from Management
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      Lock icon Ranking boost for Singapore business schools
      430 11 Business schools offering mba programmes in Singapore have made huge gains in the latest rankings released by London’s Financial Times. Nanyang Technological University’s Nanyang Business School jumped from 46th to 24th position. National University of Singapore School of Business, which had fallen off the
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      348 12 “I believe that only voting can help us throw out the corrupt politicians and give a chance to young leaders who want to bring about change.” Actor Imran Khan who is an American citizen “A couple of years ago, there were rats occasionally. Now I see them
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      238 12 9,999 Number of gold and crimson paper cranes hanging from a recyled tree at Singapore’s Botanic Gardens to mark the Chinese New Year and the Gardens’ 150th anniversary Rs4,000 crores Amount Life Insurance Corporation will pump into the Indian stock market by March 48Ranking of actress Katrina Kaif
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    • singapore news
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        Lock icon Indian community leader dies
        176 13 Mr V.R. Nathan (left), a former chairman of the Hindu Endowments Board (HEB) and a promiment community leader, died on Jan 29. The late Mr Nathan, 78, devoted his retirement years to voluntary public and community service in various areas. He was HEB chairman for 22
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        118 13 THE trainee pilot of a light aircraft which crashed in Johor on Jan 26 is recovering after an operation at Mount Elizabeth Hospital to set his broken leg. Singapore permanent resident Sanjay Purushottam, 40, was conscious when Malaysian rescue workers found him trapped in his two-seater Cessna
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        Lock icon SIA in dispute with Indian agents
        143 13 A MONTH after travel agents in India stopped selling Singapore Airlines and SilkAir tickets, the row continues. Both sides have met several times here and in Mumbai but no real headway has been made in the dispute over sales commissions. To resolve the matter,
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        Lock icon Changes to ERP rates
        150 13 ELECTRONIC Road Pricing (ERP) rates have gone down at 15 gantries and gone up at two. From Feb 2, the Bugis-Marina Centre cordon which has 12 gantries will see rates go down from $2 to $1 on Saturdays between 3 and 5pm. On the west-bound Pan-Island
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      630 13  -  the imageguru Shireena Shroff Shireena Shroff Manchharam IN A new column that will run on the last Friday of each month, image consultant Shireena Shroff Manchharam will offer tabla!’s readers tips on improving their corporate image. Shroff Manchharam, a truly global Indian with passion and flair for
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      151 12 ass 1 >.H “Meditation is the only freedom from all the stress that man is going through because this dimension of life is not of the mind. All stress and struggle is of the mind. Sadhguru A scientifically structured program providing a rare opportunity for self-discovery: the program and practices
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      Lock icon Take the Slumdog quiz
      399 14 No lifelines. No hints. But you can call as many friends as you like. And you may just win tickets to the movie EVERYBODY loves an underdog, especially one that is on a winning streak. Slumdog Millionaire, about a young man from Mumbai’s Dharavi slum who
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      Lock icon PRICE OF FAME
      432 14  -  SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg AFTER the winning streak of four Golden Globes, one Screen Actors Guild award and 10 Oscar nominations come the brickbats. Slumdog Millionaire’s amazing run at the box office and pecises at several Hollywood awards shows, it has invited negative publicity from several quarters. Accusations
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      Lock icon ‘Men don’t make passes at me’
      440 15  -  Jiah Khan says she’s nothing like the sexy character she played in Nishabd MAULI SINGH Bollywood News Service HER Lolita-esque debut in Nishabd established the 20-year-old 20-year-old New York-born, London-bred Jiah Khan (her real name is Nafisa Khan) as a Khan) as sex symbol.
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      Lock icon Trisha’s a member of the crore club
      185 15 TAMIL cinema’s top actress may have more pulling power in Telugu cinema than in Kollywood. Trisha Krishnan has reportedly been asking for, and receiving, more than Rs1 crore for her Telugu movies. And why not? The movies have been having a good run
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      Lock icon Dhoom 2 in Kannada
      311 16 CALL it the great movie swop Bollywood remakes Kollywood films and vice versa and the latest film to make the list is Dhoom 2. It will be remade in Kannada and Aryan Vaid (below) will play Hrithik Roshan’s part of the international thief, reported The Hindustan
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      Lock icon Isha’s high jinks
      406 16  -  Isha Sharvani didn’t just battle her fear of heights when she did aerial dance steps in Luck By Chance, she also did it without a safety net JIGAR SHAH Bollywood News Service IN HER debut film, Subhash Ghai’s Kisna, actress-danseuse Isha Sharvani dazzled many with her acrobatic
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  • EDUCATION
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      362 17  -  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) ADITI VAIDYA and GAURI NAGARAJU, Class 8 THE cultural
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
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        Lock icon CBSE Class 10 and 12 students catch exam fever
        538 17  -  Interview by RADHIKA KANNAN, SRUSHTI YADUNATH, VADALI SOUMITRI, VARSHA VISHWANATHAN and MERRA KURUBALAN, Class 10 (IGCSE) and MERRA KURUBALAN, Class 10 (IGCSE) THERE is a peculiar kind of fever going around the GIIS Queenstown campus these days, and it’s not affecting
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        67 17  -  ISHDEEP PAL SINGH BHANDARI, Class 9 AS YOU party during the Chingay Parade on Jan 30 and 31, make sure you don’t miss the Global Indian International School performers. Students and parents, dressed in very vibrant costumes, will be displaying their best dandiya skills. It’s going to
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  • RELAX
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      84 18/19 MANOHRA Bhaskar’s Arts Academy presents an Indian dance drama based on a romantic Thai mythological tale in support of the National Arts Council, Arts Fund and Singapore Arts Federation. The Thai fairy tale of Manohra is about a Kinnari (half-bird, half-woman celestial being, or nymph,
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      544 18/19 CHINGAY PARADE 2009 If you have not watched one, it’s time to do so. Why? Because there are 13 floats with 3,800 performers from 40 local organisations. When: Jan 30 and 31, 8.30pm (Jan 30) and 8pm (Jan 31) Where: From City Hall to Raffles Avenue Contact: Log
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      Lock icon BHARAT CULTURE 2009 – EUPHONY
      72 18/19 BHARAT CULTURE 2009 EUPHONY NUS Indian Instrumental Ensemble holds their annual grand concert called Bharat Culture and Euphony features classical music fusion with a Western string Quartet. Star performers include R. Banumathy from Alapana, Chandranath from SIFAS, C.N. Thyagaraju and Rajandra Vadivale (below, who are tutors with IIE), together with
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    • TV HIGHLIGHTS
      • friday
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          Lock icon GALLIPATA
          73 18/19 9.30pm VASANTHAM Three friends (above) Ganesh (Ganesh), Diganth (Diganth) and Kitty (Rajesh Krishnan) come to Mugilupete. Ganesh falls in love with Sowmya (Daisy Bopanna), a widow living with her in-laws Kodandaram (Anant Nag) and Padma (Padmaja Rao), while Diganth and Kitty fall for Kodandaram’s daughters Radha (Neethoo) and Pavani
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          63 18/19 Mn VTV Ganesh (Sarath Kumar) is a driver and likes to be in the limelight. Through his repeated pranks, Ganesh establishes himself as a person crazy only for publicity. Devanayaki (Namitha) owns a restaurant and several cars and is head over heels in love with Ganesh. Meanwhile, Anjali (Laya)
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      • saturday
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          65 18/19 4pm VASANTHAM In the 1970s, small-time actor Om (Shah Rukh Khan) falls in love with superstar Shanti (Deepika Padukone), but the two of them are later killed in a suspicious on-set fire. When he's reincarnated 30 years later, Om is determined to punish the person who ignited
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          59 18/19 7pm ZEE TV Rajnandini (Karishma Kapoor) is the beloved sister of three brothers: Bhairaja (Suresh Oberoi), Manjleraja and Choteraja (Gulshan Grover), who are big landowners and the terror of the village. An astrologer’s prediction that Nandini would get married against her brothers’ wishes makes her brothers confine Nandini. Any
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          33 18/19 9.30pm VASANTHAM Senapathy (Kamal Hassan) is a freedom fighter who rebels against the British. He is captured and mercilessly tortured by them. Upon his release, India gains independence and he marries Namrata.
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      • sunday
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          Lock icon AAMDANI ATTHANNI KHARCHA RUPAIYA
          45 18/19 4.30pm SONY ENT The story is about the struggles of a group of middle-class people (Govinda, Juhi Chawla, Tabu, Vinay Anand and Chandrachur Singh) who try to survive on their meagre earnings and have to go through tremendous hardship and difficulties.
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          44 18/19 5.30pm VASANTHAM Veeran (Karthik) and his uncle Chevvazhai know no limits and crime is not new to them. But Muthazhagu (Priya Mani) is in love with Veeran who does not reciprocate her love. When Muthazhagu’s father forces her into marriage she attempts suicide.
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          Lock icon KOI... MIL GAYA
          50 18/19 10.30pm SONY ENT Bollywood’s first sci-fi movie (bottom right) about a genius scientist (Rakesh Roshan) conducting experiments to establish contact with extra-terrestrial life. He dies before realising his discovery. His mentallyretarded son (Hrithik Roshan), however, plays around with his computers and sends signals out into outer space.
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      • monday
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          51 18/19 11.30am SONY ENT CHEENI KUM Two extremes... in age, character and attitude, meet and against all odds fall in love. They decide to get married. And, like any Indian man, Buddhadev Gupta (Amitabh Bachchan) respectfully goes to ask Nina’s (Tabu) father, a true Gandhian (Paresh Rawal) for her
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          Lock icon IDHAYATHAI THIRUDATHE
          106 18/19 2pm VTV When Prakash (Nagarjun), a carefree, happy-go-lucky youth (his first two “I love you’s” are to his university dean at his graduation and to his doctor in the hospital!), is in the hospital for a minor injury. But he learns that he is afflicted with a fatal
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      • tuesday
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          97 18/19 11.30am SONY ENT Everyone wants Viren (Abhay Deol) to marry Aditi (Ayesha Takia). They seem perfect for each other the caste, status seem just right. But there’s a problem: Viren is in love with someone else. In his very first meeting with Aditi, Viren confides in her
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      • wednesday
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          103 18/19 11.30am SONY ENT Irfan Khan Iliyazi (Pawan Malhotra), born to a poor family, starts his career as a pick-pocket. At 17, threatened by an opponent, he kills him. Irfan goes on to become an underworld don. While trying to flee Mumbai, the police corner him at the airport
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      • thursday
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          98 18/19  -  Mn VTV Compiled by Surendar Kaur Compiled by Surendar Kaur Ajith plays Jana, a man in Thamaraipadi village who takes up the villagers’ causes and helps them fight their battles. Manimegalai (Sneha) comes from Mumbai for her vacation in the village and she falls in love with Jana. She
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      Lock icon QUIZ
      178 18/19  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Which is the most abundant metallic element present in the human body? a) Iron b) Copper c) Calcium 2. Which Indian state capital is named after a fort? a) Itanagar b) Hyderabad c) Mumbai 3. Who was the first External Affairs Minister of India? a) Zail
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      Lock icon MOVIE THIS WEEK
      116 20 VICTORY Harman Baweja, Amrita Rao, Anumpan Kher, Gulshan Grover This story revolves around a father, Ram, who has an impossible dream for his son Vijay Shekhawat. Small town boy Vijay becomes India’s latest batting sensation but is thrown out of the national team for disciplinary reasons. Ram’s
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    • mirch masala
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        Lock icon AKSHAY’S PATIALA HOUSE
        161 20 RECENT talk about sequels to some of the best Bollywood movies in 2008 may be true. Well, it’s still not a sequel, but we could get something similar to Singh Is Kinng, which promises a lot of fun. Chandni Chowk To China director Nikhil Advani is all
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        Lock icon EXCITED TO ACT WITH RANI
        122 20 SHAHID Kapoor, who is working on his first film under the Yash under the Yash Raj banner, is all praise for his banner, praise for his in co-star in the film, Rani Mukherji (left). Mukherji (left). “I’m excited to be working with Rani. I have
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        Lock icon JACKIE TO ACT IN TAMIL FILM
        75 20 Jackie Shroff, the moustachioed hero from Bollywood, is now set to play a dreaded don named Singam Perumal in a Tamil film titled Aaranya Kaandam. The movie is being produced by S.P. Charan, son of legendary singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam. Jackie said he is glad
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      65 18/19 Listings on this page are free. Write to: tabla!, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Tower Block, Level 5, Singapore *****4; fax: 6319-8311 or e-mail: tabla@sph.com.sg at least two weeks ahead. Include the name of the event, organiser, venue, date and time, ticket prices and your name, address and contact number. Send
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  • Page 18/19 Miscellaneous
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      306 18/19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Acts as a quizmaster 5 Sweetshop order 10 Waxwrapped cheese 14 Bat the breeze 15 The sum of all parts 16 Foe of 007 17 Use a VCR, in a way 19 ___-Japanese War (1894-95) 20 Abundant 21 Pad site, perhaps 22 Verve 23 What some lips
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      106 18/19 SUDOKU 5 7 2 9 5 3 7 2 5 1 8 9 3 7 8 9 4 P lb b dk 1 6 7 8 9 2 5 1 3 2 1 5 6 2 The objective is to place the digits 1 to 9 only, once in each
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      39 20 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!
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      509 20 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Aries A fabulous week, with possibilities of career growth, promotion or praise from seniors for your work. All projects will go smoothly. If unemployed or looking for a new job, this is the time to go for interviews. Family-wise, you will be satisfied and cheerful. Taurus
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      116 20 SOLUTIONS crossword quiz 1. Calcium 2. Itanagar 3. Jawaharlal Nehru 4. Dog 5. Euro 6. India 7. Cuba 8. Hula 9. Popeye 10. Chandramukhi what am i? sudoku 1 5 8 6 3 4 2 9 7 2 7 9 8 1 5 4 6 3 6 3 4 7
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  • FOOD
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      Lock icon No fusion confusion at Devi
      477 21  -  SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg IGET suspicious when a restaurant touts itself as a fusion eatery. More often than not, fusion cuisine has more misses than hits, creating Frankenstein dishes that shouldn’t even have left the kitchen. So it was with some trepidation that I tried Devi
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Lanka Lions win
      131 22/23  -  SCA T20 CHALLENGE CUP Hemant Kenkre LANKA Lions CC 1 bagged the SCA Challenge Cup Twenty20 Cup with ease, beating Ceylon Sports Club (CSC) 1 by a comfortable margin of six wickets with more than three overs to spare. Chasing 171 runs to win the match, Lanka
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