Tabla, 24 April 2009

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  • 27 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT O F THE INDIAN CO MM U NITY MICA (P) 181/03/2009 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009 Sfh A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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    220 1  -  Economic crisis notwithstanding, Indians will still be going Akshaya Tritiya jewellery shopping on April 27 SHEELA NARAYANAN MRS Premavathy Rajendran knows about the recession, but she still plans to spend over $3,000 on gold jewellery this Akshaya Tritiya. She justifies it by saying: “Gold is the best form
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  • INDIA
    • 199 2 WITH the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) coinciding with the Lok Sabha polls, political parties are planning to put up giant screens at election rallies to woo voters. “People in India are mad for cricket. We will put giant
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    • 599 2  -  Rs10,000 crores is the estimated bill for the ongoing elections in India PATRICK JONAS poll fray. patrickj@sph.com.sg MONEY is the name of the game. Without it, there is no way any candidate or party can make an impression in India’s parliament elections. After all, some estimates claim
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    • 549 4 More options for those who want to remit money to India MAKE it as easy as possible is the mantra for banks and financial institutions which are providing more options to people to send money to India. Last week, tabla! listed the options provided by some of
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    • regional roundup
      • 159 4 Agency to tackle ragging THE government has told the Supreme Court that it will soon set up an anti-ragging agency. This follows the death of Aman Kachroo, a first-year student at the Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, on March 8. His eardrum burst after
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      • 134 4 Bank savings to earn more SAVINGS account holders will earn more from next year. This was announced by the Reserve Bank (RBI) in its annual monetary policy statement. The RBI has instructed banks to calculate the interest on savings bank accounts on a daily basis. Currently, banks calculate the
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      • 71 4 Power cut withdrawn KERALITES can watch their favourite TV serial in peace for now. The 30-minute load shedding, imposed for domestic consumers in Kerala, has been withdrawn. The state’s electricity minister A.K. Balan told the media on April 18 that after the “efficient energy conservation measures taken” by the
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 465 5  -  IIM alumni organises contest involving 200 Asia-Pacific business schools GAURI GUPTA tabla@sph.com.sg SINCE late last year, there has been an unusual sighting among weekend joggers and nature buffs at the Hort Park. A motley bunch of bankers, techno entrepreneurs and event organisers had been observed planning IIMPact,
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    • Article, Illustration
      1021 8/9  -  Jewellers are being realistic. But those who believe in Akshaya Tritiya will still be buying gold and precious stones on April 27 Sheela Narayanan weight gold. sheela@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREAN Lalitha Rajan is a firm believer in Akshaya Tritiya, which falls on April 27 this year. Like most Hindus, especially
      PHOTOS: CHANDHINI JEWELLERS, ARUN RAMU  -  1,021 words
    • 181 8/9 DESPITE the cloudy economic backdrop, gold is still the safest investment, according to the World Gold Council (WGC). The Hindu reported that India accounts for 24 per cent of the world’s gold demand. South India accounts for nearly 40 per cent of
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    • 351 12 “I had a sore tongue and my mother applied chilli paste to cure the infection when I was five years old. Since then I developed a for chillies.” developed penchant for chillies.” Record hunter Anandita Dutta Tamuly of India, who ate 51 bhut jolokia (otherwise known as
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    • 235 12 $29.90 Daily rental price in Singapore, inclusive of GST and insurance, of a new 1,300cc Chana Benni, a China-made car US$747,500 Amount donated by the makers of Slumdog Millionaire to a charity that improves the lives of street children in Mumbai 7 Number of hawker stalls in Singapore
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    • singapore news
      • 132 17 SPICE Global, headed by Dr Bhupendra Kumar Modi, donated $50,000 to the Singapore Indian Development Association (Sinda) on April 23. Dr Modi, the billionaire entrepreneur and Chairman of the Spice Group, has his regional headquarters in Singapore. Spice Global, which is headquartered in London, has
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      • 145 17 THE most famous group of little boys with big voices in the world now has two Singapore members. Ten-year-old twins Dennis and Nigel Goh (right) have become the first Singaporeans to be accepted into the renowned Vienna Boys Choir in Austria. The choir has a
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    • 159 17 SINGAPORE has been named the fourth best country in the world in which to do business, an achievement that could help pull the country out of its worst recession in history. The annual ranking of business-friendly countries by financial magazine Forbes Asia saw Singapore jump
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  • PERSONALITY
    • 941 6  -  tabla! talk with Patrick with Patrick Jonas patrickj@sph.com.sg THERE was a smile on Mr Ashutosh Srivastava’s face when we started talking about the Indian Premier League (IPL). The day I met him, the second season of the IPL was kicking off in distant South Africa. During his
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      1011 14  -  The outfits may be getting skimpy, but Indian actresses won’t cross the line when it comes to nudity MAULI SINGH Bollywood News Service JUST how far are India’s actresses willing to go in the quest for fame and fortune? Would they, if offered a role in a
      Bollywood News Service; Mahie Gill (far right) know where to draw the PHOTOS: APUN KA CHOICE/GO4WALLPAPER  -  1,011 words
    • 520 15 Producers, actors try to finish films on time and within budget INDIAN film producers, whether in Bollywood or Kollywood, aren’t known for keeping to their shooting schedules or to the movies’ budgets for that matter. But thanks to the global financial crisis, they can’t afford to drag
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    • 232 15  -  MAULI SINGH to Bollywood News Service ACTRESS Amrita Rao (below), who made her debut in 2002 with Raj Kanwar’s Ab Ke will Raj Ke Baras, will be shedding her girl-next-door image for something a little more sizzling in Anil Kapoor’s Shortkut, which co-stars Akshaye
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  • EDUCATION
    • Learning also happens outside class 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 is rotated among the schools. Next week, NPS)
      • 95 16  -  Rachana M. Narayanan, 4A Cooking without fire When I first heard about cooking without fire, I couldn’t imagine how one could do such a thing. So, I decided to join this ECA. When I entered the room, I sat at my table and waited for my
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      • Article, Illustration
        93 16  -  provoking. Neha Srinivasan, Class 4D This is one of my favourite places. My friends and I rush to the auditorium where the teacher conducts the meditation and yoga session. She has taught us many different postures that help us become alert and ready for the day. I have
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      • 111 16  -  up Krati Jain, Class 4B Kshirja Govind, Class 4B Taekwondo I am a junior black belt and I like taekwondo because it helps me become flexible by doing the kicks and the basic moves with dynamic stretching. We are taught to perform each move in the
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      • 69 16  -  day Jai Anand, Class 4A Guitar I love music. That is why I opted for guitar for my ECA. I first learnt to hold my guitar. Then I learnt to play the basic notes. Some of the songs that I learnt were Yankee Doodle, Romance de Amour and
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      • 73 16  -  Sarthak Banerjee, Class 4D Our unit tests came to an end but we continued to learn with a visit to the Singapore Discovery Centre. Among other things, we met a robot who even answered our questions. I asked him what his favourite food was and he answered that
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 113 16  -  SWETHA RAJAGOPALAN, Class 4D THIS was an extraordinary day for me and some of my friends. Can you imagine I was contributing to society? I was to bring a smile to the lips of the 100-plus elderly people gathered together for the Senior’s Nite. We got
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      • 132 16  -  KRATI JAIN, Class 4B SOME of my schoolmates and I visited the tabla! office at Singapore Press Holdings in Toa Payoh with my teachers on April 14. I liked the visit because I learnt something new. They showed us how they get the pictures
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  • RELAX
    • 71 18/19 SRI A.K.C. NATARAJAN LIVE IN CONCERT Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society (Sifas) is celebrating its 60th anniversary with an exhilarating clarinet concert by renowned artiste A.K.C. Natarajan whose name is synonymous with the instrument. He will be accompanied on the violin and mridangam by Sifas
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    • 326 18/19 DR B. ARUNDHATI AND CHARU HARIHARAN IN CONCERT Singapore Indian Association and Bhaskar’s Arts Academy present acclaimed Indian vocalist Dr B. Arundhathi. She will be performing with vocal support from daughter Charu Hariharan. Tickets: $100, $50 and $30. When: April 25, 8pm Where: Esplanade Recital Studio Contact: 6336-6537
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    • 264 18/19  -  GAURI GUPTA tabla@sph.com.sg ADDING to the theatrical offerings with a homegrown twist is Open Stage’s new play Enemy Of The People. It will be staged on May 2 and 3 at the SRT DBS Arts Centre. Established in September 2007 to promote high quality
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    • TV HIGHLIGHTS
      • friday
        • Article, Illustration
          84 18/19 3.30pm SONY ENT Mangal Pandey (Aamir Khan, right), an Indian sepoy serving Britain’s East India Company, rescues his commanding officer William Gordon on the battlefields of Afghanistan. This leads to the two men becoming friends. But when the British introduce new rifles which use bullets with casings made
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        • 48 18/19 10pm STAR GOLD Prakash, Rahul and Harry hatch a scheme to abduct Sapna with the intention of demanding a ransom from her controlling dad Rajiv Chopra. But Sapna is kidnapped by others who plan to kill her once they get the ransom.
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      • saturday
        • 31 18/19 2pm VIJAY A ward boy (Bagyaraj) who does his job with a passion is accused when one of the patients gets pregnant. Now he has to prove his innocence.
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        • 46 18/19 4pm VASANTHAM In this intense political drama, Anita Rajan, CEO of Sheppard power plant, proposes setting up a power plant in rural Maharashtra. Shankar is quick to realise the benefits and convinces Sarkar (Amitabh Bachchan). But soon Shankar’s dream project becomes a political minefield.
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        • 45 18/19 10pm STAR GOLD Don Mungilal assures the syndicate that he has a successor when, in reality, he does not. In his quest to find an heir, he faces a dilemma when four youngsters arrive at his house, each claiming to be his nephew.
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      • sunday
        • 115 18/19 1pm VASANTHAM Vallavan (Simbu), a happy-go-lucky college student, decides to woo Swapna (Nayantara) even though she is a teacher and three years older than him. He turns himself into Pallan (Simbu), an ugly duckling with buck teeth and glasses, to show that appearances are not important. He succeeds, but
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        • Article, Illustration
          70 18/19 10.30pm SONY ENT Surya (Nagarjuna, left with Anuskha Shetty), an orphan, befriends young Jadhav and they band together to help oppressed youths. Years later, Surya is both a respected and feared gang leader and lives a wealthy lifestyle with Jadhav, Bannerjee and Mathur as his trusted assistants.
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      • monday
        • 33 18/19 3pm VIJAY When a man (Sivaji Ganesan) helps a girl in trouble, she hands him her baby before she dies. Now he has to take care of the baby and misunderstandings ensue.
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        • 74 18/19 Mn VTV Surya (Ajith), who was given to a brigadier (Nasser) by his mother (Sukanya) when he was a baby, grows up to be a patriotic youth and the best soldier in his class. He falls in love with Indu (Simran), but when her army officer-father
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        • 73 18/19 5pm VTV Srikanth is the youngest son of Murali, an ex-army man living in a village. His eldest brother Shyam Ganesh enters into wedlock against his father’s wishes and settles in the city. When Srikanth takes Murali to Chennai to have a bullet removed from his neck, he succeeds
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      • tuesday
        • 58 18/19 10pm VASANTHAM Love And Marriage, a 10-part talk show, will address some of the fundamental relationship issues that couples face within the context of marriage. You may ask why any couple would wish to go on television to speak about something so private. Real couples who have sought professional
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        • 56 18/19 9pm VTV Milkman Annamalai (Rajnikanth) and rich businessman’s son Ashok (Sarathbabu) have been friends since childhood. When Ashok falls in love with Geetha (Rekha), a poor girl, his father is against the marriage. But Annamalai holds the wedding and earns the businessman’s ire. The businessman plots to drive a
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        • 37 18/19 1pm STAR GOLD Everyone in the college knows Rajiv (Shahid Kapoor) and Payal (Amrita Rao) are in love. So when Rajiv dumps Payal for Alisha, the whole college is shocked. Everyone wants to know why?
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      • wednesday
        • 20 18/19 3pm VIJAY This is a tale of two completely mis-matched couples and their trials and tribulations post marriage.
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        • 61 18/19 9pmVTV Prashant, the son of a rich industrialist, falls in love with Simran when he sees her at the Coimbatore railway station. He moves to Madras and, after running into her again, follows her doggedly. After they become a couple, he realises she is his friend couple, he
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      • thursday
        • 86 18/19  -  2pm VTV pitiful plight. Compiled by Surendar Kaur Compiled by Surendar Kaur Pazhani (Bharat), 10, is jailed for killing his father’s lover. With Pazhani going to jail, his father becomes a recluse leaving his family in the lurch. Pazhani’s older sister (Kushboo) grows up and marries a businessman (Biju
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    • Article, Illustration
      188 18/19  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1) On which part of your body would you wear a taj? a) Ankle b) Wrist c) Head 2) The Arabian Sea is a part of which ocean? a) Indian Ocean b) Atlantic Ocean c) Pacific Ocean 3) In Tintin comics, what is the name of Captain
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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
    • 321 18/19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 City non-Muslims may not enter 6 Slightly cracked 10 Hollywood blues? 14 Aerosol targets 15 Wedding reception sight 16 End in (require extra play) 17 Monstrous giants 18 Meal with mutton 20 Blind alley, e.g. 22 Historic Maryland fort 231.0567 liquid quarts 24 Again, on sheet music
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    • 75 18/19 SUDOKU The objective is to place the digits 1 to 9 only, once in each of the small 3x3 squares. At the same time, you must create a row of unique digits going across and down over the large grid. WHAT AM I? I am soft and creamy. I am
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    • 97 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. Inner Image celebrates Mother’s Day A day of relaxation indulgence especially created
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 604 20 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Aries You will get the support of your superiors and associates. However, you may face minor disputes. It will be a good week for business, career and finance-related matters. It is also a good week for love and romance, so if you are looking for someone,
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    • 29 20 SOLUTIONS crossword quiz sudoku 1) Head 2) Indian Ocean 3) Nestor 4) Chameleon 5) Music 6) Golf 7) Bark 8) Music 9) Kolkata 10) Pentagon what am i? Durian
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  • SPORTS
    • 863 22  -  The Bangalore side is just one of the I PL teams struggling to find the right balance between Indian and overseas players star column Harsha Bhogle tabla@sph.com.sg IN SPORT, as in life, balance is the key to success and it’s a word used very often in the media
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    • 232 23 IT’S been a week since MasterCard andtabla! made an exclusive offer to tabla! readers... a trip for two to Pretoria (about 42km from Johannesburg) to watch the Mumbai Indians in IPL action on May 21. And if
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    • 657 23  -  Wimbledon finally gets a retractable roof for its Centre Court and it should make for a better fortnight of tennis FREEWHEELING Rohit Brijnath many. rohitb@sph.com.sg Rohit Brijnath is a Senior Correspondent with The Straits Times. He covered six Wimbledons between 1987 and 1992. IT’S hard to
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