Tabla, 8 May 2009

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  • 23 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY MICA (P) 181/03/2009 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2009 Sf5l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • 753 1  -  Singapore has geared up to fight the H1N1 bug. But will the erosion of confidence take a bigger toll? PATRICK JONAS corp/default.aspx patrickj@sph.com.sg HOLIDAY season is approaching and many in Singapore are holding their breath. This includes the many Indian expatriates waiting to visit India or go
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  • INDIA
    • 646 2  -  Patrick Jonas WE ARE not even nine years into the 21st century but we have seen enough disasters both man-made and natural to make us feel that the last century was so blissful. A tsunami (above, right), deadly earthquakes, the 9/11 and Mumbai terror attacks, Sars (above),
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    • 547 4 After taking 10 years to build, 5.6km sea link joining Bandra and Worli will open next month ANEW icon is taking shape in Mumbai. One that the city dwellers will be proud to point out to visitors once it is completed. After nearly 50
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    • regional roundup
      • 185 4 Door comes off plane A MANGALORE-BOUND Air India aircraft, with 172 passengers and six crew members on board, was damaged on May 5 when its front door came off in Mumbai. Media reports say that a tow-tractor tried to tow the plane from the parking bay for take-off while
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      • 72 4 Scholarships for 4,237 INDIA’S national government has allowed the Karnataka government to award 4,237 pre-university students with a scholarship of Rs1,000 a month, starting from the academic year 2009-10. The students will be selected on the basis of their second year pre-university results with a minimum of 80 per
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      • 43 4 Rain, lightning cause havoc UNSEASONAL rain in the state has caused extensive damage to crops spread over 4 lakh acres. Lightning accompanying the rains killed eight four in Warangal district, two in Nalgonda and one each in West Godavari and Khammam.
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    • 195 5 FOR over a decade, Reader’s Digest has been surveying the popularity of brands. This year’s Trusted Brands Survey has just been released by the magazine, which partnered research firm The Nielsen Company to survey eight key Asian markets: China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan,
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    • Article, Illustration
      348 5 Schools close as temperatures hit record high April is when north India gets ready to face the summer. The cool weather gradually wanes. But this year, summer temperatures seemed to be on the fast track. According to meteorological officials, the maximum temperatures over Delhi remained normal to
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    • 427 6 No, it’s not a rude signal to the opposition. It’s how Maharashtra election officials marked voters IN FEBRUARY this year, some people in Maharashtra voted in the local body bypolls... and had the index finger of their left hand marked with indelible ink. So, to prevent confusion,
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    • 534 6 a Indo-Asian News Service TAMIL movie hero-turned-politician Vijaykanth (below) is known for doing things on his own. On film sets, he has performed stunts without a stunt double. In the ongoing elections in India, he and his party DMDK are going
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  • PERSONALITY
    • 995 7  -  tabla! talk with Patrick Jonas patrickj@sph.com.sg SHE must be one of the most highly qualified artists in Singapore. Looking for a way to keep herself occupied or, in her own words, desist “from further husband improvement programmes”, Dr Praema Raghavan Gilbert took up painting after retirement. She
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 228 8 THIS is a first which holds a lot of promise. Eight students from the Singapore Management University (SMU) seven Singaporeans and one permanent resident will spend eight to 12 weeks in India as interns in companies based there. The internship programme is an initiative by the Singapore
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    • 888 8  -  More people turn up for free meals at places of worship, forcing some to cut back to basics SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg THE Gurdwara Sahib Silat Road in Bukit Merah, popularly known as the Silat Road Sikh temple has been serving breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner to
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    • 584 9  -  Set up a month ago, response to a roadside stall has been good but it’s causing a traffic snarl SHEELA NARAYANAN per sheela@sph.com.sg IT SEEMS that selling nearly everything under one roof is not enough for Mustafa Centre. t is now selling produce out on the
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    • 109 9 IN THE early hours of May 2, a crowd of more than 150 people turned up at the Esplanade pavilion to listen to sacred music and greet the morning sun. Organised by the Central Sikh Gurdwara Board, the event featured divine music of the Sikhs, played
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    • 420 10  -  So can you be... if you take part in the MasterCard contest for tabla! readers. The winner gets a trip for two to watch the Mumbai Indians in South Africa SHEELA NARAYANAN FASTER, easier and better... that is what software engineer Ram Prakash Nagaswamy wants out
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    • 131 10  -  raga Rupa Gopal IT WAS neither purely Carnatic nor Hindustani music that enveloped those at Arundhathi’s concert on April 25. Supported by her daughter Charu and a full team of accompanying musicians, the Kerala-based musician’s audience, which included President S.R. Nathan and Mrs Nathan (above with
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    • 237 13 SPRUCING up and greening Singapore with trees all over the island was a key economic strategy from Day One, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said on May 6. In order to differentiate the country from its larger neighbours, one of his first tasks on becoming Prime Minister
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    • singapore news
      • 115 13 THE Ministry of Education (MOE) has suspended all sexuality education programmes run by external groups in schools including the controversial one by the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware). The ministry said the Aware programme does not conform to the ministry’s guidelines. In particular, MOE
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      • 116 13 THE Government is forking out $20 million to help roll out electric vehicles (EVs) here from next year. The money will be used largely to set up charging infrastructure for a test fleet of electric cars due here from mid-2010. The fleet will be from
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      • 126 13 THE efforts of the People’s Association Indian and Malay activity executive committees have been recognised nationally. Their status will be elevated to full-fledged grassroots committees from August. The reason: They have evolved over the years by expanding their activities beyond their cultural core to organising activities for
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    • 390 14 “The stark reality is that our education system churns out people, but industry does not find them useful.” Principal secretary to the Indian prime minister T.K.A. Nair, on the 3.2 million Indians who graduate each year “There is no need to be a crybaby, whatever comes down
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    • 244 14 US$2.88 billion Amount borrowed by India from the Asian Development Bank last year. The other major borrowers are China, Pakistan, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam $1Nominal annual rent for a 4ha plot of land in Johor to build Kampung Temasek where Singapore’s urban youth can get closer to
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    • 316 11 Global Indian International School, Singapore East Coast Campus receives one of the highest honours in education excellence IMCRB NATIONAL QUALITY AWARD Congratulations to our teachers, students and parents The IMC RB National Quality Award, conferred to institutions/ organizations for achieving the highest standards in excellence is modelled on USA's Malcolm
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  • EDUCATION
    • 626 12  -  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, GIIS) SIDDHARTH SRINIVASAN, Class 10 A MONTH ago, it was announced
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 232 12  -  DEVIKA KUMAR, Class 8B OUR school was given the honour of representing India at the grand opening of Singapore 2010 CAN! (Create. Action. Now!). Singapore will be hosting the first the first Youth Olympics next year and the CAN! Festival will be one of the opening
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      • 191 12  -  JAHNAVI ROY, Class 4C THIS year the Shell Youth Science Festival organised an Inter-school competition on the topic Space: What’s Up There?. We had to perform a skit lasting less than seven minutes. Our speech and drama teacher wanted to bring out a little known fact that,
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      • 154 12  -  AFREEN CHAWLA, Class 7B Class 7B ON April 18, we took part in an art competition with over 50 other competition 50 other schools. The venue, an open-air amphitheatre at VivoCity, was just as beautiful as the wonderful art we were about to witness. We were
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    • 36 14 ACHIEVERS TUTORIALS Coaching students from CBSE, IGCSE and ICSE curriculum since 2006. Highly experienced and qualified teachers. Locations Jurong East, Kembangan and Peninsula Plaza Vv yaJ For more information call 98 200 514 or email achievers2009@gmail.com
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      575 15  -  This is the reason IIFA is going to Macau for its awards extravaganza next month SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg BOLLYWOOD’S glitziest marketing tool is set to woo and wow China when the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) holds its annual weekend extravaganza in Macau next month. Known as
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    • 604 16  -  American Idol reject wants to sing in India though SHEELA NARAYANAN of. sheela@sph.com.sg A NOOP Desai sure made Indian hearts swell with pride during his time on American Idol. And he did it without resorting to the hairy hi-jinks of Sanjaya Malakar in 2007. He charmed
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    • 338 16 ONCE he was a popular Kollywood star. But then he got derailed by marital problems. Now, at the age of 36, Prashanth Thyagarajan is getting his acting career back on track. His problems started when he married Grahalakshmi, the daughter of a Chennai-based industrialist. When
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    • Article, Illustration
      552 17  -  Chunky Pandey has acted in so many Bangladeshi movies that he’s called the Amitabh Bachchan of Bangladesh DEEPIKA SHETTY do, Chunky. deepikas@sph.com.sg Deepika Shetty is a Correspondent with The Straits Times Life! HIS name may be Chunky but there is nothing chunky about this Pandey. e sports a
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    • 446 17  -  MAULI SINGH Bollywood News Service SHOOTING a film can sometimes be a nerve-racking, life-threatening experience. Soha Ali Khan, who recently shot for the Bhatts’ latest venture, Tum Mile with Emraan Hashmi, will vouch for this. The Pataudi girl is heaving a big sigh of relief
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  • RELAX
    • 83 18/19 SOORYA GLOBAL FESTIVAL Get ready for top quality Indian classical music and dance performances. The dance segment features the legendary Padma Bhushan winner Dr Padma Subrahmanyam and Dr Gayatri while the music segment features a Carnatic and Hindustani blend by maestro Kannan on veena and
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    • Article, Illustration
      339 18/19 NARI This evening of dance commemorates Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary. It’s presented by South Jodhpur Park Academy with members of the Singapore Tagore Society. Tickets: $20 and $30 When: May 8, 8pm Where: DBS Arts Centre Contact: 9345-6915 or e-mail dolly_davenport@ yahoo.com RANG SOOTRA COLOURFUL THREADS OF LIFE
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    • TV HIGHLIGHTS
      • friday
        • 57 18/19 9pmOKTO Sanjeev Bhaskar’s Indian Journey explores the legacy of the Raj through the eyes of an entertainer who is also tracing his own ancestry. This upbeat adventure is set against the backdrop of a country without visual equal. It is this sense of a two-way exchange
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        • 30 18/19 10pm STAR GOLD Raju (Govinda), a coolie (porter), falls in love with a rich girl (Karishma Kapoor) from the village. He dupes her father and they marry.
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        • 49 18/19 9pm VASANTHAM A fantasy which involves magic and treachery. A minister in a kingdom conspires to prevent a prince from becoming king. A beauty is used to distract the prince from his duties. The presence of mermaids and giants makes this feature the perfect fantasy.
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      • saturday
        • Article, Illustration
          63 18/19 4pm VASANTHAM SALAAM-E-ISHQ Salaam-E-Ishq is a tribute to love. It features the stories of six couples (Salman Khan and Priyanka make up one couple, below right). Twelve lives, six different worlds and one common problem love. While each story is not related to the others, the characters are somehow
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        • 54 18/19 9pm VTV A young photographer (Yogi) and his love Jayashree meet a spirit which is baying for the blood of Yogi and his friends. A flashback reveals that Yogi and his friends had ruined the life of a girl in a college (Anuja), who commits suicide. Her spirit roams
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        • 66 18/19 10pm STAR GOLD Poor Krishna Prasad (Govinda) and Pooja (Mamta Kulkarni) want to marry. But Pooja’s dad wants her to marry a wealthier man. Krishna promises Pooja he will return after he becomes rich. When Krishna does not return after five years, Pooja marries Deepak. When a rich Krishna
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      • sunday
        • 35 18/19 MR MRS KHILADI lpm STAR GOLD Badrinath wants his daughter (Juhi Chawla) to marry a self-made man. But Shalu falls in love with con man Raja (Akshay Kumar). Badrinath challenges Raja to earn money honestly.
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        • 34 18/19 2pm VIJAY A CBI inspector is keen to capture those behind the murder of his friend but the only witness is a little boy who is being threatened by his older sister.
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        • 71 18/19 4pm VASANTHAM Akhil (Nagarjuna) owns a call-cab service. He falls in love with Doctor Siri Valli (Ayesha Takia) who soon falls for Akhil too. Sonu (Sonu Sood), a successful high-tech robber, used to work for Siri Valli’s father and treats Siri Valli like a sister. Unfortunately, Akhil and
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        • 22 18/19 5pm VTV A serial killer targets corrupt lawyers who help criminals to escape the law by twisting it or finding loopholes...
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      • monday
        • 29 18/19 lpm STAR GOLD Shekhar (Aftab Shivdasani) leaves his wife Nandita (Amisha Patel) and their six-year-old daughter Sheena when he falls in love with beauty queen Kaavya (Esha Deol).
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        • 27 18/19 3pm VIJAY Two young men go to Chennai in search of jobs. When one of them is murdered, the blame falls on the other guy.
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        • 69 18/19 9pm VTV Sundaram (Jaishankar) is charged with the murder of his brother’s (Sarathkumar) wife, Vijayalakshmi. But everyone around him, including his sister Hema (Amala), strongly believes in his innocence. Raja (Mammootty), a successful lawyer in Delhi, takes on the case when he realises that Hema, with whom he
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      • tuesday
        • 43 18/19 3.30pm SONY ENT When police officer Hari Om Patnaik is assigned to the Mumbai crime branch he finds the town controlled by the mob, the authorities and big business. He goes about putting together a squad to restore order.
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        • 32 18/19 10pm STAR GOLD Pooja (Keerti Reddy) attends a wedding in Agra and meets Kabir (Abhishek Bachchan), who falls in love with her. He moves to Mumbai in pursuit.
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      • wednesday
        • 82 18/19 4pm STAR GOLD When Kanwal (Harbhajan Mann) meets college friend Ladi (Neeru Bajwa) at relative Faujan’s (Amar Noorie) home, he falls in love. Ladi’s family does not approve as Kanwal does not have a job. Kanwal becomes a famous singer in the UK where he meets TV
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      • thursday
        • 28 18/19 3 pm VIJAY SAAVI A rich girl divorces an ex-tennis player when she finds out that he wants only her money. He tries to regain her trust.
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        • 40 18/19  -  4pm STAR GOLD Compiled by Surendar Kaur Compiled by Surendar Kaur When driver Hiralal falls in love with Sapna, he is challenged to sacrifice his life to prove his love. The film stars Naseeruddin Shah and Sanjana Kapoor.
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    • Article, Illustration
      205 18/19  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1) In which Indian city is the Sansad Bhawan located? a) Kolkata b) Bangalore c) New Delhi 2) Which of these continents is a land mass almost wholly covered by a vast ice sheet? a) Antarctica b) Australia c) South America 3) Which of these parts of
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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
    • 761 18/19 FUTURE SPEAKS Aries This will be a fabulous week. You will get the support of your superiors and associates, but there could be minor disputes. It will be a good week for business, career and finance-related matters as well as romance. Taurus Those in business will get new deals and
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    • 73 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 can be crispy or soft but
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 31 21 SOLUTIONS crossword sudoku quiz 1) New Delhi 2) Antarctica 3) Skin 4) Tortoise 5) Chess what am i? Thosai 6) Boiling point 7) The mouse 8) Fiza 9) Ganesha 10) Pigeon
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  • SPORTS
    • 408 22  -  HEMANT KENKRE IN AN extremely competitive environment, it’s not often that a young Singaporean takes a break from his studies to pursue a passion. Rezza Gaznavi, 16, did just that when he opted out of his educational regimen for a year to follow his heart
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    • 669 22  -  They had some opponents on the ropes at the ACC U-19 Elite Cup, but could not deliver the knockout punch Hemant Kenkre IT’S BEEN a tough tour. The Singapore Un-der-19 team is heading home after a fortnight of hard cricket played under trying conditions in Kuwait,
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    • Article, Illustration
      848 23  -  There is no need for time outs in a relentless gladiatorial sport like T20 cricket star column Harsha Bhogle tabla@sph.com.sg IAM delighted that the process of eliminating the time out (maybe marginalising is a more appropriate word at the moment) has begun. It was clear that it wasn’t
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