Tabla, 18 December 2009

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  • 22 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY MICA (P) 181/03/2009 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18,2009 Sj2l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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    • 36 1 1984 BHOPAL GAS LEAK STILL TAKING ITS TOLL PAGES 2 3 MISS INDIA SHOWS COURAGE... AND HER CAST PAGE 14 Get tabla! delivered to your doorstep. Call 6319-1800 or e-mail circs@sph.com.sg Catch us online at www.tabla.com.sg
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  • INDIA
    • 2473 1  -  MALAVIKA NATARAJ “sunlight”. tabla@sph.com.sg MR NIRAJ Mehta likes doing his yoga in a 20-person class at a modern fitness centre. Ms Priya Raghu prefers a more solitary approach to her yoga, doing it alone at home or in a small, intimate group. They are symbolic of
      PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN; PHOTOS: NEO XIAOBIN, ABSOLUTE YOGA, YOGA VEDANTA CENTRE  -  2,473 words
    • 1427 2/3  -  Survivors of the Union Carbide gas leak want to give affected children a better life PAMELA PHILIPOSE Women’s Feature Service DEATH came silently for hundreds that fateful December night in Bhopal. Many were asleep in the wee hours of Dec 3, 25 years ago, when poisonous
      Women’s Feature Service; PHOTOS: PAMELA PHILIPOSE/ WOMEN’S FEATURE SERVICE  -  1,427 words
    • 675 4  -  Overseas Indian Affairs minister engages his Singapore audience with the enthusiasm he displayed for the 1983 Nehru Gold Cup PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg WE WERE meeting face-to-face after 26 years. I was then a journalist with a leading news magazine in India and Mr Vayalar Ravi,
      PHOTO: HIGH COMMISSION OF INDIA  -  675 words
    • 374 7 He and other S’poreans speak on growth and governance at dialogue in Delhi MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew spoke at a dialogue moderated by industry captain Ratan Tata at the first Singapore Symposium held in India on Dec 16. Jointly organised by
      PHOTO: AFP  -  374 words

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    • 102 2/3 PHOENIX Card Rated Triple A! $20 $10 Rates are effective from 22 October 2009 Rates are quoted and billed In Singapore Dollars Minimum charge per call is 60 seconds and subsequent block charge is 120 seconds if the per minute call rate is I0 cents or below Minimum charge per
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    • 288 2/3 o SBI Singapore si si S' jV SI S g S /> WfW/A'X^ZL f 1 f'/yM ygag Exciting Remittance Promotion! For a limited period only, we are offering free remittances for amounts of Rs 50,000 and above from now to 31 Jan 2010. So head on down to our Little
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    • 131 4 The legendary South Indian Cuisine just got tastier hw i f m Wife Bombay ’Woodlands Restaurant Indian Vegetarian Cuisine Indulge in the world famous Udipi Cuisine from South India, prepared according to the Vedic tradition of Indian Vegetarian Cuisine and tuck into a variety of Dosa, Idli and Bombay style
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 694 6  -  The Direct Tax Code proposed by the Indian government could affect most of your investments and deposits in India VISHNU BHALOTIA THE Indian government is planning to replace the Indian Income Tax Act, which is about 48 years old, with the new Direct
      ILLUSTRATION: THE BUSINESS TIMES  -  694 words
    • 580 6 IF YOU OWN PROPERTY IN INDIA... Presumptive rent, a new term under the new Direct Tax Code (DTC), has been fixed at 6 per cent of the rateable value stipulated by the local authorities which again may differ from state to state and also
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    • 194 9 IT IS something that most of us do best offer an opinion and Jet Airways wants to reward you for airing yours. The airline has partnered with online travel site TripAdvisor India, (www.tripadvisor.in) to offer miles to travellers on its frequent-flyer programme, JetPrivilege, when they
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    • 362 9 Expatriates rank Singapore fourth most attractive posting EDUCATION, childcare and healthcare are some of the reasons for Singapore being ranked the fourth most attractive posting globally for expatriates, according to a new survey by HSBC, reports The Straits Times. The bank’s report, which assesses the expatriate experience
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    • 212 11 WHEN the chief executive of a major foreign bank met Mr K. Shanmugam recently, he told the Singapore Law Minister that the Republic’s open door policy towards foreign talent was a boon to his firm. Of the bank’s 6,000-strong workforce here, 1,000 are foreigners hailing from 40 countries.
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    • singapore news
      • 195 11 SINGAPOREANS can expect the prices of HDB flats to keep on rising as long as the economy continues to grow, says Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. However, he assured young couples that the Government will help them to own their first flats. The Housing Board
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      • 114 11 IN A market that has contracted by almost 30 per cent from last year’s, a handful of car brands have managed to zoom past 2008 sales, with more likely to do so by Dec 31. The vast majority of those that bucked the trend were second-liners,
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      • 100 11 BE PREPARED to show your identity card when entering a casino here next year. Casino operators will be checking names against a database of banned individuals, which now includes 28,661 undischarged bankrupts, those on long-term government aid and 75 individuals who have been excluded by their
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    • 341 22 “People will have less respect for us and our dignity will be dented.” Parliamentary Secretary Sam Tan reminding young people not to run down Singapore when abroad or with outsiders “Images change. After all, there are foreign dignitaries to talk to all the time. Gujarat is a
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    • 202 22 40 million sq ft Area of India’s largest township that Godrej plans to build in Ahmedabad. To be launched in January, it will take 10 years and cost Rs5,000 crores 50Number of storeys at Pinnacle@Duxton, the newly-completed crown jewel of Singapore's public housing Rs33,062 crores Amount Deutsche Bank
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  • PERSONALITY
    • 941 8  -  tabla! talk with Pradeep with Pradeep Paul SHIV KHERA Author and motivational speaker pradeep@sph.com.sg A LOT of people have said some wise things in their time. Not many of them trademarked it. Mr Shiv Khera is one of the latter group. And the statement he’s most proud
      PHOTO: NICHOLAS JENS K  -  941 words

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    • 169 9 ROADSHOW Kallang Leisure Park Atrium 11 Dec 20 Dec 11am 10pm daily Birr y v iJl i. CO f Check instore fo more Classic Dining Table 1set/7pcs $2080 Rosewood Dining Set 1set/9pcs UPS7000 CQQQfl now2>oOOU Now M [V if] Store Sale 08 jar $1980 Executive Writing Desk 1set/2pcs w Now
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  • EDUCATION
    • 317 10  -  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, DPS) VEDANT NAUTIYAL, Class 5A THE primary school’s annual
      Cards.PHOTOS: NPS  -  317 words
    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 160 10  -  DHWANI VISHWANATH, Class 5B IT WAS our special day and we knew the teachers had planned something for us on Nov 16. We had come dressed in colourful clothes and the teachers sang a lovely, melodious song called Reach For The Stars. This set the mood
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      • 185 10  -  KESHAV SIVAKUMAR, SMRUTHI RADHAKRISHNAN, Class 5C THE encounter in the Howzzat under-10 cricket tournament between the NPSI-Lions and GIIS-Heroes clearly showed us that confidence is good and overconfidence good overconfidence is not. We, the Lions, were overconfident as we had won all the matches leading up
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      741 14 India’s representative at the Miss World contest took part in the final even after falling and twisting her ankle SHE was looking forward to the big day. Before leaving for the Miss World 2009 pageant in Johannesburg, South Africa, Ms Pooja Chopra had said: “Day and night I
      runner-up PHOTOS: AP, AFP  -  741 words
    • 158 14 THE Miss World 2009 contest was won by Gibraltar’s Kaiane Aldorino. The brunette, dressed in a white-lace evening gown, said “I have no words” when asked to describe how she felt. Ms Aldorino, 23, an administrative clerk, was a crowd favourite after winning the swimsuit competition.
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    • 362 15 Pure Earth’s Christmas collection is dedicated to women with fuller figures REAL clothes for real women was the theme at Pure Earth’s Christmas fashion show, which was held at the Tanglin Club as part of its Ladies Christmas Luncheon on Dec 3. Designer Rashmi Gogna presented
      PHOTOS: PURE EARTH  -  362 words
    • Article, Illustration
      391 16  -  The Dev D beauty has three films in the pipeline MAULI SINGH Bollywood News Service FRENCH actress Kalki seemed to have gone underground after mesmerising viewers with her subtle performance as Chanda in Anurag Kashyap’s Dev D. But the actress is now back in action with a
      Bollywood News Service; PHOTOS: MOVIETALKIES.COM, INDIAGLITZ  -  391 words
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      239 16 The book said to be about her experienin ces in cinema. POPULAR Malayalam actress Navya Nair, who has also acted in Tamil and Kannada movies, is getting married early next year. “Yes, I am getting married and it should be sometime in January. Everything was decided just
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    • 622 17 Kissed made up Shekhar Kapur now wants to make as many films as uncle Dev Anand Indo-Asian News Service INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed film-maker Shekhar Kapur (right), who has made up with his maternal uncle Dev Anand after eight years, describes the legendary actor as a “karmyogi, completely fearless” and says he
      Indo-Asian News Service  -  622 words

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    • 128 17 A 1 i (ayush) AYUSH AYURVEDIC PTE. LTD Ayurvedic Health Care Centre 146 Race Course Road, Singapore *****5 Tel: 6398 0415 Fax: 6398 0405 Email: ayushayur@singnet.com.sg Open daily: 9am 9pm Ayurveda which means literally "Science of Life"is based on the twin principles of wholeness and balance. As a holistic healing
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  • RELAX
    • 52 18/19 CAPTURED MOMENTS Indian artist Feroz Khan depicts a succession of elaborate scenes of daily activities. Admission is free. When: Till Dec 19, 1 to 7pm (Fri), 10am to 7pm (Sat) Where: Galerie Waterton, 02-01 Tanjong Pagar Distripark, 39 Keppel Road Contact: 9783-2144 or log on
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    • Article, Illustration
      472 18/19 SPA OPEN HOUSE Miraculous Face and Body Therapy will be having an open house with special offers and packages for visitors. Admission is free When: Dec 19,12.30 to 4pm Where: 167 Selegie Road Contact: 6337-7738 ISEAS LECTURE The Institute of South-east Asian Studies (Iseas) is hosting a lecture
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    • 99 18/19 YOGI Ameer, Madhumitha A wayward youth who lives in the slums of Chennai is an enigma. Nobody knows about his background. Even the bunch of guys who hang around with him know nothing about him. He has never shared anything of his past with anybody. Then, a
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    • Article, Illustration
      205 18/19  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1) Which comic-strip character celebrated his 75th birthday on June 9, 2009? a) Stuart Little b) Jerry Mouse c) Donald Duck 2) With which numeral does share a key on a standard keyboard? a) Three b) Two c) Five 3) The islands of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland
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    • 93 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 6319-8311 e-mail: tabla@sph.com.sg at least two weeks ahead. Include the name of the event, organiser, date and the name of
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  • Page 18/19 Miscellaneous
    • 48 18/19 friday 12.30pm SONY ENT: Lage Raho Munna Bhai 3pm VIJAY: Kettikaran 5pm VTV: Idhaya Thamarai 9pm VASANTHAM: Avargal 10.30pm ZEE CINEMA: Vaastav 11pm STAR GOLD: Arjun Pandit Saturday 11am ZEE CINEMA: Life In A Metro 2pm VIJAY: Naangu Killadigal 4pm VASANTHAM: Sankat City (below, starring Anupam Kher, Rimi
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    • 166 18/19 TV HIGHLIGHTS Sen, Kay Kay, Chunky Pandey and Dilip Prabhavalkar) 8pm STAR GOLD: Hote Hote Pyaar Ho Gaya 9pm VTV: Kombu 9pm VASANTHAM: Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum 10pm ZEE TV: Dance India Dance Season 2 Sunday 11am ZEE CINEMA: Jo Bole So Nihaal 2pm VIJAY: Thanga Surangam 4pm VASANTHAM: Chandu
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    • 330 18/19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Opera selection 5 Celt 9 “Far the Madding Crowd” 13 Kind of cookie 16 Basic units of money in Bulgaria 17 Certain geriatric receiving regular income 19 13 Kind of cookie de Janeiro, Brazil 20 Cummerbund for a geisha 21 Controls a car 22 “Author unknown” byline
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    • 70 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. WHO AM I? Don’t my dreamy eyes look familiar? Am
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 459 20 FUTURE SPEAKS kamal kapoor Aries Your success depends on how you feel about your life. You know that now is not the time to be pushy. This is a good time to buy or sell property. An investment opportunity will come your way. Taurus If you present your ideas in
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    • 33 20 SOLUTIONS crossword quiz sudoku 1) Donald Duck 2) Two 3) Canada 4) Andhra Pradesh 5) Ebony 6) Taj Mahal 7) English 8) Octopus 9) Newton 10) Vallabhbhai Patel who am i? A.R. Rahman
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  • FOOD
    • 480 21  -  Shahi Maharani’s versions of the festive bird are moist and come with a choice of 3 sauces SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg TO TURKEY or not to turkey... that is the question this Christmas. I am not a huge fan of the bird, having sampled some truly criminal
      you your PHOTOS: SHAHI MAHARANI  -  480 words
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    • 187 21 K SB Park Balluchi 2, Owen Road.Fortuna Hotel, #01-02 Singapore *****2 email: ravi@parkballuchi.com.sg Tel: (65) 6297 2240 Fax: (65) 6297 5154 http://www.parkballuchi.com.sg ZA A La Carte 20% discount on a la carte orders during this festive month of December. No minimum spending required. Our chefs' specialities are Murg Mussallam, Raan-E-
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  • SPORTS
    • 343 23 I PL boss will have to report on a daily basis to cricket board president on running the league THE Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) may be the most powerful governing body in the cricketing world. But the most well-known Indian in
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    • 199 23 OVER 200 cricket enthusiasts players and supporters watched the Singapore Cricket Club Cheetahs take the title at the Misfits Beach Cricket Festival on Sentosa’s Tanjung beach last Sunday. Nine teams participated in this year’s event, including an allwomen side comprising players from the Singapore national
      PHOTOS: STEPHEN BLAXHALL  -  199 words
    • Article, Illustration
      855 24  -  Not when it reduces the contest between bat and ball to a farce... like the 825-run Rajkot pitch star column Harsha Bhogle tabla@sph.com.sg RAJKOT was a cricket occasion, not a cricket match. It was a spectacle, not a contest. It wasn’t good for cricket. Yes, there was a
      game going. PHOTO: AFP  -  855 words

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