Tabla, 25 December 2009

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    27 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY MICA (P) 181/03/2009 SINGAPORE, WEEKENDS OF DEC 25, 2009, AND JAN 1, 2010 DECEMBER Sfh A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon A TIME TO REFLECT, TO CELEBRATE '09
    154 1 WHAT a year! A major global economic slump, financial scandals and an influenza epidemic... those are the memories that will surface every time anyone talks about 2009. The good news is that the world survived. Sure, we took some hits, belts were tightened
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon India’s ‘Madam Tussauds’
      589 2 The 1,000-plus images at this museum have a Gandhian theme earns a Indo-Asian News Services CHILDREN studying under the shade of a tree, farmers having lunch in the fields, cowherds milking their cows scenes typical of an Indian village yet not a soul stirs. With its life-like
      earns a Indo-Asian News Services; PHOTOS: SIDDHAGIRI MUSEUM  -  589 words
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      Lock icon Did lack of sleep cause his death?
      571 4/5  -  At 42, Ranjan Das was pushing corporate and fitness boundaries. But he apparently didn’t sleep much. Did that affect his health? PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg MANY Indians have probably read of the untimely demise of Mr Ranjan Das, president and CEO (Indian sub-continent) of
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      Lock icon Genuine friend with hunger for success
      1628 4/5  -  This article was written in memory of Mr Ranjan Das by his close friend and former college roommate SANJAY SAIKIA Sanjay Saikia is vice-president of business development at NetCom Systems, New Jersey, US RANJAN Das, president and CEO (Indian sub-continent) of the software giant
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      60 2 No tabla! on Jan 1 We’re hitting town a little early this week with our year-end special. And with many readers travelling over the holiday period, tabla! will take a break on Jan 1. It will be business as usual from Jan 8. Wherever you may be, here’s hoping you’redancing
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Gold star neighbour
      800 3  -  Permanent resident of 15 years gets gold award for being a good neighbour SHEELA NARAYANAN play mahjong.” sheela@sph.com.sg SHE is Upper Boon Keng Road’s queen of smiles. At least, that is how Ms K. Rama Madhavi’s neighbours describe her. The bubbly homemaker does not go a day
      PHOTOS: SHEELA NARAYANAN AND COURTESY OF K. RAMA MADHAVI  -  800 words
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      Lock icon Faces of Lord Vishnu
      329 6 Temple makes figurines to usher in festival THE Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple will be celebrating the annual Vaikunda Ekadasi festival on Dec 28 when devotees worship Lord Vishnu. The festival, one of the premiere events at the national monument and usually celebrated in December or January,
      PHOTO: SRI SRINIVASA PERUMAL TEMPLE  -  329 words
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      Lock icon The 7-Eleven man
      798 9  -  This Singaporean entrepreneur has nine 7-Eleven outlets and wants more HEMANT KENKRE tabla@sph.com.sg SOME call it destiny, others call it luck... but there is nothing better than the word enterprising to best describe Mr Nallakaruppan yes, that’s his full name who owns nine 7-Eleven convenience stores in
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      Lock icon Changes in education
      199 11 TWO measures to draw a clearer distinction between Singaporeans and non-Singaporeans will be introduced by the Education Ministry in a move to enhance the privileges of being citizen. ing a citizen. First, from July, Singaporeans will get an edge when they have to ballot for places during
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    • singapore news
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        Lock icon Slow down in KPE tunnel
        119 11 MORE than 60 motorists a day have been caught speeding through the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) tunnel in the first nine months of this year making up 12 per cent of those caught islandwide. The reason: The tunnel’s 70kmh speed limit, which is much lower
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      • Article
        Lock icon Killer litter campaign
        136 11 THE Housing Board is on a mission to stamp out killer litter again. Over the next few months, the public housing agency will send out letters to about 900,000 HDB residents urging them to remove dangerously-placed items at high-rise buildings and to report neighbours who fail to
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      • Article
        Lock icon No World Cup deal yet
        172 11 ARCH-RIVALS SingTel and StarHub, which have teamed up to bring live World Cup matches here next year, have yet to lock in the TV rights to the mega event. They have yet to get the green light from the Federation Internationale de Football Association (Fifa),
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      Lock icon A TIME TO REFLECT, T0 CELEBRATE '09
      993 12/13  -  SHEELA NARAYANAN Describing 2009 as eventful would be the understatement of the year. Companies crumbled, the world lost the king of pop and Shilpa Shetty broke hearts by getting hitched. As you tog out in your festive best this holiday season like Mrs
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      Lock icon Kryoga the excess away
      517 21 Kryoga founder Master Kamal appointed master instructor at True Yoga LOCAL yoga chain True Yoga is expanding its stable of yoga masters this year, with the appointment of Master Sri Srinivas Suresh Kamal, the creator of Kryoga. Kryoga, which stands for Kamal’s Rhythmic Yoga, is a
      PHOTOS: PLANET YOGA, TRUE YOGA  -  517 words
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      Lock icon IT’S ONLY words
      353 22 “Instead of promoting sports, they are treating us like lepers. I feel like this is not the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA). It’s more like the Singapore Leprosy Association.” SAA president Loh Lin Kok on the performance dispute between his association on one side and the Singapore Sports
      PHOTOS: BNS, IANS  -  353 words
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      208 22 2,760 Age in years of three Egyptian mummies at the National Museum of Singapore’s newest exhibition: Quest For Immortality The World Of Ancient Egypt 27kg Weight lost by a Bangalore man in six months by walking. He used to weigh 120kg 2025 Year India’s population will overtake China’s,
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      159 4/5 No tabla! on Jan 1 We’re hitting town a little early this week with our year-end special. And with many readers travelling over the holiday period, tabla! will take a break on Jan 1. It will be business as usual from Jan 8. Wherever you may be, here’s hoping you’re
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      129 6 (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 tradition, Ayurveda
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      286 7 vI U»V Y V lv Sc <1 jar •> W THINK SUCCESS. THINK MDIS. Secure a Genuine World-class Business Degree (e MDIS Roadshow Date 15 -16 Jan 2010 (Fri Sat) Time 11am 9pm Venue Cathay Cineleisure, Orchard In association with EDITH COWAN CRICOS IPC *****B Exclusive Preview for ECU Preview
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  • PERSONALITY
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      Lock icon From terror to terrific
      878 8  -  tabla! talk with with Pradeep Paul pradeep@sph.com.sg SHE’S intelligent. She’s beautiful. And she’s contradiction personified. Mrs Shabnam Mel-wani-Reis is as Indian as they come. Hailing from a Singaporean Sindhi family, she values family and calls her two sisters her “right hand and left hand”. She looks
      PHOTO COURTESY OF MRS MELWANI-REIS  -  878 words
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  • EDUCATION
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      Lock icon The hues of dance
      332 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. On Jan 8, GIIS) PRERNA KAMATH, Class 8A T HANKS to a
      PHOTOS: DPS  -  332 words
    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
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        122 10  -  SOURAV ROY, Class 9A MY HEART was like a machine gun firing rounds of panic at my brain. US president Barack Obama’s speech to the Middle-East was stained with sweat that had dripped off my forehead onto the sheet of paper. What was going on? Well, we were
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        Lock icon Guess in 60 seconds
        172 10  -  PRIYA SHREEDHAR, Class 11 DUMB charades is a word guessing game in which one uses physical gestures rather than verbal language to convey what one wants to say. And it was part of the Literary Week at our school last month. Brains were racked, hand signals
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      83 11 DPS INTERNATIONAL SCHOO SINGAPORE 7fe (Right Choice. Ihe rig fit foundation canmafcg a world of difference... IP. (9 W 3. r <£ac/i at (D<PS InternationaC SchooC is a day of discovery that has us striding. "We are excited to 6ecome who we are, and our teachers heCp us reach our
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      Lock icon Can you believe she’s a wrestler?
      746 14 You might be forgiven for thinking she’s a model but Sonika is just one of 50 women who can represent India in tournaments SONIKA Kaliraman is tall and graceful. But that is not what makes the 26-year-old stand out. What does is the fact
      Stuntwoman... Sonika doing a stunt show.PHOTOS: COLORS TV  -  746 words
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      Lock icon Rakhi still packs a punch
      284 14 LIKE Madonna and Mallika Sherawat, professional attention seeker Rakhi Sawant knows the power of re-invention. From her leave-nothing-to-the imagination outfits as the catty item girl to the “coy” avatar in her reality show Swayamvar where she was in saris and salwars to find her “perfect”
      PHOTO: DALE BHAGWAGAR MEDIA  -  284 words
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      Lock icon Mann, he’s caused quite a stir
      445 15 HE’S got the Sikh community abuzz with the lyrics of his song Ik Baba Nanak C. The song, which is on his album Singh Is Better Than King, deals with the issue of fake “babas” (holy men) and the illiterate people who support them.
      PHOTOS: WORDPRESS. COM. FLICKR.COM  -  445 words
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      Lock icon Say ‘I do’ in Goa
      1496 16/17  -  That seems to be a growing trend among Indian couples seeking destination weddings GAURI GUPTA tabla@sph.com.sg MARRIAGES may be made in heaven but you can have your wedding ceremony in paradise itself. That seems to be the mantra when young, wealthy Indian couples plan to
      the setting sun adds a special glow to the PHOTOS: PROF RAJEEV PATKE, LESLIE REMEDIOS  -  1,496 words
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      59 15 I hm i2 sr uga^ 5r Lzw IniConcert Ad c 2 January 2010, Saturday, 7.00 pm Onwards, Suntec Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre. Hall 603(Level 6) Event Organiser Official TV Official Radio Supporter Held In Tickets Priced at: SGD $155, $105, $75, $55, $35 are available at: All SISTIC Authorized
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      14 16/17 To place an ad in tabla!, call Vel at 8204-9603 or e-mail tabla@sph. com.sg
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  • RELAX
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      55 18/19 WOMEN ON CANVAS This solo exhibition by Thota Vaikunta, called Saffron.Vermilion.Turmeric, focues on acrylic and mixed media portraits of native women in south India. Admission is free. When: Till Jan 15,11am to 6pm (Tue to Sat) Where: Indigo Blue Arts, 33 Neil Road Contact: 6372-1719
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    • Article
      Lock icon what’s on
      375 18/19 JUNGLE SAFARI AT CSC Ceylon Sports Club’s New Year’s Eve dinner and dance has the Jungle/Safari theme this year. Emcee for the night is TCS comedienne Elangovan. Tickets: $50, $25 When: Dec 31, 7.30pm Where: Ceylon Sports Club, 101 Balestier Road Contact: 6391-4513 or 6391-4515 BOP WITH DJ
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    • MOVIES THIS WEEK
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        Lock icon 3 IDIOTS
        121 18/19 Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani Kareena Kapoor Two friends embark on a search for their lost buddy. On their journey, they gatecrash a wedding and a funeral that goes impossibly out of control. As they make their way through the perilous landscape, another journey begins:
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        Lock icon VETTAIKAARAN
        120 18/19 VETTAIKAARAN Vijay, Anushka, Salim Ghosh, Shayaji Shinde, Satyan, Sri Hari Ravi’s ambition is to become a cop just like IPS officer Rajendran. After four attempts, he finally passes his Class 12 exams and heads for Chennai with the dream of completing his studies and becoming a cop. There, he
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      Lock icon QUIZ
      202 18/19  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1) Which cartoon character is known as Paolino Paperino in Italian? a) Mickey Mouse b) Stuart Little c) Donald Duck 2) On a standard keyboard, on which key would you find two arrows in opposite directions? a) Tab b) Alt c) Ctrl 3) What are drift, trammel
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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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      204 18/19 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 3pm VIJAY: Kanavu Mei Pada Vendum 5pm STAR GOLD: Detective Naani 6.30pm ZEE CINEMA: SHAKTI THE POWER 9pm VASANTHAM: Sarvam (left, starring Ary a and Trisha) Mn VTV: Gopura Vasalile Saturday 2pm VIJAY: Gnana Oli 4pm VASANTHAM: The Last Lear (starring Amitabh Bachchan, with Preity Zinta below)
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      336 18/19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Cause of a delay 5 Bad thing to marry in 10 Lemony Snicket’s count 14 Appear inferior by comparison 15 Absolutely hate 16 Like a black olive 17 Popular parking spot 19“ on Down the Road” 20 “What Kind of Fool 21 Escape by cleverness 22 Bitter
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      72 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 add flavour to your culinary efforts.
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      296 20 FUTURE SPEAKS Aries Make the best use of your wisdom and troubleshooting skills as nothing will be easy. The key to making things work is to listen. Taurus You will have differences between you and your family members or spouse. Work pressure will be heavy. Gemini There will be new
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      191 22 y 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 II =n A La Carte 20% discount on a la carte orders during this festive month of December. No minimum spending required. Our chefs' spec ialities are
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Sania’s excited about 2012
      577 23 She thinks she has a good chance of getting a medal in the mixed doubles tennis event at the next Olympics THE London Olympics is more than two years away but Indian tennis star Sania Mirza is all excited about the mega event. Even though her
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      Lock icon DECADE OF CHANGE
      843 24  -  Test cricket survives, one-day internationals hang in the balance and T20 arrives... what’s next? star column Harsha Bhogle tabla@sph.com.sg LIKE a Hollywood studio production line, doomsday scripts are deluging us. But, as we know, scripts can be scary; they need not necessarily be true. And so it
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      61 23 No tabla! on Jan 1 We’re hitting town a little early this week with our year-end special. And with many readers travelling over the holiday period, tabla! will take a break on Jan 1. It will be business as usual from Jan 8. Wherever you may be, here’s hoping you’re
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      76 23 ANNOUNCEMENT The sale of tickets for Donation Draw 2009 in aid of the Singapore Indian Association Building Redevelopment Project, has been extended to 31st March 2010. Ticket sales will close at 7 pm, on 31st March 2010. The draw will take place on 5th April 2010 7 pm at the
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