Tabla, 29 January 2010

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  • 22 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY MICA (P) 181/03/2009 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, JANUARY 29,2010 Sfh A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • Article, Illustration
    1234 1  -  This simple, multicultural snack enhances the flavour of India SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg HE French can keep their Crepes. Indians and Singaporeans T across ethnic boundaries adore the thosai, or dnsa as some prefer to call it. It was part of a Bollywood love song (Rock Dancer, 1995)
    PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN  -  1,234 words
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  • INDIA
    • 1346 2/3  -  Student associations are teaming up with Australian authorities to teach Indian students to be street smart and, hopefully, avoid becoming victims SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg ON JAN 26, Chandigarh-born and Mel-bourne-based Gautam Gupta would have liked to celebrate Republic Day as an Indian and
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    • 44 2/3 IN OUR Jan 22 issue, we used the wrong DPS advertisement on Page 13.The school's scheduled advertisement for the day featured greetings for Indian Republic Day and not for Diwali (as used by us). We apologise for the error.
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    • 362 4 India’s National Commission for Women wants legal help to fight the harassment of wives Vyas. Indo-Asian News Service MANY Indian women see a Non Resident Indian (NRI) spouse as a way to a better life. But 331 of them did not get what they expected
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    • regional roundup
      • 104 5 Hindi not national language Hindi not national language THE Gujarat High Court has observed that there is nothing on record to suggest that any provision has been made or order issued declaring Hindi a national language of India. The Press Trust of India reported that the court, however, said
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      • 60 5 IT exports set to jump THE state has set a target of Rs69,000 crores and 1.2 million jobs in the IT sector by the end of 2012. This was announced by state governor E.S.L. Narasimhan during the Republic Day celebrations in Hyderabad. He said IT exports from the
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      • 60 5 Students can use mum’s maiden name SINGLE mothers are happy. Divorcees, adoptive mothers and widows in the state were until now forced to use their husbands’ name in their children’s school forms. The state government has decided to do away with it and allow students to use their mother’s
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    • Article, Illustration
      428 5  -  M.K. Stalin slated to head DMK PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg LAST week, on a short visit to Coimbatore, I was greeted by the sight of numerous larger-than-life-sized hoardings of a rising son in Tamil Nadu politics. The state’s deputy chief minister M.K. Stalin (right) was visiting the city
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    • 185 4 To advertise in tabla!, call Kalwant at 9171-4327 or e-mail kalwant@sph.com.sg Catch US online at www.tabla.com.sg OMHHIflA&M l,r.ii>.isi. It is often said that in life we get what we DESERVE Wouldn't it be great to get what we DESIRE? A %L *v *> Mr< m W' u Oj 4 s
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    • 78 5 ayush AYUSH AYURVEDIC PTE. LTD 146 Race Course Road, Singapore *****5 Tel: 6398 0415 Fax: 6398 0405 Email: ayushayur@singnet.com.sg Quality Medicine from KOTTAKKAL ARYA VAIDYASALA, Kerala, India We help to manage the following ailments: Joint Pains Headache Hair Problem Body Pains Sports Injury Memory Loss Skin Problems Allergy Weight Problems
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  • PERSONALITY
    • 952 6  -  tabla! talk with Patrick Patrick Jonas patrickj@sph.com.sg HE CAME to Singapore in 1991 with an Indian company named Far East Computers. Now, 19 years later, Mr Atul Temurnikar is going to the far West Silicon Valley to be exact to set up a school that
      PHOTO: ARUN RAMU  -  952 words

  • SINGAPORE
    • 344 7 AirAsia to start flights to Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, New Delhi and Hyderabad TWO million passengers to India by 2011... that’s the target AirAsia’s group chief executive officer Tony Fernandes has set for the company. And the Malaysian budget carrier will do so by increasing
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    • 177 8 AROUND 600 people gathered at the Indian High Commission’s grounds on Jan 26 to witness the flag-raising ceremony on India’s 60th Republic Day. Indian high commissioner Dr T.C.A. Raghavan raised the flag at 9am and read out a speech from Indian president Pratibha Patil.
      PHOTOS: INDIAN HIGH COMMISSION  -  177 words
    • 273 8 Cultural concerts and Thaipusam exhibition also planned AS IS tradition here, devotees from all walks of life will fulfil their vows by carrying kavadis and milk pots, in devotion to Lord Subramaniam, also known as Lord Murugan. Thaipusam falls in the Tamil month of
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    • 274 9 KARUPPAYEE, the cow that made headlines last week by giving birth to a male calf at the Pongal celebration in Little India’s Campbell Lane, has died. In response to queries regarding its death, the Agri-food Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) told Tamil Murasu that “event organiser Little
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    • 249 9 New book on the Cholas links with region unveiled THE National Library in Victoria Street was the venue on Jan 27 for the launch of a new book on the Chola dynasty and its relations with South-east Asia. The Cholas were at the height of their
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    • 194 21 Rs50,000 Amount offered by Hockey India to national women’s hockey players as incentive for their performance last year. It has been turned down 1.138 million Cruise passengers passed through the gates at the HarbourFront terminal last year, a record 10Hours spent to build a nest by Kanpur bird
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    • 360 21 “My husband had to go through the night with on-off sleep because people were walking by all the time.” Ms Suppiah Saroswani whose husband, Mr Perimal Suppaya Munasamy, stayed for 12 hours overnight in a corridor at Tan Tock Seng Hospital before his operation, because of a
      PHOTOS: IANS  -  360 words
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    • 262 7 Happy Republic Day www.funhindi.com Welcome to fimhindi.com A whole new way of learning HINDI III Are your children: Wasting hours in commuting for tuition? Having difficulties in coping with Hindi in school? Unable to converse in Hindi? If ye<i, funhindi.com can help... We offer One on one teaching to suit
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    • 292 8 Sixth SICCI-ISAS Leaders Lecture INDIA 2020: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE AVIATION SECTOR His Excellency Mr Praful Patel Minister for Civil Aviation, Republic of India His Excellency Mr Praful Patel is an Indian Member of Parliament. He currently holds the title of Minister of Civil Aviation. Mr Patel was elected
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  • EDUCATION
    • 463 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, NPS) AMRRITA SETHI, KEN BABU, Class Class 7D and Class 7C
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 230 10  -  HANSIKA VISHWANATH, Class VISHWANATH, Class 7D WHAT a Sunday! Not only was I to present a keyboard performance at our school’s Cultural Centre Annual Day function, I also got to meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the great spiritual leader of Tibet! Accompanied by our
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      • 233 10  -  ROSHAN RAVISHANKAR, Class 7C AS THE ball approached me, my hands flew into the air and the ball slipped through them and straight into the goal. I think I screamed involuntarily and fell to the ground in despair... I had scored an own goal! I was
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    • 178 11 SINGAPORE is to adopt a new economic growth strategy focused more on improving productivity than pursuing growth at all costs. The reason boils down to the The reason boils down to the country’s land and labour constraints, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. “Our total land area
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    • Singapore news
      • 156 11 SOCIAL studies, which is taught in secondary schools here, is being reviewed with a view to making it a full and compulsory subject for those in the upper secondary levels. The Education Ministry confirmed the review which followed recommendations by a 2007 report of the Committee
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      • 124 11 THE Football Association of Singapore (FAS) is prepared to take great pains to help the Republic secure the broadcast rights for the coming World Cup. If need be, FAS president Zainudin Nordin will travel all the way to Fifa’s headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland,
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      • 136 11 CATCH a concert at the Indoor Stadium, go shopping at Suntec City, then hop over to the Old Airport Road hawker centre for supper. All this will be just a train ride away when the next stretch of the MRT Circle Line opens on April 17. The line’s
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    • 303 14 IN FOODIE paradise Singapore, there is no shortage of thosai outlets. Here’s a list it is by no means exhaustive or even a “best of” of suggestions given to tabla! by those who prowl the island in search of their thosai fix. Go on,
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    • 55 12/13 South Indian Meal North Indian Meal Mini Meal Variety Rice Idly Dosai Poori Chappathi Naan Rotti Parotta Snacks Desserts Hot Cold Drinks Fresh Juice [nMp Restaurant Purely Vegetarian 11 Stamford Road #-01-02 Capitol Building Singapore *****4 Tel: 6336 6404 (Opp City Hall MRT) New Outlet: #01-418 Serangoon Road Singapore *****4
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    • 32 12/13 WHERE TO GET YOUR THOSAI FIX: PAGE 14 We serve more than 100 varieties of DOSAS a Chellay Vegetarian Corner 70 Serangoon Road Singapore *****5 (D 6297 6297 (Dunlop Street Junction) www.chellas.com.sg
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 553 15 She wanted to be a doctor, she became a model... and now she’s a Bollywood actress MEET Bollywood’s latest addition to the starlet constellation... Zarine Khan. She made her debut in Salman Khan’s period drama Veer, which hit screens last week. The model turned actress yes, another
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    • 632 16 Abhishek Bachchan steps into the world of TV and says he’s his dad Amitabh’s biggest fan proud Indo-Asian News Service OR Abhishek Bachchan, constant comF parisons with his father Amitabh are an “honour" and not a problem. But as he made his television debut
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  • FOOD
    • 436 17 HEALTH IF you have ever felt a pain that begins at the buttocks, wraps around the back of the thigh and ends at the calf muscle, you’ve probably been a victim of sciatica. That’s a condition where the sciatic nerve gets compressed or irritated in some
      PHOTOS: AYUSH AYURVEDIC  -  436 words
    • Article, Illustration
      442 17  -  SanSkruti’s thali buffets will satisfy your hunger SURENDAR KAUR surenda@sph.com.sg BEING a sardarni, I have to admit that I take pride in serving my family soft and fluffy chappatis. But even I can’t match the Fulkas at SanSkruti. Not only are they soft and light, they taste great
      burger. PHOTOS: SANSKRUTI  -  442 words
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  • RELAX
    • 66 18/19 MALE FORM WITH A MESSAGE Emerging Indian artist Venkatesh Pate uses the naked male form to convey the idea of interpersonal separations being symptomatic of today’s unstable times. Admission is free. When: Till March 3,11am to 6pm (Tues to Sat), Closed on Sun, Mon and
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    • 605 18/19 HOW TO PREVENT STROKE Ang Mo Kio Thye Hua Kwan Hospital and the Singapore National Stroke Association are holding a free public health seminar on Stroke Prevention. The speaker is Dr Deidre Ann De Silva, consultant at the department of neurology in the Singapore General Hospital. When: Jan
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    • 83 18/19 ISHQIYA Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan Set in a rural landscape, this movie explores basic human emotions as influenced by desire, greed and revenge. Two thieves, Khalujan and Babban, are on the run from their boss Mushtaq. When they try to seek refuge with an old
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    • Article, Illustration
      203 18/19  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1) If it is known as Zip Code in the US, by what name is it known in India? a) Pin Code b) State Code c) Country Code 2) What are known as “khamsins” in Egypt? a) Mirages b) Desert storms c) Acid rain 3) Which disease
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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
    • 63 18/19 friday 3pm VIJAY: Nallathoru Kudumbam 5pm VTV: Maravadhey Kanmaniye 6.30pm ZEE CINEMA: Ram Lakhan 8pm SONY ENT: Lift Kara De 9pm VASANTHAM: Then Mazhai 11pm STAR GOLD: Hulla saturday 11am STAR PLUS: Sarkar 11.30am SONY ENT: Satte Pe Satta 2pm VIJAY: Bommaikalyanam 4pm VASANTHAM: Bhool Bhulaiyaa 7pm ZEE TV: Haatim
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    • 152 18/19 TV HIGHLIGHTS 10pm ZEE TV: Dance India Dance (far left, Mithun Chakraborty with guest Amitabh Bachchan) 10.30pm ZEE CINEMA: Paying Guest Sunday 1pm VASANTHAM: Perumal 2pm VIJAY: Neethipathi 3pm ZEE TV: Aradhana 4pm VASANTHAM: Pudiya Mugam (Malayalam) 7pm ZEE TV: God Tussi Great Ho 8pm STAR GOLD: Kismat Konnection (below,
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    • 314 18/19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Gordon of the comics 6 Protest topic, often 9 Economist Robert 14 Life of (ease) 15 “Now seen everything!” 16 Blow holes? 17 Deprived of nutrition 18 “Now wait just a 19 Barrel scrapings 20 Part of a salad, perhaps 23 A “G” rating admits them all
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    • 74 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? My curly hair should be a clue
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 524 20 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Aries Work environment will be pleasant and family life too will be good. Take care not to make impulsive decisions. You could go on a short trip. You need not worry about your health. Taurus Expect some good news. Relations with siblings will be good but
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    • 113 21 Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple A' 19, Ceylon Road, Singapore 429*13 m Nadarajar Isai iarathanai We are cordially inviting you to this unique prayer session. It's a beautiful prayer where participants will worship Lord Nardarajar with the Indian classical music. All leading Indian classical music artists in Singapore are gathering to
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  • SPORTS
    • 518 22 Leander Paes is the only Indian player still in the fray at the Australian Open. The other eight crashed out early IN THE beginning, there were nine. Now only one remains and on him rests more than a billion hopes. That is not an unfamiliar
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    • 544 22 RISHIKA SUNKARA THE Delhi girl made it to the second round of the junior girls singles competition, beating Japanese qualifier Miyu Kato 6-4, 6-2 in the first round. However, she then lost to third-seeded Russian Daria Gavrilova 0-6, 2-6. Earlier, she lost in the first
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    • 764 23  -  Indian Association’s T20 meet aims to provide locals and expats a chance to bond on the cricket field SHEELA NARAYANAN tournament of course. sheela@sph.com.sg CRICKET fans are in for a treat this weekend. The 85-year-old Indian Association (IA) is holding its T20 Super Challenge Olam Cup,
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    • Article, Illustration
      815 24  -  Both India and Bangladesh have problems to solve star column Harsha Bhogle tabla@sph.com.sg BANGLADESH may have lost the series but there are unmistakable signs of green shoots there. Hopefully, unlike the economists, we won’t have to keep revising our estimates for Bangladesh have hinted at progress before and
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