Tabla, 28 January 2011
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Title Section23 2011-01-28 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY MICA (P) 026/03/2010 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2011 sph A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION23 words
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Article, Illustration701 2011-01-28 1 SHEELA NARAYANAN - Singapore needs more babies. And tabla!’s correspondent SHEELA NARAYANAN is rising to the occasion. She tells you about her initial reservations and what eventually changed her mind SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg YES, that is indeed my baby bump. In 112 days I will be embarking on that journey intoPHOTO: JAMIE KOH - 701 words
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Advertisement74 2011-01-28 1 THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY YOUNGEST INDIAN TO CLIMB MT EVEREST PAGE 4 MDIS’ COMIC BOOK HEROES PAGE 11 GETYOUR COPY OF AT 7-ELEVEN OUTLETS, INCLUDING SHELL STATIONS WHILE STOCKS LAST ACTION TIME AGAIN FOR SUNIEL SHETTY PAGE 14 DON’T WANT BABY, DESPERATELY TRYING FOR BABY, STOPPING AT ONE74 words
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INDIA
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Article, Illustration338 2011-01-28 2 Military might and medical research are highlighted at Delhi’s Republic Day parade THERE were several firsts at this year’s Republic Day parade in New Delhi. The Defence Research and Development Organisation paraded the Active Phased Array Radar, which is a shipborne multi-function radar, and NavalPHOTOS: IANS - 338 words
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Article, Illustration121 2011-01-28 2 WHILE India celebrated its 62nd Republic Day with pomp and splendour all over the country, the day was also marked with gusto in Singapore at the Indian high commission grounds. The Indian tricolour was hoisted by India’s high commissioner to Singapore T.C.A. Raghavan (above),PHOTO: INDIAN HIGH COMMISSION - 121 words
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Article, Illustration502 2011-01-28 4 17-yea r-old schoolboy Arjun Vajpai is now an author Indo-Asian News Service IN MAY last year, Arjun Vajpai at the age of 16, added a new chapter to India’s mountaineering history... he scaled Mt Everest, the highest peak in the world, becomingIndo-Asian News Service; PHOTO: IANS - 502 words
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Advertisement139 2011-01-28 5 Green homes, G anet mi r i SE •Ge-y §81 sc: 5i N I £L m •iSXt&m&lfrf w Reflection I ECR, Chennai With every Olympia project, we try to make the planet a little greener. All projects executed by the Olympia Group are green with almost 5 million sq. ft139 words
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BUSINESS
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biz notes
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Article98 2011-01-28 6 YOU may see this popular Indian budget airline in Singapore skies come this August. IndiGo said in a statement earlier this month that it has been granted permission by India’s aviation ministry to fly to Singapore, Bangkok, Dubai and Muscat. The airline currently has a98 words
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Article82 2011-01-28 6 HE was dropped as the face of Pepsi in 2008 giving way to fellow cricketer M.S. Dhoni. Now, after his stellar exploits in recent months, batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has been roped in by Coca-Cola and the three-year endorsement deal is estimated to be worth82 words
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Article49 2011-01-28 6 UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) is partnering India’s IndusInd Bank, to offer UOB Direct Pay, an affordable and convenient way to remit money to India from Singapore. The tie-up will enable corporate customers to send money from Singapore to over 60,000 branches of different banks across India.49 words
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Article77 2011-01-28 6 INDIA and Indonesia, two of Asia’s biggest countries, signed business deals worth US$15.1 billion on Jan 25. The deals were inked during Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s visit to New Delhi. Agreements were signed by a number of key Indian companies including the Tata Group and77 words
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Article70 2011-01-28 6 THAT was the message from Indian president Pratibha Patil on the eve of the country’s Republic Day. “We are expecting a growth of more than 9 per cent next year,” she said in her message and added that the country’s economic performance has70 words
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243 2011-01-28 6 biz PROPERTY developers from India are already in town and busy giving last-minute touches to their booths in anticipation of the large turnout at the HDFC India Homes Fair this weekend. With India continuing to ride an economic boom, property sales have picked243 words
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23 2011-01-28 6 S I N G Rs35.62 US$0.78 A$0.78 ¤0.57 £0.49 Rs45.55 A$1 ¤0.72 U S £0.62 S$1.2723 words
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Article, Illustration414 2011-01-28 6 Modi’s Spice i2i buys Indonesian firm and goes for rights issue SPICE i2i is joining the billionaire club. The Singapore-listed mobile Internet company with interests in mobile handsets, mobile value-added services, Internet communication and computing services achieves this distinction after its acquisition of the Indonesian Affinity Group.414 words
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Advertisement204 2011-01-28 7 Attention NRIs and PIOs www.hdfc.com t aitk'w/ftii Im'it m u /if, m man Prime properties of India, right here in Singapore we make homes happen Venue: Exhibition Hall 402, Suntec Singapore, International Convention Exhibition Centre Dates and Timing: 29th and 30th January, 2011; Sat and Sun, 10 am-8 pm Directions:204 words
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SINGAPORE
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Article378 2011-01-28 8 SIXTEEN years ago, when Ms Kamayani Chaliki got married, both she and her husband made a decision: They were going to have just one child. The Singapore permanent resident, who hails from Hyderabad and has lived in Singapore for 12 years now, confessed that it was something378 words
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Article364 2011-01-28 8 VIVACIOUS Gayathri Subash is a woman who is very clear about her choices. The 31-year-old Singaporean, who works in the financial services industry, has been married for three years now and is in no hurry to have children. She and her husband, Mr Vicknes Gunabalan, decided364 words
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Article, Illustration117 2011-01-28 8 SHEELA NARAYANAN - SHEELA NARAYANAN WHILE two seems to be enough for many Indian couples in Singapore, the latest Total Fertility Rate showed that the trend in Sin- gapore was more for smaller fami- lies or not having any children at all. tabla! spoke with four families to get their perspectivePHOTO: JAMIE KOH - 117 words
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Article380 2011-01-28 8 WHEN Mr Sekaran Rengiah got married last year, it felt like he was in the race of his life to have a child. Now 39, the Singaporean wants to have children as soon as possible. He said the biological clock was ticking too loud for him380 words
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Article378 2011-01-28 8 EVERY time the Singarayar family heads out for a movie or a meal, the parents Elaine and Perrin inevitably are asked this question: “Are all of them yours?”Not surprising, considering the Singarayars they have six children, the eldest is 12 years old and the youngest is378 words
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Article, Illustration181 2011-01-28 9 PRESIDENT S.R. Nathan lit an oil lamp on Jan 22 to mark the inauguration of the restored Mahatma Gandhi Memorial building in Race Course Lane. As the name signals, the building the foundation stone was laid in 1950 by India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru andPHOTOS: THE STRAITS TIMES - 181 words
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Article, Illustration83 2011-01-28 9 ABOUT 10,000 devotees performed rites to honour Lord Murugan at the annual Thaipusam celebrations which kicked off on Jan 20 at the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple. The devotees carried milk pots and intricate kavadis from the Serangoon Road temple to the Sri Thendayuthapani Temple in Tank Road. ThisPHOTOS: KAVINDRAN THARMALINGAM - 83 words
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Article211 2011-01-28 13 INDIAN nationals thinking of sinking roots in Singapore would do well to enrol their children in local schools rather than international schools. Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew says in the book Hard Truths, launched on Jan 21, the Government has considered requiring young Indian nationals who211 words
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Singapore news
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Article149 2011-01-28 13 ON HIS walkabout on Jan 23 Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, the anchor minister for Marine Parade GRC, commented on the timing of the general election and said his personal preference is to have it before the presidential election, which is due by Aug149 words
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Article108 2011-01-28 13 LAST week, polyclinics saw more than 20,000 patients with sore throats, the common cold, fever and diarrhoea an indication that the infections have passed the epidemic threshold and are now spreading rapidly in the community. Cases including pneumonia and bronchitis rose by 13 per cent108 words
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Article125 2011-01-28 13 EACH primary and secondary student will get a one-off boost of $130 in his or her Edusave account this year. This is because the Government is pumping some $155 million into the Edusave scheme to ensure that students can continue to enjoy enrichment classes and125 words
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Article218 2011-01-28 17 41% Housing loan applicants in Singapore last year were taking second or even third housing loans 51Number of babies born every minute in India, the highest in the world. In Uttar Pradesh alone, 11 babies are born every minute Rs 1,437 crores Profit made by ICICI Bank in218 words
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Article, Illustration314 2011-01-28 17 “There’s a saying: Leading lawyers is like herding cats. There’s only one thing harder than herding one group of cats it’s herding two groups of cats.” Rodyk Davidson managing partner Philip Jeyaretnam, on the merger of Rodyk with Helen Yeo Partners in 2002 “He was bold, uprightPHOTOS: IANS, THE STRAITS TIMES - 314 words
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PERSONALITY
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Article, Illustration1062 2011-01-28 10 PATRICK JONAS - talk PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg AS A young management executive in the 1980s, Mr Venkatraman Anantha Nageswaran had to endure a three-hour commute 11/2 hours each way to get to the Madras Refineries Limited (MRL) office from Chennai city. He normally took the company bus but occasionally hitchedPHOTO COURTESY OF VENKATRAMAN NAGESWARAN - 1,062 words
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EDUCATION
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Article, Illustration280 2011-01-28 11 CHRONICLING his years in the Singapore labour movement during the 1960s, President S.R. Nathan launched his new book, Winning Against The Odds The Labour Research Unit In NTUC’s Founding, on Jan 25 at the NTUC Centre. He focused on the time he spent as aPHOTO:THE STRAITS TIMES - 280 words
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Article, Illustration449 2011-01-28 11 AHNUSHKA KAUR RIAR - They’re part of the team that produced homegrown comic book Salvation Sam AHNUSHKA KAUR RIAR tabla@sph.com.sg FOUR guys, a truckload of ideas and a pizza place proved to be the perfect combination for the inspiration behind Salvation Sam, a comic book that follows the story ofPHOTO: ZAOBAO - 449 words
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Article, Illustration262 2011-01-28 12 CAMPUS chatter from NPS International School SHREYA AGORAMURTHY, Class 8A THE last day of every term at NPS International School is celebrated with mufti in order to end the session on a happy note. All the students come dressed in their vibrant best. For the last MuftiPHOTOS: NPS - 262 words
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SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
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Article, Illustration170 2011-01-28 12 MANU MICHEL PASQUETTE, Class 1D AARRUSH MOHAN, Class 1A WE HAD great fun during an activity that we did in class. To learn about the internal organs of a human body and their exact positions, we were made to do a craft exercise. Some of the170 words
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Article, Illustration183 2011-01-28 12 DHANYA NAGESWARAN, Class 6A DO YOU think being a gypsy is easy? Well, with hours of practice, and a lot of effort, our little Class 3 students made the perfect gypsies during their class presentations. The show had entertaining dances, an interesting story and daring fights.183 words
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Advertisement191 2011-01-28 11 My 6 year old reads and writes with fluency, thanks to the Global Montessori Plus Programme. Ms Aarti Chidambaram Parent of Anandita Chidambaram Class 1, GIIS Balestier Campus v M ■h. > f mm i To find out more about the Global Montessori Plus Programme or to register for a191 words
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ENTERTAINMENT
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Article, Illustration129 2011-01-28 14 IF YOU haven’t yet booked your ticket for A.R. Rahman’s concert here in March, better do it soon. Presented by Base Entertainment Asia, the four-night concert by the Indian music maestro has drawn good response already and tickets are being snapped up fast. Rahman’s129 words
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Article, Illustration731 2011-01-28 14 At 49, Suniel Shetty is pumping iron and getting ready for an action role Indo-Asian News Service HE STARTED his career as an action hero. Then he dabbled in comedies. And eventually he turned producer. Now, Suniel Shetty is making a U-turn and going backIndo-Asian News Service; PHOTO: IANS - 731 words
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Article, Illustration207 2011-01-28 15 TALK about saving a few dollars on your wedding. Instead of sending lavish wedding cards to all their guests, Indian actors Neelam Kothari and Samir Soni (below) sent out SMS invites to their Jan 23 nuptials. “We didn’t get any wedding cards printed... thankPHOTO: IANS - 207 words
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Article, Illustration442 2011-01-28 16 AHNUSHKA KAUR RIAR - No, it’s not a massage and steam. MyFoodSpa offers a good selection of north Indian food AHNUSHKA KAUR RIAR tabla@sph.com.sg ON DAYS when things get too hectic in the office, like it did last week, I always thank the person who thought of delivery service. Last week,PHOTOS: MYFOODSPA - 442 words
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Advertisement138 2011-01-28 17 Jj Temple of Fine Arts proudly presents art, just for the love of it aor call of the strings LL An evening of soul stirring music by Sitar Maestro Ustad Usman Khan “Music has its source in the Divine. I offer my music as a prayer, as contemplation, and meditation.138 words
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RELAX
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Article, Illustration560 2011-01-28 18 / 19 KATHAKALI PERFORMANCE Bhaskar’s Arts Academy is holding a Kathakali performance called Duryodhanavadham. Tickets: $25, $30 (for priority seating) When: Jan 29, 8pm Where: NAFA Lee Foundation Theatre, Bugis Contact: 9715-2134 or log on to http://kathakali-art.blogspot.com TIME FOR CHAI Set against the backdrop of modern India with its iPhones560 words
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Page 18 / 19 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous191 2011-01-28 18 / 19 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 2pm VIJAY: Pratap 3.30pm SONY ENT: Leader 5.30pm STAR PLUS: Rann 5.30pm STAR GOLD: Veer 9pm VASANTHAM: Palum Pazhamum 10.30pm ZEE CINEMA: Andha Kanoon Mn VTV: Akku Saturday 1pm VASANTHAM: Engal Chinna Rasa 2pm VIJAY: Saadhu 3.30pm SONY ENT: Nanhe Jaisalmer 4pm VASANTHAM: Bunty Aur Babli 5.30pm191 words
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Miscellaneous314 2011-01-28 18 / 19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Fashion figure 6 after my own heart” 10 About 1/28 of an ounce 14 On the double, poetically 15 double, poetically 15 fide fide (authentic) 16 Far from everyday 17 War whoops 18 Some catcalls from the stands 19 Start of a bedtime story 20 “Freeze!” 23314 words
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Miscellaneous412 2011-01-28 18 / 19 FUTURE SPEAKS Aries Time to evaluate your needs and formulate a good plan for your life ahead. Taurus A good time to embark on a course of study and new activities. Gemini Now is the time to talk to your boss about a promotion. Your friendliness will help you in412 words
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Miscellaneous92 2011-01-28 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. DID YOU KNOW India was one of the richest countries92 words
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Miscellaneous28 2011-01-28 20 SOLUTIONS 1. Kidney 2. Boer War 3. Mammoth 4. Crewelwork 5. Eagle 6. Hazelnut 9. Belgian 10. Alexander Graham Bell sudoku crossword 7. Titanic 8. Flash Gordon quiz28 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration1064 2011-01-28 21 DR K.N. RAGHAVAN - Mohinder Amarnath tamed the most fearsome pace attacks with grit and pain DR K.N. RAGHAVAN tabla@sph.com.sg Dr Raghavan is first secretary (commerce) at the Indian High Commission in Singapore and an international cricket umpire MOHINDER Amarnath is the personification of courage in Indian1,064 words
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Article, Illustration785 2011-01-28 22 / 23 HARSHA BHOGLE - columnstar HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg THERE is more at stake than who wins the World Cup when it presents itself before the cheering masses on the Indian sub-continent. People have begun to wonder, with a mixture of concern and excitement, whether785 words
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Article, Illustration967 2011-01-28 22 / 23 ROHIT BRIJNATH - Add another weapon to tennis players’ arsenal... a sense of humour free wheeling ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg Rohit Brijnath is a Senior Correspondent with The Straits Times ROGER Federer speaks English, German, French, Swiss German. Okay, fine, some Italian and Swedish too. It creates for himPHOTO: AFP - 967 words
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