Tabla, 18 February 2011

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  • 23 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY MICA (P) 026/03/2010 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2011 S|Sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • Article, Illustration
    1094 1  -  Fan fatigue or T20 overload? Either way, the cricket World Cup hasn’t created much excitement in India as yet HEMANT KENKRE tabla@sph.com.sg in Mumbai A FEW weeks ago, Mum-bai-based Internet company Sportzpower held a seminar at the Mumbai Cricket Association’s new clubhouse located amid the hustle of
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    • 272 1 MADHURI‘S DANCE SCHOOL DREAM PAGES 12 13 INDIAN COLOUR AT CHINGAY 7 FULL? will be played that things are the expected the sporting event is supjust not there. real buzz apart sports pages in television. was the excitethe 1996 World major brands emon the crowded with 21-foot from the Indian
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  • INDIA
    • 455 2 Global players flock to India air show AFTER five days, 75,000 business visitors and over 200,000 general visitors, Aero India 2011 wound up in Bangalore on Feb 13. “I’ll miss the hot idli-sambar and masala dosa dearly,” Ms R. Kirsten who was part of the US air force
      PHOTOS: IANS, PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU  -  455 words
    • 402 2 INDIA’S engagement with South-east Asia needs to move from a Look-East policy to a Be-East policy. This was the thrust of US principal deputy assistant secretary for south and central Asian affairs Geoffrey Pyatt’s address at a policy forum organised by the Institute
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    • 564 4 Singapore’s southern region is attracting Indian buyers EVEN as Singapore’s property market sits up and takes notice of the cooling measures introduced by the Government private home sales fell 11 per cent last month, compared to the previous month Indians are still showing a hunger for
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  • MOTORING
    • 470 6  -  Audi’s limo isn’t just about size and comfort. It has plenty of grunt too drive PRADEEP PAUL pradeep@sph.com.sg MOST people would consider the Audi A8 a luxurious ride. In fact, they might even call it a limousine, one which has a chauffeur ferrying around captains
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 243 7 A RECORD 8,000 performers were at the 2011 Chingay parade held on Feb 11 and 12, said to be the grandest ever with tickets for both days sold out. This year, nine foreign groups including stiltwalkers and folk dancers from Mexico, gymnasts from Denmark and cheerleaders
      PHOTOS: PEOPLE’S ASSOCIATION, SAMPADA TAYAL  -  243 words
    • 838 8  -  Here’s a Valentine’s Day story that’s sure to melt your heart SUBATHIRA KRISHNAN tabla@sph.com.sg Subathira Krishnan is a correspondent with Tamil Murasu FIFTEEN years ago, S. Anthony was a strapping professional footballer with an engagement ring on his finger. An international winger, he represented Woodlands
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    • 239 11 ACCORDING to the latest census release, Indians have overtaken the Chinese as the ethnic group earning the highest household income in Singapore. Last year, the median monthly household income for Indians was $5,370. This compares to $5,100 for Chinese and $3,844 for Malay households.
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      • 134 11 SLOWER growth has been forecast for Singapore this year and a key reason for this after a “splendid” 14.7 per cent growth last year is the decline in the number of new permanent residents, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew on Feb 11 at Tanjong Pagar GRC’s
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      • 125 11 AFTER Swiss national Oliver Fricker and Briton Dane Alexander Lloyd cut the fence of SMRT’s Changi depot, entered the premises and spray-painted graffiti on a train, security was tightened. But on Feb 14 the multi-agency Public Transport Security Committee (PTSC) announced even more measures to heighten
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      • 143 11 ALMOST a million tourists on average showed up in Singapore every month last year, thanks to hot new draws like the two integrated resorts. 2010’s total of 11.6 million visitors set a new record while another one on tourism spending was logged for the $18.8 billion
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    • 199 15 Rs3,000 crores Value of new film studio to be built in Mumbai by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision and LFS Media Entertainment 443,000 TV sets sold in Singapore last year 2.6 litres Alcohol an average Indian adult (15 years and over) drank between 2003-05. This was higher than the
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    • 379 15 “Our measures in January are pre-emptive measures because we wanted to act before the bubble forms.” –National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan on the latest property cooling measures “Writer’s block happens; it happens to everyone. You get stuck somewhere... you don’t get the right words. What you
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  • EDUCATION
    • 747 9 They form the majority of the 2.7 million enumerators ONE of the world’s biggest counting exercises is underway in India. Census 2011 kicked off last week the 15th headcount of India’s population since 1872. And guess who is doing the job of going door-to-door in every
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    • 352 10 CAMPUS chatter from NPS International School AKSHITA RAVI, Class 9 IGCSE IT WAS that time of the year again when excitement filled the air it was time for the Show and Tell exhibition. This year, it was titled Spectrum and showcased the talents and skills of the pre-primary,
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 196 10 SUHAANA KHANNA, Class 3C TWO of our French language teacher’s nieces visited our school recently: Alice is 10 years old and Lea is eight. They started travelling with their parents in July last year and visited Africa, Sri Lanka and Bali before reaching Singapore. When they came to
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      • 202 10 NITI ATHAVLE, Class 8A SANJANA SUBRAMANIAN, Class 6C MANY people find history boring but they would change their opinion if they ever attended our history lessons. We recently did role play as part of our projects. We formed groups and each group was allotted a
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      313 12 / 13  -  SHEELA NARAYANAN IF ONLINE enthusiasm for A.R. Rahman’s upcoming four-day Singapore concert is anything to go by, it is rather remarkable that his local fans are still able to breathe... most of them have bought tickets and they can’t wait for the man to touch down here. Self
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    • 556 12 / 13 Marriage and motherhood under control, Bollywood’s former dance diva wants to start a chain of dance schools Indo-Asian News Service IF YOU’VE been missing Madhuri Dixit’s hot dance moves, here’s some good news: Bollywood’s dancing diva of the 1990s is looking to pass on some of
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    • 194 14 FOR 17 long years, he made people explore culinary art through his iconic cookery show KhaKhazana. And na Khazana. And now chef Sanjeev Kapoor (right) has come up with his own food channel and promises to bring core Indian flavours to the
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    • 300 12 / 13 0 N US NUS Centre For the Arts j National University of Singapore MiX ARTS FESTIVAL 11 -27 MARCH 2011 www.nusartsfestival.com Anweshana III The Search for Nalanda NUS Indian Dance 11 Mar I 8pm I UCC Theatre I $19 $16 The final installment of Anweshana III The Search for Nalanda
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    • 77 14 North Indian Style: Vocal (Hindustani), Tabla, Sitar, Harmonium, Kathak, Bhajans South Indian Style: Vocal (Carnatic), Mridangam, Violin, Flute, Veena, Bharatanatyam, Bhajans Others: Keyboard, Modern Dance 1 Hour per Session 4 Lessons in a Month Group or Individual Home Tuitions available Examinations (Optional), Certificates Awards Registration Admissions are in progress Please
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  • RELAX
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      551 16 / 17 TALK ON TAMIL NEWSPAPERS Titled The Tamil Newspapers Of Singapore from 1875 to 1941, this talk will be full of nostalgia. Admission is free. When: Feb 19, 6pm Where: Ang Mo Kio Library, 4300 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 Contact: 8279-3770 BLOOD DONATION GThe Indians in Singapore group
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  • Page 16 / 17 Miscellaneous
    • 266 16 / 17 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 2pm VIJAY: Ninaive Oru Sangeetham 3.30pm SONY ENT: Khwaish 4pm COLORS: Golmaal 3 4pm STAR PLUS: Paheli 9pm VASANTHAM: Thein Nilavu 10pm ZEE CINEMA: Akele Hum Akele Tum 11pm STAR GOLD: Chalte Chalte /Mn VTV: Nenjai Thodu 5pm STAR GOLD: Asoka 5.30pm VASANTHAM: Saravana 6pm ZEE TV:
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    • 350 16 / 17 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 City in Japan 6 ATM output 10 Barely open, as a door 14 Steamboat site 15 “I Love (classic TV show) 16 Not one, in Dogpatch 17 Wanted poster word 18 Subject of fission 19 “Have a fission 19 “Have a day!” 20 “Do You Believe in
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    • 408 16 / 17 FUTURE SPEAKS Aries Pursuing new activities will yield good results. Old relationships could make way for new ones. Taurus Remain calm, think clearly and you will overcome all obstacles. Gemini Scrutinise all legal documents before signing on the dotted line. Cancer Your focus will be on personal growth and needs
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    • 91 16 / 17 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 Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous

  • SPORTS
    • 1016 19  -  Vinoo Mankad didn’t just have a Test named after him, he even has ownership of a mode of dismissal 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 THE decade and the half following World
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      448 20 / 21 I MUST confess to a secret admiration for the way New Zealand have played cricket over the years. No team I can think of has punched above its weight as consistently and that’s not a bad way to live. But New Zealand’s admirable record at the World Cup
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      424 20 / 21 IT’S been a while since the West Indies have been making up the numbers at the World Cup and something dramatic will have to happen to change that reality. In this, the most tragic of descents, the West Indies have actually lost more off the field than on
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      403 20 / 21 FOR years, Bangladesh have been the most frustrating side to watch. Occasionally little green shoots have been sighted on their cricketing landscape but each time they have resisted becoming shrubs and thereafter growing into trees. Now, for the first time, they play the World Cup at home where they
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      472 20 / 21  -  Team profiles on Pages 20 to 23 by HARSHA BHOGLE VIRTUALLY everyone I’ve met rates the likeable Sri Lankans highly and, while I will add a word of caution, it is not difficult to see why. They are led well, have senior people with integrity, the top order
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      443 20 / 21 ENGLAND enter the World Cup as the T20 champions and conquerors of the Ashes but also as a tired side that has perennially under-achieved over 50 overs. Over the years, England have talked a very good game but have rarely gone out and walked that talk. Under Nasser Husain,
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      416 20 / 21 IT MUST be rare for an outstanding sporting nation to be defined by what they haven’t done rather than by what they have. But South Africa and the World Cup are like a long-running soap opera still in search of a happy ending. Sadly, it is a script
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    • 56 20 / 21 GROUP A Feb 20: Kenya v New Zealand (Chennai) Feb 20: Sri Lanka v Canada (Hambantota, Sri Lanka) Feb 21: Australia v Zimbabwe (Ahmedabad) Feb 23: Kenya v Pakistan (Hambantota) GROUP B Feb 19: India v Bangladesh (Dhaka) Feb 22: England v Netherlands (Nagpur) Feb 24:
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    • 683 22 / 23  -  Will the 50-over format survive the onslaught of T20? Will player and fan fatigue set in? DR RONOJOY SEN tabla@sph.com.sg The writer is a visiting research fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. FOR the next month and a half,
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    • Article, Illustration
      383 22 / 23 WHEN a ruthless ruler loses his crown, there is much joy amongst the other contenders long subjugated. But while Australia’s decline has opened the door for others, you downplay their chances at the World Cup at your own peril for, remember, this king wore two crowns! Australia are still
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      408 22 / 23 IF YOU made a movie on Pakistan cricket, you would be tempted to call it The Eternal Storm. Nobody wants to play there, players are tainted and the needle of suspicion hovers eternally, the administration is astonishingly inept, they have deadlines for appointing captains that resemble those for stadiums
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      898 22 / 23 BOWLING INDIA’S bowling is the lesser of its two dominant arms. In this batting country, the batsmen get the endorsements, the high IPL price tags and the glamour. But each time India have won a major tournament, the bowlers have been equal partners and so it will have to
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    • 736 22 / 23  -  India take on co-hosts Bangladesh in the World Cup opener, and both have plenty to prove columnstar HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg AND so an event designed to keep the hosts in contention for as long as possible finally kicks off. It was about time the cricket started
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