Tabla, 1 April 2011

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  • 27 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT O F THE INDIAN CO MM U NITY MICA (P) 046/03/2011 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2011 Sph A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • Article, Illustration
    1634 1  -  Young Indians in Singapore party hop but stay true to their roots at the end of the night complaining. ally, NIGHTLIFE SPECIAL AHNUSHKA KAUR RIAR tabla@sph.com.sg BOLLYWOOD nightclubs are now a common sight in Singapore. With popular clubs like Moshi Moshi Bollywood, Club Colaba, Bollywood Dhoom, Krishz and
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    • 141 1 mrm ■m arvs The legendary Claypot Biryani #01-04, MAXWELL CHAMBERS (WHITE HOUSE), NEXT TO TANJONG PAGAR MRT Tel: *****352 THE HEARTBEAT O F THE INDIAN CO MM U NITY INVESTING IN INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY PAGE 4 FESTIVAL OF COLOURS IN SINGAPORE PAGE 8 INDIA ENTER WORLD CUP FINAL PAGES 22 23
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  • INDIA
    • 966 2  -  The mobile phone is doing more than change the way people communicate in India ROBIN JEFFREY tabla@sph.com.sg Robin Jeffrey is a visiting research professor in the Institute of South Asian Studies and the Asia Research Institute at NUS. TWENTY years ago in May, Mr Rajiv Gandhi was killed
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    • PROPERTY PICKS
      • 513 4 SAVVY investors know there is more to real estate investment than residential properties. Commercial and industrial properties strata-titled shops, offices and factories tend to be overlooked by many investors mainly because there is a lot more information about buying a condominium or a landed property
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    • 692 4 Free grinders and fans could be resold by voters, affecting the industries Indo-Asian News Service THE promise of free grinders both wet and dry to women voters in Tamil Nadu by the two major political parties in the state has evoked a
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    • 166 3 ATTENTION NRIs and PIOs mi www.hdfc.com iff HDFC. Because every family needs a home. What's a family without a home? But buying a home today is easier said than done...What kind of a home to choose? Where and When? leave alone how... Before you buy a home make sure it
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  • MOTORING
    • 376 6  -  Here’s an MPV that thinks it’s a sports car drive PRADEEP PAUL pradeep@sph.com.sg VOLKSWAGEN Singapore sure got it right when it launched the print advertisements for its Touran. The visual (left) showed a family of seven and their dog wearing helmets. Yes, the dog too! That was
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    • motor notes
      • 80 6 AUDI has stepped into another segment of Singapore’s car market with its two-door subcompact A1: A car that Audi Singapore managing director Reinhold Carl thinks will appeal to the “the young and the young at heart”. Equipped with a turbocharged 1,390cc inline-4 engine mated to a seven-speed dual-clutch,
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      • 111 6 PERFORMANCE Motors has launched the new BMW X3 and it’s already making waves in the motoring community. Not only is this version bigger than the previous one, it drives better too. The X3 xDrive35i packs a turbocharged 2,979cc inline-6 engine that propels the SUV to 100kmh
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      • 75 6 IF YOU thought India was all about small, fuel-efficient motorbikes, think again. Vyrus Motorcycles, which is arriving there soon, with its 984 (below) and the 985 models. Powered by Ducati engines, these bikes are said to be so powerful that they require race-spec traction control, hub-centered steering and
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 519 7 That’s the role Singapore can play, says Mr Iswaran SINGAPORE may be tiny in size when compared to China and India. But it can do a lot to help businesses gain in a big way from these two fast-growing giant economies. On March 28, Singapore’s
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      150 8 THE Indian community in Singapore celebrated the festival of colours with enthusiasm over the last weekend, inviting people from other races to join them in the festivities. Among the Holi events held around the island were those hosted by the Temple of Fine Arts, the Bhojpuri Society
      PHOTOS: THE STRAITS TIMES, TEMPLE OF FINE ARTS, WOODLANDS CCC  -  150 words
    • 154 8 A NEW book which examines the flow of Indian professionals to South-east Asia was launched on March 25 by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS). Titled The Migration Of Indian Human Capital: The Ebb And Flow Of Indian Professionals in Southeast Asia, it
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    • 539 11 OLD faces are giving way to new in the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) line-up for the upcoming elections. Not to be left behind, the opposition too is busy getting set to unveil new candidates. Three prominent politicians who announced that they will not be
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    • singapore news
      • 57 11 LAUNCHING its first heartland service centre in Jurong Point, the Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA) announced a $500,000 relief package to help beneficiaries cope with inflation: $220,000 to top up student bursaries; $210,000 more in subsidies for students attending its tuition programmes; and $70,000 for families getting
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      • 64 11 IN AN effort to help new citizens integrate better, everyone granted approval-in-principle for Singapore citizenship from Feb 28 have to take Singapore Citizenship Journey an online tutorial and quiz, a half-day tour to key national institutions and a sharing session with grassroots leaders before they
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    • 88 21 US$ 14.5 billion What India’s media and entertainment industry is worth... and it’s growing 46Age of Brigadier-General Ravinder Singh, who became Singapore’s first non-Chinese army chief last week 3,000 Policemen on duty for the World Cup semi-final between India and Pakistan 27,986km Length of new roads to be
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    • 272 21 “From what started as petty payments demanded by babus (civil servants) during the licence-raj days, corruption has taken a much larger form and scale.” KPMG India’s head of risk and compliance Deepankar Sanwalka “There is no better training ground for Indian managers than India itself... India’s greatest
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  • EDUCATION
    • 704 9  -  Teachers and parents can boost a child’s confidence with selective praise and the right opportunities G. BALASUBRAMANIAN tabla@sph.com.sg G. Balasubramanian is the former director (academics) of the Central Board of Secondary Education in India and presently the chief academic officer of Global Indian International School, Singapore.
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    • 413 10 ARJUN SAI KRISHNAN, Class 6A WE WERE excited when we heard about the SEF Oratory Competition on the environment. Jointly organised by the Scholastic Environment Fund and Raffles Girls’ Primary School, it was held last month with the key focus on man-made disasters and the possible solutions for
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 168 10 ANSH BHARGAVA SURAJ SUBRAMANIAM, Class 6A THE NPSI U-11 cricket team was thrilled to be playing the Howzat youth cricket tournament for the third time. We were considered one of the favourites but, due to bad weather, we could only play three of the
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      • 235 10 SHRAVAN SHASTRI, Class 7C MARCH 4 was a very exciting day for all the cricketers in NPSI. Students from Nanyang Primary School came to learn cricket from us. As their school had arranged soccer games for our U-9, U-10 and
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 560 16  -  The Good, The Bad And The Sholay was a fitting end to the NUS Arts Festival 2011 AHNUSHKA KAUR RIAR tabla@sph.com.sg THE names Jai, Veeru and Gabbar Singh would be familiar to most Indians. After all, Sholay is a legendary movie from the Bollywood studios. However,
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    • mirch masala
      • 119 16 IT WAS “the world’s largest shaving lesson” as 75 couples joined Bollywood actors Neha Dhupia and Arjun Rampal (right) at Delhi’s Ansal Plaza last month to have a go at a world record. Organised by Gillette India, the event aims to enter the Guinness World Records
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      • 136 16 SHE’S known for her bharatanatyam skills. But now Leela Samson could carve a name for herself in the field of censorship too. India’s ministry of information and broadcasting has appointed her to succeed actress Sharmila Tagore as the chief of the Indian censor board.
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      • 127 16 BOLLYWOOD actor Shiney Ahuja was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison by a Mumbai court for raping his domestic helper. The court based its ruling on what it said was strong medical evidence, a positive DNA test and the victim’s statement to a
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      • 171 16 MOST people use social networking site Facebook for fun and friends. Not petite actress Riya Sen (left). She uses it to further her professional pursuits. The actress, who walked the ramp in a short white dress by designer Arpan Vohra at the recent Lakme Fashion Week,
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    • 298 17  -  Pageant audience also enjoyed Kailash Kher performance TAMILAVEL tabla@sph.com.sg Tamilavel is a correspondent with Tamil Murasu WALKING into the audition for the Miss India Singapore 2011 pageant without high heels, Miss Durga Elangovan didn’t really fancy her chances of making it to the final
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  • RELAX
    • 65 18 SIFAS FESTIVAL OF INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC DANCE Tickets: $40, $30 Contact: 6299-5929 or log on to www.sistic.com.sg GSangeetha Nidhi Musical Treasure A Carnatic vocal concert by Ranjani and Gayatri (above). When: April 1, 7.30pm Where: Esplanade Concert Hall G Swara Lahari Musical Waves A Hindustani
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      439 19 COMEDY Vir Das (right) leads a team of actors in this improvisational comedy act. Tickets: $100, $75, $50 Where: Rock Suntec Where: Rock Auditorium, Suntec City Mall When: April 1, 8pm Contact: 6348-5555 or log on to www.sistic. com.sg) DANCE COMPETITION So you think you can dance? Register
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 258 18 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 2pm VIJAY: Vazhkai 3.30pm SONY ENT: Mr Natwarlal 4pm COLORS: Tees Maar Khan 4pm STAR PLUS: Fashion 7pm ZEE CINEMA: Dhol 11.30pm VASANTHAM: Vaidehi Ramnararayanan Mn VTV: Sivapuram Saturday 1pm VASANTHAM: Mannadhi Mannan 2pm VIJAY: Anubhavi Raja Anubhavi 3pm ZEE TV: Kumari Pennin Ullathile 3.30pm SONY ENT:
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 306 19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Charge alternative 5 Tummy operations 10 Cause of some headscratching 14 Mobile leader? 15 Bay or fjord 16 Pastoral work (Var.) 17 Stage phone, e.g. 18 In that place 19 Call’s partner 20 Finish breakfast, lunch or dinner 23 “Able was I ___I saw Elba” 24 Sign
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    • 195 19 QUIZ DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Which country does cricketer Scott Styris represent? a) New Zealand b) Australia c) England 2. Fishing communities along the coasts of peninsular India believe in appeasing the seas with offerings of which fruit? a) Banana b) Coconut c) Mango 3. The name of which mammal comes
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    • 77 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 Anaesthesia was used in ancient Indian medicine,
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 27 20 SOLUTIONS 1. New Zealand 2. Coconut 3. Aardvark 4. Cerebellum 5. Mark Twain 6. Jodhpur 7. Vegetable 8. Ashutosh Gowarikar 9. Languages 10. C.V.Raman sudoku crossword quiz
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  • SPORTS
    • WORLD CUP SPECIAL
      • 498 22 / 23  -  Here’s some World Cup news with a twist tabla! cheeky singles HEMANT KENKRE in Mumbai WHEN I entered the Press Club after India’s World Cup semi-final win against arch-rivals Pakistan, noted cricket journalist Chimanbhai Kutwalla also known in cricket circles as CK or Cricket Kabutar (pigeon)
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      • 859 22 / 23  -  But they would do well not to underestimate the mild-mannered Sri Lankans in the World Cup final columnstar HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg THE two best teams in the tournament, and by no coincidence led by the two finest captains, will contest the final... nothing can be
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      • 256 22 / 23  -  tabla! moment DR K.N. RAGHAVAN DR K.N. RAGHAVAN picks the turning point of the week’s action THE India-Pakistan semi-final lived up to its pre-match billing as the mother of all contests. Batting first, India managed to reach 260 for 9, thanks to a breezy 38 by Sehwag,
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