Tabla, 8 April 2011

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  • 22 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY MICA (P) 046/03/2011 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, APRIL 8,2011 SfCl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • 195 1 He says he’s staying around for now. But would it be better for him to retire on the World Cup high? WHEN a cherubic 16-year-old walked out to bat in Karachi way back in 1989, not even the most rabid Indian cricket fan would have predicted the
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    • 197 1 Finger Lickin Good! FAR EAST’S OFFERINGS FOR BUKIT TIMAH FANS PAGE 4 STANSFIELD OPENS NEW CAMPUS PAGE 8 ON THE S’PORE CITIZENSHIP JOURNEY PAGE 10 tabla! READERS TAKE STRIKE: PAGES 2 3 BOLLYWOOD CELEBRATES WORLD CUP WIN: PAGE 14 WORLD CUP FAN FAIR: PAGE 21 Get tabla! delivered to your
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  • INDIA
    • 1841 2 / 3 Here’s what some cricket fans in Singapore have to say SACHIN is among the finest of a generation of cricket players who debuted in the late 1980s and early 1990s and he’s one of the few who are still at the top of their game. So should
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    • PROPERTY PICKS
      • 529 4 MENTION Bukit Timah and two things come to mind: Verdant surroundings and the scent of exclusivity that comes with living in an area that has always been considered the cream of the District 11 crop. Nestled within all this green, Bukit Timah is a
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    • 547 4 There is good news and bad NO, WE are not talking about its economy. The latest census figures are out and the population of India stands at 1,210.2 million or 1.21 billion. It is equal to the combined population of the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh
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  • BUSINESS
    • 820 6 / 7  -  biz matters: Sunil Sharma (Director, IMF-Singapore Regional Training Institute) PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg WHEN the winds of the global financial crisis swept across Asia two years ago, most countries were quick to react. The debilitating effects of the crisis did affect them but they were better equipped
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    • 23 6 / 7 RS35.07 US$0.79 S I N G A$0.75 ¤0.55 £0.48 Rs44.22 A$0.95 ¤0.69 U S £0.61 S$1.26
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    • 155 6 / 7 SINGAPORE-BASED tyre firm Omni United has launched a partnership with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF). It plans to raise US$1 million to support the fight against breast cancer. The effort by Omni, called Mobilizing Hope, was launched during Tyrexpo Asia which took place
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    • 135 6 / 7 TO CELEBRATE its 60th anniversary, Bank Of India set up a blood donation drive on March 31 at its office in Robinson Road. Sixty five people employees, customers and members of the public turned up to donate but only 48 were given the all-clear
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    • 453 6 / 7 He is one of the winners of the Singapore Business Awards biz THE chairman and managing director of Rotary Engineering Limited Chia Kim Piow was named Businessman of the Year (BOY) in this year’s Singapore Business Awards on April 7. OCBC’s chief executive
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    • biz notes
      • 80 6 / 7 STATE Bank of India (SBI) has extended its ATM network to the Budget Terminal its third at Changi, the other two are at Terminals 1 and 2. With this, SBI has 18 ATMs islandwide and they are part of the ATM5 network operated jointly by
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      • 80 6 / 7 THE office has been operational since the end of last year but it was officially opened only on March 31. In a statement, GIC deputy chairman and executive director Tony Tan said: “In India, GIC has been investing across the public and private markets since the
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      • 92 6 / 7 OVER the next 11/2years, University of Pennsylvania’s The Wharton School will expand its presence in India, according to its dean Thomas Robertson. He told The Economic Times that Wharton will target Mumbai or Delhi for its expansion: “Our students are already coming to India. The difficulty
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      • 87 6 / 7 HE wants them to use Thailand as a gateway to the 10-nation ASEAN market. Mr Abhisit Vejjajiva, on a one-day trip to New Delhi, told a business audience on April 6 that bilateral trade would reach US$10 billion by 2012. Two-way trade stood at US$6.7 billion
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 268 8 Its Law School is now in International Plaza EXPANSION plans were on the cards. Plus it wanted to help its students especially those who hold jobs and do their studies part-time trim commuting time. So Stansfield College has found a new home for its law
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    • 374 9  -  Memory champ tries to break Guinness World Record Sheela Narayanan ON APRIL 3, Mr Nishant Kasibhatla aimed to memorise 162 colours but he managed to get only 100 colours right. It’s not disappointing though as he may have broken the Guinness World Record for
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    • 546 10  -  One soon-to-be Singapore citizen shares his views on Citizenship Journey SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg MR NATARAJAN Manimaran’s journey to getting his Singapore citizenship didn’t start with a tour, online quizzes or even a community sharing session. It began six years ago in a taxi when his wife
      PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES  -  546 words
    • 465 13 WHAT do you do when you have several talented MPs in Parliament who find that their chances of becoming a minister remote since existing ministers continue to serve longer terms? This is something that has caught the eye of the People’s Action Party (PAP) leadership
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    • singapore news
      • 72 13 ACCORDING to an Institute of Policy Studies survey on Singapore’s Gen Y, only 20 per cent want to emigrate or spend an extended period of time abroad and more than half have no intention of leaving the country. The survey involved more than
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      • 66 13 RECENT housing price estimates by government agencies showed that resale Housing Board (HDB) prices rose 1.6 per cent in the first quarter of the year compared to the previous quarter. This is the lowest quarterly increase since the second quarter of 2009. Private property prices
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    • 90 17 67.6 million Viewers watched the telecast of the cricket World Cup final on April 2 $133 million Amount raked in by online sports betting websites from punters in Singapore last year Rs12.16 crores Raised for charity by the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, Rs3 crores higher than the previous
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    • 267 17 “More and more, travellers no longer want to feed their digital camera but feed their souls instead.” –Founder of French travel agency Oasis Voyages Eric Grange on the growing interest in “spiritual travel” to places like Rishikesh, considered the birthplace of yoga “Going to Little India is
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  • EDUCATION
    • 666 11 Convicts in Indian jails can now attain degrees, diplomas while behind bars and this is helping with their reinstatement in society Indo–Asian News Service THE high walls of Tihar Jail haven’t stopped 25-year-old Dhritiman Azarika from pursuing a degree in social work. He is among more than
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    • Article, Illustration
      327 12 HIMANSHI GOLANI, Class 10 IGCSE WE GOT an opportunity to display our artistic talent and express our concern for the environment at Art Week in our school last month. With competitions like face painting, dimensional plastic bottle and Yakult bottle sculpture, poster designing, drawing and colouring as
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 133 12 BHAVIK BHATIA, Class K2A LAST month we kindergarten students celebrated Brown Day. All of us (from pre-nursery to K2) came to school in different kinds of brown outfits. We were showing our clothes to each other and also trying to show them to the teachers. We also
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      • 186 12 JAY GUPTA, Class 10 ICSE THE balloons were ready, the streamers draped all over the room, the music played softly through the speakers, the chairs arranged... it was time for the farewell party for the outgoing batches of Classes 10 and 12. Things got off to a formal
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 305 14 Hey, what else do you expect when India wins the World Cup in Mumbai? “What could be the better way to finish the match? Dhoni just hit a six and we won... the way Gambhir pulled the match (for India), the Man of the Match
      PHOTOS: IANS  -  305 words
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      • 132 15 SUJATHA (left), best known for her character roles in movies like Annakili, Vidhi and Avargal, passed away at her home in Chennai after suffering a heart attack on April 6. She was 58. It was her 1974 Tamil cinema debut in K. Balachandar’s Aval Oru
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      • 87 15 YOU know her as the head of the Trinamool Congress party, but Ms Mamata Banerjee (left) has an artistic streak too. And she put it to good use recently when she sold some of her paintings to raise funds for her party’s poll expenses. Over
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      • 114 15 LOOKS like everybody loves to dance. Or they think they can. When dance reality show Just Dance, which marks Bollywood heart-throb Hrithik Roshan’s TV debut, held auditions recently at Kolkata, over 4,000 people turned up. Another 2,000 also showed up, hoping to be part
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    • Article, Illustration
      432 15 16 tonnes of tomatoes help Hrithik and co-stars recreate Spain’s Tomatina festival for movie Indo-Asian News Service IN INDIA, Holi is celebrated by splashing colours on one another. In Spain, they too celebrate a festival with colour... the red of tomatoes. The annual Tomatina festival –it is held
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  • FOOD
    • 336 16  -  Zaffran’s unusual version of this dish is tasty and generous AHNUSHKA KAUR RIAR TWO reasons drew me to Zaffran. One: It makes biryani in a claypot, which is more commonly associated with Chinese cuisine than Indian. And two: The restaurant claims its Claypot Biryani is
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  • RELAX
    • 487 18 / 19 FILM Shilpa Krishnan Shukla’s film Mausam is about a bored office worker who decides to stage a play based on an old forgotten script. In English and Hindi. Tickets: $10 When: Till April 11, 7.30pm (Saturday at 3 7.30pm; Sunday at 3 6pm) Where: The Arts House, Screening
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  • Page 18 / 19 Miscellaneous
    • 266 18 / 19 FUTURE SPEAKS Aries You will gain fame and dominance over your opponents. Health will be good. Taurus Some unexpected troubles may crop up. You will lack mental peace. But later in the week, there could be some good news. Gemini Your undertakings will be successful and money will be gained.
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    • 557 18 / 19 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 2pm VIJAY: Kumari Pennin Ullathile 3.30pm SONY ENT: Golmaal Fun Unlimited 4pm COLORS: Lafangey Parindey 4pm STAR PLUS: Khichdi The Movie 5.30pm STAR GOLD: Life Partner 9pm VASANTHAM: Ninaithaalae Inikkum 10pm ZEE CINEMA: De Taali Saturday 1pm VASANTHAM: Mannadhi Mannan 2pm VIJAY: Mallu Vetti Minor 3pm ZEE
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    • 215 18 / 19 QUIZ DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Which Mughal ruler built the Moti Masjid as his private mosque within the Red Fort? a) Aurangzeb b) Shah Jahan c) Humayun 2. Which of these is called “jeri” in Nepal? a) Ladoo b) Jalebi c) Gulab jamun 3. Which moon of Jupiter’s experiences 300ft tidal
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    • 60 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 exports software to 90 countries G
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  • SPORTS
    • Article, Illustration
      687 21 Sport produces champions. And also fans who give up normal lives to cheer on their heroes. There were some at the World Cup TELEVISION cameras never fail to spot him. His body painted in India flag colours, the word Tendulkar written on his chest, a miniature model of
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    • 365 22  -  Two new teams and a new governing council... will IPL 2011 keep cricket fans glued to their seats? HEMANT KENKRE in Mumbai tabla@sph.com.sg THE World Cup celebrations are still going on. India’s champions are still being felicitated... and rewarded. But they have no time to rest on
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    • Article, Illustration
      620 22 CHENNAI SUPER KINGS The champions have retained stars like M.S. Dhoni, Suresh Raina, M. Vijay and Albie Morkel. The addition of Dwayne Bravo and Tim Southee is good for the Super Kings as Doug Bollinger is recovering from an injury. The retention of Ravichandran Ashwin could be the
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    • 845 23  -  Will the extraordinary success of the World Cup trip up cricket’s premier commercial property? columnstar HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg IT IS not yet five days, as I write this, since an assured India beat a spirited Sri Lanka in the world’s premier tournament and already so much has
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 31 21 SOLUTIONS crossword sudoku 1. Aurangzeb 2. Jalebi 3. Io 4. Vincent Van Gogh 5. Tour de France 6. Mount Everest 7. Lipstick 8. 24 9. Violet 10. Toy Story 3 quiz
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