Tabla, 29 July 2011

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  • 24 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY DIA COMMUITY MICA (P) 046/03/2011 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, JULY 29,2011 SjSl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • 1190 1  -  Singapore has 20 exhibitions showcasing Indian art slated for this year itself DEEPIKA SHETTY deepikas@sph.com.sg Deepika Shetty is a correspondent with The Straits Times Life! ON A nippy January morning this year in New Delhi’s Pragati Maidan, a colourful mo-saic-covered Tata Nano car appeared. “Stop! Indians Ahead!”
    PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES; PHOTOS: TERENCE TAN, THE STRAIT TIMES; PHOTOS: THE STRAITS TIMES, THE GALLERY OF GNANI ARTS  -  1,190 words
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    • 173 1 T andoori on a Grand Scale The Sunday Times July 24th 2011 “Grand Palki serves up traditional dishes that are tasty and flavourful” A 1 Cjranol falbi I A ii l hen tic North IndianCuisim; The Regent Singapore. Tel: 6735 0203/6725 3213 Daily Lunch ll.30am-2.30pm S Dinner 6pm-I0.30pm THE HEARTBEAT
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  • INDIA
    • 171 2 TWO among the 40 richest in Forbes magazine’s latest rich list for Singapore are Indian-origin businessmen. The third Mrs Vivian Chandran –is the widow of an Indian-origin commodities trader Robert Chandran. At No. 37 in the list is Mr Mustaq Ahmad, the
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    • Article, Illustration
      824 2  -  11 interest rate hikes since March last year... can anything be done to control this? PRATIMA SINGH tabla@sph.com.sg Pratima Singh is a research associate at the Institute of South Asian Studies. INDIA’S bankers and industrialists are worried. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised interest rates 11
      PHOTO: REUTERS  -  824 words
    • 483 5  -  That could be good news for buyers ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN ankitav@sph.com.sg WHO doesn’t want a piece of land to call their own? In India, a country of over a billion, where land is fast becoming a scarcity, owning property can be worth its
      PHOTOS: HIRANANDANI  -  483 words
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    • 164 2 r it'll take more than a bouncing bowling ball to wake him up!" V WM f That's because EverRest Waterbeds are designed not to disturb your partner despite your tossing, twisting and turning. Thanks to German precision and ingenuity each side can be individually tailored to each partner's preferred firmness.
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    • 110 3 Come Home to India Don't miss out, get your share of the booming Indian real estate market! shape <* Hundreds of projects *rL< Bn m Thousands of properties "'W' vUw L. b i Free seminars The Indian Property Show Properties across India Delhi, Noida, Greater Noida, Gurgoan, Jaipur, Mumbai, Navi
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    • 369 4 Mk SINGAP (JRE INTERNATIONAL JEWELLERY SHOW 2011 7ih International Jewellery, Gems, Accessories Lifestyle Exhibition Back for the seventh year, SIJS celebrates yet another jewellery extravaganza with a show that's breathtaking, beautiful and bold. The 2011 show gets its inspiration from ‘T/tC EfcMCTltS of Mother Earth. The beautiful gems and metals
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    • 90 5 Welcome abroad at SGD IndiGo India's coolest airline is Plying abroad uuith daily and direct Plights to Delhi Prom September. Book nouu! fill inclusive lowest return fore including 20 kg check-in baggage per person per sector. No convenience fee. The above timings ore local departure timings. Schedule subject to regulatory
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 509 6 / 7  -  PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg ALL eyes in the convention centre were on her as she made her way to the podium dressed in a blue and gold sari. After bowing to a thunderous ovation, she started her address reeling off names from Indian history to the audience,
      PHOTO: BUZZ COMMUNICATIONS  -  509 words
    • 551 6 / 7 He tells participants at South Asian Diaspora Convention that it is an open country FOR two days last week, the convention centre at Resorts World Sentosa was milling with south Asian faces. They were there to attend the inaugural South Asian Diaspora
      PHOTOS: THE STRAITS TIMES, BUZZ COMMUNICATIONS  -  551 words
    • 461 8 / 9  -  ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN ankitav@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE will soon be stormed by a herd of over 100 elephants. But don’t fear a stampede. The fibreglass pachyderms are part of the Elephant Parade, the largest open air art exhibition dedicated to saving the Asian elephant. Each life-sized elephant
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    • 263 10 AS OF now, Singapore Airlines offers three flights to Kolkata every week. From Aug 1, its regional arm SilkAir will supplement that with four flights per week to ensure that passengers to the east Indian city have the option of flying there and back on every
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    • 79 10 WORLD RECORD TABLE... the world’s longest table was set in Little India when the Singapore Food Festival 2011 drew to a close on July 23. The Race Course Road event saw 500 guests seated at the 160m table (above)... a new Guinness world record that will also
      PHOTO: ARUN RAMU  -  79 words
    • 246 10 IF YOU live in Woodlands, Pasir Ris and Seletar, be extra vigilant. These three areas are the new large dengue clusters and bring the total to six. The number of mosquito breeding grounds found in homes has also doubled from 2005, the year Singapore had a major
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    • 230 13 A MINISTRY of Manpower survey carried out on 3,100 companies showed a significant increase in firms that made arrangements for employees to work beyond 62, from 64 per cent in 2009 to 77 per cent last year. Two-thirds of them were allowed to
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    • singapore news
      • 119 13 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has pledged that the Government will improve the public transport service year by year, even as debate over a possible fare hike heats up. Mr Lee said: “We will raise service standards and progressively improve them year by year... whether
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      • 149 13 THE cleanup of the private school industry started two years ago after a series of scandals involving such schools. After shrinking from 1,000 to 300, the number of private schools here will likely go down further to about 100. Industry veterans note that 220
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      • 140 13 SOME private banks in Singapore have been running summer camps. But they are not just any old camps. They are specially tailored to capture an emerging class of customers the well-heeled children of their ultra rich Asian clients. Banks such as UBS, Credit Suisse
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    • 87 21 Rs5,000 crores Amount India’s Yes Bank is planning to pump into the nation’s educational infrastructure sector by 2015 $180 million To be spent on refurbishing Victoria Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall 3 Years to complete encyclopaedia on Singapore’s biodiversity £100,000 Amount paid at an auction for the cricket
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    • 270 21 “A mixture of high inflation, negative real interest rates and a strong currency is the perfect recipe for an asset bubble to build.” UBS Wealth Management Research chief investment strategist for Singapore Kelvin Tay onJune’s inflation hitting 5.2 per cent “If society nurtures them (autistic people), it
      PHOTO: IANS  -  270 words
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    • 357 6 / 7 Congratulations to our 2 readers who have won a S$50 Dempsey Hill voucher each! Here are Vasu Menon’s (Head of Content Research, Wealth Management Singapore, OCBC Bank) answers to their questions: Q1: I am not familiar with shares and stocks. What are some of the best ways to work on
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    • 102 10 BEFORE i AFTER Eat Your Way to a Healthy Figure At this time of year, we look at ourselves and our lives and start thinking about ways we can improve. If your health is a priority and you want to lose weight and look and feel better, why not give
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    • 121 10 DARSHAN TEO Advocates Solicitors Notaries Public Commissioner For Oaths Agents For Trademarks Patents Notary Public Commissioner for Oaths Commercial Litigation Sale of HDB Property Purchase of HDB Property Power of Attorney for HDB Property Sale and Purchase of Private Property Refinancing of Private Property and HDB Property Divorce Matters Family
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    • 46 10 I ZAksv/A wjAf&Ad 13 August 2011 is coming.... You can send your Rakhi to anywhere in India thru Indian Courier Service FROM Indian Courier Service Blk 640 Kampong Kapoor Rowell Road #01 -54 Singapore *****0 Tel: 639 ***** Mob 8113 9193 www.indiancourier.com ONWARDS. Please contact us:
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  • EDUCATION
    • 572 11 Students plant trees as a sign of gratitude to teachers, others learn about recycling via trees THE monsoon rains are soaking much of India and tree-planting drives are on across the country. But students in two Indian cities are doing it with a difference. In Rajasthan’s
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    • 525 12 ZOAB KAPOOR, Class IB Yr 1 “HOW did you do it?”... I was asked that question often after I became the world topper in extended math in the University of Cambridge examinations. It sounds like a pretty incredible achievement but, in reality, only three things
      PHOTOS: GIIS  -  525 words
    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 176 12 PRANATI RAJAGOPAL, Class 5B VARAD JOSHI, Class 4C OUR parents and teachers often remind us about how privileged we are to have a good home, healthy food and access to a good education. So when our school took part in the South Africa Mobile Library Project
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      • 218 12 JANAK PRAKASH RAHIL MEHTA, Class 7A THE U-12 ACSIS cricket tournament featured teams from Singapore’s international schools: Australian International School, United World College, Overseas Family School, Tanglin Trust School, GIIS Queenstown Campus and GIIS East Coast Campus. Our team, GIIS East Coast, was led by
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    • 251 11 to GIIS, I have offers of admission from London School of Economics and the University of California at Berkeley. Radhika Kannan GIIS student since 2003 IB 2011 Score of 44/45 Global Indian International School has set its sights sky high and received recognition for its exemplary academic standards and outstanding
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 648 14 Actress who made it big in south India says the blurring of boundaries in Indian cinema is a good sign Bollywood News Service KAJAL Aggarwal is already a force to reckon with in the Telugu and Tamil film industry. Now, having stepped into
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    • 328 15 Sanjay Dutt laments loss of family feeling in Bollywood Indo-Asian News Service SANJAY Dutt is still getting plum roles after three decades in Bollywood and a life dotted with controversy. He is happy with his professional graph but says the film industry is no longer the family
      Indo-Asian News Service; PHOTO: IANS  -  328 words
    • 255 16 Mughal-era spoon among exquisite exhibits FOURTEEN jewellers from India are showcasing their eye-catching wares at the Singapore Internation- al Jewellery Show, which opened on July 27 and will be on till July 31, at the Marina Bay Sands convention centre. The 14 are among 180
      PHOTOS: NOVATEN, P.C. TOTUKA AND SONS, MOTI LAL JEWELLERS  -  255 words
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  • FOOD
    • 370 17  -  Komala Vilas serves up great Jain food at its latest outlet DALVINDER KAUR tabla@sph.com.sg HERE’S a confession: I am long guilty of judging Jain food before having tasted it. Somehow I just could not wrap my mind around Indian food prepared entirely
      PHOTOS: KOMALA VILAS  -  370 words
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    • 508 17 ■I f I fk Sliced Pork in Garlic and Chilli Sauce Double boiled Mm hicke ou Hua Sou eart of a Original Sichuan Cuisine Chong Qing Diced Chicken with Spicy Chilli an interesting culinary journey that takes you from one delightful encounter to another. Start the meal with Sliced Pork
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  • RELAX
    • 349 18 / 19 PERFORMANCE G Grand finale of the Singapore Youth Festival 2011. Free admission. When: July 29, 7pm Where: University Cultural Centre, 50 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS Contact: 9459-5756 G A multimedia dance performance titled Purnima/Full Moon by Bhaskar’s Arts Academy. Tickets: $35, $30 When: July 30, 8pm Where: NAFA
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    • 82 18 / 19 SINGAPORE HERITAGE FESTIVAL G The Great World Cabaret Show, Indian and Malay music performances and cultural shows are on this weekend. Free admission When: July 29 to 31, Noon Where: Velocity, Novena Square Contact: 6732-7276 or log on to www.heritagefest.sg G Performance by Sita Swayamvaram
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  • Page 18 / 19 Miscellaneous
    • 319 18 / 19 FUTURE SPEAKS Aries Expect obstacles at home and at work. You may feel tense and depressed. Postpone purchase of a new vehicle or property. Taurus You will gain favour with your seniors and the authorities. Matters regarding finance and family will proceed smoothly. But you could face some problems during
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    • 330 18 / 19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Solitude seeker 6 Make googoo eyes 11 Dallas sch. 14 Steps within a computer program 16 Proof letters 17 Kind of rattlesnake or terrapin 18 German “and” 19 “Mad Men” cable channel 20 ___-cone 21 “A Knight’s (2001) 22 So on and so forth 25 of Good
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    • 229 18 / 19 QUIZ DEREK O’BRIEN 1. In which Tintin comic book does Captain Haddock make his first appearance? a) The Crab With The Golden Claws b) Destination Moon c) The Secret Of The Unicorn 2. What is our skin’s natural oil that keeps it waterproof called? a) Serum b) Sebum c) Keratin
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    • 79 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 The Ganga river basin is one of
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 41 20 SOLUTIONS 1. The Crab With The Golden Claws 2. Sebum 3. Nobel Peace Prize 4. Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone 5. Christopher Columbus 9. Black Widow 10. Atlantic sudoku crossword quiz 6. Catharine II 7. AC Milan 8. Sherlock Holmes
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  • SPORTS
    • 508 22 / 23  -  He may not have got his 100th century yet, but he’s already achieved so much... on the field and off MUDAR PATHERYA tabla@sph.com.sg SACHIN Tendulkar may be the most remarkable batsman in 60 years but he is also the most inspirational professional one has read of. The
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    • 281 22 / 23 UNLIKE his father, he bats left-handed. He bowls too, but it is batting that he is serious about. Like the sons of famous Indian cricketers like Sunil Gavaskar and Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Sachin Tendulkar’s son is also aiming to become a top-notch
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    • 750 24  -  India lacked it at Lord’s... and paid the price. Can they find it at Nottingham? columnstar HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg AND so India lose the first game of a series again; and writers scurry along to write articles they have often written in the past, pundits voice the same
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    • 699 24 THE burly Sri Lankan fast bowler with his curly mop streaked blond would surely have made a mark in the tournament. But now that he has pulled out, it does not mean that the Singapore Indian Association’s (IA) Olam Cup
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