Tabla, 2 September 2011

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  • 31 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT O F THE INDIAN CO MM U NITY MICA (P) 046/03/2011 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 NGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRDAY, Sjfil A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • 1192 1  -  Hrithik Roshan’s obsession with acting is almost like a lover’s. And nothing but the perfect shot satisfies the man fen ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN ankitav@sph.com.sg ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN HERE’S an interesting statistic. Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan has been in the industry for almost 11 years now, his first film
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    • 267 1 umc.V-.W3Via.wv ISVraw a -\Vi3Vtywv Authentic North Indian Cuisine S'. I* v Cozy Ambience Lobster Malabar Lesont Luxury Reservations 6735 0203/6725 3213 llhe Regent Singapore, #03-02 www.grandpalkl.com THE HEARTBEAT O F THE INDIAN CO MM U NITY LAST GOODBYE TO BATAM ACCIDENT VICTIMS PAGE 8 SINGAPORE’S FORMULA FOR SUCCESS PAGES 22
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  • INDIA
    • 639 2  -  One to put an end to unwanted strikes, another to clean up the drains and waterways... PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg IT TOOK a short, stocky man in a Gandhi cap to awaken a nation that had become immune and helpless in reacting to corruption. Mr Anna Hazare’s
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    • 425 4 Bangalore, Mysore, Ooty have them all DUSSEHRA is around the corner and Mysore is preparing for the big festival. This is the time when hordes of tourists visit the city to take in the splendours of the festival and view the beautiful sites in the area.
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    • 229 2 PICKETS’RAIL' SINGAPORE'S BEST SELLING SOLIDWOOD MODERN CLASSICS RETAILER Hotline: 6369 7112 Direct F.O. No.: 6643 9660 FormorelNCREDIBLEDEALSIVisitwww.picketandrail.com FREE Candle Holder (worth $49) w/ $100 purchase of products! ONLY CSM m /••A WINCHESTER W Solidwood 7pc Dining Set FREE Glasstop worth $399 DELAWARE Solidwood 7pc Ext Dining Set FREE Bench worth
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    • 900 3 Parkway East Hospital The Painful Shoulder Shoulder problems are common. Most cases of shoulder pain last only for a short while and can settle with simple treatments. Dr Muthukaruppan Yegappan, an Orthopedic Surgeon at Parkway East Hospital explains why people get shoulder pain, the conditions which cause problems and the
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    • 157 4 Mi At. i Wi V: •V m > m m V A 1 sr 'i a& EA :V» B S»! N ey i w. i as 9M rt V-V fli > f. M ffSi i si i IS ■r> li -.y yr HL Welcome to a land where every expression
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    • 157 5 rjk Now, you don’t need to leave Singapore to look at the best real estate in India. The India Property fair 2011 is back. India's most respected media houses, The Hindu and Hindustan Times bring the best Indian property investment options to Singapore. The event will showcase some of the
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  • BUSINESS
    • 1176 6 / 7  -  biz matters: Renu Sud Karnad (Managing director, HDFC) PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg SHE joined the Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) in Mumbai 33 years ago. It was Mrs Renu Sud Karnad’s first job and she created history by disbursing the first housing loan by HDFC. The company has since
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    • biz notes
      • 76 6 / 7 THE Central Provident Fund (CPF) interest rate will remain unchanged. The CPF board has announced that members will continue to receive interest of 2.5 per cent a year on their Ordinary Account savings from Oct 1 to Dec 31. An extra 1
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      • 86 6 / 7 THE third Hindustan Times-TNS Best B-schools in India survey is out and the well-known Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) at Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Kolkata take the top three spots. They were followed by the IIM at Lucknow. IIM Indore and the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad
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      • 84 6 / 7 CRICKET followers know that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is rich. But how rich? India’s finance minister announced the worth of the cricket body in India’s parliament on Aug 30. It earned Rs1,666.84 crores in 2010-11, compared to Rs1,387 crores the previous year.
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    • 263 6 / 7 biz LAST year, there were 39 Indian companies in Forbes magazine’s Asia’s 200 Best Under A Billion list. This year, India continued to show a strong showing but with four fewer companies making the list. The best performers include SRF (which manufactures
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    • 20 6 / 7 S I N G RS37.95 US$0.83 A$0.77 ¤0.57 £0.51 $Rs45.66A$0.93¤0.69£0.61S$1.20 U S $Rs45.66A$0.93¤0.69£0.61S$1.20
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    • 306 6 / 7 OCBC Bank S£ Planning to start a family? In the fifth part of our wealth management series, Chng Bee Leng shares with us some useful tips on managing family finances. w Tip Tip Tip “Couples must plan early to enjoy parenthood and peace of mind." Chng Bee Leng Head, Segment
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  • SINGAPORE
    • Article, Illustration
      896 8  -  Family and friends of Batam accident victims pay their final respects SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg THE Indian community in Singapore was in shock early this week as news filtered through of the tragic accident in Batam in the early hours of Aug 28. Three young men Indian citizen Rajendran
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    • 476 11 FORMER deputy prime minister Dr Tony Tan was sworn in as Singapore’s seventh president on Sept 1 at the Istana, beginning his six-year term in office. Dr Tony Tan had earlier won the presidential elections on Aug 27 in a four-cornered fight. He pipped his
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    • singapore news
      • 63 11 WITH the expiration of the 1961 Water Agreement on Aug 31, Singapore handed over the waterworks and other facilities to Johor on that day. The handover involved the Skudai and Gunung Pulai water treatment plants, which were built and managed by the Public Utilities Board
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      • 63 11 A MASS display of 18 “dragons”, including a 54m-long one lit up by 5,000 LED lights and consisting of 203 lotus-shaped lanterns strung together gave the annual Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations a bright start. A crowd of 20,000 or more people who turned up also got to
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    • 438 12  -  Indian women authors discuss different genres of writing at panel discussion held by IWA DEEPIKA SHETTY deepikas@sph.com.sg Deepika is a correspondent with The Straits Times Life! DESPITE the gloomy sky and the sound of claps of thunder, about 100 women showed up for the Indian Women’s
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    • 84 17 7.7% Growth of the Indian economy in the April-to-June period, its slowest in six quarters $100 million Sales at the three-day Natas travel fair, 17.6 per cent more than last year 3.61 million Tonnes of sugar exported by India between October 2010 and April 2011 9 lakhs Number
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    • 253 17 “It was a fantastic game. Being a Man United fan, 8-2 was something really fantastic... it is good to see other sports, especially since I started out as a footballer.” –India’s cricket captain M.S. Dhoni after watching Manchester United drub Arsenal in an EPL match on Aug
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  • EDUCATION
    • 362 9  -  Recipient of President’s Award for Teachers shares his passion for numbers and teaching SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg EVERY moment is a chance to bring numbers to life... that is mathematics teacher Ganesan Raman’s fervent belief. No wonder the 36-year-old head of mathematics at Fairfield Methodist School
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    • 252 9 EIGHT students from Raffles Institution, NUS High and Raffles Girls’ School did Singapore proud at the recent China Girls Mathematical Olympiad. They won one gold, two silver and four bronze medals at the event held in Shenzhen from July 30 to Aug 3... a vast
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    • 245 10 NANDHESH SUBASH, Class 9 IGCSE THE students of DPS International Singapore were geared up for the science fair conducted in conjunction with the Science Week held recently in school. We were greeted in the morning by a delightful plethora of experiments invented by our classmates,
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 152 10 ANIKA GUPTA, Class K1 (A) LAST week, we kindergarten students of DPS celebrated green day. All my friends and teachers were wearing green coloured clothes. I was going to do a green froggie dance with my classmates on the stage. We were all so excited!
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      • 185 10 TANIA DESAI, Class 11 AL AISHWARYA, Class 11 ISC AROUND 70 or more students of various ages scurried around on stage, rushing to get into their positions, as the audience sat and waited for the show to begin. Just when some of us were starting
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    • 311 13 //ho TA/cutt /if s. JSICCDDBS Singapore Indian Entrepreneur Awards 2 011 SICCFS 87 th Anniversary Dinner and Presentation Ceremony SICCPDBS Singapore Indian Entrepreneur Awards 2011 Date 29 September 2011 Time 7.30pm 10.15pm (Registration and Cocktails from 6.45pm onwards) Venue Grand Ballroom The RitZ'Carlton Millenia Guest-oEHonour Mr Lim Hng Kiang Minister
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  • FOOD
    • 393 16  -  Grand Palki doesn’t just impress you with its ambience, it lures you with great food too MALAR CHANDRA tabla@sph.com.sg WALK into the opulence of Grand Palki at The Regent Singapore, and you might mistake it for a palace transported straight from Rajasthan, India. The gold
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    • 42 16 Tor Aff your £eqa[ 'Meeds KALAMOHAN CO (Established in 1985) Advocates Solicitors, Commissioner of Oaths, Notary Public No. 101 Cecil Street, #08-11/12, Tong Eng Building, Singapore *****3. Tel: 6227 9377 Fax: 6227 8098 Email: mohanrk@singnet.com.sg Website: www.kalamohanco.com After office hours: 8398 5617
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    • 75 16 FLEXI FITNESS Takes care of Health, Fitness and Performance Yoga Weight Management Programme Helps you bring down your body weight Weekly monitoring with blog spot to verify results Experienced instructors to develop effective program Tennis and Athletics Program For children between the age of 7 and 15 years Helps improve
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    • 226 17 S’? A jru/'tH&ne mt/A’ (f auurfa Eclectic LEGAN DESIGNER WEAR FOR THE CULTURALLY DIVERS The brand 'Indochine With Gaurika 1 was conceptualized and given form in 2009. It started with home shows and within a year took the form of an established label with its own boutique at Leisure Park
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    • 86 17 A 6Vu6Cic < TaCf( j 6y 'OdUo mnar engineering technologies for well being "I have no teachings at all. If you are willing then I can deliver you Into a space and a situation within yourself that you have v never imagined possible in human life." Sadhguru K m. Sunday,
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    • 86 18 n Carries Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian Cuisine PRESENTS Comedy Ke Badshah V Pervez Siddiqui it Shakeel Siddiqui Raju Sriv stay Nada w Irfan Malik Ali Hasan Faisal Masood Organized By: Sat. 3rd Sep. 2011, 7:30pm Onwards Rock Auditorium 3 Temasek Boulevard #03-63 QUO UOldDd Suntec City Mall (Above Carrefour) S’pore *****3
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 393 18 friday 3.30pm SONY ENT: Dil Bechara Pyar Ka Mara/ 4pm STAR PLUS: Chalte Chalte 9pm VASANTHAM: Idhu Oru Thodarkathai 9pm VTV: Perumaal 10pm ZEE CINEMA: Gauri The Unborn saturday 1pm VASANTHAM: Rickshawkaran 3pm ZEE TV: Navra Maza Navsacha 3.30pm SONY ENT: Hathkadi TV HIGHLIGHTS 4pm VASANTHAM: Veer 4pm STAR PLUS:
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  • RELAX
    • 391 19 MUSIC Swadesh is a musical based on the patriotic songs of Rabindranath Tagore. Tickets: $50 $25 When: Sept 3, 8pm Where: DBS Arts Centre, 20 Merbau Road, Contact: 9345-9615 or e-mail dolly_davenport@yahoo.com.sg COURSE Join SICCI’s Conversational Business Mandarin course. Fee: $337.05 (70 per cent WDA course fee funded)
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    • 47 19 DIWALI EXHIBITION Pick from a selection of festive attire and ornaments from Mumbai and Delhi by designer Shoba P. Free admission. When: Sept 2 3, 10am to 8pm Where: King’s Mansion function room, 437 Tanjong Katong Road Contact: 9385-3846 or e-mail shobananwani@yahoo.com.sg
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 326 19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Bats flies? 6 Casual conversation 10 Arabian gulf or sultanate 14 Daphnis’ love 15 The Herald Angels Sing” 16 NASCAR legend Earnhardt 17 Become ready to eat 18 Capital punishment? 20 Combustion residue 21 Bit of footwear 23 Balance sheet listing 24 Exodus tyrant 26 Rowing equipment
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    • 216 19 QUIZ DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Which Spanish footballer was recently transferred from Arsenal to Barcelona FC? a) Iker Casillas b) Cesc Fabregas c) Xavi Alonso 2. Which political leader did Mahatma Gandhi write a letter to in 1939, addressing him as “one person in the world who can prevent a war”?
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    • 108 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. WORD EXPRESS RICHA MAHAJAN Ubiquitous(English) Omniprésent(French) Grammar: The word “ubiquitous”
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 29 20 SOLUTIONS sudoku crossword quiz 1. Cesc Fabregas 2. Adolf Hitler 3. Below 4. Rhinoceros 5. Agatha Christie 6. China 7. Spiderman 8. Watch 9. Lady Gaga 10. Seeded apple
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  • SPORTS
    • 785 21  -  That’s the only way to salvage some pride in England columnstar HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg IF I were a young man who had done well in the IPL, say Manish Pandey or Ambati Rayudu or Manoj Tiwary or indeed even Subramaniam Badrinath, or
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    • 944 22 / 23  -  High octane action on track, high quality entertainment off it... this month’s Singapore Grand Prix promises to be scorching ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN ankitav@sph.com.sg WILL this year’s Formula One driver’s championhip be decided at the Singapore Grand Prix? It could happen. On Aug 28, Red Bull driver
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    • 395 22 / 23 IF THE action on track isn’t enough to entice you to spend the Sept 23-25 weekend at the Marina Bay circuit, there’s plenty of entertainment lined up as well. Here’s a look at the main events as well as those with an Indian
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    • 698 24  -  Former Indian cricket superstar challenges the BCCI and today’s senior players ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN ankitav@sph.com.sg KAPIL Dev looks the biggest man in most rooms. Not just for his 6-foot frame and thick moustache that is still robust despite the sprinkling of grey. His cricketing greatness seems to add
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