Tabla, 4 November 2011

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  • 24 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY MICA (P) 046/03/2011 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2011 I ISful A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • Article, Illustration
    1032 1  -  SINDA turns 20 and has big plans for the Indian community in the next decade SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg THERE will be no resting on its laurels as the Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA) celebrates its 20th anniversary. The self-help group, which was set up in August 1991 to
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 174 1 Y) W > “30X DISCOUNT on a la 11*1 carte F00D menu ,F you I Authentic North Indian Cuisine BRING THIS ADVERTISEMENT" VALID ILL 30 NOVEMBER TILL 30™ 6735 0203/6725 32\3 6474 0204 www.grandpalki.coMwww.lafoHdue.coM.sg STARDUST INDIAN PRIX PAGE 23 comit coforganisation’s month. Segplans Educationleads his most was perwere gaps would
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  • INDIA
    • 936 2  -  Explorer Mandip Singh Soin has spent four decades in the outdoors. No wonder he’s been named India’s Most Versatile Adventurer twice ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN ankitav@sph.com.sg RIDING on Bactrian camels in Mongolia, living in yurts (circular, domed, portable tents used by nomads in central Asia), skiing in
      PHOTOS COURTESY OF MR SOIN  -  936 words
    • Article, Illustration
      690 4 India’s population explosion holds many challenges as the world welcomes its seven billionth baby ON OCT 31, different parts of the world marked the arrival of the world’s seven billionth human. Plan International, a non-governmental organisation, chose Uttar Pradesh to mark the birth of “Baby 7 Billion”
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 338 3  -  SINGAPORE SURPRISES Sheela Narayanan BEING Singaporean, I know the way my fellow countrymen and I speak can flummox newcomers and I am not talking about Singlish. Some of you may have noticed when Singaporeans talk about buying property, especially Housing Development Board (HDB)
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    • 613 3  -  Two newcomers get to know Singapore better by volunteering their time Bay the opportunity Dr should munity. COMING TOGETHER SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg IF YOU are new in town, how do you make friends outside of work? For Ms Anuroopa Pereira volunteering was her way of getting
      PHOTOS: PEOPLE’S ASSOCIATION  -  613 words
    • 439 6 / 7 1991 At the Crossroads, the first status report on the issue of Indian underperformance in examinations was published. 1992 G SINDA Tutorials for Enhanced Performance (STEP) kicked off with some 2,700 students. G Family Service Centre was set up. G Case Review Panel was formed to endorse
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    • 160 8 A POEM called Journey won Mr Masilamani Anbalagan the runner-up prize in The Moving Words Poetry Competition. The 68-year-old is no stranger to words, having published 17 collections of poems, short stories, novels and essays. He has also worked in the Tamil film industry with
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    • 116 9 The bright colours and cheerful mood that symbolise the Festival of Lights are perfect for photography enthusiasts MOMENTS Decorations aplenty... customers took their pick from stalls in Little India to decorate their homes. Camera: Nikon D7000, 10.5mm lens, f8, 1 /30s Divine donations... devotees standing at the entrance
      PHOTOS: LIEW TONG LENG  -  116 words
    • 268 10 WHEN Swami Swaroopananda (below right) delivers a series of talks titled Love Your Way To Infinity based on the 12th Chapter of Bhagvad Geeta, you can expect him to do so with the same practical approach to spirituality he has displayed over the last two decades.
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    • 209 13 THE Tripartite Alliance for Fair Employment Practices (TAFEP) has drawn up new guidelines to ensure Singaporeans remain the core of the country’s workforce. Among the moves in the revised guidelines announced by TAFEP on Oct 31 to ensure a level playing field
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    • singapore news
      • 155 13 THE Government’s recent curbs on foreign worker supply will have an effect on Singapore’s economy as business opportunities could be lost, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said. “We’ve been used to 5, 6, 7 per cent, or even more, in the past, but it’s
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      • 131 13 BETWEEN July and September this year, prices of HDB resale flats rose 3.8 per cent to a new record. It was the second consecutive quarter of accelerated resale price rises. Prices were up 3.1 per cent in the April-June quarter, and 1.6 per cent
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      • 147 13 WANT to know how much sugar is in that can of juice you’ve just finished? Go to new website Sugar Alert. Launched by the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, it educates consumers about how much sugar they are really consuming. The site has
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    • 217 22 “In my interactions, large numbers of people had embraced me. The Chinese call me zhong tong (Mandarin for president). My race didn’t matter.” Former president S.R. Nathan at a dinner organised by the National University of Singapore “Life is what you make of it. You are dealt
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    • 186 22 10,670 Children kidnapped or abducted in India in 2010 according to the National Crime Records Bureau 4,651 Dengue infections in Singapore so far this year 500,000 Tonnes of non-basmati rice Indonesia has sought from India to meet its domestic demand and keep prices in check US$318.358 billion India’s
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  • EDUCATION
    • Article, Illustration
      448 11 IIT-Kanpur students make space leap Indo-Asian News Service THE satellite measures four inches in height and width and weighs only 3kg a nano satellite. But to the students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, it is something big enough to cheer about. The satellite, named
      Indo-Asian News Service; PHOTO: IANS  -  448 words
    • 271 11 IN A battle of brains, four Indian students representing SIP Abacus Brain Exercise, Singapore excelled in a competition held in Kuala Lumpur recently. The 11th SIP International Prodigy Abacus, Mental Arithmetic Competition held on Oct 30 saw 500 students from over 10 countries taking part they
      PHOTO: SIP ABACUS & BRAIN EXERCISE  -  271 words
    • 385 12 ANAMIKA RAJIV ARSHA AGGARWAL, Class 8 IGCSE OUR school’s Computer Week was a fun-filled and thrilling time for all tech-lovers. In the course of the week, we had two major activities, a quiz session and a debate conducted by the students of Class 11 ISC.
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 316 12 AFREEN CHAWLA NEETI RELAN, Class 9 IGCSE REAL-WORLD face-to-face encounters are always more interesting than their textual accounts. Last month our Class 9 (IGCSE) had one such experience when we conducted an experiment as part of our geography lesson. At the scheduled time, we assembled at
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      • 178 12 RISHABH ALEXANDER JOHN, Class 5B THE month of October began with great excitement for us as we learnt about the new speech and drama topics assigned to us. Our teacher informed us that we were to make a PowerPoint presentation (either solo in or in
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 1840 14 / 15 Five years ago, Karisma Kapoor quit Bollywood at the peak of her career to get married. Now she’s making a comeback with Vikram Bhatt’s Dangerous Ishq After a brief return to Bollywood with her much-awaited Indo-Chinese venture The Desire, Mrs Raj Kundra bids adieu to
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    • 863 16  -  There, you heard it from the man himself... Vikas Swarup says he has “no interest in becoming a Spiderman franchise” DEEPIKA SHETTY deepikas@sph.com.sg Deepika Shetty is a correspondent with The Straits Times Life! IT’S been three years since the global hit Slumdog Millionaire’s dream run, but the
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    • Article, Illustration
      170 16 WHEN violin maestro Dr L. Subramaniam (below) performs at Kalaa Utsavam on Nov 6, he is keeping it all in the family. He, considered the ‘the god of the Indian violin’, will be performing with the “Melody Queen”, his wife Kavita Krishnamurthi. He will also have his son,
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 17 16 MIZIW SHOWING Some Violence Sexual References Also at Bombay Talkies In Hindi with Eng Subtitles GOLDEN VlLLAGtV
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    • 41 16 BOLLYWOOD HEARTTHROB RANBIR KAPOOR 'W> .TIT r v-'v t. f f A A FILM BY IMTIAZ ALI K is? au'sic nv AR RAHMAN IN HINDI WITH ENG SUBTITLES Also at Bombay Talkies 11.11.11 D RATING TO BE ADVISED Golden Village 1
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  • LIFESTYLE
    • 631 17  -  Four sessions of Exilis fat-melting treatment, regular exercise and sensible eating did the trick KALWANT KOUR kalwant@sph.com.sg WHETHER you’re a woman trying to regain the firmness of your pre-baby belly or shed those “festive” inches or even trim those love handles, here’s
      PHOTOS COURTESY OF EXILIS & KALWANT  -  631 words
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 301 18 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Aries You could go on a long and fruitful journey. Your relationship with associates and seniors is improving by the day. Taurus New and major ventures should be postponed. Conditions at work could deteriorate and you could be burdened with a heavy workload. Gemini You could
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  • RELAX
    • 352 19 TRAVEL EXPO Visit the Travel Malaysia 2011 fair and enjoy attractive benefits. Free admission. When: Nov 4 5, 10am to 10pm Where: Singapore Expo Hall 5A, 1 Expo Drive Contact: Log on to www.tourismmalaysia.gov.my INDIAN FESTIVAL OF ARTS GShaan In Concert Remembering Kishore Kumar Bollywood playback singing sensation
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    • 75 19 CHAMBER MUSIC WITH GOAN TOUCH The Orlando Consort, one of Britain’s chamber music ensembles, will weave the sounds of European mediaeval Christian music with traditional Goan melodies to evoke the spirit of music in early 16th century Goa. In Latin, Sanskrit, Punjabi and Arabic. Tickets:
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 334 19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Cheddar type 6 Autumn bloomers 10 Billower on a pole 14 Bellhop, often 15 Polo’s destination 16 Brook 17 On the up-and-up 19 “Nay!” sayer 20 CD-___ (computer insert) 21 Word said with a salute 22 Made a small dent in 24 Part of epic films 27
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    • 183 19 QUIZ DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Which comic-strip character has a falcon called Fraka? a) Phantom b) Mandrake c) Flash Gordon 2. Which of these universities awards the Pulitzer Prizes? a) Harvard b) Oxford c) Columbia 3. Which fruit is called “the poor man’s food” in Mediterranean countries? a) Fig b) Apple
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    • 116 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. MS RICHA MAHAJAN WORD EXPRESS QUANDARY(English) DILEMME(French) Grammar: The word
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 247 20 TV HIGHLIGHTS SOLUTIONS crossword sudoku friday 3.30pm SONY ENT: Noorie 4pm STAR PLUS: Do Dooni Char 9pm VASANTHAM: Thangamani Rangamani 11pm STAR GOLD: Asoka Mn VTV: Vetaikaran quiz 2.30pm SONY ENT: Ta Ra Rum Pum 3pm COLORS: Ghulam 3pm ZEE TV: Anjali 4pm VASANTHAM: Priyamana Thozhi 6pm ZEE TV: Dev
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  • FOOD
    • 412 21  -  and the price is right too at Padmini’s where you get a taste of home SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg IF YOU live in Singapore long enough, you’ll know Geylang is famous for two things: Good hawker food and a “good time”... if you know what I
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  • SPORTS
    • 420 23 Vettel ruled on the track, film stars and cricketers ruled off it ALL together now... a huge sigh of relief. Indians all over the world are relieved that the inaugural Indian Formula One Grand Prix went off without a hitch. In fact, except for
      PHOTOS: IANS, REUTERS, AFP  -  420 words
    • 105 24 ONE has excellent aim, while the other is blessed with strong arms. But by making them honorary lieutenant colonels in the Territorial Army, India’s defence authorities do not expect Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra (far left) to help them with his sharpshooting skills or cricket
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    • 920 24  -  Cricket boards have to find ways to instil values in youth columnstar HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg AT THE heart of the pain that the spot-fixing revelation, and now judgment, has spawned is the assumption that we make about the moral fibre of sportspeople. As a purely financial matter, this
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