Tabla, 13 January 2012

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  • 24 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY NDAN COMMUNTY MICA (P) 046/03/2011 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, JANUARY 13,2012 Sj5l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • Article, Illustration
    1209 1  -  Indian property fairs are a big draw in Singapore SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg ABOUT five years ago, property fairs hawking Indian real estate in Singapore were a rarity. There were, at best, small groups of exhibitors taking up a modest area at hotel function rooms to showcase a few
    PHOTOS: LGCL, NITESH; PHOTOS: KOLTE-PATIL, MANTRI, UNITECH, DLF  -  1,209 words
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    • 112 1 THE HEARTBEAT OF THE PBD CHEER FOR OVERSEAS INDIANS PAGE 2 Get tabla! delivered to your doorstep. Call 6319-1800 or e-mail circs@sph.com.sg Catch us online at www.tabla.com.sg STEP Tuition 2012 stej-to su, I® IP S6NDA Singapore Indian Development Association Key Features Small Class Size (10-12 per class) Qualified and Experienced
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    • 18 1 INDIAN COMMUNITY NDAN COMMUNTY INDIAN DELIGHT AT O-LEVEL RESULTS PAGE 11 NDAN DELGHT T O-LEVEL ESULTS AGE 11
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    • 65 1 1 CJA\ FSHcLTplFF -fi&'iOigeiii yir.-Q.yuri i,n gtn am GRAND PALKI 0010 WISHES YOU I GONG XI FA CAI mm I Singapore’s Finest North Indian Restaurant invites you to Savour Authentic dishes such as Lobster Malabar, Tandoori Meats Seafood and a wide selection of vegetarian dishes Lunch I 1,30am 2.30pm Dinner
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  • INDIA
    • 664 2 Indian PM also speaks on economy at PBD INDIANS from several countries across the world gathered in the “pink city of India” at a time when the country’s economy is not exactly in the pink of health. And the Indian prime minister did not fail
      PHOTO: PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU  -  664 words
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 333 3  -  SINGAPORE SURPRISES Sheela Narayanan WHILE Indians may like destination weddings, Singaporeans have destination wedding pictures. If you are a couple about to be married in these parts, one of the things you consider having is a photo album of glamour shots of yourselves in your wedding gear and
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    • 735 3  -  New citizens integrate and have a good time by volunteering for Chingay Parade COMING TOGETHER SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg IT IS that time of the year when Singapore’s biggest parade extravaganza will hit the streets and new citizen P. Thirumurugan is looking forward to it even
      PHOTOS: PEOPLE’S ASSOCIATION  -  735 words
    • 285 5 The harvest festival celebrations include activities for young and old THE traditional harvest festival Pongal kicked off in a big way in Little India on Jan 11, with a light-up and dance performances in Campbell Lane. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Lim Swee
      PHOTOS: THE STRAITS TIMES  -  285 words
    • 838 8 / 9  -  He wants to raise tourist numbers to his country by having Sentosa-like developments PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE is small. India is big. Yet, when it comes to attracting tourists, Singapore is bigger. And India wants to learn something from what Singapore does to increase
      PHOTOS: PATRICK JONAS, INDIA TOURISM  -  838 words
    • 249 10 Mar Thoma Church teams up with SIN DA to give out awards and bursaries to students AS ALWAYS, the Mar Thoma Church in Singapore celebrated Education Sunday on Jan 8, praying for students before the start of the academic year. However, this year there was another special event:
      PHOTO: AJIT V. ABRAHAM  -  249 words
    • 296 13 Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew sought in Parliament on Jan 9 to restore confidence in the rail system after last month’s massive breakdowns and pledged to completely relook how train operations are run. He also said the Government would thoroughly review the regulatory and penalty
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    • singapore news
      • 139 13 AT THE end of a six-month study an expert panel, appointed after a flood in June last year that inundated the Tanglin area, has come up with recommendations to alleviate Singapore’s flooding problem. The report by the panel, made up of 12 local and foreign
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      • 122 13 THREE towns Whampoa, Bedok and Taman Jurong will join Marine Parade in being retrofitted to make them elderly-friendly. These four towns, among those with the oldest populations, will be in the vanguard of the move to transform Singapore into “A City For All Ages”. When the works
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      • 130 13 PROMOTE friendship and trust among young people of varying religions. That is the aim of an inter-religious group to be set up in July. The group, likely to be called IRO Youths, will include about 30 to 40 young people from the 10 religions that are
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    • 173 21 1 million Twitter fans garnered by Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan. His father Amitabh has 1.9 million 5,800 HDB flats upgraded so far under the Home Improvement Programme launched in 2007 30,000 More women voters than men in Pondicherry where women outnumber men in 29 of the 30 constituencies
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    • 377 21 “PUB should not have used the word ‘ponding’. As far as I am concerned, I call a spade a spade. A flood is a flood.” Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan. He was speaking in Parliament about the recent flooding in the Orchard Road
      PHOTOS: THE STRAITS TIMES, IANS  -  377 words

  • MOTORING
    • 347 4 Film and sports stars add sparkle to Delhi motor show THE vehicles may have been under the spotlights, but it was stars like Amitabh Bachchan and Irfan Pathan that the camera flashes were aimed at. That was the scene at Auto Expo 2012, held in New
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    • 125 7 Follow your DLFJwk BUILDING INDIA There's nothing better than owning a home. Especially, if it's in a town close to your heart. And with DLF's top-of-the-line residential projects in leading cities in India, owning a one would be a dream come true for you. Complete with modern amenities, most of
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    • 118 10 i ff r KALA TARANG Invites you to Crafts azaar Gallery The Arts House 1 Old Parliament Lane, Singapore *****9 18th (Wed) to 19th (Thu) January 2012 11AM to 7PM (Thu till 6PM) Go green without going drab with handicrafts eco-friendly yet exquisite! Usher in the Chinese New Year with
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  • EDUCATION
    • 438 11 Six of them score 9 A1s this year THE results of last year’s O-level examinations were released on Jan 9. And once again Indian students proved their mettle, with six of them scoring 9 A1s in one sitting. Ramesh Ritika, 16, of Crescent Girls’ School
      PHOTOS: ARUN RAMU, THE STRAITS TIMES  -  438 words
    • 348 12  -  There’s more to school than homework and exams. That’s why tabla! has this page for students of three Indian schools here to play reporter and photographer (This page is rotated among the schools. Next week, NPS) ASHUTOSH KUDVA, Class 3C PRANAV GOYAL, Class
      PHOTOS: GIIS  -  348 words
    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 294 12  -  PARIMAL CHAUDHARY, Class 8A GIIS East Coast Campus beat Australian International School (AIS) by 53 runs to win the ACSIS Cup U-14 cricket title. Eight teams took part in the tournament, which had been won last year by UWC, and we won our group matches against NPSI,
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      • 171 12  -  SHRUTHI VENKATESH, Class 4B THE bells jingled, the Christmas trees glittered, Santa Claus had gifts galore and the melody of carols made us sway and sing along... we could feel the joy in our hearts on the day we celebrated Christmas at school! The morning started
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    • 152 13 We are open throughout Chinese New Year! K\\ CM r r MMM n 4 msj' /r is often said that in life we get what we DESERVE Wouldn't it be great to get what we DESIRE? Vi 7//f Fast-Food Indian restaurant where yon can enjoy the authentic Indian delights yon
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 431 14  -  No A-list stars but well-known choreographers Prabhu Deva and Ganesh Acharya will be in it KRUTIKA BEHRAWALA Bollywood News Service AFTER the success of F.A.L.T.U., one would have thought that choreographer-turned-director Remo D’Souza would head into another commercial multi-starrer. But the director has taken
      Bollywood News Service; PHOTOS: IANS, ARUN RAMU  -  431 words
    • 421 15 And she is loving it Indo-Asian News Service THE three men are Saif Ali Khan, Vir Das and Kunal Khemu... and Puja Gupta, despite being just one-film-old, is totally looking forward to acting with them in her next film Go Goa Gone. Why not? She
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    • 326 16 Piaa is set to make her Bollywood debut HAVING started her acting career with five Tamil films some of them like Goa, Bale Pandiya and Ko were hits Piaa Bajpai is now looking at Bollywood. And she has recently finished shooting for a Hindi film.
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  • DRINKS
    • 816 17 It’s time to upgrade to the more exclusive vintages of this excellent distillery MOST fans of single malt whisky would have tasted The Glenlivet by now. After all, it is the second most popular premium single malt whisky in the world in 2010/2011, 700,000 nine-litre cases of
      PHOTOS: PERNOD RICARD SINGAPORE  -  816 words
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 221 18 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 3pm SONY ENT: Jai Santoshi Maa 4pm STAR PLUS: Superstar 9pm VASANTHAM: Suyamvaram 9pm VTV: Velli Vizha 10pm STAR GOLD: Luck 10pm ZEE CINEMA: Aa Dekhen Zara 12.30am VASANTHAM: Ulagam Piranthathu Ennakaaga saturday 9.30am VASANTHAM: Kanimuthu Paapa 12.30pm ZEE CINEMA: Break Ke Baad 1pm VASANTHAM: Suryavamsam 3pm
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  • RELAX
    • 296 19 EXHIBITIONS Zak Salaam India 2012 a four-day exhibition showcasing Indian products and services from handicrafts to property. Free admission. When: Till Jan 15 Where: Singapore Expo Hall 5 Contact: 9790-3636 or e-mail info@shaabaz.com/ DANCE Local Indian dance company Apsaras Arts introduces the art of bharatanatyam and abinaya, the
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    • 70 19 BAZAAR Kala Tarang is back with its Crafts Bazaar, an exhibition and sale of Indian handicrafts. On display and sale will be eco-friendly artefacts, clothes and accessories from a wide range of crafts from all over India. Free admission. When: Jan 18 (11am to 7pm)
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    • Article, Illustration
      211 19  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Which US city is coextensive with the district of Columbia? a) Washington DC b) New York c) Los Angeles 2. Whose autocratic regime in Rome was known as the principate? a) Augustus b) Julius Caesar c) Mark Antony 3. Which waterbody lies between Cape al-Hadd in
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 312 19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Pole used in rigging 5 Pt. of NAACP 9 Held for a time 12 Felt crummy 14 No longer in the docks 15 Whine and whimper 16 Early keyboard instrument 18 “Fifteen Miles on the Canal” 19 Calm 20 Gas choice 22 Porterhouse specification 24 Device that
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    • 84 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 Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, formerly known as
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 300 20 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Aries This is a good period for spiritual activities and to interact with new friends. This period also calls for broadening your horizons. Taurus You feel more romantic, playful and relaxed as compared to earlier. This is a good time for amusement and love-related matters. Gemini
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    • 28 20 SOLUTIONS crossword quiz sudoku 1. Washington DC 2. Augustus 3. Gulf of Oman 4. H.G. Wells 5. Kidney 6. Barley 7. Iguana 8. Namib 9. Basketball 10. Mars
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  • SPORTS
    • Two lost, two to go
      • 181 22  -  What now for the Indian cricket team? We ask some avid fans for suggestions... DR K.N. RAGHAVAN Dr K.N. Raghavan is additional commissioner of Customs, Excise and Service Tax in Kochi and an avid cricketer IT WAS the manner in which
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      • 182 22  -  RAJIV MUKERJI Rajiv Mukerji is the managing director of Tata-NYK and based in Singapore SIXTH straight defeat in as many Tests abroad. Are we missing something here? Away matches are not expected to be the high-scoring ones that increasingly dot
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      • 173 22  -  HEMANT KENKRE Hemant Kenkre is a former Bombay University and Cricket Club of India batsman and a cricket analyst in Mumbai. AFTER the Melbourne Test loss analysts, including former India players like Dilip Vengsarkar, said the famed Indian batting needed some time to get used
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      • 165 22  -  CHETAN RAMCHANDRA SURYAWANSHI Chetan Ramchandra Suryawanshi is the captain of the Singapore team that won the ICC World Cricket League Division 6 in 2009. INDIA embarked on their tour to Australia with high hopes. However, two embarrassing
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      • 176 22  -  MOHAN SUBRAMANIAM Mohan Subramaniam is on All India Radio’s national panel of commentators. He is now based in Singapore and works in the banking industry. INDIA’S poor performance overseas is nothing new... batsmen who walk down the track to fast
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    • 780 23  -  The media needs to accept that the contest is on the field columnstar HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@ sph.com.sg A FEW days ago, an old friend of mine in Australia wrote an article that said Virender Sehwag was causing a rift in the Indian team. I read the
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    • 83 22 SINGAPORE’S PREMIER HOME-GROWN CAR MAGAZINE SINGAPORE MOTORSPORTS HUB: WILL IT EVER BE BUILT? pcza I ST-TORQUE AWARDS HOW TO BUY A NEW CARS OF 2011 SECOND-HAND PORTSCAR iconreborn DRIVES FERRARI 458 SPIDER MASERATI CRANCABRIO VS BMW 65W CONVERTIBLE AUDIS8&A8W12 NISSAN SILVIA SIS MOD JOB SMALL CARS SHINE BRIGHT TOKYO MOTOR
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    • 247 24 Attention NRIs and PIOs r www.hdfc.com sag m m mmim /2oj Prime properties of India, right here in Singapore we make homes happen Venue: Exhibition Hall 402, Suntec Singapore, International Convention Exhibition Centre Dates and Timing: 14th 15th January, 2012; Sat and Sun, 10 am 8 pm Directions: Nearest MRT
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