Tabla, 27 January 2012

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  • 22 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY MICA (P) 046/03/2011 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, JANUARY 27,2012 S|il A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • Article, Illustration
    1377 1  -  Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra is aiming to repeat his feat at this year’s London Olympics ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN ankitav@sph.com.sg SPORT, any sport, is a spectacle. On display is the athlete’s every emotion. Every twitch of the muscle, every groan, the strain of effort, the relief
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 566 2/3 Two Singaporeans in India’s honours list WHEN India celebrated its 63rd Republic Day on Jan 26, there was additional cheer in Singapore. Two Singaporeans figured in this year’s Republic Day honours list even as India’s high commissioner to Singapore T.C.A. Raghavan hoisted the Indian flag (right) at
      PHOTOS: HIGH COMMISSION OF INDIA  -  566 words
    • 87 2/3 Patriotic performance... Class 3 students of DPS International School performing a dance holding Indian flags at their school as part of the Republic Day celebrations. There were several other performances put up by students in addition to the hoisting of the Indian flag. PHOTO: DPSIS PHOTO: DPSIS
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    • 435 4/5  -  105 senior citizens get a Chinese New Year treat P. BALA P. Bala is a journalist with Tamil Murasu TO THE cheers of his fellow senior citizens, Mr Osman stepped on to the stage to sing a Chinese New Year song. The 65-year-old Chinese Muslim
      PHOTOS: T KAVI  -  435 words
    • 430 6 Treatment includes walking more and avoiding sour and fried food THE prostate gland is a part of the male reproductive organs, located near the outlet of the urinary bladder. Its main function is to secrete a liquid which forms a part of seminal
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    • 214 9 The consumer price index (CPI) rose 5.5 per cent year-on-year last month easing slightly from November’s 5.7 per cent. The lower CPI reading was largely due to a smaller increase in the cost of private road transport, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the
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    • singapore news
      • 119 9 THE Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) has arrested the former Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) chief Peter Lim Sin Pang and former Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) director Ng Boon Gay under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Mr Ng was taken in on Dec 19 and Mr
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      • 143 9 ALL ATM cards in Singapore will have an EMV chip installed by 2014, in a move that should significantly reduce the threat of fraud. The new measures to boost ATM card security will block the use of ATM cards overseas by default unless the customer chooses to
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      • 142 9 THE good news: Last year, total aircraft movements at Singapore’s Changi Airport arrivals and departures jumped 14.5 per cent to 302,000. The bad news: The spike and bad weather caused a rising number of travellers to experience delays in the air and on the tarmac.
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    • 518 10 More babies please. In his Chinese New Year message, PM Lee assured couples the Government will do all it can to reduce the burdens of parenthood PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has a fervent hope: That this year will be a big Dragon year for
      PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES  -  518 words
    • 162 21 $159 million Collected from Singapore’s Electronic Road Pricing in 2010 11Graves of Japanese soldiers killed during World War II exhumed at the Guwahati War Cemetery to take their remains back to Japan 46.5 million Passengers handled by Changi Airport in 2011 6 India’s rank in the innovative list
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    • 383 21 “The recession is coming. I hope the Government can help us rather than talk about their pay.” Salesman Lau Chin Hwa, who is not getting a bonus this year. He is one of many Singaporeans who feel it’s time to focus on the economy rather than ministerial
      PHOTOS: IANS  -  383 words
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  • EDUCATION
    • 582 7 Dubai-born Kashmiri gives up accountancy career to help children Indo-Asian News Service SHE is a Kashmiri who got to visit her native village for the first time only after she had finished her degree studies. And that visit changed her life. Ms Sabbah Haji was born
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    • 448 8  -  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, GIIS) BHAVIKA PRASANNAKUMAR, Class 7C COOKING is commonly perceived as
      PHOTOS: DPSIS  -  448 words
    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 183 8  -  HEMAASRI P.S., Class 3A OUR class celebrated Grandparents Day just before our school closed for the Christmas vacation and it was a pleasant surprise for me when my grandparents were invited to school. My classmates and I warmly welcomed all
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      • 137 8  -  SIGNET JOHNSON, Class K1C IT WAS festival time in my school as we were celebrating Christmas. My friends were looking beautiful in their colourful party wear. My class K1C performed at assembly time. It started off with a prayer asking for God’s blessings. We came
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  • FOOD
    • 445 11  -  The newcomer to the Little India food scene has won many fans SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg RECENTLY I was declared disgusting by someone who shall remain nameless for admitting to be a shameless carnivore. I could have had a witty comeback to the person obviously a fundmentalist vegetarian
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  • NEWS
    • 142 12 / 13 To attend the launch on Feb 5 (noon), e-mail office@indiaclub.org.sg or call 9227-0957 (registration is on a first-come, first-served basis) ABHINAV Bindra will launch his autobiography, A Shot At History: My Obsessive Journey To Olympic Gold (below), in Singapore on Feb
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    • 148 12 / 13 G Abhinav Bindra was born to businessman Apjit and Babli Bindra on Sep 28, 1982, in Dehradun G Aged 15, he was the youngest competitor in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur G He has won gold at an Olympic Games (Beijing 2008, below), a World
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 851 14 / 15  -  Zee Cine Awards saw family members pitted against each other for awards SHEELA NARAYANAN in Macau sheela@sph.com.sg WHEN Bollywood denizens say that the Hindi film industry is one big happy family and awards shows are like family reunions, it sometimes is nothing more than mere platitudes and PRspeak.
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    • 227 14 / 15  -  Sheela Narayanan IF THERE was one question on most journalists’ minds at the Zee Cine Awards at The Venetian Macao, it was: What will Shah Rukh Khan do when his acting career hits sunset mode? They got a hint from the man himself when he met
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  • FASHION
    • 571 16 / 17  -  Tanjong Katong Primary student Tasha Idnani models at India Kids Fashion Week SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg AWESOME. That is how Tasha Idnani summed up her three-day modelling experience at the recently-concluded India Kids Fashion Week (IKFW) held in Mumbai. The nine-year-old Tanjong Katong Primary
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    • 272 16 / 17 AFTER almost two decades in the fashion business, he has earned an impressive clientele... from Lady Gaga and Paris Hilton to Bipasha Basu and Akshay Kumar. But guess what designer Rocky S is now excited about? The Indian kidswear
      Indo-Asian News Service; PHOTOS: IANS  -  272 words
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    • 74 16 / 17 art, just for the love of it Temple of Fine Arts presents I Indian Classical Music on the Violin V f 1 if w ■k P Padmabhushan Dr.N.Rajam, Dr.Sangeeta Shankar, Ragini Shankar Nandini Shankar accompanied on the tabla by Sri Ajeet Pathak Friday 3rd February 2012, 7.30pm, DBS Auditorium Admission
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  • RELAX
    • 49 18 / 19 PONGAL CELEBRATIONS An attempt will be made to create the world’s largest rangoli by 200 students of all races using 3.5 tonnes of biodegradable wheat husk. Free admission. When: Jan 29, 4.30pm Where: Si Ling Secondary School Amphitheatre, Blk 204 Marsiling Drive Contact: 6269-6768
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    • Article, Illustration
      474 18 / 19 EXHIBITIONS GAs part of the Chinese New Year celebrations, visitors to the National Museum of Singapore get free admission to all exhibitions and galleries. When: Jan 28 29, 10am Where: National Museum of Singapore, 93 Stamford Road Contact: 6332-3659 or log on to www.nationalmuseum.sg GSpiritual texts such as
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      213 18 / 19  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Open is the title of which tennis star’s autobiography? a) Andre Agassi b) Rafael Nadal c) Roger Federer 2. Alzheimer’s disease affects which organ of the human body? a) Liver b) Kidneys c) Brain 3. On a standard computer keyboard, what are arranged in an inverted
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  • Page 18 / 19 Miscellaneous
    • 224 18 / 19 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 3.30pm SONY ENT: Jhoom Barabar Jhoom 4pm STAR PLUS: Tere Bin Laden 7pm ZEE CINEMA: Aur Pyar Ho Gaya 9pm VASANTHAM: Sattam Oru Irruttarai 11pm STAR GOLD: Kachche Dhaage Mn VTV: Veppam saturday 1pm VASANTHAM: Ramu 3pm COLORS: Aloo Chaat 3pm ZEE TV: Bandh Premache 3.30pm SONY
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    • 324 18 / 19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 2000 presidential candidate 5 Craggy ridge 10 LaBeouf of Transformers 14 Soothing plant extract 15 Began smoking 16 Televises 17 Batters’ banes 19 1944 Normandy beach code name 20 Papas of Zorba The Greek 21 One of the Jackson 5 22 Rabbit fur 23 Places to get
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    • 74 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 34 caves in Ellora contain Buddhist
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 300 20 FUTURE SPEAKS Aries You will learn more about how to relate to the people and the events in your life. Avoid entering into any new ventures. Taurus A good period for your work and professional life. Your health will improve, but watch out for an infection. Not a good time
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    • 30 20 SOLUTIONS crossword quiz sudoku 1. Andre Agassi 2. Brain 3. Arrow keys 4. Pakistan 5. India 6. Genghis Khan 7. Professor Calculus 8. Great Dane 9. Bhutan 10. Florence Nightingale
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  • SPORTS
    • 451 22/23  -  Fans of Indian cricket aren’t a happy lot right now. One of them, based in Singapore, was moved to pen these lines after the Indian team’s disastrous performance in the Test series against Australia VAIDY NATARAJAN This series has been an ordeal for the men in blue,
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    • 1268 22/23  -  Only such people can overhaul India’s cricket system and put it back on track to greatness columnstar HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg EVEN as India continue to stumble in Australia, the reactions to my suggestion last week to recalibrate domestic cricket suggest there is a demand for action
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