Tabla, 27 April 2012

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  • 24 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT O F THE INDIAN CO MM SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, APRIL 27,2012 Sph A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 062/03/2012
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  • 1013 1  -  The Indian businessman who bought the $39 million Sentosa bungalow is just 33... and he sings PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg YOU might pass him if you are out in the Grange Road area very early in the morning. Mr Shael Oswal likes to cycle to keep fit. He does
    PHOTOS: THE STRAITS TIMES, COURTESY OF SHAEL OSWAL  -  1,013 words
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  • NEWS
    • 327 2 You could be one of two lucky winners of a pair of Jet Airways tickets to India... so log on to www.tabla.com.sg and get started now! ENTRIES are pouring in. And it is something we cherish your views. If you have not
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    • 557 3 Indian real estate consulting firm marks start of operations with Mika show BETTER OPTION Propmart (BOP) Group, a Greater No-ida-based consulting firm, is starting its Singapore operations next month. And the company is organising a customer event called Virasat to mark the occasion. Virasat, a business
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    • 466 10 / 11  -  The International Indian Film Academy awards will be held in June and promises many big names SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg THE first week of June will be manna for Indian showbiz fans in Singapore. Not only is Bollywood musical extravaganza Taj Express making its world premiere
      PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER  -  466 words
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    • 56 2 03 > > > IWA smmr s Vi, Indian Women’s Association :bazaar: Join us for a dangerously tempting, slightly wicked and absolutely irresistible Summer Bazaar FREE ADMISSION Join us for a day of pure selfish indulgence! IWA SUMMER BAZAAR Friday 4 May 1 0am-8pm Marriott Hotel Singapore National Integration Council
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    • 55 2 You want answers? I think... You want answers? I WANT the truth! You can’t HANDLE the truth! Son, uramaki sushi and balik style salmon may not be the best combination. I recommend the Arabic mezze followed by apple cinnamon pancakes with sour cherry compote and vanilla sauce. AIRWAYSi,|fc^« A delicious
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    • 371 3 VFS Global is pleased to offer convenient and professional services at its India Visa and Passport Application Centres VFS IIMDIA CBD, Anson Road #1 5-02, 79 Anson Road, Singapore *****6 Business Hours: Submission: 08:30 hrs to 16:30 hrs (on all working days, except public holidays) Collection: 17:30 hrs to 18:30
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 549 4 Immigrants are important for the country’s renewal IF SINGAPORE wants to prevent a decline in its citizen population from 2025, it will need 20,000 to 25,000 new citizens each year. That is assuming no big increase in the number of Singaporean babies born here. The
      Source: National Population, Talent Division; GRAPHICS: THE STRAITS TIMES  -  549 words
    • 895 8 / 9  -  South African bankers in Singapore go barefoot for a month to raise money for Jaipur street children ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN ankitav@sph.com.sg HOW FAR are you willing to go for charity? Most of us wouldn’t mind pitching in with a portion of the month’s salary. Or
      PHOTOS: ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN, SOLEGIVERS  -  895 words
    • 240 12 / 13 24-hour on-site exhibit showcases early Indian tradesmen AMID the hustle and bustle of Little India, you could chance upon cardboard figures dotting the area. These large standees are of Indian tradesmen doing various jobs done by the Indian immigrants who came to Singapore in
      PHOTOS: INDIAN HERITAGE CENTRE  -  240 words
    • 227 17 SINGAPORE’S inflation accelerated sharply last month, led by a jump in the cost of cars and housing. The country’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 5.2 per cent last month from a year earlier, far exceeding February’s 4.6 per cent pace and beating the estimates of
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    • Singapore news
      • 96 17 TRAIN operator SMRT plans to spend an estimated $900 million in additional maintenance and upgrading to make the ride a lot smoother. It is changing a slew of components and systems on its ageing North-South and East-West lines in the wake of a spate of
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      • 146 17 SINGAPORE wants visitors, but not “all and sundry”. They have to be special. In an interview with The Business Times, Singapore Tourism Board (STB) chief Aw Kah Peng said that as the tourism industry continues to grow, its contribution to the country’s GDP could double to as
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      • 145 17 IN RECENT years, the flow of blue collar workers from the Malaysian tap has slowed to a drip, due to a booming economy across the Causeway combined with the rising cost of living here. Companies across various sectors like retail, food and beverage and manufacturing told The
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    • 94 23 1 cent Property tax bill received by retiree Steven Ooi for his Braddell Road apartment. He sent a cheque 39Candles on Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s birthday cake on April 24 21Trees toppled in Pasir Ris Park on April 22 night. It could be due to heavy rainfall and
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    • 241 23 “If you want to ride for the heart, you ride the Bullet; if you want to ride for performance, you ride the Harley.” Chennai motorcyclist George Koshy who owns four Enfield bikes (known as the Bullet). The 57-year-old Enfield company sold 74,600 motorcycles in India in 2011, a
      PHOTO:THE STRAITS TIMES  -  241 words
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  • BUSINESS
    • 739 6 / 7  -  biz matters: Shael Oswal (managing director, Alata Overseas) PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg FROM his office in Beach Road, Mr Shael Oswal scours the world. His mining business is now centred mostly around coal. He sources it from Indonesia and supplies the commodity to customers in the region and
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    • biz notes
      • 130 6 / 7 GMR Infrastructure (GMR), New Delhi airport’s operator, has been permitted to raise charges. This will affect travellers as air ticket prices will go up. In a statement, GMR said ticket prices for international flights operating from the airport would rise by an average
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      • 152 6 / 7 Standard Poor’s cuts India outlook to negative THE change could affect India’s long-term rating of BBB-, which is the lowest investment grade rating. S&P said in its statement: “We expect only modest progress in fiscal and public sector reforms, given the political cycle with the next elections to be held
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      • 146 6 / 7 YOU may not find as many Nissan cars as Suzuki or Hyundai models on Indian roads but Japan’s No. 2 car manufacturer has big plans for India. It is the fastest growing exporter of cars from India and wants to become the
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      • 105 6 / 7 THE American bank has signed the biggest commercial office space deal in India. The Times Of India reported that the bank is paying Rs950 crores for about three lakh sq ft spread over six floors of a 12-storey building the First International Financial
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    • Article, Illustration
      13 6 / 7 RS42.32 US$0.80 A$0.77 ¤0.60 £0.49 Exchange rates as of April 26, 2012
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    • 128 8 / 9 Fight and you may die. Run and you’ll live. At least a while. And DYING in your beds, many years from now, would you he willing to trade all days, from this day to that, for one CHANCE, just one chance to try our warm tandoori chicken sandwich for starters
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    • 101 8 / 9 KERALA AYURVEDA CENTRE KERALA AYURVEDA CENTRE 444 Serangoon Road Singapore *****6 (Opposite Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple) Tel: 6392 4158 Working Hours: 9am to 8pm. Closed On Mondays. Centre For Traditional Ayurvedic Treatments The fully equipped treatment centre offers all facilities for Traditional Ayurvedic Treatments under the supervision of experienced Ayurvedic
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  • FOOD
    • 396 14  -  SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg AFTER more than a year in business, Grand Palki is refreshing its menu. Not a big surprise, given that restaurants like to keep things interesting for their regulars... but not deprive them of their favourites. I dropped in for lunch to sample
      PHOTOS: SHEELA NARAYANAN  -  396 words
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    • 85 14 FLEXI :v. iii Helps improve fundamental movement skills > Development of all-round personality for individuals group Development includes improvement in speed, agility, quickness, stamina, co-ordination, balance various game skills Programme also has Athletics, Tennis, Soccer, Taekwondo, etc Kid's Yoga included in every session of the programme > New programme available
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  • EDUCATION
    • 501 15 Latest report says gender, caste and class still affect education opportunities Indo-Asian News Service IT IS estimated that 270 million people aged 15 and older remain illiterate in India. This is according to The Opportunity For Action report, released in Washington by Microsoft
      Indo-Asian News Service; PHOTOS: IANS  -  501 words
    • 451 16  -  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) SHOUMIK DABIR, DEVANSHI PATNAIK ROHAN VARGHESE
      PHOTOS: GIIS  -  451 words
    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 289 16  -  TAIJASI SHARMA SHRABANTI JANA, Class 12B EARLIER this month, our service learning trip took us to Jogjakarta, a place rich in history with the UNESCO World Heritage site of Borobudur located Borobudur located nearby. It was a wonderful opportunity to combine service learning with sightseeing.
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      • 231 16  -  SHLOKA SRIVASTAVA, ASHWIN ANNADURAI, Class 4A Class 4D OUR unique Mimio Lab at GIIS Balestier was being set up by our teachers when, unable to resist, we peeped into the room and asked them what they were doing. We learnt that it was for our
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    • 204 15 "I am very happy with the progress made by my children at GIIS." Ms Roffaela Sini Parent of GIIS students Viola, Class 2 and Pietro, Class 4, GIIS Queenstown Campus (2012 Testimonial) l y c Global Indian International School's (GIIS) Primary Programme is a preferred programme based on the pioneering
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 413 18 / 19  -  LOOKING GOOD Komathy Rajaratnam This fortnightly column by Dr Komathy Rajaratnam (founder of The Lifestyle Clinic at 16-03 Camden Medical Centre, tel: 6733-0788) will deal with beauty and aesthetic issues relevant to the Indian body type. IT IS inevitable... we all age. We celebrate
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    • 593 18 / 19  -  That gives Joy Sengupta more scope to flesh out his roles TAJ EXPRESS, presented by SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg HE WENT from playing 20 characters to just two in Taj Express, the mega Bollywood musical making its world debut in Singapore in June. But Joy Sengupta
      PHOTO: TAJ EXPRESS  -  593 words
    • 166 18 / 19 SINGTEL mio TV has spiced up its Indian entertainment options by adding three highly-anticipated channels for the Hindi-speaking community: SET (Hindi) (Ch 644), SAB TV (Ch 648) and Sony MAX (Ch 668) have been available for viewing from April 13 and they take
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    • 161 18 / 19 Get your copy of tabla! delivered to your doorstep every Friday for a year...for only $24 Call 6319-1800 or e-mail circs@sph.com.sg My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the armies of the north, general of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the TRUE emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a
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  • RELAX
    • 325 20 PRAYERS Shree Lakshminarayan Temple celebrates its 43rd anniversary with bhajans. Free admission. When: April 29, 8.30am Where: Shree Laksminarayan Temple, 5 Chander Road Contact: 6293-0195 TALK Singapore Dakshina Bharatha Brahmana Sabha will have a special presentation on the Vedas, the original body of Hindu teachings. Vedic hymns will
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    • 59 20 MUSIC GSwaanubuti A Carnatic vocal recital by Sushma Somasekharan. Admission by invitation only. When: April 28, 7.15pm Where: Singapore Repertory Theatre, Merbau Road, Robertson Quay Contact: 9694-4545 GAn evening of Hindustani classical vocal music by Madhuvanti Bhide (left). Free admission. When: April 29, 5.30pm Where:
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    • Article, Illustration
      201 20  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Who made a reclining figure of French national icon Victor Hugo in 1901? a) Auguste Rodin b) Pablo Picasso c) Van Gogh 2. What was defined as “three grains of barley, dry and round, placed end to end lengthwise”? a) Centimetre b) Inch c) Yard 3.
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 52 20 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. G For solutions, turn to page 22. G Now, now,
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    • 339 20 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 With little slack 5 Alternative to a chairlift 9 Prelude To (Meg Ryan film) 14 Resort city north of Lake Tahoe 15 100 metre, for one 16 “Give don’t pollute!” 17 “While” lead-in 18 Sandy hue 19 Big name in Thanksgiving parades 20 Congratulate, in a way
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    • 93 21 r SOORYA (SINGAPORE) PRESENTS S' tanamarr? i Ode to the legend celebrating the musical genius of MOHAMMED RAFI through Music, Dance and Cinema mi -V In association with 2012 •*v v .x *r V5SS®SB6i V A t? Featuring^ £r O' Venue, Date Time (6 Shenton Way) 2012, (Sun), 7:30 pm
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 194 21 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 3.30pm SONY ENT: Koi Mil Gaya 5pm STAR PLUS: Ajab Prem Ki Gajab Kahani 9pm STAR GOLD: Thank You 9pm VASANTHAM: Mounam Samadham Mn VTV: Sinthanei Sei 10.30pm VASANTHAM: Nanjupuram 10pm ZEE CINEMA: Don 2 Mn VTV: Engal Anna Mn STAR GOLD: Rockstar sunday 1pm VASANTHAM: Johny
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
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    • 61 22 private tuition For all secondary and senior secondary classes Physics Maths (ICSE, IGCSE CBSE) /w" details contact: ?cation. My Residence at Rnnr,u. S INDAH FAIDAH ITT Tailoring Alteration Punjabi Suits Pavadai Suits Matching Dupattas Ironing Service Flower Prayer Items at Mix Match Blk 672 #01 -32 Chancier Road (Opp Lakshimi
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    • 140 22 Three Office Space For At Orchard Plaza 453/624/829 sqft (three units) Asking $725k S990k $1.31 mil respectively Tenanted with monthly rental of $2568 $2996 till Dec 2012 March 2013 respectively Maintenance fee of $395 $543 $722 respectively Building for corporate image Approximate 0.23km from Somerset MRT Located in the heart
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 337 22 FUTURE SPEAKS Aries If you are negotiating a property deal, the results could be positive. Avoid conflicts at work and home. Taurus This is a good period for studying and learning anything new. Your communication skills will be at their peak so it’s a good time to clinch deals which
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    • 26 22 SOLUTIONS crossword quiz sudoku 1. Auguste Rodin 2. Inch 3. Cleopatra 4. Bouillabaisse 5. Urals 6. Hastings 7. Mushroom 8. Adding machine 9. Milan 10. Pups
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  • SPORTS
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      804 24  -  Is the off-spinner becoming extinct in the short-boundary T20 game? columnstar HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg HAVING watched relentless, frenetic T20 cricket for three weeks. I thought I would watch some Test cricket and allow its beautiful, lazy rhythm to lull me to sleep. I needed to... the incessant
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    • 103 28 JAYPEE^GREENg /fkD -hU)1bA, Uvtlti Wake up to the sights and sounds of India’s first International racing circuit. These projects are in the same township as the Buddh International Circuit. JAYPEE GREENS KASSIA From 20.4 Lacs JAYPEE GREENS SPORTS CiTY YOUR DREAM HOME DESERVES A DREAM LOCATION o 11 1 Starting
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