Tabla, 26 October 2012

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  • 26 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT O F THE INDIAN CO MMUNITY THE INDIANCOMMUNITY S|5l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 062/03/2012 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26,2012
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  • Article, Illustration
    1637 1  -  Everest hero Dr Kumaran Rasappan who works with patients, prisoners is named tabla! Community Champion SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg HE IS the man who went up a mountain and came down a reluctant hero. The first question Dr Kumaran Rasappan asked tabla! when we told him he was the
    PHOTOS: KUMARAN RASAPPAN, GAYATHRI NADARAJAN, TTSH  -  1,637 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 192 1 TAN DOOR CURRY f <(Vv U LEJ!S£7©[nI<£ {?®©(3 ©GO <3 (3D SET MENU EXECUTIVE LUNCH FINE DINING EXCLUSIVE BAR ISLAND WIDE FOOD DELIVERY EXCLUSIVE CATERING PRIVATE CORPORATE EVENTS Hotline: 9118 7234 6487 5427 Email: sales@tcc.com.sg Web: www.tcc.com.sg D Like us facebook.com/tandoorcc INDIA’S ‘KING OF ROMANCE’ IS DEAD PAGE 18 ARVIND
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    • 6 1 SECOND tabla! CHAMPION FETED: PAGE 10
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  • INDIA
    • 798 2 Politician wannabe Arvind Kejriwal is winning over the Indian middle class and youths by pointing fingers at corrupt politicians, many of whom now hate him Indo-Asian News Service FOR the young and sections of the Indian middle class he is a “hero” who has “unmasked” corrupt politicians.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 368 3 ONE OF THE 10 BEST FILMS OF THE MILLENNIUM” Devdas Sat, 3 Nov, 10 pm Time Magazine CINFNla 1 r TV ■Or, Ah. A V" ft X ~jL h A K > AAR E M A, StarHub 1 i r i ’4.n I Rab Se Sona Ishq Every Mon Fri
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  • BUSINESS
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      1030 4  -  biz matters: Harveen Narulla (Director (strategy) at GreenPost) PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg WHEN Mr Harveen Narulla was a law student at the National University of Singapore (NUS) he did a year of studies at McGill University in Montreal. Most students like him, who go on exchange programmes, gain something
      PHOTO: NICHOLAS LEONG  -  1,030 words
    • 282 4 biz DEPUTY Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam wants more Singapore companies to show interest in India. At the first Singapore-India Business Dialogue at the Singapore Management University on Oct 19, he noted that although interest in India has improved, it is still not enough compared to the
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    • 9 4 S I N G RS43.94 US$0.81 A$0.79 ¤0.63 £0.51
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    • 14 4 U S RS53.73 A$0.96 ¤0.76 £0.62 S$1.22 Exchange rates as of Oct 24, 2012
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 276 6 / 7 SERVICE 860 was launched on Oct 21 and is one of the first buses launched under the Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP), a government initiative to benefit commuters by increasing bus capacity and enhancing bus-service levels. With service 860, commuters now have access to better
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    • 229 6 / 7 AFTER falling for two months, inflation has swung up again. Prices last month were 4.7 per cent higher, compared with September 2011. In August this year, inflation was 3.9 per cent. Some economists are now predicting an extended period of persistently high inflationary pressures,
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    • 369 6 / 7 THIS year marks the 45th year of national service (NS) and, on Oct 22, 66 personnel were recognised at the NS45 Commemoration Dinner at Marina Bay Floating Platform for the NSF of the Year award. The NSF of the Year award is given in
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    • singapore snippets
      • 109 6 / 7 NEW facilities in at least 23 MRT and LRT stations will be completed in the next three years. Upgrading work by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) includes building linkways to nearby buildings, bicycle racks, railings and covered taxi and pick-up bays. It could not say
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      • 87 6 / 7 SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) has frozen cadet-pilot recruitment and cut flying hours for junior pilots amid a business slowdown that has led to a manpower surplus. The last cadet intake was early this year and it has not been decided when hiring will resume, SIA spokesman
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      • 107 6 / 7 AFTER a spate of unauthorised withdrawals by card-skimming syndicates that steal customer data to clone cards for use, usually abroad, banks had started deactivating ATM and debit cards for overseas ATM withdrawals from May. But a Visa online survey, of 100 debit card holders who
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      • 132 6 / 7 ACCESSING details of your Central Provident Fund or income tax records online will, in future, require more than your identity card number and SingPass. On Aug 31, the Government issued a tender for a contractor to build and operate a new national system to better
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    • 570 10  -  Guest of honour Minister Shanmugam lauds him for being a role model for the community Sheela Narayanan THE unshed tears in Mr K. Rasappan’s eyes spoke more for him than his quiet words did on Oct 20 when his son, Dr Kumaran Rasappan received the tabla!
      PHOTOS: ARUN RAMU  -  570 words
    • 821 11  -  The three-day event saw nearly 15,000 visitors shopping for festive goods from clothes to jewellery to food JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg IF THERE were a word to encapsulate the Deepavali Mela 2012, it would be “colourful”. And by that we do not just mean the bright saris
      PHOTOS: ARUN RAMU, JAMUNA SUNDARAJ  -  821 words
    • 82 14 Rs275 crores Allocated by the Indian government towards biodiversity conservation 40Number of times whistleblower official Ashok Khemka has been transferred by the Haryana government in 21 years $250,000 Raised by Red Cross at a bazaar for humanitarian services in Singapore 500 Women took part in mass yoga at
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    • 260 14 “A building is no different from a human body. It has an external facade like skin, an internal structure like a skeleton, a respiratory system of air-conditioning and ventilation.” Design expert Nigel Grier of The Green Asia Group consultancy “I think Sachin Tendulkar is our greatest Kohinoor.”
      PHOTO: RANG MAHAL  -  260 words
    • 365 17  -  A delegation, including his relatives, visit Singapore as part of this journey NILANJANA SENGUPTA ON OCT 21, 1943, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose proclaimed the formation of the Provisional Government of Azad Hind and, at a ceremony at the Cathay Building in Singapore, had declared
      PHOTO: INDIAN HIGH COMMISSION  -  365 words
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    • 81 6 / 7 Singapore Indian 'IV\ presents Society Compositions of Sri Arunachala Kavi By Kalaimamani S. Rajeswari (India) S.Rajeswari is a high rank artiste of All India Radio in Carnatic vocal music. She is a recipient of the prestigious Kalaimamani award and the Sangeet Natak Akademi award. Violin K Sivaraman Accompanists: Mridangam T
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    • 12 8 / 9 SECOND tabla! CHAMPION FETED: PAGE 10 FUN AT DEEPAVALI MELA: PAGE 11
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    • 118 14 Chinmaya Seva Centre Singapore presents Talks by Swami Swaroopananda Director in charge of Chinmaya International Residential School, Coimbatore, India Regional Head of Chinmaya Mission Australia, United Kingdom and Far East Spiritual Laws of Success What can you do to steer your life or that of your loved ones towards a
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  • EDUCATION
    • 598 15  -  For her innovative teaching techniques, Rosvinder Sidhu wins Inspiring Teacher of English Award JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg THESE days, with heightened concerns about how attached children are to their electronic gadgets, Mrs Rosvinder Sidhu believes that teachers and parents should tap on technology to enhance the
      PHOTO: SPEAK GOOD ENGLISH MOVEMENT  -  598 words
    • 639 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, GIIS) RAHUL DATTA, Class 9 IGCSE OUR school’s first
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 203 16 RICHA DEORUKHKAR, Class 6A THE highlight of our Science Week celebrations was definitely the Science Exhibition conducted by the students of Class 6. All the science teachers and students were looking forward to this day with anticipation. All participants had made their own project on elements while
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      • 359 16 KRITHIKA LAKSHMI, Class 8 IGCSE OUR school’s first inter-house anagram competition was an event aimed mainly at enhancing vocabulary. Each player was given an English word and they had to use all the letters forming that word to form another meaningful word. For example, the letters in
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    • 93 17 DPS Torch (Bearers in the <FieCd of (Education... INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL Innovative Arts Initiatives DPS We believe students flourish when creativity drives learning iiiimii till v An education for the heart Soul, an education for the mind body t a Value based education with equal opportunities. JPL UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE International
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 660 18  -  Fans and stars mourn Bollywood director-producer director-producer Yash Chopra Sheela Narayanan SI N G A P O R E f a n s mourned the death of producer-director Yash Chopra (right) who died on Oct 21 from dengue in Mumbai. Host and comedian Sharul Channa who
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    • 25 18 Vir Das (IND) Kumar (SIN) Shazia Mirza (UK) Ron Josol (CAN/PHIL) Jonathan Atherton (AUS) 2 nd 3 rd NOVEMBER 2012 ESPLANADE THEATRE www.TheComedyClub.asia r*- 1
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  • FOOD
    • 646 19  -  “You curry, we hurry” that’s Dial-A-Curry’s tagline and while we are amused by it, we are more than pleased with the food JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg EVERY few weeks, we try to squeeze in a team lunch at our office, a not-so-easy effort considering
      PHOTO: JAMUNA SUNDARAJ  -  646 words
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  • RELAX
    • 319 20 BAZAAR G GIIS Diwali Bazaar with Dandiya Dhamaal is a festive market with stalls selling apparel, handicrafts, jewellery and food/chaats. There will also be cultural performances and dandiya dancing. Tickets: $5 (Free for children under 14) When: Oct 25, 11am to 8pm Where: GIIS East Coast Campus, 82
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    • 30 20 CONCERT Singer Shreya Ghoshal in concert. Tickets: $250, $188, $128, $68, $48, $38 When: Oct 31, 8pm Where: Esplanade Theatre Contact: 6348-5555 or e-mail info@phgevents.com
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    • Article, Illustration
      174 20  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. In which country did the tango dance originate? a) Argentina b) Germany c) Portugal 2. What is the name of Yogi bear's girlfriend? a) Arnie bear b) Tina bear c) Cindy bear 3. Who wrote the novel For Whom the Bell Tolls? a) Ernest Hemingway b)
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 50 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 uniquedigits going across and down over the large grid. G For solutions, turn to next page. Now, now, don’t cheat
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    • 310 20 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Stops wavering 5 Deep carpet 9 Persian Gulf sultanate 13 Boxer’s comeback? 14 Multi-country dough 15 Too proud to stoop to 16 Fuming 18 Fastener for a girder 19 Famed horror-film street 20 Little kiddie 21 Hard hitter, Biblically 23 Hardly go-getters 25 Red Riding Hood’s hero
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 412 21 Rlr o Advertisement Mariners’ Cricket Club Guest of Honor: Mr AJIT WADEKAR K Jr RESOLVE tJt A l^n S 0, K A S, A A. IW (Tthome W Timur r am SJ ns i m Hi Team Resolve with 2011 Guest-of-Honour Mr Ajit Wadekar (middle), a former international cricketer who
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 392 21 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 9.30am VASANTHAM: Kulama Gunama 1pm VASANTHAM: Ra Ra 3.30pm STAR PLUS: Ra. One 3.30pm SONY ENT: Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi 4.30pm ASIANET: Asuravithu 9pm VASANTHAM: Sathyam Mn VTV: Adra Saka Adra Saka Saturday 1pm VASANTHAM: Aval Appadithan Devgn) Mn VTV: Rowthiram Sunday 1pm VASANTHAM: Oh My
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 27 22 1. Argentina 2. Cindy bear 3. Ernest Hemingway 4. Geneva 5. Poles 6. Gestapo 7. Hydrophobia 8. Etymology 9. Ge 10. South Africa sudoku crossword quiz SOLUTIONS
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  • SPORTS
    • 780 23  -  Selectors need to plan for the 2014 England and Australia tours columnstar HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg LIKE a rock and roll festival coming to an end, T20 is winding down and it is time to begin to appreciate a symphony; the bhangra will give way
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