Tabla, 16 November 2012

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  • 29 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT O F THE INDIAN CO MM U NITY INDIAN COMMUNITY MICA (P) 042/11/2012 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2012 SjSl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • 1664 1  -  Up close with Indian authors at the Singapore Writers Festival DEEPIKA SHETTY deepikas@sph.com.sg IT IS minutes before our dinner session and my fashionably low-tech guest Pico Iyer has read me like the open book that I am. “You look calmer,” he says. We are meeting after three years.
    PHOTOS: EDELMAN SINGAPORE, DEEPIKA SHETTY  -  1,664 words
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    • 9 1 WATCHING AISHWARYA DURING HER SINGAPORE TRIP PAGES 14 15
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  • INDIA
    • 381 2 London honours Noor Inayat Khan with a memorial ON Nov 8, Britain’s first memorial to an Asian woman was unveiled in London. It was to commemorate Ms Noor Inayat Khan, who ran a spy network in France for the British during World War
      PHOTOS: REUTERS, SHRABANI BASU  -  381 words
    • 1064 3  -  That is what Goonj, an NGO founded by former journalist Anshu Gupta, does for the villagers in rural India JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg WHEN Anshu Gupta was an eager freelance writer, he used to roam the little lanes of Old Delhi on his scooter, sourcing for
      PHOTOS: GOONJ  -  1,064 words
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 240 4 THE Festival of Lights kicked off in a big way on Nov 12 night with the Amarkala Deepavali 2012, the countdown concert held by local Tamil-language station Vasantham. More than 250 local artistes were involved in the concert which was attended by former president S.R. Nathan who
      PHOTOS: VASANTHAM, THE STRAITS TIMES  -  240 words
    • 343 6/7 DESPITE a larger population, Singapore is greener than it was before, but not necessarily cleaner. So thinks Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. He noted at the launch of Ang Mo Kio GRC and Sengkang West’s two-year Our Clean And Green Home campaign on Nov 11
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    • 476 6/7 SINGAPORE’S first underground science city could have 40 linked rock caverns for research and development (R&D) facilities and data centres, a feasibility study has found. These would be located under Kent Ridge Park in the west and up to 4,200 scientists, researchers and other professionals could
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    • 197 6/7 A ride for charity... Senior Minister of State for Education and Law Indranee Rajah took part in a charity motorbike ride to raise funds for needy students. She rode pillion with civil servant Aris Hassan, 53, to the finishing point of the Riders’ Aid Charity Ride
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    • 127 6/7 from 2014, primary and secondary schools will no longer focus solely on textbook learning when it comes to character and citizenship education (CCE). This means CCE classes will use day-to-day examples as “teachable moments”. Teachers of other subjects will also be encouraged to incorporate values teaching into
      PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES  -  127 words
    • singapore snippets
      • 113 6/7 PRODUCTIVITY improvements will not help much to ease the demand for foreign workers in the construction, healthcare and home sectors. In the construction sector, where workload is projected to increase 50 per cent, the demand for foreign workers is projected to rise to up
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      • 128 6/7 ONE of Singapore’s pioneer civil servants, Mr J.Y. Pillay, was presented with the Order of Nila Utama (First Class) by President Tony Tan Keng Yam. Mr Pillay was among some 440 National Day Award recipients who received their awards from the President on
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      • 140 6/7 PROPOSED changes to the mandatory death penalty for drug traffickers are not a sign that Singapore is softening its legendary zero tolerance of this longstanding menace. Rather, they will boost the country’s agencies’ ability to fight the growing scourge both at home
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      • 120 6/7 FOUR in 10 pupils from several of Singapore’s top primary schools live in Housing Board flats. That is half the national average of eight in 10 pupils for all primary schools, Education Minister Heng Swee Keat revealed in a
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      • 97 6/7 THE Finance Ministry revealed that Singapore’s richest 1 per cent comprises of a group of 32,285 people who have an average annual taxable income of $700,000. And the number of such individuals has gone up over four years from 29,524 in Year
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    • 325 8 Siglap South IAEC’s efforts to keep the Bommai tradition alive THE Siglap South Indian Activity Executive Committee (IAEC) held an exhibition of dolls or a Bommai Kolu to celebrate Navarathri in a bid to rekindle residents’ interest in the tradition. In many South Indian homes, the Bommai
      PHOTOS: SIGLAP SOUTH IAEC  -  325 words
    • 460 11  -  Ramanathan Vairavan’s poems win Singapore Literature Prize JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg IT TOOK him 10 years to put together a book containing 105 poems and now, Mr Ramanathan Vairavan has been duly rewarded for his literary effort. He won the Singapore Literature Prize worth
      PHOTO: NBDC  -  460 words
    • 749 12 / 13  -  Deepika Shetty SUCH is the draw of this charming literary rock star that a lady flew in from Manila just to have dinner with Pico Iyer. Eat Your Words, a literary dinner, with the travel and culture chronicler part of the recently concluded Singapore Writers
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    • 695 14 / 15  -  Family, balance and fun, these are important things for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg IT MUST be a pre-requisite for Bollywood actresses to inspire a fair amount of schadenfreude (German for delight in another’s misfortune) especially if that actress is Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. When I
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    • 133 14 / 15 heart-thumping dhol beats echoed through Ang Mo Kio’s Cheng San Community Club as Bhangra Bonanza got underway. The three-hour Bhangra dance event on Nov 10 was organised by the Youth Sikh Association (YSA), together with the Kebun Baru Indian Activities Executive Committee and Narpani Pearavai. Top Bhangra
      PHOTO: YSA  -  133 words
    • 59 21 800 Number of passengers each three-car train can carry on the new Downtown Line 0.4 per cent Fall in India’s industrial production in September 91,000 Healthcare workers needed in 2030 in Singapore 50.8 million Diabetes patients in India in 2009, according to the International Diabetes Foundation 30,285 Beneficiaries
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    • 239 21 “There is a circus going on and I am being treated as a joker.” Former Indian athlete Pinki Pramanik, described as a male in a police charge sheet which also accused her of rape “Many who observe this holiday will light the Diya, or lamp, which symbolises
      PHOTOS: IANS  -  239 words
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  • EDUCATION
    • 574 9 More foreigners showing interest in Hindi while many in India favour English over it Indo-Asian News Service IN recent years, there have been genuine concerns about the phasing out of the Hindi language in many parts of India a stark assumption but nevertheless one that
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    • 391 10  - Physics fair music, food, games and science 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) ARSHA AGARWAL, Class 9 IGCSE ON Oct
      PHOTOS: DPSIS  -  391 words
    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 260 10  -  CHANDRIKA BAJAJ REASHIKA DAS, Class 9 IGCSE Class 9 IGCSE THE all-day physics carnival proved to be a thrilling opportunity to play crime investigators while demonstrating physics principles. For our project In The Police Department we showed how physics is used in the devices
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      • 299 10  -  ADITYA UMAKANTH, Class 9 IGCSE IN PLANNING for the physics carnival, our team (Rahul, Sarthak and I) wanted to take on a significant challenge, that would set us apart from the others assembling and programming our own robot. When we took up this challenge, we
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 626 16 Kamal Hassan says he’s too busy wrapping up his latest movie to think about anything else IT HAS been almost two years since Kamal Hassan’s last movie Manmadan Ambu a romantic comedy and now the 58-year-old is back with yet another film but this time a
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    • 74 16 m wm .P>.rra (ppSteMBUr OF @Mnm]l jg5Y Friday, 23 DD November 2012 5.30 AM 9.45 PM Singapore Khalsa Association t2 Tessensohn Doad Programme Highlights jHHKi Prayers Ekadasi Rudram kAKSHA ARCHANA SapSpiritual Education Children's Programme Tibetan Buddhist Chanting Devotional Concert by Bro Ajnish Rai Harmony of Faiths Bhajan Musical Presentation Cake-cutting
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  • FOOD
    • 638 17  -  New additions to the extensive menu SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg WHEN it comes to the Festival of Lights, I love gorging on the mithais, murukus and just about every Indian dish presented to me this season. After a week of that, I crave something different. This
      PHOTOS: CHILI’S GRILL AND BAR  -  638 words
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 84 18 friday 4.30pm ASIANET: Film Star 9pm VASANTHAM: Oorukku Oru Pillai Mn STAR GOLD: Kahani Mn VTV: Sundara Travels TV HIGHLIGHTS saturday 1pm VASANTHAM: Maapillai 3pm COLORS: Dil Kabaddi 3.30pm SONY ENT: Judwaa 3.30pm STAR PLUS: Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham 4pm VASANTHAM: Hera Pheri 6pm ZEE TV: Don 2 6pm COLORS:
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    • 337 18 Lucky Oye 4pm VASANTHAM: Paiyaa 4.30pm STAR PLUS: Fatso 6pm ZEE TV: Pyaar Ka Punchnama 6pm COLORS: Patiala House 7.30pm ASIANET: Snehaveedu Mn VTV: Inidhu Indhu monday 1.30pm VIJAY: Aadupulli Aattam 3.30pm SONY ENT: Dil 4pm ASIANET: Yes Your Honour Mn VTV: Kai Vantha Kalai tuesday 3.30pm SONY ENT: Qayamat
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  • RELAX
    • 343 19 PROPERTY EXHIBITION HDFC’s India Homes Fair features row houses, apartments, plots and villas. Free admission. When: Nov 24 25, 10am to 8pm Where: Singapore Expo Hall 4A Contact: 6536-7000 MINISTERIAL DIALOGUE Making It Happen is a ministerial dialogue with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
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    • 49 19 CHRISTMAS LIGHT-UP President Tony Tan Keng Yam will officiate the annual Orchard Road Christmas light-up. The ceremony will also mark the start of Community Chest’s annual fund-raising event. When: Nov 17, 7pm Where: ION 2 (outdoor atrium of ION Orchard)Contact: Log on to www.orchardroad.org/light-up-ceremony
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    • Article, Illustration
      201 19  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Who among these wrote his notes in mirror image? a) Rembrandt b) Leonardo da Vinci c) Vincent Van Gogh 2. Which Hollywood actress participated as Miss USA in the 1986 Miss World contest? a) Demi Moore b) Halle Berry c) Julia Roberts 3. Langda or Langra
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 329 19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 More than ready 6 Improvises chords 11 Eye network 14 Mrs Bush 15 Make accustomed (to) 16 Contemptible 17 Needing a tan, perhaps 19 D.C. to Dover dir. 20 “Mystery solved!” 21 Nipper’s co. 22 It may be concealed cosmetically 23 Postman’s concern 27 Exposed layer of
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    • 79 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 To be elected president of India, the
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 30 20 1. Leonardo da Vinci 2. Halle Berry 3. Mango 4. Blue 5. Madrid 6. Marco Polo 7. Flying (Pilot) 8. Ballot 9. Contact lens 10. Brazil sudoku crossword quiz SOLUTIONS
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  • SPORTS
    • 1446 22/23  -  Bhakti Sharma has conquered the seven seas and now has her sights on the Antarctic RAKESH KUMAR Women’s Feature Service BHAKTI Sharma used to be quite the water baby. She is the youngest in the world to have crossed seven seas, including four oceans; is only the
      Women’s Feature Service; PHOTOS: RAKESH KUMAR, WFS  -  1,446 words
    • star column
      • 1007 22/23  -  HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg IT IS not surprising that a series against England stirs the senses. In recent times encounters against Australia have produced a little more vitriol and cricket against Pakistan tends to consume everyone, often for the wrong reasons. But in spite of the
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    • 274 24 Attention NRIs and PIOs www.hdfc.com It takes hours to reach your homeland, but just a hop to choose a home there. Find a home in India, right here at the Singapore Expo. HDFC'S India 1$ Prime properties of India, right here in Singapore we make homes happen V J Venue:
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