Tabla, 8 February 2013

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  • 31 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT O F THE INDIAN CO MM U NITY AN COMMUNTY Sfvl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 042/11/2012 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2013 OF FRIDAY,
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  • Article, Illustration
    1377 1  -  The Kumbh Mela in Allahabad draws millions for the ritual holy bath ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN tabla@sph.com IN THE north Indian city of Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, Hindu pilgrims are descending in millions to take a dip at the holy confluence of the rivers Ganga, Yamuna and the
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    • 214 1 THE HEARTBEAT O F THE INDIAN INDIAN SCIENTISTS DEVELOP ‘SNAKE’ ROBOTS PAGE 5 AN Get tabla! delivered to your doorstep. Call 6319-1800 or e-mail circs@sph.com.sg Catch us online at www.tabla.com.sg 1 IT FEBRUARY Stone of the month IXIavarathna jh0 QQQ Navaratnas are considered auspicious and believed to give the wearer
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    • 16 1 INDIAN CO MM U NITY AN COMMUNTY WHAT'S IN STORE THIS CHINESE NEW YEAR PAGE 10
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  • INDIA
    • 731 4 Flashy cars, gold, tablet computers Indo-Asian News Service FOR reasons other than preaching salvation and guiding the teeming millions on faith and spirituality, the saf-fron-robed seers camping in the sprawling Kumbh Mela premises are making waves for many other reasons too. Some are attracting eyeballs for
      Indo-Asian News Service; PHOTOS: AP, AFP  -  731 words
    • 468 5 Snake robots developed by Indian scientists can be used to locate survivors under rubble Indo-Asian News Service THEY can slither through the rubble of buildings brought down by earthquakes, locate survivors and alert rescuers they are no ordinary beings, but “snake robots” developed by Indian scientists
      Indo-Asian News Service; PHOTOS: IANS  -  468 words
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    • 105 4 Vocal Traditions of India j Presenting the best of Hindustani classical music ■*v Ms Manjiri Asanare-Kelkar Pandit Sanjeev Abhyankar MS MANJIRI ASANARE-KELKAR (INDIA) 5.30 pm PANDIT SANJEEV ABHYANKAR (INDIA) 7.30 pm Accompanied by Suyog Kundalkar (India) on harmonium and Sanjay Deshpande (India) on tabla! Ticket price: $50 (includes both concerts)
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 76 5 IndiGo to Chennai Introducing a daily direct flight. Starting March 2nd. Po now! Singapore Chennai 5:50 am SGD319 Chennai Singapore 10:00 pm SGD 319 All inclusive lowest return fare including 20 kg check-in baggage per person per sector. The above timings are local departure timings. Limited seats. goIndiGo.in h from
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  • BUSINESS
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      594 6 / 7  -  biz matters: S Palaniappan (managing director, Abiraame Jewellers) PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg HE TOOK the road less travelled and established a name and future not just for himself but for his children too. Mr S. Palaniappan, 67, followed his father as a young boy from Pudukottai in Tamil Nadu
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    • biz notes
      • 97 6 / 7 AIR traffic between India and Singapore continues to grow. “In 2012, passenger traffic between India and Singapore increased by 10.4 per cent,” a Changi Airport spokesman told PTI. India is among the top 10 countries by passenger traffic and airfreight tonnage served by Changi Airport. On the
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      • 123 6 / 7 SIKKIM hopes to attract 200,000 visitors when it hosts its second International Flower Show from Feb 23-27. The show will draw participants from the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, China, Taiwan, Thailand and Nepal as well, the Political and Economic Journal of Sikkim said in a report in
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      • 96 6 / 7 SHIKARI Shambu and Suppandi have come closer to you. Tinkle, a monthly comic magazine that is hugely popular with children in India, is now available in Singapore. Suppandi and Shikari Shambu are characters in the magazine. Tinkle and Brainwave, a science monthly magazine, is being brought to
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    • 231 6 / 7 biz Indo-Asian News Service A ‘FUNERAL pillow', made in Kerala from coir and placed under the head of the departed prior to the burial, has sold nine million units in Europe. The product, launched in Europe three months ago, is also useful
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    • 253 6 / 7 Suppliers target big deals from India at Bangalore air show A BIG contingent of Western and Russian suppliers are in Bangalore. They are eyeing deals and partnerships with local suppliers to tap the world’s biggest arms import market. But India’s defence minister
      PHOTOS: PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU  -  253 words
    • 16 6 / 7 S I N G RS43.01 US$0.80 A$0.78 ¤0.59 £0.51 Exchange rates as of February 7, 2013
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    • 7 6 / 7 U S RS53.26 A$0.96 ¤0.73 £0.63 S$1.23
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  • SINGAPORE
    • singapore snippets
      • 120 8 / 9 AS PART of a top-rung reshuffle in the military, Singapore will get a new defence chief and air force chief in March. Current Chief of Air Force, Major-General Ng Chee Meng will become the country’s eighth Chief of Defence Force. He is
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      • 119 8 / 9 LOCAL train and bus services will be extended on the eve of Chinese New Year on Feb 9. Some bus services will be affected by road closures in the Chinatown area. The last North-East Line train towards HarbourFront will have
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      • 139 8 / 9 THE Traffic Police are testing a new generation of cameras to tackle a worsening problem of red-light beaters. The new cameras will not only react faster and take sharper images but also allow the police to download them remotely, thus facilitating faster enforcement efforts
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      • 145 8 / 9 PRIVATE bus operators may boost Singapore’s public bus service by adding to the 550 new buses the two public bus companies are expected to put on the road over the next five years. They could run new, shorter and localised routes that ferry people to
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    • 526 8 / 9 BY 2030, Singapore’s population could reach 6.9 million based on the White Paper on Population released on Jan 28. This number will comprise a resident population of 4.2 to 4.4 million, of which 3.6 to 3.8 million are citizens and the rest Permanent Residents. Non-residents will
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    • 159 8 / 9 Tamilavel NOMINATED Member of Parliament Ramasamy Dhinakaran urged the Government to enable Tamil to thrive as a living language in Singapore by keeping the ratio of Tamil-speaking population the same as it was when Tamil was first made an official language. Mr Dhinakaran, who made
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    • 206 8 / 9 SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE THAT does not mean all is fine. The police, while announcing the crime statistics, pointed to some worrying trends: an increase in molestation cases, particularly onboard buses and trains, and bicycle thefts. The figures, released on Feb 6, showed
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    • 241 8 / 9 COMPLAINTS about overcrowding, congestion and the long wait for a HDB flat has prompted a major shift in planning strategy, revealed National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan. The Government will now invest and build well ahead of demand, a move described by Mr Khaw as “a
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    • 174 8 / 9 EXPECT a dazzling display of vibrant colours, music and dance at this year’s Chingay Parade. Themed Fire In Snow, the parade’s full dress rehearsal took place on Feb 2. And for the first time since the parade’s inception in 1972, more than 8,000 students and
      PHOTOS: THE STRAITS TIMES  -  174 words
    • 799 10 This weekend, the dragon crawls back into its lair and the wise and cunning snake slithers out in its place as Chinese everywhere welcome the New Year on Feb 10. Whether you’re celebrating with them or not, there are loads of activities lined up
      ST GRAPHICS; PHOTOS: THE STRAITS TIMES, SINGAPORE PHILATELIC MUSEUM  -  799 words
    • 954 13  -  Local artists, gallerists gain from Delhi fair DEEPIKA SHETTY in New Delhi deepikas@sph.com.sg Deepika Shetty is an Arts Correspondent with The Straits Times Life! IN THE crowded art space that is the India Art Fair, Singapore artists and gallerists have slowly made their mark. This year,
      PHOTOS COURTESY OF GALLERY OF GNANI ARTS, INDIGO BLUE ART, KETNA PATEL  -  954 words
    • 280 22 “Punishment for celebrities should be made 10 times more stringent than for others if they kill deer because they attract a following.” BJP MP and animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi “Sometimes, this involves pursuing an unconventional path, or an adjustment in one’s expectations.” National University of Singapore’s
      PHOTOS: IANS, THE STRAITS TIMES  -  280 words
    • 146 22 6,000 Took part in Singapore’s first Green Corridor Run on Jan 27 1,352 Private vehicles caught ferrying school students illegally in New Delhi 59,200 Singaporeans joined the workforce in 2012 RS13.6 crores Raised through a telethon by cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai for charity
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  • EDUCATION
    • 473 11  -  A not-for-profit organisation here is holding classes to keep the language alive JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg THE number of people speaking Malayalam in Singapore has been dropping over the years. This despite the fact that Malayalees form the second highest number after Tamils
      PHOTO: MLES  -  473 words
    • 646 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, GIIS) TANISHA DEBASISH, Class9 IGCSE “MANY strange legends are told of
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 224 12  -  C. ANANYA, ASHIS, K2 B (PM) K2 C (AM) WE CELEBRATED our Kinder Concert a few months ago and what fun we had that day! I performed a group dance with all my classmates. We started practising a month ago to perform better on that special day.
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      • 221 12  -  RUCHIRA BASU, Class 8A DURING Literary Week, we were asked to volunteer as storytellers for our kindergarten students. My friend Akshata Dhuraji and I teamed up for the activity. All the children’s tales we considered for this activity seemed common, and Akshata had the idea
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    • 382 11 "The holistic 1 learning atGIIS has given me the opportunity to explore a world beyond academics." B M Keerthi Chandra GIIS CBSE-/, Class 10Topper 2012 with 10 GPA Class 11 student GIIS Queenstown Campus (2013 Testimonial) GIIS'focus on providing a strong academic foundation and holistic development, makes it a preferred
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • Article, Illustration
      746 14 Veteran actress Waheeda Rehman says it’s because Indian films are being appreciated globally and performances and technology have also improved Indo-Asian News Service WAHEEDA Rehman, the star of ageless classics such as Guide and Kaagaz Ke Phool, feels the golden era of Indian cinema was not in
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    • 421 15 New faces are always a refreshing change in Bollywood, where the Khans and Kapoors rule the roost. Among this year’s new crop of actors are some who have had success in the south Bollywood News Service TAMANNAH (below) Film: Himmatwala Director: Sajid Khan Co-stars: Ajay Devgn Tamannah
      Bollywood News Service  -  421 words
    • 495 16  -  Indian movie fans in Singapore say movie is of Hollywood standard Jamuna Sundaraj WHEN the release of Vishwaroopam in Singapore was delayed it caused a surge of curiosity among movie-goers here. They were wondering what all the fuss was about. And it was this curiosity that
      PHOTO: IANS  -  495 words
    • mirch masala
      • 126 17 ACTRESS Kajol (left) has been actively involved in social work with her husband Ajay Devgn and says being associated with causes is part of social responsibility and it is their way to return something to society. The 38-year-old is supporting Coca Cola-NDTV’s Support My School
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      • 140 17 WHEN he is an actor, he just acts, says choreographer-turned-director Prabhu Deva (below right, with Remo) who never interfered while shooting for Remo D’Souza’s ABCD Any Body Can Dance, a 3D dance movie. “This is not the first film I am working under some
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      • 118 17 ACTRESS Shriya Saran (right), who features in Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children, says she had a “brilliant” experience working with the Canada-based Indian filmmaker, who played a perfect guide to her. “Working with Deepa was a life changing experience. She is
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    • 102 16 -T E SINGAPORE INDIAN ASSOCIATION PRESENTS A SPECTACULAR DANCE DRAMA BY APSARAS ARTS R THE -dji OF RAJA RAVI VARM -<r Me: GUEST OF HONOUR MR. S.R. NATHAN 6TH PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel, Singapore, Saturday 16th February 2013, 7pm In AID OF THE Singapore
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous

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  • RELAX
    • 111 18 A peck or two...Whoever says that at 70 you’re over the hill was proved dead wrong at the recent Stardust Awards on Jan 26 by Bollywood’s number one man Amitabh Bachchan. While performing the song Jumma Chumma, the actor asked the audience, who wanted a kiss
      PHOTO: IANS  -  111 words
    • Article, Illustration
      407 19 DANCE G Krishna the dance musical presented by Soorya (Singapore) features Padmashri Shobana and her group of 14 dancers. Tickets: $100, $60 and $40 When: Feb 8, 7.30pm Where: Esplanade Theatre Contact: 9389-0407 or log on to www.sistic.com.sg G Ishq The Essence Of Life, the story of unrequited
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    • 63 19 EXHIBITION Garam Masala is an exhibition showcasing 19 contemporary product designs by final-year students from the Design Programme at Lasalle College of the Arts. Free admission. When: Till Feb 13, 10am to 6pm daily (closed on Mon public holidays) Where: Earl Lu Gallery, Institute of
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    • Article, Illustration
      194 19  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Kheper aegyptiorum is the scientific name of which insect? a) Moth b) Dung beetle c) Honeybee 2. Which of these items is found in a bathroom? a) Loophole b) Loofah c) Lute 3. Which of these is made from the undercoat of the Kashmir goat? a)
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 671 18 TV HIGHLIGHTS THAM: Vicky Donor (right) 6pm COLORS: Hello Brother 6pm ZEE TV: Jannat 8.30pm SONY MAX: Had Kar Di Aapne 9pm VASANTHAM: 7am Arivu Mn STAR GOLD: Phir Ek Most Wanted Mn VTV: Mudhalvan friday 1.30pm VIJAY: Mallu Vetti Minor 4.30pm ASIANET: Achuvinte Amma 8.30pm SONY MAX: Yaadon Ki
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 325 19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Fashion with care 6 Like geriatric patients 10 Big concert equipment 14 Anjou divider 15 Christmas trio 16 Certain Celt 17 Seasoned salt 19 Tutor in “The King and I” 20 Bygone Spanish coin 21 New socialite, for short 23 Connecticut’s “Charter” tree 24 “Surf and Turf”
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    • 72 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 red in the Singapore flag symbolises
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 27 20 SOLUTIONS quiz sudoku crossword 1. Dung beetle 2. Loofah 3. Cashmere 4. Cuba 5. Roc 6. K.R. Narayanan 7. Median 8. Tramlines 9. Tabby 10. Anthony Hopkins
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  • FOOD
    • 553 21  -  Vansh, part of the Rang Mahal Group, celebrates its 12th anniversary with a revised menu JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg IABSOLUTELY love Indian street food and my mouth waters at the thought of pani puris, vada pavs and pav-bhaji. Of course, standing by the roadside in crowded
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    • 104 22 KERALA AYURVEDA CENTRE A 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
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  • SPORTS
    • 989 23  -  South African fast bowler can be rated among world’s best columnstar HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg THERE must be a reason why South Africa are knocking teams over for scores normally seen in the first round of a local in-ter-school tournament. And in relative terms, finishing matches
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