Tabla, 12 April 2013

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  • 22 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY sfh A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 042/11/2012 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, APRIL 12,2013
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  • Article, Illustration
    2070 1  - HOME HOPE One provides shelter, the other education a tale of two NGOs in India ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN ankitav@sph.com.sg THE India of Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire is as much a reality as the glitzy world of a Karan Johar film. Despite 66 years of independence, liberalisation efforts and economic growth,
    PHOTO: PRATHAM INTERNATIONAL; PHOTOS: HABITAT FOR HUMANITY & PRATHAM  -  2,070 words
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    • 215 1 AKSHAYA TRITIYA Festival May 13, Monday Between 8.30am To 11.30 Pm FESTIVAL OF GOLD Free Gift Offer on Purchase of Jewellery Worth $600 And More Offer Valid From April 13 To May 12, 2013 i* m Abiraame Singapore's Popular Jeweller 69, Serangoon Road, Singapore 217 974 Tel: 6341 5341, Fax:
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  • INDIA
    • India in 2 minutes
      • 79 2 PRESIDENT of Heart Care Foundation of India Dr K.K. Aggarwal (below) created a world record by training 11,459 people in cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in a single day, on April 7 in New Delhi. The event took place on World Health Day. Dr Aggarwal said
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      • 63 2 MUMBAI’S first match-making bureau for the elderly was launched on April 11, reported the Hindustan Times. It is called Silver Innings Matrimonial Companionship and open to all over the age of 50 with an annual subscription fee of Rs1,200. The idea of the bureau came after
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      • 82 2 ONLY three Indian educational institutes have made it to the list of top 100 Asian universities, by the Times Higher Education, a London-based magazine. And there are no Indian universities in the top 25. The highest ranked Indian institute is the Indian Institute of
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      • 72 2 KOLKATA-BASED artist Eleena Banik had to remove two of her paintings depicting Hindu goddesses in the nude after protests by the Hindu Janjagruti Samiti. The paintings were part of her exhibition at the Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai. Ms Banik had painted Goddess Kali without the garland
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      • 52 2 IN THE north Indian state of Uttarakhand, over 50,000 teachers have gone on an indefinite strike, reported the Times of India. The strike has affected work in more than 3,000 government intermediate colleges. The teachers are demanding extending pension for 800 lecturers and an increase in
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      • 78 2 TALKING loudly on mobile phones and blaring music has been banned on all Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) service buses in Mumbai. Commuters flouting the norms will be warned and then forced to alight. The rule will be applicable on all the 4,157 buses
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      • 93 2 KINGFISHER Airlines submitted a revival plan to India’s civil aviation regulator on April 10 to seek approval to restart the airline. “We have given a complete plan, which includes our schedule that we plan to operate, the aircraft we plan to operate and the number of people
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      • 92 2 PRESIDENT of India Pranab Mukherjee has honoured Indian Navy’s Lt-Cdr Abhilash Tomy, who became the first Indian to circumnavigate the globe, solo and non-stop, over a 150-day voyage, on April 6 in Mumbai. Lt-Cdr Abhilash, who is from Kerala, started
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      • 78 2 THE mercury has been soaring in Kerala with the maximum temperature touching 41 deg C in Palakkad district, close to its highest ever recorded temperature of 41.7 degrees in 1987. The blistering heat has created almost a crisis situation in Kerala, as the state depends, for
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 38 2 system school Montesson 4 Kindergarten Class 1-10 Class 11 IT vl 4 t 1 In International School Better education Better experience Better school 3, Hu Ching Road, Taman Jurong, Singapore *****1 Phone: 6265 2342, Hotline: 9040 5969 www.yuvabharathi.sg
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  • TRAVEL
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      PHOTOS: SILKAIR  -  547 words
    • 169 3 SILKAIR understands that your flight is not just a means to get you to your destination, it is also the start of your holiday. Thus, your pampering SilkAir onboard experience starts with the quality inflight service provided by its cabin crew. The
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  • NEWS
    • 551 4 / 5 Two-day gathering in S’pore is well attended THE four are heavyweights in their chosen fields. So it was no wonder that the venue was packed with people wanting to hear them at a panel discussion. And they did not disappoint. DBS Group Holdings chief executive
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    • 162 4 / 5 THE Singapore media landscape has a new face. MintAsia, a business weekly published by India’s Hindustan Times group, is the new entrant. The paper was unveiled at the IIMPact alumni event in Singapore on April 6 by chief economic adviser to the Indian government Dr Raghuram Rajan,
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    • 340 4 / 5 I let my thoughts shape our worlds It's my choice, v -Si flf f£ ■f'ts >v*^R Like time, learning never stops. At Kaplan, we find ways for you to reinvent yourself. With our renowned international university partner, Monash University, we create an environment where students thrive and build their own
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  • SINGAPORE
    • Article, Illustration
      693 8  -  The Indian Heritage Centre will house five thematic galleries, a rooftop garden and activity spaces JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg MEMBERS of the Indian community in Singapore should come forward to share photographs of businesses, homes and the people who were part of Little India’s landscape from the 1900s to
      PHOTOS: THE STRAITS TIMES, NHB  -  693 words
    • 232 11 CLOSE to about 10,000 worshippers crowded the entrance of the Sri Vairavimada Kaliamman Temple on April 7 to witness the Mahakumbabishegam, or consecration ceremony, and receive blessings. The Mahakumbabishegam is a religious rite that infuses divinity into a temple once every 12 years, or
      PHOTOS: THE STRAITS TIMES, TAMIL MURASU  -  232 words
    • 175 11 VAISAKHI, a multifaceted festival, marks not only the beginning of the harvest festival in north India but more significantly it also commemorates the founding of the Khalsa Panth (Order of the Pure Ones) by the 10th Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh, on April 13, 1699. Festivities
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    • 181 12 / 13 FIVE prominent business leaders are helping to raise funds for Singapore Cancer Society’s (SCS) ongoing efforts to make Singaporeans more aware of colorectal cancer. In conjunction with Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month 2013, Fortis Colorectal Hospital (FCH) enlisted the help of chairman
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    • 252 12 / 13 DEPUTY Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean announced two changes to the salary framework of Administrative Service officers in Parliament on April 8. Firstly, Administrative Service officers will have their pensions removed and replaced with a long-term retention package for leadership and policy continuity within
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    • 177 12 / 13 It’s a rainbow new year... the New Year of many South and South-east Asian communities falls between April 13 and 15, marking the beginning of spring. With this in mind the Woodlands Indian Activity Executive Committee (IAEC) held its annual celebration titled Rainbow New Year
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    • 169 12 / 13 CASH premiums that buyers pay for Housing Board flats have fallen in the first three months of this year, on the back of a lower volume of transactions. The largest drop came from areas such as Punggol, Tampines and Pasir Ris, where the premiums went down
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    • singapore snippets
      • 100 12 / 13 SINGAPORE has retained its world No. 2 position on an annual index that tracks how ready countries are in the use of information and communication technologies. It has held on to this spot for a fourth consecutive year in the Networked Readiness Index. Finland
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      • 71 12 / 13 COMPLAINTS against private schools here have fallen, going by the latest government figures. Still, such schools need to put educational responsibilities, such as the interest of their students, before other goals, Senior Minister of State for Law and Education Indranee Rajah said to over
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      • 79 12 / 13 LOCAL property tycoon Cheng Wai Keung, the chairman of listed developer Wing Tai Holdings, is asking for up to $300 million for his Nassim Road bungalow an astonishing amount that would easily make a record sale in Singapore. The two-storey home sits on an 85,000 sq
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    • 157 21 14Companies have signed up for a new programme to encourage Singaporeans to rejoin the workforce 2,500 Professional jobs that the Economic Development Board hopes to create in the analytics sector within five years $750,000 Additional funds being put in by the Tsao Foundation towards boosting research into ageing
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    • 384 21 “We’re business people. If we can’t make money, we won’t go in.” Marina tycoon Arthur Tay, who has submitted a proposal to the Singapore Sports Council to restart the stalled Changi Motorsports Hub project “Today most of the girls are stick-thin and that's a tragedy. They have
      PHOTOS: IANS, THE STRAITS TIMES  -  384 words

  • EDUCATION
    • 484 9 THE first Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main examination (offline) was held by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) across 81 cities in India and four cities abroad. The overseas cities are Bahrain, Dubai, Riyadh and Muscat. Students from Singapore who have registered for
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    • 354 10  -  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) ADITI SOMANI, Class 8 IGCSE STUDENTS of both primary and
      PHOTOS: DPSIS  -  354 words
    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • Article, Illustration
        296 10  -  PARKHI AGARWAL, Class 10 IGCSE OUR school’s most recent inter-house Dress In Style competition, themed Vintage, got everyone excited. We had to make use of recyclable materials and were given a week to prepare our designs, gather all the required materials and choose our models. All the
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      • 263 10  -  VASUNDHARA BAGCHI, Class 4A INDIA is the world’s largest democracy and Social Studies Week allowed us to find out how it works. We had already studied the Indian Constitution and election process, and to understand the concepts better we had a simulated election in our class to
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 541 14 Audience treated to a night of song and dance RAGHAV Juyal, better known as Crockroaxz, may not have won the Dance India Dance (season 3) competition last year, but he was by far the most popular performer at the recently concluded Zee Nite celebrations in Singapore. The
      PHOTOS: ZEE  -  541 words
    • 423 15  -  Evam Entertainment’s stand-up comedy was jam-packed with risque humour JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg IT IS nearly impossible to write about stand-up comedy as it is so difficult to translate what was experienced on stage into print. The crude, in-your-face jokes make it all the more tough but one
      PHOTOS: EVAM ENTERTAINMENT  -  423 words
    • 535 16  -  Accountancy graduate Sushma will hold a Carnatic music appreciation session for her first production JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg IN 2009, just after graduating with a degree in accountancy from Nanyang Technological University, Sushma Somasekharan (left) found work at a local accounting firm and life seemed to fall
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    • 330 16 Indo-Asian News Service FORMER Indian national level squash player and athlete Komal Sharma (right) says her sports career helps her cope with working long hours on movie sets. “Thanks to long shoots on set and location, it is very likely that an actor
      Indo-Asian News Service; PHOTO: IANS  -  330 words

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  • RELAX
    • 244 18 SHE is not taking any classes to learn Telugu, yet southern actress Disha Pandey has improved her knowledge of the language and gives credit to Telugu songs. “I find listening to songs and learning the language more fun than taking classes. I can’t say I
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    • 435 19 FOSTERING ROADSHOW Do you love children and want to help care for children in need of a temporary home? Find out more about Singapore’s fostering scheme. Bring your family and children along to the road show by the Ministry of Social and Family Development on its Fostering Scheme.
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    • 48 19 EXHIBITION Learn about and experience Indian culture at the New Year Celebration cum Cultural exhibition, with exciting quiz, dance, food, traditional games and much more. Free admission. When: April 15 to 19, 10am to 5pm Where: The Marquee opposite Serangoon Plaza Contact: 6392-2246
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    • Article, Illustration
      189 19  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. What is the name for the study of pollen and spores? a) Palynology b) Polyandry c) Archaeology 2. Which animal is the symbol of the Republican Party of the United States? a) Panther b) Elephant c) Rabbit 3. The Kamehameha dynasty once ruled over which place?
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 671 18 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 4pm ZEE CINEMA: Rafoo Chakkar 4.30pm ASIANET: Passenger 9pm VASANTHAM: Salangai Oli 9pm SONY MAX: Bhoothnath 9.30pm STAR GOLD: Aisha Mn VTV: Mannathi Mannan Saturday 12.30pm ZEE CINEMA: Love Express 1pm VASANTHAM: Mannadhi Mannan 1.30pm STAR PLUS: Star GIMA 2012 2pm COLORS: De Taali 3pm ZEE TV:
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 320 19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Discount event 5 Alaskan cruise sightings 10 Cork-board fastener 14 Author Haley 15 Turn aside, as a gaze 16 Notorious czar 17 Item on a nightstand 19 Burrowing insectivore 20 Hindu noblewoman (Var.) 21 Convicted criminal’s punishment 23 Shrink 26 Second in command, informally 27 Electrical rush
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    • 45 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 uniquedigits going across and down over the large grid. GFor solutions, turn to next page.
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 25 20 SOLUTIONS quiz sudoku crossword 1. Palynology 2. Elephant 3. Hawaii 4. Penguins 5. Mathematics 6. Laughter 7. Germany 8. Childbirth 9. Kolkata 10. Black Sea
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  • SPORTS
    • 615 22  -  High Commissioners’ Cup golf tourney returns to raise funds for Indian Association’s sports initiatives ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN ankitav@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Indian Association (IA) is reviving the High Commissioners’ Cup golf tournament after a gap of seven years. The cup was presented by former Indian High Commissioner
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    • Article, Illustration
      800 23  -  Shorter format stars need to work harder to make it to the big stage columnstar HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg IN RECENT days I have had the opportunity to watch Ashish Reddy, Hanuma Vihari, Manan Vohra, Rahul Shukla and some others whose existence television only sporadically acknowledges. If you follow
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