Tabla, 24 May 2013

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  • 22 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY S|£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 042/11/2012 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, MAY 24,2013
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    1199 1  -  India’s population growth divides experts ZAFAR ANJUM tabla@sph.com.sg Zafar Anjum is a Singapore-based journalist and writer. IF YOU are an Indian child of the 1970s and ’80s, you would remember the “population explosion” scare of that era. During the days of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s government (1966-77
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    • 205 1 Available at all major pharmacies and medical halls COMMUNITY BOLLYWOOD DIVAS SHARE SKIN, HAIR AND DIET TIPS PAGES 16 17 MAN WHO HAS MEDIATED MORE THAN 500 CASES PAGE 8 ORISSA WIDOW RUNS A CREMATORIUM PAGE 4 Get tabla! delivered to your doorstep for $24 a year. Call 6319-1800 or
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  • INDIA
    • India in 2 minutes
      • 47 2 WEST Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that the state government has decided to ban online lottery Online lotto. Describing online lottery as a social problem, she said it led to fights between family members. She even announced a crackdown on food adulteration.
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      • 69 2 ARUNIMA Sinha (right), who lost her left leg when she was thrown off a moving train by hoodlums in 2011, became the first Indian amputee to conquer Mount Everest on May 21. The 26-year-old from Ambedkar Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh trained at Tata Steel
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      • 94 2 THE previous Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) regime in Tamil Nadu had promised to distribute free colour television sets to people in its 2006 pre-poll propaganda. Some undistributed sets, which were since lying in godowns, were damaged due to leaking roofs and rats causing
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      • 59 2 THE Goa Medical College’s water problems are unique. According to the state’s chief minister Manohar Parrikar, the water shortage is the result of people regularly stealing taps in the hospital premises. He claimed that the thefts kept recurring despite new taps being installed. The hospital
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      • 69 2 Gujarat officials detected power thefts of over Rs200 crores last year, the first time power theft assessment has crossed that figure in a year. It was also over 21 per cent higher than the previous year when power thefts of Rs65 crores was
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      • 92 2 FORMER international sprinter M. Anand Shetty died on May 21 after suffering injuries in an accident in Kotekar, Karnataka. The car in which Shetty and his family were travelling in was hit by a public bus. Others in a car suffered injuries.
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      • 62 2 THE Karnataka government plans to set up a 1,000-acre textile park at a cost of Rs1,000 crores in Gurmitkal. The state’s textile department will submit a proposal to the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board to earmark 1,000 acres of the total 3,500 acres
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      • 87 2 A KERALA church has asked its followers not to use Chinese-made coffins, saying they are not environment friendly. The Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar, in Tiruvalla, said in its magazine that the Chinese-made coffins were not environment friendly and took time in decaying. It
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      • 79 2 A FAKE smart health card scam has hit the Akhilesh Yadav-led government in Uttar Pradesh. Allegations suggest that the scam could run into several crores. Around 50 lakh smart cards have been made by the UP government so far. These cards were meant
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      • 92 2 GIRLS in Delhi (left) protect themselves from harsh sun as north India boils under intense heat. Parts of Maharashtra, including the Vidarbha region, have registered high temperatures. Nagpur and Wardha districts recorded highs of over 47 deg C. In Bangalore municipal officials have
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    • 1039 4 Widow’s unusual livelihood in Orissa goes against tradition Women’s Feature Service MS SHANTI Behera, 52, is unique. For the last decade the resident of Sambalpur, Orissa, has been running the local crematorium and this goes against tradition. According to Hindu customs, women are not allowed to
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    • 292 6 / 7 G India is currently the second most populous country in the world, with over 1.21 billion people (2011 census) this represents more than a sixth of the world’s population. G Every third person in an Indian city today is a youth. India is projected to
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    • 231 3 www.livemint.com jiiMasia Weekly Analysis of the Indian Economy and Markets Standard Chartered S3 presents INDIA DIALOGUES powered by: malausia airlin Theme: INDIAN ECONOMY: IS THE WORST BEHIND US? U K Sinha, Chairman, SEBI; K V Kamath, Non-Executive Chairman, ICICI Bank Infosys Ltd.; Diwakar Gupta, Managing Director, SBI, in conversation with
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    • 121 5 Indian Property Fair is back in StnoaporP j Excellent Investment Opportunities in Noida, Gurgaon, Punjab, Jaipur, Bangalore, Chennai and many more 25th and 26th of May 2013 (10 AM 8 PM) Singapore Swimming Club (Meyer Room, Level 2) 45 Tanjong Rhu Road, Singapore *****9 WAVE JAYPEEfGREENg C' PAIdvcisL. vat i
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    • 80 6 / 7 BOOK LAUNCH INVITATION Aadhii Designs Presents THE HERITAGE OF HINDU TEMPLES IN SINGAPORE" By P Umasankaran Guest of Honour Mr. Vikram Nair MP for Sembawang GRC (Admiralty) Collection oj Singapore 'Hindu Temple's History PT\otogmpl\ and Tv'anspov'T information witty map 4 H/NDU '*L Splits vis m 26 MAY 2013 10.15am to
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    • 120 6 / 7 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 facilities for Traditional Ayurvedic Treatments under the supervision of experienced Ayurvedic graduates
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 867 8  -  Retired teacher G. Anthony Samy has handled more than 500 cases at the Community Mediation Centre JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg IT WAS only while speaking to tabla! that Mr G. Anthony Samy, 78, realised that he has taken on more than 500 cases as a Community Mediation Centre (CMC)
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    • 302 8 SHE speaks English, Punjabi, Tamil, Malayalam, Malay, Mandarin and Hokkein no wonder Mrs Lela Kaur (below), 55, is one of the sought-after mediators at the Community Mediation Centre (CMC). “My knowledge of these languages help a lot in the mediation sessions. People get more
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    • 234 8 ABOUT two decades ago, Mr P. Thirunal Karasu (left) was an avid golfer. He would visit golf courses here and in the region. But when he started doing community work, that stopped. In fact, he has not stepped onto a golf course for more
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    • singapore snippets
      • 153 12 / 13 THE Al-Futtaim Group Company has appointed Royal Sporting House (RSH) Ltd’s group chief executive officer Kesri Kapur (right) as head of its business in Asia. He takes over the position in Al-Futtaim from Mr Jim McCallum, who served as head of Asia from 2011. Besides
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      • 140 12 / 13 THE two rail crack incidents in three weeks on the North-South MRT line both occurred at rail joints welded between old and new rails by the same contractor. Rail operator SMRT Corp said on May 20 that preliminary analysis revealed that the April 29
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      • 114 12 / 13 SINGAPORE is Asia’s top convention city for the 11th year running, according to a global ranking that tracks the most popular cities to hold international meetings. It is also the only Asian city in its top 10, which is dominated by European cities such
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    • 362 12 / 13 THE fatality rate in the workplace has already halved from four in 100,000 employees in 2005 to 2.1 last year, but Singapore needs to set a more ambitious goal to match that of developed countries like Britain (0.6), Germany (0.7) and Australia (1.9),
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    • 353 12 / 13 SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) Foundation will be marking its 10th anniversary this year by adopting the Amazon Flooded Forest, a key highlight at the River Safari, and by launching a series of programmes. Dr Lee Boon Yang, Chairman of SPH Foundation, will be officially launching the
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    • Article, Illustration
      110 12 / 13 Fire! Fire!... a fire broke out at the Traffic Police headquarters along Ubi Avenue 3 on May 21. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) received a call at 1pm, and sent a fire engine, one Red Rhino, and two fire bikes to the scene. The fire was extinguished
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    • 293 12 / 13 EVEN as the exchange rate policy remains Singapore’s most potent tool against inflation, the Government is relying more on special policy tools to nip bubbles in the bud before they form. The use of such macroprudential policies, including the recent property cooling measures, is
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    • 164 21 Rs1.95 lakhs Spent by cricketer Sreesanth to purchase clothes from a store allegedly from the spot-fixing money 50,000 Visitors attended the Republic of Singapore Navy Open House on May 18 and 19 74Tunnels to be dug for Delhi Metro extension 226 Elderly pedesterians involved in accidents last year
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    • 413 21 “The Olympic Games are great exhibitions of sport and its eternal values. But relatively few youths get to participate in the Olympic movement. I want to change that.” Singapore National Olympic Council vice-president Ng Ser Miang announcing his bid for the International Olympic Committee presidency “At eight
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  • EDUCATION
    • 469 9 SINDA plans to add more schools to its Project Teach programme SINCE its inception in 1991, one of the main thrusts of the Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA) has been to raise the academic standards of Indian students in Singapore. And it has worked with local schools
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    • 455 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) ALITA MARIA STEPHEN HARSHITHA RAVISHANKAR, Class 8 ICSE
      PHOTOS: DPSIS  -  455 words
    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • Article, Illustration
        233 10  -  AFREEN CHAWLA, Class 11 A Level AS AN enriching outside-the-classroom experience, Classes 10 and 11 recently attended the W!ld Rice production of Oscar Wilde’s famous play, The Importance Of Being Earnest, on April 21 at the Drama Centre Theatre. It is about two friends who try to
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      • 175 10  -  SOHUMMUDALIAR, Class K2 A KINDERGARTEN graduation day was a great day for me and all my classmates. We celebrated this day with a grand function. Our first graders formally welcomed us to primary school with the exchange of lamps. We felt very proud to receive the
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    • 242 9 "Thanks to GIIS, I have the opportunity to excel in academics and follow my passion for cricket!" J Rohan Rangarajan Member of Singapore's U-16 National Cricket Team Class 9 student, GIIS East Coast Campus (2013 Testimonial) At GIIS, education goes beyond academics, working wonders for the balanced all-round development of
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 795 14 The Tamil actor stars alongside Sonam Kapoor in Aanand Rai’s Raanjhanaa Indo-Asian News Service TAMIL actor Dhanush says his choice of film will always depend on the script no matter how many offers he gets from Bollywood in the future. He is set to make his
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    • 477 15 There is no hard and fast rule to success in showbiz, she says Indo-Asian News Service THE role is a negative one. But actress Kavita Srinivasan (above) still chose to go with it in revenge drama Kalicharanin for her Telugu debut. She feels
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    • 320 16 / 17 SEEING a pleasing number on the weighing scale usually requires not just hard work but also sheer determination. But it isn’t as scary as it sounds, if you know who to turn to that is. At Lifestyle Clinique Asia, located in Bukit Timah, the weight loss
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    • 572 16 / 17 Bollywood divas share skin, hair and diet tips Indo-Asian News Service DO YOU wish for glowing skin, soft, shiny hair and a fit body like that of your favourite celebrity? Take a peek into the beauty routines of Bollywood divas like Deepika Padukone and Nargis Fakhri.
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    • 487 16 / 17 THE onset of summer brings beauty woes like suntanning and its damaging effects on skin. In tropical Singapore too, the sun will have the same effect on skin. But help is at hand. Try a sugar-lemon juice pack or a fresh coconut water pack
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    • 578 16 / 17 Indo-Asian News Service AMONG things Indian that Bollywood actresses Vidya Balan (left) and Sonam Kapoor flaunted at the ongoing 66th Cannes International Film Festival, their bespoke nose rings, the traditional nath, drew immense attention. Designers believe this could set a trend of sorts
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  • RELAX
    • 205 18 ACTRESS Shruti Hassan (left), daughter of legendary actor Kamal Hassan and actress Sarika, always wanted to be in showbiz, but was sceptical about facing the camera because she didn’t find herself attractive enough to be a heroine. She said: “I always thought
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    • 461 19 CAMPS GSummer Fest 2013 organised by Global Indian International School includes: Summer Camp A fun-filled arts, dance and sports programme for children aged 4 to 14. When: June 3 till June 14 Aviation Camp An opportunity to learn about the principles of flying for children aged 7 to
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    • 50 19 PROPERTY EXHIBITION Indian Property Fair featuring investment opportunities in Noida, Gurgaon, Punjab, Jaipur, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and many more. Free admission. When: May 25 26, 10am to 8pm Where: Singapore Swimming Club, Meyer Room, Level 2, 45 Tanjong Rhu Road Contact: 9061-8052 or e-mail eventeclinic@gmail.com
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    • Article, Illustration
      187 19  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Al-Aqabah, is the only port of which country? a) Iran b) Pakistan c) Jordan 2. Which of these comic strip characters communicates only through pantomime? a) Bugs Bunny b) Henry c) Donald Duck 3. What is the main ingredient of the Japanese delicacy Naruto? a) Fish
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 270 18 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Aries May be a strenuous week for you. You will spend most of your time searching for new earning options. Taurus Transit of majority of planets in ascendant may make you nervous and conservative. You may hesitate to accept the available proposals. Gemini There may be
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    • 291 18 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 9.30pm VASANTHAM: En Annan 1pm VASANTHAM: Kalyana Raman 2pm VIJAY: Darling Darling Darling 4pm VASANTHAM: Ferrari Ki Sawaari 4.30pm ASIANET: Slum Dog Millionaire (Malayalam Dubbing) 7pm ZEE CINEMA: Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein 9pm SONY MAX: Chak De India Mn STAR GOLD: Ghulam Mn VTV: Annai
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 313 19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Muslim official 5 Goddess trio (with “the”) 10 During the course of 14 Fancy party 15 Approximating word 16 Dalai 17 Certain court hearing 17 Certain court hearing 18 Diving bird 19 Uzbekistan’s sea 20 Bargain-hunter’s dream 23 Steep in brine 24 Gather 25 Theatre fare 28
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    • 44 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
    • 29 20 SOLUTIONS quiz sudoku crossword 1. Jordan 2. Henry 3. Fish 4. Pablo Picasso 5. Pakistan 6. Bahadur Shah II 7. Tree people 8. Rubber 9. Lizards 10. William Shakespeare
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  • SPORTS
    • 966 22 / 23  -  Sreesanth has bounced back from every blow but this time he may have gone a little too far DR K.N. RAGHAVAN tabla@sph.com.sg Dr Raghavan is Commissioner of Customs in Kochi and a former international cricket umpire. THE image was frightening and it continues to haunt
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    • columnstar
      • 1141 22 / 23  -  Hopefully the spot-fixing incident will force some legislative action and redeem fans’ trust HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg MAY 16 was a day of untold sadness and vast opportunity. But it has pushed Indian cricket into a corner, and raised the hope that the necessary reforms
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