Tabla, 12 July 2013

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  • 22 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY Sfftl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 042/11/2012 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, JULY 12,2013
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  • 1370 1  -  Trainers share their story on actor’s transformation ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN ankitav@sph.com.sg IN SPORTS, sometimes tales of defeat can be just as compelling as those of victories. Imagine a life forever defined by that one despairing failure. All other successes, years of hard work, pushed to the
    PHOTOS: SAMIR JAURA, MELWYN CRASTO  -  1,370 words
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  • INDIA
    • India in 2 minutes
      • 64 2 THE Mumbai Police will get the help of the city’s famous dabbawalas in preventing terror attacks. The police conducted meetings with more than 200 dabbawalas and asked them to look out for any suspicious persons or activity while they go about their daily work
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      • 69 2 TATA Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover launched its sports car Jaguar F TYPE (below) priced at Rs1.61 crores on July 8. The Jaguar F Type will be available in two variants. The F Type V8S, powered by a five-litre petrol engine, will be priced at
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      • 70 2 THE Supreme Court of India has decided that any elected representative convicted of crime cannot continue in office. The court struck down a provision in the electoral law that said convicted members of parliament and members of legislative assemblies cannot be disqualified if they appeal
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      • 69 2 THE government of Karnataka has begun distributing rice at Rs1 per kg to those living below poverty line (BPL). The BPL cardholders will get between 10 and 30kg of rice every month. The scheme is intended to benefit 10 million families in the
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      • 71 2 RELIGIOUS organisation Dera Sacha Sauda’s head Gurmeet Ram said nearly 1,500 of its followers were ready to marry the widows of Uttarakhand, who lost their husbands to the recent floods. The sect, based in Haryana state, is helping in relief operations in the flood-ravaged
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      • 98 2 THE Meenakshi temple in Madurai has got a new flag mast after 150 years. The mast was put in place after a night-long ceremony on July 10. The old flag mast was replaced by a new one made of teakwood which was gold plated.
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      • 105 2 A RECENT survey by the Safe Life Foundation claimed that only four out of 100 bystanders may help a road accident victim in New Delhi. In Mumbai, the number is only slightly better, at 10. Many who responded to the survey said
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      • 75 2 A BIHAR official gave his wife 230 gold earrings, 53 rings and 36 bangles from bribes he received. The Economic Offences Unit team of Bihar Police recovered the jewellery during a raid on the residence of deputy director of secondary education Radha Krishna Singh
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      • 86 2 AFTER the results of the recent Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) entrance exam was announced, it was found that more than 8,000 of the 9,700 successful candidates came from just three school boards the CBSE, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab state boards. A small
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      • 73 2 THE Rath Yatra passed peacefully in various parts of the country on July 10. Security is always tight at this religious celebration when deities are taken out of their temple on chariots and carried around the cities. The West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee (above,
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    • 1087 6 Abandoned and poor, the women may now get a monthly pension and skills training Women’s Feature Service SHE became a bride at the age of nine and a widow at 18. Now over 80 years old, Ms Jamuna Devi has spent the last 60 years
      Women’s Feature Service; PHOTOS: © AFP, WFS  -  1,087 words
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    • 115 3 J The i show of South India Properties \p V >0 SJ Uj "'N 2nd Edition SOUTH INDIA PROPERTY SHOW July 20-21,2013 Singapore Expo Hall 4B 10.00 am to 8.00 pm PROPERTIES FROM lakh to crore Over 40 Stalls Crores worth of properties Properties from Budget to Luxury Ultra Luxury
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  • BUSINESS
    • 842 4  -  On July 15 India will stop telegraph services forever ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN ankitav@sph.com.sg MRS Lucy Mathew was visiting her parents in Kerala. Just two days later, she received a telegram from Madras (now Chennai). That was the 1970s. When urgent news came via the telegram. The dreaded note
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    • 117 4 DURING India’s freedom struggle, Mahatma Gandhi went on a fast-unto-death on March 3, 1939, to protest against the autocratic rule of the British. To urge him to break his fast, the Indian Youth League in Singapore sent him a telegram (top, a Straits Times report on the
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    • 203 5 A VETERAN with years of experience with the Singapore Economic Development Board and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research has been picked as the CEO of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce Industry (SICCI). Mr Kumaran Barathan (right), 56, took charge on July 12. A
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    • biz notes
      • 125 5 AIR India is offering a Singapore-Chennai and a Singapore-Mumbai ticket for $60 plus taxes and other surcharges. In addition, passengers are allowed to carry 40kg of baggage. This is part of the special promotion available till Aug 31. The airline has a $99 plus
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      • 79 5 biz TELECOM service provider Bharti Airtel expressed shock and disappointment at receiving a demand notice of Rs650 crores from the Department of Telecom pertaining to its subscriber local dialling service between 2002 and 2005. “Bharti Airtel believes that the demand for penalty of Rs650 crores
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      • 83 5 FOREIGN tourist arrivals in India grew by 2.6 per cent in the first six months of this year, the government said on July 10. Foreign exchange earnings from tourism rose by 15.5 per cent in rupee terms and 8.8 per cent in dollar terms, according
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  • NEWS
    • 842 7  -  An SME guide to cloud technology 360 degrees ARVIND AGARWALLA tabla@sph.com.sg Arvind Agarwalla is CEO, FACT Software International. WITH the popularity of smartphones and an increasingly mobile workforce, BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is progressively becoming the norm in the workplace around the globe. This relatively
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    • 184 16 / 17 IT SEEMS Bollywood has been hit by a season of biopics. After the retelling of Milkha Singh’s story in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Bollywood is readying itself for yet another sports film. This time on Olympic bronze medal-winning boxer Mary Kom (right). The film,
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    • 251 7 Cement House -1946 Built with ACC cement in 1939 still going strong Cement House 2009 LEED Gold certified f 1 3 5-1 Cement House, still a graceful and contemporary office building even after 70 years Some things never change Cement House was built to lodge the headquarters of ACC, the
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 609 8  -  Long queues for porridge at 50-year-old mosque JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg DURING the fasting month of Ramadan, most mosques in Singapore cook and distribute porridge to the public. Malabar Mosque is no exception. On the first day of Ramadan on July 10, tabla! visited the bright
      PHOTOS: JAMUNA SUNDARAJ  -  609 words
    • 234 12 MARRIAGES are up, while divorces and annulments are down, latest figures released by the Department of Statistics on July 10 show. There were 27,936 civil and Muslim marriages registered last year 2.5 per cent higher than the 27,258 in 2011. The total number of marriages dissolved
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    • 192 12 Free as a bird... an Oriental Pied Hornbill flies after its release by Jurong Bird Park avian curator Minerva Bongco-Nuqui (left) and director of conservation for National Parks Wong Tuan Wah in Pulau Ubin on July 10. Three Oriental Pied Hornbills belonging to Jurong Bird Park
      PHOTO: © AFP  -  192 words
    • 218 12 FRESH graduates hitting the job market here this year can expect to earn 2 per cent more than those who started on their first job a year ago a rise which has kept pace with the year-on-year inflation rate of 1.6 per cent. Global
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    • singapore snippets
      • 89 12 JAPANESE toddler Hanano Oyama (below) may have died, but she continues to live on in two others. A drowning accident on June 29 had left the 1½-year-old girl brain dead. This makes Hanano Singapore’s youngest organ donor. The New Paper understands that both her kidneys went
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      • 112 12 ROMANTIC meals right at the edge of the Singapore River will soon become a thing of the past at Robertson Quay and Clarke Quay, when new rules on outdoor refreshment areas kick in this week. Under new guidelines from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), diners’ tables
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      • 117 12 AS PART of a new National Environment Agency (NEA) training programme to empower volunteers in several non-governmental organisations to curtail littering offences, some 60 trained volunteers will be issued accreditation cards in the next few weeks. The cards give them the authority to ask litterbugs to
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    • 297 21 “I hadn’t seen so much money before. My heart was beating very fast.” ComfortDelGro taxi driver Seng Kiah Chen who found an envelope containing $45,000 in his taxi. He returned the envelope to his company’s lost and found department that same day “NRI life isn’t a Karan
      PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES  -  297 words
    • 108 21 Rs36 lakhs Amount an Indian businessman in Saudi Arabia paid as “blood money” to get a fellow Indian out of jail. The Indian was jailed for killing a Saudi in an accident 19% Rise in number of museum visitors since entry charges were scrapped for Singapore citizens and
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  • EDUCATION
    • 332 9  -  Second-generation Singaporean wins award for teaching science well AMBIKA GOGNA tabla@sph.com.sg IN 2006, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong mentioned him as an example of a sec-ond-generation Singaporean who was committed to contributing to the country. Shyam Srinivasan (left) was then about to embark on a
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    • 513 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, NPS) SURABHI ATHALYE ISHA KANYAL, Class 10A Class 10A IN THE
      PHOTOS: GIIS  -  513 words
    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 366 10  -  ASHWINI SRIDHAR (below right), Class IB Year 2 THE gentle tapping of keys, late into the night. Drop by drop, another world seeping into ours, reality being blurred ever so slightly. A tale being spun, a single, tiny thread, joining and connecting and merging with others
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    • 300 9 A k W My success in the IBuDiploma exams tothe guidance and support of my at GIIS. Kalyani Subbiah GIIS IB Diploma Topper 2013 with a near-perfect score of 44/45 GIIS student from 2011-2013 (2013 Testimonial) Global Indian International School's focus on providing a strong academic foundation and holistic development
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    • 39 10 from Global Indian International School TlpofU+lf—k: Make reading a family activity. Whether you’re reading to your child, reading with him, or talking about what he’s read, make it a family habit. SONDA Singapore Indian Development Association 1800-295-4554 www.sinda.org.sg facebook.com/mysinda
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  • FOOD
    • 490 11  -  It will be a 10-day food fiesta with competitions and fun for everyone JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg HOW many laddus can you eat in one sitting? Ten, or more? If you think you have the stomach and the speed, you can join the Fastest Laddu
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    • 474 11  -  Jamuna Sundaraj WHAT makes a good plate of nasi lemak? Ask any local foodie that and you will get a unanimous answer: The sambal and the steamed coconut rice. I agree. I have not had a decent plate of nasi lemak a local dish
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  • 542 13  -  Kindness to elderly woman wins Mrs Chandra an award JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg A FEW days before Chinese New Year last year, Mrs Chandra Sivaramakrishnan was watching television late at night when she heard a loud bang. She ran out of her house to find that her
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  • 353 13  -  Jamuna Sundaraj ABOUT nine months ago, the Little India Shopkeepers and Heritage Association (LISHA) Women’s Wing held its first business networking session for women entrepreneurs in Singapore. Around 30 women attended that session. Since then that number has risen steadily as word spread about the sessions that
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 325 14  -  The Soorya Festival Of Indian Dance will also feature a shadow play artiste JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg THREE of India’s established dancers will be performing at the Soorya Festival Of Indian Dance at the NTUC Auditorium on July 14. hey are Rama Vaidyanathan, Sunanda Nair
      PHOTOS: SOORYA, PRAHLAD ACHARYA  -  325 words
    • 509 15 Indo-Asian News Service THE 14th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards which ended in Macau on July 7 not only celebrated 100 years of Indian cinema but also showcased talent which form the future of Bollywood. he awards focused on a lot of new
      Indo-Asian News Service; PHOTOS: © AFP  -  509 words
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  • RELAX
    • 343 18 Indo-Asian News Service MAKEOVERS can make or break a celebrity’s image, said stylist and designer Mansi Kapadia (bottom), who styled actors Neil Nitin Mukesh and Richa Chadda in their forthcoming film Ishqeria. Debutante director Prerna Wadhawan went behind the camera to
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    • 385 19 PROPERTY EXHIBITION On show are south Indian properties, from Rs2 lakhs to Rs8 crores, with budget to luxury and ultra luxury segments. Free admission. When: July 20 21, 10am to 8pm Where: Singapore Expo Hall 4B Contact: 8430-4107 or e-mail gowtham@eyeballmedia.in TALK Nurture The Life Force Within is
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    • 56 19 DANCE Nritta Trayee a showcase of three classical dance forms by Indian dancers Rani Khanan (far left), Rama Vaidyanathan (left) and Sunanda Nair (right). And featuring shadow play artiste Prahlad Acharya. Tickets: $50, $30 When: July 14, 7pm Where: NTUC Auditorium, Level 7, 1 Marina
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    • Article, Illustration
      174 19  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Monsooned Basanally is a variety of which beverage in India? a) Coffee b) Tea c) Milk 2. Which species of eagle appears on the US president’s official seal? a) Bald b) Golden c) Harpy 3. The Khorat Plateau is in which country? a) Thailand b) Taiwan
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 566 18 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 2pm VIJAY: Thaneer Thaneer 3.30pm SONY ENT: Ek Main Aur Ek Tu 4.30pm ASIANET: Angel John 7.15pm STAR GOLD: London, Paris, New York 9pm VASANTHAM: Nizhalgal 9pm SONY MAX: Rocket Singh 10pm ZEE CINEMA: Agneepath Mn VTV: Santhosh Subramaniam Saturday 1pm VASANTHAM: Gul-E-Bakavali 1.30pm STAR PLUS: Cheeni
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 315 19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Street border 5 Like butting in 9 Album insert 14 Downwind at sea 15 Liver nutrient 16 Like many roofs 17 A way to cure hiccups, it’s said 20 As You Like It setting 21 Begins again 22 Comics soldier (with “The”) 25 Coolers in windows, briefly
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    • 46 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. GFor solutions, turn to next page.
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous

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  • SPORTS
    • 549 22 Sign up for the Integration Cup 2013 to play at the exclusive SICC New Course tabla@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Island Country Club’s (SICC) New Course is probably one of the most prestigious and challenging courses in the country. It gives golfers an opportunity to test
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