Tabla, 19 July 2013

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  • 23 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY aSl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 042/11/2012 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2013
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  • Article, Illustration
    1275 1  -  There are so many varieties of the humble bread here that you are spoilt for choice GAYATHRI PANICKAR tabla@sph.com.sg AWESTRUCK! That was the look on my aunt’s face when we first walked into a local prata shop. It was on a fine Saturday morning and the shop at
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    • 120 1 INTEGRATION CUP: PLAY AND WIN FABULOUS PRIZES PAGE 23 TAMIL RAP GAINS GROUND PAGE 17 WIN SILKAIR TICKETS TO KOTA KINABALU PAGE 5 OUR SINGAPORE CONVERSATION AT SINDA WITH IBR PAGE 11 Get tabla! delivered to your doorstep for $24 a year. Call 6319-1800 or e-mail circs@sph.com.sg View us at
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  • INDIA
    • India in 2 minutes
      • 98 2 THE Indian government has approved measures to make marriage laws more woman-friendly, including providing for compensation from her husband’s ancestral property in the case of divorce. The recommendations were made by the Group of Ministers, set up recently to decide on Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, headed
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      • 76 2 CHRISTIE’S, the international arts auction house, is soon going to hold its first auction in India in December. The auction will be held in Mumbai and will consist of Indian art works only. Christie’s said its decision was a reflection of the “increased international appeal
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      • 88 2 THE Rashtrapati Bhavan is all set to start its own cricket tournament, titled the Rashtrapati Bhavan League (RBL). Four teams representing four departments of the Presidential Estate will be taking part in the tournament. These are Secretariat Avengers, Household Royals, President’s Body Guard Chargers and
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      • 130 2 AS MANY as 27 children were killed and many are still in critical condition (at press time) after eating a poisoned school meal in Mashrakh village of Chapra district in Bihar. The incident took place on July 16. The children (below, receiving treatment) aged
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      • 120 2 THE controversial Kudankulam nuclear plant, which has witnessed widespread protests and several delays, is now a step closer towards generating power. On July 13, the nuclear reactor at the first unit of the plant attained criticality and began the much-awaited
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      • 88 2 AN AUDIT at the Indian Customs department’s warehouse in Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport has revealed that over 550kg of gold and 3,400kg of silver worth Rs160 crores was lying in it for over 50 years. The officials have decided to sell the gold
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      • 81 2 AN 84-YEAR-OLD man in Assam wrote a letter to the Gauhati High Court after his passport verification was not done by the police. Mr Muktadir Ali had applied for a passport to go on the Haj, but he alleged that the police asked him
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    • 544 4 Findings of first linguistic survey since 1928 will be published in September Indo-Asian News Service WHILE people in India presently speak in 780 different languages, the country has lost nearly 250 languages in the last 50 years, a recent survey has revealed. The People’s Linguistic
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    • 101 4 street dentist Kulwant Singh (right) treats a patient at his roadside dentistry stall in Amritsar, Punjab. Street dentists, many of whom do not have formal training, learn their skills by working as dental technicians or assistants and earn between Rs300 to Rs400 per day. Patients
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  • TRAVEL
    • 564 5 Tee-off, then scrub down fly SilkAir to Shenzhen, Chiang Mai and Kota Kinabalu and enjoy a leisurely holiday on the green or at the spa. SHENZHEN Just north of Hong Kong, this bustling city boasts great shopping, several theme parks, affordable spas and world-class golf courses,
      PHOTOS: SILKAIR  -  564 words
    • 201 5 FOR your safety and comfort, it is important to know your baggage allowance. You should pack your medication, travel documents and valuables in your carry-on baggage and label your checked baggage with all your contact details. At SilkAir, the baggage allowance for
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 139 6 / 7 THIS group of young Singaporeans seen with Acting Minister for Social and Family Development, and Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Defence Chan Chun Sing spent an extraordinary three weeks out of their comfort zones by building a library and cleaning, refurbishing and painting a
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    • 535 6 / 7 Get ready for a street-style party as the paper turns 25 IF you’re walking along The Courtyard at Robertson Walk on July 26 and see a bunch of party-goers dancing and you don’t hear any music, do not be alarmed. You would have just
      PHOTOS: KATHERINE LIM, THE NEW PAPER  -  535 words
    • 166 6 / 7 THE stories in his latest book span more than 80 years and many aspects of his life. These range from sleeping rough along the five-foot-way as a teenager to meeting key players in Singapore’s history, from first chief minister David Marshall to founding
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    • 382 8 SIET’s Angels Ball charity gala dinner is held annually to raise funds tabla@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Indian Education Trust (SIET) will hold its annual Angels Ball charity gala dinner on July 27 at the NUSS Kent Ridge Guild House. he ball is held every
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    • 163 6 / 7 SiNDA Singapore Indian Development Association SIN DA EXCELLENCE AWARDS CEREMONY 2013 CALLING ALL RETURNING GRADUATES! The Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA) will be hosting the 22nd SINDA Excellence Awards (SEA) Ceremony in September 2013. The SEA award is the highest honour bestowed by SINDA upon Indian students who have achieved
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    • 204 6 / 7 DHRNUSH Bringing ideas to He... Check out exciting products ranging from designer clothes, jewellery, handicrafts, home linen, face painting for kids much more... July 26th, Friday, 11 am to 8 pm Singapore Swimming Club 45, Tanjong Rhu Road, Singapore *****9 The Exhibitors Elegante Shhanya Tarot Card Reader Ria creations Art
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    • 38 8 OF Languages Announces A Series of IB IGCSE (English) Seminars By Ms. Sanghamitra Gupta (Renowned IB teacher with 12 years of teaching and marking experience) All are invited. Limited seats available. To register: SMS Richa Mahajan at 8399-3969.
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    • 103 8 Your path to study, migration and employment Official Test Centre IELTS Be better prepared for your IELTS test when you register with IDP Singapore A bundled package for the IELTS test and preparation course IELTS preparation course (4-6 weeks 24 hours in total) conducted by experienced qualified teachers Free IELTS
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    • 291 9 Global Schools Foundation G Global Indian International School www.globalindianschool.org Nurturing Global Citizens RECORD BREAKING PERFORMANCE in International Baccalaureate Diploma Results Over 41 students score over 40/45 GIIS’ high achievers, through their sterling performances, have further contributed to bringing recognition to their alma mater and its reputation of being an educational
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  • EDUCATION
    • 420 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, DPS) NAMKHEY NATHAN, Grade 10 IGCSE NPSI diplomats, bursting
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 318 10  -  VIJAYSIDDHARTH, Grade 8C I RETURNED home from school on May 9 to find a pleasant surprise waiting. It was an e-mail from Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) stating that my entry was among the top 50 shortlisted for the maiden YOUth Write essay competition for secondary school students.
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      • 102 10  -  ASHMITA CHATTERJEE, Grade IB Year 1 DADDY Dons The Apron was an event much enjoyed by all the Early Years students. It was part of the Father’s Day celebrations. Fathers who volunteered for the event came equipped with their aprons to help with some fun arts
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    • 59 10 presenting a on the a resomoderated politics but alpersuade were where students walk away and what we from NPS International School L Tip of the Week: Weave literacy into daily activities such as writing and reading lists of things to buy, things to do, items to pack, directions to follow
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 525 11  -  Local Indian and expat business leaders share ideas on integrating expatriates with locals at the Our Singapore Conversation session held by SINDA and Indian Business-Leaders’ Roundtable JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg ABOUT 50 Indian Singaporeans and expatriates, along with their spouses and SINDA facilitators,
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    • singapore snippets
      • 157 12 / 13 INDIAN nationals were among a record number of 53 foreigners caught for forging educational qualifications this year, more than the 43 nabbed during the whole of last year. The authorities revealed that 25 have been charged in court, after a crackdown by the Ministry of
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      • 158 12 / 13 SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) said it will raise $504 million in a real-estate investment trust (Reit) offering after pricing the initial public offering (IPO) at 90 cents per share, the top of its indicative range of 85 cents to 90 cents. SPH has
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      • 162 12 / 13 THE licence tenure for NTUC My First Skool in Toa Payoh Lorong 4 has been reduced from 24 months to six months. Acting Minister of Social and Family Development Chan Chun Sing announced this, after a visit to KLC School of Education on
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    • 414 12 / 13 HOME buyers seeking fixed interest loans to cushion themselves from the effect of an expected rise in global interest rates will find that some banks have already hiked their offers. On July 15, Maybank raised its three-year fixed rate for a mortgage by 0.1
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    • 224 12 / 13 THE police have shortened the liquor licensing hours for tenants at Clarke Quay, following reports of drunken behaviour in the area. Under the new limitations which kick in on Oct 1, bars and nightclubs stretching from River Valley Road to the Clarke Quay Read Bridge
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    • 243 12 / 13 LOW-INCOME single women with young children are among the most vulnerable in Singapore and they need a complete societal support network to help them, said Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam(right) at the launch of a handbook on the experiences of Project Athena, written by Institute of
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    • 148 12 / 13 Breaking fast... Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (third from right) and Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs Dr Yaacob Ibrahim (fifth from right) breaking fast at the newly-upgraded An-Nur Mosque in Woodlands, alongside 200 congregants who included members of the MUIS management and the mosque’s management board. It was Mr
      PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES  -  148 words
    • 193 12 / 13 SINGAPORE fish importers are paying at least 20 per cent more for five types of fish banned for export for two months by Malaysia. The increase will, in turn, likely force fishmongers at wet markets to raise their prices
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    • 97 19 31,000 Users signed up for fibre broadband service in Singapore in June this year, a record 2,000 Litres of illegal cough syrup worth an estimated $1.25 million seized in a three-month operation by the Singapore authorities 52,000 People attended this year’s STJobs Career and Development Fair at the
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    • 259 19 “A job was like God to us then. But these days, sometimes I feel as if I am not the one interviewing the applicants, but they are interviewing me instead.” Managing director and owner of dispatch company Network Express Courier Services V.S. Kumar on job seekers today
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    • 128 12 / 13 Radha Madhav Satsang Invites All For Nurture the Life Force Within 26 31 July 2013 (Fri Wed), 7.30 9pm Daily VENUE: Sri Layan Sithi Vinayagar Temple 73 Keong Saik Street, S*****7 (Third Floor Hall) MRT: Outram Park BUS: 54, 124, 143, 147, 166 THREE MINUTES IN THE BODY OF CLAY
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 550 16  -  Local play sizzles with good performances and thoughts about national identity JAMUNA SUNDARAJ jamunas@sph.com.sg IHAVE to admit that I have not had the chance to see local playwright Alfian Sa’at’s work on stage. I have heard several reviews and reactions about his previous plays, such as Cooling
      PHOTO: WILD RICE  -  550 words
    • 546 17 Artistes given due credit now, says singer and rapper Sricharan Kasthurirangan Indo-Asian News Service RAP music hardly struck a chord in Tamil music a few years ago, but the scene is gradually changing for the better, says singer-rapper Sricharan Kasthurirangan, who has sung rap portions in
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    • 295 17  -  Jamuna Sundaraj RIDING on the success of the first run of the play, We Are Like This Only!, HuM Theatre will be staging it for the second time from July 23 to 28 at the Goodman Arts Centre. It was last
      PHOTO: HUM THEATRE  -  295 words
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  • HEALTH
    • Article, Illustration
      304 18 You don’t have to skip meals to stay lean Indo-Asian News Service DIETING or skipping meals is not the ideal way to lose weight. Instead you should include food that help weight loss and increase metabolism into your daily diet. Experts say you should eat a healthy meal
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    • 409 18 IF YOU’VE made a resolution to be fit and healthy this year, how’s that going? We are now in the second half of 2013, and if you’re still struggling to hit your ideal weight or achieve your ideal body, Delhi-based fitness expert
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 44 18 m *9 rnYri Arjun Rampal Bishi Kapooi|r v Irrfan Khali Shruti Haasan ..from the director of Rang De Basanti comes a film that is destined to emerge^a.champ. HI ia itS&uhetQ C J* (Punjabi) .for all show times and online bookings today., logon to www.in-movienetwork.com
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    • 140 19 Back By Popular Demand HuM Theatre presents WE ARE LIKE THIS ONLY! You missed it once? Don't miss it again. Watch the rerun! Book your tickets NOW at www.humtheatre.com Starring: Daisy Irani, Rishi Budhrani, Sivakumar Palakrishnan, Sharul Channa Forum moderated by Subin Subaiah 23-28 July,2013 7.30pm at Goodman Arts Centre,
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 260 20 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Aries Objectives will be satisfactorily met. Those in the marketing industry will achieve their targets with ease. Taurus All your past efforts will begin to yield returns. You will have handsome profits from the sale of a vehicle or property. Gemini Majority of planets in ascendant
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    • 298 20 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 2pm VIJAY: Nalla Theerpu 3.30pm SONY ENT: Golmaal Fun Unlimited 4pm ASIANET: Sagar Alias Jacky 7.45pm STAR GOLD: Tere Bin Laden 9pm VASANTHAM: Kadalora Kavithaiga 9pm SONY MAX: Chak De India 10pm ZEE CINEMA: Jodhaa Akbar Mn VTV: Vandhaan Vendraan Saturday 1pm VASANTHAM: Aadiperukku 1.30pm STAR PLUS:
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  • RELAX
    • 418 21 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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    • 39 21 FOOD FESTIVAL A 10-day fiesta of food, fun and games, organised by Indian Restaurants Association Singapore. Free admission. When: July 19 to 28, 10am to 10pm Where: Little India, opposite Mustafa Centre Contact: 6341-5356
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    • Article, Illustration
      194 21  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. In which form of cooking is the meat coloured bright orange-red with a natural dye? a) Barbecue b) Szechuan c) Tandoori 2. Which of these scientists was influenced by author Romain Rolland? a) Albert Einstein b) Humphry Davy c) Thomas Alva Edison 3. Black, white, Himalayan
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 327 21 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Become acclimatised 6 Knives, in prison 11 “I’m impressed!” 14 Old school machine 15 Sen Marco of Florida 16 Frequent gold medallist in Olympic basketball 17 “Briefly 19 Pewter, in part 20 Common verb 21 He used to “sting like a bee” 22 Shelter in the wild
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    • 46 21 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 22 Miscellaneous
    • 26 22 SOLUTIONS crossword sudoku quiz 6. French 7. Dragon 8. Nitrogen 9. Baseball 10. Vulture 1. Tandoori 2. Albert Einstein 3. Pine 4. Lake Baikal 5. Humayun
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  • SPORTS
    • 526 23 The hole-in-one prize at this year’s Integration Cup 2013 is a Jaguar XJ tabla@sph.com.sg IN THE early 1990s, there were reports in the North Korean media that their leader, now deceased Kim Jong-il, had shot 11 holes-in-one on an 18-hole golf course in his first
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