Tabla, 29 November 2013

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  • 23 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY SjSl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MCI (P) 031/11/2013 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2013
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  • 1447 1  -  The role community clubs play in helping new citizens and permanent residents adjust to life in Singapore GAYATHRI PANICKER tabla@sph.com.sg ELEVEN years ago, when 33-year-old Shiji Mujeeb first arrived in Singapore, she felt a huge rush of mixed emotions something that most foreigners can relate to.
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    • 6 1 HARSHA ON INDIA’S SATOUR PAGE 23
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  • INDIA
    • India in 2 minutes
      • 63 2 MORE than 10,000 contractual school teachers in Bihar failed a competency test last month to review their ability to teach. They were tested on their English, mathematics, Hindi and general knowledge for up to Standard V. Teachers who failed the test will be allowed
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      • 66 2 KERALA state police have said that the crime rate fell to 7.6 per cent in 2012. The police said there were fewer murder, kidnapping, simple theft, cheating and dowry-related crime cases compared to 2011. Offences relating to atrocities against the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled
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      • 65 2 SUFFERING in India has more than doubled in recent years, according to a recent Gallup poll. It said that one in every four Indians was bearing the brunt of the nation’s poor economic performance in recent years. India’s growth rate fell from 9.4 per cent in
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      • 70 2 BANGALORE police have closed down 1,037 ATM kiosks in the city which did not have security guards, CCTV cameras and security alerts. This comes after a 44-year-old woman was brutally attacked at an ATM kiosk on Nov 19. The woman had to undergo surgery and
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      • 83 2 DENTIST couple Rajesh and NupurTalwar were sentenced to life imprisonment by a Central Bureau of Investigation court on Nov 26 for killing their 14-year-old daughter and domestic help in 2008. Lawyers of the couple, who were taken back to the Dasna Jail in the Ghaziabad district
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      • 71 2 A 14-YEAR-OLD boy died of a bullet injury when his younger brother, playing with his father’s pistol, accidentally pulled the trigger, reported the Indian media. The incident took place in east Delhi’s Madhu Vihar area on Nov 25. Arun Kumar, 10, was playing
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      • 73 2 INDIA marked the fifth anniversary of militant attacks in Mumbai on Nov 26, 2008, that killed 166 people. Memorial services (left) and prayers were held throughout the city. In the 2008 incident, 10 militants had arrived by sea and carried out attacks on hotels, a
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    • 33 2 IN AN article (Banking on women) on Nov 22, we captioned Ms Chanda Kochhar’s designation incorrectly. She is the managing director and chief executive officer of ICICI Bank.
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    • 412 3 j* SQUARE MALL Singapore's First Eco-mall i i nrin'iimtiwi' 7~: 15 Nov 29 Dec 2013 Developments Limited YEARS, TTRUST 1 CHRISTMAS WITH THOMAS FRIENDS ZjTtlUll; P. 1 On 30 Nov 15 Dec (daily except Mon) Tue Fri: 2pm 7pm Sat Sun: 1pm, 4pm 7pm Go on a fun-filled journey with
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  • BUSINESS
    • 634 4  -  The project, a reflection of the company’s belief in India’s long-term growth, will have industrial, commercial and residential spaces ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN ankitav@sph.com.sg THE story out of the Indian economy may be that of the falling rupee, rising inflation and mul-ti-crore scams, yet
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    • 13 4 RS49.78 US$0.80 A$0.88 ¤0.58 £0.49 Exchange rates as of Nov 27, 2013
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    • 6 4 RS62.33 A$1.10 ¤0.74 £0.62 S$1.25
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    • 566 5  -  ACC’s Danish Rashid says the durable material is more cost-effective and environmentfriendly when building roads ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN ankitav@sph.com.sg INDIA’S road network stretches more than 4 million km. Yet, only very small stretches of this network are paved with concrete, despite concrete being
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 317 6 / 7 THE Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) instituted the inaugural Outstanding Member of the South Asian Diaspora award at this year’s South Asian Diaspora Convention (SADC). The first award was presented to Mr Murli Kewalram Chanrai, 91, of the Kewalram Group, by Singapore’s President Tony
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    • 607 6 / 7  -  Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram urges the South Asian diaspora to seize the investment opportunities in the country at the two-day SADC held in Singapore ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN ankitav@sph.com.sg INDIAN Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has urged the Indian diaspora to invest in the country and
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    • 454 11  -  He says current generation of Chettiars can help the community be a dominant force again WILSON SILAS DAVID wsilas@sph.com.sg Wilson Silas David is a journalist with Tamil Murasu. THE Chettiars were a dominant merchant class 100 years ago. And if they can recreate
      PHOTO: NAGARATHAR ASSOCIATION (SINGAPORE)  -  454 words
    • Article, Illustration
      392 12 / 13 FROM cooking sessions to martial arts classes, dance lessons to cultural gatherings and performances (below) you can find it all in your neighbourhood community clubs. There are 107 community clubs around the island and they have all aided in developing a common space in Singapore. As the
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    • singapore snippets
      • 102 14 FACTORIES started the fourth quarter on an upbeat note, thanks to a blistering performance from the electronics sector. Overall manufacturing production was up 8 per cent in October over the same month last year. This was due mainly to an output surge from the electronics cluster, which
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      • 137 14 SINGAPORE is the second most competitive nation in the world when it comes to its talent pool. It came in second, behind Switzerland, in the Global Talent Competitiveness Index, launched by Insead Business School. The index, jointly launched in partnership with the Human
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      • 126 14 WITH more professionals, managers and executives (PMEs) in the workforce today, the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) is ramping up its efforts to reach out to this fast-growing group. Next year, the labour movement will roll out three new one-stop centres offering services ranging from
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      • 109 14 IN A bid to curb public nuisance caused by drinking, the Government is considering a ban on the consumption of alcohol at common areas, including void decks and parks, while reducing the number of hours shops can sell liquor. Public places such as outside Robertson Quay
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    • 242 14 A RECORD 8,952 flats were launched for sale on Nov 26 by the Housing Board in its largest joint Build-To-Order (BTO) and sale of balance flats exercise. Analysts expect the balance flats those left over from previous exercises to be more popular as the new
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    • 157 14 PRICIER cars and food combined to send inflation up last month. Consumer prices rose 2 per cent in October from the same month last year below the level tipped by economists, but above September’s 1.6 per cent rise. The higher inflation number released on Nov 25 by
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    • 173 14 Getting the family together...it wasn’t just any weekend for the 64 Indian Singaporean families, who attended the Family Bonding Camp organised by SINDA on Nov 17. The Camp Challenge, organised by the association’s parents division, was attended by 228 people, including these children (above). The event
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    • 130 14 MOST owner-occupied homes will pay less in property tax next year, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore has said. Under the new Progressive Property Tax Rates regime announced during Budget 2013, all owner-occupied HDB flats and three-quarters of owner-occupied private homes or 95 per
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    • 106 21 45 tonnes Of illegal red sandalwood an endangered tree native to India worth $5 million seized by the Singapore authorities $4.9 million Record sales for this year’s Affordable Art Fair, which also hit a high of 17,800 visitors 1,237 Runs scored by India’s Virat Kohli in ODIs this
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    • 308 21 “I am looking forward to joining the Indian team. I have some good memories of South Africa. My last comeback was there.” Indian bowler Zaheer Khan on being selected for the Indian cricket team for the upcoming South Africa tour “If you ask me now, I can’t
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  • EDUCATION
    • 202 8 WHENEVER it was time for classes, Ms Vakil Reema Manish would wheel herself from her oodlands home to take the MRT train to Queenstown or Commonwealth station, then wheel herself again to Stirling Road where the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) campus is.
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    • 554 9 Indian president disappointed that leading academic institutions are neglecting research Indo-Asian News Service INDIAN president Pranab Mukherjee expressed disappointment over the quality of higher education in the country and regretted that leading academic institutions lacked orientation towards research. Addressing educationists, researchers and students at two
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    • 444 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) AKHIL ATLURI, Class 9 IG OCT 25 was
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 243 10  -  TIARA MUKHERJEE, Class K2B MY SCHOOL celebrated Sports Day on Oct 25. It was the best day of the month for me. I went to Hougang United Stadium with my parents and met all my friends and teachers in the stadium
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      • 149 10  -  DHRUV BHAT, Class K2A (PM) IT WAS Halloween on Oct 31 and we wore scary Halloween costumes to school. We dressed up as skeletons, fairies, witches and mummies. For special effects many of us used magic wands, ghost masks and tridents. I saw a mummy fully covered
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    • 319 9 Global Schools Foundation G Global Indian International School trust SINGAPORE Cert No.: EDU-2-2045 Validity: 10/09/2012 to 09/09/2016 www.globalindianschool.org Nurturing Global Citizens My academic success is a result of the insightful mentoring from my teachers atGIIS. SukanyaJoshi GIIS CBSE Class 10 topper with 10 GPA; Class 11, GIIS Queenstown Campus student
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 488 16  -  The 10-day Kalaa Utsavam which brought different Indian arts together promises to be bigger and better next year ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN ankitav@sph.com.sg INDIA’S cultural influences have traversed beyond the subcontinent for ages. These can be witnessed in music, song, dance, theatre and myriad other aspects
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    • 432 17 The popular television star says he is looking for roles that are intriguing BARUN SOBTI, the popular TV actor, who is best known for his role in the serial Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon, will soon be seen on the big screen.
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    • 323 17  -  LOOKING GOOD Komathy Rajaratnam Dr Komathy Rajaratnam is the founder of The Lifestyle Clinic at 16-03 Camden Medical Centre, Tel: 6733-0788. Her articles in upcoming issues will deal with beauty and aesthetic issues relevant to the Indian body type. HAIR loss is a distressing condition
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    • 149 17 1 Xmas and New Year are round the corner. The Lifestyle clinic is offering to all Tabla readers a FREE 15 mins consultation and a Vitamin C rejuvenating treatment for $88 (First trial, normally costing $200). This offer is valid till the 31 st January 2013. i lifestyle nb REJUVENATE
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  • RELAX
    • 326 18 PLANNING a holiday with your beau or hubby? Make sure you don't spoil the experience by indulging in wasteful fights and arguments. Couples should give each other time and space, and they must also explore new cities to know each other’s interests better, according to
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    • 64 19 TALK GEMS Parental Engagement session focuses on the positive impact of parental involvement in their children’s studies and how to empower parents with the skills and understanding to support their children’s learning process. Free admission but need to register. When: Dec 6, 3 to 5pm
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    • 417 19 PRAYERS G An evening of devotional songs by Dr Arun Madhavan and group. Free admission. When: Dec 6, 7 to 9pm Where: Arya Samaj, Syed Alwi Rd When: Dec 7, 6.30 to 8.30pm Where: Murugan temple, Tank Rd Contact: 9666-4191 G Encounter With Grace a talk by Rev
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    • Article, Illustration
      187 19  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. In the Asterix comics who is Asterix’s British cousin? a) Anticlimax b) Getafix c) Obelix 2. Which of these fruits grows on climbers? a) Mango b) Grapes c) Lichi 3. Which country’s old name is Kampuchea? a) Cambodia b) Sri Lanka c) China 4. In which
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 527 18 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Aries You may be more aggressive and always ready to jump into action. Transit of Mars in Leo may make you ambitious and adventurous. Taurus You may be shortlisted for a job interview. There may be auspicious celebrations at home. You may not able to fulfil
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 296 19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Grub 5 Looks good on 10 Abbr. on an invitation 14 Paraprofessional, among others 15 Invest with a quality 16 Blade with a bell guard 17 Relative of 16-Across 19 Refer to 20 Saw-edged 21 The Mikado garb 23 Slathered frosting on 24 Filler for many sandwiches
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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
    • 28 20 SOLUTIONS sudoku crossword quiz 1. Anticlimax 2. Grapes 3. Cambodia 4. Darjeeling 5. Millipede 6. Maury an 7. Yasser Arafat 8. Floating Ribs 9. Liver 10. The Oval
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  • SPORTS
    • 149 22 INDIA’S Viswanathan Anand was dethroned as the World Chess Champion by 22-year-old Norwegian Magnus Carlsen on Nov 22. The championship ended after the 10th game, which ended in a 65-move draw and took Carlsen’s points tally to 6.5, winning him the trophy. Anand lagged behind at 3.5
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    • 1479 23  -  His selection for the upcoming series against South Africa may do more harm than good columnstar HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg WHEN good people do unexpected things you search for reasons why they could be right before condemning their choices. And it was with that objective that
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