Tabla, 15 July 2016

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  • 25 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, JULY 15,2016 PORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDY, MCI (P) 017/11/2015
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  • 29 1 The South Asian Diaspora Convention on July 18 and 19 is an ideal occasion for eight South Asian nations to join hands for common good. PHOTO: ISAS
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    • 147 1 SOCIAL ENTERPRISE SUCCESS PAGES 4 5 INDIA’S FLYING DAGGER PAGE 6 \m Modern 5 Montessori International (LONDON) A Mentt-t'to'ii. P'li-icAoel E/ncAti-44* Modern Montessori International Group AMAQ161L EXPERIENG THE MODERN MONTESSORI JOURNEY _s T, 3 r Playgroup (18 months 214 years) Nursery 1 (i'A yA years) Nursery 2 y/i 4V2 years)
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  • INDIA India in 2 minutes
    • 63 2 THE Indian government has launched a scheme that makes gangajal water from the Ganga river available at all post offices across the country. And if people want it, India Post can also deliver it to their doorstep. As of now, only Ganga water from Gangotri
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    • 116 2 CONSTANT heavy downpour at the Tripura and Assam border in Churaibari has caused a fuel crisis and vehicles to be stranded at National Highway 44 (right). Fuel supply from Assam by tankers have stopped due to the poor condition of the highway because of rain.
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    • 92 2 THE High courts of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras will be renamed after their cities Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. The change will be introduced after the government passes a bill in Parliament. However, senior counsel Iqbal Chagla, son of M. C. Chagla,
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    • 76 2 TWENTY-ONE people declared missing in Kerala are suspected to be in the camps of the Islamic State in Syria or Afghanistan, the Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan told the state assembly. Seventeen of them are from Kasargod district, while four are from Palakkad. The Hindu
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    • 80 2 EMERGENCY medical care centres will be built at 14 railway stations in theTiruchi Division. The 24-hour centres will be run by reputed hospitals and will have an ambulance on stand-by. Apart from general medicine, they will also stock life-saving drugs for patients who
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    • 107 2 PASSENGERS travelling to India can now buy duty-free products worth up to Rs25,000 at the airport. Earlier, they could only buy goods worth Rs5,000.This move comes after the authorities received complaints from passengers that the limit was low and needed to be revised. A senior
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    • 101 2 THE Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has suggested that schools substitute the word “homework” with terms such as “practice work” and “self work”. It has also posted a 318-page manual on its website with guidelines on how to make learning more interesting. To enhance
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    • 93 2 A MANIPURI woman, Ms Monika Khangembam, was allegedly subjected to racial abuse at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport when an immigration officer allegedly asked her if she was really an Indian. She posted the unpleasant experience on Facebook, stating that the immigration official said
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    • 86 2 TELANGANA Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has launched a drive to plant 46 crore saplings in a year. He was seen planting a tree (left) during the drive called “Telanganaki Haritha Haram” on July 11 in Hyderabad. He also planted a Kadhambam plant at Choutuppal and
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    • 819 4 / 5  -  A young architect’s work in improving life of the poor is garnering international attention AMITA SARWAL t a bl a s p h com.sg AT 29, Alok Shetty has had accolades that some would take a lifetime to achieve. (See info box on right.)
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    • 394 6 The indigenously developed Tejas fighter aircraft can hit ground targets at 1,300kmh Indo-Asian News Service THIRTY-three years after India started a project to develop a multi-role stealth fighter aircraft, the Tejas was inducted into the country’s air force on July 1. It is a single-engined supersonic delta-wing
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    • 198 7 Bonalu now recognised as state festival THIS year, folk festival Bonalu has a special significance in Telangana. The festival has been accorded the status of “state festival” after the formation of Telangana and this is the first Bonalu in the new state. The state chief minister
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    • 103 7 INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY jTl9 emprasa Startup City I Bengaluru BENGALURU After the successful launch of residential project WE'RE BACK WITH A BANG!! rr xtfflTT up to 28% of 9% p.a To know more about this opportunity Meet us on 23 rd 24 th July 110am to 8pm Raffles City Convention Center
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  • EDUCATION
    • 268 8  -  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 reporters and photographers. (This page is rotated among the schools. Next week, DPS) GAURI SINGHAL, Grade 11 CBSE FIELD trips offer an enriching
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 206 8  -  SMRITHI SADASIVAM, Grade IB Year 2 MATH Awareness Day at NPS International School was held on June 8. The objective was for secondary students to rediscover the joy of mathematics. Rather than having to learn purely for the sake of examinations, students were led through some fun-filled
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      • 259 8  -  AARTHI KRISHNAN, IGCSE B Grade 9 OUR school celebrated Social Science Day on May 18. We started off with an assembly conducted by students from Grade 9 and 10. Our school’s theme for this year’s assemblies is “Be the change you wish to see in the
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    • 511 9 SINDA honours 137 volunteers at its 10th Volunteers’ Recognition Ceremony MR Santhiran Ezhavarasan has always been passionate about volunteer work. Heavily involved in many of his schools’ flag days, the 23-year old’s volunteering perspective changed when he first joined SINDA Youth Leaders Seminar (SYLS) in 2013 as a
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    • 158 9 v Consistency is key and planning long term goals is very important to achieve success.” Rasika Kale IB World Topper 2016 Perfect scorer (45/45 points) GIIS Queenstown Campus 2016 Testimonial) The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) at GIIS hones young minds through its well-balanced curriculum, which is focused on research,
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 529 10  -  Dr Jimmy Daruwalla, who passed away recently, was the first tabla! Community Champion K. KESAVAPANY K. Kesavapany is an inaugural member of the Dyslexia Association of Singapore MUMBAI-born Dr Jimmy Daruwalla, who died on July 6, came to Singapore in 1976. He moved here after
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    • 381 11  -  It’s more than twice the target the Singapore Indian Association had set SUDHA RAMAN sraman@sph.com.sg Sudha Raman is a journalist with Tamil Murasu SUBASH was only three when he was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a childhood disease of the liver. His liver was
      PHOTOS: TIMOTHY DAVID  -  381 words
    • 286 12 / 13 SHE is the president of the New York chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and one of the speakers at South Asian Diaspora Convention (SADC) 2016. Ms Roopa Unnikrishnan (inset), who is also the managing director of Center10 Consulting, will speak on promoting entrepreneurship and
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    • 913 12 / 13 The South Asian Diaspora Convention on July 18 and 19 is an ideal occasion for South Asian nations to join hands SOUTH Asia, the region that encompasses the sovereign territories of eight countries Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka only came into
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    • 249 12 / 13 MORE than 1,000 participants and over 50 of the region’s leading policy-makers, business leaders, academics and civil society leaders will be at third South Asian Diaspora Convention (SADC) 2016 in Singapore on July 18 and 19. Themed “Growth through Interaction: The South Asian Opportunity”, this
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    • 277 12 / 13 FORMER chief financial officer of tech giant Infosys T.V. Mohandas Pai (inset) is one of the speakers at SADC 2016. Currently the chairman of Aarin Capital Partners and Manipal Global Education, Mr Pai has been invited to share his insights on the future of South
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    • 487 14 / 15 DPM Tharman: Older workers should be seen as assets to be continually invested in SINGAPORE’S retirement age has to go “at some point”, said Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam at a dialogue at the World Cities Summit on Monday. It is
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    • 237 14 / 15 Hop on NDP-themed trains... Ahead of National Day next month, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has launched its first National Day Parade (NDP) themed trains. Two of these trains, one each on the North-East Line and the Downtown Line, began running on Monday while two more
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    • 225 14 / 15 SINGAPORE’S compact size gives it a natural advantage in its quest to be a Smart Nation, but the trust that has been built between Government and citizens plays a key role too, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on July 11 night.
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    • 162 14 / 15 Success story... An NRI student from Singapore, Rasika Kale (below) of Global Indian International School (GIIS), has been ranked first in the world in the International Baccalaureate (IBDP) exam 2016 (Grade 12 equivalent), scoring 45 out of 45 points. “The credit of my success goes to my teachers,
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    • 192 14 / 15 SINGAPORE will build a fifth desalination plant on Jurong Island to enhance its resilience against climate change. Expected to be built around 2020, the plant will add 30 million gallons of water per day or about 7 per cent of Singapore’s current water
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      • 184 14 / 15 A MARKETING consultant, unhappy over the non-availability of a Pokemon app, vented his anger online, resulting in him losing his job. Australian Sonny Truyen, whose age is not known, made offensive comments over the weekend about how mobile app Pokemon Go is not
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      • 167 14 / 15 ONE potential problem of living in a crowded city is having noisy neighbours, and now the Housing Board (HDB) is taking a fresh approach towards addressing this issue. The HDB will work with 3M Singapore to study suitable materials for walls,
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      • 258 14 / 15 TOWN councils will have to set aside more funds to ensure they have enough to provide for the regular upkeep of lifts in blocks under their charge. This comes as the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) steps up requirements for lift maintenance
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      • 178 14 / 15 FEWER wedding bells rang and more couples split up last year, according to the Statistics on Marriages and Divorces 2015 report released on Wednesday. There were 7,522 divorces and annulments last year, a 2.9 per cent increase from 2014, and the
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    • 448 16 “I feel like this is my first award. I’m just a budding music director. I keep updating myself every day, and am learning new things in music even now.” Composer and singer-songwriter A.R. Rahman, who has won numerous awards at the international level, most recently won the
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    • 200 16 Rs1.90 crores Amount the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry awarded to the Central Railway for its initiative of providing drinking water through water trains, to the people in Latur, Maharashtra, in April and May 107 Home births in Singapore last year 28.8% Decrease in maternal mortality rate
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    • 161 11 SINDA AWARDS2016 CALLING ALL OVERSEAS GRADUATES! The Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA) will be hosting the 25 th SINDA Excellence Awards (SEA) Ceremony in September 2016. The SEA award is the highest honour bestowed by SINDA upon Indian students who have achieved excellence in their respective fields and this annual
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  • FASHION
    • 700 17 Fashion is saturated these days, says Indian-American designer, but she urges: Indo-Asian News Service FASHION has become saturated nowadays, and so it is vital that new entrants in the industry have the right knowledge of the craft, business and potential consumers, said Indian-American designer Tina Tandon, who has
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 622 18 India’s cricket captain Virat Kohli says discipline, hard work are his priorities Indo-Asian News Service HE HAS not only earned the tag of being a swashbuckling batsman of the Indian cricket team but also that of a youth icon. Star player Vi
      Indo-Asian News Service; PHOTOS: IANS  -  622 words
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      • 94 19 VETERAN Bollywood actor Anupam Kher (left), also a theatre artist, says the stage gives him a “great sense of belonging”. Anupam, who performed his famous play, Mera Woh Matlab NahiTha, in Mumbai on July 10, took to Twitter to express his love
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      • 153 19 VETERAN actor Delhi Ganesh (left), a popular character artist with over 200 Tamil films to his credit, has joined the cast of ace filmmaker Mani Ratnam’s Tamil romantic drama KaatruVeliyidai. “Delhi Ganesh sir has started shooting in Ooty, where the
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      • 215 19 ACTRESS Kareena Kapoor Khan, who is expecting her first child with actor Saif Ali Khan in December, wishes to work with her elder sister and star Karisma Kapoor. Karisma, who has starred in popular films like Hero No 1, Dil Toh Pagal
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      • 128 19 VETERAN Communist leader and former Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan donned grease paint and faced the cameras last Saturday in a film with an environment theme which has always been his favourite. The 92-year-old spent an hour on the set of Campus Diary
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      • 162 19 AUTHOR Chetan Bhagat (below), who is co-producing the upcoming film adaptation of his novel Half Girlfriend, has been spending time at the shoot of the film. He says filmmaking requires more “hard work” than writing a book. Directed by Mohit Suri, Half
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      • 140 19 AIRLIFT fame actress Feryna Wazheir (top right) says she has been offered a couple of international films. Is she trying her luck in Hollywood? Feryna, a Scottish Asian, told IANS: “I have come the other way! Seriously though, I have already shot a
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      • 127 19 ACTRESS Shruti Haasan (below), who is currently shooting for Suriya-starrer Tamil actioner Singam 3 aka S3 in Vishakhapatnam, reportedly plays a journalist in the film. “Shruti plays Vidya, a journalist who helps Suriya crack a big case. By working together, they bring
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  • RELAX
    • 190 20 Indo-Asian News Service DRY clean your wedding outfit right after your marriage ceremony is over, cover it in a clean muslin sheet to main- tain it, says an expert. Designer Lalit Dal- mia suggests how: l Don’t store your bridal outfit in an area where
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    • 329 21 TALK Agening Gracefully Footwear for Older Adults. Learn more about proper footwear to manage foot conditions and minimise falls by reducing the risk of slips, trips and falls. Need to register. When: July 15,1 to 2pm Where: 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, National University Hospital, 1 Main Building,
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    • 37 21 MUSIC Sangeet Sayamkaal Music of the Dusk. Music by Dr Dhananjay Daithankar (India) and Nawaz Mirajkar (Singapore). Tickets: $28 When: July 16, 4pm Where: Esplanade Recital Studio Contact: Log on to www.esplanade.com
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    • Article, Illustration
      204 21  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. The Unesco World Heritage Site, Matobo Hills, is located in which country? a) Brazil b) Zimbabwe c) Egypt 2. Which novel by John Green was adapted into a film in 2014? a) Paper Towns b) The Fault in Our Stars c) Dakota Days 3. If N
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 360 20 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Aries This week will have mixed results. There may be a few opportunities which may fascinate you and suggest a change in career. You may hesitate to accept challenges. Taurus This week may offer brilliant results. There may be positive atmosphere at your work. Your innovative
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    • 212 20 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 3pm LIFE OK: Highway 9pm SONY MAX: Dedh Ishqiya 9pm VTV: Veeram 9.30pmVASANTHAM: Indhu Mn STAR GOLD: Daagdi Chawl Mn ZEE CINEMA: Tanu Weds Manu Returns Saturday 11am COLORS: Welcome To Sajjanpur Noon STAR PLUS: Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Noon ZEE TV: Company 1pm VASANTHAM: Uyiraa Maanama
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    • 28 21 Calling all SUBSCRIBERS Are you moving or relocating? Let us know your new address for the delivery of your copy of tabla! Drop us an email at tabla@sph.com.sg
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 309 21 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Literary miser Marner 6 Saintly ring 10 Mansard overhang 14 Highly skilled 15 Partner of anon 16 Marvel Comics superheroes 17 Joking, at the wrestling match? 19 Await action 20 Colorado ski mecca 21 Snow Queen in Disney’s “Frozen” 22 Diver’s dread, with “the” 23 One-named guitarist
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    • 46 21 SUDOKU The objectiveis 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. fOR SOLUTIONS, TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE
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  • 278 22 Health Matters Indo-Asian News Service Consuming butter in limited quantities may not increase the risk of heart disease or stroke, a new study has found. Butter has been found as a healthier choice in comparison to sugar and starch-enriched food like white
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 30 22 SOLUTIONS crossword sudoku quiz 1. Zimbabwe 2. The Fault in Our Stars 3. Compressed 4. Florence Nightingale 5. Tin 6. Neptune 7. Myopia 8. Israel 9. Raphael 10. Virat Kohli
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  • FOOD
    • 688 23  -  Authentic Indian fare in the heart of the Central Business District AMRITA KAUR ➥amritak@sph.com.sg Recently, i was taking a stroll with a friend in the Central Business District (CBD) when we chanced upon a contemporary-looking Indian restaurant Urban Roti. The restaurant in a glasshouse
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  • SPORTS
    • 780 24 If he clicks, it makes the job easier for batsmen who follow him ➥tabla@sph.com.sg THERE is much to like about Cheteshwar Pujara. Not just about his batting where not enough has been written (and I hope a lot will be over the next 12 months) but
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