Tabla, 2 December 2016

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  • 21 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY SfJl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MCI (P) 093/10/2016 SINGAPORE,WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2,2016
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  • 41 1 Two Indian athletes’ (left) eco-friendly enterprise recycles shoes to provide footwear for the unshod in India. It also makes an environmentally-friendly social impact Novel venture... Ramesh Dhami (left) and Shriyans Bhandari (right) who started Greensole. PHOTOS: GREENSOLE
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    • 8 1 BENGALI FAMILIES PERFORM AT KALAA UTSAVAM PAGE 11
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  • INDIA
    • India in 2 minutes
      • 106 2 A DONOR heart was successfully transported from Vasant Kunj to Saket in Delhi covering a distance of 8.1km in only six minutes, thanks to a green corridor a special travel route without red lights to ensure transportation in minimal time. The
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      • 96 2 MANIPUR is developing a pony sanctuary in Heingang near the state capital in a bid to protect the unique polo ponies found only in the state, where the game is also said to have originated. Manipur’s chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh described
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      • 90 2 SENIOR citizens living in districts of south Gujarat can no longer be summoned to police stations to register their statements or complaints. Now, the police will have to go to them. Inspector general of police of the Surat range Shamsher
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      • 118 2 MUMBAI’s biggest eye bank in Parel no longer has a long waiting list for children who require healthy corneas. For those with single and bilateral corneal blindness, the wait for healthy corneas has been reduced to less than a month from 12 to
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      • 89 2 A RAIL fence will be built in a six-km forest area between Kanjikode andWalayar in Kerala to save wild elephants from being killed by speeding trains. Discarded rails will be used to make the fence to prevent the elephants from going onto
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      • 74 2 IN A bid to boost tourism, the Punjab government has launched hop- on, hop-off double decker buses in Amritsar (left). The buses meant for tourists will start and end its route at Town Hall after covering various places of religious and heritage sites.
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      • 95 2 THE Congress, the Communists and theTrinamool Party took to the streets on Nov 27 as part of the nationwide ‘Jan Aakrosh Diwas’ to protest against the central government’s demonetisation decision. People in Kolkata were seen releasing a hot air balloons with a replica of an
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      • 135 2 REGARDLESS of his marital status, a son has no legal right to live in the house of his parents and can only stay there at their “mercy”, said the Delhi High Court. The court added that just because
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      • 96 2 AFTER five years and a series of legal battles, a group of women activists entered the famous Haji Ali dargah in Mumbai on Nov 29. A group of 80 women from all over India visited the shrine for prayers at 3pm. Bharatiya
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    • 289 3 New official residence costs Rs40 crores and is set on 10 acres of land Indo-Asian News Service Telangana chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) entered his new official residence on Nov 24, said to be the biggest held by any chief minister in India.
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    • 474 5 Anonymous donations have increased in recent days at many Indian temples Indo-Asian News Service Demonetisation has made India’s temples significantly richer as Rs500 and Rs1,000 notes are being deposited in their donation boxes in increasing numbers. Indian finance ministry officials told IANS that the cash
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 1042 4  -  New Indian high commissioner wants to build on the strong ties his country has with Singapore and tap on the strengths of the Indian community here PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg THE Indian Institute of Management (IIM) alumni network in Singapore has a new member. And he is
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    • 1448 6 / 7  -  He once played football for Singapore. He co-founded Tampines Rovers football club and mentored national footballers. He was a radiographer at Toa Payoh hospital. After retirement he took up alternative medicine. And Justin Morais, who turned 85 recently, shows no signs of slowing down SURESH NAIR tabla@sph.com.sg TURNING
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    • 648 10 The Christmas season is upon us and several options are available for those remaining in Singapore for the holidays. Check out the activities for you and your family to get into the year-end mood and usher in the New Year Merry Medley at Gardens
      PHOTOS: GARDENS BY THE BAY, CHANGI AIRPORT GROUP, VICTORY HILL EXHIBITIONS, NATIONAL PARKS, INDIAN HERITAGE CENTRE, ASIAN CIVILISATIONS MUSEUM  -  648 words
    • 590 11  -  14 Bengali families in Singapore come together to pay tribute to Rabindranath Tagore AMRITA KAUR amritak@sph.com.sg THEY had previously performed to a sold-out concert singing Rabindra Sangeet to a packed house of music enthusiasts at the World Trade Centre in 1993. Twenty-three years on, some
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    • Singapore snippets
      • 171 14 SINGAPORE is committed to trade and global integration and maintaining its longstanding, wide-ranging relationships with other nations amid sweeping changes to the world order, said Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan (above). The Republic will also continue to emphasise Asean centrality and unity as the grouping
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      • 110 14 STUDENTS here have been ranked the world’s best in mathematics and science by a key global study. The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study also showed improvements by Singapore students in reasoning and applied learning, and progress made by weaker students. The results,
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      • 86 14 FOREIGNERS are jumping back into the private residential property market here in greater numbers, with buyers from China consolidating their position as the top buying group. In a new report, property consultancy JLL said there were 782 transactions by foreigners in the first nine
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      • 149 14 RETIREE households enjoyed the largest decline in consumer prices last year, compared with other income groups in Singapore. Consumer prices for retiree households those with only non- working persons aged 60 years and above fell by 2 per cent, said the Department of Statistics
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    • 607 14 PRIVATE home owners will see same or lower tax bills; statements will arrive in Dec and must be paid by Jan 31 Housing Board flat owners will pay lower property tax next year while almost all private residential property owners will have
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    • 230 14 This was the topic of a two-day workshop-cum-panel discussion organised by the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS). The event was held on Nov 29 and 30 at the Novotel Singapore Clarke Quay. The event saw participants talk about the prospects and concerns of maritime
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    • 391 15 THE Singapore Indian Development Association (Sinda) has announced an enhanced subsidy criteria model to benefit students, youth and parents enrolled in its programmes. Through the revised model, families with a per capita income of $650 and below will enjoy a full fee waiver when they
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    • 316 15 Rental income may not be enough to service loans THE uncertain economy ahead means Singaporean households should review their investments and take note of emerging risks such as those in property and corporate bonds, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on Nov 29. The warning
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    • 405 16 “I hate it when people say politically-correct stuff. If you want to beat me, say you are going to beat me. I love that fire, that’s what every sport needs.” Olympic gold medallist Joseph Schooling “You need to find what’s unique about yourself and make that your
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    • 202 16 81 Women aged between 20 and 51 arrested by the police in a series of raids targeting massage establishments and public entertainment outlets in Singapore between Nov 21 to 24 4 in 10 Women in India experience harassment or violence before the age of 19, according to international
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  • EDUCATION
    • 241 8  -  There is more to school than homework and exams. That is why tabla! has this page for students of international schools here to play reporter and photographer. VAIDEHI BODHANKAR, PARTH KHURANA Et ARUSHI JADHAV. Class 5C GIIS Balestier Campus celebrated the late Sardar Vallabhai Patel’s
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 183 8  -  HIMADRI JOSHI, Class 9C THE GIIS East Coast Campus Annual day 2016 was held on Nov 5. It was called Reminisce Malgudi in order to pay homage to one of the greatest Indian authors Mr R. K. Narayan. The students had tirelessly worked to present entertaining dramas, vibrant
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      • 154 8  -  PALAK AGARWAL, Grade IB YR 1A TO FORTIFY leadership skills, the students of GIIS Queenstown Campus were given the opportunity to attend the Interact Leadership Training Camp 2016 (ILTC) which was held from Oct 14 to 16 at the National Community Leadership Institute, Singapore. Amongst eleven other schools
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    • 120 9 Global Montessori Plus TALENT SHOWS UP EARLY. WE NURTURE IT. The Global Montessori Plus programme nurtures the inherent personality traits by addressing multiple intelligences of the learner and recognizing the uniqueness of each child. to V r* vr ,w ***mm m )»<• f .1./ Jr sfc 4* /TL? m w
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  • NEWS
    • 942 12 / 13  -  Two Indian athletes’ eco-friendly enterprise recycles shoes to provide footwear for the unshod and also makes an environmentallyfriendly social impact AMITA SARWAL tabla@sph.com.sg TWO dynamic social entrepreneurs. Two close friends. Two pioneers. That sums up Mr Shriyans Bhandari and Mr Ramesh Dhami, who come from diverse
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    • 250 12 / 13 MANUFACTURING: At the factory in Mahape, Navi Mumbai, the manual process involves removing the soles and shoe uppers. The latter are reused for patching torn shoes. The lower part is washed and cleaned with chemicals to make it pesticide-free and environmentfriendly. It is then die cut to
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    • 240 15 SRI SIVA DURGA TEMPLE No.8 Potong Pasir Avenue 2, Singapore *****2 Tel: *****898 Fax: *****096 e-mail: admin@sivadurga.com website: www.sivadurga.com .■fe £=?> Consecration Ceremony (Mahakumbabishegam) 4.12.2016 Sunday 8.50 am -9.50 am %l Guest of Honour: Mr.K.Shanmugam Minister for Law and Minister for Home Affairs Dear Devotees, Friends and Well wishers of
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 684 17 Indo-Asian News Service HETHER it was WDevD and Shaitan or Shanghai and Margarita With A Straw, Kalki Koechlin always chooses the unconventional path to make her space in Bollywood. The actress said she fears getting comfortable in her zone that is why she keeps
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      • 191 18 / 19 US-BASED Indian actress Freida Pinto (left), who rose to fame with the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, says she has no problem working in Hindi films. “I have no problem working in Hindi language films. In fact, I worked in a half
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      • 243 18 / 19 ACTOR Kartik Aaryan (right), who is busy with his upcoming comedy film Atithi In London, says he finds it more difficult to make people laugh than to make them cry. The actor has tickled the funny bone of many with
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      • 271 18 / 19 IT HAS been a phenomenal year so far for actress Tamannaah Bhatia (above right) with three back-to-back hits.Thrilled with the response to all her projects, she said the films she has in her kitty will surprise everybody. “Unfortunately, I can’t talk about
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      • 192 18 / 19 ACTOR-producer Anil Kapoor says the greatest bank balance is a person’s health and money can’t buy it. He was made the brand ambassador for clean air and healthy lungs at NAPCON 2016 a national conference on pulmonary diseases. Speaking at the event, the
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      • 244 18 / 19 BRITISH actor Dev Patel (below) says he spent an hour looking at himself in the mirror for his role in his latest film Lion. Patel told Empire magazine: “It required an energy shift. I’m a superhyperactive kind of dude and the
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    • LOOKING GOOD
      • 351 18 / 19  -  Dr Komathy Rajaratnam Dr Komathy Rajaratnam is the founder of The Lifestyle Clinic at 16—03, Camden Medical Centre, Tel: 6733—0788. Her articles deal with beauty and aesthetic issues relevant to the Indian body type. Pigmentation: Pigmentation can be distressing and ranges from
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  • RELAX
    • 584 20 Indo-Asian News Service ACE fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee says that the organised retail sector in India is still very poor and hence designers have to take the bridal route to grow in both stature and turnover. “In India, the organised
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    • 383 21 REGISTRATION Punjabi classes for K1 and K2 2017 registration is now open. Classes will start on Jan 14. Photocopies of parents’ identity card, child’s birth certificate and one time payment fees of $40 (cash) is required during registration. Where: Singapore Sikh Education Foundation Office, 6th floor, The Sikh
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    • Article, Illustration
      200 21  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Which colour is common to the flags of Russia, Mongolia and Finland? a) Blue b) Green c) Red 2. Morty and Ferdy are the nephews of which famous cartoon character? a) Donald Duck b) Henry c) Mickey Mouse 3. In GIF, if ‘I’ stands for ‘Interchange’and
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    • 42 21 QUIZ Pan IIM-Mind aMaze quiz holds its fifth edition round, helmed by Suhrid Devsharma, a quizzer. When: Dec 3, 2.30pm Where: GIIS Queenstown, 1 Mei Chin Road Contact: Log on to WWW. facebook. com/ MINDaMAZE- ********** *****/
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 351 20 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Aries This may be a prominent week for you. You may find magnificent opportunities in career. There will be a success in negotiations or agreements with new people during the week. Taurus This may be a profitable week for you. You may be interested in easy
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    • 191 20 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 3pm LIFE OK: Udaan 3.30pm SONY ENT: 7pm STAR GOLD: Duplicate 9pm SONY MAX: Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai 9.30pm VASANTHAM: Arunachalam saturday 11am COLORS: Mary Kom Noon ZEE TV: Shamitabh Noon STAR PLUS: Bang Bang 1pm VASANTHAM: Nitchiya Thaboolam 2.30pm SONY ENT: Chandni 3pm ZEE TV:
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 328 21 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Definitely on one’s toes 6 Inundated 11 Be competitive 14 Lift a lawyer’s license 15 Large book size 16 Common connector 17 Smaller part of a larger zoned area 19 Mai (rum cocktail) 20 Requirement 21 Hard to make out 23 One delivering a dressingdown27 Wall candleholders
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    • 47 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. fOR SOLUTIONS, TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE
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  • Health Matters
    • 402 22 Indo-Asian News Service NEXT time you munch on that mouth-watering pizza with extra cheese or enjoy king-size a king-size burger with French fries and soft drink, remember that too much of junk food can not only add extra kilos around your belly but may lead
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 26 22 SOLUTIONS crossword sudoku quiz 1. Blue 2. Mickey Mouse 3. Graphic 4. Fall 5. Benedict Cumberbatch 6. Orangutan 7. Lenin 8. Lasagne 9. Uranus 10. Denmark
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  • SPORTS
    • 785 23  -  Alistair Cook will have to lead from the front or the scoreline might read 4-0 when the Chennai Test ends star column HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg I WILL be very surprised if England are able to fight back in this series and indeed, if they do, we have
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    • 80 24 THE POWER OF SHARING SHARING BRINGSABOUT UNDERSTANDING “AsanethnicTamilnewspaper,sharinghelpscreateunderstandingandpreserve ourculture,languageandroots.“–K.Kanagalatha,AssociateEditor,TamilMurasu At SPH, we recognise the power of sharing in a world that’s more connected than ever, across multiple platforms. Sharing helps to bring about understanding of differences and change. From our newspapers to magazines, digital platforms to radio, out-of-home media to
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