Happy Deepavali


[photo via Prahin]

Deepavali, also spelled Devali in certain regions, or Diwali, popularly known as the "festival of lights" (from wikipedia)

Deepavali greetings in some major Indian languages (from wikipedia)

Greeting in Hindi
- Deepavali ki Shubhkamnayein (दीपावली की शुभकामनाएं)

Greeting in Tamil
- Deepavali Nalvaazhtukkal (தீபாவளி நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்)

Greeting in Malayalam
- Deepavali Aashamsagal ( ദീപാവലി ആശംസകള്‍ )

Greeting in Kannada
- Deepavali Habbada Shubhashayagalu (ದೀಪಾವಳಿ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಶುಭಾಷಯಗಳು)

Greeting in Telugu
- Deepavali Shubhakankshalu (దీపావళి శుభాకా౦క్షలు)

Greeting in Marathi
- Shubh Deepavali / Diwalichya Shubhechha (शुभ दीपावली /दिवाळीच्या शुभेच्छा )

Greeting in Bengali
- Subho Deepavalir Preeti O Subeccha

Greeting in English language
- Happy Diwali


Lighting the diya [photo via IBTraveler]

Diwali 2011: 5 Things to Know about the Indian ‘Festival of Lights’

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Miss World 2011 will be held on 6 Nov in London. Singapore is represented by 21-year-old May Hsu. (2011 Miss World Profiles - Singapore (May Hsu))





See more May Hsu photos and video at Stomp and Pageant Fanatic


[photo via Pageant Fanatic]

Visit the Miss World 2011 London website for more details.


Below are videos of contestants from around our region

Amber Jade GREASLEY - Australia 2011


Chen LIU - China 2011


Astrid Ellena Indriana YUNADI - Indonesia 2011


Midori TANAKA - Japan 2011


Kyung DOE - Korea 2011


Mianette BROEKMAN - New Zealand 2011


Pushpika Sandamali MAHAMPITIYA ARACHILAGE DE SILVA - Sri Lanka 2011


(video not available)
Hyman CHU - Hong Kong China 2011
Kanishtha DHANKHAR - India 2011
Chloe CHEN - Malaysia 2011
Buyankhishig UNURBAYAR - Mongolia 2011
Malina JOSHI - Nepal 2011
Gwendoline RUAIS - Philippines 2011
Patcharida BLATCHFORD - Thailand 2011
Victoria PHAM - Vietnam 2011

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S'pore will be badly hit by July 22 tsunami: Email circulating predicts another tsunami on 22 July.

Extracted from the email,

Hello there. I just wanted 2 let you know that please stay away from the beaches all around in the month of July. There is a prediction that there will be another tsunami hitting on July 22nd. It is also when there will be sun eclipse. Predicted that it is going 2 be really bad and countries like Malaysia (Sabah & Sarawak), Singapore, Maldives, Australia, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Philippines are going 2 be badly hit. Please try and stay away from the beaches in July. Better 2 be safe than sorry. Please pass the word around. Please also pray for all beings.

Read further here at Snopes, which says

However, earthquakes are not caused by gravitational pull, so set your mind at ease about the possibility of an eclipse's prompting the ground to shake.

Also at Channelnews Asia which says the email is a hoax. Professor Kerry Sieh, director, Earth Observatory of Singapore, said,

In the last 110 years or so, there have been about 85 really big earthquakes – 8 (on the Richter magnitude scale) or greater. And only two of those occurred on the same day as an eclipse. And even those were a partial eclipse, not a total eclipse. They happened in a different place from where the eclipse happened.

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Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, has passed away in Sri Lanka after suffering from breathing problems according to Rohan de Silva.


Sir Arthur Charles Clarke
16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008

After prolific and esteemed career, Sir Arthur has passed away in his home of Sri Lanka.[via]

[via Wikipedia]

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