Tabla! Explained

tabla!
Italic Title:no
Type:Free weekly newspaper
Owners:SPH Media
Publisher:Tamil Murasu
Language:English
Circulation:30,000
Headquarters:Singapore

tabla! is a weekly English language newspaper in Singapore, published by Tamil Murasu. Launched on 10 October 2008,[1] it marked its third anniversary in October 2011 with the launch of the tabla! Community Champion Award. tabla! also presented the Taj Express, a Bollywood musical that made its world premiere here in Singapore, on June 7.[2]

The paper is named after the popular two-piece Indian percussion instrument, tabla.[3] 30,000 free copies of the newspaper are distributed every Friday, excluding public holidays. It is available at all 7-Eleven outlets in Singapore. It provides local news to the Singaporean-Indian community (and PRs) and includes stories on education, property and transport.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Drumming up a new beat - SPH launches a weekly English newspaper for the Indian diaspora . SPH . 18 July 2019 . 3 October 2008.
  2. https://archive.today/20130118003848/http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20120602-350066.html tabla! rolls out new community initiatives
  3. Web site: tabla! . 2012-07-01 . Press Releases . Singapore Press Holdings . https://web.archive.org/web/20120506150139/http://www.sph.com.sg/ourproducts_newspaper_tabla.shtml . 2012-05-06 . tabla! is aimed at the Indian diaspora with 30,000 copies being given out free each Friday. It is available at all 7-Eleven outlets. The tabloid has extensive coverage of everything. Indian, from politics to sports to Bollywood and Kollywood celebrities. It also provides local news to the growing community of expatriate Indians here, such as stories on education, property and transport. . dead .