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September 29, 2007
Savouring Sunita's Space Lessons   Reuben N V
Sunita Williams has the innate ability to turn almost everything around her into an unforgettable lesson about space.

Sunita Williams calls on Sonia Gandhi   AFP/Getty Images
Dressed in an off-white embroidered salwar suit, the 42-year-old astronaut was accompanied by some family members at the 40-minute meeting.

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September 28, 2007
Rallying for democracy in Myanmar   Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
The Association of South East Asian foreign ministers called upon the military junta in Myanmar to desist from the use of violence.

Rahul Gandhi remains an enigma to his partymen   Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images
That Rahul has his eye on the mass base is clear from his political interventions.

Now, read Toni Morrison in Marathi!   Uday Kuckian
Asha Damle's Marathi translation of American Nobel laureate Toni Morrison's ground-breaking novel, Beloved.

Hyderabad's Hi-Tec City welcomes Sunita Williams   SnapsIndia
The five-day 58th international astronautical congress (IAC 2007) began on Monday, with many space scientists, heads of international space agencies and astronauts in attendance.
September 27, 2007
Of Space, Kalam & ignited minds   SnapsIndia
Former President Kalam delivered a special lecture at the International Astronautical Congress in Hyderabad.

The man who challenged Musharraf   Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images
These are interesting times in Pakistan as it heads towards one of its most intriguing elections in recent times.

India Idyllic   Raja Sen
An account of Mumbai before and after the return of the Twenty20 champions. Behind-the-scenes, if you will. Read on.

Myanmar's Songs of Sadness   AFP/Getty Images
Why, after so many years, have the gentle people of Burma not found their 'outer freedom'?

The Nizam's splendid jewellery   Photo Courtsey: National Museum
Exhibition of Nizam's jewellery in capital city of New Delhi.

Mukherjee meets Rice in New York   Jay Mandal
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met in New York on Thursday and reviewed bilateral relations across 'a gamut of items of cooperation'.
September 26, 2007
Iran Prez takes on USA at UN   Chris Hondros/Getty Images
When the Iranian President went up the podium to address the 192-member Assembly, the American delegation walked out except for one person who stayed behind to take notes.

SSCP: 'They've shoot-at-sight order'   
Why the Sethu Project is a wastage of tax payers' money.

New York relishes flavours of India   Paresh Gandhi
Incredible India@60 celebrations in New York.
August 25, 2007
Ganpati bappa morya   Satish K Bodas
Anant Chaturdashi is the final day to journey of Lord Ganesha's 11 day festival.

Goodbye, Ganeshji   Arun Patil
Bidding adieu to Lord Ganesh.

A Little Dream, larger cause   Shobha Warrier
A filmmaker’s tribute to the former president.

'Mr President, you exhibit all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator'   Getty Images
Iranian President addresses Columbia University.
September 24, 2007
Pranab Mukherjee at the UN   Jay Mandal/On Assignment
Pranab Mukherjee at the UN in New York to lead the Indian delegation at the 62nd United Nations General Assembly session.

Incredible India@NYC   Paresh Gandhi
From September 23 to 26, New York will experience the extraordinary diversity of India.
September 23, 2007
India's new 'spice route' to New York   Jay Mandal
New Yorkers would get to sample for free, Indian handicrafts and handlooms, its folk and classical dances, bollywood and of course cuisine from the sub-continent as part of an extended celebration of the country's 60 years of independence.
September 22, 2007
An Indian in China   Sheela Bhatt
Before visiting Beijing and Shanghai my idea of China was that of a country without democracy and leaders without hearts.

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September 21, 2007
'SC/STs lost I crore jobs'   Rajesh Karkera
Pro-reservation professionals make a case why quotas are still needed.

The buzz around Gujarat ki beti   Vaihayasi Pande Daniel
Day two of Sunita Williams' Gujarat yatra, to three villages in Mehsana district where her father was born and lived was deja vu.

S H Raza Restrospective in New York   Snaps India
A grand restrospective of S H Raza's works, one of India's most prominent modernists, will be presented by Saffronnet in New York.

Honouring the Real Heroes   Paresh Gandhi
Federation of Indian-Americans of Northern California hosted a dinner reception for retired personnel of the Indian armed forces.

Seeking Ganesha's blessings   Arun Patil
Celebrities from Bollywood have been thronging Ganesh mandals to offer prayers.

View from China: The Dragon rises   China Photos/Getty Images
For the Chinese, without good infrastructure, there can be neither economic nor military strength.
September 20, 2007
Celebrating a friendship   
Despite many hiccups, the world's greatest democracies have been friends a long time.

Sunita@Sabarmati   Vaihayasi Daniel
The ashram was abuzz with about 1,000 schoolchildren and their teachers, a battalion of cops and mediapersons.

Sunita Williams arrives to a hero's welcome   Vaihayasi Daniel
Astonaut Sunita Williams got a rousing welcome when she landed at the Ahmedabad airport.

A prayer for Netaji in Japan   Arun Patil
Lalbaug cha Raja is one of the most revered Ganesh idols of the Lord.

'There's an India waiting to shine'   
Chak De creator Jaideep Sahnion what's right and what's wrong with India.

Sunita Williams arrives in Ahmedabad   Vaihayasi Daniel
Sunita Williams, who set a record for the longest stay in space by a woman, was welcomed by her father Deepak Pandya and uncle Vitthal Pandya this morning at the Sardar Patel International Airport.
September 19, 2007
Dr Kalam in Silicon Valley   Paresh Gandhi
Former president A P J Abdul Kalam attended a round table held at the India Community Centre in San Francisco on September 18 organised by the Indian Institute of Science Alumni Association of North America, Pan-IIT, India Community Centre, and TiE Silicon Valley.

Dr Kalam in Silicon Valley   Paresh Gandhi
The round table was organised by the Indian Institute of Science Alumni Association of North America, Pan-IIT, India Community Centre, and TiE Silicon Valley.

Typhoon Wipha lands in east China   Getty Images
Typhoon Wipha, packing winds of 45 mt per second landed in Cangnan County, Wenzhou of east China's Zhejiang Province early on Wednesday, drenching the booming eastern coastal region with heavy rains.
September 18, 2007
Into the holy month of Ramzan   Manan Vatsyana/AFP/Getty
Muslims around the world are observing the holy month of Ramzan, a time for fasting and spiritual purity.
September 17, 2007
Festive Season in Mumbai and Pune   Arun Patil
Devotees believe only Ganesha could clear all obstructions in their respective ventures.

Thai Plane Crash Claims 90   Getty Images
90 people were killed when a Thai airliner carrying 123 passengers crashed at Thailand's tourist island of Phuket on Sunday.

Mumbai's most beautiful Ganeshas   Arun Patil
A tour and have a look at some of the city's most interesting Ganesha visiting this season.
September 15, 2007
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September 14, 2007
Bringing Ganesha home!   Arun Patil
Ganesh festival is celebrated in Mumbai with great ferver, the city ugets busy with preperations days in advance.

Breaking the first Ramzan fast   Rajesh Karkera

Breaking the first Ramzan fast   Photograph courtesy: JAXA
Friday's successful launch comes as shot in the arm for the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency.
September 13, 2007
'The police action broke my son'   Sanjay Sawant
'If he is an ISI agent, why would they release him?' Families of the men arrested after the Hyderabad blasts speak out.

Bilal's father breaks down   Snaps India
The terror suspect's father reacts to reports that his son has been killed in Pakistan.

Cholera outbreak in Orissa   Manpreet Romana/AFP/Getty Images
The death toll from an outbreak of cholera and other water-borne diseases in eastern India stands at 197.

Shinzo Abe hospitalised   Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images
Abe was admitted a day after he resigned as Japan's prime minister. He was suffering from severe exhaustion related to stress.
September 12, 2007
Bulgarian PM in India   Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev was in India on a six-day state visit.
September 11, 2007
On the plane with Nawaz Sharif   Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images
Someone recited Sarafroshi ki Tamanna, in true Rang de Basanti mode.

Chennai's kacheri at the park   Sreeram Selvaraj
This kacheri is unique because there are no mikes blaring, nor are there chairs for the listeners to sit and enjoy the keerthanams.

Sharif's supporters launch legal challenge    Getty Images
Sharif has been deported to Saudi Arabia.
September 10, 2007
'Jihadis are contract killers'   Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images
'I don't see the Indian Muslim as a reservoir of terrorism.' National Security Adviser M K Narayanan, in an exclusive interview.

Unrest across Pakistan   Richard Beeston/AFP/Getty Images
Areas of Pakistan convulsed with turmoil as supporters of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif protested throughtout the nation.

The people without a country   Rajesh Karkera
The war in Iraq arrives on Delhi’s streets.

India, Mexico join hands against terror    Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images
Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa visit to India paved the way for stepped up cooperation in the fight against global terror.
September 08, 2007
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September 07, 2007
Saluting a Hero   Courtesy Captain Harshan's family
Captain R Harshan is the youngest officer to receive the Ashok Chakra posthumously in Independent India.
September 06, 2007
India remembers Mother Teresa   Deshkalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning nun was honoured in prayers and commemoration ceremonies.

NRI leads cabs off New York streets   SnapsIndia and AFP/Getty Images
13,000 cab drivers, mostly South Asians, go off the streets of New York to protest the move to install GPS tracking systems in their cabs.

Kidnapped Hyderabad boy is back home   SnapsIndia

Left up in arms over wargames    Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
The Left has been vocal in its protests against the growing proximity between India and the US.
September 04, 2007
Honouring India's saint   Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images
A tribute to Mother Teresa on her tenth death anniversary.

Gokulashtami is here!   Arun Patil
Truckloads of revellers. Chanting. Garlands of marigolds. Balloons. Human pyramids Cracking pots. Govinda ala re!

Twin blasts rock Rawalpindi   Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images
Twenty nine killed in bomb explosions in Pakistan's garrison town.

In memory of the Croc Hunter   Kevin Winter/Getty Images
On Steve Irwin's first death anniversary we remember the man who wrestled crocodiles and kissed camels.
September 03, 2007
In the likeness of Krishna   Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images
September 3, Tuesday, will be the birthday of Lord Krishna, the most important avatar of Vishnu.

Celebrations at the Golden Temple   Narinder Nanu/AFP/ Getty Images
The 403rd anniversary of the installation of the holy book of the Sikhs was celebrated on Saturday.

Dhruv all set for Siachen stint   Getty Images
Dhruv qualified for high-altitude glacier flying with flying colours on February 15.
September 01, 2007
Life is very, very tough in jail: Salman   Getty Images
"I don't want to blame anybody. Whatever is in my destiny will happen and I will accept it."

P Sainath receives Magsaysay award   Getty Images
He got the award for his commitment as a journalist to restore the rural poor to India's consciousness.

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