Grandmother's tales: The Girl From Foreign
Sadia Sheperd digs deep into her roots in her memorable new memoir.

Meet the teen who fasted for 34 days
Eva Mehta fasted for 34 days to observe the Jain holy season of Paryushan Parva. She just had boiled water during that time.

Kayani clears the decks ahead of battle
Much is being made of Kayani's attempt to surround himself with his own men. That is only partially true and in many ways legitimate too. However, it does not seem that he would have unnecessarily pushed Lt-Gen Taj out of the ISI in less than a year of the latter's having taken charge of the agency if internal and external actors had not begun to cast doubts over the agency's internal and external conduct.

'We have to select our judges carefully'
Justice Srikrishna spoke to Rujuta Paradkar about the Mumbai riots report and some of the biggest problems faced by the judicial system in India.

'How many terror masterminds are there?'
'The Lashkar-e-Tayiba says it has nothing to do with the Indian Mujahideen. It is just the police which seems to be going on and on about this new outfit. Sometimes I wonder if it is a creation. No one is sure who is doing what. The police ought to come clean on all the allegations that they are making before any of us can jump to any conclusion,' says SAR Geelani.

'Once elections are announced everyone will fall in line'
'We have conducted elections in even the most difficult times when the militancy was very high. It is not that elections cannot be conducted but we have to take reasonable precautions in conducting the elections,' says former CEC T S Krishnamurthy.

Mysore Maharaja's victory march
Thousands of people converged in Mysore, the traditional capital of Karnataka, to witness the grand Dasara celebrations on Thursday.

Ravana meets fiery end, good triumphs
Across the country, huge effigies of Ravana and his brothers are gutted alongside the enactment of the mythological epic, Ramayana, -- also known as Ram Leela.

It's signed. It's a law now
Finally, Bush has okayed the historic Indo-US nuclear deal.

IAF@76: Ringing in the changes
Indian Air Force shows its prowess at the 76th Air Force Day parade at Hindon near New Delhi.

The face off in town hall
John McCain entered Tuesday night's Presidential debate in need of a game-changer -- he didn't get it.

Mehta's Mumbai Symphony
Zubin Mehta is in Mumbai to honour his late father, Mehli Mehta, through a series of charity concerts.

Indians in US dance to the spirit of Navratri
Festive spirit knows no boundaries.

Writers for Obama speak out at fundraiser
It featured the top Indian American talent – Mira Nair, Salman Rushdie, Jhumpa Lahiri among others and raised over $56,000 for Obama's race.

American Durga Pujas bigger and more meaningful
American Durga Pujas grow bigger and more meaningful in the way they perceive the same incidents, as it is today.

'The Naxal problem is not just a security issue'
Sociologist Nandini Sundar speaks on the violence in Chhattisgarh and why the Salwa Judum must be disbanded.

Durga Puja: Kolkata's pandals
A slideshow on various pandals in Kolkata during Durga Puja.

Terror fuels a dangerous divide
The divide between Hindus and Muslims has never been as sharp in the way they perceive the same incidents, as it is today.

HIV discoverers, German scientist share Nobel
Harald zur Hausen, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier have been jointly awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize for Medicine.

Kerala snake boat sets World record

An enchanting scene

Apro Zubin

Image: Maestro Zubin Metha conducts orchestra during a practice session ahead of a series of charity concerts in Mumbai on October 7, 2008.
Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images