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  • Ambassador Timothy J. Roemer (left) and Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh at a reception at the Ambassador’s residence in November 2010. Photograph by RAKESH MALHOTRA

    Working Together to Save the Tiger

    From some 45,000 at the turn of the 19th century to about 1,400 now—that’s the drop in the number of wild tigers in India. Poaching, loss of habitat and human-tiger conflict are among the reasons for the decline.
    Photograph by RAKESH MALHOTRA

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    Indian American Football Player

    A time-honored cry rings out across the United States at this time of year: “Are you ready for some football?” The answer for millions is a resounding “yes!” From September until February, American professional football becomes a national obsession.
    Photograph by AMY SANCETTA © AP-WWP

  • Monica Bhide Photograph by LUCY SCHAFFER

    Spicing Up America

    An Indian American writer and cooking instructor explores food, family and culture in her work.
    Photograph by LUCY SCHAFFER

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Photograph by JIM COOPER © AP-WWP

The New Yorker

The four women walk abreast, stilettos clicking, along a New York pavement. Each has a distinctive look and sports high-end labels from Manolo Blahnik sandals to Fendi bags...
Photograph courtesy WHO-NPSP

Reaching Every Child

Arshi and Bilal are sweet 2-year-olds living in the Dhaulana block of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. They smile, coo their first words and cuddle. But ...
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Telling Stories the Rockwell,
Lucas and Spielberg Way

Besides fame and commercial success, what do superstar filmmakers George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have in common with ...
Photograph by SUSAN WALSH © AP-WWP

Fun With Science

More than half a million people converged on the National Mall and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. for two ...

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Education

Photographs courtesy iEARN-IndiaOnline Bonding From Charleston to Chennai

A regular lesson on space and gravity opened up a whole new frontier for a group of students in a southern Indian town. The instructor leading the session on aerodynamics and propulsion appeared only on a projection screen. » Read More
Arts

Photograph courtesy Chandrahas ChoudhuryFinding a New Voice

Novelist, critic and blogger Chandrahas Choudhury is probably the only writer in the world who would answer a question about his favorite writers by citing Bengali novelist Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay and American novelist Willa Cather in the same sentence, as he did last year in an interview with the ... » Read More
Social Development

Photograph by FRANK FRANKLIN © AP-WWPLooking for Leading Ladies

Internationally, the United States Congress ranks low for the number of women seated, with less than 17 percent of the members being women in 2011. More than 85 countries have a higher percentage of women in their ...  » Read More

Photograph © AP-WWP

Lifestyle

That Year in History: What Americans and Indians were doing in 1962

First lady Jacqueline Kennedy arrived in New Delhi on March 12 for a nine-day visit. Mrs. Kennedy’s first engagement was a visit to the Central Secretariat, where she watched Indian President Rajendra Prasad ride by in state... » Read More
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