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October 31

SUCCESS STORY
Yodleeing Their Way to the Top
The web site set up by five young entrepreneurs provides consumers with a one-stop consolidated access to their personal Internet accounts.

NEWS
INS Trumpets Achievements
But critics of the service say the rate of progress is still far too slow.

NEWS
Anti-Immigrant Activist Admits To Having Hired Illegal Workers
While Craig Nelson says he took up his cause after realising the danger of immigration, critics point out that his admission came only after a reporter confronted him.

NEWS
Trial Date For Doctor In Molestation Case To Be Set
If found guilty, Dr Alan Umar Khitab faces over 10 years in prison.

October 30

NEWS
Ackerman Gets CIA to Brief Congressional Caucus on India
Congressional insiders said the hour-long briefing was unprecedented and indicative of maturing relations between the US and India.

COMMUNITY
Census Readies Advertising Blitz
The Census Bureau has launched a $ 170 million advertising campaign, far bigger than that of Coca-Cola or IBM, in an attempt to ensure that everyone's counted.

CULTURE
3 Indian Docus at Margaret Mead Festival
The themes focussed on are the impact on Bollywood on villagers, the experiences of women trying to gain independence, and the modernisation of north-eastern tribes.

SPECIAL
Battling Bulging Suitcases
'I don't know what it is with us Indians. I mean, it's not as if we travel back to the homeland once in 10 years and have to carry gifts for long-lost kith and kin,' says Shoba Narayan.

October 29

COMMUNITY
Mahatma's Weapon Disarms The Violent
Fathers of killer and victim get together to spread awareness about violence and to honor those who took the non-violent road.

CULTURE
Stark Images Of Indian Womanhood
A new photography show explores what Independence has meant for women.

October 28

ACHIEVER
Netravali Chosen President Of Bell Labs
The scientist who pioneered digital video research will head the organization that has generated over 30,000 inventions.

NEWS
A Murder In Karachi, A Beating In NY
Mystery surrounds the attack on Abdul Rahman Chaudhary, who the Pakistani police believe may have killed his wife Denise.

NEWS
I Can't Hide In My Basement, Says Gurudwara President
'I am not afraid,' said Balwant Singh Gill when discussing a possible threat from hard-liners led by Dalip Singh Mangat.

MOVIES
Elizabeth Reigns in Japan
Going by the current trend, it could end up with about $ 16 million, nearly two times its gross in England.

COMMUNITY
Harvard Symposium On Religious Plurality
Shloka in orgy scene, prayer book to convert demonic Hindus among issues to be discussed.
Diwali in Calabasas
Carnatic music
Dassera mela
Diwali in Sunnvale
Arundhati speaks
Cancer event
Dandia Raas '99
Charanjeet show
Pt Jasraj show
Dance for charity
Music megamix

October 27

BUSINESS
Kennedy Complains Of Low Wages In Silicon Valley
And opposition slowly increases against the raise of a cap on high-tech visas.

NEWS
Navratri Revelry Ends In Tragedy
Four die in collision with car going the wrong way in New Jersey.

NEWS
Vancouver Sikhs Snub Hard-liners
Congregation re-elects moderate Balwant Singh Gill as president of the Guru Nanak gurudwara.

SILICON VALLEY
From The 'Center Of The Universe'
In a seminar in Santa Clara, eBusiness experts held forth on past experiences and trends in eMillennium.

October 26

ACHIEVER
One for the Record Books
Becoming a billionaire is a day's work for Gururaj Deshpande, founder and chairman of Sycamore Networks.

MOVIES
Hussein Gets Four Stars; Scorsese, Three
New York critics are full of praise for Sixth Happiness, some even rating it above Scorsese's Bringing Out The Dead.

CONTROVERSY
Stirring a Hornet's Nest
Southern Baptists find that the Hindus don't want to be 'saved' after all.

CUISINE
Fare for the Desi Dragon
Leo Liao's 'Indian Chinese' food is a hit in NJ.

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