Laxmi Nagar is a district not far from the Yamuna River in New Delhi. It is like a sprawling Indian rural village transplanted into the metropolis, as many of its residents are from the countryside. Lalita Saini, 14, is living here with her 19-year-old husband and her mother in a small hut. She has been already married for three years. "I was married around Akha Teej festival, but I did not know ... [read more]

Tiara Colette Marie Gottlieb, of Whispering Pines, and Brandon Scott Dennison, of Aberdeen, were married at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, at Covington House in Southern Pines. Lisa Russell officiated at the ceremony. The reception, hosted by the bride's parents, was held at the Covington House. [read more]

She needed money for her parents? treatment and her wedding. So she allegedly decided the easy way out. [read more]

It's National Curry Week again next month, and aficionados of Indian restaurants may be startled to find themselves being coaxed to reconsider their choice of drinks by waiters newly appointed as sommeliers. For the reflex choices of old, lager and pinot grigio, are not necessarily the best accompaniments to fine food from the subcontinent. At least, that's the belief of two competing factions ... [read more]

MONTROSE -- Just mention Durango vs. Montrose, and a river runs through it for Todd Casebier. The face and book on the surge that is the Montrose High School football program, Casebier is the undisputed Chief Indian. But this week, in particular, it gets personal for the colorful, fiery head coach. [read more]

Choppers, Mercs, Audis, Limousines - the traditional ghodi & sarkari ambassadors make way for high-end vehicles this eventful season It's not called the big fat Indian wedding for nothing. [read more]

Adolf Hitler never got over it, and never forgot the shame he felt when his country was forced to sign a surrender agreement in a railway car parked near the little French town of Compiegne. That event took place on Nov. 11, 1918, and ended the Great War, or as we know it, World War I. Today, virtually no one remembers anything of that war and few can explain why that date is important. One ... [read more]

Cycling around Surat in the mid-1960s, Dilip Mehta, a gangly teenager learning the ropes of the diamond trade, had little inkling of the globe-trotting road that the stones would take him on. [read more]

A model showcases a creation by designer Neeta Lulla on the first day of Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) 2009 in Mumbai. India's traditional six-yard wonder is igniting imaginations anew. The sari, say fashion designers, can be worn over a pair of jeans or jazzed up with a sexy slim belt for a trendy look. [read more]

Judas kisses and Aurangazeb embraces, shadow boxing and one upmanship, money bags and revolving doors, competitive populism and pettifogging.The common denominators of Indian politics. But in the country's almost self proclaimed 'cultural capital', there's never a drop in the political temperature. [read more]