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  • Still Life with Bread Crumbs follows a photographer who is no longer married, no longer needed as much by her grown son and no longer as successful as she used to be. When her funds start to dry up, she heads to a small, rural town for a fresh start.
  • Eggs and milk might make for a breakfast you'd expect to find on your table each Monday. But with Fat Tuesday fast arriving, Poppy Tooker gives this standard fare some twists fit for Mardi Gras.
  • The terrorist siege in Mumbai, India, has finally ended. At least 195 people have died in the attacks and 295 have been wounded.
  • The Nano, billed as the world's cheapest car, was supposed to roll off an Indian production line this month. But that plan hit a snag when Tata Motors announced it had to build the car somewhere else. The company closed the new plant in the state of West Bengal after violent protests.
  • India is not a member of the G-8, but it is one of several emerging powers included in the G-20. Many believe these countries should have a greater say in global decision making. President Bush hosts a G-20 summit Friday. India believes key international financial institutions should be strengthened so the economic fallout on developing countries is minimal.
  • Artists in India say they're being subjected to the worst campaign of politically inspired censorship in years. One of the most famous, M.F. Husain, is in the middle of the controversy.
  • Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif returned to Pakistan Monday after nearly seven years in exile — and within hours authorities had put him back on a plane for Saudi Arabia. The move invites more anger from a restive populace.
  • Amid recent blows to the Taliban, many in the Pakistani border city of Peshawar are convinced that the setbacks are real. But there are also concerns that the Pakistani government is failing to press home its advantage.
  • The leader of the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka is dead. That's according to international news agency reports out of the island. It marks the final end of a war that's lasted more than a quarter if a century and claimed tens of thousands of lives.
  • Manmohan Singh is sworn in Friday for a second term as India's prime minister. Last week, his Congress party achieved its biggest election victory in many years. It means India's new ruling coalition will be stronger than the last — but it's also under greater pressure to deliver.
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