'India Shining' is the ruling NDA's poll plank. For the record it just gets better. Right from my fav Tennis, Leander Paes partners the ever young legend Martina Navaratilova at the Australian open after spending the last few months in hospital and yet reaches the final. Next is the praise on the Indian Cricket team, long jumper Anju Bobby George. Capping the crown in the Global Indian take over, be it business, International financial bodies. The list continues

Adding another feather to bedecked Indian head gear is this news item

From Kollywood (Accepted Parlance for Tamil Filmdom) to Hollywood India Today (February 9 2004) issue's eyecatcher column freezes that 'The Score' Ryan Johnson was impressed by Tamil encounter movie 'Kaakha Kaakha' and offered to lean on it to shoot a film on Chechen Rebels. The latest, script for the Hollywood version is being spruced up.