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Golf-course features include the putting green and the flagstick.

From India to Ireland... for golf

India's growing middle class is being targeted in a campaign to bring more of the country's golfers to Ireland. Arjun Atwal's win in the US last weekend has focused attention on a market that is potentially one of the biggest in the world.

Komal at a video lauch show in Karachi in July. Photo by MTV

Komal Rizvi: Pakistan's answer to Rihanna

This is not the Pakistan of disastrous floods or Taliban terror. In one episode of her new reality TV show, Komal Rizvi attends a party in Karachi, where illegal alcohol flows freely and the beautiful people chat in English rather than Urdu.

A different kind of holiday: at a desert lodge in Africa.

Five totally excellent travel sites

Tony and Maureen Wheeler met in London's Regent's Park and married a year later. With an old car, a few pounds in their pockets and a sense of adventure, they then set off on the trip of a lifetime. When it ended, Lonely Planet was born.

Cavallo Point Lodge: aerial view. Photo by www.cavallopoint.com

How the other half holidays

You're in Delhi and would like to spend an afternoon at the Taj Mahal. No problem. You can be in Agra in an hour thanks to Greaves, a specialist travel company, which has invested in a Super King Air B200 plane. This is how the rich travel.

Reality check: Illinois may be a windowless room in India.Photo by the Royal Court Theatre

Illinois in Chennai at the Royal Court

Their credit cards are maxed out, but Ross wants money — now! Ross is actually Roshan; he's one of those young Indian graduates who spend their working days on the phone trying to get back the cash spent by Americans during the boom.

My Name is Khan, Shah Rukh Khan.

"My Name is Khan. I'm not a terrorist."

Shah Rukh Khan says his latest film focuses on "the relationship between the Western world and Islam and how that has changed over the past few years." It is about "the journey of one family and how it changes because of 9/11", the Bollywood star says.

The FBI is on the trail of the Mumbai killers and their many helpers.

The fundamentalist who worked in a Philly bar

David Headley has a Pakistani wife, who lives with their children in Chicago. He also has an American girlfriend in New York. And he's an Islamic fundamentalist suspected of involvement in last November's attacks on Mumbai that left 170 people dead.

Diwali: colourful and tasty. Photo by Celina Mahek

Delicious Diwali - Medium

The "Festival of Lights" (see Spotlight 10/2009), which takes place in mid-October, is celebrated on the Indian subcontinent as both a religious and a secular holiday. Try our quiz on the spices, ingredents and cooking techniques that go into this five-day celebration.
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Spotlight 10/2009

Spotlight 10/2009

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Our correspondent takes in the magic of the Highlands on a trip from Glasgow to Mallaig

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"The October Spotlight goes international"

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