Good Snaps: April 2010

Friday, April 30, 2010

April 30 End of Vietnam War

U.S. Marines emerge from their muddy foxholes at sunrise after a third night of fighting against continued attacks of north Vietnamese 324 B division troops during the Vietnam War.

April 30 End of Vietnam War

A South Vietnamese woman weeps over the body of her husband, found with 47 others in a mass grave near Hue, Vietnam.

DEATH ON EVERY SIDE (April 30 End of Vietnam War )

American infantrymen crowd into a mud-filled bomb crater and look up at tall jungle trees seeking out Viet Cong snipers firing at them during a battle in Phuoc Vinh, north-Northeast of Saigon in Vietnam's War Zone D. June 15, 1967

April 30 End of Vietnam War

A Buddhist monk, immolates himself on a Saigon street to protest alleged persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government. June 11,

April 30 End of Vietnam War

Women and children crouch in a muddy canal as they take cover from intense Viet Cong fire at Bao Trai, about 20 miles west of Saigon, Vietnam. January 1, 1966

(AN EXECUTION ) April 30 End of Vietnam War

A vivid image from the war. South Vietnamese General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, chief of the national police, fires his pistol into the head of suspected Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem, also known as Bay Lop, on a Saigon street, early in the Tet Offensive. February 1, 1968.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Every Poojari has a Day

UNLIKELY CRUSADER

A child walks in front of a protest march against prise rise in Belgaum

PRESIDENTIAL PUTT

President Barack Obama on the 10th green of the golf course at Grove Park Inn during his weekend vacation in Asheville

VANTAGE POINT

A toddy tapper looks at the setting Sun

A CAUSE HIS OWN

A Left party protestor lies down on railway tracks in Guindy, Chennai as part of a nation-wide protest against price rise.

BEFORE THE BLOW

Demonstrators attack a vehicle on the National Highway in Bhubaneswar

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

BEATING THE HEAT

A child jumps off a buffalo in a pond on a hot Monday in New Delhi. Over the past week, the national capital has experienced temperatures exceeding 43 degrees celcius. Photo: PTI

BURIED IN ASH

Men work to remove volcanic ash from the roof of a house, in Reykjavík, Iceland. Farmers in the area are scrambling to prevent their cattle from inhaling the toxic ash that could cause permanent bone damage, internal bleeding and loss of teeth. Photo: AP

ASH BLANKET

Volcanic ash seen over Iceland´s main ring road near Skogar, east of the eruption as the volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier sends ash into the air. Photo: AP

Monday, April 19, 2010

Pakistan Military exercise near Indian Border

Pakistan's Army tanks and cobra helicopters take part in Azm-e-Nau-3 exercise in Cholistan Desert near Bahawalpur, Pakistan Sunday, April 18, 2010. Fighter jets strafed mock enemy positions and tanks rumbled across this eastern desert in a display of military might signaling Pakistan's readiness to face traditional foe India even as it battles Taliban militants on its opposite flank.

Srinagar-Leh highway

Srinagar-bound vehicles passingh through the 11,578 feet high Zojila Pass on the Srinagar-Leh highway after it was re-opened. The highway was opened a month ahead of its slated date.

Lalu Blessings

Medical students of UP seeking blessing from RJD chief Lalu Prasad in Patna.

" IPL - LAMA "

Tibetan religious leader the Dalai Lama, HPCA President Anurag Thakur, actress Preity Zinta during the IPL T20 match between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings in Dharamshala.

Ravan

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Leopard

Forest officials carry a 7-year-old female leopard rescued from a water tank at Singmire village near Chandrapur on the outstriks of Guwahati.

Smoke and steam hangs over the volcano

Smoke and steam hangs over the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland, early Thursday April 15, 2010, which has erupted for the second time in less than a month, melting ice, shooting smoke and steam into the air and forcing hundreds of people to flee rising floodwaters.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Brazil

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at an official welcome ceremony at Brasilia Airbase in Brazil. Singh is on a two-day visit during which he will attend the Brazil-Russia-India-China (BRIC) and India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Summits and hold bilateral meetings with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Kumbh Mela festival in Haridwar

An elderly devotee collects water from the River Ganga, during the Kumbh Mela festival in Haridwar.

ISRO's GSLV-D3 Mission Failed :(

ISRO's GSLV-D3 takes off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Shriharikota. GSLV-D3 powered by homegrown cryogenic engine for the first time failed in its mission as the rocket carrying a communication satellite deviated today from its path and went out of control shortly after its lift-off from the spaceport.

"Prime Minister, Keep your word "

Bhopal gas tragedy protestors hold cut-outs of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a demonstration in New Delhi.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Happy Vishu

Hi.. Wish you a Happy Vishu..

Last Vishu greetings was thru Orkut scrap.. this time its thru buzz :-) And Next one ____ ?

EV-neo

Honda's new electric scooter EV-neo is shown. The green fad in Japan is expanding from cars to bikes with Honda's zero-emission super-quiet electric EV-neo super scooter, which was unveiled to the media. Honda plans to start leasing the scooters, the equivalent of a 50cc gasoline-powered bike, in December and says its target market is companies that make deliveries, such as newspapers and pizza parlors...

'Kumbh snan'

Thousands of pilgrims flocking to Brahma Kund on Ganga for 'Kumbh snan' on the occasion of Baisaki, in Haridwar.

Shashi Tharoor with Sunanda Pushkar

Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor with Sunanda Pushkar at a book release function in New Delhi on Thursday, 4th March 2010.

Prayers at the Golden Temple for 17 Indian youths

Relatives of 17 Indian youths, sentenced to death for killing a Pakistani and injuring three others by Sharjah's Shariah court, hold their photographs as they perform prayers at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

Twin brother of the late Polish President Lech Kaczynski, Jaroslaw kneels in front of the coffin with his brother after the coffin's arrival at the military airport in Warsaw, Poland. Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday, April 10, when the presidential plane crashed as it came for landing in fog near Smolensk, western Russia.

The Sinhala and the Tamil New Year falls on April 14 this year

A Sri Lankan Buddhist blows a trumpet on the last day of the Sinhala year at a Buddhist temple, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Sinhala and the Tamil New Year falls on April 14 this year. New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are among the most celebrated holidays on the island.

ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2010 trophy

International Cricket Council Chief Executive Officer Haroon Lorgat poses with the ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2010 cricket tournament trophy at a press conference in New Delhi. The T20 World Cup starts April 30 in the Caribbean.

Vijay Mallya and actress Katrina Kaif watch the team's IPL T20 match

Royal Challenger Bangalore's owner Vijay Mallya and actress Katrina Kaif watch the team's IPL T20 match against Deccan Chargers in Nagpur.

Shoaib Malik, Sania Mirza marriage ceremony

Pakistan's former cricket captain Shoaib Malik and tennis star Sania Mirza share a light moment with Sania's mother Naseema Mirza during their marriage ceremony in Hyderabad.

Manmohan Singh greets his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greets his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani during an official welcome ceremony for the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington. Gilani said that he would not tolerate extremists using his country as a base to attack India but said he needed more evidence about a group blamed in the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks.