Monday, January 22, 2001		Lens on IT

Asadhu films a procession during the "Maha Kumbh Mela", or Great Pitcher Festival, at Allahabad . A full lunar eclipse and the cacophonous arrival of revered holy men and their followers in the holy city fed religious fervour. The 42-day festival started January 9. Officials expect as many as 70 million persons will come to Allahabad during the festival

Popular ghazal singer Peenaz Masani enjoys herself in the company of tiny-tots at “Macademia Soft Corner”, that claims to be first of it’s kind multimedia learning and educational centre for kids, at Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi.

AOL Time Warner Chief Executive Officer Gerald Levin (C) and co-Chief Operating Officer Robert Pittman (3rd R) applaud with New York Stock Exchange Chairman Richard Grasso (3rd L) after ringing the opening bell at the NYSE. The Internet giant America Online Inc. acquired cable and media conglamorate Time Warner Inc. last week after winning conditional Federal Communications Commission approval.

Azim Premji, Chairman of Wipro Corporation (left), with Dewang Mehta, president Nasscom (right), at the second meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Information and Technology in New Delhi.

Union Information and Technology Minister Pramod Mahajan with John Chambers, President and CEO, CISCO Systems Inc., in New Delhi.

— Reuters photos