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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, with a 'bindi' painted on her forehead. Clinton's visit to Chennai was the final part of her three-day state visit to India which concluded on July 21, 2011. Her packed programme included a call on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, interaction with Working Women's Forum members and a visit to Kalakshetra where she witnessed Kathakali and Bharatanatyam forms of dance. (AFP Photo)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives at her hotel in Chennai, on July 20, 2011. The posh presidential suite was reserved for Clinton at the Hotel Taj Coromandel in Nungambakkam. (AP Photo)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her way to Anna Centenary Library- the second largest library in Asia. (TOI Photo)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton receives a gift from Jaya Arunachalam, (L), founder of the Working Women's Forum, during a visit in Chennai on July 20. Hailing the NGO which has grown to over one million members today from a mere 800 in 1978, Clinton on her maiden visit to the city, said the US would continue its support in fighting violence against women. (PTI Photo)
Hillary Clinton bowled over the audience at the Anna Centenary Library auditorium by greeting them with the Tamil salutation 'Vanakkam'. She addressed students, opinion makers and other prominent citizens for nearly 45 minutes, speaking on how the US sees India as a strategic player in Asia. Clinton also said that Tamil Nadu is one of the most "industrialised, globalised and educated states" in the country. (TOI Photo)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks with a woman who creates clothing during a visit to the Working Women's Forum, a grassroots network of over one million women that provides training, networking and business skills, in Chennai on July 20, 2011. (AFP Photo)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tours an exhibition of cook stoves alongside Dr. Kalpana Balakrishnan, a cook stove researcher, during a visit to Chennai on July 20, 2011. Clinton is a long-time advocate of using clean-burning cook stoves in kitchens, instead of more traditional stoves that burn wood or solid fuel releasing toxic fumes into poorly ventilated cooking areas in many poor regions around the world, a problem mainly affecting women and small children. (AFP Photo)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shakes hands with a bank teller through a security window during a visit to the Working Women's Forum. After patiently hearing the success stories of some of the women members of the forum, she said the life of women in countries like Bangladesh, India, Chile, South Africa had been changing rapidly. (AFP Photo)
Hillary Clinton surrounded by women eager to shake hands with the high-ranking US official. Addressing members of city-based NGO, Working Women's Forum, the visiting American leader said "the Government of United States and the Government of India will establish a regional training programme at the Asian University of Women to train more women like you". (AFP Photo)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa at a meeting in Chennai. She said Tamil Nadu should serve as a model of how much can be achieved when all citizens participate in economic and political life. (PTI Photo
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton watches a traditional Indian dance performance at the Kalakshetra Foundation in Chennai on July 20, 2011. She was mesmerized by the culture of the city which she described as "extraordinary". (AFP Photo)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meeting artists after watching their performance at Kalashetra Foundation in Chennai. (PTI Photo)
Hillary was swept by the evening's magical performances. "I have been coming to India since the 1990s as my country's first lady, senator and Secretary of State in Obama administration. But this is the first opportunity to come to this extraordinary cultural city of the South and one that means so much to so many in my own country and elsewhere...", she said ( .http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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