Advisories from five Western nations asking citizens to "exercise caution" when traveling to India in view of "terrorist threats" dampened spirits over the Diwali festival. With the peak season approaching, the alerts created widespread panic in the tourist trade, which expects as much as 20% of travelers to cancel their trips on advice that it characterizes as "wicked" and the government in Delhi says is "nothing but scaremongering". - Neeta Lal (Nov 1, '11) more..