Bush spends time with farmers, weavers

US President George W Bush today spent time with farmers, weavers and women volunteers in Hyderabad, one of the country's hi-tech hubs, a day after clinching a landmark nuclear deal with India.

On the ouskirts of the capital of Andhra Pradesh, Bush, wearing a blue shirt and a pair of black trousers, walked around the compound of the Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University trying his hand at threaded weaving looms put on display.

Accompanied by Chief Minister Y S Rajashekara Reddy, the US President spoke to women of self-help groups, posed for pictures, signed autographs and took straw hats as mementos.

Folk dancers tapped their feet to drumbeats as Bush walked past in a leisurely pace, waving to the artistes and planting kisses on the faces of children around.