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...there was something there, the relationship between two remarkable people." They made a strange couple. Short and energetic, Shanti loved talk and his evening whisky. Henny, tall and elegant, was quieter but irrepressibly kind. They never had children and argued frequently, in German, yet they remained devoted. Henny quit her well-paid office job to focus on Shanti's needs. He underwrote her passion for clothes and took her on yearly vacations to Switzerland (they never returned to Germany). Fortunately, there is more to Two Lives than two lives. Henny and Shanti neatly spanned the 20th century (they were both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Family Affair | 9/11/2005 | See Source »

...shook hands with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. We all applauded and thought peace had finally come to the Middle East. We so wanted it to be true. But terrorists are con artists. Their promises are worthless. They are good at murdering innocents and then blaming the victims. Terrorists quit only when they are tired, afraid or outgunned. And even then, there is always one terrorist who refuses to give up. So I am not applauding the I.R.A.'s announcement. I am tired of being made a fool of again and again. Batya Dagan Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 9/5/2005 | See Source »

...song. The standouts include the Mavalli Tiffin Room, tel: (91 80) 2222 0022, a Bangalore institution, and Dosa Stop, tel: (91 80) 2526 6467. The latter's specialty is a mighty "Family Dosa" that takes up the entire table. The brainchild of a couple who quit their IT jobs for the restaurant business, Dosa Stop is a bright and breezy eatery modeled after American fast-food chains?and in its combination of ultramodern d?cor and traditional Indian cooking, there is something quintessentially Bangalore. For a taste of modern India, start here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Smell of Success | 9/5/2005 | See Source »

...hands with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. We all applauded and thought that peace had finally come to the Middle East. We so wanted it to be true. But terrorists are con artists. Their promises are worthless. They are good at murdering innocents and then blaming the victims. Terrorists quit only when they are tired, afraid or outgunned. And even then, there is always one terrorist who refuses to give up. So I am not applauding the i.r.a.'s announcement. I am tired of being made a fool of again and again. Batya Dagan Los Angeles Al Gore, Entrepreneur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fit for Life | 9/5/2005 | See Source »

...song. The standouts include the Mavalli Tiffin Room, tel: (91-80) 2222 0022, a Bangalore institution, and Dosa Stop, tel: (91-80) 2526 6467. The latter's specialty is a mighty "Family Dosa" that takes up the entire table. The brainchild of a couple who quit their IT jobs for the restaurant business, Dosa Stop is a bright and breezy eatery modeled after American fast-food chains - and in its combination of ultramodern décor and traditional Indian cooking, there is something quintessentially Bangalore. For a taste of modern India, start here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Smell Of Success | 9/4/2005 | See Source »

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