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Return to India: For Knowledge@Wharton
Return to India: One Family's Journey to America and Back Published: November 01, 2007 in India Knowledge@Wharton For decades, it was widely assumed that the brightest Indians would go overseas to study and eventually settle there. Today, signs have begun [...]
Amuse Bouche: their daily bread: Time magazine
Two hours southeast of the Turkish capital of Ankara lies a surreal landscape of giant pink rocks carved by nature into phantasmagoric formations. Locals call the area Cappadoccia, or "fairy chimneys," and at nearly every roadside stop, there's a stall [...]
The Reds Are Coming: New Zealand wines: Time magazine
With 463 wineries producing 119 million liters annually, New Zealand wines have come a long way since the first Sauvignon Blanc was harvested in Marlborough a mere 30 years ago. Mild, fruity whites are what the country is most associated [...]
Amuse Bouche: Food Fight: Time magazine
Emmanuel Stroobant, chef of Singaporean popular restaurant Saint Pierre, serves a signature wok-fried foie gras with tetaki of Japanese squid, julienne of Parma ham with warm yogurt jelly and black peppercorn reduction. But ask him if he is a fusion [...]
Hidden Gem: Shopping in Santiago, Chile: for Time magazine
Santiago is one of South America's best-kept shopping secrets. With prices in their own countries skyrocketing because of inflation, well-heeled Argentines and Brazilians are flocking to the Chilean capital for their luxury purchases. Among the best buys�besides leather and wine�are [...]
Malaysian Sensations: Four Seasons Langkawi. For Time magazine
Most spa resorts are so cookie-cutter that once you check in, it's hard to tell if you're in Krabi or the Maldives. Not so at the new Four Seasons Langkawi, tel: (60-4) 950 8888. The design of this resort has [...]
Whey They Go: New Zealand. For Time magazine
If you think New Zealand cheese means processed cheddar slices, be prepared for a surprise. The country has seen a mini boom in artisanal cheeses in recent years, with producers taking advantage of a pristine environment and prime, grass-fed dairy [...]
Waterworld, Time magazine
Iguazu Falls, as Eleanor Roosevelt famously observed, "make the Niagara look like a kitchen faucet." This may be an exaggeration but not by much�after all, the Iguazu Falls are four times wider than Ontario's most famous body of water. Located [...]
The Oil Boom: Time magazine.
The Oil Boom: Time magazine. June 24, 2005 New Zealand's olive-oil industry is barely 20 years old, but since the first olive trees were experimentally planted in the country in 1985, the number of olive growers there has soared [...]
The Smell of Success: Time magazine
The Smell of Success: Time magazine, September 05, 2005 (Of course, link won't work unless you are a subscriber, so I am not giving the link) If you're stranded in Bangalore, you won't go hungry. This southern city is rapidly [...]
Game Show: About safari parks in South Africa: for Time magazine
The silhouette of a lone acacia at sunset, the tremulous gaze of an impala: these are some of the pleasures of Africa, and you don't have to go all Ernest Hemingway to experience them. New-generation game lodges — with spas, [...]
Thread of Hope: wearing healing clothes: for Time magazine
Thread of Hope: from Time magazine February 12, 2006 Never mind applying creams and lotions—if you could relieve a skin ailment simply by the kind of clothes you wear, or the bed linen you use, wouldn't you? The Handloom Weavers [...]