THE manager of a new Indian restaurant in Sea Point, Cape Town, caused a bit of a stir last week.

History is written by those in power, but lives through the memories of those who are not

NOT so long ago — less than a century in fact — there was a fairly substantial kingdom in northern Europe crossing over into Asia.

AGNI is the Hindu god of fire. It was Agni, so the legend goes, who protected the chastity of Seeta and returned her unharmed to Rama after she had been kidnapped by the king of Sri Lanka.

"Usurpers always choose troubled times to enact, in the atmosphere of general panic, laws which the public would never adopt when passions were cool."

"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."

I RECEIVED one of those envelopes in the mail on Friday. I'm sure most of you know what they look like - name and address in the middle of the translucent window with the words "acc #" peering out of the top right hand corner.

Harris (Steve Martin): "Don't point it at me!"
Trudi (Marilu Henner): "Sorry, I don't know gun etiquette."

Some of their campaign posters may appear to be stupid, but there's real merit to the way in which our political parties are fighting for our hearts and minds.

THERE'S a war going on in Yugoslavia.

Here's a rewrite of an old proverb that's appropriate for the new South Africa — Greed comes before a fall.

FOR a few weeks now, much of Cape Town has been in caught up in a state of joyful excitement.

Dear Madiba

April 27, 1994. It seems like yesterday. I held my daughter Aura, then just one week away from her first birthday, close to me as I carefully placed my "X" on the national ballot paper.