RMF Summary: Week of February 28-March 6, 2011

March 1

New video uploaded: Swami Dayananda Saraswati's address at Chennai book launch This is the link to Swami Dayananda Saraswati's 45 minute talk, which we have edited for YouTube into 2 parts totaling under 30 mins. His insights into the main issues examined by the book is remarkable. March 2 India's Think Tanks (422) second to US??!! I just googled Think Tanks India. and a TOI article (below) says India has the second largest number of think tanks in the world after the United States. March 2 Fw: [saja-disc] J-ETHICS/INDIA: Sunday Times on Paid News in Indian Media This link is relevant to Rajiv's comments on media persons seeking payment for news.  March 3 Breaking India Book Introduction at Madurai ConvenerMadurai Readers'Club  Flat A,GF,Anmol Bougainvillaea, 106-107 PT Rajan Road, Madurai 625014 March 4 How to read this book fast Rajiv Malhotra: The first reaction when someone gets the book [Breaking India] is about its size. It is 660 pages and that can overwhelm many. So here's advice on how to deal with it in modules. For a quick read in 2 hours, one should read chapter 1, then read the first few pages of each chapter which give an overview with the help of a flow diagram. The various boxes in the overview diagram are summarized in a para each, right at the beginning of the chapter. This way one can get through the whole book fast with a good idea on the various themes. Once you have done this, each chapter is pretty much stand alone and you can jump straight to the ones you like... March 6 Appendix C of the book: Parallel developments in Africa It was indeed a wake up call to read the analogy given with Africa in Appendix C of the book. If Joseph Conrad's stories on "the dark continent" weren't enough... March 6 True significance of 'Paul Harrison' award given to Binayak Sen I was amused when about 10 years ago, I came across the Dalitstan web-site. Some of the stuff on the web-site was so crude that I thought it was a joke. Now I..