Wednesday, November 01, 2006

French Revolution

Rousseau’s ‘Social Contract’ that stoked the French Revolution, Plato’s dreams of the ideal State in ‘The Republic’, Ayn Rand’s ideas of human motivation that are exclusively individual, or even the socially conscientious works of our very own Mahasweta Devi… whither are they to be read when kids can’t seem to wean themselves off blogs now. India is the ‘Guest of Honour Country’ at the Frankfurt fair, this year (See Box); IIM grad Chetan Bahgat indulges his love for writing with successful works of fiction; Anita Desai’s daughter Kiran Desai makes it to Man Booker shortlist… There is hope just enough so that you know it’s not right when Apple promotes its Notebook series with a tagline that says, “The only books you’ll need.” After all, you can’t dog ear a laptop yet…

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

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