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...full of Harvard references, showing how deeply connected the Transcendental movement was to the University. But though it may be amusing to hear about Harvard’s bicentennial, there is much more to Gura’s complex history of American Transcendentalism. Starting with the Transcendentalists’ European influences, he traces the shifting ideas and proponents of the movement. Rather than try to reduce the multi-faceted phenomenon to one hardened definition, Gura acknowledges the subtleties of the movement and allows the Transcendentalists to speak for themselves. Gura is at his most dynamic when he relates specific philosophical...
...European Commission ambassador, introducing European businesspeople to your host country is a big part of the job description. Since E.C. ambassador Danièle Smadja arrived in Delhi two months ago, she has found herself shepherding a half-dozen delegations of eager European executives and politicians every week. "All my fellow ambassadors are always either receiving or sending off visitors," she says. "India is like a beautiful woman being wooed by many suitors at the same time...
...Increasingly, those suitors are whispering sweet nothings in European accents. So far this year, European bigwigs including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and London Mayor Ken Livingstone have come calling, while French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be chief guest at India's Republic Day celebrations next January. On Nov. 30, E.C. President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Union President and Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates will visit New Delhi for the annual E.U.-India summit, a bilateral confab to discuss investment, scientific cooperation and efforts to combat climate change. The participants are expected to announce a joint solar energy project...
...also the largest recipient of Indian investment, thanks largely to conglomerate Tata's $12 billion acquisition of Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus earlier this year. The E.U. and India are currently negotiating a free trade agreement as well as a comprehensive trade and investment agreement. These and other deals have European executives coming in droves, drawn by the country's 9% annual economic growth, along with its fast-growing middle class and booming trade, services and investment sectors...
...growing interest in India, some analysts say, is also an attempt to avoid putting all their eggs in China's basket. "There is a degree of apprehension over the fact that European [multinationals] are too deeply entrenched in China," says Rajendra K. Jain, professor of European Studies at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University. "There is also concern in Europe over issues such as intellectual property rights violation in China; some 70% of European fakes come from China." Jain says India, whose growth, unlike China's, has been primarily domestically driven, is beginning to look more promising. "The E.U.'s calculation...