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...Indian books of the past few decades have not only been written in English but authored by Indians, or the children of Indians, living outside the country. Writers such as Salman Rushdie, who left India in his teens and has lived abroad for most of his adult life, and Nobel-prizewinning writer V.S. Naipaul, born in Trinidad of Indian descent, may be lauded around the globe but their reception in India is often less than warm...
...Hope springs eternal on the Korean peninsula. But so, alas, does futility. For Roh, unpopular at home and facing the end of his term, the summit offers a chance to match the legacy of his predecessor Kim Dae Jung, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his rapprochement with the North. North Korea stands to gain even more from détente: a thaw in frosty relations with the U.S.; a potential end to the Korean War, which has technically endured for more than a half-century; and a development-aid package that could keep its decrepit economy limping...
...creating a state within a state whose primary purpose is to train Burma's future ruling class. Signs of internal dissent are quickly suppressed. Khin Nyunt, the former head of military intelligence who was once hailed as a potential reformer for suggesting dialogue with long-imprisoned democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, now languishes under house arrest himself. Despite scattered reports of soldiers refusing to shoot against Buddhist monk-led demonstrators last week, most of the wide-eyed recruits obeyed orders. "Burma's military is a breed apart, and its biggest accomplishment is the sense...
Former Kennedy School of Goverment (KSG) Professor Thomas C. Schelling discussed the history and present situation of nuclear proliferation at the John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum last night. Schelling, who is a Nobel laureate in economics, traced the history of nuclear proliferation since the end of World War II. “The non-proliferation of nuclear weapons has been vastly more successful in the past 40 years or more than anyone could have possibly expected,” he said. Schelling, who is the Littauer professor of political economy, emeritus, also discussed five wars since World...
...Read something. Have some kind of fact which really makes you think.” In a candid talk last night at Memorial Church celebrating his new book, “Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science,” Watson—the Nobel Prize winner who, along with Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA—addressed his time at Harvard, praised polygamy, poked fun at Bass Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel, and discussed the state of science today. He told the audience that he entered science because...