So Many Good Words

Preserving books - despite digital tech

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/So-many-good-words/articleshow/12178140.cms

Former Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Brewster Kahle, is collecting books in order to preserve them from the rapidly changing world of technology.

-The Times of India, March 8, 2012

Putin Returns

He should try the path of reform now, for the sake of his legacy


Putin Returns

-The Times of India, March 6, 2012

Putin's must-read list

"Vladimir Putin has laid out his plans to compile a canon of 100 Russian books “that every Russian school leaver will be required to read” in an attempt to preserve the “dominance of Russian culture”."

The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Putin's must-read list

Putin to meet 'old friend' Henry Kissinger

PM Vladimir Putin will meet with former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger to discuss world affairs, including elections in Russia and the United States.

"The meeting comes six weeks before Russia's presidential election and amid accusations that the United States was behind a series of street protests that began after the Dec. 4 parliamentary elections that were widely dismissed as fraudulent." The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Putin to meet 'old friend' Henry Kissinger

Mr. Putin has cited Kissinger as a trusted foreign policy adviser.