A really old university is taking shape again!

Recently,I found myself reading through these two excellent article about Nalanda University..the world's first full fledged university found somewhere around 500BC. There two articles give a good idea of what is being planned....excellent effort by Dr Amartya Sen.

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3029197.cms
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/09/opinion/09garten.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print

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