Re: Prabhat Patnaik on Paul Sweezy

["Craven, Jim" <JCraven@xxxxxxxxx>]

OBITUARY
A SAINT AND A SAGE
PRABHAT PATNAIK

Volume 21 - Issue 06, March 13 - March 26, 2004
India's National Magazine
from the publishers of THE HINDU


Response Jim C: What a wonderful obit. When I lived and taught in India
(Kerala), I eagerly looked forward to getting and reading "The Hindu"
every day. I still have a large stack of old copies because the analysis
and writing was just first-rate; I used to go through withdrawal pains
if there was a delay in delivery.

In the old days, before TV was introduced or known in Kerala (I begged
some at the Center for Development Studies in Trivanndrum to do a study
of the impact of TV on a "virgin population"--shifting attitudes,
consumer expenditures, study habits, family life, voting patterns,
culture etc--as TV was introduced in Kerala) of course reading was the
primary pleasure in the villages
And folks of all classes and strata would read "The Hindu" for news and
commentary simply not available in any other periodical in India at the
time. Economists in Kerala were very familiar with Paul Sweezy's work
and used his books regularly in the courses.

Jim C.