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Read on to know what subscribers to The Whistle are enjoying in March 2024 at The Whistle Library, when we are looking at the Middle-East conflict, US-China relations, globalisation, digital technology in industry, book reviews, 150 years of Impressionism, the 200th anniversary year of music composer, Anton Bruckner, and more!
Signposts For Reading the Future
Hello subscribers. Delighted to welcome you back to The Whistle Library, as the world still grapples with wars and geopolitical strains. We begin this month’s reading, viewing and listening with a panel discussion on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. If you recall, I had shared a Brookings discussion last month on Israel’s strategy in Gaza and had said I would share the second part of the discussion on Palestine after the war. Here then, is part II of the Brookings discussion on Palestinian politics and society after the war.
Also from Brookings is an article and a panel discussion on US-China relations and whether it is the most consequential one for the US. Important, since any relationship or tension involving the world’s two most powerful economies affects the entire world.
Next, I have for you two articles from the HBR. The first is about the chief of Honeywell on industrial business going digital, while the second is about how fast companies ought to grow by Gary P Pisano of HBS. In an era where even industrial systems are employing digital technology and where productivity and growth is being accelerated by AI, both these pieces make for important reading.
https://hbr.org/2024/03/how-fast-should-your-company-really-grow
On February 29, PIIE conducts a discussion on globalisation, the US economy and political backlash. In the context of this year’s US elections, this subject makes for an interesting discussion.
https://www.piie.com/events/2024/globalization-us-economy-and-political-backlash
Since it is already spring in many parts of the world, including Goa, let us turn to more pleasant matters now. I will bring you important reports and discussions from the World Bank and IMF Annual Spring Meetings, which take place in April this year. For now, let us look at books and arts. March is really a time for stepping out and gazing at the sky, and I have for you a piece from The Paris Review titled Essay on The Sky by Vincent Katz. An essay it is not, but manages to evoke the beauty and splendour of skies, as observations in a diary or a notebook.
I was hoping that since March is international women’s month, there might be something by or about women, worth reading and sharing. After searching high and low, I managed to find a review of a new book by historian, Josephine Quinn,called How the World Made the West from The Guardian.
On books about women, I suppose this review of books on Mary Magdalene from the London Review of Books will have to suffice, even though it’s not a well-written book review.
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n04/marina-warner/multiplying-marys
Perhaps, we shall have to wait for March before there is anything worth reading on women’s issues, and if there is you shall find it in the April 2024 – which happens to be National Poetry Month in the US – selection of reading and listening at The Whistle Library. You can look forward to the complimentary issue of Poetry Magazine from Poetry Foundation that I usually share here.
If you like impressionist paintings, you might like to know that France is celebrating 150 years of Impressionism and this article from The Guardian writes about a major exhibition opening in March 2024 at the Musee d’Orsay and several others across the country. I had never heard of the Orangerie Museum in Paris, and it must be a recent addition to the art museums of Paris, which I have visited decades ago and would love to visit again.
In music, Gramophone Magazine informs us that 2024 is the 200th anniversary of Austrian composer, Anton Bruckner, and also brings us the views of ten leading conductors on Bruckner’s symphonies.
According to Gramophone Magazine, Sky TV is airing a four-part documentary on the London Philharmonic Orchestra, on Sky Arts, starting March 13, 2024. If you are lucky enough to be in the UK or in Europe where you can stream the documentary, I hope you enjoy it.
https://www.gramophone.co.uk/news/article/lpo-to-premiere-four-part-documentary-series-on-sky-arts
Wish you a month of happy reading, viewing and listening. Wish you happy International Women’s Day and Month as well! And for all those in India, a very Happy Holi to you all! See you back here again next month.
Peripatetic Perch 