Ramesh Rao presented a paper, “Spirituality and Jiddu Krishnamurti’s philosophy of Transcending Human Capabilities,” at the annual National Communication Association conference in San Francisco, on November 14, 2010. Ramesh also had the following op-eds published – “India’s name in the mud, literally” (The Pioneer, New Delhi, 08/28/2010); “A bleak outlook, but so be it” (The Guardian, London, 09/06/2010); “Ayodhya is emblematic of Indian democracy” (The Guardian, London, 09/30/2010); “If I were Ravi’s father” (Indian Abroad, New York, 10/15/2010); “Déjà vu over Ayodhya” (The Pioneer, New Delhi, 10/16/2010); “Can we be equals?” (The Pioneer, New Delhi, 11/13/2010).Ramesh Rao also attended the experts meeting of the Uberoi Foundation, Denver, Colorado, in October 2010, and he secured a grant from the Uberoi Foundation ($7,500) that will be used to encourage scholarship and research focusing on the contribution of Indian religious traditions to human communication.
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