Salt of the earth
IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS IN LIVESTOCK: ECOLOGY AND ECONOMICS·Chandrakant S Pandav and A R Rao·Oxford University Press, New Delhi&…
The famine syndrome
THE DEMOGRAPHY OF FAMINES: AN INDIAN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE·Arup Maharatna· Oxford University Press· 1996·Price Rs 545
Science spoof
THE THIRD CULTURE·John Brockman·A Touchstone book·Simon and Schuster· 1996·Price Rs 450
City blues
THE DYNAMICS OF METROPOLITAN MANAGEMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA·Edited by Jurgen Ruland·Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
Troubled waters
SILENCED RIVERS: THE ECOLOGY AND POLITICS OF LARGE DAMS· Patrick McCully·Zed Books, London and New Jersey, in association with The …
The last frontier
THE CEREBRAL CODE: THINKING A THOUGHT IN THE MOSAIC OF THE MIND·William Calvin· Bradford Book, MIT Press
Grim kaleidoscope
EVERYBODY LOVES A GOOD DROUGHT·P Sainath·Penguin Books India (P) Ltd·1997· Price Rs 295
Whither food security?
IN THE FAMINE TRAP·Devinder Sharma·The Ecological Foundation in association with UK Food Group· London·1997
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Beyond DNA
Maurizio Meloni's book is a fascinating social and political history of human heredity spanning over 150 years
How green was the Capital
SAVING DELHI'S GREEN AREAS: A CITIZENS' ACTION GUIDE by Gitanjali Singhal Publisher: Kalpavriksh Price: Rs 30
Learning Gandhi
DECOLONIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT: HINDU SVARAJ REVISIONED by Makarand Paranjape Publisher: Sage Publications, New Delhi, and Newbury Park, London …
Between cup and lip
A VOICE FOR THE EXCLUDED Matthias Stiefel and Marshall Wolfe Publisher: Zed Books Ltd, London and New Jersy Price: Not stated
Dig and forget
Minerals and Ecology S P Banerjee Publisher: Oxford & 1BH Publishing Co Pvt Ltd Price: Not stated
Down under water
WATER IN AUSTRALIA: MANAGING ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY REFORM Edited by Michael Johnson and Stephen Rix Publishers: Pluto Press …
Women and capitalism
LABBOUR AND GENDER: SURVIVAL IN MODERN INDIA U Kalpagam Publisher: Sage Publications Price: Rs 285(hb)/Rs 175(pb)
Bittersweet medicine
The Laboratory Revolution in Medicine Edited by Andrew Cunningham and Perry Williams Price: Not stated
Er this doesn't work
CHALLENGING THE PROFESSIONS Robert Chambers Publisher: Intermediate Technology Publications Price: Not stated
Behind the frontier
CONTESTED FRONTIERS IN AMAZONIA Marianne Schmink and Charles H Wood Publisher: Columbia University Press Price: $35
Everything else being equal
EQUITY IS GOOD SCIENCE by C V Seshadri Publisher: Shri AMM Murugappa Chettiar Research Centre, Madras Price: Rs 150
The Sixth Extinction
THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE by Edward Wilson Publisher: Cambridge: Belknap Press of the Harvard University Press Price: $29.95
No kidding
Mr SUN TAKES A HOLIDAY IN SEARCH OF WATER MADAME AIR WANTS A CHANGE MEET THE SOIL FAIRY Dilip M Salwi Publisher: Ratna Sagar P Ltd, New Delhi …
Tools for sharing
PERSPECTIVES ON DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION Edited by K Sadanandan Nair and Shirley A White Publisher: Sage Publications Price: Rs 250 (hb), 145 (pb)
A pollution whodunit
AN ENVIRONMENTAL ODYSSEY: PEOPLE, POLLUTION AND POLITICS IN THE LIFE OF A PRACTICAL SCIENTIST Merril Eisenbud Publisher: Macmillan India Ltd, …