September 9, 2001
POLLUTION·National Research Council· National Academy Press·Washington DC· US$ 47.95
Using numbers to lie
Book>> Proofiness, the art of mathematical deception • Charles Seife • Viking • Rs 800
Mystery of the Missing People
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDIAN ARID ZONE (RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE Edited by R P Singh & Surendra Singh Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur Rs 650
Dated data
THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT: ASIAN AND AMERICAN APPROACHES Edited by Stephen H …
Ancient tribe, modern manners'
The Story of the Bonda Highlanders Bikram Narayan Nanda Sage Publications, New Delhi Rs 275
Water management outpourings
Managing Irrigation Together: Practice and Policy in India Clarence Maloney and K V Raju Sage Publications Rs 325
Environmental entropy
Responding to Global Warming: The Technology, Economics and Politics of Sustainable Energy by Peter Read Publisher: Zed Books Ltd Price: Not stated
Power failure
ENERGY OPTIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY Edited by R N Subudhi Publisher: Ashish Publishing House Price: Rs 250
Model land
SOCIAL FORESTRY IN INDIA: ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS MODELS D Sen, A P Purandare and P K Das Publisher: National Institute of Rural Development, …
Memories of a city
Book>> Ahmedabad, Shock city of Twentieth Century India, by Howard Spodek, Orient Blackswan, Rs 795
Wood cuts
THE FUTURE OF WORLD FORESTS: THEIR USE AND CONSERVATION Edited by Kilaparti Ramakrishna and George M Woodwell Publisher: Natraj Publishers, …
Rivers of discontent
INTERNATIONAL WATERS OF THE MIDDLE EAST FROM EUPHRATES-TIGRIS TO THE NILE Edited by Asit K Biswas Publisher: Oxford University Press Price: Rs 325
Stalking the pugmarks of the animal trade
The last stop of an investigative film is the South American Indian, dirt-poor and coerced into poaching by the 'big boss'
The underbelly of the beast
IN THE WAKE OF THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY: AN EXPLORATION OF POST-DEVELOPMENT by Serge Latouche Publisher: Zed Books Ltd Price: not stated
Patent prejudice
This verbally-loaded anti-GATT film is a shrill intellectual harvest that tends to over-romanticise the small organic farmer
Naivete makes little sense in business
TECHNOLOGY AND COMPETITIVENESS: THE CASE OF BRAZILIAN AND INDIAN MACHINE TOOLS Jan Peter Wogart, Aasha Kapur Mehta, Arun Mehta Publisher: Sage …
Putting out a helping hand
A film made by CAPART depicts the work done to generate employment among women in West Bengal's Bankura district.
It's all in the planets
ASTROLOGY IN PREDICTING WEATHER AND EARTHQUAKES B V Raman Publisher: UBSPD Publishers, New Delhi Price: Rs 35
Healthy, wealthy and wise
ECONOMICS OF HEALTH CARE FINANCING: THE INVISIBLE HAND Cam Donaldson and Karen Gerard Publisher: Macmillan, UK Price: Not stated Pages: 216
Green wisdom in Indian tradition
PANCHAVTI: INDIAN APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENT Banwari; Translated from Hindi by Asha Vohra Publisher: Shri Vinayaka Publications, Delhi Price: Rs 200;…
Official double-speak keeps Indian women down
WOMEN AND FAMILY LAW REFORM IN INDIA Archana Parashar Publisher: Sage Publications, New Delhi Price: Rs 295
Rice politics ignores Asian socio-cultural base
Rice Science and Development Politics Robert S Anderson, Edwin Levy and Barrie M Morrison Publisher: Oxford University Press, New Delhi Price: …
An obituary for "development"
The Development Dictionary -- A Guide to Knowledge as Power Edited by Wolfgang Sachs Publisher: Zed Books, London and New Jersey Price: Not stated
Environmental Davids vs trade Goliaths
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Edited by J Arntzen, I Hemmer, O Kuik . Publisher: VU University Press, Amsterdam . Price: Not stated
How images can break or make corporations
THE BILLION DOLLAR BATTLE Matthew Lynn . Publisher: Mandarin Paperback, London . Price: 5.99 (pound)