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
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)
Bird's eye view of biotechnology is useful
A TEXT BOOK ON BIOTECHNOLOGY H D Kumar Publisher : Affiliated East West Press, New Delhi Price: Rs
Time to look at biofertilisers
BIOFERTILIZER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER Edited by L V Gangwane Publisher: Associated Publishing Company, Delhi Price: Rs 300
Gender roles among the Mukkuvar fisherfolk
MUKKUVAR WOMEN -- GENDER, HEGEMONY AND CAPITALIST TRANSFORMATION IN A SOUTH INDIAN FISHING COMMUNITY Kalpana Ram Publisher: Kali for Women, Delhi …
Liberalisation viewed through worker's eyes
FOOD, HEALTH AND SURVIVAL IN INDIA AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Stuart Gillespie and Geraldine McNeill Publisher: Oxford University Press, Delhi Price:
Exhaustive study of Munda tribal society
THE MUNDA OF CENTRAL INDIA - AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR SOCIAL ORGANIZATION Robert Parkin Publisher: Oxford University Press, Delhi Price not stated
More hard facts and much less syrup, please
Both films end as abruptly as they begin, fragments of documentation on celluloid or videotape that aim, as one said at the beginning, at evoking …
For the swish of a snow leopard's tail
The snow leopard, small but menacing in his stealth, is a beautiful beast that streaks into full view so often in this film that you wonder where …