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From The Blurbs
Issue Date: Jan 15, 2010
The secret life of streets by Sarayu Ahuja, Penguin, Rs 295
Streets impart a personality to cities. Some are broad and indolent, others brisk and efficient. Sarayu Ahuja strolls through streets in cities as different as Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Mumbai, viewing them not in terms of design alone but also in the context of their history and their sights, smells, sounds and people.
Vulnerable India by Anu Kapur, Sage, Rs 850
First barbecues
Issue Date: Jan 10, 2010
Book>> Catching Fire • by Richard Wrangham • Basic Books • Indian Price Rs 450
Myth of compliance
Issue Date: Jan 15, 2010
Report>> Calling the Bluff • by Kanchi Kohli and Manju Menon • Kalpavriksh • Price Rs 150
Uncelebrated entrepreneurs
Issue Date: Jan 15, 2010
book>> Of Poverty and Plastics • by Kaveri Gill • OUP • Rs 695
What happens when poverty meets plastic? Economist Kaveri Gill’s research suggests the result is entrepreneurialism—hard-won and struggling still—plus a greening of the city. In her book, Of Poverty and Plastics, this idea, among several others, is backed by several years of research and innovative methodology.
Review <i>Blood Diamond</i>
Issue Date: Feb 15, 2007
Film>> Blood Diamond directed by Edward Zwick 143 minutes
Hindon river Gasping for breath
Issue Date: Feb 15, 2007
Book>> Hindon river Gasping for Breath by Heather Lewis Published by Janhit Foundation Meerut 2007
India Poised A Times of India celebration
Issue Date: Feb 15, 2007
Till some time back, India was the poster child of globalisation. A country which opened out to the world in the early 1990s and the world responded enthusiastically. The Indian economy grew. A section of people in the country prospered.
The poster child now seems poised for adulthood. So believes a leading daily of the country The Times of India.
New guidelines to help scientists communicate effectively
Issue Date: Feb 15, 2007
The media is often accused of hyping research to attract interest. But many distortions and misunderstandings arise because scientists themselves fail to communicate results in a meaningful way.
<i>No a los papelones</i> a film on Argentine activists' fear over pulp mill
Issue Date: Feb 15, 2007
No a los papelones, a documentary criticising activists in the Argentine city of Gualeguaych, who fear a pulp mill to be installed on the eastern bank of the border river between Argentina and Uruguay will cause pollution, was shown for the first time in Uruguay on January 12. Argentine director Eduardo Montes Bradley has so far not shown the film in his home country for the fear of reprisal.
News Snippets
Issue Date: Feb 15, 2007
>> Germans have found a novel way of recycling thousands of used and unsold Christmas trees: to give them to the local zoo to feed the animals. "Elephants around the country will have a delicious lunch of five Christmas trees each," Berlin zoo spokesperson Ragnar Kuehne informed the news agency Reuters. Camels, deer and sheep would also be dining on the leftover trees which could aid digestion since they contain a lot of essential oils," the zoo spokesperson added.
