Development and indigenous peoples

Book>> Markets and Indigenous people in Asia: Lessons from Development Projects, edited by Dev Nathan, Govind Kelkar, Ganesh Thapa and …

VANDE VANAM produced by Trilok Sharma directed by Devendra Shastri

Video>> initiative of the Government by Vanda Vanam

Metal or mettle matters?

WHILE STOCKS LAST: A CASE FOR SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. Wilma Berends, Bertram Zagema and Teo wams. Friends of the Earth , The Netherlands.…

'Ant'ics and antibiotics

THE EARTH DWELLERS— ADVENTURES IN THE LAND OF ANTS·Erich Hoyt·A Touchstone Book·Published by Simon and Schuster·…

Porrit's new clothes

For God and his country

WINGS OF FIRE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY·A P J Abdul Kalam with Arun Tiwari·University Press, Hyderabad·1999·pp196 Rs 200

A 'cultural' bomb?

THE MAKING OF THE INDIAN ATOMIC BOMB: SCIENCE, SECRECY AND THE POST-COLONIAL STATE·Itty Abraham·Orient Longman Limited·Rs 300

Senseless science

NONSENSE IN INDIAN SCIENCE·Dilip M Salwi · Konark Publishers Pvt Ltd, Delhi·Rs 125

Book review: Science in Indian Media by Dilip Salwi

Indian media is not known to pay any more attention to science news than is strictly necessary. This book cites a survey conducted by Delhi-based …

What can be done to pacify public hostility toward immigrants?

Here's an excerpt from the author's book Blaming Immigrants: Nationalism and the Economics of Global Movement

Copy cat

Book>> Copyright • Scotland

Green guide

GREEN MARKETING, OPPORTUNITY FOR INNOVATION·Second edition·Jacquelyn A Ottman· NTC Business Books, USA, 1998

Much ado over nothing

THE NOTHING THAT IS: A NATURAL HISTORY OF ZERO·Robert Kaplan·Oxford University Press, 2000· 225pp

A book on the history of spices

Disease that never was

AIDS: THE FAILURE OF CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE·Neville Hodgkinson·£17.99· Fourth Estate, London

Book notice: Samagra Vikas

Diverse: this word best describes the compilation. The sources from which the articles are drawn are diverse -- The Hindu, New Scientist, Span …

Website review: Stargazers' delight

http://www.science.nasa.gov - This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)-maintained website should be of immense interest to space-…

For tradition's sake

CONSERVING THE SACRED FOR BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT· Edited by P S Ramakrishnan, K G Saxena and U M Chandrashekara·UNESCO publication&…

Understanding Gandhi

GANDHI’S VISION AND VALUES — THE MORAL QUEST FOR CHANGE IN INDIAN AGRICULTURE·Vivek Pinto·Sage, New Delhi, 1998

Swan song

THE SONG OF THE DODO: ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY IN AN AGE OF EXTINCTIONS·David Quammen· Frank Bros & Co·Rs 325

Oceans of fantasy

THE OCEAN... OUR FUTURE· Report of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans·Mario Soares· Cambridge University Press, …

Mission control

SHARING THE WORLD Michael Carley and Philippe Spapens Earthscan Publications Limited, London-£14.95

Tackling a menace

VIRUS: THE CO-DISCOVERER OF HIV TRACKS ITS RAMPAGE AND CHARTS THE FUTURE·Luc Montagnier, Stephen Sartarelli (Translator)· W W …

A collector's item

WEALTH, POVERTY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT· David Barkin·InterAmerican Council for Sustainable Agriculture·66pp

Who"s the safekeeper?

COMMUNITIES AND CONSERVATION: NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA' Edited by Ashish Kotharl and Neema Pathak, et al-Sage …