Quality takes back seat in agribusiness
Factory Farming Andrew Johnson Publisher: Blackwell Pages: 272 Price: Not stated
AIIMS surgeon enters Limca Book of Records
Conducted maximum joint replacements at highest altitude
How is South Asia faring on energy?
A new publication on energy in the region raises critical questions
Words are biotic
Is it a coincidence that areas of linguistic plurality are also areas of biodiversity?
A very summary preparation
Citizen's Report On Environment And Development, Sri Lanka, To UNCED 1992 Public Campaign On Environment and Development, Colombo Pakistan …
Godly indulgence: What makes the deities' diet
Food is an important part of culture, and religion too has not been able to escape from its richness. This has resulted in special foods for gods,…
Corruption raises cost of healthcare by 25%: Samiran Nundy
Leading gastroenterologist Samiran Nundyco-editor of Healers or Predators?: Healthcare Corruption in India, spoke to Down To Earth about the …
Development and indigenous peoples
Book>> Markets and Indigenous people in Asia: Lessons from Development Projects, edited by Dev Nathan, Govind Kelkar, Ganesh Thapa and …
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·…
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
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
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