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
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 …
How Dolly was cloned
A HISTORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY·Michel Morange· translated by Matthew Cobb·Oxford University Press·pp336·Rs 495
Drained
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FOR POLLUTION CONTROL·Soli J Arceivala·Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi, 1998
All about agreements
THE IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENTS, THEORY AND PRACTICE·Edited by DG Victor, K Raustiala and …
Looking to the past
Farming for the future: An introduction to low-external-input and sustainable agriculture Coen Reijnties, Bertus Haverkort & Ann waters …