Short-shrift to environment

A recent festival of short films bombed -- by and large

DD's green beam

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All the weight of the world

STATE OF THE WORLD 1994 Publisher: Worldwatch Institute Price: $11.95

Indira Gandhi's dream comes of age

SAFEGUARDING ENVIRONMENT Indira Gandhi Publisher: Wiley Eastern Ltd Price: Rs 160

Just deserts

GREEN GLOBE YEARBOOK 1995 The Fridtjof Nansen Institute

Double river

KEAN & PARKER STUDIO 20 min

Outbreak

A WARNER BROS RELEASE Directed by Wolfgang Petersen 127 min

Beasts and birds

ET0SHO/ECHIONA The World Wide Fundfor Nature International

Videshi works

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Rain drain

HARVEST OF RAIN.VHS (PAL) . colour . 48 mins . English . Directed by Sanjay Kak . 1995

Animal wrongs

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Male underdevelopment

STAYING ALIVE: WOMEN, ECOLOGY AND SURVIVAL IN INDIA by Vandana Shiva Publisher: Kali for Women Price: Rs 125

A purge for choking cities

URBANISATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: BASIC SERVICES AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION Edited by Bidyut Mohanty Publisher: Concept Publishing Co Price: …

Greenhouse break

Greenhouse Regime: Who pays? Edited by Peter Hayes and Kirk Smith wrs: Earthscan Publications Ltd, $19.95

Land's end

World Resources, 1994-95, A Guide to the Global Environment Publisher: Oxford University Press Price: not stated

The nuances of ignorance

GENDER AND SLUM CULTURE IN URBAN ASIA Susanne Thorbek Publisher: Sage Publications (Vistaar) Price: Rs 225

Cropping up

GENES, CROPS AND THE ENVIRONMENT by John Holden, James Peacock and Trevor Williams Publisher: Cambridge University Press Price: Not stated

Grasses aren't meant for cows alone

GRASS EVOLUTION AND DOMESTICATION Edited by G P Chapman Publisher: Cambridge University Press,UK Price: Not state

Too little, too late

GRASSHOPPERS AND LOCUSTS: THE PLAGUE OF THE SAHEL Publisher: The Panos Institute, London Price: L 7.95

Daubs fo gilt on the Israeli image abraod

Two films on Israel, despite their obvious public relations motive, nevertheless catch and hold firmly, the viewer's interest.

A utlitarian look at cheap housing

LOW-COST HOUSING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES G C Mathur Publisher: Centre for Science & Technology of the Non-aligned and Other Developing …

Tanking up on history

AAJ BHI KHARE HAIN TALAB Anupam Mishra Publisher: Gandhi Peace Foundation Price: Rs. 120

But who manages the managers?

MANAGING THE WORLD'S FORESTS: LOOKING FOR BALANCE BETWEEN CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT Edited by Narendra P Sharma Publisher: Kendall/Hunt …

Sign language from outer space

THE SCIENTIFIC SEARCH FOR EXTRAERRESTRIAL Frank Drake and Dara Sobel Published by Souvenir Press, Pages: 271, Price L16.50

Reinterpreting Darwin

THE MEANING OF EVOLUTION Robert J Richards Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago Price: Not stated