A bitter prelude to salvation
They could do with a little less indignity, the indignity of knowing that you must sing for you supper day in and day out, till you die.
Romance and thrills in the Amazonian jungle
INTO THE HEART Kenneth Good with David Chanoff Publisher: Penguin Books, England Price: L 6.99
A valuable study of
Big Dams, Displaced People: Rivers of Sorrow, Rivers of Change Edited by Enakshi Ganguly Thukral Publisher: Sage Publications, Delhi Price: Rs 120
Examining poor showing of Indian industry
INDIAN INDUSTRIALISATION: STRUCTURE AND POLICY ISSUES Editors: Arun Ghosh, K K Subrahmanian, Mridul Eapen, Haseeb A Drabu Publisher: Oxford …
Energy analysis uncovers interesting trends
WORLD ENERGY: BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE Lee Schipper et al Publisher: Stockholm Environment Institute Price: Not stated
Awareness growing about Amazon destruction
AMAZON WATERSHED -- THE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION George Monbiot Publisher: Michael Joseph, London Price: Pounds 17.99
Video magazine ignore environmental issues
The story ends on a cynical note suggesting both Patkar and the government are doggedly pursuing their separate goals
Technology and the public sector
FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY IN PUBLIC ENTERPRISES Sunil Mani Publisher : Oxford & IBH Publishing Co Pvt Ltd, Delhi Price : Rs 250
CENDIT scores with film series
Catalysts for Change, a 13-part film series produced by the Centre for the Development of Instructional Technology, covers the gamut of problems …
Muslim identity stays veiled
BOUNDARIES AND IDENTITIES: MUSLIMS, WORK AND STATUS IN ALIGARH E A Mann Publisher: Sage Publications, New Delhi Price: Rs 220
Focus is on linking child labour with fertility
CHILD LABOUR IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT - DIMENSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Edited by: Ramesh Kanbargi Publisher: Sage Publications, New Delhi Price: …
The most comprehensive film on Bhopal
The Supreme Court ruled recently, in reference to Beyond Genocide, a film on the Bhopal gas disaster, that Doordarshan cannot curtail the …
A passage to India through trade
TRADE, TARIFFS AND EMPIRE Basudev Chatterji Publisher: Oxford University Press, Delhi Price: Rs 490
Far too many irrelevant details
Handling of Forestry Seeds in India Ram Prasad and A K Kandhya Publisher: Associated Publishing Company Price: Rs 450
A case of computer breakdown?
India and the Computer: A Study of Planned Development C R Subramanian Publisher: Oxford University Press Price: Rs 250
Drowing in dung in Holland
A Vision from the South Mercio Games, Chandra Kirana, Somi Songanbele, Rajiv Vora Publisher: International Books of Utrecht Price: Not stated
Tribal women edged out of forests
Gender and Tribe - Women, Land and Forests in Jharkhand Govind Kelkar and Dev Nathan Publisher: Kali for Women Price: Rs 160
Reserve power
The slaughter of Sariska effectively portrays the determination of the local people to halt the devastation wrought by mines.
Footprints of the wild
Publishers worldwide need to be goaded to specialise in environmental publications, but the fair was piled high with coffee table glossies on …
Science backs the politically correct
DISCOURSES: SCIENCE AND OUTICS IN GLOBAL PVMONMENTAL COOPERATION Karen T Litfin Columbia University Press Price: $18
Living problems
HOUSING THE URBAN POOR POLICY AND PRACTICE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Edited by Brian C Aldrich& Ravinder S Sandhu-Vistaar Vistaar Publications …
Wrong route
CONSERVING WILDLIFE:EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION AMOACHES Susan K Jacobson Columbia University Press US $15
Defending the indefensible
NARMADA AND ENVIRONMENT: AN ASSESSMENT Y K Alagh, M Patha, and D T Buch Har-Anand Publications Rs 695
Developmental dilemmas
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN POOR COUNTRIES - NEGLECTED ISSUES Edited by Kartik C Roy and Cal Clark Oxford University Press Rs 290
Urban anxieties
TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES FOR CITIES: POLICY CONSIDERATIONS FOR URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Carl Bartone & …