A bitter prelude to salvation
Moksha makes a stunning statement on the indignity of being an Indian widow.
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Romance and thrills in the Amazonian jungle
INTO THE HEART is an apt title for the autobiography of anthropologist Kenneth Good and the ethnography of the Yanomama Indians rolled into one, and for a romantic book that journeys into the heart
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Revitalised role forecast for people's movements
It is becoming possible to utilise the capacities that exist outside the state such as non governmental organisations to influence state policies and, in the coming years, India is going to witness dissatisfaction being increasingly expressed throug
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Green politics must be pragmatic to succeed
Erstwhile Green Party spokesperson Sara Parkin on the future of green movements in the industrialised world.
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Unique opportunity for Kamal Nath
ALL OVER the country, there are tensions around national parks and sanctuaries. People living in and around these forests see them as the last remaining sources of biomass and depend on them heavily
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The politics of interventionism
We all recognise that if an international force on the scale proposed is committed to Somalia, against the opposition of the loco] warlords, then in effect you are seeing a takeover of a countiy by the international community.<br> <I>an unnamed
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AIDS hits prime time on Doordarshan
Frank programmes on AIDS were telecast by both Doordarshan and STAR TV, Perhaps prompted by the realisation that bothering about the niceness of things could have disastrous consequences.
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A cursory collection of platitudes
Dynamics of Mountain Geosystems <br> Edited by R B Singh<br> Publisher: Ashish Publishing House, <br> Delhi<br> Price: Rs 500
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Two important years in the hee of Charles Darwin
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin Volume 7 1858 1859 <br> Edited by Frederick Burkhardt and Sydney Smith<br> Publisher: Cambridge University Press<br> Price: E35 Hardbound <br> ISBN 0 521 38564 4
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A valuable study of
Big Dams, Displaced People: Rivers of Sorrow, Rivers of Change<br> Edited by Enakshi Ganguly Thukral<br> Publisher: Sage Publications, Delhi<br> Price: Rs 120
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Only participatory technology is appropriate
THE GRAND Mughal Akbar, whose 450th birth anniversary was marked this year, once remarked he would venerate the person who could grow two blades of grass where one grew previously. Was he not
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Growing old in the wild
The conventional belief is that animals don't live into old age, but succumb much earlier to "unnatural" causes. Recent research, however, indicates there's old age in the wild, too.
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Needed: Imaginative wildlife managers
THERE can be no sharper indictment of the government's attempts to protect the environment than this: After 20 years of spending money and effort, Project Tiger is in shambles. Experts say the fate
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Jumping on the biotechnology bandwagon
BIOTECHNOLOGY means a lot of things to different people. The new and the traditional coexist and reinforce each other within biotechnology -- now an established and highly interdisciplinary applied
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The invisible mountain
Arms outstretched on the edge of the cliffs Stand a few trees Ready to fly away with the clouds. They say these deodars once Kissed the Koku nala And embraced the skies so tight That the
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Examining poor showing of Indian industry
A STRIKING feature of India's economic development has been its deviation from the stages-of-growth pattern that has characterised almost all developed countries. The growth paradigm has been so
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"Environmental breakfasts" in mega hotels
Big business in Germany more than in any other country. But how delighted should an environmentalist be with this development?
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"I have always been an environmentalist"
Russi Mody, chairman of Tata Steel, defends his organisation's involvement in the controversial Chilika Aquatic Farms Ltd project in Orissa.
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Gene transfer yields pest resisting rice strain
Darshan S Brar, who has been working for years on rice hybrids at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines, talks about gene transfer techniques that develop resistance to insects in plants.
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Superheroes of Manila's traffic
Converted World War II vintage jeeps, called jeepneys in the Philippines, are the most popular mode of public transport in Manila. They are cheaper than private buses and more efficient than the city's rail shuttle.