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Not rebuilding for tomorrow
The global meltdown led to expectations governments would use money to reinvent economies for climate change. The plan was simple: spend obscene amounts of public money in infrastructure and other
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At farms hand
An assured income for farmers will make agriculture viable and ensure food security In his budget speech finance minister Pranab Mukherjee claimed that agriculture, services, manufacturing along with trade and construction were drivers of the country
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The silicon route
Book>>The Long Revolution
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Land yields much more than crops
Its ecological services are only begining to be counted At one point in Rabindranath Tagore
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From the blurbs
Himalayan degradation Colonial Forestry and Environmental Change in India by Dhirendra Datt Dangwal, Cambridge University Press, Delhi, Price Rs 895 The book questions the recent trend of treating environmental and agrarian concerns as two domains. Corporate accountability and sustainable development by Peter Utting and Jennifer Clapp, Oxford University Press, Price Rs 695 As
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Readers digest
Google is making more books available to more people. Is the blessing unqualified? ON February 20, newspapers in India carried an advertisement meant for writers, publishers and other holders of copyright on printed material. The ad, brought out by the search engine major Google, signalled an end to its long-drawn legal battle with the US publishing industry. Digital libraries can now access
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Whos afraid of slumdog millionaire?
Serious quiz buffs frown upon such game shows on TV
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Science teacher
Book>>Canon
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Foresters are content with retired vets
An interview with Bal Mukund Arora, the first veterinarian to be appointed wildlife epidemiologist in India. In his three decades at the Indian Veterinary Research Institute at Izzatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, he founded a centre for wildlife diseases. He has recently published the country
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The catch all
Video>>Convenient Truth
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Our smaller future
A year ago, in this very column, I discussed the myopia of budget 2008, which did not touch upon events then beginning to unfold. Since then we have seen the world collapse and, perhaps, even
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Inklings of politics in urban India
The traditional non-politics of Indian cities is confronted by rapid urbanization THERE are signs that urban India is discovering politics after a long interval. City after congested city is demanding funds for new, comfortable buses under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. Municipal managers see a clear political advantage in pushing public transport, and no merkely
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The dirt from white
Documentary>> Marble Mutton with Slurry Water
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Aiding self
Book>> AID and Other Dirty Business
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Babies can tell nice guys
They too are socially inclined to like altruists Our film industry has thrived for decades on stories that revolve around the good guy, the nice girl and the bad guy. The bad guy does not have to be a killer to be hated. But he needs to be untrustworthy, just what the good guy never is. Good guys in our fairy tales are handsome and brave. The second adjective usually means they are ready to
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Memoirs of a Chinese worker
Book>> Socialism is Great
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Lost rhythm of health
Many in tribal India have given up on traditional food Some months ago I went on a long journey through parts of tribal India. Getting off the bus in Malkangiri district, supposedly the most backward region in Orissa, I headed for a village which I frequented a decade ago. I noticed the trail had been widened and
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The right push
Locusts have a chemical rush that changes their behaviour, a lot of us also need a tickle according to the Old Testament, Egypt
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From the blurbs
The long revolution: The birth and growth of India