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Ajay Singh |
Plants in Ancient Indian Civilizations |
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| This book was thus never planned but gradually developed as ideas after ideas entered my mind. In this connection an Urdu couplet comes to my mind, that goes as, "Mein akela hi chala tha janbe manzil magar, log milte gai aur karvan banta gaya", I alone started the journey to my destination, but people went on joining me and the carvan was mad). Soon nevertheless, it dawned upon me that the field that I had taken plunge into was seemingly like a bottomless pit. At this late... |
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Berenice Ellena |
India Sutra: On the Magic Trail of Textiles |
$224.49 $168.37 |
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| India Sutra is a tribute to the skills of Indian craftsmen, and offers a discovery of textile routes in today's India. In remote villages, ancestral techniques help create countless varieties of fabrics adorned with symbolic designs, embroidery or by precious vegetable dyes. In this universe where all embellishment techniques continue to exist side by side, beauty itself lies in the heart of the workshops where day after day the canvas of the future is woven with fervour.
This book is a tool... |
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T.M. Manoharan (ed.) |
Silent Valley: Whispers of Reason |
$76.99 $57.74 |
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| This anthology of 38 articles on various aspects of Silent Valley is the culmination of the selfless endeavour of many persons who love Silent Valley and cherish the memory of the popular campaign for its conservation. It contains papers on the historical and managerial evolution of Silent Valley National Park as well as on its biodiversity. The decision to bring out such a comprehensive volume on Silent Valley was taken in a jubilant meeting on 25th November 1995, convened to celebrate the... |
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Sanjay Kumar |
Encyclopaedia of Indian Fairs and Festivals |
$160.49 $120.37 |
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| India is a land of festivals and fairs. Every day of the year there is a festival celebrated in some part of the country. Some festivals welcome the seasons of the year, the harvest, the rains, or the full moon. Others celebrate religious occasions, the birthdays of divine beings, saints and gurus (revered teachers), or the advent of the New Year. In this handy volume, primarily the attention has been paid to all Pan-Indian festivals, but efforts been also made to cover every leading regional... |
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R. Soma Reddy |
Studies in the Socio-Economic History of Medieval Andhra Desa |
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| The book contains twenty selected research papers which highlight the significance of some of the important aspects of Andhra society and economy during the very crucial period of its history, i.e. 1300 A.D. to 1800. These essays embody the findings of investigation undertaken by the author in the course of several years. Some of the important socio-economic aspects covered in the papers include Rural Settlements, migration pattern, History of Islam in the region, cult of female deities.... |
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Arvind Kumar |
Pollution and Biodiversity: Biosocial Aspects |
$128.49 $96.37 |
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| Environmental regulatory agencies in certain states are authorized to ban the production, sale, use of certain chemicals disposal of certain wastes, or the use of certain production processes or waste management practices. Similarly mandatory banning or reduction of toxic substances has been proposed for implementation in some states.
Policymakers could also lower concentration thresholds for allowable emissions and effluents of specific pollutants. Lowering concentration thresholds might... |
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A.C. Sinha |
Sikkim: Feudal and Democratic |
$44.99 $33.74 |
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| The book divided into three parts and twelve chapters, tells the story of Sikkim from its hoary past to the present and reports as to how the Tibetans, Nepalese, and the British dealt with Sikkim leading to eclipse of its autonomous entity.
Part one provides with the back ground and social history indicating the emergence of ethnic plurality and indeterminate political status.
Part two deals with the feudal and democratic elite and shows how they fashioned its destiny during two critical... |
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Dr. Gadepalli Ravi Kiran Sastry |
Bio-diesel: Bio-degradable Alternative Fuel for Diesel Engines |
$29.49 $22.12 |
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| This is a well known fact that the resources of mineral oils are depleting day-by-day, and the cost of exploration of the remaining reserves is bound to escalate. Moreover, the burning of fossil fuels increases the level of carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere causing the 'Green House' effect.
In this context, available and sustainable alternative fuel is necessary to cater to a large fleet of automobiles across the world. The advent of biodiesel has come to the rescue in such a warranting... |
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Anita Sharma |
The Bakkarwals of Jammu and Kashmir: Navigating through Nomadism |
$80.49 $60.37 |
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| Sedentary patterns of living are often termed as ‘civilized’, yet, in semi-arid regions, pastoral nomadism remains an efficient subsistence-base. While seven percent of India is nomadic, a majority have little access to development programs. Research across continents reveals that the success of such initiatives among nomads is contingent upon their sensitivity to a mobile lifestyle.
The personal Bakkarwals of Jammu and Kashmir herd goat and sheep and are a subset of the buffalo-herding... |
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Rudi Jansma |
Global Philosophical and Ecological Concepts (2 vols. Set) |
$189.49 $142.12 |
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| We live in a time when humanity itself has become an ecological and evolutionary problem for the earth rather than a participating friend. At the same time we live in a unique epoch where many cultures of past and present come together, intermingle and fructify each other. The concepts of cycles in nature, causality, hierarchical relationship, ecology and evolution are discussed from the angle of a select number of high cultures which determine our views and attitudes.
This work is a selected... |
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Moshrafuddin Ahmed |
Medicinal Plants |
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| The book provides detailed information about more than 500 species of medicinal plants in alphabetical list. The botanical and common names in English and all major Indian vernacular languages, the distribution, propagation, parts used, chemical constituents and their uses along with their photographs are given for each of the medicinal plant species, making this book a handy reference. Some of the medicinal plants being marked as vulnerable, endangered, endemic, rare, near threatened and those... |
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A. Damodaran |
Encircling the Seamless India, Climate Change, and the Global Commons |
$54.49 $40.87 |
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| This book explores global environmental negotiations against the backdrop of complex political relations, the climate change conventions and multilateral environmental assessments and their effect on special interest groups. It weaves in the story of India’s emergent economy, its sustainable development, and the multifaceted nationhood, the diversity of its rural scene, and the challenges of seamlessness brought in by the power of its information technology.
Viewing global environmental... |
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Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty |
Traditional Water Mangament System of India |
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| The book is based on seminar proceedings on Traditional Water Management Systems organized by the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal and held in four components, at Bhopal, Ahmedabad, Pune and Bhandara. Apart from presenting history of water management in India from ancient to contemporary times, this book brings out managerial, legal and financial problems which stand in the way of recycling of local water harvesting structures. Simple techniques of conserving water, farmer... |
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Pularre Balakrishnan |
Economic Growth in India: History & Prospect |
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| This study of economic growth in India is both an interpretation of its trajectory since 1950 and an evaluation of its prospects in the near future. It is marked by theoretical integrity, historical perspective, thick description, discriminating use of econometrics, and definitive conclusions.
Commencing with a favorable appraisal of the growth record of early independent India and an account of how this advantage was lost, the author proceeds to argue that by now it is more than just delayed... |
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Ishita Haldar |
Global Warming: The Couses and Consequences |
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| Global warming and climate change have become an issue of great concern. Now as the world is getting technologically and industrially more advanced, resulting in the setting up of huge factories, the environmental pollution is heading towards alarming levels. It is obvious that more factories mean more pollution and more carbon emissions, which highly aggravate global warming. Keeping this is view, the policy makers from all over the world have decided to unit and chalk out a plan to keep the... |
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Satoko Chatterjee |
The Green Sprout Journey |
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| ‘The Green Sprout Journey’ is the story of a mother trying to stimulate environmental awareness in her two children. Satoko Chatterjee launched on this journey and pleasantly discovered that when she initiated ecological activities within the space of her home, her children came up with their own ideas on how one could go about doing them. Some were very rewarding, and some less so. All in all, the children received a great foundation to become ecologically conscious citizens, so... |
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Sunita Narain |
Excreta Matters (2.Vols Set) |
$92.99 $69.74 |
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| This is India's first and most comprehensive survey presented in an attractive 2-volume set on the state of its water and its management. It is the 7th Report in our highly popular SOE Series. It would be of immense value to professionals and decision makers in the Central and State Governments besides academicians, researchers, NGOs and all major Libraries.In these two volumes you will get to know the water-waste profiles of 71 Indian cities. Within their pages lie the model for a sustainable... |
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Ogyen Trinley Dorje |
The Heart is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out |
$20.49 $15.37 |
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| If you are inspired to take up his challenge, the Karmapa offers a path for participating in a global community that is based on compassion. In these chapters, he shares his vision for bringing social action into daily life, on a scale we can realistically manage through the choices we make every day what to buy, what to eat, and how to relate honestly and bravely with our friends and family and coworkers. His fresh and encouraging perspective shows us that we have the strength to live with... |
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Sunil Gupta |
Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology No. 9 |
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| Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology was launched in 2003 by one of India’s leading academic institutions, the Centre for Research & Training in History, Archaeology and Palaeo-environment, New Delhi. The second issue is in the Press. The Journal is an outcome of the realization on the part of the international community of archaeologists and historians that India has no journal devoted exclusively to the archaeology of the Indian Ocean Rim countries, starting from the Red Sea through... |
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Third World Network |
Return to the Good Earth |
$37.99 $28.49 |
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| A most interesting and comprehensive compilation on ecological farming techniques and other related information. Agriculture as if the earth mattered.
Modern agriculture is in a state of crisis today. The use of farming practices harmful to the environment has caused serious damage to the environment. Ecologists and organic farmers throughout the world are advocating a return to natural farming systems, to save and regenerate our soils, to clean up our waters, and to protect the health of... |
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