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
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
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
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
