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Grassroots governance
DECENTRALISATION AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE — Essays for George Mathew: L.C. Jain — Editor; Orient Longman Pvt. Ltd., 1/24 Asaf Ali Road, New Delhi-110002. Rs. 690. A STIRRING introduction by the editor in his own inimitable ...


People's history
KHASI JAINTIA FOLKLORE — Context, Discourse and History: Soumen Sen; Pub. by National Folklore Support Centre, 7 V Cross Street, Rajalakshmi Nagar, Velachery, Chennai-600042. Rs. 200. IF ONE visits any big bookstore in either ...
Attitude to poverty
THE RIPPED CHEST — Public Policy and the Poor in India: Harsh Mander; Books for Change, 139, Richmond Road, Bangalore-560025. Rs. 350. WHAT IS the difference between a tsunami demolishing poor Indians' huts and the Bombay Municipal ...
Announcement
Authors and publishers are welcome to send copies of their books to The Hindu for review. While every effort will be made to acknowledge receipt of the books under "New Arrivals", the decision to review a book rests entirely with the ...
Tryst with nature
JOY OF THE HIMALAYA — A Pictorial Tribute to Indian Himalaya: J. Ramanan; Pub.by the author, 21/17, Devaraya Nagar, Tiruchirapally-620021. ``I FIRMLY believe that the eye behind the camera is more important than the camera ...
Darwin's ally
THE BIRD MAN — The Extraordinary Story of John Gould: Isabella Tree; Ebury Press, London. Distributed by Rupa & Co., 7/16, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110002. £ 4.55. JOHN GOULD stood on the threshold of a path-breaking ...
Language Books

TAMIL
Educative social novel
IRU MUKAM — Two Faces: Se. Ganesalingan; Kumaran Publishers, 3(12), Meygai Vinayakar Street, Via Kumaran Colony 7th Street, Vadapalani, Chennai-600026. Rs. 60. BELONGING TO an earlier generation of Sri Lanka's progressive ...
TAMIL
Medieval Tamil lexicon
MADURAITH THAMIZH PERAKARATHI (Two Parts): Sandhya Natarajan — Editor; Sandhya Publciations, Flat A, Nu-tech Vaibhav, 57-53rd Street, Ashok Nagar, Chennai-600083. Rs. 625 (Part1); Rs. 575 (Part 2). THIS VOLUME in two parts is a ...
TELUGU
Sufi poetry
SUFI KAVITVAM — Sufi Poetry: Translation of the poems of Mowlan Jalaluddin Rumi, Fariuddin Attar, Shamsuddin Mahammed Hafiz and Rabia, Deevi Subba Rao — Tr. in Telugu; Navodaya Book House, Street Opp. Arya Samaj, Kachiguda. ...
MALAYALAM
Universal values in the Vedas
VEDARTHA VICHARAM — Philosophy: V. K. Narayana Bhattathiri; Pub.by V.K. Naryana Bhattathiri Smaraka Trust, 20/150, Dutt Saw Mill Road, PO Kallai, Kozhikode-673003. Distributed by The Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd, Kozhikode. ...


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