Books
Culture & Development Series
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COMPUTERIZING CULTURES
ISBN : 81-244-0824-9Edited By :BAIDYANATH SARASWATI
(1995 xx+242pp)
Rs.300.00This book is a part of the proceedings of a UNESCO workshop, Cross Cultural Lifestyle Studies with Multi-Media Computerizable Documentation…Read More
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INTEGRATION OF ENDOGENOUS CULTURAL DIMENSION INTO DEVELOPMENT
ISBN : 81-246-0089-9Edited By :BAIDYANATH SARASWATI
(1997 xx+251pp.)
Rs.560.00This volume takes the discourse on: from the complex issues of cultural identity to the worldwide human problems stemming from the development-planners unmindfulness of endogenous cultures. Carrying 17 presentations of a Unesco-sponsored workshop:Read More
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INTERFACE OF CULTURAL IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT
ISBN : 81-246-0054-6Edited By :BAIDYANATH SARASWATI
(1996 xxi+290pp)
Rs.600.00It is the inaugural volume of the Culture and Development series, comprising 23 presentations of a Unesco-sponsored meeting of experts: 19-23 April 1993 at IGNCA, New Delhi. Highlightng the basic distinctions that exist between anthropocentric…Read More
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LIFESTYLE AND ECOLOGY
ISBN : 81-246-0103-8Edited By :Baidyanath Saraswati
(1998 vii+237pp. )
Rs.600.00With meticulous analyses of the lifestyles of the Himalayan pastoral nomads, the Lakshadweep islanders, and Kanyakumaris Mukkuvar fisherfolk, among others, the studies here show how these communities follow the spirit of the natural world: not in imitation of old… Read More
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THE CULTURAL DIMENSION OF ECOLOGY
ISBN : 81-246-0102-xEdited By :BAIDYANATH SARASWATI
(1998 xvii+185pp. col. plates)
Rs.600.00Focussing on the ecological systems in the mountains, forests, and islands vis-a-vis the hitherto-adopted modes of aggressive development, the 15 articles here underscore the urgency of changing the modern lifestyles, of befriending Nature and, above all, of returning to wisdom tradition…Read More
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THE CULTURAL DIMENSION OF EDUCATION
ISBN : 81-246-0101-1Edited By :Baidyanath Saraswati
(1998 xxii+258pp. col. illus.)
Rs.700.00How can a sensibly worked-out system of education afford a symbiosis between modernity and wisdom tradition Addressing the vital question, the authors here look afresh at the relevance of art in the age of science/technocentrism, the role of education…Read More
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CULTURE OF PEACE
ISBN : 81-246-0124-0Edited By :BAIDYANATH SARASWATI
(1999, xvii+262pp.)
Rs.600.00Is peace a dream? A Utopian abstraction in a dehumanized, fragmented world, stockpiling all-devastating war machines? And can we possibly uphold the culture of peace amidst the growing cult of violence and blind consumerism, or in a climate of distrust, acrimony and intolerance?…Read More
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SWARAJ IN EDUCATION:EXPERIENCE AND EXPERIMENT IN PRIMARY EDUCATION
ISBN :Edited By :BAIDYANATH SARASWATI
(1996, 68pp., col. illus.)
Lord Macaulay, torch-bearer in the path of colonial progress, recommended the spread of Western learning through the medium of the English language. What emerged was a system of education with ultimate objective of securing servants for public administration…Read More
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THE USE OF CULTURAL HERITAGE AS A TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT
ISBN :Edited By :BAIDYANATH SARASWATI
(1998, 36pp., biblio)
In the recent years, peoples and nations have become increasingly concerned with the development of process, as is manifested in cultures…Read More