“………This is some sort of a photo-feature, Subhash presents before us in a strikingly different poetic genre… …..He comes forth with this excellent breed where the pictures combine with the words in all elegance; very often the pictures holding an unmistakable edge over words…….. ……. Photos are actually captured moments from the unending flux of life; and as such they have a link with slowness…… Only very few modern writers like Milan Kundera extol slowness and its nuances…” Excerpts from t...

आम लोग सुभाष चंद्र बोस के गांधी से मतभेद और जर्मनी व जापान की मदद से द्वितीय विश्वयुद्ध में भारत को आज़ाद करवाने के प्रयासों के बारे में जानते हैं। लेकिन अब जो सूचनाएँ सामने आ रही हैं, वो बताती हैं कि उनके देश भर के क्रांतिकारियों से कैसे संबंध थे और अध्यात्म और खुफिया मिशनों से उनको कितना लगाव था। साथ ही, उन्होंने ब्रिटिश भारतीय सेना में विद्रोह पैदा करवाने के क्या-क्या प्रयास किए थे।प्रश्न यह है कि क्या बोस वाकई नाजियों से सहानुभूति रखते थे? उन्होंने अपनी राजनीतिक छवि दांव पर क्यो...

This book discusses agricultural diversification, nutritional security and environmental sustainability. It helps to address the multipronged challenges of nutritional security while preserving the dwindling natural resources in the current fluctuating climate conditions. Energy-intensive, conventional agricultural production systems accelerate environmental footprints, resource mining, biodiversity losses, and human health problems and reduce soil functionality. Diversified farming can po...

This book provides an overview of the current status of land degradation globally and the different approaches used for its restoration. In addition to the technical aspects, it also delves into the social and economic implications of land restoration, such as in terms of policy planning. Land degradation is a serious threat to agriculture, affecting soil function and productivity. There are up to 6 billion hectares of degraded soil worldwide. It is estimated that 30% of forests, 20% of ag...