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The book is a study of how far the American beat writers, especially Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, and Jack Kerouac have been influenced by the oriental philosophies, namely, Vedanta, Buddhism and Zen Buddhism, which concepts of these philosophies find projection in the literary compositions of these poets and fiction--writers and what they have to say about the 'scientific development' which is increasingly disturbing the ecology of not only America but of the ...
In recent years a large number of publications on the floristics of our country--including regional and local floras have appeared. Whereas wild and naturalised plants have been fairly dealt with, it is a pity that exotics in the Indian floras have not received the attention they deserve at the hands of Indian taxonomists. Many of the exotics have either naturalised or are in the way of naturalization in various parts of our country. The exotics have been ...
The significance of Plant Genetic Resources (PGRs) is on top of agenda of all those who are concerned with food, nutritional and environmental security. The book is an attempt to put a wealth of information on PGRs of Western Himalayas, viz., (i) Man-made ecosystems-agro-biodiversity and natural ecosystems as store houses of medicinal and aromatic plants, less known edible plants, cottage industrial plants, flowers and wild relatives of crop plants as well as ...