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This is a list of our currently available publications that are from other publishers. To learn more about our publications and to order copies, send an e-mail request to publications@ciks.org. Copies can also be had from our Chennai office and from select outlets in other cities.

The British Origin of Cow-slaughter in India
- Dharampal & T.M. Mukundan

Of all beings the cow is treated in India as the most sacred, auspicious and sanctified. Since about 1860 AD British and European scholarship started a new school of vedic interpretation to impress on the westernised class in India that the ancient Vedas, and allied texts also advocated, celebrated, and feasted on the flesh of the cow, or bullock, on special occasions. This book traces the British Origin of Cow-slaughter in India from the 18th Century. It also has British Origin of Cow-slaughter in India from the 18th Century. It also has British documents on the Anti-kine killing movement from 1880 - 1894.

Indian Price :
Rs.495/-

International Price :
US $ 25.00

The Road Back to Nature : Regaining the Paradise Lost
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Masanobu Fukuoka

In this collection of articles, lectures and essays, Fukuoka records for the first time his impressions and observations during his travels. He recounts also how he developed a superhigh-yielding variety of rice, and his incredulity and despair at the petty international seed politics that prevent the use of this miracle grain where it could do the most good. And he goes on to lucidly demonstrate the interdependence of nature, God and man.

Indian Price :
Rs.350/-

International Price :
US $ 20

The Natural Way of Farming : The Theory and Practice of Green Philosophy
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Masanobu Fukuoka

This book is an in-depth look at the author's unique method of "do nothing" farming. It has the secrets of Fukuoka's approach to farming the natural way; the theory and practice of working with nature, and living better for it. At once philosophical and down-to-earth, he takes us on a walk through healthy fields, and clearly explains how we can and must change our way of doing things if we are to make lasting peace with the earth and ourselves.

Indian Price :
Rs.500/-

International Price :
US $ 25

Traditional Indian Agriculture : An Annotated Bibliography
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K. Vijayalakshmi

This bibliography presents the results of a first attempt at surveying the literature available on Traditional Indian Agriculture which help us to understand its importance and contemporary relevance.

Indian Price :
Rs.125/-

International Price :
US $ 10

Silent Spring
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Rachel Carson

This Indian edition of Rachel Carson's Silent spring addresses the tragedy of the use of Toxic chemicals to kill insects. Silent spring tells us, the story of how the use of poisonous chemicals, particularly DDT, to eliminate insect pests, has so thoroughly decimated wildlife over the years.

Indian Price :
Rs.175/-

International Price :
US $ 11.00

The Organic Farming Source Book -Claude Alvares, Vandana Shiva, Sultan Ismail, Bernard Declercq, Korah Mathen, K.Vijayalakshmi

The Fourth Edition of the Organic Farming Sourcebook is a fully revised, updated work coming after a gap of nearly 10 years. The Sourcebook is the most comprehensive bank of information on every aspect of organic farming in India and includes a directory (and detailed stories) of the country's organic farmers and green stores. The new edition has separate chapters on organic seeds, indigenous cattle and genetic engineering. Indispensable for those keenly interested in all aspects of organic farming.

Indian Price :
Rs.500/-

International Price :
US $ 25.00

Spiders : An Introduction

The book introduces the world of spiders both to the layman and the amateur naturalist in layman's terms but with professional information and details. It describes in detail the morphology of the spider, the behavioural aspects and gives information on 43 families of spiders found in India. It also provides detailed descriptions of 40 commonly seen spiders in India. .

Indian Price :
Rs.175/-

International Price :
US $ 11.00

The One-Straw Revolution

It is one of the classics of organic farming. The philosophy of this book is that farming is simply as possible within and in co-operation with the natural environment, rather than the modern approach of applying increasingly complex techniques to remake nature entirely for the benefit of human beings.

Indian Price :
Rs.150/- (English)

International Price :
US $ 11.00