SPECIAL VOLUME - JOURNAL

CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION

The Profile of Rajasthan – Veena Bhasin

An Overview of the Population Characteristics of Rajasthan – Promila Pandita, Shampa Nag and Veena Bhasin

Demographic Profiles of Rajasthan – Sanjay Sharma

Biology of the Peoples of Rajasthan – Satish Kumar and M.K. Bhasin

II. ECO-SYSTEM: MANAGEMENT AND IMPACT

Conservation and Utilization of Biodiversity in the Thar Desert of India – Rajiv K. Sinhaand Shweta Sinha

Growth, Flowering and Fruiting Behaviour of Lehsua (Cordia dichotoma Forst ‘F’) in Rajasthan – J.P.S. Pundir, S.S. Verma and R. Porwal

Disparities in Agricultural and Demographic Features Across Agro-Climatic Regions in Rajasthan – K.A.Varghese

Non-Pesticidal Management of Yellow Mosaic Disease of Moth [(Vigna aconitifolia) (Jacq.) Marechal] -- Gajendra Singh Rathore

Desertification and Problem of Delimitation of Rajputana Desert During the Medieval Period – G.S.L. Devra

Desert Ecology – B.R. Chowdhary

Food Habits in Semi-Arid Area of Rajasthan – Madhu S. Singh, K.R. Haldiya and J. Lakshminarayana

Sericulture in Aravalli Hills of South Rajasthan – Arti Prasad and Jyoti P. Mathur

Encroachment on Commons by Tribal Population – B.C. Mehta, R.K. Menaria and R.N. Vyas

III. ECOLOGY AND HEALTH

Implement of Stone Quarry Workers Dust Induced Respiratory Symptoms – S.L. Malik,Inuka Gakhar and Anju Swami

Physical Fitness and Morphological Growth Among Nomads of Rajasthan – Anu Prabha Sagar and M.K. Bhasin

Nutritional Status of Pre-School Meena Children of Rajasthan – B. Kaur, L.P. Singh,Shweta Jain and M.K. Bhasin

Ethnomedicinal Plants of Central Aravallis of Rajasthan – K.C. Sharma and J.S. Asawa

Indian System of Medicine (ISM) and Control of Population Growth in Rajasthan – K.S. Babu

Utilization of the Health Care System in Rajasthan – L.P. Singh and S.D. Gupta

Infant Feeding Practices in Rajasthan – Shashi Jain and Archana Maheshwari

Health Seeking Behaviour Among Tribals of Rajasthan – L.P. Singh

Tradition, Tourism and AIDS in Rajasthan – R.C. Swarankar

IV. ECOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT

Human Development in Rajasthan – B.C. Mehta and Alpna Kateja

Perspectives of Tribal Development in Rajasthan – Prakash Chandra Mehta

Tribal Rajasthan: Planned and Unplanned Interventions – R.S. Mann and K. Mann

Nature and Extent of Environmental Hazards in Slums – H.C. Upreti, Nandini Upreti andKiran Misra

Ethnocide: Failure of Reversing Anti Rural Development – S.N. Sinha and B.L. Kotia

Participatory Irrigation Management in Chambal Command – S.N. Mandra and A.K. Garg

Training of Rural Youth for Semi Employment (TRYSEM) – Basant Mehta

Rural Development in Rajasthan – Shobha Golwalkar and Nalini Pancholy

V. ECOLOGY AND EDUCATION

Primary Education of Tribal Children a Myth or Reality – Sugan Sharma

Education Development of Rural Girls in Rajasthan – Hemlata Talsera and Nalini Pancholy

VI. ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Bherun: The Diety and Demon – Meera Ahmad

Some Characteristics of a ‘Herding Caste’ of Rajasthan – Vinay K. Srivastava

Renunciation in a Pastoral Community – Vinay K. Srivastava

Index