School of Natural Sciences and Engineering

This is a book review of Tigers Are Our Brothers: Anthropology of Wildlife Conservation in Northeast India, authored by Dr. Ambika Aiyadurai. The review discusses the key themes and takeaways from the book.

The world that is transitioning into a metaverse, thanks to Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, holds unpredictable consequences on social relations in a post-truth world.

This chapter discusses the modifications carried out in the landscape of Badami in Karnataka to harvest water for the settlement since its establishment as an Early Chalukyan capital in the seventh century. The chapter also highlights the significance of sacred groves in the historic landscape of Badami. The remnants of fortified walls, temples, water features, and sacred grooves testify to the ingenious engineering systems that existed in the past.

The paper explores female representations going back to the subcontinent's prehistory in Pre-Harappan Baluchistan to south Indian antiquity in a volume in honour of Lithuanian archaeologist Maria Gimbutas known for her writings on feminine representations in Neolithic Europe.