He was associated with the Madras Observatory and was one of the few Indians to be nominated as members of the Royal Society. Instead, it digs deep into one culture, or one particular cultural transaction, to assimilate and clarify the confounding mass.Д¬hintamani Ragoonatha Charry was the first Indian to study and practice the European techniques of observational astronomy. It does not try to make sense of the countrys diversity and complexity by travelling over a wide terrain and skimming the surface.

Among the plethora of books being written and published on India currently, this book represents an alternative narrative. Moreover, for what are seemingly a collection of assorted essays, the binding of this book is like a pickle jar that holds them together. Tasted along with a finely cooked dish, it is a raw delight. In the multi-course meal of experience, the pickle is the most unassuming, yet essential and defining accompaniment. To whatever the author perceives in the wider world, the native view is like a homemade pickle that adds a tangy, sharp tickle. Thats the secret of their longevity and our palete often remembers and seeks the formulas we have been used to since our very early days. Pickles follow recipes handed down across generations in a family, and they are prepared in pristine and ritualistic environments. It moves inside him and he compares it to the borderless travel of pickles.

Of the two, what is embedded and constant is the authors native world. This book deals throughout with two linguistic worlds and the perennial gliding that takes place between them. In short here is a well illustrated work on everything about colour. The role of colours in decoration and festivals, the effect of climatic changes on the colours of objects and the colour indications in good health and illness are also touched upon. These are explained by illustrating the cases of the ocean, sky, trees, leaves, flowers, auroras, butterflies, blood and several other things. The perception of colour is influenced by the intrinsic nature of the object, the light incident unit, the background of the object and the position of the observer. Starting with beautiful references to our sun, the giver of light to all the earthlings, the author analyses the process of vision the role of the eye as an instrument and brain as a detector of the sensation and the path breaking researches leading to our greater understanding of the phenomenon. Colour is invariably connected with light.

Leela has taken pains to delineate the qualities of colour, its role in our daily life and its all pervading nature. It is difficult to think of an object without colour. Any object we see presents itself in its characteristic shape, size and colour. Our world view is a result of the objects - living and non-living - as well as the space containing them. This book that highlights several aspects of colour is literally a work on the world of colours. This book is a small effort to assist public officials in discharging their responsibilities as information providers. to assist information seekers but not information providers. There are hundreds of books, guides, articles etc. Lack of staff, inadequate record room facilities and absence of proper guidance notes have led to an imbalance between the demand and supply side of information. Secondly, the officials are yet to be trained and empowered to implement the Act effectively. Though the RTI Act has come into force from 12th October 2005, the infrastructure required to implement the Act is not in place. The demand for information from the citizens has made the public officials to have a re-look at the functioning of their institutions, the record management system and also their decision making process. Within six years of its enactment, the RTI Act has had significant effect on the workiing of public institutions. The Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 is one of the most effective pieces of legislation of post-independent India.

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