Focusing on the ecological systems in the mountains, forests and islands vis-a-vis the hitherto adopted modes of aggressive development, the 15 articles here underscore the urgency of changing the modern lifestyles of befriending nature.
An anthropological study that explores hedonistic aspects of the pan-Indian heritage which, represented by centuries of non-Vedic tantric tradition, affirm that the pleasurable is a mean to achieve the highest material mystical experience.