Ancient futures lessons from Ladakh for a globalizing world
Material type: TextPublication details: San Francisco Sierra Club Books 2009ISBN:- 9780692530627
- HN690.L33 N68 2009
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OPJGU Sonepat- Campus Main Library | General Books | 307.1412 NO-A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 137385 |
"Updated with a new afterword by the author."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-218) and index.
Prologue: Learning from Ladakh -- Part 1. Tradition. "Little Tibet" ; Living with the land ; Doctors and Shamans ; We have to live together ; An unchoreographed dance ; Buddhism: a way of life ; Joie de vivre -- Part 2. Change. The coming of the West ; People from Mars ; Money makes the world go round ; From Lama to engineer ; Learning the Western way ; A pull to the center ; A people divided -- Part 3. Looking ahead. Nothing is black, nothing is white ; The development hoax ; Counter-development ; The Ladakh project -- Epilogue: Ancient futures -- Afterword: An economics of happiness.
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