This is a richly illustrated handbook on rainwater harvesting released by Vivekananda Kendra-NARDEP. The book contains two parts. The Part-I has all the panels of the water section of Gramodaya park. The Part-II has eight chapters each dealing with important aspects of water harvesting. After dealing with the importance of rainwater harvesting, the book deals with:

• domestic rainwater collection system
• design of a roof top rain water harvesting system
• ferro cement technology for the construction of storage tanks
• Comparative study of different water Sumps
• Cost effective storage technologies
• storage in subsurfcae (aquifers) and
• open-space methods

Siddha Medical System (SMS) is one of the ancient systems of Indian Medicines and Varma therapy (VT) is a unique branch of this system. It is a holistic system, which covers a broad spectrum of ailments – both for chronic, acute and challengeable diseases – even forms part of martial arts. VT is widely used for treating a number of chronic ailments, bone diseases and fractures, etc. A number of traditional Varma Healers are treating many diseases, particularly, fracture, dislocations, sprains, muscular problems and traumatic swellings. Their methods of treatment have not been brought out in the form of case studies, so much so, except themselves and a closed circle no body elese knows their methods.