Tensions and transformation in a tea enterprise: Transkei, South Africa.
This paper is concerned with tea production on the Magwa and Majola tea estates in Transkei, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is based on a field study conducted just after the 1994 April elections which brought South Africa to majority rule and returned Transkei, a former homeland, constitutionally to South...

Paper tigers on the prowl: rumors, violence and agency in the up-country of Sri Lanka.
In February 2007, international press reports from Pakistan were filled with accounts of Pakistanis refusing to participate in polio vaccination campaigns coordinated by UNICEF out of fear that the vaccines caused sterilization (see Latif 2007; Walsh 2007). Several local clerics had claimed that the vaccines were actually part of...

From coffee to tea cultivation in Ceylon, 1880-1900; an economic and social history.
9789004163614 From coffee to tea cultivation in Ceylon, 1880-1900; an economic and social history. Wenzlhuemer, Roland. BRILL 2008 336 pages $148.00 Hardcover Brill's Indological library; v.29 HD9195 First, its...

Portfolio of a plant hunter.
Explorer, botanist and photographer Francis Kingdon-Ward spent his life travelling across Asia, gathering seeds and plant cuttings for esteemed collectors such as the Natural History Museum and Kew gardens. His finds, which ranged from Burmese orchids to Tibetan rhodendrons, also helped to change the face of British gardening. The...

Photo essay: Indian portraits.
Last February, my wife and I completed our fourth visit to India; the first time was in 1996. Modernization and globalization are changing the character and the appearance and culture of India, as in other countries such as China. However, India still offers to tourists a unique panoply of...

Antioxidant capacity of 55 medicinal herbs traditionally used to treat the urinary system: a comparison using a sequential three-solvent extraction process.
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of chronic renal disease exceeds 10% in industrialized societies. Oxidative damage is thought to be one of the main mechanisms involved in nearly all chronic renal pathologies. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to use the oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) method and a sequential multisolvent extraction process to...

INCREDIBLE INDIA: Passage to Ayurvedic country.
Byline: ETHEL S. TIMBOL This is an invitation to de-stress and to be healed by nature's grace and powers. Kerala, the smallest state of India along the southwest coastline of the Arabian Sea, is astoundingly blessed by nature's healing bounty. The forests and vegetation are amazingly lush...

What to do in Northern California.
CHICO PLAY AN OLD-FASHIONED GAME Looking to make the most of early fall's warm evenings? Head to the patio and bocce court at the stylish Red Tavern. Owners Craig Thomas and Maria Venturino recently made over a spacious former vacant lot adjoining the restaurant, and a game...

Jeju's top tourist draws.
Byline: Rachel C. Barawid The quaint and charming resort island of Jeju in South Korea has a myriad of attractions and a rich, culture. Tourists need more than a day to explore all that it has to offer. Here are the must-see places that are...

Jeju's top tourist draws.
Byline: Rachel C. Barawid The quaint and charming resort island of Jeju in South Korea has a myriad of attractions and a rich, culture. Tourists need more than a day to explore all that it has to offer. Here are the must-see places that are...