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Shrinivas Tilak. Religion and Aging in the Indian Tradition . Albany: State University of New York, 1989, pp. 226, U.S. $39.50.

The chapter on Economics and Politics uses demography to follow the baby boomer group throughout their life cycle, moving from their prime child-bearing years through child-rearing years, noting that the most rapidly growing age group is now 45 to 54. Consumption and saving patterns related to age produce intriguing predictions about the popularity of certain foods, of travel preferences, reading and leisure choices, financial planners, gardening advice. Because of the scholarly reputation of the authors we take some of their assertions on faith. Others are supported by useful and current tables. We are also offered a "List of Services" for each chapter, but footnotes for specific statements are not provided; nor is there an index. This leads me to believe that the book is intended for popular reading and discussion; as a stimulus to planners and policy-makers and with enough depth and documentation, particularly in the tables, to be generally useful. In summary, statements about the present are sound and can be verified; predictions about the future have both informed substance and tentativeness in equal parts. This will stimulate the reader to further exploration and thought.