By B.N. Ramya No matter what one does the other days but when it’s celebrating International Women’s Day, everyone rattles about women empowerment, gender equality, women achievers, etc. Even when we speak about achievements by women, one thinks or rather most of us speak about something achieved by women outside the confines of kitchen or…
By S. Kenneth Shishir Ramzan holy month is definitely about tasting varieties when it comes to food and everyone in city — irrespective of caste and religion — get together to savour the delights as an assortment of dishes from across the country make an entry, bringing about diversity to the kind of food culture…
Noted oil chemist, food scientist, nutritionist and food historian, all rolled into one, Dr. K.T. Achaya (1923-2002) in his well-researched work titled Indian Food: A Historical Companion (Oxford University Press 1994), expedited during his brief association with Mysuru-based Central Food Technological Research Institute (considered as the golden years of the national laboratory), has authoritatively observed…
Government is on safe track as long as its actions conform to the country’s Constitution framework. The amendments made during the many governments of the land so far to its text reflect its inadequacy in setting the track initially. Issues relating to food of the country‘s population, given its diversity on various counts including and…
Sir, You rightly wrote through your editorial about the climbing graph of Food Frauds’ Free Run in our country, which is also true globally, while appreciating the good efforts of food scientists and technologists of CFTRI for developing various food products and processes for enterprising food industries in the country for the benefit of mankind…
If knife causes a bleeding cut on one’s finger or if fire causes burn injuries by setting oneself ablaze, is it prudent to curse the knife or fire? Similarly, if technology is (mis)used to manufacture plastic rice, artificial egg with toxic chemicals, produce mimic of cashew nut with an attractive price tag by using rejected…
Unfazed by the grim reality of the last citizen in the land having no access to food in a measure adequate to keep the soul and limbs ticking together, sources both in the government and informed circles take fascination to play around with their perception of food production in the country, its monetary value, extent…
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