Karthik Writes

The demise of Ratan Tata has brought Tata Trusts into the spotlight. As the largest public charitable foundations in India and the majority owner of the $165-billion Tata Group, the Trusts' boards will have to appoint a new chairman from among the trustees. Before that, let us understand how Tata trust in the name of philanthropy and humanitarian aid is poisioning the food plate of millions of people in India Rice has the highest uptake in government food programmes such as the public distribution system, mid-day meal schemes, integrated child development services, etc. It has a potential to reach 740 million people, especially women and children . India’s ration scheme also called Public distribution System(PDS) is the largest food safety scheme in the world, reaching 80 crore or 800 million individuals. Under the National Food Security Act, 2013, every member of a poor household receives five kg of grains, wheat or rice, at very low costs at village ration shops. Tata Trusts is w...

2023 உலகில் உள்ள 125 நாடுகளில் மக்கள் பசி நிலமையை பற்றி அறிய, உலக புகழ் பெற்ற ஆய்வு ஒன்று நடந்தது. இதில், இந்தியா 111 இடம் பிடித்துள்ளது. அப்பிரிக்காவை விட இந்தியாவில் பசி மோசமாக நிலவுவதாக இந்த ஆய்வு நிறுவியுள்ளது. இந்தியாவில் ஊட்டசத்து குறைபாடு தலைவரித்து அடுவதாகவும் கூறியுள்ளது. இன்றைய இரசாயணம் கலகப்பட்ட உணவில் மனித உடலுக்கு தேவையான எந்த ஊட்டசத்தும் இல்லை என்றும் தெரிவித்துள்ளது. இதனால், மனிதன் உடல் மற்றும் மூளை தன் முழு ஆற்றலை அடைய முடியாமல் பாதிக்கப்படுகிறது. இது பல்வேறு நேய்களுக்கு வழி வகுக்கிறது எனவும் இந்த ஆய்வு கூறுகிறது. மேலும், இந்தியாவில் 2 இல் 1 குழந்தைக்கு, மூளை வளர்ச்சி குன்றியுள்ள உண்மையை தெளிவாய் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளது. இந்த விதாமான நவீன பசிக்கும் நமது உணவும் அதில் கலக்கப்பட நஞ்சுமே காரணம். இன்றைய நவீன வேளாண்மையில் பயன்படுத்தபடும் அதிக மகசுல் தரும், ஒட்டு ரக விதைகளிலlல் மனித உடலுக்கு தேவையான எந்த ஊட்டசத்துகள் இல்லை என்பது அறிவியல் உண்மையாகி இருக்கிறது‌. உணவு உற்பத்தியில் கலக்கப்படும் ராசாயனங்களும் நஞ்சுகள், குழந்தைகளுக்கு கடுமையான மூளை மற்றும் நரம்பு மண்டல பாதிப்பை எற்படுத்த...

Following the Farmers Delhi Chalo Protest at Punjab-Haryana border, Farmers' leaders and Union ministers met on 8, 12, 16, and 18 February but the dialogue remained inconclusive. Meanwhile, the farmers protesting at Haryana border faces ruthless attack by Haryana Police through rubber bullets and tear gas. Earlier this week, Haryana police open fired at a 21 year old Punjab farmer named Shubhkaran killing him. Farmers' union are demanding that wanted an proper judicial enquiry into the incident. They demand justice for the young farmer who was murder by Haryana police. Meanwhile, both mainstream and social media platforms like X has been censoring the posts about farmers protest as per the Union governments order. On average for past 30 years, for every hour a farmer kills himself One of the key demands of the protesting farmers is that "India should Quit World Trade Organisation(WTO)". On February 26th, the protesting farmers have vowed to observe "Quit WTO day...

Non communicable diseases(NCD) such as heart disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, and diabetes are the major diseases leading death worldwide.  NCDs kill approximately 41 million people (71% of global deaths) worldwide each year, including 14 million people who die too young between the ages of 30 and 70. India is experiencing a rapid health transition with a rising burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) surpassing the burden of communicable diseases like water-borne or vector-borne diseases, TB, HIV, etc.. According to WHO report, in India, nearly 5.8 million people (60% of total deaths) occur from NCDs every year or in other words 1 in 4 of us, Indians has a risk of dying from an NCD before we reach the age of 70. NCDs like Cardiovascular diseases, Cancer, Chronic Respiratory Diseases, Diabetes and other NCDs are the leading causes of death in India .  NCDs are rapidly increasing and reached epidemic proportions, largely due to food and lifestyle changes....

The late Dr. R H Richharia was one of the leading experts on rice in India. He documented and collected an amazing 19,000 rice varieties during his career. As per his estimation, India was home to 200,000 varieties of rice. Dr. Richharia's career was however cut short and he was treated very unfairly by the government in India because he stood up to the International Rice Research Institute's machinations in the country. We are reproducing in full an interview of Dr. Richharia that appeared in ‘The Illustrated Weekly of India’ in 1986, titled 'Crushed but not defeated'. Dr R H Richhariya worked in the Agricultural Research Institute and Agriculture College at Sabour (District Bhagalpur, Bihar) where he held various positions and developed his keen interest for rice for 17 long years, from 1942 to 1959. Then in 1959 he was selected as the Director of the Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI) at Cuttack, Orissa. Few scientists in India have been treated as sh...

"India is an agriculture based country", says Mahatma Gandhi. He is true to an extent. Even today, agriculture employees more than 50% of India's workforce. This means, remaining 50% of India's population indirectly depends on agriculture for their livelihood. Indian Government in 1960s, introduced Green revolution, as a policy intervention. They promised Green revolution will increase the farm yields which in turn will increase the profits of farmers. They also promised that the Green revolution will make India free from hunger due to high production. Many, influencers, even today, claim and think that Green revolutions has made our lives better. But, farmer suicide has been a matter of discussion since 1970's. Data shows that farmer suicide reached its peak during past decade. On average, for every half an hour a farmer somewhere in India commits suicide. This is primarily due to the inability to repay the farm loans. After the inception of free markets in India...

A Research done by Clinical Psychologist Dr.Julia, University of Carlgary, says that Mental health is directly related to nutritional intake. Her research shows increase in nutritional intake not only helps to cure mental illness like depression, ADHD(Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), autism, bipolar disorder but also act as a prevention measure for many mental health disorders. It has been proven that high nutritional intake was very effective in treating ADHD children who were failed by ordinary Psychiatric medication. India's rice seed diversity is so large that there was more than 2 lakh varieties of rice seeds grown throughout the country.That is, if one tastes, one rice for a day, it would take more than 200 years to taste all different types of rices of India. .                                  A Traditional Brown Rice Our research shows that our indigenous traditional rices ...