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S.R. Osmani - Hunger in South Asia: A study in contradiction (Essay) - Post-colonial South Asia has effectively chacked famine but lags behind Sub-Saharan Africa in countering malnutrition.
Colin Gonsalves - The right to eat (Essay) - The replacement of the colonial Famine Codes by poorly deployed schemes which offer less support to the hungry has worsened their condition
A.K. Shiva Kumar - Working lunches (Essay) - There are obvious links connecting education with nutrition, and a cooked midday meal scheme is about the best way to guarantee both.
Krishna Baldev Vaid - Bhookh aag hai (Playscript) - The acclaimed Left Hindi play satirising a nouveau riche society that does not quite remember what hunger is, though they see it every time they step out of their homes.
M.P. Narayana Pillai - The thief (Short fiction) -The author, who died in 1998, reinvented the Malayalam short story and was one of the most energetic influences in the genre. Translated from the Malayalam.
Selina Hossain - Leaving home (Short fiction) - Foremost among the women writers of Bangladesh, the author is director of the Bangla Academy in Dhaka. Translated from the Bengali.
Abhijit Sen - New world disorder (Review essay ) - 'The exuberance exhibited by the US economy after 1993 came to an end in late 2000, making it a less attractive role model. Simultaneously, several statistical skeletons have tumbled out, casting doubt on the earlier euphoria.'
Suneet Chopra - No charity, please (Essay)- Dealing with hunger is not a priority for the Indian state. Its interest is the promotion of demand-driven agricultural production.
Lalita Panicker -In God's own country (Reportage) - Starvation is a routine feature of life in parts of Kerala, but talking about it is a no-no.
Nirupama Dutt - The killing fields (Reportage) - The Green Revolution which brought prosperity to the farmers of Punjab is now driving them to suicide.
Keki N. Daruwalla - The death of distinctions (Poetry) - 'When hunger rages,/ there is no other lion in the Colossuem...'
Nabaneeta Dev Sen - Childspeak (Poetry) - 'Whenever I see you/ That exiled, homeless street-child within me/ Starved for days/ Makes a great clamour/ Millions of lice under her matted hair/ Blood oozing from her chapped skin/ Her cries scare the neighbourhood crows away…'
Tarapada Ray - Poverty line (Poetry) - 'I was merely poor, very poor./ I had nothing to eat/ No clothes to hide my shame/ No roof over my head./ You, the very sould of benevolence/ You came to me and said:/ "No, 'poor' is an ugly word,/ It robs people of human dignity,/ No, you're actually poverty-stricken"…'
PLUS: Mapping India- Sucheta Vemuri makes sense of the Indian census data. Pratik Kanjilal gets mad about custom trainers and duck soup. Unni Rajen Shanker draws his usual conclusions.