Madhusmita Hazarika

Best meal of the day': Akshaya Patra's kitchen in Nathwara, Rajasthan is the newest of its high-technology ones across India

In a country of 1.2 billion people, fast moving towards economic superpower hood, it is a reality check, and a hard one too, that the mover and shaker of things here remains nothing but food. Indeed it is food alone that spawns a giant ripple effect – starting from the levels of education and health to eventually how development in the country finally shapes up. For, you cannot build a country on empty stomachs.

Posted on 19 Mar, 2012 10:23 AM

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Author : Madhusmita Hazarika

Peace by peace cotton project' is bucking the trend in chemical farming to revive cotton fields in Odisha

An apt quote by the celebrated English author underlines the importance of agriculture to a nation. But it is a tragedy that the very occupation that feeds a nation should come to a predicament in an agricultural country such as India.

Posted on 17 Mar, 2012 11:02 PM

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Author : Madhusmita Hazarika

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