In the unseen and unheard margins of Team Anna’s Ramlila Surge, there’s a growing sense of disquiet —especially among minority and marginalised groups. Despite carefully choreographed images of Muslim children publicly breaking their Ramzaan fast with Anna Hazare, prominent Dalit, Muslim and Christian leaders are deeply suspicious of the faces on display and the voices emanating from the crowds. They argue that Anna’s ends — fighting corruption — is undoubtedly justified, they...
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Vegetables too hot by Anand Raj and Roshan Kumar
Residents of the state capital, who had planned to binge on non-vegetarian food after Sawaan, will have to go slow because of an increase in the price of onions, a common ingredient in meat and fish dishes. Ironically, vegetarian dishes, too, will cost more as the prices of greens have also shot north. Though you and I have to shell out more, there has been only a marginal increase in the wholesale...
More »Food inflation rises 9.03%
-Reuters India’s food price index rose 9.03% and the fuel price index climbed 13.13% for the week ended 6 August, government data on Thursday showed. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee termed the over 9% rate of food inflation as “not acceptable”, but expressed hope that government policies and a good monsoon will help ease prices. “Food inflation at the level of 9% is not acceptable. I do hope the measures taken to remove supply...
More »Food items, fuel, clothing more expensive in July
-PTI Select food items, fuel and clothing grew more expensive in July, leading to a 1.47 per cent rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) vis-a-vis the month of June to 110.4 points. The CPI, based on retail prices, stood at 108.8 points in June, as per data released by the government on Thursday. At the all-India level, the CPI for 'food, beverages and tobacco' went up by 1.57 per cent to 110.3...
More »High food prices exacerbate crisis in drought-affected Horn of Africa–UN
-The United Nations The prices of grain and milk in the drought-hit Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia have risen to record highs, exacerbating hardship for the estimated 12.4 million people in the region who are facing severe food shortages and famine in some parts of Somalia, the United Nations reported today. According to the August food price monitor of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the high prices of cereals...
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