Nature has given us a cornucopia of biodiversity rich in nutrients. Malnutrition and nutrient deficiency result from destroying biodiversity. The Green Revolution has spread monocultures of chemical rice and wheat, driving out biodiversity from our farms and diets. And what survived as spontaneous crops — like amaranth greens (chaulai) and......

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Nigella sativa — more commonly known as fennel flower — has been used as a cure-all remedy for over a thousand years. It treats everything from vomiting to fevers to skin diseases, and has been widely available in impoverished communities across the Middle East and Asia.

But now Nestlé is claiming......

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MOU between Government of Uttarakhand (SIDCUL) and Coca Cola (HCCBPL) was signed 17th of April at Vikasnagar.  The HCCBPL will invest 600 crors for setting up a plant in Vikasnagar in District Dehradun.

The Chief Minister takes this as an achievement. But if one goes by the experience of communities where......

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Film & Discussion

Auditorium of India International Centre at 18.30

GUR PRASAD: The Grace of Food.

(58 mins; 2013; dvd; Punjabi with English subtitles)

Directed by Meera Dewan for Films Division, Ministry of Information &

Broadcasting.

 At a time of India's widespread hunger and nutritional crisis, the

film recalls Punjab's rich, living tradition of food sharing at

"langars"......

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Auditorium of India International Centre at 18.30

GUR PRASAD: The Grace of Food

(58 mins; 2013; dvd; Punjabi with English subtitles)

Directed by Meera Dewan for Films Division, Ministry of Information &

Broadcasting.

At a time of India's widespread hunger and nutritional crisis, the

film recalls Punjab's rich, living tradition of food sharing at

"langars" or community......

Read more: Film & Discussion