[Letter published in GT, 14/01/2011] Whatever assuarances the government may be giving to the people, the prices of food commodities just refuse to climb down and stabilise. The climate change offers a wonderful cover up for the mess. This country has been more focussed on procuring nuclear fuel for generating electricity than on working towards food security. The government is totally engrossed with the prospects of super highways by destroying precious agriculture and forest lands instead of focussing on bringing more land under cultivation to combat the climate change impact. At the end of the day, the nuclear fuel and increased road connectivity will not afford cheaper food to the people of this country. The present crisis is a tale of a misplaced socio-economic model of development that this country has embraced after independence by rubbishing the concerns of the Father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi. The rich and greedy do not feel the pinch but the poor of this country are paying the price.
-Soter D'Souza
