Keep Wasting and Stay Hungry
16 th October is celebrated the world over as World Food Day. Bet you didn’t know that. Well, I didn’t. What pops into our minds when we think of this day? World hunger? Shortage of food? Wastage of food? Yes, all of it. Let us concentrate on wastage here, though. After all each one of us is contributing to it on a personal level. It is estimated that the amount of food wasted on a daily basis, around the world is enough to feed up to 3 billion people. In India alone around 40 to 45% of the food produced is wasted, i.e a whopping 58,000 crores, according to the Food and Agricultural Ministry. Of course this is because of various factors like an increase in population, lack of proper facilities to store food, climate changes, hoarding, inflation, etc. But we also waste food on a personal level too. We, Indians tend to live large; sometimes larger than what our wallet allows for various social reasons. Huge weddings and lavish parties are a norm. Have you ever wondered what happe...