Food Food everywhere Not a Grain to eat!

I’ve often wondered how our countries top officials manage the food situation of our nation. It was in the headlines a couple of days back that in a remote village in Orrisa people still die of starvation! That there is still a large part of our population who doesn’t get proper nourishment and basic amenities like food and water, baffles me! I fail to understand how difficult it is to provide food to all the people of the country. If I was the minister in these backward states, I would leave everything and just concentrate on this one aspect of life. It is a right of every individual living on this earth to have a decent full of food intake for himself. Our country is fortunate enough to have a food grain surplus. Grains that are rotting in warehouses across the country but not reaching the ones who actually are in most need of them. It is very disappointing to read such stories.

Countries like US and UK have overcome this 45 years back. The "food for work" policy has worked in all these top nations and its high time India takes to this seriously as well. Its a very basic issue, something that goes unnoticed in our bigger, more complicated problems, but it needs to be tackled asap! I just hope someone in'charge of this situation can get their act together.. fast!