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By N Lothungbeni Humtsoe Faster lives and economic downturn have impacted cooking patterns, taste preferences, and the nutritive diversity of the Indian diet over the last decade. And chefs, farmers, and experts are particular in pointing out that the onus also lies with consumers who need to be receptive, reflective, and action-oriented in bringing desi vegetables back. “We’ve been hard-wired to crave convenience when we should crave food that is nutritious and better,” muses Chef Zacharias, expressing hope that these behaviours may be unlearned. One area of concern post-pandemic is how socio-economic constraints have skewed diets, especially for those with limited access to nutritive produce. “How can we rationalise the argument of making more vegetables a part of the diet?” says Dr. Pushpesh Pant, eminent food historian. “As recently as three decades ago, five rupees bought five kilos of fresh green peas. Today they cost more than a hundred! Even
Mrs Kaur one of Australia s millions of migrants rallying for change.
A third of Aussies were born abroad - a total of 7.5m - and they don t know when they will be allowed to see their families such as parents again.
Australian authorities have always said international borders would open when everybody was vaccinated, but that now looks uncertain according to recent comments from the Health Minister Greg Hunt - and only 2m of the 25m population has yet had the jab anyway.
Mrs Singh called Australia s rules inhuman and said officials should consider allowing parents to be added to the list of people who can come in.
ISSUE DATE: May 3, 2021
UPDATED: April 28, 2021 20:59 IST
Covid patients at the LNJP hospital in Delhi
Delhi
The crematorium at Kalkaji, on April 16, had a line of plastic-covered people waiting outside. Only their eyes, burning with grief, were visible. They were members of 12 families who had lost their loved ones to Covid. “It took us two days of calling up friends, family and relatives just to get ventilator support for my mother. I also paid Rs 18,000 for Remdesivir treatment. By the time we got her to an ICU, she was in severe pulmonary distress and died within 18 hours,” says Suhasini Arora, a 21-year-old law student.