| << Newer | Older >> |
|
The President of the United States of America, George Bush made some startling comments against Indians recently. The gist of his comments was that middle class Indians were consuming a lot of food and this in turn was not only leading to food shortages in the world but was also contributing to the rise in prices of all commodities. But the facts are quite to the contrary. According to statistics – The US is the biggest consumer of 1. Grain 2. Milk 3. Vegetable oils 4. Meat 5. Fuel The total food grain consumption by a US citizen is five times that of an Indian citizen. The US is also the leading country in the consumption of meat and dairy products in the world. The wastage of food and food and food products is also very high in the United States. According to a report by the United states Agricultural Department (USDA), as much as 20 percent of the food goes waste. It is valued at more than $31 billion. But some independent studies have put this figure at $50 billion and more. In simple terms, it means that as many as 49 million people can be fed each year with the amount of food resources that are lost every year in the United States alone. The food crisis is not an overnight phenomenon. There are many factors that have contributed to this. The conversion of crops into fuel is one of them. Corn is also being used widely to produce the bio-fuel, Ethanol. Some bad government policies across the globe are another important factor that has contributed to this food crisis.
Related StoriesKamal-as-George-Bush  Kamal Haasan is playing George Bush in his film Dasavatharam. A special Whit House set was erected in a studio in Chennai at a cost of 40 lakhs. Kamal plays the US President George Bush as well as a police officer. He receives a medal from the hands of George Bush in the scene. Rajnikanth made a surprise appearance at the studio and praised Kamal for his outstanding get up as George Bush. Even the US consul general in Chennai, David T Hooper is reported to have visited the studio to take a look at Kamal Geo more Bush-goes-to-Bollywood  With only a few weeks left in the White House, Bollywood is wasting no time in taking one last dig at President George W Bush before he steps down. A low budget spoof titled “The President is Coming” is a fictional story about six young Indians who enter a reality TV competition to meet the US president. Set in the backdrop of Bush’s actual visit to India in 2006, everything else is made up, except the "Bushisms" - actual words, phrases or linguistic errors that have occurred in Bush's more Indian-directors-farewell-gift-to-George-Bush Filmmaker Kunal Roy Kapur, whose directorial debut "The President Is Coming" is about a bunch of young Indian achievers who decide to meet George W. Bush when he visits India, says his film won't be affected by the US president's forthcoming exit. "The film is not so much about Bush. It's about what he represents in the minds of people. Now that the president is going, my president is coming. This is my farewell gift to George Bush", Kapur Said Konkona Sen Sharma, Ira Dubey, Namit Das, Anand Tiwari, Satchik Puranik, and Vivek Gomber are in the cast. The film has been directed on stage with the same cast, barring Konkona. "I've done the same story on stage and it is an unqualified success. Anubhav Pal wrote ' more Babu-ends-up-with-egg-all-over-his-face-  The TDP chief Chandra Babu Naidu made a big blunder when he exposed his lack of knowledge of US politics. Babu said that like George Bush, YS Rajashekar Reddy is also set to lose in the coming assembly elections. Babu was stumped when YSR reminded Babu that Bush was not in the race at all as he is constitutionally barred from contesting for a third term. So the question of George Bush losing does not arise at all. Barack Obama won over his rival McCain in the recent presidential elections. Bab more George-W-Bush-is-on-a-Mission! And we met him on the sets of Apoorva Lakhia’s Mission Istanbul  As I strolled on the sets of Apoorva Lakhia's upcoming film, Mission Istanbul in Madhusudan Mills yesterday, I stopped in my tracks and froze. What was George W Bush doing here? I obviously hadn't heard of the US President’s visit to India. But a closer look made it clear that he was a look-alike of George W Bush. Brent Mendenhall plays the US President in Mission Istanbul. Lakhia informs, "He more Govt.-reverse-gear-on-CAG After getting a big shock with the CAG report, the state government went on the defensive yesterday. But the government has now made a U turn and has now decided to brazen it out. Ministers Rosiah and Ponnala have started claiming that the CAG report was only recommendatory in nature. They now say that it is not binding and that many of the facts and figures in the report are not correct and even misleading. Ponnala says that the new norms in the tender process have made the earlier norms redundant. The new norms have not been taken into account by CAG. more New-Age-Don’s-KBC-figures-are-impressive  Kaun Banega Crorepati has opened with a big bang. Below is an update on the opening week's performance of KBC with SRK. Commenting on the opening numbers of KBC, Sameer Nair, CEO, STAR Entertainment India, said 'At the outset, we had set 3 objectives for ourselves for KBC with SRK: strategic to ensure that Star Plus continues to dominate viewers hearts & minds; tactical to gain clear leadership in the 9-10 pm weekday primetime band and commercial, to allow us to ensure that the cricket World Cup does not dent our revenues. We have more Bow-Barracks-Forever-runs-into-troubled-waters  Bow Barracks Forever, a film on Anglo-Indians, has run into controversy for alleged portrayal of the community in a poor light even as a nominated Anglo-Indian legislator has demanded a ban on it. The film, directed by Anjan Dutta and produced by Pritish Nandy Communications, portrays the joys and angst of Anglo-Indians living in Bow Barracks in central Kolkata, which had been constructed to house American soldiers in the city after World War II. Barry O'Brien, the nominated Anglo-Indian MLA in more Chiru-decides-to-take-YS-head-on!  The direct attack on Chiranjeevi by Y Jagan and his father YS Rajashekar Reddy seems to have rattled the actor very much. Chiru, who is now embarking on his third phase of praja ankita yatra has now decided to reply to the charges in the same vein. Chiru’s tour schedule announced earlier does not include Pulivendula, the constituency of chief minister YS Rajashekar Reddy. But the PRP has made changes so that Chiru can cover Pulivendula too. Chiru has asked his party men to prepare a special script with facts and figures bout Rajashekar Reddy and his development work done in Pulivendula. Let us see how f more TRS-pleased-with-MSR The one party that is immensely pleased with the comment of MSR over the Telangana issue is naturally TRS. The TRS leadership is very happy with the development. The party leadership is now raring to go hammer and tongs at Y S Rajashekar Reddy. The TRS is ready to milk MSR’s comments fully. The comments have come as a big moral booster to TRS party chief K Chandrashekar Rao. The congress party has failed to contain the damage as MSR repeated his comments once again today. &nb more |
