‘Garh Bhoj’: A social activist’s mission to popularise traditional Uttarakhand foods

‘Garh Bhoj’: A social activist’s mission to popularise traditional Uttarakhand foods

At the peak of Uttarakhand’s statehood movement in the 1990s, the hills would often reverberate with the ” Kodo-Jhangora khayenge, Uttarakhand banayenge” slogan, remembers Dwarika Prasad Semwal, a social activist who has pioneered a mission to popularise the State’s traditional foods. The slogan appealed to Mr. Semwal, at the time a teenager helping his father […]

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Kerala seeks ragi instead of wheat from Centre

Kerala seeks ragi instead of wheat from Centre

The demand follows studies which recommended millets and pulses for anaemia-hit districts such as Wayanad, Palakkad and Idukki The demand follows studies which recommended millets and pulses for anaemia-hit districts such as Wayanad, Palakkad and Idukki The Kerala government has sought Central assistance to distribute ragi powder and chickpea instead of wheat atta in at […]

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