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Hunger-Free City

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According to a news report in DNA,  the Kozhikode city (in Kerala)  corporation  council is joining hands with the government to banish hunger within the remaining days of 2008. The project is called ‘Hunger-Free City’.

The ambitious project aims at providing free daily meal to any hungry soul residing in the city or visiting it. The food will be cooked and served at kitchen counters of  two city hospitals.

The project  is an extension of the Rs 2-a-meal scheme announced by the government in the budget.

It is also said that government plans to replicate the Kozhikode model in case the project gives desired results.

Achieving a hunger-free country would not be a distant dream, if every city finds their own solutions to serve the hungry.

Urban Kids

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Recently Times of India conducted a survey to understand “what works – or doesn’t – for the current crop of urban kids in India.” Here are some interesting observations:


Leisure : 94 per cent kids in urban India spend their leisure watching TV.

And in between the marathon TV sessions, if they were to feel thirsty, 55 per cent kids honestly said they would yell out to their parents to get them a glass of water. At least there is a  30 per cent who does it on their own.

Studies: 82 per cent take tuition.

Health matters: 61 per cent children go out to play.

66 per cent feel they are fit.

64 per cent enjoy ghar ka khana or mom’s cooking.

Friends: 72 per cent kids in major cities have a boy/girlfriend.