An op-ed by two people from the niti aayog talks about our ranking in the global hunger index.
They say if we don't give high weightage to childhood malnutrition, India's ranking would go up
to 77.
I say, if you don't give weightage to the lower 90% population of the population,
India would rank no 1!
It reminds me of Amitabh Bacchan's dialogue in Sholay when he is "advocating" his friend Dharmendra's case for marryng Hema Malini.
I don't understand the logic. It is not as if such weightage is being given only to India. The method of calculation is the same for all countries and they are then ranked.
In fact, if it is our children who are more malnourished than the children of the rest of the world, it is an even greater shame.
Childhood malnutrition causes lifelong disability. Malnutrition in adulthood may be reversible and temporary, but childhood malnutrition causes brain damage, stunting, and prevents the child from building a foundation for good mental and physical health. He or she is handicapped for life.
Giving it higher weightage is justified totally since it is affecting the health of the population for years to come.
They say if we don't give high weightage to childhood malnutrition, India's ranking would go up
to 77.
I say, if you don't give weightage to the lower 90% population of the population,
India would rank no 1!
It reminds me of Amitabh Bacchan's dialogue in Sholay when he is "advocating" his friend Dharmendra's case for marryng Hema Malini.
I don't understand the logic. It is not as if such weightage is being given only to India. The method of calculation is the same for all countries and they are then ranked.
In fact, if it is our children who are more malnourished than the children of the rest of the world, it is an even greater shame.
Childhood malnutrition causes lifelong disability. Malnutrition in adulthood may be reversible and temporary, but childhood malnutrition causes brain damage, stunting, and prevents the child from building a foundation for good mental and physical health. He or she is handicapped for life.
Giving it higher weightage is justified totally since it is affecting the health of the population for years to come.
2 comments:
This kind of perverted jingoism is our big failing. Note the recent defense that Delhi pollution was "not that bad" since Indian cricket players and the crowd were seemingly not being affected (Mohammed Shami finally vomited).
The jingoism on TV and twitter is a given. One doesn't expect any better from them.
But people in the niti-aayog are expected to be able to think critically, and understand what data means. They are supposed to define our policies!! That's scary.
Re. your comment on the Delhi pollution, we always shoot the messenger, not the criminal.
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