Perfecting Youth

Author(s): Udayvallabhvijay
Publisher: Samkit Yuvak Mandal

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thing in offering to God. Materialistic measures fall too short to measure nonmaterialistic emotions.
Targeting the offering of a handful fruits or sweets in a mandir (insulted as dukaan) and turning a blind eye on worldwide food wastage, enough to feed more than 5 crores of under privileged indicates the malafide intention. Are the movie makers not aware of huge food wastage in our country itself mounting up to a yearly loss worth Rs.57,000 crores? Mumbai alone bears loss of 9.2 lakh kg of vegetables and fruits on daily basis.
the enormous wastage of food at pompous lunch and dinners in political and social circles? A study by a team of 10 professors from the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bangalore, has concluded that annually, Bangalore alone wastes 943 tons of quality food during weddings, which is enough to feed 2.6 crore people a normal Indian meal. They surveyed 75 of Bangalore's 531 marriage halls over a period of six months. About 84.960 marriages are held at 531 kalyana mandapa (marriage halls) in Bangalore every year. About 943 tons of high calorie quality food is wasted in these halls annually. At an average cost of Rs. 40 per wasted meal, the total food wastage in the city is estimated at Rs.339 crore. What a huge waste! Overl Overlooking such facts and targeting devotion is proving oneself penny wise &pound foolish.
The practice of offering prasad to the deity is also ridiculed. The prasad offered in a temple and to the deity ultimately reaches some hungry or the other. Who runs lungars or bhandaras? Obviously those who believe in religion. Where do you find queues of beggars seeking food? Outside temples or religious places & not outside theatres or malls ! However, is there any thought being given to
There are tomato festivals in Europe where tons of tomatoes are wasted. There are chocolate festivals where a
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