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The passing away this week of Norman Borlaug, the father of Green Revolution that ‘created high-yielding wheat varieties to stave off famine,’ is a reminder that his well-intended campaign did not end up as he dreamed it would. Today, there is prevailing hunger in the world in spite of the potential to have so much food. Little did Borlaug imagine [...]

A famine in 1930s which killed millions of Ukrainians during Stalin era finally has a true memorial at Kiev. The famine was not due to natural reasons. The villagers were brutally starved and killed by hunger by then communist regime in Soviet Union. The memorial is a stark reminder of Stalin’s dark legacy. No amount of pressure, power could bury [...]