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Two chappatis per day [1]

Starvation deaths are headline grabbers. But when an entire community lives on the brink of starvation through out the year it rarely merits a mention. One such group, the Musahars in Uttar Pradesh light their chula once a day, in the evening, and live on one meal. Dec 2007

Publication Date: 
01/12/2007
Freny Manecksha [2]
Grassroots [3]
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Starvation [4], Tribals [5], Landless [6], India [7], Uttar Pradesh [8], Ghazipur (D) [9]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/freny-manecksha
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/grassroots
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/starvation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/landless
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttar-pradesh
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ghazipur-d