Mangalore : PN Mayya, Principal of Sharada College, Mangalore said the paradox in India was that if  thousands of people are suffering from hunger unable to  have one square meal per day, on the ther hand, food grains were rotting in godowns in some places.

He was speaking at a workshop on ‘Dynamics and Dimensions of Food Culture’ organized in the city on September 11, Tuesday under the auspices of the Sociology – Economics Forum of Roshni Nilaya School of Social Work.

Earlier, inaugurating the workshop, Dr LN Bhat, Registrar of Roshni Nilaya said though many spoke of the disadvantages of the caste system, none thought of the food practices which are closely associated with the system and pointed out how food in India is associated with a particular region or community.

Dr Sophia Fernandes, Principal of Roshni Nilaya, spoke on the sacred value of food and added one should not forget that the food we eat is the result of the toil of the farmers.