Environmental pathologies such as air and water pollution threaten India’s public health, and food security is a looming concern. A widening wealth gap provides little hope that the poor, already vulnerable to the above, can survive India’s coming era of hyper-urbanization, rapid industrialization, and population growth. Leaders must not lay health challenges at the feet of culture, but confront them with sober regard for facts and with realistic, actionable policy solutions.

http://thediplomat.com/2016/02/indias-overlooked-crisis-of-malnutrition/

“India’s Overlooked Crisis of Malnutrition.” The Diplomat, 24 Feb 2016, with Asit K. Biswas.

NUS news page:

http://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/news/indias-overlooked-crisis-of-malnutrition-one-state-in-particular-is-an-embarrassingly-poor-performer/