India is morphing. A new information-endowed group is emerging, who access online material but rarely assimilates its need or efficacy. Thus, we now have a group of misinformed young people who believe that our lives should mimic the west in every way conceivable. The wave is so strong that not even China or South Korea, where the Asian way of living is well-marked, can withhold it. Slowly it seems that the entire global population will all talk and walk in a certain way. Outwardly there seems hardly any reason for panic, yet, scratching the surface will reveal that Indians and most Asians are living a confused life. Between the poha and the pizza, the latter always seems hipper. Regardless of the health benefits of our forefathers’ hundreds of years of research that brought us a climate-adapted food regime, the new eating habits are more worrisome than the changing consumerist trend. Perhaps, atleast as far as the food industry is concerned, ‘swadeshi’ should be brought on, hot and heavy.

Our new issue is an intellectual upgrade. We have moved a little closer to the journal format, and have provided a full reference list along with our articles. This will be of special importance to readers who need to engage in further research.

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