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Changing Food Safety Standards and Environment Standards and their impact on FMCG Companies By: Vijay Sardana With every change in food laws, corporate managers feel very irritated because these changes are forced on them. It forces them to re-think and re-work and once again disturbs the well-established supply chain. The argument is why we need it, when everything was fine? How many times in a life of company changes labels for its products? How many times companies modify its label to launch a scheme? How many times food laws are changed in a life of company? It is human nature; we don’t want change when we are comfortable. Whether it is pollution, global warming, traffic diversion, change in accounting laws, change in phone number, home address, so same is with changes in food laws. Unfortunately, neither consumers’ expectations nor needs are static. At the same time, food safety is changing with new scientific findings; it is also no more static. That is...

Patenting of Genes and its impact on Food Security, Inflation and Public Health   By: Vijay Sardana Today, Supreme Court has delivered an important judgment on pharma sector. This judgment is appreciated by all except the shareholders of the company. Many are highlighting this as a landmark judgment to reduce cost of vital drugs to improve public health in India. Another area which is in focus is food and agriculture. Similar arguments are used about patenting of genes and food security. Let us discuss the same and look for possible answers. Author tried to compile what is happening in food space.  It is an attempt to understand the role of patent regime on food security.   How much it will impact only time will tell.  Patenting genes and DNA and food security and inflation Genes are fundamental to life and they hold the key information about the express or functioning of certain key characteristics in the plant. It mea...

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Mythological Story behind Holi Festival Compiled by: Vijay Sardana Happy Holi to all of you. On the occasion of Holi festival, this is an attempt to understand the characters behind the Holi festival and what was the reason behind the role played by various characters in Hindu mythology behind the Holi. According to a story from Bhagavata Purana , Hiranyakashipu and Hiranyaksha are Vishnu's gatekeepers Jaya and Vijaya, born on earth as the result of a curse from the Four Kumara . According to Sources the birth place of Hiranyakashipu is Moolsthan (Present Day Multan in Pakistan). Who were Four Kumaras?  It is important to know their role in Hindu mythology that is why I am giving in detail. The Kumaras are four sages ( rishi s) who roam the universe as children from the Puranic texts of Hinduism, generally named Sanaka, Sanatana, Sanandana and Sanat kumara. They are described as the first mind-born creations and sons of the creator-god Brahma. B...