Basic Conversations

Gandhi’s economy of words helped him successfully connect with the needs and aspirations of the common people. His style of communication was aimed at making each of us understand and participate in the processes of governance, economic development and policy making, unlike many academics who write in a highly theoretical or statistical fashion that may not be accessible to ordinary people. In our issue on Language, Inter-Actions revisits and re-understands Gandhi’s language as a powerful tool for the common people against exploitation.

2018 Vol 1 Qtr 1 Basic Conversations

No Body’s Health?

This ‘Basic Conversation’ is a part of the critical response of INTER-ACTIONS to the contemporary development models that have radically altered the way we deal with the basic human need of food. Our speed-infested time has filled the realm of food with exploitative, gendered, and even fatal enterprises. So, we find sodas and maggis selling best in the market, even as everyone knows they are harmful, and that their advertisements misrepresent. We see food processing centres becoming major agents of environmental pollution and degradation of nature. But what is the way out? Does critiquing alone help? Do protests bring awareness to producers or consumers of new age foods?

By Jacob Vadakkancherry / May 14, 2018
2018 Vol 1 Qtr 1 Basic Conversations

Body-Food-Development

This ‘Basic Conversation’ is a part of the critical response of INTER-ACTIONS to the contemporary development models that have radically altered the way we deal with the basic human need of food. Our speed-infested time has filled the realm of food with exploitative, gendered, and even fatal enterprises. So, we find sodas and maggis selling best in the market, even as everyone knows they are harmful, and that their advertisements misrepresent. We see food processing centres becoming major agents of environmental pollution and degradation of nature. But what is the way out? Does critiquing alone help? Do protests bring awareness to producers or consumers of new age foods?

By Marion Nestle and Rizio / May 14, 2018