A small beginning nine years ago has helped a million school children kill hunger. Can it be the breakthrough India’s malnourished and illiterate children are waiting for?
As the clock strikes noon, the hungry murmur of the children at the government school in Frazer Town, Bangalore, is broken by the arrival of the blue pick-up truck. The kids chorus “Akshaya Patra” as large stainless steel vessels are unloaded from it and the call for lunch goes out. Most of these children are from families where a square meal is not guaranteed every day.
It is in the interest of Akshaya Patra and its beneficiaries that ISKCON clears the air and moves forward. For, any lingering dispute could slow down the expansion and its ability to attract professionals to help refine the programme.
(This story appears in the 11 September, 2009 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)