Brendan69
10-23-2007, 12:43 AM
Food and hunger are complementary. Both exist together. Food has relevance only because of hunger. And, hunger has only one answer - food.
During the Forties, Malayalees experienced hunger, perhaps the worst experience of hunger for a people in the lap of a bountiful land. But, this time, hunger was man-made. A result of the Depression of the 1930s that swept over Europe, resulting in the War. As the Second World War progressed, the British Empire diverted all its food supplies from the colonies to the battlefields.
Rationing was introduced for the first time in Kerala. In a short story from that period, the writer Nandanar hints at the ration system. The wife, handing over a glass of milk at night to the husband who has come on leave from his far-off working place, tells that it won't be sweet enough.
It was hunger that drove generations of Malayalees away from their homeland. Joining the army was a popular option during the war years as it held the promise of Kerala Food (http://www.rasarestaurants.com/). And, a comparatively good paypack for that time. Interestingly, it was through these armymen that many Kerala Food (http://www.rasarestaurants.com/) items made its appearance in Kerala. Especially the canned food. S.K. Pottekkad, in his epic work, 'Oru Desathinte Katha,' has described Kunjappu, a young former soldier, displaying tins and tins of canned cheese, sardine in olive oil, butter and other things.
During the Forties, Malayalees experienced hunger, perhaps the worst experience of hunger for a people in the lap of a bountiful land. But, this time, hunger was man-made. A result of the Depression of the 1930s that swept over Europe, resulting in the War. As the Second World War progressed, the British Empire diverted all its food supplies from the colonies to the battlefields.
Rationing was introduced for the first time in Kerala. In a short story from that period, the writer Nandanar hints at the ration system. The wife, handing over a glass of milk at night to the husband who has come on leave from his far-off working place, tells that it won't be sweet enough.
It was hunger that drove generations of Malayalees away from their homeland. Joining the army was a popular option during the war years as it held the promise of Kerala Food (http://www.rasarestaurants.com/). And, a comparatively good paypack for that time. Interestingly, it was through these armymen that many Kerala Food (http://www.rasarestaurants.com/) items made its appearance in Kerala. Especially the canned food. S.K. Pottekkad, in his epic work, 'Oru Desathinte Katha,' has described Kunjappu, a young former soldier, displaying tins and tins of canned cheese, sardine in olive oil, butter and other things.