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The Pittsburgh Patrika, Vol, 23, No. 2, January 2018 Shankar Lakhavani Your Hometown Realtor ® Cell: 412-736-5864 Office: 412-833-7700 Whether you’re buying, to work hard for you. ©2017 BHH Affiliates, LLC. An independently owned and operated franchise of BHH Affiliates, LLC. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America, Inc.® Equal Housing Opportunity. Information not verified or guaranteed. If your home is currently listed with a Broker, this is not a solicitation. Devouring South Asia: Appetites, Food, and Health As part of its second thematic year of the South Asia initiative, the Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh is combining its expertise in medicine and public health with questions about the history, politics and culture of food in South Asia. Four speakers have been invited to speak on a range of topics — the history of cooks and kitchens to agricultural policy to diabetes. In the fall semester, Dr. Anand Pandian from Johns Hopkins University and Dr. Jayeeta Sharma from University of Toronto each presented their research. Our next speaker Dr. Surupa Gupta from the University of Mary Washington will discuss agricultural policy reform in India on Friday January 26 at 3:00 pm in 4130 Wesley W Posvar Hall. On Saturday January 27, the Center will hold a mithai (South Asian Sweets) tasting event from 2-4 pm in the Frick Fine Arts Cloister where people can learn about sweet making and the cultural importance of sweets in South Asia. The speaker series will conclude with Dr. Emily Mendenhall exploring diabetes in India on March 19 in 4217 Wesley W Posvar Hall at 3:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to come and join us at these events. • 18
The Pittsburgh Patrika, Vol, 23, No. 2, January 2018 Climate Impact of Excessive Consumption of Dairy Products By Padma Garvey, MD, Hudson Valley Padma was born in Nellore India and grew up in Pittsburgh. She earned her medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1992. She is a full-time gynecologist in the Hudson Valley area, married to her physician husband for 25 years. She has two kids in college. She practices yoga and is dedicated to teaching people about the benefits of a plant-based diet. She has a website (www.drpadmagarvey.com), Editor’s Note: This is a complex topic on many measures. As the author herself notes in the short write-up below, “[G]lobal hunger has very little to do with lack of food and more to do with a lack of access to it,” which means a lack of affordability for the working poor in a country like India. While malnourished infants and young children from poorer families in India do not get even one banana a day or one glass of milk or yogurt a day, upper income families are submerged in dairy products, with cheese being the latest entrant in India. Still the author’s point is valid that these upper income Indians will be helping themselves and the environment by consuming less dairy products. few years ago, I went to India with my mother for a visit. On A that visit, I noticed an alarming number of obesity clinics, heart centers, fast food restaurants, and of course pollution. I also noticed that milk consumption had increased substantially, especially in the forms of butter, ice cream, and cheese. I started to wonder how the dietary habits of one billion people could impact the environment, agriculture, and animal welfare. I wondered what had to be done to keep up with the rising demand for milk. How many cows did it take? How much hormonal stimulation did it require? How much machinery was necessary? And what was happening in America where diary consumption is one of the highest in the world? India sprang from an ancient civilization that reaped enormous benefits from the domestication of cattle and the consumption of milk. The unprecedented access to a highly nutritious food was no doubt the reason for an emergence of a religious and moral philosophy whose central God figure was a cow herder. It was no doubt the reason for the adoration and the worship of the cow, and the commitment to protect it. Well-fed people can make the moral leap to advocate nonviolence against animals and a vegetarian lifestyle. It is no wonder, then, that India is where the Diary Products... ... continued on Page 31 19
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