An all-time crusader against hunger and food insecurity, M.S. Swaminathan had worked with American scientist and Nobel laureate, Norman Borlaug, to bring the high-yielding Mexican semidwarf wheat plants to Indian fields, integrating traditional ecological prudence with modern technology, at a time India was facing acute food shortage and famine.
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00:00 (soft piano music)
00:02 - I feel happy when some award or recognition
00:11 like the Living Legend Award of Outlook is given.
00:16 Largely because it makes me feel
00:18 that I'm on the right track.
00:20 It gives you some satisfaction
00:22 that you have lived a life worth living.
00:24 We are facing many challenges
00:27 in the area of achieving nutrition security.
00:30 We need a protein revolution,
00:33 we need a nutrition revolution now.
00:36 And that is where we should ensure
00:39 that the government announcement in the food security bill.
00:42 My main message is that we should all now work together
00:47 for three reasons.
00:48 First, it is achievable.
00:51 Secondly, we will be doing a great injustice to children
00:55 if we don't provide the malnutrition.
00:57 Thirdly, if you want to have a nation of healthy people,
01:01 because an unhealthy life also leads to unhealthy minds.
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