Usha Di, I was nowhere in 1954, i came ten years later. Yes, i heard about food-aid from my parents, and it happened over and over again, sometimes in late 60s too, continued during 70s.
I have heard the milo story<http://books.google.co.in/books?id=QSpixUOcg-0C&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&dq=milo+from+usa+in+india&source=bl&ots=6810jA0zr5&sig=WvQyvn_pFCVXzcH9Ns6I84o1W_E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2GIFUZa0N4T_rAfe6ICoDg&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=milo%20from%20usa%20in%20india&f=false>, and a "chora" on it that refers to then food-minister of our state. I read Bengal famines, both, the one known as "76-er manwontar"<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1770>and the other <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943> when my father was merely a schoolboy. Thank you very much for all these valuable records. Regards, surajit On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > Surajit > PL480 is /was a bill passed by US Senate (upper house in our parlance) and > signed into law by President Eisenhower... in 1954, as part of US govt > given aid around the world, under the program FOOD for PEACE, read it in > short at this wiki essay on food for > peace<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_for_Peace> > May be you dont remember but India got some aid in form of WHeat,,, used > to be very small skinny red wheat... may be it was good for many things in > the western way of cooking, but for our roti it was very difficult... may > be your mom remembers how difficult it was to make decent chappatis at nite > and make the family eat it.. it was mostly hard.. but some say at least it > was food... people could eat something when no rice was available... along > with this wheat came 30 or 40 varieties of weeds... internet used to have > hundreds of pages of pl480 weeds ... but now that the world is politically > correct and the list has a few plants that were here much longer than 1954 > (like the mexican plant LANTANA) the list as a whole seems to have fallen > out of favor, one can hardly find the list anymore... > > but one of the ruella, pyrithrum etc etc are a real menace, since India > does not have the nartural predators their natural range has... grains came > after India signed some agreement in 1956 and the grains came in to > compensate for the grain growing belt we had lost to west punjab at > independence... > > BUt the grain was not total charity, in a law signed by Indian govt > payment was made... in rupees terms, mainly in form of books published in > India... > > that's how most of the eastern studies departments and university > libraries in USA got well stocked with genuine Indian language and > sanskrit books... including vedas, purana, ayurvedic texts and many that we > dont get to see now in Indian libraries.. read some of this .read in this > blog <http://maddy06.blogspot.in/2009/06/grain-for-books.html>...but this > guy does not seem to have known about the eastern studies departments in US > libraries and US Universities, but he write lucidly... > > Many of the weeds came from warmer states hence this dieffenbachia may > have been in the wheat from texas.. just north of mexico so its possible > its a weed ... and 1950s are so long ago that these have perhaps > naturalized ... and may be that's how plants migrated across the earth > anyway long before humans had taken to calling some plants weeds... > who knows... only time will tell... > > usha di > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 7:24 PM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Usha Di, >> >> Do not know what is pl480, heard of wheat viariety, as in - >> http://www.himalmag.com/component/content/article/507-pl-480-and-the-infidel-weed.html >> . >> >> The place where i found this plant was by the side of a residential >> house. It was on the margin of a vacant land lying beside a semi-urban >> road. I think the owner of that house or someone living nearby planted this >> plant once and left unattended for years. >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Ushadi Micromini < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> since dieffenbachia iis not native, would this be a pl480 weed? >>> or escapee from a garden?? >>> >>> >>> usha di >>> >>> On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I hope Dieffenbachia seguine (syn: D. amoena) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>>> Retired Associate Professor >>>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 11:36 PM, surajit koley < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Sir, >>>>> >>>>> Found this plant growing wild beside a roadside ditch. >>>>> >>>>> Species : Dieffenbachia sp.? >>>>> H & H : seems to be an ornamental once cared by someone, about 3 ft >>>>> high >>>>> Date : 26/1/13 >>>>> Place : Hooghly >>>>> >>>>> Thank you, >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> surajit >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Usha di >>> =========== >>> >> >> > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > --
