The Union minister for women and child development, Smriti Irani, dismissed India’s abysmal ranking on the Global Hunger Index (GHI) at a recent event. In the GHI’s latest rankings, India is at 111 out of 125 countries, below even poorer neighboring countries. Irani claimed that the index is created by “calling 3,000 out of 140 crore people and asking them if they are hungry”. She joked that if someone called her after a long day of work and asked if she was hungry, she would also say, “Oh yes, I am.” Her audience of well-heeled Indians laughed, perhaps an indication of how cut off India’s...…The Union minister for women and child development, Smriti Irani, dismissed India’s abysmal ranking on the Global Hunger Index (GHI) at a recent event. In the GHI’s latest rankings, India is at 111 out of 125 countries, below even poorer neighboring countries. Irani claimed that the index is created by “calling 3,000 out of 140 crore people and asking them if they are hungry”. She joked that if someone called her after a long day of work and asked if she was hungry, she would also say, “Oh yes, I am.” Her audience of well-heeled Indians laughed, perhaps an indication of how cut off India’s...WW…