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Rakesh K. Simha is a features writer at Fairfax New Zealand. He is also Consulting Editor at India Empire magazine, which is published from New Delhi. He has worked at leading magazines and newspapers in India, including India Today, Businessworld, Hindustan Times, Business Standard and Financial Express.
(15 comments) SHARE Monday, February 23, 2009 America's Most Desperate: Why 35.5 Million People Are Going Hungry
The recession is taking a heavy toll on the US, with over 35 million people finding it Âdifficult to put food on the table. Even as the country spends billions on the Pentagon's silver bullets, the number of Americans going hungry, sometimes for days, is rising.