Some people would call it just a number, but it is
not a particularly happy one. The latest edition of the Global Hunger Index
(GHI) puts India at 102 in a list of 117 countries. That means we have fallen
seven places, from 95 last year. Of course, how seriously we should take this
indicator is unclear because it is hard to be certain of the quality of data on
which the report is based. For instance, Yemen and Djibouti are among the
countries that are higher on the list.
Yemen, for one,