Prowling tiger, slobbering dog

摘要

Rats and buffaloes in Punjab, India's breadbasket, are in fine fettle. The rodents are feasting on millions of tonnes of wheat and rice stored in government warehouses (or, frequently, in the open air), the cattle on discarded potatoes. But no one else is happy. The government cannot afford the huge cost of buying and storing the grain coming from farms in Punjab and elsewhere in India, nor can the poor afford to buy it. By some measures, nearly half the population is under-nourished.