Bangladesh, May 11 -- A joke got currency for a while in this capital city. The joke was that if the Dhakaites ate something really unadulterated, it upset their stomachs. Why? Their stomachs have become habituated to eating and digesting the impure varieties of foods. All jokes, however, have an underlying message. The message here is loud and clear: hardly there is any food cent per cent pure. Next, it conveys that businesspeople have been taking consumers for a ride. And finally, the nation seems to have resigned to the fate of seeing no solution to this problem.
The miracle, though, is the rise of the nation's longevity amid the food adulteration epidemic. Suffering from chronic poverty and lack of nutrition with little or no healthcar...