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"We, as a free people", wrote late Serbain American playwright Steve Teisch "have freely decided that we want to live in some post-truth world" in an essay in the Nation magazine in 1992. The essay was in the context of the Iran -Contra scandal and the Persian Gulf War. The author would not have even the faintest idea that almost twenty-five years later Oxford dictionary, on November 12, 2016 will make ‘post-truth' the word of the year. 'Post' here doesn't mean ‘after' but suggests to the time when truth becomes insignificant and irrelevant. Thanks to Brexit and the results of US Presidential elections –this failed media prophets and others in the field of psephology. However, had Oxford University paid heed to the India around and from 2014, the word Post-truth would have found its place a few years ago only! In 2014, Media machinery projected a man who hitherto was nowhere in the picture, as the "leader", the country needed on it

What happens when the processed food replaces the fresh food in the shelves of our kitchen, snacks become the part of the staple diet and the food regulatory authority in the country remains ineffective and toothless? This gives the companies more ways of escaping the responsible business and aids them to remain indifferent towards the health hazards their products pose to the consumers. "Food is becoming the cause of diseases in a country which was once had the reputation of undernourished and we need to pay attention to the trend", said Ms. Sunita Narain , Director Centre for Environment and Science while addressing the audience in the hall comprising of journalists, Health experts, Doctors and people from food companies. She was addressing the group at the Workshop on Food Labeling, Claims, and Advertisements. While complaining about the ineffective laws relating to the food regulations in the country, she said: "Food Safety and Standards Authority of I