RICE

INDO-PAK clash of GI tag over ‘Basmati’ rice. From the battleground to the cricket ground we saw a lot of tension between India and Pakistan. This time the battle was neither of Junagadh nor did the battle for Kashmir but the dispute was over the tag of Geographical Index for Basmati Rice. This is not the first time India has the fight for its own heritage, culture, and spiritual identity. Indian indigenous knowledge has always been points of convergence for bio-piracy