This 118-year-old Jewish bakery in India is a hit on Christmas Benjamin Allan Norman Nahoum at the shop in 1979. (Recalling Jewish Calcutta archive)
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MYSORE, India (JTA) From the flashing outdoor lights that deck out Park Street, to the bustling pop-up Christmas market at the central rotunda of the sprawling New Market, Christmas has always been a celebratory affair in Kolkata.
While this year celebrations are toned down due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the damaging after-effects of Cyclone Amphan that hit the city in May, Isaac Nahoum, a Jewish baker who has seen business tumble from more than 300 customers a day to a mere 30 on average, is not worried. The Christmas rush is still coming through.
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By BENJAMIN BREEN
by Gregory Afinogenov
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it was commonplace to imagine a scientist as a lone toiler in a space of solitary reflection: Darwin on his walks on the grounds of Down House, say, or Caroline Herschel at her late night vigils beside her telescope. This changed, decisively, with the advent of “Big Science” in the early twentieth century. Historians began to re-envision science as an inherently
collective endeavor, the work of teams, corporations, or states. “Science can be effective in the national welfare only as a member of a team,” Vannevar Bush declared in his influential 1945 report
ØAn additional 16 million Indians use illegal cannabis products
ØAverage cost per gram of cannabis in India is about Rs 8
ØMalana in Himachal Pradesh cultivates over 500 kg of hashish every year
Opium
ØAverage poppy yields in India:11-14 quintal per hectare every year.
ØIn 2018, poppy seed prices touched Rs 1 lakh per quintal.
USES
Cannabis
ØFor pain management as well as treating post-chemo symptoms, arthritis, skin ailments, mental disorders and metabolical problems
ØHemp, a fibre made from the stem of cannabis plant, is used in textiles
ØSeeds of cannabis plant are used by cosmetic manufacturers and neutraceutical companies
Opium
ØPoppy seeds are used as seasoning in food