• KARTAR SINGH

There are estimated 800 million hungry people across the world. The depressing figure of nearly 20 crores people who sleep with empty stomach daily in India is a shame for the nation. India is presently a home to the largest undernourished population in the world with an approximation of 3,000 children die every day due to starvation. Going by just numbers, deaths due to hunger encompassing of under-nutrition are not new to India. The article draws attention towards starving of vulnerable groups defined in the later section. Lucknow is the capital of largest state Uttar Pradesh, India. According to census 2011, the total population of the lucknow district is 45,89,838 in which 15,50,842 lives in rural and the rest 30,38,996 in urban areas. But the fact that the growth of hunger problem among children in urban settings, and that too in the heart of the state capital, has brought the focus on to the lives of low-income migrants, street children, scheduled castes (dalits), scheduled tribes (adivasis), people with disabilities, sexual minorities and families of children who are living below poverty line and are categorized under marginalized groups. This research paper highlights the area where India’s development falls desperately short in terms of nutrition in lucknow district.

Hunger, Starvation, Poverty line, Marginality, Mobility, Malnutrition, Undernourished

"‘From Hunger to Starvation’: An Investigation of Childhoods, Marginality And Mobility in Lucknow District ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.1021-1022, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR180Z035.pdf

"‘From Hunger to Starvation’: An Investigation of Childhoods, Marginality And Mobility in Lucknow District ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp1021-1022, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR180Z035.pdf