Originally Published in Madras Courier
Editorial Note
In 2025, 35.5 million children were acutely malnourished with nearly 10 million cases of severe acute malnutrition (SAM), leaving weakened immune systems unable to withstand ordinary childhood illness.
On January 20, 2026, the world’s political and financial elite gathered in Davos for the world Economic Forum’s fifty-sixth annual meeting. Heads of state, central bankers and celebrities attended an invitation-only dinner hosted by BlackRock CEO and intermin WEF co-chair Larry Fink, raising glasses over a multi-course feast as millions edged closer to famine far beyond the banquet hall.