Recently, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, wondered why there are starvation deaths in the country at a time when the granaries are full. Fortunately, starvation deaths are so rare that they make headlines. They could be an aberration. On the other hand, malnutrition is endemic. Hence, the Prime Minister could have asked a more basic question: Why is there so much malnutrition when the country is sitting on top of a grain mountain? People are starving not because there is not enough food in the market but because they have no money to buy it. It is not a supply problem but a demand problem. The solution is not more food