William and Carrie Bruere became missionaries in India, aiding famine-stricken children and establishing orphanages amid dire ...

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Sadly, not a single company from India is in the same league. That’s because India’s crafts, from Kerala’s wood carvings to ...

Not more than others I deserve, Yet God hath given me more; And I have food, while others starve, Or beg from door to door.” The “Christian Herald”, an American weekly newspaper reporting on topics ...

Here is a look at famine, a severe and prolonged hunger in a significant portion of a region or country’s population that results in malnutrition and death by starvation and disease. To assess a ...

Famine had long been a part of life in Bengal, but the one that began in the late 1760’s was turned into a full blown humanitarian disaster by the East India Company. It’s hard to come to ...

The forgotten story of World War II: the Bengal famine in British India, where at least three million people died, told for the first time by the eyewitnesses to it. "Three million is great radio ...

1943 – Famine in China (Henan), results in 3 to 5 million deaths. 1943 – In India (Bengal), 2.1-3 million perish. 1943-1945 – In Indonesia (Java), 2.4 million people die. 1946-1947 – In ...