RT @catriona_ellis: @netshrink It started first between 1925-1942, set up by the Madras Municipal Corporation (now @chennaicorp ) - if you'…
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@DharmaVellum @netshrink But was new in India in 1920s, & Madras Municipal Corporation was only local council in India 2implement. Interestingly, introduced to prove that Indian children were equal to American/British children & so was a subtle way
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@netshrink It started first between 1925-1942, set up by the Madras Municipal Corporation (now @chennaicorp ) - if you're interested in the detail of what the kids ate and how it was organised check out this article #middaymeals https://t.co/p6nvPOSaQz
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‘If You Cannot Feed the Body of a Child You Cannot Feed the Brain’: Education and Nutrition in Late Colonial Madras https://t.co/eaYibPXOve