Beginning last week, the representatives of the different power-houses of the world have camped at an otherwise quite sea-resort called Heiligendamm for the "G8" summit. Poor residents of this town have had to put up with security arrangements, apparently nothing short of "alien-attack" preparedness what with electric-fencing along the perimeter of the whole area, battle-ready warships guarding the waters and sniffer dogs for identifying trouble-makers, Gestapo-style. Traditionally, venues of G8 summits have always been the scene of sanguinary battles between anti-globalisation protestors and hapless policemen.
Personally, the news of such protests at previous G8 summits have left me only thinking, "Well what's all the fuss about?". That was when I happened to read an article about the current surge in Philippines of the use of milk-powder derived milk by mothers for feeding, being aggresively marketed by US based multi-nationals and the attendant acute health crisis. Hopefully, that story'll will be content for the next post....
