Monday, September 21, 2009

Soft-Rice

Rice programming language? Some new opensource software? New Programming paradigm?
No. Think again. It's got nothing to do with software. :)

Soft rice is a variety of rice grown in cool conditions. An important feature(not again...! software profession has ruined my language).. err fact is that it need not be cooked. What? No cooking?Soak it in water for 40 mins and its ready to eat. voilaa!.. Soak it in warm water and get the rice ready to eat within 15 mins. wow.. doesn't that sound good.. soo environment friendly, think about the fuel we'd save in the process, the fire-wood, pollution-free cooking (uhhh.. in villages tho'). All we need is soft-rice and some clean potable water(to avoid water-borne diseases, coz there is no boiling!).

The soft-rice was popularly grown in the north-eastern regions in India. Some research on this low yield crop and applying some cross-pollination, or through some scientific method, could give good yields, and thus encouraging farmers to plant this variety. Yes... jyada load mat le.. It's already done. The same was done by a government body in cuttak which would enable this low-yield, cool climate necessitating crop to be grown under hot humid conditions of orissa.

Hope this helps the farmers and the consumers alike. Well, I would like to taste the new variety soon...

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