The New York Times
"...here they have a reputation like the one Mother Teresa has in Calcutta: it is not hard finding someone to swear they are saints."
Vegetarian Times
"... though it may not get top mention on the nightly news, FOOD FOR LIFE is among the world's most intrepid relief organizations, in at least one case delivering food to a wart?m region after the Red Cross and other agencies gave up."
Financial Express India
"In Bangalore, Jaipur and other cities, Akshaya Patra (FOOD FOR LIFE) meals are cooked in the most modem kitchens and good quality food is delivered to schools. Corporate bodies should also be involved in this process by creating public-private partnerships like Akshaya Patra." - Comments by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Financial Times of London
"...while the Kremlin has been willing to spend trillions of rubles on its soldiers, only one Russian civic organization has come to Chechnya to provide emergency aid for its often homeless and sometimes starving compatriots - the Russian branch of FOOD FOR LIFE."
The Indian Express
" Akshay Patra, which has support from Infosys, has taken MGR's idea and made it into something that could transform India in the next ten years if we could implement it nationwide."
Police Gazette (Australia)
"The fact the police and the Food for Life organization are looking to work together... represents very positive policing."
Moscow Tribune
"The Food for Life cooks have established themselves as the chief emergency feeding program in war-tom Chechnya."
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