By the book

He may not have spent years serving the food ministry as its minister but that has not stopped K V Thomas, Union minister of state for food, consumer affairs and public distribution, from publishing his thoughts. The professor-minister is all set to release a book on the food sector titled For The Grains, a compilation of his speeches in the course of his stint as food minister, on Monday. The book launch is doubly significant because it will be attended by his counterpart in agriculture Sharad Pawar, who was India’s food minister before Thomas took over, and has often clashed with him over policy issues.