View this email in your browser JUNE 7, 2017 // SUBSCRIBE Programming note: the chef is on vacation for the next few days. We'll try to ensure that your Tiffin is on time, but no promises. PARTIES ARE ALL TALK, NO PLAY 13 political parties questioned the reliability of EVMs. Only 2 parties accepted the challenges by the Election Commission (EC). None ended up participating. The two parties reported at the event but backed out : the CPI(M) said it only wanted to understand the EVM process while the NCP cited EC's failure to respond to request for more details. In a post-event press conference, Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi maintained that the EVMs used by the EC are "non-tamperable" and with use of paper trail machines in all future elections, the issue "stands closed." FARMER PROTESTS: ONE ENDS, ANOTHER BEGINS



A similar protest in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh took a After three days of protests in Maharashtra last week, a delegation of farmers from Puntambe village met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday. The farmers were planning a ‘strike’ to press for their demands of free electricity and loan waivers but most plans were scrapped when Fadnavis announced a ₹30,000 crore loan waiver.A similar protest in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh took a violent turn on Tuesday when at least six farmers were killed and eight others injured in two separate incidents of firing in Mandsaur. Protesters set ablaze vehicles, blocked traffic, and pelted stones at police and CRPF personnel. It was not clear who ordered the firing; a judicial probe has been ordered and curfew imposed in the city. YO MAMA SO FAT, ISRO CAN'T LAUNCH HER India joined the US, Russia, China, Japan, and the European Space Agency in the "heavy-lift" rocket club after ISRO successfully launched a communications satellite weighing over 3,000 kilograms into space on Tuesday. The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark-III (GSLV Mk-III) is the most powerful launch vehicle India has ever produced. Previously, India relied on paying the French to launch satellites that weighed more than 2,300 kilograms.