The Young Chronicle: For Grade 3 23rd May, 2015 | Page 2

Maggi Nahi Chahiye Mujhe Abhi
We all love Maggi noodles, don’t we? In fact the noodles
have been instrumental in satisfying our off time hunger
pangs. Be it in picnics, hostels, travel to offbeat locations, or just generally after getting back from play, we
have all savoured these noodles, bothering little about
what they actually contain.
A test initiated by the UP government at Kolkata's National Food Laboratories, indicates that Maggi contains
Mono-sodium Glutamate (an Amino Acid) and 7 times
more lead as it should contain. Lead is highly toxic and excessive presence of lead in Blood can lead
to lead poisoning, which can lead to severe physical and mental impairment in children. Mono Sodium
Glutamate is a taste enhancer and is used in many canned and processed foods. Although it doesn’t
have much of a taste itself, it overexcites your cells causing brain damage to varying degrees and
potentially even triggering or worsening learning disabilities and causing diseases like Alzheimer’s
disease, Parkinson’s disease, Lou Gehrig’s disease and more. Many countries, like the US permit the
use of MSG to certain degrees, but it is banned in India.
A Maggi Packet clearly states that it contains no Mono-sodium Glutamate. In fact Nestle India
claims that the government pulled out a near expiry pack of Maggi and tested it. Such packs are
usually recalled by the company so that they are not circulated in the market. It has declared that
it will investigate the matter and has already given some packs for testing too.
Currently, the Mumbai and Gujarat government has also called for testing of Maggi packs. While we
wait and watch what happens to our beloved brand and product, it is strongly suggested that the
consumption of the same be restricted if not stopped. completely.

Enclava– The Newest Country:
The world welcomes the newest
country which is the size of a backyard. After Yugoslavia broke, forming several countries, there were
many pockets of unclaimed land
between the borders. These lands
are called ‘No Man’s Land’. There
is an Oscar winning movie by the
same name. Enclava is built on
one such unclaimed territory.
The founders of Enclava plan to
create a community free from discrimination. Where people will be
able to interact in 5 languages: English, Polish, Slovenian, Mandarin
and Croatian.
More than 5000 people have already applied for the honourable
citizenship of this country. However

By Angad Madaan

there are no plans to
accept this country on
the world map. En-

clava measures just
100sq mts in area, just
the size of a backyard
or front garden. It has
been announced as
the smallest country.

Its founder claims that the country has the
right to exist because it has been established on the land claimed by neither
Croatia nor Slovenia. Piotr Wawrzynkiewicz , one of the founders said the idea
was to create a place where everyone
would exist regardless of any sort of discrimination.
I strongly believe that these virtual nations are just posing a threat to the already threatened 'World Peace'. Newer
nations are very small in size, they have
no population and would invite tensions
from the countries they border. Moreover,
creating a system in a virtual nation is by
no means going to be easy. My suggestion would be that such land which is a
discovery of the internet, and is gathering
citizens from across the internet, be rested as a responsibility of the United Nations.