First Lady tasted laddus made from millet of women farmers of Bastar
Women invited to come to Bastar
Raipur, 10 September 2023
Bastar’s millet, especially the laddus made from ragi, were liked a lot by the heads of state and their wives who came to G-20. The occasion was that the first ladies and spouses of the participating heads of G-20 countries were extended a special invitation to an agricultural exhibition at the IARI complex on Pusa Road on 9 September.
Women from Bastar, Chhattisgarh had made special preparations on dishes made from millet. Sangeeta Kashyap, who came from Bastanar block of Bastar district, told that she had prepared dishes prepared from millet like millet laddu, ragi cookies, ragi chakli, kodo-kutki etc. ‘He gifted a basket of dishes made from millet to the First Lady of Australia. ‘The women of Bastar also invited the First Lady to visit Bastar. Rukmani Kottam, nodal officer of Chhattisgarh Agriculture Department, who came with the women, said that a stall was also set up by the Chhattisgarh Agriculture Department in Pusa. On behalf of the department, along with products made from bamboo like Supa, Tukni, Tokri, Tuma, Chhatri, products made from millet are also kept in the stall. Which was liked a lot by the visitors coming here. He told that the stalls of Chhattisgarh’s Dhokrakala and Kosa made from natural dye were also the center of special attraction for the visitors.
Nirmala Bhaskar of the women’s group of Gotul Munda village of Durgkondal block of Kanker said that she gifted a basket of millet to the First Lady of New Zealand. This basket contained millet products prepared by a women’s group of Chhattisgarh. The First Lady also took a selfie with him. She said she would take it home and share it with her family. Nirmala Bhaskar said that this was a memorable moment which can never be forgotten.
