TOKYO (Japan News/ANN) -- Driven by her desire to feed hungry children, Toshiko Yoshimura invented a puffed rice snack machine that helped alleviate food shortages in Japan after World War II, ...

The day begins at dawn every day for Rekha Mondal. She cleans the utensils, heats the earthen stove, and soaks rice in brine as the first steps after waking up. These are the initial stages of ...

Coimbatore: S Ramachandran, an employee with a puffed rice (pori) manufacturing unit at Karamadai for nearly 30 years, recalls a time when, two decades ago, people would line up in front of the units, ...