Starvation is a war crime. So why is it so rarely prosecuted? | Hunger

“In the week ending September 18 there were 1,319 deaths … Since August 16, 4,338 sufferers from starvation have been admitted to the city’s hospitals of whom 972 have died. Corpses of starved people removed from the streets and hospitals by the police Corpse Disposal Squad and the two non-official agencies since August 1 have been 2,527.”

– September 23, 1943, The Statesman

In September 1943, Bengal was in the grip of a man-made famine that claimed thousands of lives each week….