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The News Minute | October 3, 2014 | 10.45 am ISTTaking what into account has the Kerala government declared Malayalam actress Manju Warrier as the ambassador for organic farming, asks her colleague Salim Kumar. Manju Warrier had played the role of an organic farmer in a recently released movie “How old are you?” In an interview to a website Marunadan Malayali, Salim Kumar wondered whether this was enough for the government to make her the ambassador.Instead of taking steps to revive agriculture in the state, the government is indulging in acts like these that grab media attention he said.Salim Kumar asks in the interview if Manju Warrier knows anything about agriculture. This is the state of our government, he says. He adds that there are actors like Sreenivasan and Balachandran Nair who have contributed to agriculture.Read the full interview here.