The World Health Organisation estimates that every year over 2 million new cases occur in India which has 24 percent of the total cases of tuberculosis the world over. Sounds shocking right? Well it is time we took notice of this disease and addressed the reasons for our failure to control its spread. One of the most common and extremely rectifiable causes is malnutrition. Malnutrition is a major public health problem in India. India has 42 percent of the world s underweight children and a third of the women in the reproductive age group are under-nourished with BMI below the