Big fat Indian weddings are all about looking your best, dancing your heart out and of course eating a lot of food. Some want to at least taste everything that is offered at the buffet, while others resolve to focus only on exotic dishes. From butter chicken and matar pulao to tangy gol gappas and aloo tikkis, there is no dearth of food options at Indian weddings. While we try to make the most of such occasions, the amount of food that gets wasted at weddings often goes unnoticed.
We all have seen that guests openly throw a plate full of food in the dustbin at a wedding ceremony. Throwing light on this huge issue of food wastage, Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Awanish Sharan recently shared a post on Twitter.
A table is visible in the picture, on which many plates, bowls and bottles of food are lying. The plates, which seem to have been thrown away, still have plenty of food left in them, while the bowls are also full of sweets. The caption read, “Such people should be banned from attending any function.”
Such people should be dissuaded from attending any function. pic.twitter.com/hNxJMHyWDm— Avneesh Sharan (@avneeshsharan) February 2, 2023
The post started a discussion on food waste. Some Twitter users offered solutions to solve the problem.
There is a serious need for “Indian Weddings Food Activists” or something on that line where activists can visit the host of every wedding/ceremony and educate them on the importance of food and at the same time the respect of reducing food wastage May you keep it up.A great host,” wrote a user.
There is a serious need for “Indian Weddings Food Activists” or something like that where activists can visit the host of every wedding/ceremony and educate them on the importance of food and at the same time reduce food wastage Maintain the honor of being one. Great host.- Satish (@UBSatish) February 2, 2023
Another suggested reducing the size of plates so people wouldn’t pile too much food on them.
Reduce the size of the plate so that these people consume less food, thereby reducing the wastage of food. Take food 2 times but do not waste food, how many people do not get even one time meal.— CA Kamlesh Purohit ???????? (@CAKamleshPuroh1) February 2, 2023
“I specially depute one person in my family function only to watch, we are not serving a lot of food. It hurts to see people doing this.
I specially depute one person in my family function only to watch, we are not serving large quantity of food. It is sad to see people doing this. Pankaj Kumar (@pankajkmr3662) February 2, 2023
One comment read, “Waste of food is definitely a crime but unfortunately no law is in place sadly.”
waste of #Eat Definitely a crime but unfortunately no law sad???- Nisha Rai (@nisharai_ggc) February 2, 2023
One user wrote, “It’s literally every wedding”.
This is literally every wedding. Manish Kumar ???? (@im7manish) February 3, 2023
One person shared, “True. However, there are some NGOs who collect all this food for distribution among poor needy people.
True though, there are some NGOs who collect all these food items for onward distribution among poor needy people.????- Santosh (@SG_2510) February 2, 2023
Wasting of food in any form is unacceptable. Most of the people who responded to the post agreed that food wastage is one aspect that is often neglected while organizing a wedding, but needs to change.
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