Skip to main content

STOP WASTING FOOD AT MARRIAGES


Bulging tummies and people filling their plates with food more than they can consume is a common scene at weddings in India. Of course the occasional sounds of ‘burps’ and ‘farts’ are common too; overeating leads to both right friends. Apart from all the glamour, dance and happiness associated with Indian weddings; food consumption or let’s say its wastage is more often witnessed by all at any matrimonial occasion in India.
Wastage of food in Indian Weddings

The Arabs it is said to often offer gifts and valuable items to the bride’s family in exchange for the ‘bride’; but in India the bride’s family apart from dowry has to prepare for an extensive feast for the entire guests. Uncle’s, aunts, cousins, relatives, distant neighbors, colleagues all are invited to witness the holy matrimony and then feed on the ‘food’ laid before them. The quality and quantity of the food made available are scrutinized with such vigor that ‘chef contests’ may seem child’s play in front of them.

All this would have been bearable; but the sight of plates almost full of food being thrown in the garbage; due to the simple reason that the honorable ‘guest’ did not like the food offered or wished to try different items and thus ended up eating less but wasting ample. These are not ‘unique’ scenes but common episodes of Indian wedding ‘sagas’; trust me for I have been a witness to all such scenarios on numerous occasions.
Wastage of food in Indian Marriages

The moment ‘food’ is ready to be served to the guests; a struggle for being the first to fill the plate starts and everyone seems to be in a hurry as if they are going to miss the last train to Pluto or never have the opportunity to eat again in their life. At times it would feel that ‘refugees from Ethiopia’ are invited at wedding feasts in India; no disrespect intended here for the Ethiopian brethren. The way those honorable guests indulge in pushing and pulling would certainly amaze even the most professional rugby players.

To add insult to injury; is the quantity of food wasted at such occasions. If the food left uneaten or half eaten is taken into account you can easily deduce that it will come to twice the quantity consumed by the guests at any wedding feast. Imagine if this food instead of being wasted is used to feed poor people who are unable to have three meals a day; will it not be a blessing for them and eternal happiness of our empty souls. We have become so selfish and status conscious that we forget our extravagance is not only foolish but also unsuitable; for if we avoid showing off and use the same money spent on feeding the poor instead of our guests it will be an act of kindness that would please heaven and earth alike.
Food wastage in Indian Weddings

There are numerous ways to help the poor and stop wasting food at marriages is certainly one of them. We can confine to having a one dish wedding feast and thus use the excess money to feed our unfortunate brothers and sisters living in various slums all over India. May we get the desire and will to do the right thing!


Comments

  1. very well said.. in the philippines though few are being wasted because people would feel suck a shame if they are wasting food... "You came here for the wedding not for the food" as they say.

    ReplyDelete
  2. I hate wasting food. You have some great ideas and I hope people take heed.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Never thought of that. Pretty photos!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Your photos are beautiful and it does look like there would be massive amounts of food and these events. Due to the expense of the menu, I don't see a lot of food wasted at the weddings I attend. Portions are not overdone for the most part and they are made very close to the amount of guests that have indicated they are attending.

    I hope your blog post gets the attention of those that need to see it.

    ReplyDelete
  5. I hate wasting food too. I hope people will read your post and realize the food waste could easily be prevented.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Thank you for this share, I will definitely keep some of these points in mind as I am planning my own wedding!

    ReplyDelete
  7. What great ideas - it really can be scary the amount of food we do waste.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Excellent point. I have been to several events lately where in lieu of gifts the host has requested items that can be donated to the local food pantry. I think that many people are aware of the problem and are trying to make efforts to do what they can to help.

    ReplyDelete
  9. I dislike all types of buffets, whether they are for weddings or just in restaurants. I think this was well written.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Interesting post. Lots I had not thought of.

    ReplyDelete
  11. I hate wasting food as well. I am always telling my boys about doing it. There are just so many people in other countries who would be grateful to have all of the food that gets wasted in America.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Love your post very informative and I have been to a couple Indian weddings as well, they are very extravagant and well prepared, the food goes on for days with many choices and that being said I, at the end of the party, dont know how much food is wasted but Im sure it is plenty. Thank you for bringing this too light and I agree food should be considered.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Why is Society important?

Why is Society so important? Why do we care a lot about society? Why we do all the things considering society in mind? What about society irritates us? Why we are judged for every single step we take? Why it is so important? These questions often come in our mind when we are judged by the society. We begin to curse society due to its negative impacts in our lives. Of course, we are the ones who create society and we are crucial members of it as well. Global societies are generally incorporated with different cultures and religions, and it is a fact that a community would look awful with the same type of people; we are not robots. The basic nature of the term "society" is democratic , then why we force cultural expectations in it? I am including relatives also in society, because apart from our neighbors, colleagues, and other people who comes into the circle of social interaction, relatives are also part of it; they are also living under the same socially accepted norms. T

What is Nature Poem / Nature Poetry

What is Nature Poem / Nature Poetry Nature poem or poetry is an expression of composing poetry that centers principally on anything related to nature, for example; emotions, images, ideas, and a lot of natural concepts. Both poems and poetry are written matters, which is also a form of writing. However, you can't consider a writer as an poet. One needs rhyme and meter to write the appropriate pattern of poetry or a poem. The nature poetry or nature poem is not restricted to the rhyme or meter; Figurative terminology and exclusive kinds of styles can also be accepted gracefully. I am a writer and I don’t know how to write nature poem. However, I can describe what are nature poem/ natural poetry. So as mentioned above, content writing and poem writing are different subjects. Therefore, not every writer can write poetry. Haiku is the most common as well as a typical kind of nature poetry. Haiku poems are usually short and they normally favor natural elements; weather, seas

Theories of development: Modernization theory and dependency theory

Theories of development: Modernization theory and dependency There are many development theories; however, we often compare them like "modernization vs dependency theory" instead of understanding them. If we could understand the basic concept of both of these main theories of development, we'll be able to end the skepticism, and likewise compare as well as differentiate them. Let's understand the concept of modernization and dependency. Modernization Theory © Akhil Sharma   | AnythingRelated.com   | All Rights Reserved Modernization Theory Modernization theory is a great concept covering a lot of different exercises to describe and explain how our society develops, what factors affect that development or progress, and how people and cultures can respond to this advancement. Advancement is directly proportional to progress, and progress brings social manner as well as technological accomplishments into a new age. Basically, this theory describes the proce