We Indians are lucky when it comes to food

We Indians are lucky in many ways, but we don't realise it. 

Ganne ka Ras, Sugarcane juice, is the healthiest drink you can have, including for diabetics, and we have it at every street corner. But we will still pay more for a cool drink which is nothing but aspartame and  colours mixed with carbon dioxide, a deadly concoction if you think about it. My friend while staying in California, used to drive 88 miles each way to have fresh ganne ka ras, but being a crazy Indian, he would still do it twice a month. 

In India, as you are driving, you can stop the car and buy boiled peanuts. NRI's can't do this, since anyone who has breathed the air of USA even for a few months is very likely allergic to peanuts. 

We get healthy "plate meals" at less than hundred rupees. But we will still prefer the Mc Burger or pizza or Subway sandwich, all of them extremely harmful to health, at five times the cost.

We have very healthy breakfast options, and they are as varied as there are regions in this country. But we will eat Kellogg's with orange juice, both of which qualify as the junkiest of junk foods, and be happy to be privileged enough to pay much more for them. 

I roamed around London for a week, and believe me you, it is not possible to get freshly cooked food anywhere. The Brits' idea of fresh food is quaint, most beggars in India will refuse to accept those foods as fresh. 

Travelling in the north east by road, all we had to do was stop at a random place and order food. Fresh, tasty, and hot, all for less than hundred rupees ( in most cases less than fifty) a meal. Ditto of course is true for anywhere in the country. 

Our chaats are actually very healthy if you think about it. And so is most of our street food. A little bit of a premium place to ensure that the guy doesn't use margarine instead of Amul, and avoid the ice - but you will learn those tricks soon enough. 

We Indians just don't realise how lucky we are when it comes to food. And for us, those who are reading this, considering that clothing and shelter are already taken care of, of the three basic necessities, food is the only thing left isn't it?