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Controversy in India over Videos of People Secretly Spitting in Food

Controversy in India over Videos of People Secretly Spitting in Food
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World October 28, 2024 20:10

india - Videos circulating in India showing cooks spitting in food during preparation cause uproar between Hindus and Muslims.

Incidents of people spitting in food in India have sparked outrage between Hindu and Muslim groups. There is a video circulating showing a household help mixing urine in the food she is preparing, causing public indignation. This has fueled anti-Muslim rhetoric by Hindu nationalists who are using the unverified videos to stoke tensions. Fact-checkers and police have pointed out that the woman in question is not Muslim but Hindu, but the allegations continue to strain the fragile coexistence between the Hindu majority (nearly 80% of the population) and the Muslim minority (14%) in India, as reported by the BBC.

Other incidents have also occurred. Recently, the police in Barabanki city in Uttar Pradesh arrested a restaurant owner after a video emerged allegedly showing him spitting in the food while preparing a flatbread called roti. He was charged with disturbing the peace. In another case this month, two men in Mussoorie city in Uttarakhand were detained for spitting in someone else's tea intentionally. These incidents have led Hindu nationalists to see a trend and launch the social media hashtag 'thook-jihad' (spit jihad).

States like Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh are looking to tighten food safety legislation in light of these spitting videos. Those found spitting, urinating, or contaminating food in any way could face fines of up to 100,000 rupees (around 1100 euros) or even a prison sentence of up to ten years.

Both states are governed by the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Hindu nationalist party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The chief minister of Uttar Pradesh is pushing for every hotel and restaurant kitchen to have permanent surveillance cameras, with the names of the owners, cooks, and waiters displayed on a screen.

However, the requirement to display staff names remains controversial. Food stalls along the route of the Kanwar Yatra, an annual Hindu pilgrimage, were previously ordered to do so. If hungry Hindu pilgrims see that a food stall is not owned by a Hindu, they might choose to eat elsewhere, potentially impacting revenue. The Indian Supreme Court intervened in July and prohibited this practice.

Food and eating habits are deeply intertwined with religion and India's hierarchical caste system. Such issues are particularly sensitive in the world's largest democratic country. Food safety is already a concern in India due to contaminated water, cramped kitchens, and issues with food transportation and storage, contributing to nearly half a million deaths annually, according to government figures.

V. Venkatesan, an Indian journalist and jurist, questions the need for the proposed legislation. He argues that the existing laws from 2006 are sufficient to address food safety violations and suggests that the new laws and guidelines are distractions from real issues such as unemployment and high inflation, as voiced by opposition parties in the two states.

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