{"id":12223,"date":"2007-04-27T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-27T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2007\/04\/27\/indian-railways-changes-the-menu-idlis-and-dosas-to-be-eliminated\/"},"modified":"2007-04-27T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T12:00:00","slug":"indian-railways-changes-the-menu-idlis-and-dosas-to-be-eliminated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2007\/04\/27\/indian-railways-changes-the-menu-idlis-and-dosas-to-be-eliminated\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Railways Changes the Menu &#8211; Idlis and Dosas to be Eliminated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"source\"><a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/convergence\/ndtv\/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070009764\">www.ndtv.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, April 26, 2007: If Indian Railways has its way idlis and dosas may be on the way out from railway cuisine. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC ) is planning to introduce a new system to create uniformity in its catering service across the country. As per the plan, only 21 approved food items will be served on trains &#8211; a move that South Indian rail passengers feel is in bad taste.<\/p>\n<p>The IRCTC has decided to remove the south Indian delicacies from the menu, initially on a pilot basis for three months. &#8220;People from different regions have different food habits, and there has to be some consideration for that and meals have to be given accordingly,&#8221; said Dr Sivam, IT Consultant.<\/p>\n<p>The IRCTC used to have more than one hundred items on its menu. Nevertheless, to bring uniformity, it has approved a new menu with 21 items. Noodles, vegetable burger and assorted pakoras are what are now available for the passengers. &#8220;Everyone must be given his or her food of choice. If you give only North Indian food, it is like forcing you to have that food,&#8221; said passenger Ravindran Nair. To deprive the South Indian of his idlis and dosas is tantamount to a cultural onslaught. If the Indian Railways goes ahead with its decision, it should be prepared to face stiff resistance from down south.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>www.ndtv.com THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, April 26, 2007: If Indian Railways has its way idlis and dosas may be on the way,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}