McDonald's in Kashmir, India |
An all vegetarian McDonald's was introduced in India and is located infront of a temple. Since it is opened in front of a temple where people are mostly Hindus meaning that they are restricted from eating meat on Tuesday and Fridays. McDonald's has a variety of vegetarian meals for Hindus to choose from instead of limiting them to their normal religious foods such as; roti, boori, rice and such. McDonald's is planning to open another vegetarian location near the Hindu site of Vaishno Devi cave in Indian Kashmir. I think this has brought such a big change to the Indian eating lifestyle. Sooner or later they would be eat more McDonald's and gradually forget about the rice and roti and will become in the same situation as Americans with high risks of obesity and such. Although the introduction of McDonald's in India may be a good idea, it also has serious reprecussions for the citizens of India in the future. America as we all know have many people that are obese and suffer from many chronic medical conditions such as; obesity and type 2 diabetes. And most of these are caused by the fast food industry one of which is McDonald's. When this is western diet is introduced in other countries they are also going to be prone to these medical conditions as well. In my honest opinion I feel that this isn't a good idea that McDonald's has imposed as it strips away Hindus from their religious foods and makes them adapt to a dangerous diet like this.