Why are so many Indian people don't wash their hands with soap before having meals ?

IF YOU ARE IN A DESERT AND NEED TO TAKE FOOD YOU NEED TO WASH HAND





iF THERE IS NO WATER NO SOAP BUT FOOD IS AVAILABLE YOU WILL STILL EAT FOOD WITHOUT WASHING





BY HABIT MOST OF THE INDIANS WASH THEIR HANDS, THROW A LITTLE WATER AROUND THE PLATE OR LEAF IN WHICH THEY HAVE THEIR FOOD TO AVOID ANTS ENTERING THEIR EATING PLATE, AND LEAVE A MORSEL OF FOOD FOR ANIMALS (PARTICULARLY TO A DOG), PRAY GOD AS AN ACT OF GRATITUDE FOR WHAT HE HAS GIVEN ME AND EAT THE FOOD WITH RESPECT AND LOVE AS ';FOOD IS THE OTHER FORM OF GOD'; AND FINALLY WASHES HIS HANDS.





WASHING WITH SOAP IS NOT NECESSARY AS WE KEEP OUR BODY, HANDS AND HOMES TIDY LIKE THE HOME OF GOD. MOST OF THE PEOPLE WONT WEAR ANY FOOTWEAR WHILE INSIDE THE HOUSE. SOAP SOME TIMES MAY BE LEFT AS RESIDUE IN THE HANDS AND MAY CAUSE HARM TO OUR BODY.





GENERAL HEALTH OF AN AVERAGE INDIAN IS SO GOOD THAT EVEN A BACTERIA OR TWO CANNOT DO HIM ANY PROBLEM. INDIAN FOOD IS TASTY AND ALSO HAS GOT ALL THE MEDICINAL VALUES REQUIRED FOR DAY TO DAY SURVIVAL, IN SMALL DOSES.





ONE HAS TO LIVE IN INDIA TO UNDERSTAND HER WELLWhy are so many Indian people don't wash their hands with soap before having meals ?
Cultural difference. Soap was previously a luxury item. Most of the older generation has grown up w/ the idea that if they use plain water it is enough, after all it removes the bad stuff that you can see. So elders have not passed on the ';need to lather'; lesson. For the most part the younger generation is much less lax about properly washing their hands and teaching their children to wash with soap as well. Change takes time.Why are so many Indian people don't wash their hands with soap before having meals ?
The original custom in India for thousands of years was to eat using ones hands. This helps aid digestion as it does not stop the flow of positive energy in the body which a plastic or metal utensil would do. Most Indian people I Have been with and stayed with over the years always wash their hands before and after eating. It is considered very unclean not to do so. They do not use soap because the odour that the soup gives to the hands and also the soap gets into the pours of the skin and may come out during eating and taint the food. Most soaps are made with animal fats ( sodium tallowate) and many Indian people who are strict in their religious beliefs do not like to use anything that contains animal at all. I will leave it there. More could be said. Take care. GOURANGA GOURANGA GOURANGA
Because we are thinking that we are changing with modern world.





Today I were in the restaurant and I went to wash my hand before having my meal. Everyone was looking at me...





Brother and sister I am Muslim and washing hand before eating is mandatory for us because our Prophet used to wash his hand every time before having a meal.


by the way Islam is 1400 years old.
It might be because, they think their hands are properly washed and is free from germs, without using a soap.


If someone, who is very concerned of health will wash his/her hand with soap, irrespective of the citizenship
It is Indian practice to wash hands before and after meals.It is only in the west that people dont wash their hands even after shitting let alone meals.
Because Indians won't stir any dirty, contageous and poisonous things with their hands as others do.
They were so lazy thats all.





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I dont know about Indian people but anyone from any back ground can do that.
not everyone is the same, keep your narrow minded, silly comments to yourself
Its not only Indians who dont wash their hands!


You silly goose!
I don't think so.


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