There is an old tradition to serve meals to devotees and public alike on specific days of the week, all days in the auspicious month in the year for which authorities / organisers get contribution generously and this practice is mostly prevailing at religious places (mostly in temples). The meals served while sitting down on the floor or on the tables and those cooking themselves are putting items on the plate in large quantities as they are tired and eager to finish tasks fast. There is heavy wastage of eatables that are left over in the plate in the process as children are not able to consume all and many leave it on one pretext or another. There is a buffet system introduced at many places to consume what one needs yet many still have the habit of getting plates full and leave it by just eating one or two items for name sake. The same scenario is witnessed in parties where wastage is glorified to show financial status. The food so wasted could have been very well diverted, given to shelter homes or such needy places.
