‘World Food India’, the international food festival celebrated in New Delhi from 3rd to 5th November, has been a center of attraction for the national capital, media, social media, politics, government, business houses and the entire country for quite a while now. The festival was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the World Food India 2017 IndiaToday
The highlight of the entire festival was the 1100 kg Khichdi prepared by more than 200 chefs under the supervision of India’s celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor.
Around 800 kg cereal including wheat, rice, Moong pulse and millet was used to cook the dish in a huge vessel. Apart from the cereals, 1100 liters of water, 100 kg pure ghee and spices were used in preparing the cuisine that was being promoted at the event.
1100 kg Khichdi prepared in chef Sanjeev Kapoor’s supervision TheHinduBusinessLine
A world record for preparation of Khichdi was also made on that day and Guinness World Record officials were present at the India Gate to administer the same.
Also present on the occasion were Central Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, state food processing minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti and Yog Guru Baba Ramdev. Three of them also participated in the making of record making Khichdi.
Baba Ramdev cooks Khichdi at World Food India with others Twitter
The pictures of the same and three of them participating in the Khichdi preparation went largely popular on the internet. Meanwhile, Shobhaa De tried to take a jibe at Baba Ramdev in a tweet saying that he should have used protective net on his beard as well while cooking the Khichdi.
Shobhaa De IndiaTimes
She indicated towards the hygiene aspect of cooking. Here is the tweet by Shobhaa De:
Surely Baba Ramdev needed a protective net also for his beard while cooking Khichdi in New Delhi? Hygiene matters!
Advertisement— Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) November 5, 2017
But not many agreed with Shobhaa De and she got judged big time for her tweet. Here are some of the responses:
Are you saying Sikhs with beard who cooks in Langer need a protective net around Their Beards … Hygiene matters
— Sabka Marley (@SabkaMarley) November 5, 2017
आपके मुह में उनका बाल चला गया था क्या😀😀😀😀
— जीयो दिल से💮🙅 (@Cs549Singh) November 5, 2017
not just beard his body should be properly covered too.too unhygenic
— Rafi (@raftweetz) November 5, 2017
Shobha need a protective net for her bad mouth too . She’s dangerous to this society wth her bad tongue 👅 agree ???
— Santosh (@Santuchinnu123) November 5, 2017
Aunty aap dirty baate karte hoo.
Aap gande ho.
Hygiene matters 😂😂— Rajesh yadav (@rajesh2cu) November 5, 2017
would have appreciated ur comment on him if you ever had done 0.00001% charity work he has done.What’s ur achievement Dan page 3 appearance?
— Sachin (@sachinapte73) November 5, 2017
You need a net for tweets, even peace matters.
— gurpreet Bhullar (@guriz572) November 5, 2017
Wish ur dad would have used protective net that time…. Hygiene matters 😈
— Venkatesh Parik (@parik_venkatesh) November 5, 2017
However, there were some tweets expressing opinion same as that of Shobhaa De. Have a look at some of these:
not just beard his body should be properly covered too.too unhygenic
— Rafi (@raftweetz) November 5, 2017
So shower caps prevent head hair from falling in to our national dish but what my baby boo #BabaRamdev s chest hair? pic.twitter.com/Jf30Aqs7Lx
— radhika vaz (@radvaz) November 4, 2017
Wonder why #BabaRamdev is covering his head when there is so much BEARD?#Khichdi #NationalFood #IdioticFollowers #BJP pic.twitter.com/Ij6ZgO3eCt
— ദിലീപ്@ബലാത്സംഗീ ♀ (@SaBeeeeeeeeeeee) November 5, 2017
Shouldn’t @yogrishiramdev also have covered his beard, so that hair don’t fall in #Khichdi #justasking #BabaRamdev @SanjeevKapoor pic.twitter.com/4zTeXCiHSE
— Vikram Chaudhary (@_vikramch) November 5, 2017
Shouldn’t @yogrishiramdev also have covered his beard, so that hair don’t fall in #Khichdi #justasking #BabaRamdev @SanjeevKapoor pic.twitter.com/4zTeXCiHSE
— Vikram Chaudhary (@_vikramch) November 5, 2017
A report by India Today has also highlighted the same saying that despite being well-groomed, Baba Ramdev’s beard looks bushy and must have been covered while he was cooking the iconic Khichdi.
Baba Ramdev did not cover his beard while cooking the Khichdi at India Gate Jansatta
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has also established guidelines in their Schedule 4 as per which human hair must be controlled from falling into foods in exposed eateries, food processing and manufacturing plants.
So considering that Shobhaa De’s opinion on Baba Ramdev’s beard while he cooked the Khichdi was correct, but the social media stood divided in their views. We wish to know your reaction on this. Please share thoughts with us in the comments section.
