India food ban - 01 Jul 07

[Gora1986]

Big Corporations like the McDonalds are behind the food ban they are loosing their money because of these street vendors. So why not bribe some politicians and make up some laws to kick out these poor people from the street and out of business without guaranteeing their business and livelihood elsewhere. I understand the govt. is concerned about hygiene but have the govt. also thought about the livelihood of these poor people and how they will support their family after the food ban?

[nicechamp]

i am feeling hungry...coming back to eat in nov.

[alenbah]

street hawkers should get together and open shops like McD's, everywhere you go you can get hawker quality which is arguably healthy and cheap

[molayknight]

dam Indian chefs need to stand up against these mcd's assholes or negotiate some new terms about street vending.

[45deepa]

If you are in US search for "Indian grocery locator"

[seesaw128]

Banning road side vendors from sideroads and footpaths does not mean that common man will start going to McD or Pizza Hut. They are expensive and not very healthy. Also Indians are addicted to roadside food but they do create nuisance. They should be moved, its high time!

[seesaw128]

There are hawkers zone and no hawkers zone. They ought to follow the guidelines. They cant open their little shop everywhere and disrupt everything. I loveee road side food but some guidelines ought to be followed and especially with Commonwealth games coming in..

[antiwoz]

It right just the way it is! now that countries are opening up to the global scene they want to be imitations of other countries, I say be who you've always been! otherwise you'll lose your distinct character

[mart897]

antiwoz are u indian.

[antiwoz]

my mother is from mumbai! The last time I visited India was when I was like 6? Heheh... I'd love to go now though, can't exactly remember much from 14 years ago

[mart897]

cool..id say u should come back sometime..a lot has changed now. and some things in india dont change at all,and those u cant find anywhere else...

[redfootwalking]

The street vendors are an asset to the community. These are honest, hard working people, you like the food, it's affordable, everyone is happy; almost everyone; so, why should it end?!

[mrssmiley08]

McDonalds was not that good, and the street vendors are great. Maybe they should put a ban on the usage of the sidewalks as a toilet.

[hajqbvii]

I'd send McD packing....another food chain globlization ....

The keywords here are 'Affordable Healthy Food'.

[moonandmars]

These are people making an honest living. India can provide upscale (yes, the least of our fellow Indians deserve the best) shops to these vendors with strict instructions regarding hygiene as a permanent requirement for the tenancy rights. Its time for us as a nation to upgrade our surroundings and it can be done.

[KUKU9841]

they are just saying you can't be anywhere where you want too there will be special areas where it will be clean and hyginic these places are going to be allaround th city

[KUKU9841]

i dont get it. in news they were saying they havent banned it. it is just they cant be any where they want to. theyr will be spacial areas across the city where they can sell.

[DrIdler00]

big stores will exist. they will grow, and that means some little companies go out of business, yes. More big stores = less little stores, by the very fact of it.<P>

"It becomes unfair when the state creates laws that favour larger companies. that is not a true free market."

<P>practically all economies have done this, because governments like big corporations better (more tax money).

[DrIdler00]

This means that free market capitalism does work for all sizes of business, but in practice totally fails due to human greed, in exactly the same way as communism/socialism/anarchy or any other idealistic political/economic philosophy.

[DrIdler00]

so saying "Capitalism sucks! Most intelectuals know this fact. The only way to stop it is to rise against! "

is ridiculous because any other theoretical system which would provide for fairer freer living, is even more idealistic and therefor unrealistic and less effective in the reality of human greed,

which is why capitalism is a reasonably effective system: it is based upon human greed.

[DrIdler00]

capitalism does not "suck".

"intellectuals" know this fact.

Capitalism is *fair* by its very nature.

It becomes unfair when the state creates laws that favour larger companies. that is not a true free market.

Free market capitalism has a place for big and small.

where the big provide what the small cannot, logistically; the small provide what the big cannot, individually.

[DrBones666]

Bet you learned that in class. Come out to the streets. It's a different story. Big always crushes small. Example: Walmart vs. Mom and Pop stores.

[sk8terdan]

Capitalism sucks! Most intelectuals know this fact. The only way to stop it is to rise against! Cheers!

[MustafaPresents]

I've lived in the U.S. my entire life and I wouldn't eat at a MacDonalds if you paid me---it isn't real food. Too bad for Dehli.

[DamNationDiplomat]

One of the chief ways large overtook small in america was the annihalation of street vending culture from the beginning of the century in to the 70s.

[yerk3]

One more sign of capitalism annihilating local culture.

[DrBones666]

Globalization at it's best. Who here is dumb enough to think that the big companies just happened to win out by accident?

[DougMc77]

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