Her Food-Eating Tips Provoked Many Indians

Etiquette coach Manik Kaur tried to teach Indians how to eat their roti, dal and rice. She told Brut about the reactions that followed….

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00:32There's a whole lot of people who say that the world is becoming toxic,

00:38but they're not realising themselves that how they are adding to it.

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01:04I felt that how quickly hate multiplies, propagates,

01:09how quickly things can go viral in this country.

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01:16There was one side which received a very, very positive response on Instagram

01:23and that is why I had more than 13,000 likes and tons and tons of good comments

01:28and loving comments and appreciative comments.

01:31But there was another side which actually went, I didn't even know about it

01:37till a very long time before the whole thing went on to Twitter

01:41and I think it just took a different tangent there

01:44and I think there it wasn't received in a very positive light.

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01:56Oh my God, this is a crazy medium and people really took to it

02:02and within two and a half months I had a community of 50k which was very, very gratifying.

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02:14I think they just took it personally.

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02:20The intention of the video was clearly just to come across as polite and considerate

02:25when you are in a formal setting and that's just about it.

02:29I was just being, you know, very general about most formal settings and semi-formal settings.

02:37So, please go ahead and enjoy the meal as you wish.

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02:48I want to tell them that I love eating pulao or biryani with hands as well.

02:55When I'm at the comfort of my own house, I just love it.

02:59And people who love it, please go ahead and do it.

03:02You don't have to inflict hate upon anyone.

03:06Just go ahead, enjoy your life the way you want to.