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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dear Anil,<br>
<br>
I am often surprised on how many restaurants and roadside eateries
can be found in India. And people eat there in a daily basis, much
more than in France or Europe.<br>
<br>
Restaurants can be a help for both the IAP and malnutrition
problems. The South Indian "thali", or meal, served for lunch
only, is actually quite varied. But on the other hand, fried food,
like vadas, parotas, fried rice, fried snacks, plus the very
sweetened chai teas are not really contributing to a healthy diet.<br>
It's difficult to change the food habits of people. It will take
time and education.<br>
<br>
I was reading an article from an IT startup founder, who turned
down an investment of 500K in his company. He decided to pull the
plug, and stop his startup. He saw that it was way to difficult to
have his customers use his product, and that would soon impact
sales. He said that he was going against "human nature", and he
knew he would lose the fight.<br>
I found both the move courageous, and his finding interesting.
Most of the products are using human nature to be sold or used.<br>
I guess this is what I wanted to say in my post. If the new
solution is both compelling, cheap, and easy to use, then only, it
is possible it will be adopted.<br>
<br>
Like when tea was first introduced in India, when cafe was first
introduced, when soft drinks, when beers were introduced.<br>
Easy to drink beverages! No brainer.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
Xavier<br>
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On 6/17/16 11:30 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:stoves-request@lists.bioenergylists.org">stoves-request@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>
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<pre wrap="">For general discussion on cooking please see
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.nariphaltan.org/ruralrestaurants.pdf">www.nariphaltan.org/ruralrestaurants.pdf</a></pre>
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