Street Style

             Ever since we were kids, we have been introduced to our culture through food. Food plays a major role in cultures and traditions. It becomes one's identity, even. When you want to surprise a Tamilian, you can make them Dosas. To surprise someone from Mumbai, you can make them a Vada Pav. Point being, you can always bond over food. One of the easiest kind of food to bond over is street food. Getting Pani Puris from that one vendor in the street next to your school every other evening has to be one of your precious memories from school. Street food is convenient, cheap (extremely affordable for students) and most importantly, fast. Are you late to class but didn't have your breakfast yet? Just grab a Vada Pav from that uncle's stall and run to class with it. Street food stalls and trucks are also a great hang out spot for the students in that neighbourhood.

             However, Street food has disadvantages too. Whilst it may be delicious and easy, a lot of types of street food are very unhealthy. Apart from the general health issues caused by the food, it may also be cooked in an unhygienic manner which leads to more complications. There have even been times when people were suffering from food poisoning due to eating food from certain food stalls. Since the price of the food is quite cheap, the quality of the ingredients used to cook would also be low thus resulting in health issues. It may also become addictive and we all know addiction to anything is a huge red flag. In the end, like everything, street food has its pros and cons but it's not wise to just let go of it completely. We can eat street food, it's not an issue, as long as we are in control. We must be aware of the hygiene situation (preferably a stall or a truck where you can see your food being cooked). We must also make sure that we don't get addicted to it. So, it's wise to opt for street food once or twice a month. After all, it does play a pretty important role in all of our lives.