Viral moment: Woman eating biryani with hands sparks debate

A video of a woman casually eating biryani with her hands while talking on the phone has gone viral.

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00:00This viral video showed a woman eating a meal with her hands while talking on the phone.

00:08Many internet users assumed her to be Indian,

00:10sparking a frenzied debate on food habits, culture and racism.

00:14Many online said the video looked like it was shot on the London tube.

00:20In the video, the woman sits casually on the train,

00:23enjoying what some users identified as rice and curry.

00:25The person seated next to her appeared completely undisturbed by the scene.

00:29However, some users questioned her way of eating with bare hands.

00:32While some slammed her, others defended her too.

00:35Plenty of Brits eat chips or sandwiches on trains, no one bats an eye.

00:38But an Indian woman eating rice with her hand?

00:40Suddenly, it's a crisis.

00:42Another ex-post claimed this happened in London Docklands,

00:45aka home of high-tech bankers.

00:49Would you be okay letting someone have their meal sitting next to you on a metro?

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