Dining Manners for Jainists

India is known for its culture, manners, respect, and hospitality. Actually I don’t have enough words to explain my country. Dining is very famous in India. There are different cultures for different religions. I am Jainist (Hindu) and we are very particular about how we eat. We should sit Indian style on a small table. We should have another small table of the same size in front of us, so we can put our plate on that small table. We should start eating at the same time as all of our family members. We can’t speak while we are eating. We shouldn’t leave any food on our plate after completing our meal. We should clean our plate with drinking water and we should also drink that same water. Nowadays most of the people do not follow these particular customs; because of modern culture people don’t care about elite culture and their traditional religions.