New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- Tiffin censorship is slowly spreading through the country, turning the humble lunch box into contested ground. Parent groups petition schools to prohibit certain items, especially nonvegetarian food, from packed lunches. Their reasons range from "it smells bad", "it goes bad quickly" to"it is not inclusive" and "it goes against our values". Sometimes institutions enthusiastically impose restrictions to avoid "hurting popular sentiment". A few days ago, a school in Mira-Bhayandar in Mumbai restricted food that did not align with a particular community's festival. Unlike usual prohibitions on egg or meat, in this case the restrictions were on root vegetables and fenugreek in lunch boxes. Then government authorities inte...