“A warm meal should never come at the cost of the air we all breathe. Cleaner choices exist. We just have to choose them.”
The Cost of a Meal
While returning home from college, I noticed a roadside food stall in Jagati.
The food smelled inviting, but what caught my attention was the thick smoke rising into the air.
It made me wonder how often we justify pollution in the name of necessity. Cooking is part of everyday life, but today we have cleaner alternatives that reduce harmful emissions.
Every small choice matters because the smoke from one stall does not stay there.
It becomes part of the air we all breathe. That moment reminded me that feeding ourselves should never mean harming the environment that keeps us alive.
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