Soo.. as an Indian who has traveled a lot in Indian trains, the smell of food never bothered me. There is something to be said about Indian food though - by ver

Soo.. as an Indian who has traveled a lot in Indian trains, the smell of food never bothered me. There is something to be said about Indian food though - by very nature it smells different compared to say western food. Spices - oh boy tons of spices. They mask lot of smells that you would otherwise find pungent - like garlic or onion. I have been stuck in Mumbai metro where someone was carrying a sack of peeled garlic - boy was that horrible. So while I obviously can't speak for everyone - smell of food is last thing that will bother me while travelling in Indian railways. Sweat, dirty toilets etc though... they are something else.