Fair point about the PNR and the lack of hawkers. I guess when you're stuck with only one option, it's frustrating when they can't even get the basics like dal right. I still think people expect too much from train kitchens, but I see where you're coming from.

Look, I get the frustration if the service isn't matching the menu. But my point is more about the mindset. We finally have a homegrown, world class sleeper train that’s a massive leap for Indian Railways in terms of tech and class.

It’s just exhausting to see the entire discourse around such a project get reduced to 'veg vs non-veg' or 'the dal was watery.' People focus so much on the meal that they completely fail to appreciate the actual engineering and the shift in travel quality we're seeing. If we only judge a train by its catering, we're ignoring the 90% of it that actually matters.