Indian food is often eaten with the hands. However, this custom is guided by some basic rules. For example, it is impolite to allow the food to pass the first joint of the fingers. The fingers must never touch the mouth directly. In addition, only the right hand may be used in eating.
Since most Indian meals include a kind of flatbread, that is traditionally used to scoop or roll vegetables or rice. A spoon is provided for soup, but the bread may even be used to eat that! Meat, if served, may be eaten with a knife and fork, but it will more often be served pre-cut, so it may be easily managed by the fingers.
Indians usually eat their largest meal in the afternoon, prefering to end with a light evening meal. People either bring their lunch to work or use a lunchpacking service called "tiffin" that delivers traditional hot meals to their workplace. If possible, many Indians like to come home for lunch.
This is the way of the traditional indian eating style.