Veg meals are served in steel plates. Representation Pic

Non-vegetarian students at IIT-Bombay have a beef with a new hostel rule that was slapped on them, instructing them not to use the hostel's regular steel plates to eat meat. Instead, they have been instructed to only use the smaller, plastic tray plates provided with non-veg items. Taken aback by the memo, several students have since reacted strongly against it on social media.

The non-vegetarian directive was issued not by IIT authorities, but by a student council in charge of hostel number 11. While all IIT hostels have the option of non-vegetarian meals, the memo was issued only to students living in hostel number 11.