Being a mature person we always understand when another person disagrees with us. But being a rice fan, we cannot take it if anyone refuses to eat rice. It goes like, how could someone don't eat rice and refuse to even take it?
But people who refuse to eat rice, please take a note that rice is the main ingredient in many dishes and especially to the greatest dish that is Biryani. 
Like Clint Eastwood once said, "You ain't loving biryani if you ain't loving rice, my friend,"

People avoid eating rice because it has a lot of carbs. This research is proof that its sugar which is responsible for most of your health problems, not carbohydrates.

There's a famous dialogue in Apocalypse Now that is along the lines of "I like the smell of freshly cooked rice in the morning."

Rice is the best food ever. It's delicious in any food, rich in nutrients, cheap, and can be grown and cultivated by a 6-year-old. There are many different kinds of rice, including bastard imitation species and genetically spliced super-rice. We owe part of the world's history to rice. It's a staple in Asia and growing in popularity elsewhere.

When you come home after a long day and doesn't want to cook than rice is the saviour there. Rice is an integral part of the Indian food and I really don't get it how you can say NO to it.