I am headed to India next week

Oh wow! Hope you have an awesome trip. I am retiring from my full time mid september .

Cool...
Get a decent hotel, you will get any food you like.

When you go to Agra for Taj mahal, you can stay in Radisson that's in Noida and can travel from there to see Taj mahal.

There are fast food chains like McDonald's, but depending on where you are you may not be able to get a beef burger

Hang on to your wallet and dont listen to fellows who harass you to buy stuff. Kindly take all your shots to protect from disease.Please be careful and dont mention beef there at all as the cow is a sacred animal for the Hindus. The present government is totally anti Muslim and wants to erase Mughal history.

What part of India ?

Don't try out Indian the Indians like Justin Trudeau tried with his Indian costume tour.