Combat Vegetarianism: In Search of Bread N’ Omelette
If I want bread and omelette for breakfast in a hotel in Hyderabad today, I will have to go to any of the three big railway stations or to the…
Vegetarianism
Caste and Cost of ‘Pure‘ Vegetarian Hotels
What does a ‘ Pure’ vegetarian hotel offer that a vegetarian hotel doesn’t? Twenty-five to thirty-nine percent of Indians self-identify as vegetarians. Benefiting from this substantial consumer base are the…
Vegans and Beef Politics In India
PETA—People for Ethical Treatment of Animals are active in India. They want to interfere in Indian cow politics. They are against the idea of non-vegetarianism. They are against people eating…
Food for Thought: Caste, Communalism, and Culinary Majoritarian Identity Politics
As I scrolled through my social media feed in the morning, a provocative statement by Sudha Murty, Chairperson of Infosys Foundation, caught my attention. She remarked that when travelling abroad,…
Meat And Greet
Recently a well-known chain of supermarkets opened a fresh-only outlet inside a rich residential society in Mumbai to much gratitude and fanfare. The residents had a difficult time locating…
Worsening Climate Emergency And Record CO2 Emissions Demand Vegetarian Diet For All To Help Save Planet
Annual global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions presently total 64 billion tonnes CO2-equivalent with methanogenic livestock production contributing over 50%. With annual emissions of CO2 per se from industry at…
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