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Vegetarianism

  • Are Hindus vegetarian?

    Are Hindus vegetarian?

    Published on 14th June, 2017, on www.dailyo.in. The idea of “vegetarian” diet has spread throughout …

  • The invisible violence of vegetarianism

    The invisible violence of vegetarianism

    Many people are of the opinion that eating vegetarian food is indicative of kindness and non-violence. That is not so…

  • Holy cow, unholy violence

    Holy cow, unholy violence

    The cow has been converted aggressively into a symbol for a religious orthodoxy demanding its place in a secular nation state…

  • No fish for Gauri this year?

    No fish for Gauri this year?

    Myriad oral explanations indicate that the ritual is locally rooted and organic to the community; a ceremonial household expression of emotion, not based on any particular scriptural injunction…