I was assigned an article on veganism in 2018, back when I was a lifestyle journalist. It was the first time I found out what that word means. Till then, I had assumed that vegan means vegetarian 😂So I started doing research, which usually takes an hour or two. But for this particular article,...
Saturday, 25 June 2022
Friday, 17 June 2022
The Vegan Journey of Saloni Henecha | Vegan Beings India #074
Since childhood, my family taught me how morally bad it is to eat non-vegetarian food. That built empathy for animals in me. In 2018, I came across a documentary about dairy that left me in extreme shock. However, I wasn't aware of veganism so I continued consuming dairy with a lot of guilt.There...
Friday, 3 June 2022
The Vegan Journey of Sai Krishna Anand | Vegan Beings India #072
Cows have been a big part of my life growing up. Ever since I was 3, I used to save food secretly and feed it to a cow that regularly showed up outside our house. You always hear that "cows need to be milked", but are never given the reason. Of course, society does not want you to know that the...
Friday, 27 May 2022
The Vegan Journey of Rohan A | Vegan Beings India #071
I had been vegetarian since birth but without exposure to the sheer cruelty in the dairy industry. I used to believe that a cow "gives" us milk rather than the truth about how we snatch her milk. The one incident that changed everything was when I read a newspaper article about a dairy farmer who stuffed...
Friday, 13 May 2022
The Vegan Journey of Anusha Unni | Vegan Beings India #070
I was a non-vegetarian. I was an animal lover.I used to feel bad about animals enslaved in circuses, zoos, rides, aquariums, birdcages, etc. I used to feel sad when any street dog or bird was mistreated and used to help as much as possible.I used to avoid eating mutton because I love goats, and whenever...
Friday, 6 May 2022
The Vegan Journey of Soumya Sanghavi | Vegan Beings India #069
I've always been a firm believer in Equality for all. My heart especially yearns to fight for the sections that are weaker and unprivileged. One day, I came across an Instagram post that mentioned: 'You cannot believe in Equality and still consume milk.'As a vegetarian who took pride in being one, this...
Friday, 29 April 2022
The Vegan Journey of Anurag R | Vegan Beings India #068
I stopped eating meat at the age of four when I witnessed the slaughter of a chicken at my friend's house. I used to love chicken meat. But after that incident, I was horrified even at the thought of eating other animals. I had even stopped consuming cow milk for a brief period because I felt it was...
Saturday, 23 April 2022
The Vegan Journey of Bhairavi Giridharan | Vegan Beings India #067
I was introduced to veganism as a concept early on in life by a cousin. At that time, I thought that animals were only treated cruelly abroad, as most of the short documentaries I was able to watch back then were not based on the Indian context. Moreover, dairy consumption is deeply ingrained in every...
Thursday, 24 March 2022
The Vegan Journey of Jayalaxmi Rai | Vegan Beings India #066
I was a hardcore non-vegetarian. My brother Annand and a friend Melina had gone vegan...