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Sunday, July 27, 2014

A shameless meateater

I didn't know being a vegetarian was a big thing or rather being a non-vegetarian was an awfully bigger thing until I joined a hospital that has strict policies...policies that go beyond my capacity of  understanding the difference between the two.

The more I think about it the more I laugh about the hypocrisy of a vegetarian.
At this point, am sure, I don't need to explain that I am a pure non-vegetarian and that I think there is no difference between uprooting spinach and fishing.

Well, I don't recall saying it to any veggie sitting beside me at a lunch , " Oh my god, look at the slice of potatoes in your plate! How can you do that to a living plant!"



Yess, fellow meat eaters I know that you know what I mean. We've heard that. We've been criticized for, looked down upon and even banned from eating good , nutritious food. Phew.

They say meat makes you angry and aggressive...etc etc and crap. In my defense, I would like to say being a plant hogger makes you narrow minded, self- centered, and absolutely intolerant and it hampers your ability to decide between right and wrong.

Let's look at it. Firstly, eat what is in your plate. I don't peep into how ruthlessly you have cooked or overcooked your vegetable, then don't look in mine. Simple. I don't ban you from anywhere.I respect your choice of using potatoes as an accompaniment of anything and everything that you get your hands on.

Alu-palak, alu bhendi, alu-matar, alu-tamatar, alu gobi, alu chana, alu simla.
Ohkay.
 
Lastly, just because 60% of Indians are vegetarian does not mean we, the rest 40% are criminals. Coz in that sense, you might still loose looking at statistics worldwide.

And...it all comes down to taste buds....So the magic of burnt, beaten, smothered baigan as a bharta appeals as much as a simple boiled chicken with it's stock! So deal with it. Period.