Ladies and Gentleman, welcome aboard. If you wanna know why this weird starting. Keep guessing. Your guesses might be right.
Last couple of months have been very taxing. The closing time at college. Of course, its the final year at college. Thats primarily the reason why it has been taxing.I had a weird dream during this time. Weird enough to knock me off from sleep, and get up sweating. Apparently, I was sitting pretty on my dining table and eating my dead pet. This was as scary a dream I have ever had. I don't really remember what occurred to me but since then I have quit eating non vegetarian food. For the record, I was always a vegetarian. It was only when I stepped into college I started eating non veg food. As I always do before starting something interesting, I researched over the internet, the benefits of being a Vegetarian. God ! what will I do without the internet. That;s why I made a donation to the Wikipedia. I think its more than just a website. Its a lifeline.
For people who don't have the slightest idea about Vegetarianism ( I know there are many of my friends.), to quote from Wikipedia - "Vegetarianism is the practice of following a diet based on plant-based foods including fruits, vegetables, cereal grains, nuts, and seeds, with or without dairy products and eggs. A vegetarian does not eat meat, game, poultry, fish, crustacea, shellfish, or products of animal slaughter such as animal-derived gelatin and rennet."
Again it says, Vegetarianism maybe adopted for ethical, health, environmental, religious, political, cultural, economic or other reasons. My reasons can be both health and ethical. And also if you insist, Economical as well. Well, what can I say, I am unemployable ( there will be a post regarding it pretty soon, Im sure ).Well, they say there are different versions of vegetarianism, which include/exclude dairy products, eggs, game and stuff. But for now, I have quit non-veg food including eggs. Well for special occasions such as eating french food at a beach in Pondicherry or Goa, I will decide then and there. My only concrete reason to stick to vegies is the health, nothing else. Of course I have been reading, Vegetarian this and Vegetarian that, but the bottom line remains simple. Avoid everything else.
Why do people convert to Non-vegetarians ? This is one question I would love to investigate with my friends who are studying psychology. I think there's no reason for us to fall on a culpable diet if we can live on vegies. To say its more nutritious is utter rubbish. Research shows a fully vegetarian diet can be as nutritious as one having meat and stuff. I have a feeling, people who are Non-vegetarian are emotionally fickle. I dont know, but I have this feeling. So any psychologists in the house, please take a note and correct me if I am wrong. I am not here to simply take a stand and say of course being a vegetarian is better. I will simply state facts.
This is straight out of www.goveg.com -- Why you should consider a vegetarian diet ?
1. Cruelty to Animals.
2. Your health
3. The Environment
4. World Hunger.
These are not the only reasons why you should convert to a vegetarian, you can always add " A bad Dream" in them. For me it was easy. I couldn't touch the chicken after I saw myself eating my dog. 
Second thing is your health. To put it in very simple words, Plant proteins are pretty simple to break down in the human body than the very complex Animal proteins. Thus making it tedious for the body to digest food. Moreover, meats carry the toxins of the animal as well, so your body has to work twice as hard to detoxify itself. That;s why your farts are too smelly when you've had chicken/meat the night before. And of course, vegetarians would have a better Immune system than people having a meaty diet. Going vegetarian carries with itself a reduced risk of Cancer and Heart Diseases. (according to different studies). The most important of all, these ailments along with high cholesterol, obesity and diabetes can cause Erectile Dysfunction. Now, you wont risk that at any cost ! I know that. I can go on and on about this. So to read more about health benefits, help yourself to www.goveg.com
Second thing is your health. To put it in very simple words, Plant proteins are pretty simple to break down in the human body than the very complex Animal proteins. Thus making it tedious for the body to digest food. Moreover, meats carry the toxins of the animal as well, so your body has to work twice as hard to detoxify itself. That;s why your farts are too smelly when you've had chicken/meat the night before. And of course, vegetarians would have a better Immune system than people having a meaty diet. Going vegetarian carries with itself a reduced risk of Cancer and Heart Diseases. (according to different studies). The most important of all, these ailments along with high cholesterol, obesity and diabetes can cause Erectile Dysfunction. Now, you wont risk that at any cost ! I know that. I can go on and on about this. So to read more about health benefits, help yourself to www.goveg.com One of the most common reasons for people to stay vegetarian is their religion. vegetarianism is favored in almost every religion of the world which includes - Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Judaism and Rastafari. Simpky enough, eating meat does not comes natural to us humans. Come on, we do not have large enough Canines to tear meat. Nor do we have the physical attributes. Not to mention the several ailments you get from an infected animal/bird. Do you salivate when you see a dead bird on the road ? Do you feel tempted when you see a dead carcass ? The answers are most obvious.
To give you a reality check, what turning a vegetarian would mean, these are some of the important changes that I have listed -
1. No more Shawarmas at Al Bake, NFC.
2. No Butter Chicken ofcourse,
3. No Kebabs.
4. No K F C =(
5. Only veg momos
6. No stingy faces at a 100% shuddh vaishno dhaba
7. No fish at Amritsar
I hope these dont deter your decision, if by now you have taken one, hey definitely do not change mine. So, it wasnt PETA or anything else that convinced me.
And like almost every other thing, we have glamourised vegetarianism as well. There are lots of celebrities, devoting their 'precious' time towards propagating this thing. Avril Lavigne, Mr Bachchan, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Carrie Underwood, Christian bale, The Great Khali, Eddie Veder, Kal Penn, Jim Carrey, Brad Pitt, Brooke Shields, Leona Lewis, Anoushka Shankar - They all are Vegetarians.There are a lot of people in this world who believe in remaining vegetarians. The Vegetarian Society was created in 1807 to promote the abstinence from flesh eating.
This is just my story, how I became a Vegetarian. I, in no means, am suggesting to follow my footsteps. Its for you to make this right decision. :P.
Now, if you were thinking what is this all gotta do with the title - Vegie Pradesh ? I was thinking of asking for a separate state for vegetarians as they face trouble while sharing places with all kinds of non-vegetarians. Our rights should be protected as well, and its our right to ensure ourselves the basic necessities. Fortunately, Vegetarians and Non-vegetarians can live together amicably, without killing each other.
NEXT UP - NO SMOKING LAND
