I'm from India. I was raised as a lacto vegetarian but now I'm a vegan. My friends and family aren't vegan so I don't get to talk about it with them so I'm here!
Greetings from a newbie :)
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TheShwear
- Newbie
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- Diet: Vegan
Greetings from a newbie :)
Hi everybody.
I'm from India. I was raised as a lacto vegetarian but now I'm a vegan. My friends and family aren't vegan so I don't get to talk about it with them so I'm here!
I'm from India. I was raised as a lacto vegetarian but now I'm a vegan. My friends and family aren't vegan so I don't get to talk about it with them so I'm here!
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brimstoneSalad
- neither stone nor salad
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- Joined: Wed May 28, 2014 9:20 am
- Diet: Vegan
Re: Greetings from a newbie :)
Welcome TheShwear!
That's great that you've gone vegan. Is it hard for people there to understand?
I'm glad you found the forum and decided to join, I hope you like it here.
That's great that you've gone vegan. Is it hard for people there to understand?
I'm glad you found the forum and decided to join, I hope you like it here.
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TheShwear
- Newbie
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- Joined: Thu Nov 19, 2015 10:59 am
- Diet: Vegan
Re: Greetings from a newbie :)
Yes most people don't understand vaganism because mostly people in India are vegetarians and non vegetarians. Most vegetarians are HIndus because the religion doesn't permit consumption of anything that has cruelty involved in it however vegetarians don't become vegan because they think milk production doesn't involve cruelty. It might have been true till a couple of hundred years ago but it's not true anymore and people don't want to come out of their comfort zone, plus there is a LOT of misinformation about health and nutrition. I've never met a vegan but I just found a couple of facebook groups of Indian vegans so that's nice.