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Indian school textbooks have made its position very clear – eating meat will make you lie, steal and commit sex crimes.
On a page about non-vegetarians, the book said that they ‘easily cheat, tell lies, they forget promises, they are dishonest and tell bad words, steal, fight and turn to violence and commit sex crimes’.
It also claimed that 'it is the waste products which largely produce the flavour of meat', and praised the Japanese for their vegetarian diet, failing to mention their love of seafood.
*** Despite a strong culture of vegetarianism and a religious taboo over beef-eating, Indians are consuming more and more meat as the country’s economy grows and consumers become better-travelled.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation last year said Indians’ per capita consumption of meat was running at 5.0-5.5 kilograms a year, the highest since it began compiling records.
On a page about non-vegetarians, the book said that they ‘easily cheat, tell lies, they forget promises, they are dishonest and tell bad words, steal, fight and turn to violence and commit sex crimes’.
It also claimed that 'it is the waste products which largely produce the flavour of meat', and praised the Japanese for their vegetarian diet, failing to mention their love of seafood.
*** Despite a strong culture of vegetarianism and a religious taboo over beef-eating, Indians are consuming more and more meat as the country’s economy grows and consumers become better-travelled.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation last year said Indians’ per capita consumption of meat was running at 5.0-5.5 kilograms a year, the highest since it began compiling records.
