Snapped from my car, a pick-up load of goats on their way to moksha. It felt as if they were bleating with some kind of prescience about their imminent doom. The way these animals were led to the dinner plate shows how we animals never allow other animals any dignity even in death, much less in life.It takes courage to be vegetarian. A certain element of courage to think outside the delicious bun. A certain element of courage to ask ourselves if we truly have to succumb to our taste-buds, fully aware that, even beyond the committed sin, is the knowledge that,- food which is good for the tongue is rarely good for the tummy. A certain element of courage to come to realize that,- change has to start with us, with attacking what comforts us most.
But, man, being man, always prefers to retain the option of forced indifference to even the most glaring of all truths. We live by the tongue, and will, quite appropriately, die by it.
First Congratulations- Praveen Sir, You have shown tremondous sensitivity by noticing an event, thinking about it, taking photographs and then blogging it. We somehow lose this "feeling" for others- be it for human or animals or the world around us. And it when this feeling and sensitivity is lost , our humanness gets lost.
ReplyDeleteI know of a Muslim lady in Dubai who is vegetarian whilst her family is non vegetarian. It is a remarkable personal choice although she does admit to taking meat during festivities for religious reasons. It leads us think and wonder about the existence of a different paradigm- one where it is possible to live in this world where one happily accepts the dictates of a religion/country/organisation/culture on one hand and exercise freedom and personal choice of a culture on the same matter and subject where it is possible to.
Do we always have to do whatever we are doing because we are mandated to do so? Or can we exercise freedom and personal choice in our day to day situations
There is perhaps a causal link between our capacity for selfless behaviour and our ability to exercise freedom and personal choice.
This begs a question- If all humans became selfless and became vegetarian (one would have to exclude religious cases and reasons) would there be enough vegetarian food to feed humanity. The camp was divided 5 years back but increasingly all over the world people believe that there be enogh to feed the populace. I wonder if the popularity of Rhonda Byrnes and her theory of abundance has anything to do with this!!!