We Vegeterian People

Author(s): Atul Doshi
Publisher: Atul Doshi

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We, vegetarian (?) people
... need to walk the true path of ahimsa We adopted vegetarianism to follow the principle of ahimsa, but in changed circumstances now, it's time to evaluate whether milk and milk products form a part of vegetarian diet. We need to revisit the meaning of word 'vegetarianism' and make the necessary changes.
It might be fair drinking milk 40-50 years ago when there was no cruelty and urbanisation was limited. Almost each house in a village was having a cow or a buffalo and people needed to take care of them as family members. Today, we are not able to say with surety that there is no cruelty on the animals whose milk we are using and that they will be taken care of for their entire life.
If we are able to repeat the past scenario and are able to take care of animals, then there should not be any issue in consuming milk. This will result in improving of health of animals and increasing their life cycle. This will also improve our health.
However, in today's world of urbanisation, excessive commercialisation of milk business and big dairy companies are creating havoc in life of animals.
It is also bringing the fact to light that we are also responsible, directly or indirectly, knowingly or unknowingly for the death of a large number of animals. We have also studied that today milk is not healthy for us.
Now, time and circumstances are different.
Human greed and needs have created serious problems. A clear visible link is established between increasing output of milk and meat.
GREED IS STOPPING HUMAN EVOLUTION
Someone rightly said- "Milk--- isn't it a liquid meat?”
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