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TopicMeat consumption

Topic: meat consumption

Sattva, rajas, tamas—How ancient Ayurvedic food classifications got tied to meat politics

The meanings of terms like sattvic and tamasic shifted over time, said JNU professor R Mahalakshmi during a talk at Delhi’s IIC. ‘We are not just looking at food but also at eaters.’

As a fasting Hindu, I oppose South Delhi mayor’s move to shut meat shops for Navratri

The move to shut meat shops in south Delhi has less to do with piety, and more to do with religious might. And it is not based on any credible data.

Confused about ‘halal-jhatka’ controversy? Here’s how the 2 methods of slaughter are different

Right-wing groups in Karnataka recently gave a call for boycott of halal meat during ‘Varshadodaku’, the day after Ugadi, when many communities have a non-vegetarian feast.

Pigs, cattle, sheep — fatty residues on Indus Valley pottery shows meat-heavy diet: Study

New findings from research on meat-eating dietary habits of Indus civilisation communities, conducted by Akshyeta Suryanarayan during her PhD at Cambridge, was published in the Journal of Archaeological Science.

PETA slammed for ‘being racist, spreading misinformation’ over coronavirus tweet

The animal rights organisation was called out after it linked the coronavirus pandemic to meat eating habits.

Giriraj Singh to post video of him eating eggs to dispel rumours amid coronavirus scare

The fisheries & animal husbandry minister said rumours about egg and meat consumption leading to coronavrius infection have caused panic in the industry.

Going vegan won’t save the planet, but neither will current meat practices

The meat-versus-vegetable distinction isn’t the right one. Both can be produced in environmentally helpful ways as well as harmful ones.

There’s no meat to the argument that India is a vegetarian nation

Vegetarianism in India has been gradually becoming less strict over the past 30 years.

On Camera

What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.