Let me ask you something even simpler. Why eat meat first of all? Why do you want to eat the flesh of a dead animal? I was eating meat too. But i have abstained from it for quite some time now. I don't think i have missed anything by not eating meat. In fact, i find that vegetarian food is equally if not more tasty than the meat counterparts. Why does man want to manufacture life as if it is some plastic and then kill it and eat it? In fact one of the reasons i had stopped eating was that i was sure something like bird flu would happen and can be quite catastrophic. What good does it give other than paining all those animals? Iam just talking in the air, asking open questions. You are free to continue eating chicken if you want to. Hope ur not paid to eat it ;-)
I agree with the Veggie above. But what i dont agree is that they say Hindu scriptures prohibit non veg.
Hindu scriptures give permission to have non-veg food There are many Hindus who are strictly vegetarian. They think it is against their religion to consume non-vegetarian food. But the true fact is that the Hindu scriptures permit a person to have meat. The scriptures mention Hindu sages and saints consuming non-veg food.
It is mentioned in Manu Smruti, the law book of Hindus, in ch 5 verse 30 "The eater who eats the flesh of those to be eaten does nothing bad, even if he does it day after day, for God himself created some to be eaten and some to be eater."
ch 5 verse 31 says "Eating meat is right for the sacrifice, this is traditionally known as a rule of the gods." Further in Manu Smruti chapter 5 verse 39 and 40 says
"God himself created sacrificial animals for sacrifice, ...., therefore killing in a sacrifice is not killing." Mahabharata Anushashan Parva ch 88 narrates the discussion between Dharmaraj Yudhishthira and Pitamah Bhishma about what food one should offer to Pitris (ancestors) during the Shraddha (ceremony of dead) to keep them satisfied.
I am stunned to read this article and wonder if the writer is really a columnist or what? Why does he have to write about his bad sanitation practices and still proclaim that they are justified. Eating chicken is different story and can be dealt with proper cooking practices, instead he suggests to eat anywhere where he finds to eat that chicken, just because it tastes great with that masala! Wow!!! I think instead of argueing over efforts of government, he needs to read through basic science books first!!!!
Obviously, the author's family failed to provide him with a good tasty veggie meal and therefore has a problem leading a normal life without chicken...
