INTRODUCTION
THE YOUNG INDIAN VEGETARIANS
 

European vegetarian friends express great sadness, sorrow and indeed disbelief when they hear that more and more Indian people eat meat. The trend in the rest of the world is certainly different: millions of people in Europe and the rest of the world are giving up meat-eating due to health, moral and ethical reasons. One would expect that at a time when vegetarianism is gaining such a wide acceptance everywhere, its impact on the Indian mind would be overwhelming  — vegetarian ethos should have reached to every section of the Indian society — even to those sections which have always been eating meat.

Unfortunately, this is not the case. On the contrary more and more people in India and Indians who have settled abroad consider nothing immoral or wrong in eating meat. Indeed the first and second generation of Indian children growing up in countries like United Kingdom, U.S.A. and East Africa are encouraged to eat meat. How can the teachings of Rama, Krishna, Buddha, Mahaveera and Gandhiji be forgotten so easily?

Indian people are often respected for their ‘gentleness and compassion’ towards all living beings. It is this very characteristic that we are abandoning without realising its great value.

Through this booklet we make a fervent appeal to Indian people and indeed all the people of the world: —

“Please give up meat eating."

We, the Young Indian Vegetarians, along with numerous other animal welfare groups in U.K., have been working hard to reduce animal suffering.

We need your help — this booklet must be distributed to thousands of people in U.K.. U.S.A., East Africa, India, and many other countries. We also want to open up branches of the Young Indian Vegetarians in U.S.A., East Africa, West Indies and other countries.

 
Contact me if you can help.
 

NITIN MEHTA
President, Young Indian Vegetarians

 

Committee Members:

Standing from left  Vaid Bharath. Nitin Mehta. Nipan Malde. Chandresh Malde

Seated from left  Maiuri Shah. Mrs. Pratibha Mehta, Varsha Shah