India ranks second, after Brazil, in sugar production and consumption – a billion dollar industry. The sugar-producing states are Uttar

Animal fights, hunting and sacrifices were regular features in ancient India. The worship of divinities in animal forms, and as

Hinduism classifies foods in three groups: taamasik, raajasik, and sattvik, based on the effect they may have on an individual’s

In 1860 the ruler of Travancore introduced tapioca sago or cassava i.e. sabudana in India. Now cultivated on about 3

One of the most effective actions that can be taken to reverse world violence is to eradicate conditions that can

Wild elephants often die from railway accidents and electrocution. A larger number are poached. Calves are stolen, forcefully tamed and

Birds aid pollination and seed dispersal, and are predators and scavengers.The State of India’s Birds 2023 report found the population

Like the ostrich and the emu, the turkey is a poultry bird which is not native to India but imported

Turtles are reptiles; the word is used to describe testudines or chelonians: turtles, tortoises and terrapins. There are 29 species

Hindu deities mount and travel on animals which are their vahana. They are always depicted with them. We must therefore

Beauty Without Cruelty kept approaching the Government of India, pointing out that it was the right of consumers to know

Vegans (pronounced vee-gn) do not consume (eat, or use in any other way) animal products at all. This entails abstinence

Religion plays an important role in promoting vegetarianism by forbidding the consumption of non-vegetarian foods in and around many Hindu

Fear, terror, bewilderment, panic, anger and helplessness are experienced by animals facing butchers who turn sheep to mutton, pigs to

From 1978 BWC appealed to the Government to make it mandatory for consumers to know whether packaged foods were veg

Emperor Constantine I, a 4th century Roman emperor is known for forcing his version of Christianity upon everyone. Vegetarian Christians