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Rennet

Over the years BWC has gradually shifted to promoting veganism. We have realised that cheese itself is a product of

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Salt

Salt has been a part of human diet thousands of years. It is sodium chloride, obtained after a series of

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Sea Cucumbers

Sea cucumbers are not vegetables that grow in the sea, but ancient marine creatures that live on the world’s ocean

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Sharks

Sharks include skates, rays and chimaeras. They are mainly killed for their fins and meat, though their livers, cartilage and

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Shellac

A lakh is 1,00,000 – which is the number of insects killed for 333 grams of shellac, a refined organic

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Shells

There are shells, shells, and shells, but we are focusing on marine and freshwater shells here, and those of land

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Shrimp Farming

Know more… Shrimp Farming Shrimp and prawns are similar in appearance and that’s the reason why the name prawn is

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Silk

One’s clothing may be as spartan as Gandhiji’s attire: a white homespun cloth wrapped around oneself, or as insensitive as

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Slaughter

The Government of India sees nothing wrong in supporting those in the business of killing animals and trading in their

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Snails

Nagas consume river snails, cooked with daal. They are purchased by the kilogram from the Dimapur bazaar.Manipuri cuisine also includes

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Snakes

“Reptiles” include snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, tortoises and turtles. Amphibians include salamanders, caecilians, toads and frogs. The latter look like

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