IF SLAUGHTERHOUSES HAD GLASS WALLS...
Pic.: Azriel D'Souza “If slaughterhouses had glass walls, we would all be vegetarian.” ― Paul McCartney B ecause I was born and brought up in a typical coastal region and in a typical Christians household, right since I was a baby, I got accustomed to certain non-vegetarian food habits… mutton, chicken, pork, beef, fish – and, shall I say, “anything that crawled except two-legged human species”? Yes, I grew up eating whatever people around me ate – and, many times, what they could afford. Just like dogs and cats around us loved to eat mutton, chicken and fish, some humans like us, too, loved to eat the same. A few of my friends and neigbours, particularly brahmins, ate only vegetarian food. All others, including non-brahmin Hindus and GSB’s, ate non-vegetarian food. Yes, they did not touch pork and beef… but, their lifestyle did include the rest of non-vegetarian food. Every house had dogs and cats. The sophisticated pet...