• The Liver@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Where are the Indian vegans? I have only ever met ONE in my entire life except myself.

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        1 year ago

        Hi!

        I don’t mean like, online. I’ve met plenty of online Indian vegans. But still, I find it hard to believe that every 1 in 10 people are vegan. Where?!

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      I would say about 30% of my Indian coworkers over the years have been vegan.

      I think the challenge is that, unlike a lot of Western vegans, they don’t go out of their way to talk about it. My second job, I knew day 1 about the white girl who was vegan. It took me 2 years to learn that 4 of my Indian coworkers were vegan since birth. And I only learned it because they learned I was getting into Indian food so they all started bringing stuff in for me to try. Entire meals. Incredible meals. I miss that job, lol.

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        My family loves to announce to the world that I don’t drink milk. It’s annoying. Idk they’re probably in shock or something that someone would choose not to abuse cows. (They’re vegetarians, I’m vegan)

        Where do you live? I assume outside India? Hmm

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          Well yeah, very outside of India. I live in the US, though I try not to make my identity about that.

          But one thing I’ve loved about working in Boston is how many cultures I’ve been exposed to in my life.