Meat obsessed liberals
1. In the year 2000 I was working at a leading media house in Delhi. Being the only vegetarian journalist at this company, I was the target of many jokes. My boss, also from Kerala, used to say: "Why did we get the only Mallu vegetarian in the world?" Or "This OBC has become a slave of his Brahmin girlfriend." This was all said in good humour.

2. However, there was a Nepali Christian copy editor from Darjeeling who made the most ludicrous comment: "I think you avoid eating meat to save money." This was typical of a low IQ librandu. They think all Mallus are carnivores and that eating meat is a luxury. In reality, India's wealthiest communities, the Marwadis and Jains, are 100% vegetarian. Meat eating is also rare in India's three most manly states - Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan. But then liberals are stupid.

3. One night in the office at a group dinner I mistakenly bit into a piece of chicken. I said, "What the f**k!" Immediately got up, grabbed my throat and ran towards the bathroom to spit it out. When I returned to the table, the Nepali Christian shook his head and said, "You are just pretending. Nobody reacts like that if they accidentally eat meat."

4. Two weeks later I invited my entire department to my father's house for dinner and drinks. Since my father had an unlimited expense account, he gave us the full concierge service.

5. The eyes of the liberal journalists bulged at the lavish hospitality by white gloved servers, the free flowing Scotch, ample plates of chicken, fish and mutton and the general opulence. They said, "Wow did you grow up here?"

6. It never fails - give a journalist a couple of free drinks and throw them some meat and they are your bitch. They love to lap up meat as if it's going to be rationed tomorrow. In fact, many Muslim journalists take advantage of this greed to ply these Hindu liberals with beef curry to earn brownie points.

7. The Nepali Christian colleague was impressed (albeit reluctantly) that I was a vegetarian despite growing up in an environment of plenty. He never again commented that I gave up meat to save money. He realized he could never have in 7 lifetimes what I had given up without a second thought.

8. Btw, after I turned vegetarian the most significant impact was that I rapidly developed muscle mass and stopped falling sick. I used to catch colds, coughs and the flu at least 2-3 times a year. That stopped completely. I had the most amazing body after I turned vegetarian.
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