Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-03 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
@assamnet.org Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 4:40 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006 Hehehe Barua,   >Is Vegetarian a Hindu thing? Or is it a 'feel good' thing for the vegetarian Hindus?   I don't know. But why bother about what the Hindu press regurgitates? If you look at a

Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-03 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006 I know Alpana. In fact a couple of very close friends of our daughter's , who are our family friends too, are vegans. But I think this kind of self-imposed rules of diet smack of fundamentalism. But it is their choice. They have every right

Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-03 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
mptly :"Both" RB     - Original Message ----- From: Chan Mahanta To: Ram Sarangapani Cc: Rajen Barua ; assam@assamnet.org Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006   They are a few cuts above (or below) on the veggy index. Perhaps only the Jains surp

Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-03 Thread Rajen Barua
: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 4:40 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006 Hehehe Barua,   >Is Vegetarian a Hindu thing? Or is it a 'feel good' thing for the vegetarian Hindus?   I don't know. But why bother about what the Hindu pres

Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-03 Thread umesh sharma
promptly :"Both" RB    - Original Message - From: Chan Mahanta To: Ram Sarangapani Cc: Rajen Barua ; assam@assamnet.org Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006   They are a few cuts above (or below) on the veggy index. Perhaps onl

Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-03 Thread Rajen Barua
Title: Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006 What I fiund is that the Root of Hindu Vegetarianism is surprisingly and contrary to popular belief is not 'compassion to animals' but it is to keep oneself clean and pure so that it will help in getting 'Mwksha' or 'Mukti'

Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-03 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006 They are vegetarian fundamentalists, that's all. They take it way too seriously. At 12:24 AM -0500 5/3/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote: While this discussion about vegetarian is going on here, just heard over the TV that the some police dept. peop

Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-02 Thread Ram Sarangapani
etarian or no vegetarian. When the Air hostess asked the Indian guy, he replied promptly :"Both" RB       - Original Message - From: Chan Mahanta To: Ram Sarangapani Cc: Rajen Barua ; assam@assamnet.org Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2,

Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-02 Thread Barua25
Title: Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006 It is interesting to note that the word "non-vegetarian" is a misnomer in the sense that all non-vegetarians are also vegetarians also. In Hindi what we call 'amish' and 'nir-amish" make sense. But 'vegetarian" a

Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006 They are a few cuts above (or below) on the veggy index. Perhaps only the Jains surpass them. At 6:56 PM -0500 5/2/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote: Thanks C'da,   I did not know that - but are they "vegitarian" ie. eggatarians/fishatari

Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-02 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Thanks C'da,   I did not know that - but are they "vegitarian" ie. eggatarians/fishatarians or are they like the "pure vegitarians"  like some Hindus, Buddhists or Jains?   --Ram  On 5/2/06, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Correction Ram.   Seventh Day Adventists are strictly vegetarian.

Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006 Correction Ram. Seventh Day Adventists are strictly vegetarian. They don't drink cofee or te even. At 4:40 PM -0500 5/2/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote: Hehehe Barua,   >Is Vegetarian a Hindu thing? Or is it a 'feel good' thing

Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-02 Thread Dilip/Dil Deka
You should've seen the stall and the posters put up by ISKCON at the Houston International Festival held during the last two weekends. The posters talked about how meat makes you sick! Close by, Taj Restaurant was selling chicken and lamb shish kabobs without any hesitation and there was a long lin

Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-02 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Hehehe Barua,   >Is Vegetarian a Hindu thing? Or is it a 'feel good' thing for the vegetarian Hindus?   I don't know. But why bother about what the Hindu press regurgitates? If you look at any Christian or Islamic slanted press you will find similar things (not not food but other things) - my view,

[Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-02 Thread Rajen Barua
Title: Hindu Press International May 2, 2006 >FLORIDA, USA, May 2, 2006: On April 25, the Florida House of Representatives enacted the Florida Healthy School Lunch Resolution (HR 9095) >recommending a daily vegetarian school lunch option. (HPI note: A legislative resolution carries no weight