Text posted on 10.17.10
Say yes to vegetarianism
Coming from Singapore, I’m a Hindu from a predominantly tamil speaking community that has it’s roots from Thanjai, Tamil Nadu, India. Orthdox Hinduism is so diverse, it differs from village to village. But when one moves away from the country, part of that orthodox-ness(is that the word) is lost. Like my paternal grandfather, Mr Packirisamy Pillai. He was a Saiva Pillai by caste and amongst all the practices executed by that caste, vegetarianism is one of them. Mr Samy moved to Singapore in the early 30’s and became ‘spoilt’. He started consuming meat and the existing 3 generations after him is following suit. But I’m changing it, slowly but surely. :)
