DON’T eat meat? Thailand might then be your best bet for a Southeast Asian holiday. To mark World Vegetarian Month in October, accommodation booking website Oliver’s Travels ranked countries around the world by how “vegetarian-friendly” they were for travellers. The ranking was based on the number of vegetarian restaurants, the number of …
When you walk into a McDonald’s in India, it doesn’t feel that much different from one in the U.S. That is, until you try to order. When McDonald’s first came to India 15 years ago, it ditched the Big Macs and Quarter Pounders to try to fit in in a …
“Inviting Iran to discuss how to best transition to a post-Assad Syria is akin to inviting vegetarians to a barbecue.” – Karim Sadjadpour, an Iran analyst with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in comments after International envoy Kofi Annan tried to rescue his peace plan for Syria by seeking …
India has been home to vegetarians for centuries. Many Hindus and most Buddhists do not eat meat, but commentator Sandip Roy says in today’s India, meat is what’s for dinner. When my friend Lakshmi, a lifelong vegetarian, went to America as a student more than 20 years ago she knew …
Are you a vegetarian? Stats say you’re probably a woman. You probably bid adieu to four-legged creatures for ethical reasons. And you’ll probably be a carnivore again in no time. In 2005, a CBS News study found that ex-vegetarians outnumber current vegetarians by a ratio of three to one, suggesting …