neupane, (hope others dont mind me talking personal) when i was small, parents were vegetarian, bahunko family, so was I. When I grew up, was sent in a boarding school but they beforehand told the officials that I was a veg, so again remained a veg. Went to campus, by that time, my attitude was quite reluctant towards meat products. Joined Pulchok campus, gave up my vegetarianism for a while. Friends went like "सेकुवा र बीयर नखाने नि कोही ईन्जिनियर हुन्छ, मु*, जग्गेमा हवन गर्नी हो र, ढलान पो गर्नी हो त ईन्जिनियरले ? " like that.... I was more than convinced. so started with eggs, then a few picnics, the Malekhu ko geological trip and fish, gardai gardai momo ma pugesi ta nothing was left. Came abroad, never thought I would return back to veg (had vowed not to eat beef though) but happened to see a program by Canadian Broadcasting Corp (CBC). Hope it is still in their website (cbc.ca) Saw how the meat is produced in industrialized nations. Chemical compounds को बारेमा त सुनेकै हो तर यो त झन डरलाग्दो biological mutation को कुरो रहेछ। Basically, they dont leave anything out, गाई-गोरु लगायत सबैको लादी, आन्द्रा भुडी सबै फेरि process गरेर फेरि तीनै जनावरलाई खुवाउदो रहेछ। ए बाबा, जिउँदो केही नखानी गिद्ध ले पनि मरेको गिद्ध त खाँदैन, so nature must have a strong cause why these species are not cannibals. But these so called "scientists" are making herbivores like cow, goat and others like chicken eating each-other. So what happened, some brain cells of these farm (factory?) animals got screwed up and mutated. These cells affect the DNA and carried from parents to children. Such cells are like they never die, its a complete new evolution of sth virus like inside the cells of these animals, and it is called BSC or sth like that (the mad cow disease). If one eats such meat, they will die within a month and will also transfer to a new born baby if the baby was ____ within the infected time. Simultaneously, after the outbreak of madcow disease here, though I was supposedly safe as I did not eat beef in particular, a wave of vegetarianism swept in our ईलाका. So, I again resorted back to the good old practice of vegetarianism. आफ्नो आफ्नो विचार त हो Keep rolling...