A lot of Indians may eat meat. But all that might have to stop, for QGM is here. Quick Gun Murugun is a bhagavad gita quoting vegetarian cowboy reincarnated for a mission.  He has to stop the non vegetarian McDosa chain by Rice Plate Reddy. His idol and inspiration is Clint Eastwood. His favorite food is dosa and whisky. His duty is to protect the cows, he is a cowboy. So, beware all you beef eating folks. You are next on his hit list.

Q. Do people in India eat meat?

Yes. A good percentage of Indians eat meat. In fact, all Vedic Indians ate meat, beef and drank alcohol until the time of Buddha, which is considered recent for Indian civilization. In fact, even Buddha said you can eat meat if the animal was not killed specifically for you. Later on, it became fashionable by the so called or self called high castes not to eat meat. All the people that want to be associated with the high caste do not eat meat.

Source – from a book I found in Ramana Maharshi library, Tiruvannamalai.

According to the opinion prevailing among modern scholars, ritual animal sacrifice with subsequent eating of the meat was a predominant custom, and the principle of ahimsa (nonviolence) was hardly known or not respected.^[22] From: Wiki

Even though a lot of Indians in current India do not meat, there are quite a few Indians who do eat meat. Eating beef may not be so common, except in a few states in India.

A real-life Spiderman, who lives in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, seems to stick to vertical surfaces.

Of course, Spider man practices yoga to stay limber.

I am at a Mysore class in Mysore. Astanga class taught the Mysore style is awesome. The teacher does not instruct the class as to what to do, there is no dialogue, no music. Everyone is on their own, practicing the standard astanga series. The teacher is there to help you understand the asana better and provide the right adjustments so you know how far you can go.

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More Ganeshas …

I keep seeing the incomplete Ganeshas on my way to, well, nothing. I am only bumming around right now. I decided to go inside this place to see how Ganesha is being made.  Ganesha Chaturthi is only a few weeks away, the biggest Hindu festival in Bangalore and most other places in India. Ganeshas were being made from clay and hay. I am not sure what else they need to finish the statues.  It takes about a month for the people to finish a large Ganesha. Some of them are really huge. The interesting part is that, these Ganeshas being made won’t be around for long. They will be around for just a few days. After the festival, every one of these Ganeshas will be immersed in a lake or some water body. Impermanence of it all does not make these statues any less beautiful. They are all perfect.

The people who are making the statues are very talented. Each one of them is a masterpiece. They have to be so careful while making these, there cannot be any flaws. Gods must be perfect. I even saw one Ganesha in a perfect padmasana. The fingers, the toes, the face are all so beautiful. As of now, most of the Ganeshas are white. I like them like this. I was told by the people who work there, that they will start painting next week. I will visit the place again to see the difference.

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