Amitava Kumar Quotes

People have their cultural reasons for eating meat, their traditional reasons, their likes and dislikes.

I find it very lucky to be an Indian and living in India.

The cow is sacred, and as a result, most Indians do not eat beef.

I was a cannibal for twenty-five years. For the rest I have been a vegetarian.

I'm a pucca Indian. Bombay is my home.

I don't eat much meat, fish, or poultry.

I've been to India a lot, ever since when my mum was in 'Jewel In The Crown.'

I find that the people who don't eat as much candy are really into heavy protein, like steak. I don't eat that.

I don't drink milk, and I don't eat bread, pasta or rice. But I eat a lot of meat, chicken, fish and salads.

I only eat meat if I go to a nice restaurant and there is an exceptional dish, or if I'm at somebody's home for a dinner, I'll eat whatever is in front of me. Otherwise, I don't eat anything that walks around and has a face.

The food we ate was Indian, and both my mother and father were very deep into the ancient philosophy of India, so it could well have been an Indian household.

When we were growing up, all of us kids were vegetarians. No one had asked me to stop eating meat - I just noticed everyone else around me had stopped, so I followed the crew.

In any restaurant, my eyes alight first, as if by an atavistic pull, on the meat dishes on the menu. In any dinner party I throw, I think of the non-vegetarian dish as central. I view this as a combination of weakness, greed and moral failure. Someone please help.

I don't think that eating bones is necessarily gruesome unless you're a vegetarian.

I am Indian, and I'm proud of it. Indian life is mythologically rich and powerful.

Cannibals are not vegetarians; they too are humanitarians.

I was a vegetarian through many of my teen years and easily revert back to that occasionally, but my immune system is usually happier with a bit of real meat.

I'm having everything. I'm a vegetarian, too. But in my mother's house, I eat whatever I'm served.

I grew up in a little town in east Texas where it was really not on the table to question certain things like whether you should eat meat or not.

Traditions are always puzzling to those who don't share them. I'm Jewish, so the idea of a 'perfect family Christmas' is foreign to me.

Growing up, our meals consisted primarily of vegetables, and then we had small amounts of meat.

Oh, I ain't vegan, I'm good. I eat. I eat everything. Except pork, you know, I try to stay away. I like me some bacon, though!

My father, who is deeply spiritual and religious, always stressed that my siblings and I remain true to our Indian roots.

As a kid, I didn't even know what non-vegetarian food is because we never had it prepared in our house.

As my mother is a Kerala Brahmin and my father a Kerala Nair, every day in the house is like a religious festival.