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Byline: Laurie Goering
NEW DELHI _ It's not easy being a meat eater in India, the world center of vegetarianism.
With close to 200 million strict vegetarians and another half-billion people who only rarely sample meat, India caters to vegetarians as the norm. Most supermarkets are vegetarian. So are many roadside restaurants, their signs touting "Veg," "Pure Veg" or "100 Percent Vegetarian" cuisine. In India, it is meat eaters, not vegetarians, who must comb the menu to find something appealing, usually in the limited "non-veg" section at the bottom.
I am not a particularly devoted carnivore. I have at times gone months without eating meat, ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Young carnivores in a veggie nation.