The Food Chain
The Food Chain
BBC World Service
India: Faith, Food, and Politics
26 minutes Posted Aug 29, 2015 at 7:00 am.
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How food, identity, religion, and politics are changing the way India eats. Anu Anand visits Mumbai’s biggest slaughterhouse to assess the economic impact of a total ban on beef and explores the right of an individual to choose what they eat in the world's largest democracy. Plus, we visit a holy town that is seeking to become fully vegetarian, leaving some of its residents feeling unwelcome.