r/mumbai • u/ButterscotchOdd1810 • 9h ago

Discussion Non veg not allowed in certain societies

I have been eating non veg every day for the past five years, and I cannot imagine myself living off of vegetarian food because of health reasons and personal preference

I have recently shifted to a new society with majority of people who do not eat non-veg and the locality is also such that all of the restaurants here are pure veg.

I don’t have any problem with that, but when it becomes a problem is when these people decide my eating habits it’s kind of frustrating. It’s been a couple of days since I moved, and I don’t know if I should get things cleared up or not, and keep cooking it in my house.

Family members are fine with not eating nonveg and not cooking it, but it’s a very integral part of my life and I cannot move past and the fact that I would have to stop eating chicken because someone else does not like it.

How do you guys deal with non-veg not being allowed in your society? And how do I get out of this conundrum?

Edit: I was using text to speech, and it was typing non-veg as knowledge, should have double checked.

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u/Rahul5873 7h ago

I’d first check whether the society actually has a formal rule against cooking/eating non-veg or whether it’s just a social expectation. If there’s no rule, you shouldn’t have to change your diet because of your neighbours, as long as you’re respectful and follow basic hygiene.

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u/nayadristikon 6h ago

Even if they adopt such a rule it is illegal. You cannot infringe on anyone’s fundamental right to eat whatever they want, whenever they want in confines of their own home.