Vegan India!: Vegan Resources

Vegan Resources

As more and more Earth people choose to live out their vegan destinies, the internet space abounds with information about vegan-related matters! We have made a compilation of some resources from the large repertoire available on the internet. Each of the links given here further link up to hundreds of other pro-vegan/vegetarian sites! Do feel free to contact us if you wish to share the links of your favorite vegan friendly website or blog through this page.

~Definitions and FAQs~

# What does being vegan mean?
A comprehensive definition from Vegan Means

# What is a vegan lifestyle?
Get an overview from Animal Rights Concerns

# Why do people become vegan?

Ten big reasons to go vegan from The Vegan Wolf

# Vegan FAQs
Everything you wanted to know about vegans and have probably asked

~Vegan Discussion and Support Groups in India (on Facebook)~

# All India

# In Ahmedabad

# In Bangalore

# In Chennai

# In Hyderabad

# In Mumbai

# In National Capital Region

# In Pune

~Academic Resources~

# Vegatopia
A website by sociologists dedicated to vegan research

~Region-specific and, Global Vegan & Vegetarian Guides~

# Happy Cow

A compassionate eating guide, browse the site's global directory for vegan and vegetarian restaurants

# London Vegan
Social group for vegans in the London area

# Mumbai Vegans
A blog for and by vegans in Mumbai containing vegan-related happenings in Mumbai!

# New Zealand Vegetarian Society
A website for vegetarian and vegan nutritional information, food ideas, and events in New Zealand

# Saadi Dilli de Vegans
Vegans in Delhi!

# Shanghai Veggie Club

# Seattle Vegan
Vegan options and resources available in Seattle

# Super Vegan
A super guide for vegans in New York

# The Vegetarian/Vegan Society of Queensland!
Contains a database for vegan/vegetarian shopping in Australia

# Toronto Vegetarian Association
Database of vegetarian options available in Toronto and around

# Vegan Bengaluru
A blog containing vegan-related happenings in Bangalore and much more!

# Vegan Boston
A great compilation of vegan options available in Boston

# Vegan Chat Room

A compilation of vegan resources from across the world

# Vegan Chicago
A Chicago vegan guide

# Vegan Essentials
An online cruelty-free store in Wisconsin

# Vegan in Bellingham

# Vegan London
A great site that gives sense of how easy it is to live vegan in London!

# Vegan Parents Australia
An organization dedicated to bringing together and supporting vegan families by facilitating events and providing guidance, support, and information

# Vegan Paris
Chronicles of a vegan in Paris

# Vegan Pennsylvania
Database of vegan restaurants, groceries, and organizations in Pennsylvania

# Vegan Restaurant
A dining guide for Canadian vegans

# Vegan SA
A South African vegan directory

# Vegansaurus!
Vegan eating/living guide in the San Francisco Bay Area

# Vegetarian Network Victoria
Vegetarian and vegan options available in Australia

# Viva Granola
Cruelty-free shopping in Canada

~Doctors Speak!~

# Disease Proof
The official blog of Dr. Joel Fuhrman, MD promoting a vegetable-based diet for optimal health and disease prevention

# Dr. McDougall's Health and Medical Center
The website of physician and nutrition expert Dr. John A. McDougall, MD advocating a healthy vegetarian diet for disease prevention

# Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)
An organization founded by physicians that promotes preventive medicine, conducts clinical research, and demonstrates how a vegan way of life is a healthy and ethical choice to make... how this choice makes the human body disease-free - both physically and psychologically! Contains an incredible number of clinically proven information on everything you'd like to know and understand about vegan and health... how animal ingredients are major contributors to health emergencies in the world such as type 2 diabetes, heart diseases, high blood pressure, certain forms of cancer, kidney ailments, constipation, digestive problems, calcium losses from the body, osteoporosis, arthritis, gout, and many others! And what's more, PCRM also guides you in a step-by-step manner on how to take charge of your health by following a vegan diet and how to sustain it.

# Sanctuary for Health and Reconnection to Animals and Nature (SHARAN)
A website based on the preventive medicine philosophy of Dr. Nandita Shah, an Indian doctor widely known for her work of spreading holistic health awareness through an organic vegan diet. Visit the SHARAN website and learn about a doctor's view on what it means to be vegan, learn some wonderful vegan recipes suiting Indian taste buds, check where SHARAN's workshops and seminars are taking place in the country, borrow books on nutrition and health from the impressive collection, and many more! Also, not to miss, get answers to your commonly asked questions such as - where do I get my calcium/protein/iron from? Etc.!

# T. Colin Campbell Foundation
A website inspired by Dr. T Colin Campbell, MD advocating a fresh and locally produced plant-based diet for optimal health and well-being

# The Cancer Project
A project of PCRM that aims at cancer prevention through a nutritious vegan diet. A storehouse of information on the links between diet and cancer.

~Other Vegan/Vegetarian Advocacy Groups~
Most contain outreach materials can can be downloaded and used for campaigns

# Animal Emancipation

Animal rights, veganism, and animal solidarity

# Animal Equality

An international organization for the abolition of animal slavery

# Animal Rights Fund
Works to develop a "humane and civilized society where man, animals, and other living beings coexist peacefully"

# Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach
A site that "regards veganism as the moral baseline of the animal rights position"

# Beauty Without Cruelty - India
Advocacy against cruel fashion

# Compassionate Cooks

A website that does not stop to impress and inspire, a team that leads by example!

# EarthSave
Education on the powerful effects of our food choices on all life forms on Earth, including our very own!

# Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM)

An organization promoting plant-based diets to save the planet and all its inhabitants!

# Farm Sanctuary
An organization involved in extensive advocacy about the plight of farm animals, rescue and rehabilitation of farm animals, and education for adopting compassionate lifestyles

# Fur Is Dead
A campaign against fur

# Gentle World
For the vegan in everyone

# Herbivore
Educating on vegan lifestyle

# Indian Vegan
An informative site for practicing vegans in India

# Indian Vegan Society
Promoting healthy, happy, kind, compassionate, and a cruelty-free lifestyle

# International Vegetarian Union
A network of organizations promoting vegetarianism and veganism worldwide

# Kentucky Fried Cruelty
A campaign against KFC cruelty

# Kranti

An Indian advocacy group with the vision, "to dispel speciesism by providing equal rights to all life forms that posses a central nervous system no matter how primitive"

# Living Opposed to Violence and Exploitation (L.O.V.E.)
Described as "an anti oppression collective that promotes veganism as an effective way to eliminate speciesist oppression"

# Meat-fee Zone
A campaign for a meat-free world!

# People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
The largest animal rights organization in the world that has many, many notes on cruelty-free living. You only need to explore the site to find out!

# The Christian Vegetarian Association
An organization to support and encourage Christian vegetarians all around in the world

# The Ethical Vegetarian
A website for those who choose to be vegans/vegetarians because it is the ethically correct thing to do

# Vegan Organic Network
Supporting stock-free organic growing - green, clean and cruelty free

# Vegan Outreach
A site containing vegan advocacy materials

# World Vegetarian And Vegan News

~Great Vegan/Vegetarian Recipe & Business Blogs/Websites~

Inspiration for everyday and exotic vegan cooking from these lovely vegan/vegetarian authors interspersed with their views, and stories of their tribulations and triumphs!

# Ahimsa

# A Vegan Icecream Paradise

# Choosing Raw

# Compassionate Cooks

# Fatfree Vegan Recipes

# Gluten-free Vegan

# Go Dairy Free

# Happy Herbivore

# Hell Yeah It's Vegan!

# Holy Cow! Recipes From A Vegan Kitchen

# Sattvic Food

# Shambhu's

# SHARAN's Vegan Recipes

# That Vegan Blog

# The Green Stove

# The Healthy Vegan

# The Spiritual Vegan - An online recipe book

# The Vegan Stoner

# Tongue Ticklers

# Urban Vegan

# Vegan Baking

# Vegan On The Prowl

# Veganwiz

# WayFare

# What the hell does a vegan eat anyway

~Inspirational/Interesting Vegan/Animal Rights Blogs and Websites~

# Animal Rights & AntiOppression

# Animal Rights India

# Be Veg! Go Green! Save Our Planet

# LOVE

# My Face Is on Fire

# Raw Inspirations

# Soul Veggie

# The Mercy for Animals (MFA) Blog

# The Peaceful Planet

# The Traveling Vegetarian

# The Vegan Ideal

# The Vegan Solution

# To Happy Vegans

# Unpopular Vegan Essays

# Vegan Backpacker

# Vegan Buddhist

# Vegan Etsy

# Vegan FAQs

# Vegan Filmmaker

# Vegans For Peace

# Veganism: A Truth Whose Time has come

# Vegan Sanctuary

# Vegan Score

# Vegan Soapbox

# Vegan Vampire

# Vegan Mainstream

# VegBlogger

# World Vegetarian and Vegan News

~Some Good Reads~
You can purchase a lot of the books mentioned below from Flipkart, and Indian book store at your door, or borrow these and other books available at the SHARAN library

# Death by Prescription

# Diet for a New America

# Eat Right, Live Longer

# Green for Life

# Healthy Eating for Life to Prevent and Treat Cancer

# Healthy Eating for Life to Prevent and Treat Diabetes

# In the Beginning, God Said: Eat Raw Food

# Mad Cowboy

# Milk, a Silent Killer

# Quantum Wellness: A Practical and Spiritual Guide to Health and Happiness

# Spiritual Nutrition: Six Foundations for Spiritual Life and Awakening of Kundalini

# The China Study

# The Food Revolution: How your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and the World

# Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating

# World Peace Diet: Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony

~Vegan Radio/Television~

# Go Vegan Radio

# Raw Vegan Radio

# Supreme Master Television

# The Vegan Police

# VeganFreak Radio

# Veganica

# VeggieVision

# Veg TV

~Films~
In our last section, we list three must see films. These films help to understand the paradigms we are used to following without realizing how our choices impact other inhabitants of Planet Earth.

# Earthlings
Read a review of the film here. Also, click here to watch the film online and to find out about the numerous awards that Earthlings has received.

# Eating

'Eating' is sure to change your life in many ways. Through the film you can meet survivors who literally arose from their deathbeds and have been healthy ever since they adopted a low fat Vegan diet. While the first part of the film focuses on the health reasons to switch to a plant-based diet, the second part elaborates on the environmental and ethical reasons to switch to the same.

# Food Inc.
Read a review of the film here and watch a trailer by clicking here

# Meet Your Meat
Read about the film here and watch it by clicking here