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Maneka Gandhi, Minister for Women and Child, Government of India speaks about being vegetarian. She says, "I am Maneka Gandhi. I am the Minister for women and child in the Government of India. I am also the chairperson of people for animals which is the largest animal welfare group in the world and all our members have to be vegetarian. We run 36 animal shelters. The first step would be to become vegetarian and to make as many people vegetarian or vegan as possible that is the single solution to animal cruelty because if we stop eating animals then our eyes also open towards the other ways we use them. For instance using feathers for cosmetics turning them into leathers for shoes, using animal fat in sweets. All this comes out of the single basic slaughterhouse unit which provides meat to