Veganism is growing in popularity in India. Vegan food refers to food or food ingredients, including additives, flavorings, enzymes, carriers, and processing aids, that do not originate from animals and which, at no stage of production or processing, any ingredients of animal origin have been utilized. Charukesi Ramadurai highlights in the BBC article " Are Jains the original vegans? " that while the term "vegan" was introduced nearly 80 years ago by British animal rights advocate Donald Watson, veganism and initiatives like Veganuary have only recently gained significant popularity. However, the practice of avoiding meat as an act of kindness towards animals has been deeply rooted in many Eastern cultures for over two millennia. The Indian vegan food market was valued at $1,372.3m in 2022 and is expected to grow further. This could be partly because many Indian dishes are naturally vegan . For example, Sonal Ved, author of The Indian Vegan (the book took two y...