Egg-free school meals scramble politics in India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party often promotes vegetarianism as a part of its nationalist agenda, although most Indian Hindus eat meat and fish.

Egg-free school meals introduced by BJP govt scramble politics in India's West Bengal

Teacher Raja Dey fears attendance might drop now that government-run schools have stopped serving eggs for lunch in his eastern Indian state, a dietary change that has stirred a political storm. The humble egg, a popular food in West Bengal, was taken off the menu after the state’s recently elected Hindu nationalist government said a religious charity will provide free, vegetarian cooked meals in state-run schools. The new arrangement has rekindled a long-running debate over food, faith and n...

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