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Published: May 5, 2022, 4 p.m.

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Synopsis: The Straits Times\' foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar chats with ST\\u2019s correspondents in the Asia-Pacific, the US and Europe every month.

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They\\xa0talk\\xa0about life as it goes on, amid the screaming headlines and bubbling crises.

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In this episode, she chats with ST\'s India correspondent Debarshi Dasgupta.\\xa0

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In December 2021, passengers boarded the Shri Ramayana Express, a special train that covers pilgrimage destinations associated with Hindu god Lord Ram over 17 nights. They were on what was billed as the "world\'s first train" to get a vegetarian certification. Everything served to them during the journey was vegetarian, so the pilgrims had nothing to fret about when it came to food.

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Highlights (click/tap above):

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01:20 World\\u2019s first vegetarian-certified food served on train in India; about the vegetarian food safety regulator Sattvik Council of India, a private initiative of entrepreneur Abhishek Biswas

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04:21 Sattvik council - the meaning behind Sattvik and its diet

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06:52 Demand for certified vegetarian food in India and also, around the world

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14:26 Common misconception that majority of Indian population are vegetarians

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16:11 When choice of being a vegetarian becomes a political issue

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Produced by: Bhagyashree Garekar (bhagya@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Hadyu Rahim and Fa\'izah Sani

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Edited by: Hadyu Rahim & Fa\'izah Sani

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