About a year and a half ago, while having arguments with a vegan friend and trying to defend my precious dairy products on a road trip, I accidentally learned about the ill doings of the dairy industry in India.

I ignored it, thinking it could not be true. More than that, I did not want to focus on it, because how could I ever get rid of cheese from my diet? But one day, after having an intense discussion with her, and wanting to prove her wrong, I started watching a YouTube documentary she had asked me to watch.

I was shocked. I felt like Jim Carrey in the movie The Truman Show. It felt like I was part of a huge show and was constantly being fed lies by big corporations so they could keep printing more and more money. I felt numb. Being a Jain, I always tried to save every tiny living organism as much as I could, and here I was directly supporting an industry that was slaughtering crores of animals every year.

So I started digging deep. I watched hundreds of videos, so many documentaries and podcasts, attended conferences, and even read a few books on the topic. I had so many amazing conversations with Jain Maharaj sahebs and amazing vegan athletes like Kuntal Joisher . I also found a lot of inspiration from @sustainableteawithshreya ,who is on a similar mission. All of this really helped me open my eyes.

After learning all this, I felt an intense desire to tell everyone what I had discovered over the last year. So I started working on creating a book. And after four months of playing with drafts, and four sleepless days and nights of constant work, here it is.

I urge you to read this book with an open mind so that you can become aware and make conscious decisions.

This book, although written from a Jain philosophical point of view, is not limited to Jains. Anyone who consumes dairy thinking it is harmless should read it to find out the truth.