Gandhi, Bernard Shaw and Vegetarianism
Shaw (1856-1950), Gandhi (1869-1948) and Vegetarianism Dr. P. S. Sri “Animals are my friends . . . and I don’t eat my friends.” “While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered beasts, how can we expect any ideal conditions on this earth?” --- G . Bernard Shaw “To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being. I should be unwilling to take the life of a lamb for the sake of the human body.” “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” --- Mahatma Gandhi - George Bernard Shaw and Mahatma Gandhi were, without doubt, two of the most outstanding personalities of the 20th century. While Shaw’s genius and wit shone in the dramatic presentation