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Bay Area Hindu Man Accidentally Served Meat Aboard Flight
CBS SF Bay Area ^ | February 5, 2013

Posted on 02/10/2013 2:14:39 PM PST by nickcarraway

A Bay Area Hindu man’s life has been dramatically altered after accidentally being served a sandwich containing meat on an airplane.

The tenets of Anshu Kumar’s religion require a strict vegetarian diet, and Kumar had never eaten meat.

Before traveling on Asiana Airlines, Kumar confirmed via email that his in-flight meals would be meat-free, and once on board, a flight attendant assured him again he would receive a vegetarian meal.

But, a few bites in, Kumar noticed an unfamiliar taste, and what he thought might be potato turned out to be meat.

Eating meat, even accidentally, is considered a sin for devout Hindus.

“When someone of that background does accidentally eat meat, there’s a sense of deep revulsion, agony I would say,” said professor Vijaya Nagarajan, a religious studies expert from the University of San Francisco.

Kumar says he is now forbidden to touch the altar where he prays daily for forgiveness, and he must also travel back to India to perform penance.

He said he is also is no longer allowed to eat with his family.

“For the person who served the meat, it is of little consequence, but for the person who accidentally ate it for the very first time in their entire life, and for how many generations, it’s like a break in the fabric of their community,” Nagarajan said.

Kumar is asking the airline to label its food.


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1 posted on 02/10/2013 2:14:50 PM PST by nickcarraway
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You know, just posted on a thread about a bacon festival http://www.bbqaddicts.com/bacon-explosion Do you think he`d like a consolation gift?
2 posted on 02/10/2013 2:18:21 PM PST by nomad
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“For the person who served the meat, it is of little consequence, but for the person who accidentally ate it for the very first time in their entire life, and for how many generations, it’s like a break in the fabric of their community,” Nagarajan said.

Consider it an opportunity to get closer to your ancestors. Literally.

3 posted on 02/10/2013 2:18:21 PM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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If he's THAT worried about being served meat, why didn't he bring his own food?

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4 posted on 02/10/2013 2:19:33 PM PST by Celtic Conservative
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Why didn’t he just jump off the plane when he discovered this?


5 posted on 02/10/2013 2:20:00 PM PST by PapaNew
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To have lived without having a BLT or a cheeseburger would really SUCK!! Forgot a pepperoni pizza too.


6 posted on 02/10/2013 2:22:16 PM PST by golf lover (goingf)
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A Bay Area Hindu man’s life has been dramatically altered after accidentally being served a sandwich containing meat on an airplane.

How important and newsworthy. I ate fried puffball slices for the first time in my life a couple of years ago. It really changed my whole life < /sarcasm>

7 posted on 02/10/2013 2:23:01 PM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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Pilot to stewardess: “Is that whine coming from the engines?”


8 posted on 02/10/2013 2:23:16 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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I'll bet even Kumar couldn't resist this...


9 posted on 02/10/2013 2:26:25 PM PST by ErnBatavia (Piffle....)
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“For the person who served the meat, it is of little consequence, but for the person who accidentally ate it for the very first time in their entire life, and for how many generations, it’s like a break in the fabric of their community,”

Y'know ... how about we Americans that have eaten absolute freedom most of our lives, being fed tyranny ON PURPOSE ?

Can WE get the sympathy (and I'll BET a chunk of money) from a sympathetic entity that fed it to us ?

The world is mad and we Americans will die off or be killed, or rise up against the enemy.

10 posted on 02/10/2013 2:26:45 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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“If he’s THAT worried about being served meat, why didn’t he bring his own food? “

Or simply check the sandwich. Of course, that precludes any lawsuit.


12 posted on 02/10/2013 2:31:14 PM PST by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
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Can’t be too trusting.

Just because people can put a plane in the air, doesn’t mean they know what they’re doing.


13 posted on 02/10/2013 2:32:28 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (If you want to ring the bell - you got to swing the hammer hard!)
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Whoa, that’s harsh! Going to Hell at 30,000 feet! Gives new meaning to “Mile High Club.”


14 posted on 02/10/2013 2:34:18 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
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Suck it up and move on. Take whatever time you need to grieve. Now, move on. Stuff happens.


15 posted on 02/10/2013 2:36:31 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (Gone rogue, gone Galt, gone international, gone independent. Gone.)
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Is he on his way to Disneyland to see if Donald Duck will hug him with an equal quantity and quality of hugs as oher racially classified park patrons?


16 posted on 02/10/2013 2:37:29 PM PST by fattigermaster (When tigers hunt, the jackals profit...when tigers sleep, the jackals rule.)
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I love being a Christian.


17 posted on 02/10/2013 2:39:23 PM PST by AppyPappy (You never see a massacre at a gun show.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

I guess you would say the same about Obama. Just suck it up and move on.


18 posted on 02/10/2013 2:40:22 PM PST by nickcarraway
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Act 10:10 Then he became very hungry and wanted to eat; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance
Act 10:11 and saw heaven opened and an object like a great sheet bound at the four corners, descending to him and let down to the earth.
Act 10:12 In it were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and birds of the air.
Act 10:13 And a voice came to him, “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.”
Act 10:14 But Peter said, “Not so, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.”
Act 10:15 And a voice spoke to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed you must not call common.”


19 posted on 02/10/2013 2:40:43 PM PST by ChoobacKY
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People in India starving to death and he is freaking about some food.


20 posted on 02/10/2013 2:40:44 PM PST by AppyPappy (You never see a massacre at a gun show.)
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