Noble Soul - Abdul Kalam , Passed Away

Abdul Kalam was a great leader. When he was giving a speech - Creating a Livable Planet Earth, in a Indian university, he passed away.

Abdul Kalam was a noble soul.  He was a great scientist and also a wonderful poet. Kalam never married, he devoted his life for the development of India. Millions of Indians are inspired to work hard because of Abdul Kalam. Abdul Kalam played a key role in India's Space Program.

Abdul Kalam was a muslim, but he ate simple vegetarian food.  I feel Abdul Kalam would have became a vegan if he had come to know about the cruel conditions of cows in India and across the world...

Here are some interesting  articles and videos of Abdul Kalam,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laGZaS4sdeU
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/abdul-kalam-was-a-simple-man-with-a-great-soul-uttarakhand-governor-k-k-paul/articleshow/48254548.cms

http://officialkalam.blogspot.com/

Plant-based Diet is Healthy Diet

Dr.Sujata Kelkar Shetty,  a popular Life Coach and Wellness Consultant says that eating plant-based is good for our health and environment.

I recently read a wonderful article, Go Vegetarian , written by Dr Sujata Kelkar Shetty.

http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/zu3gQ16odk9eurDah1JOIK/Go-vegetarian.html

Homemade Vegan Ice Cream

For me, Summer means ice creams! In United States, July is National Ice cream month. I often buy vegan ice cream from Trader Joes or Whole Foods.

Today, I saw some interesting recipes for vegan ice creams. If you like ice creams, you will like these links...

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-recipe/summery-ice-creams/

http://veganicecream.blogspot.com/

http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-vegan-ice-cream-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-204755

http://www.godairyfree.org/recipes/vegan-grain-free-ice-cream-sandwiches

Dairy Farms Create Air-Pollution

Years ago, when we were traveling from Seattle to Vancouver, I got severe head-ache as the air around Surrey(near Vancouver) was suffocating. We came across a couple of dairy farms, and I then realized that the horrible smell was from the near-by dairy farms...

I read a thought-provoking article - How Growth in Dairy Is Affecting The Environment .

Please read the article,
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/04/business/energy-environment/how-growth-in-dairy-is-affecting-the-environment.html?_r=0