

I will say that I was never completely comfortable eating meat. I didn’t care to “fit in” in my choices of music and books or clothing yet it seemed okay to go with the flow when it came to more crucial choices like diet and even clothing-I wore my share of clunky leather boots and jackets during this time. More to the point, I think it just showed how weak-willed and ready to be tossed about on the waves of peer pressure I was. I can make any number of excuses, but the real reason is that my vegetarianism was simply a matter of habit, and even though I considered myself an animal lover, it was more of a sentimental thing, not something I’d thought through rationally as an adult. I can say that it was the usual process of dietary drift a lot of young Indians go through once they are exposed to a more diverse peer group in college I can say it was just the convenience of picking up a sheek kebab or shavarma roll after a night at the pub with my friends.

In my college years I started to eat meat. When did you decide to stop consuming and using animal products? What motivated this change in your lifestyle? I was fascinated to learn more about Jayaprakash’s experiences and his work…

Oh, and on top of all that, he runs an animal rescue organization and shelter, which means he lives with a big furry family. Jayaprakash, who lives in Bangalore, India, is more than just a vegan metalhead he is also the bassist for the band Djinn And Miskatonic, as well as a published writer of weird fiction in the vein of H. It is always exciting to meet another vegan metalhead (if you are a vegan metalhead like me at least). I cannot quite remember how I met Jayaprakash Satyamurthy in the realm of Facebook-Earth, but it was a quick experience of exponentially increasing excitement.
