Being Vegan in India

I wanted to try vegan diet for some days.
Today is my 55th day as Vegan.
I just wanted to try for a month and leave it. Strangely, I started liking it.

Difficulties:

Honestly speaking, I didn't face much difficulties in following this diet.
I had been following vegetarian diet for more  than 12 years.
Basically I am allergic to Milk smell.
The things I had to avoid was Curd, butter, Cheese and Ghee.
We can strike off Cheese and Butter, as I don't have any space for them in my day to day cooking. My family's way of cooking will not have Cheese and Butter for many generations.
So, Curd and Ghee were the main targets.
I told people that I don't like to have curd now. It was acceptable.
But when it comes to sweets made using Ghee, I had to explain that I am following Vegan.
Though I am not fond of sweets, colleagues in office will bring one or the other sweets and insist you to have them. I successfully avoided them.

How it helped me

Why I started liking this diet?
I could not eat any unhealthy or junk food items.
Sweets, Bakery snacks, Pizza and many items got off from my food list.
I felt very happy.
I got a good habit 'Mindful Eating'.
I found out that most of the south Indian foods are already 'Vegan'.
I started exploring traditional snacks and healthy food.
I just started avoiding animal products. Now for some days, I am not taking 'White Sugar' and 'White flour\Maida\All Purpose Flour'. This helps me to be fit and healthier even more.

I just started this diet without any intention. But now, I want to follow for some more days and explore this completely.

Let me see how it goes :-)

With Love,
Vaanadhi