Nyika inoziva Mohandas Gandhi semutungamiri wevanhu veIndia, murwiri wekururamisira, murume mukuru akasunungura India kubva kumaBritish colonialists kuburikidza nerunyararo nekusaita mhirizhonga. Pasina pfungwa yekururamisira uye kusaita mhirizhonga, Gandhi angadai angove mumwe mutsigiri, mutsigiri wenyika munyika yainetseka kuwana rusununguko.
Akaenda kwaari nhanho nhanho, uye imwe yematanho aya yaive yezvinomera, iyo yaakatevera nekuda kwekutenda uye maonero etsika, uye kwete kubva kutsika dzakasimbiswa. Vegetarianism ine midzi muIndia tsika nechitendero, sechikamu chedzidziso yeAhimsa, iyo inodzidziswa neVedas, uye iyo Gandhi akazotora sehwaro hwenzira yake. "Ahimsa" mutsika dzeVedic zvinoreva "kusavapo kweruvengo kune chero rudzi rwezvisikwa zvipenyu mune zvese zvinogoneka zvinoratidzwa, izvo zvinofanirwa kunge zviri chishuwo chinodiwa chevose vanotsvaga." Mitemo yaManu, chimwe chezvinyorwa zvinoyera zvechiHindu, inoti “Nyama haigoni kuwanwa pasina kuuraya munhu mupenyu, uye nemhaka yokuti kuuraya kunopesana nenheyo dzeAhimsa, kunofanira kusiiwa.”
Achitsanangura nezvemuriwo muIndia kushamwari dzake dzeBritish dzemuriwo, Gandhi akati:
Vamwe maIndia vaida kusiya tsika dzekare uye kuunza nyama-kudya mutsika, nekuti vaitenda kuti tsika dzaisatendera vanhu veIndia kuti vakure uye vakunde maBritish. Shamwari yaGandhi yehuduku, , aidavira musimba rekudya nyama. Akaudza mudiki Gandhi: Mehtab akatiwo kudya nyama kwaizorapa Gandhi mamwe matambudziko ake, sekutya rima zvisina musoro.
Zvakakosha kucherechedza kuti muenzaniso wemunun'una waGandhi (aidya nyama) naMehtab wakaratidza kuva unomugutsa, uye kwenguva yakati. Sarudzo iyi yakakonzerwawo nemuenzaniso weKshatriya caste, varwi vaigara vachidya nyama uye zvaitendwa kuti kudya kwavo ndicho chikonzero chikuru chesimba uye kutsungirira. Mushure mechinguva achidya ndiro dzenyama muchivande kubva kuvabereki vake, Gandhi akazvibata achifarira nyama ndiro. Nekudaro, ichi chaive chisiri chiitiko chakanakisa chemudiki Gandhi, asi chidzidzo. Aiziva kuti pese paaidya nyama kunyanya mai vake vaivhundutswa nemukoma Gandhi aidya nyama. Mutungamiriri weramangwana akaita sarudzo achifarira kusiya nyama. Nokudaro, Gandhi akaita sarudzo yake yekutevera kudya kwezvinomera zvichibva kwete patsika nemafungiro ezvekudya zvirimwa pase, asi, chekutanga, zvichienda mberi. Gandhi, maererano nemashoko ake pachake, akanga asiri mudyari wechokwadi.
yakava simba rekufambisa rakatungamira Gandhi kune vegetarianism. Akacherechedza nokuyemura mararamiro aamai vake, avo vakaratidza kuzvipira kuna Mwari nokutsanya (kutsanya). Kutsanya ndiko kwaiva hwaro hweupenyu hwake hwechitendero. Aigarochengeta kunyange kutsanya kwakaoma kupfuura kunodiwa nezvitendero netsika. Kutenda kuna amai vake, Gandhi akaziva kusimba kwehunhu, kusakanganiswa uye kushomeka kwekutsamira pakuravira mafaro izvo zvinogona kuwanikwa kuburikidza nekudya miriwo nekutsanya.
Gandhi aida nyama nokuti aifunga kuti yaizopa simba uye simba rekuzvisunungura kubva kuBritish. Zvisinei, nekusarudza vegetarianism, akawana imwe sosi yesimba - izvo zvakakonzera kuparara kweBritish colonization. Mushure mematanho ekutanga ekukunda kwetsika, akatanga kudzidza chiKristu, chiHindu uye nezvimwe zvitendero zvenyika. Nenguva isipi, akasvika pamhedziso: . Kuramba mafaro kwakava chinangwa chake chikuru uye mavambo eSatyagraha. Vegetarianism ndiyo yakakonzera simba idzva iri, sezvo raimiririra kuzvidzora.