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I was very happy and proud to be a part of the Vegan Music Festival.  Kudos to Shankar for making this happen so successfully.

The Sai Vishram Vegetarian Beach Resort, Byndoor, Karnataka is a beautiful place and Shankar could not have selected a better venue.  I could clearly see and comprehend the kind of single-handed prodigious effort that Shankar would have had to put in to organize everything. One of the most heart-warming aspects that day was that there were people of all religions, age groups and people even came from several places outside Byndoor – some as far as Udipi, Kollur and even Bangalore (a journey from Bangalore to Byndoor is “just” 12-14 hours by bus!).  Speaks volumes about Shankar’s single minded dedication in order to make the evening a success.

The evening vegan meal was delectable and I think on no account did anyone feel “deprived” in any way.  I also had the pleasure and satisfaction of being congratulated on my performance by a cross-section of people.  It was a great forum to meet wonderful people like Praveen and to meet Mr. and Mrs. Bhaskar Rao again.  The motto of the evening was summed up precisely by Shankar when he both began and ended his speech with, “Veganism is all about being happy!”

Amen to that!

Mohan Santharam