{"id":9687,"date":"2010-10-26T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2010\/10\/26\/a-more-compassionate-culture-2\/"},"modified":"2010-10-26T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-26T12:00:00","slug":"a-more-compassionate-culture-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2010\/10\/26\/a-more-compassionate-culture-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A More Compassionate Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/life-style\/fashion\/trends\/And-now-Vaute-Couture\/articleshow\/6759307.cms\">timesofindia.indiatimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEWDELHI, INDIA, October 17, 2010: Silk, pearls, shoes and bone china &#8212; some of the most luxurious choices we make are cruelest to animals. Indian designers at the top are shockingly unaware of a movement that has its genesis in India and is all set to sweep the world! An unlikely trend is elbowing its way into the luxury market. It&#8217;s not silk-lined, wool-edged or leather-strapped. Neither is it limited or special edition. It&#8217;s the rise of ethical choices in the field of personal wear and lifestyle. Compassion is back in business.<\/p>\n<p>If an animal was harmed to make a material, then that fabric is off limits. Ethical pin-ups are saying &#8216;no&#8217; to silk, wool, leather, pearls and even bone china crockery. From vegan belts to shoes; from Ahimsa silk kurtas to eco-friendly pottery, a slow movement is on the rise that&#8217;s being defined as making cruelty-free, kinder lifestyle choices. And once again, though the concept originated in India, it is the West that is ushering in a wave of compassionate consumerism. Even as select people in India consciously go for non-violent choices in personal wear as well as lifestyle objects, it is in markets outside the country that vegan personal products are creating a wave.<\/p>\n<p>For Hinduism Today&#8217;s article on Ahimsa Silk, click https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/modules\/smartsection\/item.php?itemid=5057 .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEWDELHI, INDIA, October 17, 2010: Silk, pearls, shoes and bone china &#8212; some of the most luxurious choices,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}