A very pleasant character and was a real pleasure to meet Arvind. Thank you
July 2022
Hey, I’m Arvind!
Vegan · Los Angeles · Joined in June 2022
I am an ethical vegan for both human and non-human animals! When not teaching, I support animal rights groups. I serve as a volunteer for and advisor to an animal rights and vegan charity in Uganda called Podrska (https://podrskafoundation.org/). I also support my partner and fellow vegan Dharmada's vegan database (https://veganparadise.org/). Professionally, I received my PhD in English Medieval Studies at Fordham University (in New York) and then taught English for two years at Yale University (New Haven) and then moved to the University of California at Los Angeles ( UCLA) where I am an associate professor teaching and writing on medieval literature. I am quiet but social. When not writing and researching, I cook and share vegan food with friends and strangers, run and live with my partner Dharmada in Los Angeles and volunteer for sanctuaries and causes related to animal rights. Most recently, I have been learning about veganic gardening from two Vegvisits hosts...
My Lifestyle
Ethical vegan and medievalist writer and teacher. I am an Associate Professor of English at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). I earned my PhD from Fordham University (New York) and taught at Yale University before joining UCLA. A long-time advocate for non-human animals, I served as a board member for the Kindred Spirits Care Farm for about a year and a half before resigning for academic reasons. I teach an undergraduate course called "The Silence of the Lamb" which focuses on animals as persons in law, literature and the sciences. I am currently undertaking two book projects (one on medieval hagiography and the other on self-defense) and also learning about medieval commentaries on the human-animal divide. I also serve as an advisor to the Uganda-based animal rights organization https://podrskafoundation.org/ and sponsor my partner Dharmada’s online vegan database called veganparadise.org.
Hobbies & Interests
Vegan advocacy, running, exercising, walking, reading, and writing!
Favourite Books, Music & Movies
Forks over knives, What the Health, Cowspiracy, The Game Changer
Languages Spoken
English, German, Hindi, and a bit of Latin
Education
Phd in English (Fordham University, New York)
Where I Work
University of California Los Angeles
Companion Animals
None so far but volunteered and even served as a board member at a farm sanctuary: https://www.kindredspiritscarefarm.org/
Favorite Quote
"The problem is that humans have victimized animals to such a degree that they are not even considered victims." -Gary Yourofsky.
Reviews (7)
It was an absolute pleasure to meet and host Arvind. He is polite, considerate, thoughtful, respectful, compassionate and inspiring. I really enjoyed our conversations and hearing about all his travels and experiences. I also enjoyed answering his thought-provoking questions about the farm and veganic methods. He is truly an ethical vegan and we all felt very much on the same wavelength. Arvind left Wilma, our showperson's wagon, immaculate and even stripped the bedding so I had very little cleaning to do once he had left. We were really sad to see Arvind leave! However, we are looking forward to welcoming him onto the farm again, showing him more of the local area and talking all things vegan and veganic - and to meeting his partner, Dharmada. I am also really looking forward to talking about our farm and lifestyle as part of one of Arvind's courses. Thank you Arvind - it was so lovely to meet you :) Jo, Terry, Rosa and Mog X
July 2022Arvind is an ideal guest. He is great at communicating, arrival times, etc. He is quiet and considerate. He leaves the space clean and tidy. And what's more he's a consummate conversationalist! He's welcome back any time.
August 2022
