By Murtaza Ali Khan

NEW YORK (TIP): New York Emmy Award-nominated filmmaker Tirlok Malik, the creator of Ayurveda Cafe in Manhattan, New York and a Happy Life Yoga speaker, is a guest speaker at the 2021 Vegan Spring Fest. The 14th annual event is scheduled to take place on April 11, 2021. Vegan Spring Fest (formerly known as Veggie Pride Parade) is a free annual event that brings the vegan and veg-curious community together to celebrate a healthy lifestyle. The event will be held at Union Square Park in Manhattan from 12 Noon to 4 PM. At the event, Malik will be speaking about the health advantages of living on a vegetarian/vegan diet. Malik being a vegetarian himself promotes Ayurveda and believes that being a vegetarian, living on a diet made from plant foods, is a better choice to stay healthy. Malik has been a regular speaker at the event for the last 10 years and has been sharing the wisdom of Ayurveda as well the benefits of eating the right vegetarian food for one’s body. Malik’s sessions are informative as well as highly entertaining as he is able to fully engage with his audience utilizing his communication skills that he has developed over the years as a trained actor on stage as well as in the movies. The vegan activist and author of “101 Reasons I’m a Vegetarian”, Pamela Rice started this event, formerly called Veggie Pride Parade, 14 years ago. This year the name had to be changed because there is no parade happening due to Covid-19 and so the organizers didn’t want the word “parade” in the name to confuse people. Pamela will be speaking this year in detail about the government’s role in the oppression of animals. This year the event is organized by Maggie Sargent. Tirlok Malik is also a member of World Vegan Vision (https://worldveganvision.org/), which a non-profit Indian association founded by H.K. Shah and Avinash Kachy, Nitin Vyas as Board of Directors.  It is committed to increasing public awareness about main aspects of veganism. World Vegan Vison endeavors to promote, encourage and inspire people to become vegan or vegetarian and provide educational information on the benefits of a plant based vegan or vegetarian lifestyle while simultaneously promoting Animal Welfare and Environmental Conservation. Malik is happy to promote Ayurveda for Health along with all the New Yorkers present at the Vegan Spring Fest 2021.

(The author is an Indian Film & TV Critic / Journalist who has been covering the world of entertainment for over 10 years. He can be reached at: murtaza@apotpourriofvestiges.com. His video essays / commentaries can be watched on his YouTube Channel at: https://www.youtube.com/c/MurtazaAliKhan88).