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Vivekananda misled the world, and India in particular, that Indians were weak because they were vegetarians. Indians are weak not because of vegetarianism, but because of poverty forced upon them by a thousand years of Muslim and European rule. Besides, because of slavery , they could not concentrate on physical fitness. All their energies were spent in serving the alien masters. We can now produce a strong Nation if we concentrate on native sports like kabaddi, kOkO, swimming in canals and rivers. Vivekananda also made a false argument in a letter, that Hindus were spiritual because vegetarian food caused digestive problems (his belief) and that they were thinking of death as habit, owing to the bad effects of vegetarianism. Copies of these letters are available on the internet, in the Official websites of his organisations which placed his Complete Works on the Internet. Vivekananda was very fond of chicken. This you can see from his biography written by his own disciple. The funniest thing is, in spite of so much eating, Vivekananda suffered from numerous diseases and had an early death at just 39. Those Indians who follow vegetarianism can be proud of their compassionate nature and clean habits. We need not feel shy to present our picture correctly, when non-vegetarians challenge.