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There's a demon in my head that I have to set to rest , one way or the other . The Hilsa , my favourite food , migrates upstream from the salt-water estuaries during the breeding season . This is a fatal move , for the fresh water upstream imparts the perfect balance of sweet and saline to the Hilsa roe . The taste of Hilsa roe is a connoisseur's delight and every consignment of potential baby Hilsas is eagerly devoured .

The wrong with eating animals has to be the principle .  What gives us humans the right to use our power to kill those weaker than ourselves ? If we give ourselves the licence to kill , we must do so with consciousness , ceremony and respect , and right the wrong of practice . Michael Pollan gives us a nightmarish glimpse of what capitalism is capable of in the absence of any moral or regulatory constraint whatsoever . The law of natural selection decrees that the big fish eat the little fish and only the fittest survive . Michael Pollan tries to ensure that this process becomes as humane as it can possibly be .