Ex-Iceland President recalls serving all-vegetarian meal to APJ Abdul Kalam amid BRICS dinner row

Former Iceland President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson recalled serving an all-vegetarian state dinner for then-President APJ Abdul Kalam during his 2005 visit, amid a row over the vegetarian menu at BRICS gala in Delhi. "I also offered an all-vegetarian menu," Grimsson wrote on X, adding it was 20 years ago "in Iceland where it is not easy to be vegetarian."