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I haven't seen the full article, so I may be off base here: Perhaps,
but I think that among a lot of people, the economics of meat simply
didn't work out, and there was far too much social pressure against
meat-eating. Meat's not a cheap substance if you don't have hidden
subsidies like we do in the US.
>How is it, then, that:
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>1) McDonald's in India does a brisk business in mutton burgers?
The current "Hindu revivalist" thought is that no good Hindu eats
meat, or at least that's what the self-appointed spokesmen are saying
here in the US - not sure whether they're veg or not in India, but
it's a simple way of preying on the difference between Hindus and
beef-eating Muslims, for example.
I saw a poster for a picnic the local Hindu branch of said
organization had, and it said something to the effect of "bring your
own vegetarian lunch." What's funny is that the swami that this group
promotes (and was being honored on that day) used to have a little
nibble on the old ham sandwich every now and then, so were he alive
today, would he have been allowed to attend the picnic?
Meat's not exactly unknown in India, and eggs are everywhere. The
only time anyone gets in trouble for it is
a) if they offend someone a lot - there was a vendor who called his
eggs "Ram ladoos" or something to that effect, which was a bad idea
b) if it's a foreign company selling it - note that KFC and McDonalds
received so much opposition, but there was clearly a market there.
I might be wrong on point (b) and it might be that the influence of
this powerful multinational was so strong that all these devout
vegetarian Hindus suddenly got corrupted and started eating meat, but
I somehow doubt that.
>2) Every Indian restaurant I have patronized in the U.S.A. serves meat?
Here in Houston, there are now quite a few vegetarian Indian
restaurants - there finally became enough of a population where it
became economically viable for them.
Things were probably a lot different in India a few thousand years
ago. However, meat eating, especially in the cities, isn't exactly
a new phenomenon...
-Vivek
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