Where it's forbidden to serve meat
Long known as one of the world's holiest cities, India's spiritual capital is now luring culinary pilgrims as it transforms into a vegetarian paradise.
www.bbc.com
if this is true then this is great.Where it's forbidden to serve meat
Long known as one of the world's holiest cities, India's spiritual capital is now luring culinary pilgrims as it transforms into a vegetarian paradise.www.bbc.com
This sounds like a very good policy.From that first article I posted:
in 2019, the Hindu-nationalist BJP government banned the sale and consumption of meat within a 250m radius of all Varanasi temples and heritage sites
I don't think that is right. Possibly a "Strict Vegetarian" which is the vegan diet but not all the other things.Interesting quote from that article ""My family and I have been pure vegetarians for generations. We refuse to even drink water in a home where eggs are consumed," I believe "pure vegetarian" in Asia is something close to vegan, I think it means vegetarians who also avoid eggs and dairy, I have heard this term before in either China or Taiwan.
Well then maybe Hindu-nationalism is a good thing if it's good for veganism.However, there may be a dark side to this. Modi´s BJP government is a Hindu nationalist government that seems to have given a boost to anti-Muslim bigotry. There might be a connection here, as Hinduism is more of a veggie culture, whereas Islamic cultures are arguably even slightly more pro meat than the West.