• seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    How prevalent is veganism in India? Whenever I look at Indian food, it's butter this and milk that. Sure, there are some very good vegan choices, but it seems to me that Indians love their dairy.

    • Taleya@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      Veganism is actually a fairly new phenomenon in general, a lot of Jains in particular have adopted it. But vegetarianism in India dates back over a thousand years BCE , so yeah, they've got a bit of a head start.

    • portside@monyet.cc
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      1 year ago

      Vegetarian? Yes. Vegan? No.

      I am a vegetarian. I eat dairy. I don't eat meat and eggs.

    • TheCaconym [any]
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      edit-2
      1 year ago

      9% of the population apparently, the highest in the world tied with Mexico.

    • sviper@programming.dev
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      1 year ago

      Quite popular, in my city it's quite hard to find meat in the popular restaurants. And these places are quite old and we'll know.

      Most foods don't have any form or trace of meat or eggs, although milk and related items are very widely consumed.

      It's vegetarian and not vegan.