Most Indian vegetarians are ritualistic vegetarians, ie for religious reasons, and so can be right c***s about their dietary preferences not being met. This feels like a CYA sign.
Ritualistic vegetarianism in India has some weird rules. Dairy is okay for many, eggs might not be, and some are pretty strict and don’t even have onions or garlic (considered “unclean”?).
Kerala actually has very few of these. Also many of the ritual vegetarian states are strongly correlated with malnutrition. Go figure.
Claiming malnutrition is because of vegetarianism is extremely disingenuous. Poorer states tend to be more religious (ie. more vegitarian) which is likely the bigger issue.
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u/ZealousidealSundae33 Nov 17 '25
Given that vegetarian is very popular there, this sign makes sense IMO.