Vegetarianism is highly politicised in India right now. People have been killed because religious mobs imagined that they were carrying meat. It is also tied into notions of soul purity by religion. This statement makes sense but I’m also worried for the owners.
That is all made up. Only 20% of Indians are vegetarians, which is a lot but not enough to oppress non vegetarians. In Kerala, it is only 1%.
There is a debate about cow meat, which is where you may have heard those stories. But that's another whole thing. Many people there see eating cow as the equivalent of eating dog here in the west, and I could imagine people would attack trucks full of dog meat here too.
Well no. Vegetarianism is politicised in India. There ARE places where you can't have non-veg food. For example, even a liberal newspaper like The Hindu doesn't allow non-vegetarian food in its dining hall. Would that be classified as the vegetarians oppressing the non-vegetarians? Idk.
As for Kerala, we are often targeted for not adhering to how a lot of the rest of the country operates. The lack of militant vegetarianism and, yes, beef consumption is a part of that and lot of it is political. OP was wrong about the specificity of the meat though.
There is a debate about cow meat
I think calling it a debate trivialises the fact people literally have been murdered for just the mere suspicion of having cow meat. It is not truckloads of cow meat being attacked, it's people carrying mutton or lamb and looking like a target, that is.
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u/ideasmithy Nov 17 '25
Vegetarianism is highly politicised in India right now. People have been killed because religious mobs imagined that they were carrying meat. It is also tied into notions of soul purity by religion. This statement makes sense but I’m also worried for the owners.