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Vegan food: The west vs India (lemmy.ml)
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[–] hiddengoat@kbin.social 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism_by_country

About 30% are vegetarian in India. Almost 10% are vegan.

So it's very prevalent, but America likes to pretend we're the only country in the world and that problems are never solved anywhere else.

[–] MenacingPerson@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Where are the Indian vegans? I have only ever met ONE in my entire life except myself.

[–] hiddengoat@kbin.social 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Try India.

[–] NewAgeOldPerson@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Lol I actually laughed. Maybe it's the beer. But thanks!

[–] MenacingPerson@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe it's a regional difference? I live in South India

[–] alienzx@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hi 👋

Source: me

[–] MenacingPerson@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hi!

I don't mean like, online. I've met plenty of online Indian vegans. But still, I find it hard to believe that every 1 in 10 people are vegan. Where?!

[–] abraxas@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I would say about 30% of my Indian coworkers over the years have been vegan.

I think the challenge is that, unlike a lot of Western vegans, they don't go out of their way to talk about it. My second job, I knew day 1 about the white girl who was vegan. It took me 2 years to learn that 4 of my Indian coworkers were vegan since birth. And I only learned it because they learned I was getting into Indian food so they all started bringing stuff in for me to try. Entire meals. Incredible meals. I miss that job, lol.

[–] portside@monyet.cc 3 points 1 year ago

Exactly, we don't go about our day preaching veganism.

[–] MenacingPerson@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My family loves to announce to the world that I don't drink milk. It's annoying. Idk they're probably in shock or something that someone would choose not to abuse cows. (They're vegetarians, I'm vegan)

Where do you live? I assume outside India? Hmm

[–] abraxas@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Well yeah, very outside of India. I live in the US, though I try not to make my identity about that.

But one thing I've loved about working in Boston is how many cultures I've been exposed to in my life.

[–] federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

no one abuses cows anyway

[–] MenacingPerson@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Tell me you know nothing about it without telling me you know nothing about it