Why people from India are less vegetarian now days?

Answer 1

Western influence.

Answer 2

No Sara, i do not agree with you. There are both vegetarians and non-vegetarians in India from ages. If i had to specify, there are some religions that DO NOT EAT MEAT EVER. They still do not eat meat. Those religious people are there even before my parents were born and their kith and kin are still there following their traditions.

Even though, generations are changing, the traditions are not changing. I don't know how it came but people from some religions do not eat meat. That's the end of the topic. It might be because of the beliefs or some other thing. But i am sure that it is not about rights of animals.

I am a vegetarian from my birth. My parents, my husband, his parents, their parents, and all my / their relatives are vegetarians. I can show you lots of people who does not eat meat ever.

I have not read much to convince you with nice words and nice language. And I know this is not an exact answer to your question, but i could not stay calm and let you think that there are very less vegetarian people from India.

Best Wishes.

Answer 3

As an American-born Indian to native Indian parents, this is what I understand in this community:

Indians, when they move to America, believe that they must assimilate to be able to survive, not thinking that it is possible to be vegetarian in the U.S. Most of the people they meat praise meat, so they begin eating it 'to survive'. Then they find out "hey, this is good stuff!"

They were usually not vegetarian for animal rights reasons, but simply because that was the social norm from where they come from. They're just assimilating to new social norms.

OF course, some Indians realize their own roots and how a vegetarian lifestyle became a norm in India...the whole nonviolence deal. My family is mostly vegetarian now (my mom still eats meat occassionally...I can't remember the last time when). I have seen other Indians go back to vegetarian lifestyles, although many remain meat-eating.

Answer 4

I don't think that's true. There always were a lot of Indians who eat meat; even before the British took over their country.

Some people are raised Hindu but aren't particularly religious. Some forms of Hinduism don't recommend vegetarianism at all. The Jain and Buddhist religions also recommended vegetarianism, but Buddhists in other countries don't necessarily follow that. Other religions in India are Sikhs, Muslims, Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians; none of these religions have a religious tradition of vegetarianism.

Answer 5

the answer is the availability of food that is vegetarian and assimilation into the non-vegetarian society. i find it ironic that i was a non-vegetarian in india, but turned into a vegetarian after i migrated to US. I don't quite remember why but non its for animal rights reasons. i find it really hard to find vegetarian food in restaurants and college, so i have to go for the pizzAS and chips which make me gain a lot of weight. that can be another reason for people i guess.

Answer 6

After enduring years of torture under Islamic rulers and then the British the working class in India have lost all sense of self worth.

Like a parrot, spending years in a cage, is then unable to fly away and fend for itself.

The foreigners wanted to impose their culture, as would be done by any other conquering power.
The Indians (Hindus) are still in that state.
Mistakenly, they believe that the foreign culture imposed on them is good for them.

Consider the basic food item of flour.
Indians used to eat flour of 'corn', 'bajri', 'gram', 'wheat', 'rice', 'urid', etc. etc.
Now the 'burger and pizza kids' eat just 'wheat' flour and meat.

The LEARNED Westerner, on the other hand has always looked to the East for spiritual, cultural and other guidance.

Answer 7

Because in whichever country you live in India, apart from India, vegetarian food available is drab and boring.

Come to my India and you would be gobsmacked by the variety of vegetarian food available at dirt cheap price.

I miss my India :(

Answer 8

Western influence, including the incorrect belief that meat is necessary for "protein".
However, as majnun pointed out, India has always had a sizeable contingent of meaters.

Answer 9

Vegetarian diet is not healthy and neither is it advisable from a medical perspective. Meat is not only healthy but very important for the human body. I am a devout Hindu and I love my meat...Being a Hindu isn't about being a hippy...That is the image that Hinduism has developed...Even from a strictly religious perspective, whether or not being a vegetarian is a requisite for Hinduism is a matter of debate. There are some that say Hinduism is a vegetarian religion and point to all sorts of bull such as verses in the scriptures and non violence bogus. Whereas others can counter by pointing to other verses in other scriptures where meat eating is encouraged, was practiced extensively in ancient India and was also normal amongs the Gods.

Answer 10

i think that only some are because i have been a vegetarian my whole life. the ones who start eating meat want to be modern and say that it doesn't matter. they think that you're in america and u should start behaving like one. of course i dont think that way

Answer 11

Once a man was asked to give reason for becoming Vegetarian .
Reply was
He had enough to be non vegetarian