The meanings of terms like sattvic and tamasic shifted over time, said JNU professor R Mahalakshmi during a talk at Delhi’s IIC. ‘We are not just looking at food but also at eaters.’
Right-wing groups in Karnataka recently gave a call for boycott of halal meat during ‘Varshadodaku’, the day after Ugadi, when many communities have a non-vegetarian feast.
New findings from research on meat-eating dietary habits of Indus civilisation communities, conducted by Akshyeta Suryanarayan during her PhD at Cambridge, was published in the Journal of Archaeological Science.
The fisheries & animal husbandry minister said rumours about egg and meat consumption leading to coronavrius infection have caused panic in the industry.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
Sadly most people are brain washed by propaganda and dont read religious history. Caste divisions and food are tied closely.