om shanti.
Indian entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist, Ratan Tata, dead at 86
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Re: Indian entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist, Ratan Tata, dead at 86
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On one hand, stray dogs are a joy for many Indians. For many months the highlight of the day was going to a cafe at 10 pm in middle of work and throwing bones to the assembled dogs. On the other hand, they enter homes and kill babies, attack children and adults and carry rabies epidemics. Right thing to do is to prevent more strays from happening.
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The Indian subcontinent is so densely populated, very few areas can support hunting. It does happen in some rural areas. Sport hunting is not really a thing though.
Most Indians (statistically) are vegetarian, and essentially obligate vegetarian due to the population density (also enforced by religion), though ‘vegetarian’ can include eggs, fish, and sometimes chicken depending on the person, time, etc.
Indian Muslims are the notable exception (~13% of the population) and it does cause some serious friction at times - like riots.
A favorite rage bait topic is someone killing a cow. It gets people killed pretty often.
Re: Indian entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist, Ratan Tata, dead at 86
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
On one hand, stray dogs are a joy for many Indians. For many months the highlight of the day was going to a cafe at 10 pm in middle of work and throwing bones to the assembled dogs. On the other hand, they enter homes and kill babies, attack children and adults and carry rabies epidemics. Right thing to do is to prevent more strays from happening.
A little ignorant here, could you explain a little more on this part. > the highlight of the day was going to a cafe at 10 pm in middle of work Is it 'normal' to have to work late to 10pm, or does it mean second job, etc.? Or was that just a typo and you meant 10am? My gut instinct is 10am, but wanted to ask directly out of curiosity if I was wrong and get a better cultural understanding.
It’s pretty typical for many Indians with any sync-up with the US (which is a lot) to work 12 hr day type schedules starting around 10-11am, with a long break in the middle for dinner/family time. Otherwise, it just doesn’t work eh?
Re: Indian entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist, Ratan Tata, dead at 86
#44Re: Indian entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist, Ratan Tata, dead at 86
#45Om Shanti
Re: Indian entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist, Ratan Tata, dead at 86
#46Re: Indian entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist, Ratan Tata, dead at 86
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I'm finding it really tough to understand your comment across the flipflopping of formats. Here’s a clearer and more concise version of your text: Comment from mcint on HN: From an external perspective, he can be viewed as a magnate who led a group comparable to Disney in terms of breadth, scale, and market share across multiple industries in India. His leadership was particularly notable during the massive telecom r…
Is this a GenAI comment responding to a GenAI comment?
OP was not easy enough to follow to be an LLM, right… right?
(OP, I mean this in the kindest of ways)
Re: Indian entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist, Ratan Tata, dead at 86
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The Indian subcontinent is so densely populated, very few areas can support hunting. It does happen in some rural areas. Sport hunting is not really a thing though. Most Indians (statistically) are vegetarian, and essentially obligate vegetarian due to the population density (also enforced by religion), though ‘vegetarian’ can include eggs, fish, and sometimes chicken depending on the person, time, etc. Indian Muslim…
Statistically most indians are Non-vegetarians(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism_by_country#India). Various estimates mostly around 20-40%.
Statistically i "think" more people are killed by terrorist attack then cow vigilantes.
Re: Indian entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist, Ratan Tata, dead at 86
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Indian subcontinent is so densely populated, very few areas can support hunting. It does happen in some rural areas. Sport hunting is not really a thing though. Most Indians (statistically) are vegetarian, and essentially obligate vegetarian due to the population density (also enforced by religion), though ‘vegetarian’ can include eggs, fish, and sometimes chicken depending on the person, time, etc. Indian Muslim…
Statistically most indians are Non-vegetarians( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism_by_country#India ). Various estimates mostly around 20-40%. Statistically i "think" more people are killed by terrorist attack then cow vigilantes.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/07/08/eight-in-...
This one says 39% are ‘pure vegetarian’, with 81% ‘limiting meat’ (aka ‘mostly vegetarian’). If just a few percentage points shy of the total non-Muslim population, notably.
Which lines up with what I’m saying.
And looks like 84 killed in lynchings related to cow killings in this table [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_of_cow_vig...]. I didn’t say a lot died, just that it is a good rage bait topic when someone gets accused of it - and people do get killed over it.
Terrorism in India is a big problem, so yes the number of deaths swamp those 12k or so? [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_India]
Re: Indian entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist, Ratan Tata, dead at 86
#50Even among the diaspora Ratan Tata is well known and loved. A shining gem in a country full of corruption.
Om Shanti Sir.