Why do Indian Vegetarians have a problem with Eggs but not with Milk?

Randip Singh · #1 (**permalink**) 22-Jun-2012, 20:26 PM

This question is not about Sikhism, but about the Indian mentality.

In the West vegetarians (not vegans), tend to eat eggs.
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In India vegetarians drink milk but do not eat eggs.

Those of you who understand the biological process involved in both will know milk contains far more living organisms (like fat cells and blood cells) than eggs (which is a waste product and unfertilised).

I would request people don't get confused between a fertilised and unfertilised eggs. A fertislised egg produces a chick. An unfertilised egg produces nothing.

I asked a vegan friend of mine this question and her response was Indians are dumb and shouldn't be drinking milk if they don't want to eat any flesh (milk ineffect is liquified flesh). A bit of a generalisation on Indians from a very Liberal person, but it was her view.

her links on Cow milk:

http://www.veganoutreach.org/dairy/

http://www.chooseveg.com/dairy.asp

On how eggs are produced:

http://www.chow.com/food-news/54729/...rtilized-eggs/

kds1980 · #2 (**permalink**) 22-Jun-2012, 21:52 PM

Influence of Hinduism ,which consider milk as sacred but eggs as untouchable food

Kanwaljit Singh · #3 (**permalink**) 23-Jun-2012, 00:22 AM

I have been thinking about it. I don't have eggs, but take milk products. It is like a diet plan I comply with. Obviously there is no feeling of eggs being impure and milk being holy (cow!). I think I once saw some eggs falling off a nest, and I felt sort of weird thing of a mother bird getting separated from would be youngling. And I have seen how some cows are treated, and depriving a calf of the milk is not the right thing to do either. I am not ready yet to give up milk, for that would create problems. Avoiding meat and egg is easy.

Luckysingh · #4 (**permalink**) 23-Jun-2012, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Randip Singh

This question is not about Sikhism, but about the Indian mentality.

In the West vegetarians (not vegans), tend to eat eggs.

In India vegetarians drink milk but do not eat eggs.

Those of you who understand the biological process involved in both will know milk contains far more living organisms (like fat cells and blood cells) than eggs (which is a waste product and unfertilised).

I would request people don't get confused between a fertilised and unfertilised eggs. A fertislised egg produces a chick. An unfertilised egg produces nothing.

I asked a vegan friend of mine this question and her response was Indians are dumb and shouldn't be drinking milk if they don't want to eat any flesh (milk ineffect is liquified flesh). A bit of a generalisation on Indians from a very Liberal person, but it was her view.

her links on Cow milk:

http://www.veganoutreach.org/dairy/

http://www.chooseveg.com/dairy.asp

On how eggs are produced:

http://www.chow.com/food-news/54729/...rtilized-eggs/

I have often questioned the exact same question many times.
It only came to my attention whilst talking with gora vegeterians who have far more knowledge of what is and isn't classified.

You would be surprised to learn that most of the indians don't know that these eggs are NOT gonna be chicks or are simply,- not fertilised.
They actually view it as an 'embryo'- Full stop-, and that is where they are entirely wrong!!!!

The other pointI normally hear is the 'cow is sacred'- this is typical hindu talk of the cow being like a mother in supplying you milk because as a baby you drank your mother's breast milk (although many are keen on formula nowadays) and then you drink from mother cow, yes mother cow, which is why hindus don't eat the beef either!!!! -- This is another crazy and twisted reason. If you are NOT being ritualistic about a cow, then what are you being ?- Nothing in line with sikhism !!

In fact every time I hear it, I order a 14oz sirloin steak to enjoy !!!!

Randip Singh · #5 (**permalink**) 24-Jun-2012, 16:37 PM

In my mind this for me sums up some of the weird things we do on the Indian subcontinent. Goray can see the hypocrasy yet we can't. Maybe Baba Nanak saw this hypocrasy hence Maas Maas Mooraakh Jhagray? I don't know but my vegan friend has a point.

Randip Singh · #6 (**permalink**) 25-Jun-2012, 16:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Kanwaljit Singh

I have been thinking about it. I don't have eggs, but take milk products. It is like a diet plan I comply with. Obviously there is no feeling of eggs being impure and milk being holy (cow!). I think I once saw some eggs falling off a nest, and I felt sort of weird thing of a mother bird getting separated from would be youngling. And I have seen how some cows are treated, and depriving a calf of the milk is not the right thing to do either. I am not ready yet to give up milk, for that would create problems. Avoiding meat and egg is easy.

Some interesting points there to do with how people feel about certain things.

Randip Singh · #7 (**permalink**) 25-Jun-2012, 16:09 PM

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Originally Posted by kds1980

Influence of Hinduism ,which consider milk as sacred but eggs as untouchable food

Is it Hinduism or Vaishnavism, or something else completely different?

Gyani Jarnail Singh · #8 (**permalink**) 25-Jun-2012, 18:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Randip Singh

Is it Hinduism or Vaishnavism, or something else completely different?

probably a mixture of many...after all hinduism has 33 Kror devtas..and then there is jainism, vaishnavism whatever..

Randip Singh · #9 (**permalink**) 25-Jun-2012, 21:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Gyani Jarnail Singh

probably a mixture of many...after all hinduism has 33 Kror devtas..and then there is jainism, vaishnavism whatever..

Surely Indian Vegetarians should realise that they are propogating hypocrasy.

They should either think of all becoming Vegans or Vegetarians in the Western sense.

-Ovo-lactose has rationale
-Veganism has rationale
-Lacto Vegetarianism has no rationale whatso ever.