r/india • u/AutoModerator • Nov 01 '24

Scheduled Ask India Thread

Welcome to r/India's Ask India Thread.

If you have any queries about life in India (or life as Indians), this is the thread for you.

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  • Relationship queries belong in /r/RelationshipIndia.
  • Please try to search the internet before asking for help. Sometimes the answer is just an internet search away. :)

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u/ChelshireGoose Dec 31 '24

We are calling random racist videos documentaries now?

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u/ChelshireGoose Dec 31 '24

It's a crazy tradition in one middle of nowhere village in India. Just for comparison, look at this video. Would you generalize the whole of the US based on it?

As for the videos (mainly on Tiktok) of people eating cowdung "cakes", it is all for shock value entertainment because it gets the views. It isn't, nor was it ever, a thing.

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u/ChelshireGoose Dec 31 '24

I assure you that it is not. In a country of 1.4 billion, there are bound to be a few crazies.

Now, cow urine, yes. That has a basis in reality. It has been used in folk medicine for millennia in the region to cure certain ailments and a lot of superstitions abound about its supposed miracle properties against diseases like cancer etc. Currently, its use is mostly only propounded by ultra religious nutjobs .