Ep 207: Religion, Food, Indian Society
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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Religion and the Elders in China
The role of religion is so much deeper here than elsewhere. I have a theory that it is because of the trajectory of our economy that we are in that religion still holds sway. And i wonder, if we become richer, like, say, china or tiwan or japan, whether wealth will engender us to forget the god. It has more to do with economics than to do with geography. Once our gidity goes up, and once we become like sa japan, perhaps we will forget faith, as many rich countries have forgotten,. and we will find other inventions that seek to soothe us.
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