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Religion, community, and food: Jainism
Food centres around religion, identity and politics in my experience. A vegetarian diet linked to the Jain religion is followed in my...
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Food in culture and community. What has it looked like in my life?
I've never really been prompted to reflect on my experience with food, but when I start to now, I think it shows how mindless I have been...