In the middle of posting this, someone just told me that many previously colonized countries have to outport their goods at an uneven exchange, and India has their culture as a product. Is there a lot of white washing disrespectful appropriation? Are there lots of cults too?
Not sure about it either so don’t quote me, but apparently during edo era japan, the same thing happened with ikko-ikki budhist sects advocating for equality against the shinto aristocratic orders.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikkō-ikki