Mumbai at any rate - that issue with no non vegetarians, no non hindus (or even no hindus other than of a specific caste or community) is alive and well in several housing societies. Go across the state border to ahmedabad and it is present in extreme virulence - I have a goan catholic friend who had to claim his name was Mohan Prabhu to rent an apartment when he lived there - nobody there would rent to a meat eating christian
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oliver2002
Well, the main problem with renting out property (or atleast what the owner worries about) is the ability to gain back their property and not end up with a squatter who has a water tight contract and only pays a pittance of rent via the rent control. Believe it or not, rent legislation is very much in favor of the tenant in India.
The blog article is of course spruced up a little to sound funky. Both Mumbai and Kolkata are as cosmopolitan as an Indian city can get, the veggie thing is nonsense, as is the building society having a say on who lives there. As far as the opposite sex/religion/race living together in sin is concerned, everyone knows that you just pretend to be married and make sure to mention the selective truth when travelling or even renting etc. No one will ask the woman for the full details (name/religion etc). I've taken friends thru India who were unmarried but just pretended to be married, and thus shared a bed wherever they stayed including at the homes of my very conservative friends. Of course if you are frequently changing partners and go at it like rabbits and make loud related noises there may be some need to clarify matters to the neighbors
