Hunting and eating wild swine or pigs was common in ancient India, a sport of kings. Hindus should have no problem with pork therefore. However, pork dishes in India today are linked to either tribal or Christian communities of India, and those with a strong European influence. Pork is a taboo in the Muslim world and may have influenced the food habits of the elite Hindu.

To clarify: when a wild boar is domesticated, it becomes the domestic pig. In a generation or two, it loses its dark colours and its huge curved tusks, that are sharp and that can tear the flesh. The boar as the pig becomes docile. However, if the domestic pig is left out in the wild, it becomes feral. It grows its tusks, its colour becomes brown and black, because of the production of melanin. It then becomes a wild creature that digs out roots for consumption. It is a fierce and intelligent animal.