Ketamine has been something I have seen used. The lack of reaction from people having broken bones manipulated while under its influence is very disconcerting.
My two cents: someone being ex-Hindu means to me that they’ve reasoned themselves out of the doctrine and dogma. My assumption is that this person would be skeptical and not believing in things such as reincarnation or the caste system.
On the other hand, it doesn’t mean they have shed their entire Hindu identity”. They’d still probably culturally celebrate and partake in festivities: just without that belief.
Dunno if it makes much sense but just my perspective as someone outside of the Hindu community.
> not believing in things such as reincarnation or the caste system.
As a Hindu, it's disappointing that people outside Hinduism see the caste system as either a doctrinal or dogmatic part of Hinduism. The belief in Reincarnation is dogma, the caste system is not. The caste system existed outside the belief system, and while certain sections definitely reinforced and exploited it, many traditional systems within the umbrella of Hinduism certainly saw it as a social ill. Rather, the caste system was a social hierarchy that developed in ancient India in parallel to Hinduism, and existed as well in religious groups that rejected Vedic Orthodoxy. Nor is the caste system as people think of it really a thing in Hinduism practiced by communities long isolated from the Indian mainland, such as Bali or the Caribbean communities.
