I would presume that the demand for it is roughly similar to Western cryonics. The population is so large enough that the population of people who can afford it is also reasonably large, as is the number of people within that population who would consider it, maybe.
Biggest hurdle would probably be the difficulty of doing business in India in general—corruption, power outages, frequent strikes, etc. Things just don’t run very smoothly over there—you can’t depend on local infrastructure for anything. I don’t suppose you can keep things frozen easily under those conditions.
The argument that it’s selfish would probably carry much more weight in India, as global poverty is more visible in that region and anti-wealth sentiments are stronger. On the other hand, I think the self-identified Hindu’s belief in re-incarnation is much less firmly established than the self-identified Christian’s belief in Heaven, which probably moves things in cryonic’s favor.
But my opinion on this matter doesn’t carry any more weight than the opinion of the average globally aware person.
I would presume that the demand for it is roughly similar to Western cryonics. The population is so large enough that the population of people who can afford it is also reasonably large, as is the number of people within that population who would consider it, maybe.
Biggest hurdle would probably be the difficulty of doing business in India in general—corruption, power outages, frequent strikes, etc. Things just don’t run very smoothly over there—you can’t depend on local infrastructure for anything. I don’t suppose you can keep things frozen easily under those conditions.
The argument that it’s selfish would probably carry much more weight in India, as global poverty is more visible in that region and anti-wealth sentiments are stronger. On the other hand, I think the self-identified Hindu’s belief in re-incarnation is much less firmly established than the self-identified Christian’s belief in Heaven, which probably moves things in cryonic’s favor.
But my opinion on this matter doesn’t carry any more weight than the opinion of the average globally aware person.