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There is no holy cow in the Vedas

Apr 7, 2017 - 3:07 am EDT Dave Makkar 1

Hinduism considers the Vedas as its Supreme Court, whose word is final, and if any of the later Sanskrit or non-Sanskrit writing goes against what the Vedas have said, a Hindu has to follow the […]

During his days as Gujarat CM, Modi promoted cow-protection groups

Cow is an excuse – Rajasthan murder more than a vigilante action

Apr 7, 2017 - 2:14 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Another vigilante action, another Muslim dead. This time in Rajasthan. But the beating of five persons transporting milch cows, leading to the death of a 55-year-old man, Pehlu Khan, was not surprising even if it was […]

Seven members of a Dalit family were allegedly beaten up by a group of gau rakshaks for skinning a dead cow in Una town of Gir Somnath district in Gujarat, July 18.

BJP, Dalits, and the ‘Cow politics.’

Aug 19, 2016 - 8:27 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

In these four years, I also saw with, some disquiet, forces of divisiveness and intolerance trying to raise their ugly head. Attacks on weaker sections that militate against our national ethos are aberrations that need to […]

President Pranab Mukherjee addresses the nation on the eve of 70th Independence Day, in New Delhi. (PTI)

President Mukherjee warns against rise of divisive forces

Aug 19, 2016 - 6:32 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): On the eve of India’s 70th Independence Day, President Pranab Mukherjee warned against the rise of divisive and intolerant forces, in what can be seen as a message for the parties in […]

COW IS YAHOO’S
‘Personality of The Year for India’

Jan 8, 2016 - 8:05 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

Yahoo recently said that ‘cow’ pipped all other contenders in 2015 to emerge as the personality of the year in India. “In an unexpected twist, the humble ‘cow’ emerged as ‘Personality of the Year’, trumping […]

The Alliance for Justice & Accountability held a Public Demonstration & Candlelight Vigil on Saturday, November 14 at the WashingtonSquarePark in New York

Intolerance in India Echoes Home and Abroad

Nov 28, 2015 - 1:51 pm EST I. S. Saluja 2

As a young boy I attended Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Shakhas. I loved to go there to play and wield lathi. It provided me an opportunity to prove my strength and superiority. As part of our training, we […]

Delhi Police raids Kerala government canteen over #BEEF causes outrage

Oct 27, 2015 - 1:53 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

New Delhi Oct 27: The canteen of ‘Kerala House’ which is run by Kerala Government in New Delhi was raided yesterday by police after a rightwing Hindu group called ‘Hindu Sena’ complained it had beef on its […]

Engineer Rashid, an Independent MLA, holds a banner as he disrupts the first day of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly session in Srinagar.

BJP MLAs IN J&K ASSEMBLY THRASH LEGISLATOR WHO HOSTED ‘BEEF PARTY’

Oct 11, 2015 - 1:09 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

SRINAGAR (TIP): BJP legislators thrashed an independent MLA for hosting a beef party as the Jammu and Kashmir assembly grounded on October 8 opposition-backed bills aiming to overthrow a decades-old ban on cattle meat in […]

“Akhlaq's family members can wait. And the President of India should learn to wait. Prime Minister of India is busy consolidating his position. And for this he must win Bihar. India's core civilizational values can wait too", says the author. The sarcasm is obvious.

THE POLITICS OF BEEF

Oct 9, 2015 - 8:17 am EDT Karan Beri 0

On Sept. 28, in a village less than 60 miles from New Delhi, a Hindu priest announced in a local temple (under threat by some hot heads, he claims) that a Muslim family was consuming beef. […]

Ban this, ban that – Intolerance growing in BJP-RSS regime

Apr 12, 2015 - 3:14 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

Days after Prime Minister Modi warned the judiciary of dangers posed by five-star activists, the Union Home Ministry cut off foreign funding to Greenpeace for “campaigning against government policies” and “obstructing India‘s energy plans”. Among […]

BJP’s Goa CM opposes beef ban

Mar 20, 2015 - 1:31 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): BJP-ruled Goa would not ban beef as it is an essential part of the cuisine of minority communities in the state, chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar told ET, adding that it had taken […]

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