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There is no holy cow in the Vedas
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 […]
Cow / Beef
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Cow is an excuse – Rajasthan murder more than a vigilante action
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 […]
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BJP, Dalits, and the ‘Cow politics.’
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 […]
India
President Mukherjee warns against rise of divisive forces
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 […]
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COW IS YAHOO’S
‘Personality of The Year for India’
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 […]
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Intolerance in India Echoes Home and Abroad
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 […]
India
Delhi Police raids Kerala government canteen over #BEEF causes outrage
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 […]
India
BJP MLAs IN J&K ASSEMBLY THRASH LEGISLATOR WHO HOSTED ‘BEEF PARTY’
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 […]
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THE POLITICS OF BEEF
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. […]
Business & Economics
Ban this, ban that – Intolerance growing in BJP-RSS regime
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 […]
India
BJP’s Goa CM opposes beef ban
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 […]