[Assam] beef-eating in india

[Ram Sarangapani]

Beef-eating could be a big issue in India today. But that was not the issue
we were discussing here.

What I said was most mainstream Hindus don't really care if ancient Hindus
ate beef, and if this was touted to be true in today's textbooks. That the
BJP and others trying to rewrite this, is I think a small segment hell-bent
on such trivialities.


On 6/17/06, xourov pathok <xourov at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>
> +  I really don't think mainstream Hindus have
> +  any problem in this. Many Hindus recognize that
> +  ancient Hindus supposedly did eat beef. Who is
> +  trying
> +  to hide this fact? Most Hindus don't care one way
> +  or
> +  the other about this. The fact that some in the
> +  education department now or in previous BJP govt.
> +  tried to rewrite some textbooks has little
> +  relevance
> +  to mainstream Hindus.
>
> this is not entirely true.  beef-eating is a big issue
> in india.  as far as i know, beef and beef-products
> are banned in many states in india.  there was a move
> to ban cow slaughter at the union level (which would
> have affected meghalaya too).  i don't know whether
> this is law today.  nevertheless, it is interesting
> that the present anti-cow slaughter movement is a
> recent phenomenon.
>
> d h jha, a history prof from delhi university, wrote a
> book.  he had to ask for police security because of
> threats.  his article here is more readable than his
> book:
>
> http://www.indowindow.com/sad/article.php?child=17&article=11
>
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