[Assam] beef-eating in india

[Barua25]

>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

It does not really matter what the mainstream Hindus care for? What matters is BJP is trying to rewrite history, and the mainstream Hindus are keeping silent, so that they can say, I did not do it. Don't ask me. 
RB
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ram Sarangapani 
  To: xourov pathok 
  Cc: assam at assamnet.org 
  Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 1:21 PM
  Subject: Re: [Assam] beef-eating in india


  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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