[Assam] beef-eating in india

[Rajen & Ajanta Barua]

That Rig Veda says that cow is not to be killed simply means that cow was killed at one time.
RB

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: umesh sharma 
  To: Ram Sarangapani ; xourov pathok 
  Cc: assam at assamnet.org 
  Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 3:10 PM
  Subject: Re: [Assam] beef-eating in india


  I think people forget Indian history soon. What about partition of India fueled by riots in Kolkata etc in 1947? Muslims have always been minority in India and have ruled India for thousand years.

  *****The fact that there are more incidents of Hindus attacking Muslims in India is because Hindus are a majority.


  Umesh

  Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com> wrote:
    Xourov,

    >talking about the past and the record of beef-eating in hinduism is >a means to difusing the situation.

    I agree. These communal riots take place because most involved are either egged on by some politician or religious bigot.

    The fact that there are more incidents of Hindus attacking Muslims in India is because Hindus are a majority. In Pakistan, its the other way around. The Dalit incident is terrible and I do remember it, but I am sure that even such incidents are really not about "Beef eating" but to just cloak it as one. Behind the scenes, its probably someone trying to grab some land or simply wanting to "unite" the local community behind a common cause (lousy cause, nevertheless, a cause) for political reasons. In this case, they probably roused up some people by touting the beef horn. 

    I would suspect, most Hindus don't fall for such ploys, and that is the reason, minorities in India do have voice and support and when attrocities against them are committed, they are brought to light.





    On 6/18/06, xourov pathok <xourov at yahoo.com> wrote: 


      --- Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com> wrote:

      > All I am saying is that some small segment like the
      > BJP or some Govt.
      > official/s took it upon themselves to prove or
      > disprove some issue that most
      > Hindus are either ambivalent or truely don't care 
      > whether ancient Hindus did
      > or did not eat beef.

      people are actually very sensitive about eating beef
      and cow slaughter.  you probably remember that most
      communal riots in the past were started by someone 
      placing a dead pig in front of a mosque or a dead cow
      in front of a temple.  in an incident a couple years
      ago 5 dalits were lynched by a mob because they
      suspected they were skinning a live cow.  they were
      actually skinning a cow that was already dead for 24
      hours.  the dalits made their living by collecting
      cowhides and selling them to tanneries.

      http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1923/stories/20021122003703800.htm

      eating beef and cow slaughter are big and potentially
      explosive issues in india.  talking about the past and
      the record of beef-eating in hinduism is a means to 
      difusing the situation.


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