[Assam] A Coke rival in India - The RSS Cola

[Chan Mahanta]

Aw c'mon Ram!  It may be safer than, say, Dilli 's tap water .

See: 
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Delhi/DJB_scrambles_to_fix_water_in_Vasant_Kunj/articleshow/4055490.cms

Uninfected urine is supposedly like distilled water.
I must say, this is one of Hindu Science's finest moments :-).

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At 9:04 AM -0600 2/10/09, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>Well! that's it .... no more soft drinks for me while in India.
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>Ugh!
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>--Ram
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>http://www.indianexpress.com/news/coke-has-a-rival-rsss-cow-urine-cola/421641/
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>  Coke has a rival: RSS's cow urine cola
>*Rajeev khanna* Posted online: Feb 10, 2009 at 1500 hrs
>*Dehradun : *The RSS has found something to give the popular colas and cold
>drinks a run for their money: bovine urine. The Sangh's Cow Protection
>Department is planning to produce a soft drink with this magic ingredient as
>base, and believes it will sweep the market.
>
>The head of the Hardwar-based department, Om Prakash, said: "We refer to gau
>ark (cow urine) as gau jal (cow water) as it has immense potential to cure
>various diseases. We have developed a soft drink formula with gau jal as the
>base and it has been sent to a laboratory at Lucknow for testing."
>
>Once the tests show positive results, he added, the department will think
>about its packaging, preservation and marketing.
>
>While the RSS is at the task alone right now, once the drink is ready to be
>taken to the market, the Cow Protection Department might seek the help of
>the Uttarakhand Government in the operations.
>
>"It will be a revolution of sorts. The acceptance of cow urine as a potent
>medicine is increasing day by day and once it comes as a cold drink, its
>demand will definitely increase," Prakash claimed.
>
>Stating that several colas are harmful to the extent that they can be
>substituted for pesticides, he asserted that their soft drink with cow urine
>will not only be natural but cost-effective too. "In addition to this, it
>will prove and justify the high stature accorded to a cow in Indian
>culture."
>
>Cow urine, in fact, ranks quite high on the RSS list of priorities. "We
>discuss its importance at various meetings and public programmes. We have
>also been circulating pamphlets about its medicinal value," said Om Prakash,
>who has been actively involved in the task of cow protection and promoting
>bovine urine for the last four decades.
>
>He names products ranging from toothpaste, shampoo, soap, face powder and
>shaving lotion to balm, biscuits, incense sticks, phenyl, mosquito coils and
>distemper which are being made from cow urine and cow dung.
>
>He asserts that tiles made up of cow dung have been found to be fire - and
>water-resistant and can ward off radiation.
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