Go mata ki jai

Hindus object to slaughter of go mata ( mother cow ). But most of them do not mind if tens of thousands of their mothers ( cows ) starve painfully to death by being driven out after they are old and/or past their milk producing stage, or cannot produce milk for some reason.  They do not mind if their mothers eat filth and garbage, and discarded polythene bags on the roadside, which cause a horribly painful death.That does not bother these lovers of their mothers at all.

Beef ban

Cows which are old and stop giving milk are driven out and left to starve. Is this not cow slaughter ? But nobody is bothered about this. I have seen such cows eating filth on the roadsides. Sometimes they eat polythene bags, because of which they die in horrible pain. Where are the protectors of 'mother cow' then ?

One Consequence of the Ban

See one consequence of the ban. Many people in India do not think rationally but emotionally.India will never progress unless people start thinking rationally. Saying that cow is a mother is nonsense and humbug . How can an animal be a mother of a human being ?

 I have eaten beef, and will again eat it when the occasion arises. Ordinarily I do not eat it out of respect for the feelings of my wife and other relatives, who are mostly conservative Hindus, but I see nothing wrong in eating beef. Most of the world eats beef. Are they all sinners ?

Though an atheist, I am a stauncher Hindu than these feudal minded idiots who abused me. I have deeply studied Hindu philosophy and Sanskrit texts, and am very conversant with the great Hindu intellectualism, and indeed am a part of it and have contributed to it ( See my article ' Sanskrit as a language of Science' online and on my blog justicekatju.blogspot.in and my book on Mimansa ).My critics probably know nothing of the great Hindu intellectualism, and know only how to utter filthy abuses

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Nagpur/Slaughter-ban-brings-down-demand-for-draught-animals/articleshow/46817842.cms

Ban on Cow Slaughter

 The Union Home Minister, Mr. Rajnath Singh, at a speech to Jain saints in Indore on Sunday said that he supported a national ban on cow slaughter,  and would try for a consensus on the issue.

 Whoever else in India may be part of this consensus, this humble self will certainly not be one, as I am totally against such a ban, for the following reasons :

1. I see nothing wrong in eating beef. Most of the world eats beef. Are they all wicked people ?

2. Beef is a source of cheap protein, and many people in India e.g. in the North Eastern states of Nagaland, Mizoram, Tripura,etc and in some other states like Kerala, eat beef where its sale is not banned.

3. I have myself sometimes eaten beef. I normally do not eat it out of respect for my wife and other relatives, as they are conservative Hindus. But if the occasion arises I will again eat it. I am not forcing others to eat beef, but why should others prevent me ? There should be freedom to eat what one wants in a free democratic country

4. Such bans make us a laughing stock before the whole world by displaying our backward feudal mindset

5. Those who raise a hue and cry against cow slaughter are not at all bothered by the suffering of tens of thousands of cows which are not properly fed. When cows grow old or for some other reason can no longer give milk they are often driven out and left to fend for themselves. I have seen cows eating filth and garbage by the side of roads. I have seen cows so thin that their ribs are protruding out of their flesh. If cows are made to starve is that also not cow slaughter ? But nobody is bothered about that.

 I regret to say that such bans are nowadays more for political considerations than anything else. For instance, in Maharahshtra there was already the Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act, 1976 which prohibited slaughter of a cow ( which was defined to include a male or female calf ) but permitted slaughter of bulls, bullocks and buffaloes on obtaining a 'fit for slaughter' certificate. But now by a new law effective from 2.3.2015 sale and export of beef has been totally prohibited, causing loss of many jobs.

 There are some who say that killing a cow is like homicide. I find this a silly argument. How can one equate an animal with a human being ?

 I am afraid that reactionary right wing elements are behind such bans, which are not in the interest of the nation