LAST week I wrote about a group that was determined to prove that Hindus had always killed cows since the Vedas had allowed it. To support their assertions, practically every Sanskrit shloka has been mistranslated in order to fit into the theory. I spent five years looking at translations when I wrote my dictionaries on [...]
October 9, 2015
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The letter, signed by the organisation’s secretary Debtanu Bhattacharya, also claimed that Hindus have “cooperated” with Muslims in the past during festivities. An outfit of Hindu activists wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday demanding a ban on slaughter of cows and beer in the state during Durga Puja next month. Reacting to the [...]
September 18, 2015
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Raipur, March 27: The Muslim Gaurakshak Sammelan held under the auspices of Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) has demanded that cow be declared ‘National Animal’ and complete ban be enforced on its slaughter for the betterment of the people and environment. In a resolution passed at the end of the two-day first ever conference of Muslims [...]
March 29, 2014
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