India’s Sacred Cows and Unholy Politics
The revival of the cow as an instrument of political warfare is one of the current government’s signal illiberal achievements. A recent spate of violence and threats against those accused of killing or eating cattle reveals that Hindu chauvinism is now running amok under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nationalist administration.
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NEW DELHI – The headlines out of India in recent weeks have often made sickening reading. Startlingly, the central protagonist in most of these stories is that most peaceable and innocent of animals, the cow.