940 TimesofIndia.Com Editorial dt. Apr.3. 2017 ' MEAT UNDER ATTACK ' does not appear to be reasonable

TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com editorial dated Apr 3, 2017, titled 'MEAT UNDER ATTACK' does not appear to be reasonable. The overall impression we get from reading the Editorial, as per my perception, is that India cannot generate employment to its 1300 million people, without meat production and meat exports. Workers in India will starve, if abattoirs are closed. It may be partly true. The Editorial sees the problem only from a commercial angle. Only from money angle. Only from business angle. That perspective may be respectable in Nations which have brutal cultures. But not India, which is supposed to be a land which gave birth to Great Souls like Gautama Buddha, Vardhamana Mahavira and 24 Tirthankaras, Mahatma Gandhi, Kabir, Jimutavahana, Sibi, Mandhata et al. This editorial has pained me substantially, because since 1991 to 2017, owing to the defective Economic policies of the Rulers, in the guise of Economic Reforms, millions of people lost their employment, thousands of the displaced persons committed suicides, families of many displaced persons underwent immeasurable deprivation and misery. Yet, none of the Corporate Bosses of India Inc., and the Media they own have never raised any objections, or at least expressed any unhappiness or concerns over the displacement/unemployment of millions. Now, suddenly, why this extra-ordinary sympathy they are expressing for this meat production and meat exporting businesses, on the ground of unemployment of meat-workers?

To start with, we shall have a link to the Editorial:--

Click here to go to http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toi-editorials/meat-under-attack-authorities-must-not-encourage-food-bigotry-or-harass-legitimate-businesses/ and study the Editorial.

FEW QUOTES FROM THE EDITORIAL

"...Or when legitimate UP enterprises that account for over half of India’s $5 billion worth of buffalo meat exports are threatened. It’s not just precious foreign exchange but lakhs of jobs that are at stake in an economy characterised by jobless growth. Even if one wants to institute bans on cow slaughter, this cannot be equated to the taking of a human life. Such conflations amount to religious fundamentalism which will breed conflict and violence – Pakistan next door is a good example of how it plays out. The vigilantism and violence seen from Dadri to Una could now get worse, endangering social stability and harmony...."

"...Some months ago Prime Minister Narendra Modi had come down heavily on such vigilantes, calling out the majority of ‘gau rakshaks’ as anti-socials who proclaim themselves cow protectors only to cover up their misdeeds. Yet, in conflicting signals, legitimate meat businesses are suffering and non-vegetarianism is facing an aggressive Hindutva attack. Both Centre and BJP-ruled states need to send a more coherent message, about respecting individual liberties and protecting legal businesses. ..."

ybrao-a-donkey's observations, which are not intended to be imposed on others

During the last 1000 years of hegemony of foreign invaders, when jijia tax was levied, pilgrimage tax was levied, 1 out of 3 bags of grain harvest was collected as land revenue, Indians survived by what? Did they survive by slaughtering their milch cattle and draught cattle? Nay. Indians survived by eating a few green chillies, a small chunk of onion, a pinch of salt with rice/jowar/wheat/bajra gruel. Sometimes, they starved with empty bellies.

A Note of Caution

Compassion towards animals cannot be forced on citizens by law or the rulers. People have to cultivate it gradually, by self-education, self-enlightenment. Undue haste on the part of rulers can lead to negative results. Recall how Sanjay Gandhi's haste for forced sterilisations led to a repulsion in the minds of people towards family planning, and the population of India went upto 1300 million.

Voluntary vegetarianism has its economic benefits, apart from health benefits, emotional-peace and tranquility benefits.

It is also saddening to note that a culture is developing, where people will be eager to devour meats from airconditioned slaughterhouses, because the so-called gentle meat buyers and eaters do not want to see the bloodshed and cruelty in slaughterhouses.


Links to additional readings: Note: I am not a Jain or a believer in any other religion, including my birth religion. I am giving the link for information and research purposes only: Click here to go to http://www.jainsamaj.org/rpg_site/literature2.php?id=354&cat=42.

Click here to go to http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/shut-to-protest-beef-ban-deonar-abattoir-resumes-business/. The title of this article is:

Shut to protest beef ban, Deonar abattoir resumes business

Before the beef ban, the average number of buffaloes slaughtered at the abattoir in a day stood at 450. Written by Anjali Lukose | Mumbai | Updated: April 2, 2015 10:25 am beef ban, maharashtra beef ban, mumbai beef ban , madhya pradesh anti cow slaughter act, bhopal news, bhopal cows, cow, Before the beef ban, the average number of buffaloes slaughtered at the abattoir in a day stood at 450.

After remaining shut for almost a month in protest against the ban on slaughter of bulls and bullocks in the state, the Deonar abattoir resumed business Wednesday with slaughter of around 180 water buffaloes.

To continue adding / deleting / modifying. ऒर जोडने लायक वस्तु हैं। ఇంకా జోడించాల్సిన వస్తువులు ఉన్నాయి.

709 India is a pluralist country. While BJP can pray gold-jewelled silk clad Bharat Mata, Kanhaiya & Co. can hail their own version of Bharat Mata. दो विभिन्न भारत माता साध्य है। రెండు భిన్నమైన భరతమాతలు సాధ్యమే.

Now, that Mr. Mohan Bhagavat, the Elderlyman of R.S.S. has clarified that they are not going impose the utterance of "Bharat Mata ki jai" as a token of nationalism or patriotism, the time has, probably come for us to treat the matter as closed, and start something else afresh. Let us hope that Mr. Mohan Bhagawat will not change his stance after the Elections to the State Assemblies of Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Assam, Kerala, Bengal are over.

Mr. Kanhaiah Kumar, the ecstatic-stance possessed JNU student leader, while speaking at Vijayawada, has raised one important pertinent question. The Bharat Mata of the Ruling Party is dressed in silk sarees and bejewelled with gold ornaments, whereas the 'typical Bharat Mata' as a representative of Indian Womanhood is a half-starved, wearing torn clothes, hard-working woman, beset by her hungry children beseeching her for food.

About this Kanhaiyakumar's Bharat Mata, there seems to be one article by the noted journalist Shri Akar Patel. Unfortunately, I could not get it and read it. I shall shortly fulfil this need.

But, in TimesofIndia-IndiaTimes.Com, there is one important blog which seems to be a response to Mr. Akar Patel's article. Here is its link: Click to go to TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com. date: 21st March 2016. .

The main theme of this blogger's (Shri Abhilash Gaur) is: "If you can’t stand Kanhaiya’s view of Bharat Mata, try Nehru’s", is its title. "You" here seems to refer to Mr. Akar Patel , or Readers who cannot adjust with Kanhaiya Kumar's vision of Indian Bharat Mata. This blog has quoted from Jawaharlal Nehru's Autobiography by name "India Old and New".

I furnish below a FREE DOWNLOAD LINK to Jawaharlal Nehru's autobiography, available at Archive.Org. It is about 444 pages in size. (Click to go to) Archive.org.

I am directly quoting from Late Jawaharlal Nehru's Autobiography, contents of which are self-explicit.

It is curious how one cannot resist the tendency to give an anthropomorphic form to a country. Such is the force of habit and early associations. India becomes Bharat Mata, Mother India, a beautiful lady, very old but ever youthful in appearance, sad-eyed and forlorn, cruelly treated by aliens and outsiders, and calling upon her children to pro tect her. Some such picture rouses the emotions of hundreds of thousands and drives them to action and sacrifice. And yet India is in the main the peasant and the worker, not beautiful to look at, for poverty is not beautiful. Does the beautiful lady of our imaginations represent the bare-bodied and bent workers in the fields and factories? Or the small group of those who have from ages past crushed the masses and exploited them, imposed cruel customs on them and made many of them even untouchable? We seek to cover truth by the creatures of our imaginations and endeavor to escape from reality to a world of dreams.

ybrao-a-donkey's humble comments. वैबीराव एक गधे के विनम्र राय . వైబీరావ్ గాడిద వినమ్ర వాణి. You have every right to differ with me. I respect your right. आपको मेरे मत से भिन्न राय रखने के संपूर्ण हक है। मै उस अधिकार को परिपूर्ण रूप से गौरव देता हुँ. మీకు, మీ భిన్నమైన అభిప్రాయాన్ని కలిగిఉండే సంపూర్ణ హక్కు ఉంది. దానిని ఎంతో నేను గౌరవిస్తాను. However, pl. examine this donkey's views also. परन्तु एस गधे के दृष्टिकोण को भी अनुशीलन कीजिये. కానీ ఈ గాడిద దృష్టికోణాన్ని కూడ ఓర చూపుతో కంటజూడుమీ, క్రీగంట జూడమీ.

1. Our word-juggler, and the Asst-de-Publicity man of our Resurgent India Shri Narendra Modi, i.e. our Parliamentary Affairs and Urban Development Minister, has two clarify about this two Bharat MatAs. Audi Alterim Partem.

2. While the BJP, RSS, ABVP, and their followers can pray to the crown-saffron-silk-gold version of Bharat Mata, others who do not want to hail the BJP Version of Bharat Mata, can hail the Kanhaiya Kumar Version of Bharat Mata.

3. Our country is accommodative and pluralistic. Let BJP and its associate bodies, not try to NARROW it down.

TAIL PIECE धुमकेतु తోకచుక్క

Mr. Kanhaiya Kumar has come to Hyderabad by air. Who bore his air-fare? Corporates will not bear. Of course, we should be fortunate, that though his mother's monthly income is just Rs. 3,000/-, he has not yet started using CHARTERED AIRCRAFT. When he becomes some Chief Minister or Prime Minister will he wear expensive coats?

Mr. Narayana, our CPI National Executive Member from Telangana, seems to be too eager to fly piggyback on Mr. Kanhaiya Kumar's back. He wrote one Telugu article in second top Telugu Daily Andhra Jyothi dt. 29.3.2016, indicating that he takes pride in supporting Kanhaiaya (kannayyaku maddatuku garva paDutunnAnu). Mr. Narayana, like Kanhaiya Kumar, seems to be a person in a hurry.

To continue. सशेष. ఇంకా ఉంది.