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The Beef Ban: A Symbol of Hindutva and a Threat to Indian Democracy

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Old Writer

  Contrary to what one might imagine associated with no-meat and no-beef movements in the West, such as animal rights and veganism, the connotations of restrictions on cow slaughter in India are very different. Instead, the news conjures up images of murder and lynchings, of executions without trial for a crime that isn’t legally penalized. […]

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