Beef Ban

The Juvenile Immigrant: A new book captures the diaspora experience and identity politics that accompanies it

Namrata Verghese, the author of The Juvenile Immigrant, discusses why all writing is inherently political, and what constitutes the American Dream for people of Indian origin in 2019

Adivasis and the Indian State: Caught between Hinduisation and indifferent govt, Madias of Maharashtra struggle to make ends meet

Majority of the families belonging to the Madia tribe in Maharashtra, whose lives have been disrupted by an encroaching ‘civilisation’, are left with a Hobson’s choice — assimilate and lose their Adivasi culture or resist and lose their lives

SC judge Indu Malhotra recuses herself from hearing pleas against Bombay HC order on laws on beef possession

Justice Indu Malhotra Monday recused herself from hearing a batch of appeals and cross-appeals challenging a Bombay High Court verdict which held that mere possession of beef of animals slaughtered outside the state cannot invite criminal action

Where RSS Men Love Their Pork

The RSS and its Hindutva affiliates are making deep inroads into the many tribes and ethnic communities that make up the Northeast by trying to hoist, at least, 109 existing indigenous faiths in a strategic bid to counter evangelical Christianity.

BJP has ensured cow protection becomes universal brand of politics; Congress-led govt invoking NSA in MP a typical example

The cow has turned into a potent political totem, much like the seasonal iftar photo-ops, ever since BJP graduated from Ram mandir politics to gau mata politics.

India’s leather industry takes a hit as incidents of cow-vigilantism soar: Exports declined by over 3% last year

As production and leather exports declined, cow-related violence increased from one attack each in 2012 and 2013 to three in 2014, jumping to 37 in 2017, the worst year yet for such violence

Of statue-toppling and culture wars: Not what we fight, most complete erasures are ones we embrace, surrender to

Culture, both as way of life and as artefact, is perennially in the process of being erased and created anew. The gradual erasure is not as dramatic as the deliberate pulling down of a statue, but in the long run, it is usually far more effective.

Yogi Adityanath govt completes one year: Not herd mentality, cow welfare needs real solutions

As the Yogi Adityanath government completes one year in Uttar Pradesh, this Khabar Lahariya special report examines how cows are actually faring in the heartland of gauraksha

Siddaramaiah's beef with cattle slaughter laws: How Karnataka CM waged a battle over freedom of food

That politics in India is inextricably linked to the politics of beef is well established. But this phenomenon seems especially pronounced in Karnataka.

Supreme Court fixes final hearing for pleas seeking decriminalisation of beef possession in February

Supreme Court listed for final disposal a batch of pleas challenging the Bombay High Court verdict decriminalising the possession of beef in case of animals slaughtered outside the state