Halal Meat

Halal hegemony: How the issue is not just about food choices, but ban is not the answer

As the ongoing Himalaya controversy suggests, halal isn’t just about food. It’s about normalising the Islamic way of life.

Halal is economic apartheid, but does jhatka movement have enough steam?

A strong awareness campaign among consumers and a policy push for jhatka can make the meat business a level playing ground with fewer bones to pick

Karnataka: Five Bajrang Dal activists held for attacking Muslim trader for selling halal meat

'Five people went to a shop and demanded non-halal meat. When it was not provided, the shop was shut,' police said. The incident happened in the Shivamogga district

Controversy erupts after BCCI recommends halal meat to caterers for India-New Zealand Test in Kanpur

The catering and menu document, in possession of PTI, also mentions categorically that no pork or beef should be part of any food in any form or variety.

Restaurants, shops must specify if meat sold is 'halal' or 'jhatka', says SDMC's standing committee

The proposal cleared by the SDMC says that according to Hinduism and Sikhism, eating halal meat is 'forbidden and against religion'

Discourse around Zomato controversy fails to acknowledge role of caste in dictating our experiences with food

The Zomato controversy turns weary if it is reduced to yet another story brimming with stale clichés of communal cleavage or pious exemplars of communal harmony

Zomato row: Food aggregator app is right to call out bigotry, but its own virtue-signalling raises problematic questions

Is Zomato consistent in its messaging over this commendable position? Has it been consistent in taking this liberal stand in the past?