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Monday, 25 May 2015

OH... Indian cow, how blessed thou art

A cow is a domesticated animal and normally lives in farms but in India you will find cows everywhere - streets, national highways, government schools, playgrounds etc.

Indeed it is one the most privileged domestic animals in India. A cow has more representatives than victims of various crimes. Also,  it has the luxury to ignore traffic signals or cause traffic jams and still get away from the clutches of the law.

The right-wing Hindu organisation - Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS),  had even made claims that the  “Indian cows” are “crime fighters” and keeping cows near humans habitat will help reduce crime and oh... reform convicts. (Wow! that's interesting).

I think Indian Armed Forces should consider to start a special contingent for the 'holy Indian crime fighting cows'. Also, who knows in future we may also hear about special division for cows under Crime Investigation Department and Central Bureau of Investigation.

Cows are so privileged that many people are now praying to God that in his next birth he wants to be a cow rather than a human being.

Besides milk and the other by-products, some enjoy drinking cow's piss for “health benefits”. A Hindu holy man stated: “Only two things are pure in this universe, in this world. One is the water from the Holy Ganges River and the other is urine from mother holy cow.”

The holy man must have forgotten that Ganga River is one of India’s most polluted rivers and cow’s piss or any piss is soluble toxic wastes. Anyway it’s too late I guess, since we have toothpaste, fairness cream, ointment to cure baldness etc made from cow’s urine.

And for the sake of information cows also gives us beef and leather. Period! (I hope Peta and RSS won’t send assassins after me for writing this).

You treacherous creature - FATE

I was kind of living my dream – doing what I love but all of sudden a big black cloud started hovering above me and the next moment ... damn I found myself in an abyss. Alright, I know it sounds like straight out of a fantasy novel or movie but sometimes life sure brings us surprises in a poof and zap!

No prince charming or knight in shining armour came to my rescue but as time went by I managed to climb out of the chasm with the help from ‘one above’. My lonely prayers were answered.

Hold on... Don’t come to conclusion yet!

Okay I managed to climb out. I saw my aspiration just some steps away; I was very excited that I ran towards it but ouch! I banged myself against a thick glass and felt backward, landing on the ground. The pain was so much to bear that I thought I’m on my way to meet my maker. I slowly opened my eyes and looked up and damn... I saw horror - I was inside a glass dome.  If it was a wall I could have climbed to get to my love - my aspiration.

Finally accepting defeat I sat down. Tears refused to trickle down my cheeks because I cried so much when I was down there in the chasm. I looked up again and like any human would complaint, I said: “Gosh, why did you help me to get out of the abyss if this is the alternative...”

But God gives us challenges so that we become stronger. If everything was that easy, life would be boring.