Skip to content

thevigil.in: public scrutiny of news media

where the public critiques the news media, and keeps them true!

Archive

Tag: Cow

 The BJP is ready to fight the Haryana elections. Its manifesto is out: The party will ban western music and “indecency in the name of culture”. The next big promise: It will set up a Cow-care Commission, “Gau seva aayog” (The Hindu, pg 5). Cow and Culture. Yessir, that’s what Haryana needs the most. Go, win the elections with that.

By B V Rao
The BJP’s Madhya Pradesh chief minister is also angry with Twitter Minister Shashi Tharoor.  He has said that Tharoor has no right to be a minister. “I believe that in a democracy people are God. To refer to them as Cattle is an insult to them. And I believe such a person has no right to be a union minister,” he said (The Hindu/PTI).

Shivraj says People are God. One of the BJP’s core beliefs (there are many floating around these days) is that the Cow is also God. And Tharoor says People are Cattle. So look at the situation we have on our hands: People are God. Cow is God. But Cow is Cattle, too, and Cattle are People as well. By this simple equation People are Cattle too and everybody is God. (Childhood math: If X=Y and X=Z, then Y=Z) continue reading…

 

You need to log in to vote

The blog owner requires users to be logged in to be able to vote for this post.

Alternatively, if you do not have an account yet you can create one here.

Powered by Vote It Up