Cow Klux Klan
Much has been made of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s anodyne ‘condemnation’ of the behaviour of so-called gau rakshaks. And yet, 39 people have died, all in the past three years.
If the ideological opponents of Hindutva had put forward the events in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, on December 3 as a hypothetical worst-case scenario, a product of the official indulgence of cow-protecting' vigilantes, they'd be accused of fear-mongering. The truth is scarier. A mob, fuelled by the supposed discovery of recently slain cows in a village in Bulandshahr district, blocked the highway and protested to the police. Details are sketchy, but
