Beef ban

In a conversation with Hardnews, Dr. Arvind Verma, talks about the complete disregard of the rule of law in India, the beef ban and the logistics of implementation

In a conversation with Hardnews, Dr. Arvind Verma, talks about the complete disregard of the rule of law in India, the beef ban and the logistics of implementation 

The government’s decision to issue ‘Cowdhaar’ cards is the latest in a series of absurd theatrical maneuvers to protect cows. If history is anything to go by, our ancestors had no such concern for the herbivore
Hardnews Bureau Delhi 

As the cow smuggling nexus across the Indo-Bangladesh border breaks down, cow rearing has become a raging business in areas around Dhaka
Sanjay Kapoor Dhaka

The nascent rule of the Hindutva firebrand has been marked by violent vigilantism and fetishising of the bovine species
Sanjay Kapoor Delhi 

In the village where Mohammad Akhlaq was lynched communal tensions simmer below the surface. Not surprisingly, most villagers intend to vote along religious lines
Shalini Sharma Dadri 

My recent trip to Gujarat was largely uneventful except for all the fafdas (some crazy shaped puffs made of gram flour) that I had during my road journey to Surat from Ahmedabad. Every time I would tell my driver Ratanbhai that I wanted to have tea and a little bite - he would park the car at the nearest fafda place. I wanted to have an omelette and told him so, but I could not have committed a bigger blasphemy in his eyes. He made a dirty face and told me that it was not available on this highway and its consumption was generally not encouraged!

As voting begins in the state to elect a new government, caste alliances are driving elections under the catch-all phrase of ‘development’. In a ground report, Hardnews travelled through the state to understand which way the wind is blowing
Abeer Kapoor Delhi 

Incidents of violence targetting the minorities have become routine in the last 16 months. Prime Minister Modi’s government has done little to shun the belief that the culprits don’t enjoy its patronage 
Sadiq Naqvi Delhi