Dear Tehseen,
Here is my open answer to your
open letter to respected PM, Narendra Modi. Mr. Tehseen, I agree that Hunduism
doesn’t prohibit from eating meat, but it prohibits from eating beef (Cow’s meat),
like Islam prohibits eating pork (Pig’s meat). Prohibition of eating Cow’s meat
has cultural and societal reasons. I will come to this later.
You mentioned that Dadri incident
took place because Muslim family consumed beef. But, as per media reports, this
reason was not cited in the report sent to Central govt. by the UP govt. If the
media reports are to be believed, aren’t you spreading lies to fan communal
atmosphere in the country through this open letter, and shouldn’t you be
booked? You also said that RSS/BJP creating vegetarians and non-vegetarians
hierarchy. Your statement/conclusion is right if you think that non-vegetarian
food contains only beef (Cow’s meat). However, this is not the reality. No RSS
and BJP leader ever said all non-vegetarian foods need to be banned, when these
organisations may have many people who eat non-vegetarian food. Unless you
provide an evidence to prove your statement/conclusion, you are nothing but a
scare monger.
Mr. Tehseen, you talked about
secular fabric of the country, do you remember secular fabric only when a
victim is minority? Where was your secularism, when Tuktuki, a dalit Hindu
girl, was kidnapped and raped by goons belonging to minority community? Where
was your concern for secular fabric, when goons brutally killed a Temple priest
in UP? Why did you keep quiet when a police officer was killed for stopping a
vehicle, which was smuggling Cows? Have you forgotten your secularism when WB
govt. banned Durga puja in Moradabad district, at the behest Muslims? Have you
become so secular that crimes committed by minorities have become secular? Did
secularism teach you to outrage selectively? I can give many such instances
where secular and illiberal brigades were quiet on crimes where minorities
involved. Such people don’t have moral authority to question others.
Now let me come to eating cow
meat. You mentioned few translations from Vedas, Mahabharata and Manu smriti.
First of all your translation is immature and childish. It also displays that
you don’t have any knowledge about Vedas, Mahabharata and Smriti, and you have
taken these translations straight from internet without applying your mind. For
example I studied two verses from Rig Veda you used in your argument that Indra
and Agni eat meat. Nowhere in Veda it is said that eating cow meat is ok. Below
is the full verse from Rig Veda 6/17/1 along with translation:
In the above verse there is no mention of cow leave alone
Indra eating cow meat. The real meaning as
follows:
“O mighty and armed with weapon Indra, the one who is like
sun for clouds, destroy all enemies. O Bold one, with the worship of cow, kill those
deserved to be killed and drink juice of soma”.
Below is the full verse from Rig Veda 10/85/13 along with
translation:
The mantra states that in winter,
the rays of sun get weakened and then get strong again in spring. The word used
for sun-rays in ‘Go’ which also means cow and hence the mantra can also be
translated by making ‘cow’ and not ‘sun-rays’ as the subject. The word used for
‘weakened’ is ‘Hanyate’ which can also mean killing. But if that be so, why
would the mantra go further and state in next line (which is deliberately not
translated) that in spring, they start regaining their original form. How can a cow killed in winter regain its
health in spring? This amply proves how ignorant and biased you are on Vedas.
These wrongly translated verses
are freely available on the internet and you choose to believe without actually
verifying the original text being mythology student. Mr. Tehaseen, does
mythology mean presenting wrong facts to the public? If you don’t understand
the complicated Vedas, please for god sake don’t mislead people. If you do that
what is the difference between you and Zakir
Naik?
Mr. Tehseen, you also mentioned
about use of cow flesh and fat as medicine in Charaka Samhita. I would like to
mention other benefits of cow as mentioned by Vagbhat in his ‘Ashtanga Hradaya’.
He talks about use of cow’s urine and ghee in Ayurveda medicine. Cow is also
life line of rural economy, where it’s milk is used as major income, while dung
and urine are used for manure and bio-gas. I hope u understand the importance,
and hence ban on cow slaughter in 20+ states of the country. That is why the
outrage in rural areas of UP where the secular government is not taking any
action against the thieves in spite of repeated complaint by the local people.
You mentioned about a Muslim boy
saving a drowning cow. I would like to give an instance where a RSS people
serving flood affected Muslims by providing relief materials. Also, Muslims were
allowed to do Namaj in a hall where Ganesh festival was celebrated. You
mentioned ‘Garba’. Garba is a religious and social gathering of Hindus. Hindu organisations
have their right whom to allow and whom not allow to Garba. If you want to
involve in Garba, please convert yourself to Hinduism and seek entry.
Mr. Tehseen, you mentioned PM tweeting about the
unfortunate death of Asha Bhosle’s son, but conveniently you avoided mentioning
that Asha Bhosle had tweeted to PM regarding her inability to attend a function
which she agreed by citing her son’s death. Do you think PM should have kept
quiet even after receiving her personal tweet?
Mr. Tehseen, you RSS/BJP/Modi
haters have always been selective in reporting the crimes. When the victim
belongs to minority community, you guys outrage and target RSS/BJP/Modi. When
victim belongs to majority community you guys don’t even whisper. What
credibility do you have to question the PM about his silence on Dadri
incidence? You guys are threat to secularism of the country because of your
pseudo-secular behaviour.
