Posted on 04/16/2012 8:37:24 PM PDT by Steelfish
16 April 2012 Violence Breaks Out At Indian Beef-Eating Festival
Dalits students argue they should have freedom to eat what they want A beef-eating festival at a university in the Indian city of Hyderabad has led to clashes between rival sets of Hindu students, police say.
They say that Hindus who regard cows as sacred fought with low caste Dalit groups who organised the event.
About 1,500 people were fed beef biriyani as part of the festival late on Sunday evening.
Dalit groups want beef on the campus hostel menu. Right wing Hindu groups say eating beef is not Hindu practice.
Last year's event at Osmania University also ended in violence.
The BBC's Omer Farooq in the city says that says there has been tension for a few days now on the campus.
Our correspondent says that has been the case ever since organisers announced that the festival - held over the weekend - would go ahead. Right wing Hindu groups soon afterwards declared their intention to stop it.
The clashes that were feared erupted on Sunday evening and carried on late into the early hours of Monday morning, reports say.
Batons and teargas Police say that the violence began when about 100 members of the right wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) marched towards the festival ground and were stopped by police.
The protesters then set two vehicles on fire and threw stones at police, who used batons and teargas to beat back the crowd.
Senior police officer Amit Garg said the situation is now under control.
Protesting students say that Hinduism is being besmirched by beef eaters
Dalit groups want beef included in food served at the campus hostel. Festival organiser B Sudarshan told the BBC that they were involved in a fight for the "freedom to eat".
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The Muslim BBC correspondent is trying to stir up problems among the Hindu infidels. Five times, he refers to vegetarians as “right wing”, which in the BBC lexicon means “bad”. Anything adhering to traditional religious practice is “right wing”, unless it concerns Muslims, in which case we must celebrate diversity by respecting their religion.
Those are Muslims. They slip off easily for prayers 5 times a day.
Yatta!
I agree. Let me have my flame-grilled whopper at the right price, not jacked up by 1 billion more wanting to eat beef.
if you can’t afford the regular size, you can get always get the Calcutta
When i was helping out at a charity in Bombay years ago, the leather goods there (high-quality stuff too) was pretty cheap —> even the ones going to make the coats etc. that cost bundles in London were available at a fraction of the price.
Does India have a BATB to track down & arrest beefleggers, steak-easies, & bathtub barbecue??
The chef looks like he is well protected from the Sacred Cow cult.
Rosbifs & their captive beef-boiler, in his ritual boiler suit.
Agreed!!!!
Beef/lamb biriyani is one of the few Indian foods I can eat.
From “Be Here Now” to “Beef Here Now!”
That gives me an idea. We could have a pork eating contest, followed by a laxative eating contest. Then go pray at the local mosque.
-—Right wing Hindu groups say eating beef is not Hindu practice.-—
Right wing? I see traditional Hinduism as closer to left wing, New Age, veganism.
Feed them some good South Texas B-B-Q smoked with mesquite and they will eat beef forever.
Most leather jackets are lambskin. Cowhide is a lot coarser.
Holy cow, Sharbatman!
Sandals are comfortable in hot climate. Don’t need socks and closed shoes to sweat in.
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