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To: Shivram Hala who wrote (5956)	8/27/1999 2:05:00 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Just go back and see how many Indian newspaper articles that I have included in my remarks. That, and a little bit of common sense should do. Unfortunately, I cannot tell you where to get the latter. You got to find it yourself. And no, I hold no particular liking for Pakistan, but most of the time I see Indians here gloating about their apparent "superiority" over Pakistan. Which is truly pathetic, because it should be obvious to anybody with more than a couple of grey cells that both the countries are in pretty much the same sorry state.

To: Shivram Hala who wrote (5956)	8/27/1999 2:11:00 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

And talking of facts, here are some from another newspaper article. Exposes the hypocrisy of the VHP, RSS and other right-wing bigots vis-a-vis the "sacred and holy cow aka, 'go-maata' of India, that is Bhaarat". (From Hindustan Times) Cow shelters or slaughter houses? Anju Sharma (New Delhi, April 21, 1999) The eight cow shelters (gosadans) set up by the last BJP government of Delhi have turned out to be counterproductive: a shocking 70 per cent of the bovine refugees died in the last three years. Of the 39,843 stray cattle rounded up under the Sangh Parivar?s avowed policy of protecting cows, 28,185 died. Delhi Health Minister A.K.Walia told the Assembly the other day that the condition of some of the cow shelters is so bad, they ought to be called slaughter houses instead. The scheme was launched in 1995, Non-governmental organisations were given land and money that ran into lakhs of rupees for running the shelters: Gopal Gosadan, Harevelli (80 acres and a grant of Rs 30 lakh)), Surbi Gosadan in Sultanpur (24 acres and Rs 6.5 lakh), Acharya Sushil Muni Ashram, Gumanhera (19 acres), Krishan Kanhiaya Gosadan, Malikpur, Manav Gosadan, Rawela Khanpur (Rs 17.2 lakh), PFA Gosadan, Bawana (63 acres, Rs 35 lakh), and Jan Kissan Gosadan, Sureheda (24 acres and Rs 25 lakh). Dr. Walia said had been received from some MLAs that the cattle in the shelters are being sold to the butchers. Delhi Speaker Prem Singh is to set up a House committee to probe into the causes for the inordinately high mortality at the shelters. A manager of one of the shelters who spoke to The Hindustan Times put the high number of deaths to killer plastic: ?Stray cattle get used to eating plastic bags and suchlike when they forage garbage. When they come here they drink water more regularly than they did when they were on the streets. The plastic makes their stomachs swell and they die because of this.? It was apparent to this correspondent, who visited the shelter at Harevelli, that their inmates were living in ovecrowded sheds and under appalling conditions. Shortage of space and funds, its manager said, were constraints. Strange excuses, considering the Harevelli shelter was allocated 80 acres and Rs 35 lakh.