Mother Cow, Mother India the multispecies politics of dairy in India

"India imposes stringent criminal penalties, including life imprisonment in some states, for cow slaughter, based on a Hindu ethic of revering the cow as sacred. And yet India is also among the world's leading producers of beef, leather, and milk. What is behind this seeming contradiction?...

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Main Author:	Narayanan, Yamini (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Published:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:	Milk trade > Political aspects > India. Dairying > Political aspects > India. Beef industry > Political aspects > India. Human-animal relationships > India. Animal welfare > India. Cows > Religious aspects > Hinduism. Religion and politics > India. Hindutva.