Bull Castration

In Madhya Pradesh, the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress joined forces and forced the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government to put on hold a recent order on castrating unproductive and inferior bulls across the state.

Two millennia ago, a small Greco-Roman temple in present-day Turkey awed and enthralled its residents. Just beyond its stone gate, in a grotto shrouded in a heavy mist, a strange force worked dark deeds: Bulls ushered inside would lie down and perish; the castrated priests in charge would emerge unscathed.

In Madhya Pradesh, the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress joined forces and forced the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government to put on hold a recent order on castrating unproductive and inferior bulls across the state.

Two millennia ago, a small Greco-Roman temple in present-day Turkey awed and enthralled its residents. Just beyond its stone gate, in a grotto shrouded in a heavy mist, a strange force worked dark deeds: Bulls ushered inside would lie down and perish; the castrated priests in charge would emerge unscathed.