Gau-rakshaks

There has been some concern in Rajasthan over the state's overdrive against cattle trafficking. Over the last fortnight, there have already been two shootouts between the police and men suspected to be trafficking cows for slaughter.

Mohan Bhagwat, in his Vijayadashami address, advises gau-rakshaks not to be concerned by comments of the Supreme Court against their activities, and Amit Shah rallies the top-most leaders of his party to defend the violent activities of the RSS in Kerala. This is their DNA.

In parliament, I spoke on how this government is unleashing different sorts of attacks on innocent people across the country.

There have been many turning points in the political history of Kashmir. But the coalition of partners so ideologically antithetical to each other was perhaps a curve ball many in the Valley have not been able to recover from.

More than 500 cows have died in the last two weeks, say volunteers, at a shelter near Jaipur in Rajasthan, their neglected stalls turning into death traps.

On the outskirts of Pune, in the verdant Deccan Plateau, is the Shiv Senapati Mohite Gaushala. Its head trustee is a man called Parsuram Modak, described on his Facebook fan page as someone with links to the BJP and RSS for 40 years.

As violence by self-styled cattle vigilantes or gau-rakshaks swells across India, roiling the parliament and grabbing headlines, NDTV attempted to get a ringside view of how they are allowed to operate with impunity.

There has been some concern in Rajasthan over the state's overdrive against cattle trafficking. Over the last fortnight, there have already been two shootouts between the police and men suspected to be trafficking cows for slaughter.

Mohan Bhagwat, in his Vijayadashami address, advises gau-rakshaks not to be concerned by comments of the Supreme Court against their activities, and Amit Shah rallies the top-most leaders of his party to defend the violent activities of the RSS in Kerala. This is their DNA.

In parliament, I spoke on how this government is unleashing different sorts of attacks on innocent people across the country.

There have been many turning points in the political history of Kashmir. But the coalition of partners so ideologically antithetical to each other was perhaps a curve ball many in the Valley have not been able to recover from.

More than 500 cows have died in the last two weeks, say volunteers, at a shelter near Jaipur in Rajasthan, their neglected stalls turning into death traps.

On the outskirts of Pune, in the verdant Deccan Plateau, is the Shiv Senapati Mohite Gaushala. Its head trustee is a man called Parsuram Modak, described on his Facebook fan page as someone with links to the BJP and RSS for 40 years.

As violence by self-styled cattle vigilantes or gau-rakshaks swells across India, roiling the parliament and grabbing headlines, NDTV attempted to get a ringside view of how they are allowed to operate with impunity.