SHARING WHAT WAS SHARED WITH ME "India has 115 million buffaloes, more than half the world's population, and produces about 1.53 million tons of beef every year." (And so why does it produce beef? if its NOT allowed or scared ? Aren't you then in breach of your own sacred laws or the laws of the land?) "..The Indian beef industry didn't happen overnight. Export began in the 1960s and grew significantly in the last decade. Last year, India exported $4.3 billion worth of beef, a number expected to increase by $200 million this year. Today, India exports to 65 countries where its beef competes with meat from all over the world. The demand for Indian beef is especially high because it comes from free-ranging buffaloes fed on natural pastures and not pumped with growth hormones, says Santosh Sarangi, chairman of the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA). "India has 115 million buffaloes, more than half the world's population, and produces about 1.53 million tons of beef every year," Sarangi says. The debate of the sacredness of the cow is an issue even among India's historians with some arguing that the "holy cow" is a relatively recent phenomenon exploited by political and religious groups. In The Myth of The Holy Cow, historian Dwijendra Narayan Jha says that ancient Hindus ate beef—the cow got its revered status around 500 A.D. coinciding with an agricultural boom on the subcontinent. Jha's research offers copious evidence that ancient Hindu kings regularly sacrificed and ate animals including cattle. www.keralites.net 
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