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The Politics of Food Policing: Outlook's Latest Issue -- Cow Prescription

A brief history of the policing of Indians who eat beef

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The Politics of the Food Police | Outlook's Latest Issue: Cow Prescription
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As people get disproportionately targeted for eating beef based on caste and class, it is important to understand the blurred history of beef-eating in India.

In Outlook's latest issue, Cow Prescription, we take a look at the creation of the myth of the holy cow, the many lies and half-truths around it, and in recent times, the political discourse that the animal finds itself in.