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Not in my name: I am a Jain and Gurgaon meat ban isn't about my religious sentiments
August 02, 2022 6:40 pm
Vansha Jain writes: Paryushan Parv is about ridding ourselves of hatred, greed and the pull of the ego. Hurting the livelihoods of traders is about an exclusivist politics
Mumbai meat ban: The politics behind the city's veg vs non-veg divide
September 20, 2015 6:03 pm
The recent row over ban on the sale of meat in Mumbai during a Jain festival has exposed a faultline that goes to the gut of the matter — a growing veg vs non-veg divide in the city, and how politicians have made a meal of it.
Why Mumbai will be denied mutton, chicken for 4 days
September 09, 2015 9:07 am
The temporary meat ban, which has been in place since 1964 as a mark of respect to a Jain festival, has now pitted Marathi parties against the ruling BJP.
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