In India, people view the cow with deep respect and emotion. We treat them as much more than just animals; it is linked to selflessness, maternal care, and purity. The cow carries importance not only ...

Muslim leaders’ demand for a national policy forces a fresh reckoning with India’s constitutional ambiguities.

The basics of Hindu cosmology and mythology. (This is the third of a series. See earlier ones here and here.) Christians and Jews tend to ask lots of questions about how life began. Hindus tend not to ...

Venerated as incarnations of Hindu deities, India's sacred cows are also being touted as agents of energy transition by a government determined to promote biogas production to cut its dependence on ...

India's only dedicated "cow minister" has been dumped in state elections, ending a controversial tenure that saw hundreds of the sacred animals starve to death and poisoned on his watch. Otaram Dewasi ...

Dung from India's cows, sacred to many in the Hindu-majority country, is being used to power a movement towards biogas fuel - Copyright AFP Punit PARANJPE Dung from ...

Venerated as incarnations of Hindu deities, India's sacred cows are also being touted as agents of energy transition by a government determined to promote biogas production to cut its dependence on ...