BANdwagon
In a country like India, the amalgamation of several languages,religions,food and customs differences are bound to exist.Here irrespective of religious sentiments or political consequences anything can be banned at the drop of a hat. We have seen several bans making headlines these days. Latest one to join the list is #MeatBan.
Self-styled crusaders of free speech mainly those who do outrage on twitter lose no opportunity to chip in whenever ban of any kind imposed on public. Jains form 0.4% of India's population and they have been granted minority status as well. But their numbers are very less compared to Muslims and Christians which means Jain community is not a potential vote bank for our greedy politicians. Unlike many low caste people across India, Jains enjoy better social and economical status.So the argument behind politicians doing minority appeasement by imposing meat ban is pointless.
The 2 day meat ban during Paryushan has been in place since 1994 which apparently started by Congress government. So why all of a sudden there is a widespread disapproval over meat ban? Why is the main stream media taking so much interest to disturb social harmony by making it appear like a communal issue? Is it because MSM really cares about individual freedom? If so why this so called paragon of integrity and truth has been indifferent to ban for 20 years? All these TRP hungry MSM goons pry on people's sensitivities to sensationalize a trivial issue.
It is amusing to see MSM blaming central BJP govt led by Modi while the decision to ban meat was taken by a local municipality in mumbai region. So where the blame lies? Well blame lies with both the sides it seems!
Non violence is one of the core tenets of Jainism. They are prohibited from eating meat because it involves killing innocent animals. Fine. But there is no need to impose this religious sentiment on others. A typical Jain may argue that a meat eating person will not lose anything by avoiding non-veg for couple of days. What about those poor meat vendors whose lively-hood depends solely on selling meat? Don't they suffer losses? If looking at an animal carcass hurts religious sentiments then better avoid roaming the roads or stop looking at meat shops. Forcing someone to do something against their free will is uncalled for. Instead of protesting over an insignificant issue, local meat vendors could avoid such instances by covering their shop entrance with curtains for two days. Is it so difficult to respect your neighbour's feelings? Atleast doing so solves basic purpose of peaceful coexistence.
--Enigma
