*New Book*
[image: Cow on Indian.jpg]*Cow on Indian Political Chessboard* Edited by *Ram Puniyani* Cow Slaughter and beef eating have been used by communal forces to polarize the society. Right from the colonial period Cow has been regularly used by communal forces for boosting their agenda. Lately many states have brought in legislation where storage of beef and its consumption is regarded as illegal. There are regulations in different states which prohibit cow slaughter. The issues related to beef eating in India have been well investigated by various scholars. This book is a compilation of articles by various scholars-activists who have thrown light on the issue. The core part of the book is the scholarly essay by Historian Prof. D.N. Jha who has done extensive work on the Ancient Indian history, and that on beef eating in particular. The book aims to dispel various prevalent myths which go on to fuel the divisive tendencies in society. *Ram Puniyani* Is an activist-author. His major books are, Communal Politics: Facts versus myths. Dalits and Hindutva, Terrorism Explained, and Narendra Modi: Myth and Reality. *Contributors* D.N.Jha, Anshul Kumar Pandey, Manoj Joshi, S. Anand, Pradeep Deshpande, Javed Anand, A.J. Philip, Jawed Naqvi, Divya Rajgopal and Ram Puniyani. *Pages *184, Price Rs 160, soft cover *Publisher* Black Pepper Books Kozhikode, Kerala. *For Copies Contact* *Black Pepper Books* Vidyarthi Center, Room No 7/14 D-6 Mananchira Tower, A.G.Road, Kozhikode -1, Kerala, India. www.blackpepperbooks.com blackpepperbo...@gmail.com Ph 0495-2760396, -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to humanrights-movement+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to humanrights-movement@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
