Flag-bearers of Hinduism are on the wrong path

It is very sad that recently three innocent men were killed in India over the issue of beef. A Muslim man was beaten to death by a mob in Bishara village in response to rumours that he had eaten beef. Another man died after being attacked by villagers who believed he was involved in cattle smuggling. And a trucker was killed in Udhampur, in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, over rumours that he had been involved in cow killings. Three deaths in just three weeks. I, myself being Hindu, strongly protest these killings.

Unfortunately, some people are out to make beef-consumption a controversial political issue. But the fact is, a huge number of Hindus themselves also eat beef. Moreover, last year India was ranked as the second largest beef exporter in the world after Brazil. Don't these bigots know this? Why are they targeting people of other faith? A man of any religion has the absolute freedom to select his food choices. My suggestion to these people is, please go and fight the ugly caste system instead -- a system that continues to exist 
in a very crude form.

Pradip Das, On e-mail