• All types and all animals ( be it cow or pig or chicken or even fish) cruelty be evaluated and stopped world wide regardless of religion and desh. We all talk about animals but how about the humans ?????? We are so cruel to our poor brethren in billion who are living breathing feeling and thinking humans but we do not care about them. We just met Sadananda Swami of Adi Shankracharya tradition. He was so much in pain with the recent condition of Hinduism and related and we discussed about that subject . But he almost cried when he said - the rich are sucking the poor people - make them work hard labor all day long and they just get coupe of hundred rupees - how they can survive day to day life, think of praying or even buying a small book or saving the Hindu dharma. The rich should not exploit the poor and should pay well so, he can also think of GOD. In my three months stay, i have also seen the apathy, ill-treatment and cruelty of well-off people towards the servant class (so-called) in abundance. It just breaks my heart. Until we the well-off Hindus of India change our attitude towards this working class shramajivis (blue color workforce) , even saving the cow will not save Hindu dharma. I don't mean to be pessimistic but that is reality.
• All cow lovers want that keeping cow technology be no profit - no loss business.And if that is not immediately possible, we can think in terms of sterilizing cows like in Rajasthan, where they are firing dart on Nilgai which will make it sterile.
• Thanks for the compilation of the articles - must have taken quite some time.. Quite a large source of information. I am certain the gorakshaa is a good and worthy cause. I am not undermining the need for goraksha. However, our Hindu society in India and elsewhere is quite fond of using milk in rituals and in preparing sweets such as SHrikhand, rasmalai, sandesh, chumcham, pedaa, rabari (milk paayas) and what not. Oh !!! and not to forget those most flavorful and divinely tasting and cooling ice-creams - And how can we forget Ghee... Here are question to ponder upon... Are we the COW LOVERS prepared to let go off the excess usage of milk in our daily consumption ? Are we prepared to have dairy owners stopping the artificial insemination of cows to keep them pragnant in perpetuity until their death or leading to their death? Are we the COW WORSHIPERS and our spiritual leaders ready to denounce usage of unnecessary use of milk in rituals- During Shivaratri, and so many other religious festivals ? Are our leaders and Cow-protectors willing to work with dairy owners ( mind you that they are also Hindus) to suffer the business losses due to reduction in milk production if done by natural means ? Are we prepared to have all the natural resources (such as water, land, and grass etc which are already in short supplies in INDIA) diverted towards keeping all the non-milking cows alive until their natural demise ? Are we the HINDUS ready to substitute milk with other sources for the same nutrients and formulate products ? Have we prepared a back up plan for such nutritional supplements ? OR ARE WE JUST HYPOCRATES going with the flow for cow protection without giving up anything in return and modify our rituals and eating preferences to an extent ????? Are we ready to have a sane and level headed dialogue at the national level ?? I must confess that i have a bad habit of chai with milk and joy of ice-creams and is the transgression (paap) I am fully and painfully aware and know for sure of the consequences either in this or after life per law of Karma theory. The beautiful eyes of cows stand in front of me and i am still gulping the cup of chai and bawl of ice-cream ..It is pathetic but i know my lack of will. And yes, as a female, I would really really hate to be barefoot and pregnant for several years artificially.... I have a choice but the cows don't.... One can google the youtube on artificial insemination process and some are extremely graphic...
• Thanks for taking time to find about gomata, because if right balance could be formed between cattle and agriculture a lot of farmers could be benefitted and the agricultural economy and even world environment can be saved.. and i believe that our rishis must have seen some remarkable spiritual and scientific aspects on cow that could save earth from drastic consequences. I had opprtunity to read go-ank , goseva ank, dhenumanas granth. If you are interested you can read free online books of rajiv dixit on gomata , there are three books published by godham pathmeda on cows of which i read one called gavo jagat matrah , and rest two called gavarchan prayog, and surbjhistotravali. There are books gavo jaganmatrah of godham pathmeda , and rest The books on gomata on your site will be beneficial to gau devotees, because our ancient smritis are full of information on cows but they are not available to common people to read in Hindi so that they can apply them in daily lives and develop reverence for cattle that used to be in past. There is one book called krishi parashar or rishi krishi which tells about agriculture as to be practiced naturally and also about role of gaumata in that , but that book is hard to find.
• Let me quote the sermons of Malukaapeetha Acharya Rajendra Das ji - If you can not bring up a cow, you can donate to Gaushala. And since then, one of my sisters is contributing to. The other person I know is Shri Shwetashva Chauhan who is at present engaged in farming. He reported that in Pilibhit, there are hoards of cows which come in 250 or so numbers and destroy fields. They yield very less milk. What is the way out?