Deshpande's Adda!

Cow Slaughter and Beef ban are subjects which are recently trending in India. In the language of the recently aired ludicrous TV Ad of Fogg deodorant- “ye chal raha hai” Hindustan me! So let me jump on the bandwagon and share my 2 cents! Looking from the logic of those who are opposing beef; In India we consider Cow to be a holy animal. Hence killing a ‘holy creature’ (quirky that the list also includes humans) is a crime (read law) and hence consuming Beef (read cow slaughter) is akin to a murder! For whatever reasons- be it political, social, religious, or cultural- the Cow is considered holy. But are we giving that respect to the poor animal? In most cities we find cows roaming around the streets, eating garbage and waste left by diviner-than-them species (read Humans). Their food includes hazardous plastics. Cows are hit by cars and vehicles all over in India. Irony is that I have seen online forums where drivers have asked whether their cars will be covered...

Let's be realistic. Modi is no magician- who can help BJP reach 272 seats alone. There may be a positive wave in the country but looking at the local issues and regional satraps it is quite evident that Modi cannot help the BJP reach 272 figure. To approve/disprove my contemplation, I spent some time in calculating the maximum possible seats that NDA/BJP can win in 2014 looking at the current scenario. I took this: ref   as the reference. This wiki page is of EXTREME importance since it not only reveals all the details of the 2009 elections but also fragments it into individual constituencies. I am posting the results of the mini-analysis as below- please go through. State Total Current NDA BJP max in 2014 Allies in 2014 Total in 2014 Gain Possible Allies (post) Andhra Pradesh 42 0 2 3 5 5 Arunachal Pradesh 2 0 0 0 ...