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A layman's guide to India's position on Rohingyas' problem

I. Who  Are Rohingyas? Rohingyas are believed to be people of  Indo Aryan Ethnicity settled in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. Historically, they were also known as Arakanese Indians and have been living in Myanmar for twelve hundred years at least. The majority of them are Muslims.There is a minuscule Hindu minority as well. According to the United Nations, Rohingya are one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. The Myanmar Nationality law, 1982, which grants citizenship only to Burmese ethnic races denied them citizenship. These people suffer restricted freedom of movement having virtually no access to state education and civil service jobs. In fact what Rohingyas face in Myanmar today is no less than the crime of apartheid practised by South Africa earlier. II. Why are  Rohingyas in the news in India today? Currently, the Supreme Court of India is considering the issue of deportation of Rohingyas from India. Many Indian liberals quote UNHCR Refugee Convent

Can the other Indians eat their beef in peace? What the next 20 years are going to be?

   1. With the stringent action taken by Sri Yogi Adityanathji, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh against the illegal abattoirs, a Pandora’s box has been opened. This fact, (coupled with the lynching of a person to death who was allegedly part of a cow slaughter business) assumes additional significance. Most ardent beef eaters are aware that very many times they get only buffalo meat and not real beef. Of late, many states have virtually made it impossible to slaughter  Oxen/ cows unless they are past their prime. But the beef markets around the world put a premium on beef from younger animals, as they are the best in terms of quality. Brazil , Australia, New Zealand lead the rest in global  beef trade.                       2.  The sub-continent (Akhand Bharat) which extended from the state of Kandahar in the west to Bengal in the east, (bordering Burma )and was bordered in the north China, and surrounded by ocean on south. It was  essentially a  pastoral and agricultural