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No beef in Vedas
To Verso Books, London, UK
This petition is to express our deep anguish at the publication of
the book "The Myth of the holy cow" by Mr. D. N. Jha and demand its
immediate withdrawal and an apology.
The book is based on misinterpretation of the Vedas and as a re-
sult grievously injures the sentiments of millions of Hindus all over the world.
It contains wrong conclusions and the sole aim of the author has been to
prove that the Vedic texts endorse eating beef.
Vedas are the foundation of the Hindu culture, as it existed thou-
sands of years ago until this day. The Hindu society maintains the cow as a
symbol of motherhood. The milk of a cow fills the need of a hungry infant
when mother's milk is insufficient. It's this gratitude for the milk that kids are
taught to hold the cow with the same reverence as their own mother. Be-
fore taking their daily meals devout Hindus take out a portion of their food
as "Gau-grass" (portion of food for the cow).
Mr. Jha's knowledge of Sanskrit seems to be very narrow and lim-
ited as a result he has relied on misinterpretations of Vedic text. Even to an
untrained eye the respect for cow is self evident in Indian society of current
times. Here is a brief list of Vedic mantras that falsify his assertion about
killings of the cow in Vedic times.
We the undersigned have raised this issue on behalf of millions of
Hindus and others. We will boycott all products from Verso Books until
such time when this book is taken off the shelves and Mr. Jha and Verso
Books publish an apology. We will also boycott all distributors, agents or
representatives of Verso Books.
Complete article by Mr. 'B. D. Ukhul refuting Mr. Jha's claims:
http://www.aryasamaj.org/eng_art/A_clouds_over_understanding.htm
Verso books:
http://www.versobooks.com/books/ghij/ij-titles/jha_myth_cow.shtml
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
(the under mentioned signatures is a tip of the iceberg; for full signature
please visit www.petitiononline.com/vedas/petition.html and register your
signatures as protest)
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