The Union Government urged the citizens of India to swap the western occasion of Valentine’s Day with the Indian culture and hug a cow.
Recently, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government declared the 14th of February as the National Cow Hug Day and asked all the citizens of India, to break western traditions. In an official statement, the Government of India (GoI) said, “Hugging cows will bring emotional richness and increase individual and collective happiness.”
An official circular was also issued in this regard by the Animal Welfare Board of India, a body under the ministry of fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying, The decision was taken after a discussion with the Union Government and the Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Ministry of India.
Backing up the urge with facts and benefits, the Government of India said, bovine is the “backbone of Indian culture”. It also added that swapping Valentine’s Day as Cow Hug Day would reduce the increase threat posed towards the Indian culture which is on extinct in India and leading Indians to forget our culture and traditions.
While many Hindus have taken serious note of the dying Indian culture amongst youths, a section of netizens criticised the Indian Government, calling it a political move. Backing up the same, many netizens quote the words of historian D.N. Jha, argues that the cow’s sanctity is a relatively recent tradition by a community whose culture is often imagined as threatened by Muslims. In his book The Myth of the Holy Cow, Mr. D.N. Jha said, “The cow has tended to become a political instrument in the hands of rulers over time.”
Meanwhile, ahead of the new Cow Hug Day, during Valentine’s week, many members of the Bajrang Dal across India, start their protest against the dazzle of western tradition, celebrated widely in India. They roam in places like parks and public places, catching couples, mostly teenagers and youths allegedly celebrating Valentine’s day. In many shops, greeting cards and gifts were also burnt down to save the Indian culture, which is allegedly being destroyed by the western culture.
The constant war of western culture being rise in India and the extinction of the Indian tradition has now become a question for many generations, following different mindsets and traditions in India.
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