BADRI RAINA | Caravan Daily
Name the safest citizen
In the India of today—
Is it cop or minister,
Judge or celebrity?
What a dated query you propose—
It is none of the above;
It is nothing that walks on two legs,
It is the holy cow.
No cop, minister, or judge,
No celebrity of any grade,
Dare annoy a cow and be spared
By government or cow brigade.
Indeed, if Indian woman would be safe
From two-legged animals,
Let her learn to be a cow,
And she will be safe as the hills.
And if you do become a cow,
you can be dark from tail to the horn;
for alone among Nature’s dark-skinned creatures,
only a dark-skinned cow is twice-born.
