BeingSarci

The Beeffect     “I love my animals. They are my bread & butter but let’s be practical. Trading animals for slaughtering which are old & buying new ones with that money is more beneficial for our agricultural business. Keeping them with us till their death is another expense. On an average, the annual maintenance of each animal comes to Rs.5000. I’ve 7 ox & 3 cows. Out of which 3 ox are old & in year or two, I’ll have to trade them to buy new one. Now, due to this ban, how am I supposed to buy the new ones? How am I supposed to feed them? How can I see my ox dying in front of me? What will I do with their dead bodies?” - Babu, a farmer from Sillod, Maharashtra. “We are Qureshis (a caste in Muslims who are butchers). We are in this business for more than 100 years now, right from my great grandfather’s till my grandsons. This is what we do from decades. We have around 12 shops all over Mumbai serving beef meat. We stay in a joint family with more than 35 m