Should We End 'Beef-Politics' Of Hyderabad?

While the usage of 'beef' is comparatively less in Hyderabad than chicken and mutton, all of a sudden it got prominence due to the clashes rising in the city. At two different places, pro-beef and anti-beef groups are giving restless nights to Hyderabad cops.

In Old city, 'beef' has sparked clashes between two communities, which eventually led to stone pelting, stabbing and torching of private properties and public assets. Police has resorted to curfew to take the situation under control. And, in OU Campus too, 'beef' resulted in a clash between students which eventually turned the campus to a battlefield. In old city clashes, an extremist outfit is responsible for the happenings and in OU happenings, a sister concern of a political party backed the attacks again.

Are these politically supported cadres thinking for a while as to why they are fighting for a piece of meat aka beef? When the whole state is tangled with many other issues, these types of internal clashes affect our integrity and unity. Cheap politics to lure certain sections of society are taking their toll on innocents. Yes, we should end the 'beef-politics' to see a better and brighter Hyderabad!

Beef Festival In OU - Madness Or Mockery!

In the name of celebrating Dalit food culture, some student associations of Osmania University have organized a 'beef festival'. More than a celebrating event, it has turned violent which lead to pelting of stones and torching vehicles.

With support from SFI and PDSU, Telangana Students Union announced this 'Beef Festival' last month, which is being opposed by ABVP students. When the festival has begun with the serving of 'beef' biryani, ABVP protesters have attacked them with stones and it lead to torching of two vehicles and injuring many. At the time when curfew is going on in Old city due to the communal clashes that erupted when miscreants hurled beef meat at Hanuman temples, this 'Beef Festival' has shocked many. Though police and paramilitary forces controlled the situation on time, 'beef festival' seemed more as madness than mockery.

When the whole world is heading into new dimension, we are again dividing ourselves in the name of 'Dalit' food, feels a social activist. 'Beef has nothing to do with Dalits or other downtrodden communities, these days many meat lovers are eating it', he adds. In the name of celebrating culture, we are creating more rifts and unnecessary divides in society!