Sacred among Hindus, the cattle number in the thousands on the streets of New Delhi. The problem is, recently, they have whetted the appetite of mercenaries.

By Nicolas Guegan

As night falls, a new kind of gang operates on the streets of New Delhi. Armed with knives, they roam the streets looking for their future prey. What is it? Cows. Sacred to Hinduism, the gao mata (mother cow) has a habit of walking peacefully on the hot asphalt of New Delhi. Protected by her milk, the food for all creatures on earth, the big eyes there are now more than 40,000 herders in India's capital alone.

But for some time now, security big eyes is no longer guaranteed. Every night, dozens of ruminants are kidnapped without anyone being able to do anything about it. The meat is immediately sold back to illegal slaughterhouses to satisfy the appetites of Indians who have little respect for the rules… The information may make you smile. However, it shows a radical change in Indian society: meat consumption is no longer taboo.

In an article from New York Timesdelivered by International LetterAnuj Agrawal, a Hindu who grew up in a strictly vegetarian household, testifies to his newfound interest in barbecue. As a teenager, he first ate chicken with his friends. Now there are no more restrictions, Anuj Agrawal also enjoys beef. Well, but not with his grandparents. “Amidst them, I remain strictly vegetarian, I don’t want to lose my inheritance,” he says. Not crazy, wasps…