by MARK MAGNIER
Most Indian politicians don’t discuss the thriving business of cow smuggling from Hindu-majority India, where the animals are revered, to Muslim-majority Bangladesh, where many people enjoy beef.
For a cow, it doesn’t get much better than India.
Wander the streets surrounded by vegetarians, enjoy being adorned with garlands and treated with god-like reverence as you look forward to dying of old age.
But danger lurks, even in paradise.
A dirty little secret that most Indian politicians don’t discuss is the thriving cow smuggling trade from their Hindu-majority nation, home of the sacred cow, to Muslim-majority Bangladesh, where many people enjoy a good steak. The trade is particularly robust around the Muslim festival of Eid.
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