Celebrating the festival of colors in ramanreti

The festival of colours - Holi was celebrated in Ramanreti gaushala in the month of fagun in the company of cows and cow lovers enthusiastically. Devotional dances were presented by the small as well as elder children and melodious bhajans with sung by Dr.Pallavi Sharma accompanied by her daughters Malhaar, Dakshayani and Vrindavani.The positive vibes of cows and the beauty of ramanreti added a new flavour to the festival. 

Indian cow goes global

The Gyr is a type of cattle  originating in India. It is an important milch cattle breed of India. The cattle cow best known for its milking prowess.The origin of the breed is in the Gir forest region and surrounding districts of Saurashtra region of Gujarat State.But Gujrat has only around 3,000 pure breed gyr cows left.And now, the Gir breed is set to go global.Brazil has emerged as the world's biggest supplier of improved cattle embryos and semen of Indian origin, now rated among the best dairy breeds in the world. The demand is particularly high from African and Southeast Asian countries. The Indian 'holy cow' has turned out to be a great money-spinner for Brazil.Even NewZealand started research to differentiate between the milk of an Indian cow and a jersey  cow and in 1994, a patent was registered by the NZ Child Health Research Foundation for ‘A Method of Selecting Non-Diabetogenic Milk or Milk Products’. The patent document first identified A1 protein(found n the milk of Holstein cow) as a trigger for diabetogenic activity based on a study on mice. Earlier, a similar hypothesis had been given by R B Elliot based on the observation that children in Polynesian islands like Samoa had a low incidence of Type 1 diabetes than Polynesian children in Auckland.With rising awareness the demand for Indian cow's milk which contains the A2 protein is day by day increasing in Australia, UK, Newzealand as A2 variety of beta casein protein is better for our health as compared to the A1 protein.

odissi dance in ramanreti

A beautiful performance of Odissi dance was given by Malhaar and Dakshayani Sharma in Ramareti goshala on the auspicious day of Makarsakranti.Sculptures of lord Jagannath were shown with the help of beautiful mudras and poses. People also worshipped cows to get their blessings and Cows were fed with a special dish made up of jaggery and oatmeal.

ARE DAIRY FARMS PRISON FOR COWS ?

Most of us get milk from dairy farms .But most of us are also unaware of the bad condition of cows in dairy.Cows produce milk for the same reason that humans do: to nourish their young. In order to force them to continue producing milk, factory farm operators typically impregnate them using artificial insemination every year. Calves are generally torn away from their mothers within a day of birth, which causes them both extreme distress. Mother cows can be heard calling for their calves for days. Male calves are destined to end up in cramped veal crates or barren feedlots where they will be fattened for beef, and females are sentenced to the same sad fate as their mothers.After their calves have been taken away from them, mother cows are hooked up, two or more times a day, to milking machines. Their reproductive systems are exploited through genetic selection, despite the negative effects on their health. Artificial insemination, milking regimens, and sometimes drugs are used to force them to produce even more milk—the average cow today produces more than four times as much milk as cows did in 1950.For cows , going to the slaughter is like being hanged to death but dairy is just like life time imprisonment.

During my last visit to Vrindavan i felt very dissapointed by seeing the pitiable and bad situations of cows there. At a place where lord krishna used to roam with cows , today there only, cows have to roam at streets and eat the waste material .When we will learn that the real meaning of religion is  not to go to the temples but to help those who need us. In srimad Bhagavat Gita also  lord krishna has taught to do karma and help others . Even  river Yamuna has become the largest excretion ground for the people of Vrindavan . If we do not care about them then why we are calling them mother? so lets do something to save vrindavan and make it again a beautiful place .
save cows! save yamuna ! save vrindavan  !