From the BBC:
Ram Raj was drinking tea at his home in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on a chilly November evening last year when a stray cow attacked him.
Over the next few minutes, his young grandchildren screamed and watched in horror as the animal mauled him. The 55-year-old farmer died of severe injuries on the way to hospital. "It was a painful death and my mother-in-law has stopped having proper meals ever since," his daughter-in-law, Anita Kumari, said.
Such attacks have become common in India's most populous state, where a ban on cow slaughter has led to a huge rise in the cattle population. So much so that they have become an issue in the state's upcoming elections, which are set to begin on 10 February.
That's what you call unforeseen consequences on an epic scale. But hey, people use and abuse voters' religious beliefs to gain power, and damn the consequences.
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2 comments:
If he was sat at home, was his front door closed? If so, did the cow knock and was allowed to enter, or did it just barge it's way in, moving around the table, perhaps knocking over a couple of chairs, but avoiding the tv set in the corner? This sounds like a scene from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy with the ruling dolphins dictating which humans should go next and Trillion working out the statistics of that happening.
Whichever it is, can't wait for Netflix to produce "Cownado" with that bloke who used to be in "90210 Something".
On the other hand, who gives a cow's arse?
P, "at home" means in house or in garden.
Why wouldn't they make a film like that? We've had animal-nased horror films with birds, sharks, piranhas. One about killer cows would be even more disturbing because we are brought up to see them as placid, benevolent etc.
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