The cow belt has hijacked the future of India and is the curse of our politics

The cow belt has hijacked the future of India and is the curse of our politics: Author and Lawyer, Javed Gaya, to Karan Thapar for The Wire........................................Has the cow belt hijacked the future of India? Is its influence the curse of Indian politics? Is India in danger of being consumed by its past? And does the baleful influence of Uttar Pradesh dominate Indian politics? In his recent book ‘Heartland Rising: The Making of Majoritarian India’, the author and lawyer Javed Gaya suggests the answer is yes. In this interview he explains his thinking.

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