Miscellaneous

Image generated using ChatGPT from the prompt: image of chickens in a coop A few months ago, while walking by a chicken shop, I witnessed a gruesome scene that has been permanently etched in my memory. When a customer arrived at the shop, the butcher opened the chicken coop and thrust his hand in. The chickens immediately dashed to the back of the cage, away from the butcher’s groping hand. An unfortunate bird was a little slower than her friends. The butcher grabbed her by the neck and carried her to the back of the shop  while  she cried and shrieked . He then took a sharp meat cleaver and beheaded her. This horrifying incident led me to become vegan immediately. Ironically, Indian religions like Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, and Sikhism preach the concept of ahimsa (non-violence to all beings). Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism, said: Do not injure, abuse, oppress, enslave, insult, torment, torture, or kill any creature or living being. Chickens endure unimaginable s...

Photo: Press Information Department, Government of Bangladesh / Wikimedia Commons (public domain). Sheikh Hasina is the former prime minister of Bangladesh who has been found guilty of crimes against humanity in absentia and sentenced to death by her own country. She has been living in exile in India since resigning on 5 August 2024. Should India harbor or extradite her? In my opinion, the only argument for not extraditing her is a humanitarian one. But given that India uses the death penalty, do we really have the moral high ground?