“The opposition to the habits of those who eat beef is cultural fascism. Certain sections of the elite are still not ready to accept the food habits of the vast majority of Dalits and other socially oppressed”

— Kancha Ilaiah

Quoted in "The Beef Eaters of Osmania" The Sunday Guardian (22 April 2012) http://www.sunday-guardian.com/investigation/the-beef-eaters-of-osmania.

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Indian scholar, activist and writer 1952

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