cricfan said:
u sure all the comments on this thread talking abt that.....they r just mocking at hindu beliefs of holding Cow's urine in high respect...
if this is true, than I can assert that the thread title should be changed to "RSS to launch cow urine as soft drink" which is factually correct. Why drag the name of our country into this. Its the bigots who are making a mockery out of our country's name. I don't want the name of my fine secular country to be equated with the beliefs of zealots.
btw, I am not against anyone's beliiefs. I myself belong to an orthodox Hindu family who are as gullible as the average Indian traditional family (I being the prodigal atheist son). I know guys who'd gladly drink cow pee personally and who in fact have done so in the past. Hell, I am sure even my next door neighbours do it.
Yes, if there is a medical research that proves that there is truth in the matter, I no doubt would agree and even recommend the fad. Medicines have been made and are used from toad skin, insects, leeches, besides bacteria and viruses. It won't be a miracle if there is some iota of truth in the piss of an animal. Pigs and cows have been used for making insulin. Horse blood has been used to make serums.
The same cow can give you Creutzfeldt Jakobs disease if you consume infected beef (ain't that ironical

) or may cause hormonal disturbances through bovine hormones in milk.
Every religion has their share of absurd superstitions.
But if you start rationalizing religious beliefs without due scientific evidence, it is imprudent and totally ignorant on your part. What bothers me more is the fact that even educated people can be so naive.
I won't ever agree with faith healers or fanatics who think they know it all :/