How cow urine became an unlikely ingredient in art and photography

How cow urine became an unlikely ingredient in art and photography

[ad_1] Contemporary art is often parodied for its use of bodily waste – urine on canvases, faeces in tin cans, menstrual blood as installation. But rewind two centuries and you’ll find that while excretory materials may not have made it to the content of images, they nevertheless did serve as ingredients for their production. Two … Read more

In the name of the cow | Maharashtra’s cow vigilantes fuel fear among meat traders, cattle rearers

In the name of the cow | Maharashtra’s cow vigilantes fuel fear among meat traders, cattle rearers

[ad_1] A Godrej almirah stands in the corner of a 10×10 square-foot room in a Mumbai chawl. Wedged into its edges are two photographs: a fading passport-size picture of a man and one of a newly-wedded couple, keepsakes of a life interrupted. Rafiq Mehboob Tamboli, 35 year old in 2021, sold kaanda-batata (onions and potatoes) from a cart, … Read more