BR05: Blue cows?

I had not ever known the animal; it is called ‘nilgai’. I knew the animals through I read this book. I will write this book review now.
In Rajasthan, farm workers are very busy, they are busy trying to drive away animals. The animals are called nilgai, which means ‘blue cow’ in the language of the region. When the farmers see a nilgai, they shout angrily and chase after it. In Rajasthan, there are huge groups of hundreds of nilgai. The animals eat everything they can find and they especially love to eat farmer’s crops. This is very bud for the farmers. One local farmer shows examples of the damage that the animals have done to his crops. The plants leaves are gone; all that is left are the dead bases of the plants and dry, trampled earth. Many farmers in Rajasthan are having are having difficult time, but it is especially difficult for the smallers. Many of these farmers and their families are quite poor. They totally depend on the crops that they grow, if their crops are damaged or destroyed, they may not have enough money or food to eat. This fact is very sadly fact. I think the animals are very bud! In the language of the region, the word ‘gai’ means ‘cow’ and the word ‘nil’ means ‘blue’. Therefore the name nilgai means ‘blue cow’. In Hinduism, the cow is an important animal that has a high place in the Hindu religion. In fact, hindus believe that cows are holy. Because of this, any animal with the word ‘cow’ in its name including the nilgai. Now, some farmers in Rajasthan want to give the nilgai a new name, just as they did in Punjab all those years ago. The ‘blue cows’ and the farmers must continue to fight for the crops of rajasthan.
I think it is too bud for the farmers to be eaten their crops to nilgai. But I think that Hindus believe cows are holy.

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W. Rob. Blue cows? (2009) National geographic