# India to Launch a Cow-Urine Soft Drink

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-to-launch-a-cow-urine-soft-drink/485645>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 13, 2009, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-to-launch-a-cow-urine-soft-drink/485645 "2009-02-13T03:23:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-to-launch-a-cow-urine-soft-drink/485645/41 "2009-02-16T21:35:09Z")

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Don’t have a cow, man.

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**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-to-launch-a-cow-urine-soft-drink/485645/42 "2009-02-17T00:10:29Z")

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> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> You’ll be glad to hear they said on the news that on Valentine’s Day, ladies in India were throwing pink panties at some of these extremists. 😃

I’m an extremist! Over here!

Truly, my extremity is legendary.

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**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-to-launch-a-cow-urine-soft-drink/485645/43 "2009-02-17T03:16:03Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Hindus revere cows and slaughtering them is illegal in most of India. Cow dung is traditionally used as a fuel and disinfectant in villages, while cow urine and dung are often consumed in rituals to “purify” those on the bottom rungs of the Hindu caste system.

Just the lower castes? Is this like religious hazing?

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-to-launch-a-cow-urine-soft-drink/485645/44 "2009-02-17T03:19:25Z")

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I’m not sure exactly what that’s referring to. The purification rituals would be the same for any caste. Maybe the lower castes need more purifying because the encounter more opportunities to become impure.

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