RSS-backed lab to sell cow dung soaps, Modi & Yogi kurtas on Amazon
AGRA: If you are among those who swear by cow urine and dung products, October will put more choice at your fingertips. A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-backed pharmacy is bringing dozens of its natural cosmetics and medicinal products — most of them imbued with “gau goodness” — to Amazon. After luxuriating in cow-dung soap lather, you will also have a choice of its “Modi” and “Yogi” kurtas to pull on.
Deen Dayal Dham, a centre run by RSS in Mathura, will initially sell 30-odd personal care and “therapeutic” products, such as the digestive Kamdhenu Ark, online. Its tailoring unit will also sell 10 styles of apparel. RSS spokesperson Arun Kumar said the purpose of selling the products online is to create more jobs for locals, and make them financially independent. If sales take off online, production and jobs will need to be increased. The Dham sells personal care and medicinal products of over Rs 1 lakh and apparel worth Rs 3 lakh every month.
Products of our Kamdhenu line that have cow urine among the main ingredients, and kurtas and other khadi products will be available on Amazon soon,” Manish Gupta, deputy secretary of the Dham, told TOI. Besides Kamdhenu Ark, which is made from cow urine and aniseed (saunf), the Dham’s Deen Dayal Kamdhenu Gaushala Pharmacy makes products like Ghanvati, a tonic containing pepper, amla, tulsi, Kamdhenu Madhunashak Chur for diabetes and obesity, Shoolhar oil for sprains and arthritis, shampoo, bath soaps, face pack, toothpaste Gupta said cow urine and dung (gomay) are the base for their soaps, face packs and incense, and no synthetic chemicals are used.
“We collect urine and dung from the cows in our shed and use them in the products, per the formulation.” With just 10 workers, and 90 cows and calves, the pharmacy works on a small scale at present. In 2015, they sold 700kg chyawanprash, increasing to 1,200kg next year. Although the products are only sold at the Dham or in RSS camps, “all of them are sold out much before the end of the year”, said Ramgopal, one of the workers.
Dham director Rajendra, who goes by his first name, told TOI they are ready to scale up with increasing demand. “We expect a high demand for cow urine products from online customers, and production will need to be increased.” All of the Dham’s products are reasonably priced between Rs 10 and Rs 230. Even the “Modi” and “Yogi” kurtas cost only Rs 220 apiece.
Gupta said the Modi kurtas are longer than the saffron-only Yogi version, and will be available in several colours, including white, grey and pink. The tailoring centre that makes kurtas, pyjamas, jackets and white shirts is also a small operation with 50 workers, mostly women, who earn Rs 120 a day for stitching two pairs of trousers. It was started in 1980 to give work to poor men and women from neighbouring villages. The women even got their sewing machines from the Dham as wedding gifts.
courtesy : timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Supreme Court takes suo motu notice of news over dog bite leading to rabies
New Delhi(PTI): The Supreme Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of a media report of dog bite incident leading to rabies, saying it contained some "alarming and disturbing figures".
A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan termed the news item published today in Delhi edition of English daily Times of India as "very disturbing and alarming".
The news report was about the death of a six-year-old girl, who was attacked by a rabid stray dog, in the national capital.
Taking cognisance of the news report, the bench said, "The news item contains some alarming and disturbing figures and facts."
It said every day, hundreds of dog bites were being reported in the city and on its outskirts, leading to rabies and ultimately, children and aged were falling prey to the dreadful disease.
"We take suo motu cognisance of this news item," the bench ordered.
It asked the apex court registry to register it as a suo motu petition in public interest.
"Let this order be placed along with the news report before the Chief Justice of India for appropriate orders," the bench said.
On July 15, while hearing a separate plea alleging harassment over feeding of community dogs in Noida, the apex court had asked the petitioner, "Why don't you feed them in your own house?"
The top court told the petitioner's counsel, "We should leave every lane, every road open for these large hearted people? There is all space for these animals, no space for humans. Why don't you feed them in your own house? Nobody is stopping you."
The observations came in a plea arising out of a March 2025 order of the Allahabad High Court.
The petitioner claimed harassment and said she was unable to feed community dogs in line with the Animal Birth Control Rules.
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