India, May 3 -- A recent remark attributed to Delhi Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh - suggesting that citizens would soon be "liberated" from cows and dogs - deserves serious scrutiny. They are manifestations of the same eternal soul as humans

A reported comment by Delhi's mayor, Raja Iqbal Singh, on the issue of cows and dogs, deserves attention. According to an English translation of his comment in Hindi, he said that the problem would be discussed at the first meeting (presumably of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi) and the people of Delhi would very soon be "liberated" from these things.

While much would depend on the nature of the steps that would be contemplated, one needs to point out here that the use of the word mukti (liberation) was...