jaipur offering a passionate account of the sufferings endured by cows james myers of animal asylum animal aid unlimited near udaipur urged the audience at the aparigraha conference at kanodia college to give up milk he said several of the cows that come to his shelter after being abandoned as they turn unproductive have wandered about as strays and fed on huge quantities of plastic and their stomachs stay bloatedmyers said cows have their feet tied and are separated from their calves so human beings can drink milk it is not enough to deliberate on these issues one must act he said how many of you who are parents will urge your children if they become doctors to work for the poor how many of your children will be lawyers or teachers of the poor i urge you to visit the world you live in to connect the ideas with what is happening it is not enough to think through these problems we must feel through them there is a fire burning for the poor in this country myers said urging on his audience the need to give up milk to ameliorate the suffering endured by cowsmeanwhile union agriculture minister radha mohan singh speaking at motihari in bihar said indias total milk production stood at 1637 million tonnes and was worth over rs4 lakh crore in 201617 a recent report in a national daily said the value of milk produced in the country had for the first time surpassed the value of foodgrains the agriculture minister also said india has 30 crore bovines 18 of the total bovine population of the worldone foreign speaker at the aparigraha conference remarked about the large numbers of stray cattle on roads in jaipur and expressed amazement that so little was done to contain the problem of cattle consuming plasticaparigraha is the hindu philosophical tradition of not consuming more than what is absolutely needed an organizer explained that myers and his animal aid effort was aparigraha in practice the family originally from the us sold its property there to set up the shelter on the outskirts of udaipur the animal rescue effort one worker at the shelter says in a video on its website says is a virtuous cycle of love that inspires those who might only stand and watch