We are, in this respect, a step ahead of the Western socialism.
Western socialism asks for a full and equal protection being given to all men, but there it stops.
We in India have gone a step further. We have included the cow as a member in the family. True, we have not followed this principie in practice fully. We merely pay respect to the cow but do not look after it so well as they do in the Western countries. Nevertheless we have deep regard for it and consider it worthy of our care and protection in the same way as the human members of the family.