Why The Hindus Revere The Cow and Try to Ban Cow Slaughter And Beef in India

With Swami Vivekananda saying ancient Hindus ate beef, Hindus relishing it's taste today - even owning slaughterhouses - rest seeing it as freedom of eating culinary delicacy and the cow seen as just a four legged animal that gives milk and leather, and even causing a nuisance when old, there seems to be no reason why the dumb animal should be regarded as a mother - let alone worship it or make laws against killing it/eating its flesh in a secular India.

Hindu mother cow

Even if the view of the 'rest' is left alone, a cursory look by anybody, at the reasoning given, would make him/her concur with the idea.