Relax people. Do you realize how many people would survive to see another day were the cows allowed to be slaughtered for the purposes of consumption? There are hundreds of thousands of Nepalis who are malnutritioned, and slaughtering those cows(look, here's the deal--it's not like those cows are treated like they're divine anyway--the last time I was in Nepal, I saw cows that were left to wander around freely. Is that how you treat cows? I also saw people treating them quite brutally) may work wonders on their health. Let's think from a humanitarian perspective. Being a Hindu, I do not eat cows myself, but I don't understand the reason why we need to deny non-Hindus the right to eat cows. Will that have any effects on you as a Hindu? Just follow your religion and let other people lead their lives the way they desire. 10 holidays at maximum. Shutting down everything for a month for Dashai/Tihar is just not very productive for a developing nation like Nepal.