A sudden shock that rattled the entire valley – Cuisine specialties tasted horror. The recent expose of rotten meat stunned one and all. This cuisine conspiracy is a haunted headline. The viral reels of the ugly trade reveal a lot. Beyond expressing anger and anguish, the deadly health hazard has drowned the society into a twin sea of shame and suspicion.

How long has this spurious stuff been sneaking in? How many outlets have sold and served the platter of poison? Who are the operatives behind the rotten-racket? Where is the role and relevance of institutions empowered to take such culprits to the task? As the sword of suspicion swings all sides, how demeaning and disgusting it is to find society stooping down an extreme moral low?

The non-veg norm of Kashmiri society has adopted wazwaan as its legacy. And Rista (minced-meat balls) and Kabaab (roasted meat grilled on a skewer) are prominently popular varieties of this non-veg package. Served on festive occasions and marriages, Rista and........

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