India, April 20 -- In Delhi's Tri Nagar, some Hindu families appear to have embraced a new form of devotion and a way to deter Muslim neighbours - pigs. The animals are kept in cages at homes, while the walls display posters of a powerful, pig-faced deity adorned in jewellery, much like other gods. This is happening in the locality near the Muslim locality. The Pigs in the cage are named Abdul or Rahman or some such name, and when any Muslim passes by, these words are shouted loudly.

Parallel to this is the well-decorated, armament-adorned picture of Lord Varaha, believed to be the third incarnation of Lord Vishnu. While some claim that this trend began a year ago, others hold that it is a phenomenon of just a few months. The dislike of ...