What will you do if animals are slaughtered in your housing society? Will you like it if your neighbour cuts a chicken in front of your door? Is it how civilised societies function?

I have been thinking about all these questions since last Monday, when Muslim residents in my housing complex started bringing home goats for sacrifice. In the last week, over 50 goats were brought into our housing complex, which has 11 buildings.

A few of them were taken inside various homes, but most of them were kept outside in the parking area. The animals were fed constantly as they urinated and pooped right there. Although arrangements were made to clean the faeces, the stink was uncontrollable. Despite cleaning the area, goat poop was lying everywhere making the whole place rather unhygienic.