Animal sacrifice in Durga puja strikes no less shock and anger among many organizations and individuals across the state.
Dozens of buffalos and goats are being sacrificed in many temples in the name of Durga puja from Tuesday. A glimpse of the buffalos, goats, ducks and pigeons being kept for sacrifice at the historic Kamakhya temple premises really shocks the animal lovers. Same it is in many places where the same shocking tradition is allowed in Durga Puja.
“We are helpless. We have been dead opposed to the tradition of animal sacrifice. But the organizers have been refusing to read our campaign. This is a matter of grave concern,” said Shailen Saikia from Sivasagar district who has been campaigning againstanimal sacrifice.
Juli Chutia from Kakojan area in Jorhat told Assam Times that the people must understand the reality. “The things have undergone a sea change now. Everywhere change reigns supreme. But we don’t understand why we are still stick to this tradition. Our minds need to be changed.”
“It would take time to end the tradition of animal sacrifice. If 1000 buffalos and 5000 goats were sacrificed ten years ago, now 50 buffalos and 100 goats are being sacrificed,” said Pranjal Bora from Nagaon.
Bora who is running a non governmental organization told Assam Times over telephone that a massive campaign is the need of the hour againstanimal sacrifice which has yet to take place. “The campaign should have taken place at least 3 months before the commencement of the Durga puja. People from the nook and corner of the state should be aware of it. But I do hope that after 20 years the tradition of animal sacrifice would die down,” he said.
PermalinkSubmitted by amlesh on Wed, 21/10/2015 - 14:34
I think it is time to do away with animal sacrifice. It is a barbaric practise.It should stop both for hindu festivals as well as for other religions like for bakrid.
PermalinkSubmitted by Jaishankar Babu on Mon, 25/09/2017 - 13:38
About 150 years back it was a 'religious custom' in India to force widows to get burnt on their husband's funeral pyre (Sati) today we consider it a barbaric tradition. Similarly, years from now, our future generations will look back at us and call us barbaric.
A god who wants the blood of an innocent animal to satisfy him/her cannot be called a god. It can only be a devil/demon. Rather the people who sacrifice animals (be it Bakr Id or Durga Pooja) are devils who sully the name of their god with their crime of killing innocent animals.
A pall of gloom descends in Amguri area in Sivasagar district when a local villager was believed to have been crushed to death by train on Monday.
Identified as Rongai Bora, the body of the carpenter by profession in Cheleng Kumargaon was found on the railway tracts in the morning. But how and when the incident took place is not known.
A villager was killed and another minor boy sustained injury when security forces guarding the NHPC project resorted to firing in Lakhimpur district on Sunday
The incident took place in the evening where identified as Madan Sarma, the local villager was shot dead while a minor boy identifiedas Imran Hussain sustained injury.
Imran later was shifted to the Lakhimpur Civil hospital for treatment. Details awaited.
The dissident Congress ministers and MLAs have again served 10 days ultimatum to the party leadership to hold CLP meeting to discuss the poll debacle.
After the end of an emergency meeting of the dissident camp at the official residence of Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, the health minister said that the impasse in the political front should be addressed by the chief minister himself.
He, however, said that they would formaly send the memorandum to the party high command on Monday. Altogether 41 dissident MLAs and ministers attended the meeting followed by a feast on Sunday evening.
The dissident meeting and the feast evoked sharp reaction from a cross section of the people two days after...
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday evoked sharp criticism a day after Hamren SP Nityanand Goswami and his PSO Ratul Nunisa were killed at an encounter in Karbi Anglong district.
Talking to reporters, a cross section of the people came down heavily on Gogoi for refusing to quite to pave the way for a new one to take over.Goswami’s family members alleged that the PSOs have handed over Nityananda to the militants.
AIUDF president Badaruddin Ajmal said that Gogoi should immediately resign owning moral responsibilities . BJP also sharply criticized Gogoi for not resgning after his failure to deal with the situation.
Union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju on Saturday asked chief minister Tarun Gogoi to strengthen the law and order machinery to ensure that militants are not allowed to monger any trouble.
Talking to reporters after his stock-taking meet with chief minister Tarun Gogoi in Dispur, Rijiju said that militant activities should not be tolerated and that Assam’s law and order break down would send a bad message from the north eastern region.
He said that the Centre would provide all assistance to the state government to deal with the situation.
Apart from the chief minister Gogoi, DGP Khagen Sarma and chief secretary JS Khusla were present in the meeting.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi expressed grave concern over the brutal killing of Hamen SP Nityananda Goswami and his PSO Ratul Nunisa at killed in encounter with UPLA in Karbi Anglong.
Talking to reporters after paying his last respect to the duo, Gogoi said that these militants will not be able to escape as security forces are carrying out a full scale operation in the hills district.
He however, has suspended four PSO guarding Goswami who managed to escape the encounter.
The mortal remains of Hamen SP Nityananda Goswami and his PSO consigned to flames in Guwahati on Saturday two days after the duo were killed in encounter with UPLA in Karbi Anglong.
After post mortem formalities, the lifeless duo were brought to the Fourth APBn headuarters in Guwahati where chief minister Tarun Gogoi and union home minister Kiren Rijiju paid their last respect along with other top ranked police and civil officials.
The duo were taken to the Nabagrha funeral ground for last rites with full state honour.
Over 300 people travelling at the Rajdhani Express had a narrow escape when their coach caught fire on Saturday.
The incident took place at the Rajdhani Express down in the morning. Passengers in the Coach No 7 suddenly came to notice smokes bellowing inside the coach as soon as the train arrived in Sarupeta station at around 6 in the morning.
When the passengers brought it to the notice of the officials, the train was halted and the entire coach was vacated.
The fire, which was extinguished within half and hour, was believed to have erupted because of technical snags.
Union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju is scheduled to assess the law and order situation with chief minister Tarun Gogoi in Guwahati on Saturday.
Rijiju, who took over as the union minister a few days back decided to visit the state in view of the Friday’s ambush in Karbi Anglong district where Hamren SP Nityananda Goswami was killed along with his PSO Ratul Nunisa.
At least 20 people incuding 2 minor boys have been undergoing treatment of food poisioning in Sivasagar district on Friday.
The incident took place at Charing where these people fell ill minutes after they consumed curd at function on Thurday.
According to the villagers, these people started vomitting hours after they consumed curd with beaten rice they were served at a ritual function in the Khamun Gaon.
All they were rushed to the Sivasagar Civil Hospital where they have been undergoing treatment.
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