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.
Kamrup Police have picked up a youth on Saturday acting on the allegations of rigging at a polling booth in North Guwahati where he was deployed as a VDP member.Identified as Bimal Boro, the youth was picked up from Baihata two days for his alleged rigging of polls at the Bornijora booth on Thursday.The rigging came to light when a private satellite news channel beamed a story showing the footage where Boro, the VDP member was seen pressing the EVM button on behalf of a section of voters in full view of the presiding and polling officers.
Security forces claimed to have killed two hardcore KLNLA militant during an encounter in Karbi Anglong district on Friday.The encounter took place at Borbeel in Howraghat area on Friday midnight during a combing operation where the militants died on the spot.Police further claimed to have seized weapons from their possession. The Karbi militat outfits have been unleashing terror in the area during the last couple of months forcing security forces to step in
Security forces claimed to have killed two hardcore KPLT militant during an encounter in Karbi Anglong district on Friday.The encounter took place at Howraghat area on Friday midnight during a combing operation where the militants died on the spot.Police further claimed to have seized weapons from their possession. The Karbi militat outfits have been unleashing terror in the area during the last couple of months forcing security forces to step in.
BJP state president Sarbananda Sonowal claimed to have got the maximum number of seats in the Lok Sabha polls.Addressing a press conference in Dibrugarh, Sonowal said that the internal assessment of the party suggested that the opposition party have polled huge number of votes in all the three phases of Lok Sabha polls.“I can’t go constituency wise assessment right now. But I can tell you that we will get maximum number of 14 seats,” said the BJP state president.Sonowal further urged the election authority to ensure tight security at the strong rooms so that the verdicts are kept intact.
Assam Congress leadership is confident of ten seats a day after the third and final phase of Lok Sabha polls in the state.Talking to reporters at Rajiv Bhawan, APCC president Bhubneswar Kalita said that the ruling party will not get less than ten seats on May 16.Kalita further denied any adverse impact of dissidence in the polls saying that difference may be there within the legislators. But in the same breath, he said that dissidence have little impact on the polls as the party in rank and file tried to put up a good show in the just concluded polls.
A record nearly 41 degree Celsius heat seems to have turned the state into a boiling pot.There is hardly any hope of respite during the next couple of days if the weathermen are to be believed.The soaring heat and humidity level is attributed to some development of cyclonic winds in the northwest Bay of Bengal, which diverted the monsoon winds.The Regional Meteorological Centre at Borjhar has forecast no change in weather conditions in the next 72 hours.The 38.5 degrees Celsius temperature broke 33 year old record last year. In June 1979, Guwahati recorded a maximum temperature of 38.4 degrees Celsius. But the 40 degree degree Celsius has set new record during the last couple of days. The...
Former minister Prabin Gogoi is critically ailing. The former minister in the Prafulla Kumar Mahanta’s cabinet has been suffering from cancer for the last couple of years.His condition suddenly deteriorated on Thursday at the Kushal Konwar Civil Hospital in Golaghat where he has been undergoing treatment.
A soaring mercury level has forced the authorities to keep schools and colleges closed in Guwahati.Kamrup (Metro) district administration has asked all schools and colleges to remain closed on Friday and Saturday because of unprecedented heat.The Goalpara district administration has also followed the suit asking the schools and college goers to keep at home to get rid of the sweltering heat on Friday and Saturday.Notably, parts of Assam have been burning in 40 degree Celsius for the last couple of days. The meteorological centre in Guwahati has predicted hardly any respite during the next couple of days.
Mani Kumar Subba’s condition is believed to have deteriorated during the last couple of hours.According to the sources, Subba’s condition is “very critical” and a team of specialists is closely monitoring his condition. Subba, who has been undergoing treatment of cardiac ailment at the Medanta,the Medicity in Gurgaon is on ventilation support.The independent candidate from Tezpur was shifted to the Gurgaon based hospital on April 6 two days after he was rushed to Guwahati following the complaint of heart attack.
There has been sharp rise in the voters’ turn out in the Lok Sabha polls this time.The initial report of the Election Commission suggested on Thursday evening that the overall turn out is 77 per cent which was 71 per cent in 2009. The turn out figure is expected to increase as the state polling authority has yet to ascertain the figure.
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