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 mild tremor created no less panic among the flood affected people in lower Assam districts on Thursday midnight.Originated along the Assam-Meghalaya interstate border the tremor struck at 12.51 midnight created panic among the flood affected people in Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Chirang and its adjacent areas.
Massive landslide in Meghalaya continues to disrupt surface communication in the entire north eastern region on Friday.Hundreds of vehicles bound for Guwahati anf Silchar, Mizoram and Tripura have been remaining stranded for the last couple of days at Ratachora on the East Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya where a huge hillock collapsed on the National Highway 6. More landslide has complicated the surface communication in Ratachora, Tansen and Kuliang keeping a major portion of the National Highway blocked.
Senior lawyers in Gauhati High Court will send a delegation to the Supreme Court seeking the apex court’s intervention to break the PIL logjam. Talking to reporters at the court premises on Thursday senior lawyer Arup Borbra said that the need of the hour is the Supreme Court’s intervention to break the deadlock. For the fourth consecutive days the lawyers have been boycotting the bench of acting chief justice alleging his recent move on PILs.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi continues to target Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma over the Louis Berger scam where a Canada-based firm had to bribe a section of ministers and GMDA officers for a huge water supply project in 2001.Talking to reporters in the sidelines of a function in Guwahati on Thursday, Gogoi said, “If he is not involved then why is he sacred of the enquiry.”In yet another development, Union minister said that Gogoi has not been able to probe his innocence. Sonowal’s comment came a day after the chief minister dared him to move prime minister and home minister seeking a probe into the multi crore scam.
Amid a bitter blame-game between Tarun Gogoi and Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma over the Louis Berger scam, the demand for CBI probe into the multi crore scam gathers momentum. Former chief minister Prafullla Kumar Mahanta broke the ice on Thursday demanding CBI probe into the scam. He said that an administrative enquiry would not be able to unearth the truth behind the scam where a Canada-based firm had to bribe a section of ministers and GMDA officers for a huge water supply project.
There seems to be no let-up in the state’s overall food fury which has turned from bad to worse. The situation would be more alarming if rains refuse to halt during the next 24 hours.The water level of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries started rising following the incessant rains that lashed the north eastern region for the last 50 hours. The worst-hit areas include Kokrajhar, Chirang, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Sonitpur and Dibrugarh forcing leaving more than 30 lakh people trapped in these districts.Relief and rescue operations are going on in the affected areas apart from the setting up 70 relief camps to accommodate the flood-hit people.Flood hits large area
Massive waterlogging wreaks havoc in Guwahati again hours after the heavy downpour that lashed the north eastern city on Thursday wee hours.The worst-hit areas include Anil Nagar, Lachit Nagar, Nabin Naga, Chandmari, RG Baruah Road where normal life have come to a grinding halt. Massive waterlogging on the RG Baruah Road has forced the vehicles to shift to the GS Road resulting in traffic snarl.Angry people forced many ministers and MLAs on Thursday when they visited the food-hit areas in the city.
Senior journalist Samudragupta Kashyap will receive Dr Bhupen Hazarika award for 2015 on Saturday. Former Union home minister Sushilkmar Shinde will give away the award to the veteran north eastern journalist at function in Pune which comprises Rs 51,000 in cash along with a citation. The award aims at strengthening bonhomie of Maharashtra with the north eastern region.
Dimapur Press Club (DPC) in association with the Guwahati based Dispur Hospitals has organized another Hepatitis-B vaccination camp for the scribes who had taken the first dose of vaccine on July 21 last at the Press Point, Dimapur. The second (and final) dose of Hepatitis-B vaccination will be administrated on Friday (August 21) at the same venue, which is mandatory to complete the vaccination process. Led by DPC president Moa Longkumer, secretary Pandi Renta and treasurer Dilip Sharma, the first vaccination camp covered more than 30 Dimapur based journalists and some officials from Dimapur district public relation office of Nagaland.Before the camp, Tir Yimyim editor Temjen expressed...
Repeated shoot outs seem to have turned Dimapur into a den of criminals where the safety and security of the common people are at stake. Yet another incident of shoot out sends no less anger and shock in the commercial hub of Nagaland on Wednesday.The incident took place at Hong Kong Market area where an unidentified gunman shot at a youth in the afternoon. The reason of the attack is yet to be identified.But the bullets pierced the right of the youth who was standing in front of the market. Amid the deafening din, the gunman managed to escape from the spot before the injured youth was rushed to the hospital.The shoot out took place at hardly two months after unidentified gunmen shot dead a...
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