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 moderate tremor damaged no less properties in many parts of lower Assam on Sunday.Measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale originate in Basugaon, the tremor was felt in Kokrahar, Chirang, Bongaigaon and Golapara districts at 6.37 in the morning striking panic among lakhs of people.
Four persons were killed when the vehicle carrying them hit into a truck in Lakhimpur district o Sunday.The accident took place at Laluk area in the wee hour when the Swift Desire vehicle in wich they were trvelling hit on a strandred truck.Three persons died on the spot while another died on the way to the hospital. Talking to Assam Times local residents blamed it all on rash driving.
A court in Guwahati on Friday asked the Assam Cricket Association not to hold its annual session and general election for the time being.Acting on a petition filed by a state cricket body member Tapan Hazarika, a bench of Justice PD Gogoi restrained ACA from holding the session and election scheduled for Friday in Silchar.Hazarika alleged before the court that the state’s cricket board has yet to clear its accounts and audits for the last couple of years.This is not for the first time ACA had to suspend annual session and election. The cricket body was prevented from holding fresh election on earlier two occasions.
Congress and BJP have started heat and dust for the assembly polls early next year.BJP state unit president Siddharth Bhattacharya predicted less than 10 seat for Congress in the assembly polls. Talking to reporters in the sidelines of a Black day function in Guwahati on Friday, he said that the party has leaders but no workers.MP Bijoya Chakrabarty criticized Tarun Gogoi for his recent move on NRC saying that the Chief Minister has lost mental balance because of simmering dissidence.“He is interested to safeguard the interest of the Bangladeshi immigrants,” said Chakrabarty.
Kamakhya temple premises atop the Neelacjhal hill is set to be fallen silent on Friday as the four day long Ambubachi fair has come to an end.Lakhs of pilgrims from the country and abroad are waiting on long queues from early in the morning to visit the ancient temple which resumed puja offerings on Friday.Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi visited the temple at 7-30 in the morning and offered pujas along with Kamrup (Metro) DC amnd commissioner MGKV Bhanu.Talking to reporters, Gogoi said that he was seeking divine help to restore peace and development in the state.
More than 60 women courted arrest on Friday when they staged dharna in Guwahati demanding removal of APSC chairman alleging rampant corruption in the civil service examinations.Hundreds of women representing the women KMSS started staging dharna in front of the APSC office premises at 11 in the morning some of whom were thrashed and were taken to the Basistha police station.
Union home minister Rajnath Singh will be on a stock taking visit to Dhubri on June 29. During his two days visit, Singh is scheduled to take stock of the Indo-Bangladesh border fencing work. His visit assumes significance a month after the one member panel set up by the Supreme Court visited the border fencing works.
The importance of green technologies drew no less attention when experts at a seminar in Guwahati outlined its salient features on Thursday.Organized jointly by FINER and IIE, the seminar stressed environment to ensure sustainable development of the north eastern region.Former Union forest minister Jayram Ramesh said that hydro power was required to boost power generation. But in the same breath, he opposed it at the cost of environment, livelihood of the common people.“The Country is confident that all these steps taken will generate more employment and lead to growth of the region,” he said.In his address, FINER chairman RS Joshi said the green and organic has become a global...
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi criticized the Narendra Modi government on Thursday for failing to enlist the state in the list of proposed six new IIMs.In a statement, Gogoi accused the Centre of paying only lip services to the state. He said, Modi made tall promises for the northeast before the polls. However, the manner in which Assam is left out from the recent announcement is another example of NDA's neglect of the state."Assam fails to find place in the list of the proposed Indian Institutes of Management even after Centre’s promises. The beneficiaries are Visakhapatnam, Bodh Gaya, Sirmaur, Nagpur, Sambalpur and Amritsar.
Finally Assam fails to find place in the list of the proposed Indian Institutes of Management even after Centre’s promises. The beneficiaries are Visakhapatnam, Bodh Gaya, Sirmaur, Nagpur, Sambalpur and Amritsar.
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