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.
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Chief minister Tarun Gogoi comes down heavily on Narendra Modi alleging that the prime minister did not raise the influx issue when he was on his visit to Dhaka which ends on Sunday.In his twitter, Gogoi said if Modi and BJP want Assam immigrant free why he did not talk to the Bangladesh prime minister.Taking a dig at AIUDF, Gogoi AIUDF and BJP have confused the people.
Terror tentacle spreading in the north eastern region when suspected NSCN(K) backed by other insurgent outfits of the region unleashed a reign of terror by tagetting security forces in Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday.A huge group of around 50 gunmen opened fire at an Assam Rifles camp in Lazu area in Tirap district early in the morning forcing the army personnel to retaliate. The insurgents fled under cover of darkness. There is no report of any casualty.Later police recovered over 70 empty cartridges of AK-47 rifle along with several bombs.The gun firing took place four days after 18 army personnel were killed at an ambush by NSCN-K in in Manipur's Chandel district.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a two days tour to Dhaka on Saturday which is crucial for Assam and its neighbouring north eastern states.Modi is scheduled to talk to Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina to break the impasse over the Indo-Bangla land deal apart from the extradition of Anup Chetia. Sources told Assam Times that both the crucial issued would figure on Saturday when the duo would meet in the evening."Modi is scheduled raise the land deal and extradition issue. The immigration is is unlikely to figure in the meeting. Modi thinks that the land deal would help them end the decade old issue," said a senior official with the ministry of external affairs.Accompanied by...
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