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.
Congress MP from Silchar Sushmita Dev alleged that the BJP-led board was indulging in divisive politics instead of working for the development of the town and this was “really very unfortunate.”She reacted sharply on Saturday a day after Silchar Municpal Board chairman Niharendra Narayan Thakur replaced Mother Teresa’s portrait from the his office on Friday.Opposition Congress, Students’ Federaion of India and Democratic Youth Federation are still taking out rallies in the town in protest against it.
Major controversy erupts in Cachar district a day after Silchar Municpal Board chairman Niharendra Narayan Thakur replaced Mother Teresa’s portrait from the his office on Friday.Many organizations and individuals have slammed the civic body chief for replacing the portrait. But Thakur on Saturday justified that the portrait deserves no place near Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.Sources told Assam Times that Jana Sangh leader Shyama Prasad Mookherjee replaced the portrait to be justified by Thakur.
Forest guards in Kaziranga have killed two poachers at an encounter on Saturday a day after yet another rhino was killed in the world heritage site.The encounter took place in the morning when the guards were launching an intensified operation in search of the rhino poachers in the national park. Two poachers were killed on the spot where two others managed to escape. Operations are going on to nab the remaining two.The poachers killed a female adult rhino on Friday to take away the horn in the National Park.The carcass was found at the Borboribil forest camp by the patrolling forest guards. The security forces seized five empty cartridges from the spot, he said.
Uneasy calm prevails in Dokmoka a day after over 12 people sustained injury as they clashed with security forces during a protest over a rape case.Angry local residents in the entire area have pledged to take on the security forces in a big way. Talking to Assam Times the local residents said that they won’t stop the fight against the rapist army jawan.“We will not relent unless the rapist jawan is punished. Or we will ask the authority to hand over him to us,” said a local resident who was among those who hit the streets on Friday.The incident took place on April 6 when a few security personnel raped a local girl during an operation at Parkup Pahar under Dokmoka Police Station.
Normal life comes to a grinding halt in Karbi Anglong district from Saturday morning following the 24 hour district bandh demanding action against the rapist security personnel.Roads are wearing a desert look. Schools and colleges, shops and markets, banks and offices are remaining closed under the impact of the bandh that began at 5 in the morning.The bandh is peaceful so far and there is no report of any untoward incident during the bandh. Altogether 11 local organizations in the hills district called the bandh demanding immediate arrest and punishment to the army personnel involved in the rape incident.
The north eastern Chief Ministers are dead opposed to the idea of discontinuing the system of Special Category States.The discontent came to light when the chief ministers from the region addressed the 64th North Eastern Council Plenary session in the capital on Friday. In his address Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar lodged a protest over the decision to be followed by other Chief Ministers from the region. All they disappointment over the termination of the Special Category State Status.Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi was conspicuous by his absence.
The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee is likely to take strict action against Mohibul Haque alleging his controversial role in a protest march in Dhubri district over the mysterious death of 14 labourers at Latumbai in Meghalaya.Sources told Assam Times that APCC has served a show-cause notice to the former minister and AMTRON chairman giving him two days’ time to explain his position in this regard.It was alleged that the people who hit the streets under Haque’s leadership shouted anti-India slogans. A section of the protesters further were seen waving the banner of the Dhubri Zila Unnayan Parishad led by Haque.The protesters shouted anti-India slogans in full view of Haque much to the...
Several local residents in Dokmoka area sustained injury when security forces sprang upon a group of people who clashed on Friday with policemen over a rape incident.The incident took place in the afternoon when police resorted to blank fire to disperse the angry mob which pelted stones at the Dokmoka-base Army camp demanding action against a few rape accused army personnel.
Rumi Nath’s arrest seems imminent when the Guwahati High Court refused anticipatory bail plea for the Karimganj MLA on Friday in connection with a case of car lifting where her estrange husband and escort have been arrested.A division bench of the court on Friday turned down her anticipatory bail plea she moved two days back. Jacky Zarir, her estrange is already in police custody along with a PSO for their alleged nexus with international car lifer Anil Chauhan.
The Delhi government has allotted a bungalow to Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi.Government officials told Assam Times in Delhi on Friday that the Cabinet Committee on Accommodation (CCA) formally allotted the bunglow on Thursday evening. Gogoi has been allotted a C-1 type house. Gogoi was further given exemption since the state bhawan is under construction.
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