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.
Need of the hour is a green bench in the north east to ensure a safe environment in the entire region. This was what Debojit Das said when the veteran legal practitioner was participating in a round table conference in Guwahati on Thursday.According to Das, the policies for extracting natural resources are not people friendly. He said that only a section of businessmen has been taking the advantage. Meghalaya, he said, is an example where coal minings have been operating without any hindrance.“Unless we have a green bench like West Bengal we do not see any hope in near future where we will have to bear the brunt,” he said.
A people friendly policy and technology is required for extraction of natural resources in Assam and its neighbouring north eastern states.This was more or less of what Dr Subrata Borgohain Gogoi said in her speech at the round table conference on piloting initiatives for the protection of environment and natural resources in Guwahati on Thursday.Dr Gogoi, the associate professor and head of the petroleum technology of Dibrugarh University said that the entire north eastern region runs the risk of some major problems if oil and natural gas are allowed to extract in the absence of a state-of-the-art technology which can ensure environmental safety. Organized by the Assam...
Guwahati is holding a round table on piloting initiatives for the protection of environment and natural resources on Thursday. Organized by the Assam Times Foundation in the city, the round table started with introduction by its managing trustee Babul Gogoi. The meet is expected to go a long way to try to evolve a clear cut and people friendly policy and technology to extract natural resources.
Shankar Baruah’s “unfortunate death” is a set back for CBI probe into the Saradha scam where the former DGP was an accused. Barua, who shot himself to death on Wednesday, was an important part of the probe into the multi crore scam. According to sources, Barua played a big role to provide security to Saradha chief Sudipta Sen and his close associates. A former minister and Baruah had several rounds of late night meetings with Sen and one of his close associate mediated by Sadananda Gogoi who is in CBI custody. The conspiracy took final shap when Baruah met Sudipta Sen at the initiatives of Sadananda Gogoi---closed to Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma.
The mortal remains of Shankar Baruah consigned to flames hours after the former DGP shot himself at his residence in Guwahati on Wednesday.His last rites were performed at the Navagraha cremation ground in the evening.Before the government officials and the Police officials paid tributes to his mortal remains at the 4th Assam Police Battalion headquarters at Kahilipara.Chief secretary Jitesh Khosla laid a wreath on behalf of chief minister Gogoi. The Assam Police also gave a gun salute to the lifeless Baruah.
Hours after former DGP Shankar Baruah committed suicide, Chief minister Tarun Gogoi called it an unfortunate incident. A shocked Gogoi said that Barua was upright and efficient police officer who discharged his duties conscientiously and assiduously./
A local court in Kolkata on Wednesday remanded Sadananda Gogoi to CBI custody till Sep 20 five days after the country’s top investigating agency arrested the popular singer in connection with the Saradha scam.CBI produced Gogoi in Alipur Court in the afternoon urging extension of the custody for three more days to which the court agreed.CBI arrested Gogoi on September 12 after several hours of questioning on the scam and his role. Then the court remanded him to their custody for five days. Gogoi was arrested Sep 12 by the Central Bureau of Investigation for alleged conspiracy and misappropriation of funds.
A court in Guwahati on Wednesday remanded Anjali Das Thakuria to judicial custody two days after the assistant with the regional passport office in Guwahati was arrested by CBI on bribery charge. The court sent her to jail when CBI produced her following the end of 24 hour custody. The personal assistant of the regional passport office was held inside her office for accepting Rs 2000 bribe for clearing a pending file.
DIBYAJYOTI BORTHAKUR, RAHA: At least ten people sustained injury when a vehicle carrying them collided its head on an ambulance in Raha on Wednesday. The incident took place at Raha Chariali on the National Highway No 37 in the afternoon when a Tata Magic vehicle was on the way to Chapormukh from Nagaon while the ambulance was bound for Nagaon from Guwahati. Local residents and police rescued the passengers from the mangled vehicle. All the injured are undergoing treatment at the Nagaon Civil Hospital. It took place three days after a popular guitarist died at a tragic road mishap at a stone’s throw distance from the spot.
Former director general of police Shankar Baruah committed suicide on Wednesday. Baruah came home and within half an hour he went to the terrace and shot himself with his pistol revolver. Then he was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital at around 12 noon. But only to be declared brought dead there.He was admitted to Down Town hospital last week after he complained of heart problems and was released from there on Wednesday morning. His body has been sent for postmorten.The incident took place after his name hit media headlines in the Saradha scam where he was alleged to have received protection money from the chit fund.CBI had conducted raids on his house on August 27 in connection with...
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