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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Congress MLA in Silchar Dinesh Prasad Goala is stable. But he would be flown to Kolkata for better treatment.According to information, Goala was admitted to the hospital after he complained of breathing problem due to heart attack.Doctors attending on him suggest the family members to rush him to Kolkata for better treatment.
The electioneering heat and dust for the second phase of Lok Sabha polls will end on Thursday.The second phase of polls covers Silchar, Diphu, Karimganj where the campaign will end at 5 in the evening.Political heavyweights including BJP president Rajnath Singh and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi have campaigned in these constituencies.
Braving incessant rain that lashed Barak valley, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi held a huge poll rally in Udarband on Wednesday.Gandhi landed at the Kumbhirgram Airport in Silchar at 11 in the morning and left for Udarband by a helicopter where he campaigned for Silchar Congress candidate Sushmita Dev who is facing keen contest with BJP rival Kabindra Purkayastha.In his address, Gandhi came down heavily on Narendra Modi and BJP saying that the voters are intelligent and not even a voter can be deceived by Modi and his magic.He said that the UPA government has benefitted the people of all walks of life and that it would show something different if the party is allowed to stay in power...
BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will again visit Assam to campaign for the party candidates for the Lok Sabha polls.The Gujarat Chief Minister is scheduled to visit the state on April 17 where he would hold three poll rallies in Barpeta, Mongoldoi and Nagaon.Apart from Guwahati, Modi earlier held rallies in Sivasagar, Lakhimpur, Tezpur for the first phase of polls.
Former Congress MP Mani Kumar Subba’s condition refuses to improve on Wednesday two days after he underwent a brain surgery at the Medanta City Hospital in Gurgaon.According to sources, Subba who was rushed from Guwahati following cardiac ailment is still on ventilation support. Subba, who is contesting from Tezpur in the Lok Sabha polls suddenly fell ill on Thursday last at his residence in Lakhimpur before being flown to GNRC in Dispur.His family members rushed Subba to Gurgaon for better condition where he is not out of danger.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected interim bail for Kamal Medhi who has been booked in connection with the Pranab Boro self immolation case.The division bench of the apex court heard the petition moved on his behalf where the KMSS general secretary was denied bail in view of the seriousness of the case pending against him with the Dispur police station.Medhi moved the top court after the Gauhati High Court refused to grant him anticipatory bail in connection with the sensational case where a KMSS activist died in self immolation attempt in Dispur on February 24.
Congress MLA in Silchar Dinesh Prasad Goala is ailing. Goala, who is undergoing treatment at Silchar Valley Hospital of heart ailment would be airlifted to Kolkata.According to information, Goala was admitted to the hospital after he complained of breathing problem due to heart attack.Doctors attending on him suggest the family members to rush him to Kolkata for better treatment.
Three polling officials sustained injury when KPLT militants targeted three buses carrying them to Diphu on Tuesday.The incident took place at Howraghat in the evening when the three buses carrying Electronic voting machines and officials from Nagaon and Tezpur.KPLT militants who were hiding on the roadside started indiscriminate firing at the buses as soon as they arrived in the in Rongpi Tiniali.Minutes after the attack, the militants managed to vanish from the spot. Security forces arrived in the spot and launched combing operation to nab the militants.Normal life remains heavily disrupted in the entire hills district under the impact of the 100 hour long bandh by the Karbi militant...
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