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.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday predicted stool defeat for BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Assam.Addressing a huge rally in presence of prime minister Dr Mamnohan Singh in Sivasagar, Gogoi said that the voters have already decided not to support BJP in view of the wonderful performance of Congress government in Dispur and NDA government in Delhi.He said that the ruling party will get more than 10 seats in the polls this time adding that the voters are intelligent and aware of the parties and their performances.
Sensation prevails in Chirang after a tribal girl was rapped and killed by miscreants on Friday. The incident took place at Boldi gaon near Amguri along the Indo-Bhutan border.According to information, the incident took place in the afternoon when a gang of seven miscreants picked up the girl who was fishing at the Makra river along with three others.Then she was dragged into the nearby jungle. Some of them also tried to pick up the two others. But they managed to escape from the spot.The girl was believed to have been repeatedly rapped before being murdered. Her body was found on Saturday.Police investigation is going on. Police officials investigating the case have been extracting...
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is on a day long visit to Sivasagar on Saturday to campaign for Bijoy Krishna Handique and Pawan Singh Ghatowar who are contesting from Jorhat and Dibrugarh respectively in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.Dr Singh arrived in Khumtai near Mahmora at 11-30 in the morning to be received by Chief minister Tarun Gogoi along with APCC president Bhubneswar Kalita.Dr Singh, who represents Assam in Parliament is visiting the state for the last as prime minister.
The shoot out in Sonari on Friday is believed to be handiwork of ULFA where the militants attacked a local trader for refusing to pay ransom.According to information, the militants served him extortion notice and threatened him of dire consequences.Identified as Golap Lunawat, the local trader in Sonari was killed hours after miscreants sprayed several rounds of bullets on his womb on Friday evening.He breathed his last at 8-30 in the evening two hours after he was rushed to the Aditya Hospital.
In yet another bizarre incident that sends shockwaves across the state, a tribal girl was raped and then murdered in Chirang district.The incident took place on Friday in Amguri along the Indo-Bhutan border where miscreants picked up the girl who went for fishing along with five other girls.Her body was recovered from a jungle nearby on Saturday morning. The body bore several injury marks. Details are awaited.
AGP is holding a brainstorming meet in Guwahati on Saturday to arrive at a consensus on the withdrawal of suspension on Padma Hazarika.But the meeting will have hardly any outcome as the Sootea MLA and his supporters are conspicuous by their absence in the meeting.Acting on the advice of a circle of senior leaders to withdraw the suspension order, the party invited Hazarika to take a decision. But his absence seems to have forced the leadership to stall the process.
An eerie silence seems to have prevailed in Sonari a day after a local businessman died in miscreants’ attack in the heart of the town on Friday.Roads are wearing a deserted look as vehicles are refusing to ply from early in the morning. Shops and markets, schools and colleges have been remaining closed. Attendance in the banks and officers is thin under the impact of a 12 hour bandh called by the traders’ body.Notably, a businessman was killed hours after miscreants sprayed several rounds of bullets on his womb on Friday evening.Identified as Golap Lunawat, the local trader in Sonari breathed his last at 8-30 in the evening two hours after he was rushed to the Aditya Hospital.
Defying an inclement weather people are thronging in thousands in Mahmora to attend Dr Manmohan Singh’s poll rally on Saturday.Dr Singh, who represents Assam in Parliament is expected to arrive in Dibrugarh at 11 in the morning. Then he would straightly leave for Mahmora in Sivasagar to campaign for Jorhat candidate Bijoy Krishna Handique. Chief minister Tarun Gogoi along with APCC president Bhubneswar Kalita and Union minister Pawan Singh Ghatowar are scheduled to attend the huge rally.
The businessman who was shot at by miscreants in Sonari succumbed to his injuries at a private nursing home hours after he was rushed to it in Dibrugarh on Friday.Identified as Golap Lunawat, the local trader in Sonari breathed his last at 8-30 in the evening two hours after he was rushed to the Aditya Hospital.He sustained serious injuries at his womb when two motorcycle born youths pumped several rounds of bullets at him in front of the Sonari College in the evening.Lunawat fell on the spot and the miscreants managed to flee from the spot immediately after the firing.
A businessman sustained serious injury when pumped several rounds of bullets at him in Sivasagar district on Friday.The shoot out took place in front of the Sonari College at around 6-30 in the evening.Eyewitnesses told Assam Times that two motorcycle born started indiscriminate firing at the businessman as he was walking on the road.Identified as Golap Lunawat, the businessman fell on the spot and the miscreants managed to flee from the spot immediately after the firing.A grievously injured Lunawat was rushed to the Assam Medical College in Dibrugarh where his condition is said to be critical.
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