I loved both the first reply and this one too. One should learn to look at issues critically.
At 8:54 PM +0530 7/15/08, uttam borthakur wrote: > >>>>>I love my non-veg food but if we are to believe what has been >described, it's barbaric.You don't skin an animal alive in a >civlized society.I fully support strict action against this Mr >Yoronso. > >Now please read this: > >"The three then began to bludgeon the little creature with a cricket bat >and curtain rods. After battering her for more than half-an-hour, Yoronso >stuck a knife into the still conscious dog and began to cut her, even as >she moaned and writhed in pain. Finally, they took a brick and smashed >Kali's swollen, bleeding skull. The noise and blood seeping under the door >attracted attention and a crowd of students and the warden began to bang >on the door, forcing it open. Yoronso and his accomplices were caught >red-handed - literally." > >First, you have to believe the story. The description of the >happenings inside the room are too graphic. It requires some >gullibility! How is it known that Mr. Yoronso skinned the animal >when alive? Was it still alive "after they took a brick and smashed >Kali's swollen, bleeding skull" subsequent to which they were >caught. The smashing followed or was followed by cutting the skin? >It took the crowd to bang on the door 'half an hour of bludgeoning' >'cutting up' and 'smashing'. Too many loose ends. The story appears >to be a product of highly imaginative mind. She's more worried about >her "irish setter' Bindu's fate. > >Second, what is a humane way of killing? Hanging by the neck? Halal? >(Guns are not allowed in the campus) Anyone after food would like to >kill fast. Or is there an assumed 'inhuman' trait in the people >other than north indians that they derive pleasure from inflicting >pain on what they prey? > > > >Uttam Kumar Borthakur > >--- On Tue, 15/7/08, Jyotirmoy Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From: Jyotirmoy Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [Assam] Murder Most Foul >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "A Mailing list for people >interested in Assam from around the world" <[email protected]> >Date: Tuesday, 15 July, 2008, 7:55 PM > > > >Eating an animal for food is not a crime. >But there is a humane way of killing an animal for food. >Reading this article makes me feel disgusted. I love my non-veg food >but if we are to believe what has been described, it's barbaric. >You don't skin an animal alive in a civlized society. >I fully support strict action against this Mr Yoronso. People like >him do create cause for hatred for NE people. I agree that eating a >dog may be okay in Nagaland but it is not common in most parts of >India and he should have respected that. >JS > > > > >On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 7:25 PM, uttam borthakur ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >"One of the most anxious days of our army posting in Nagaland had nothing >to do with the insurgency. It was the day, our Irish Setter, Bindu went >missing." >"One of the most anxious days of our army posting in Nagaland had nothing >to do with the insurgency. It was the day, our Irish Setter, Bindu went >missing." > > >"The University should also refuse to accept Yoronso's Ph.D thesis, which >his guide should also refuse to sign. The varsity must also revoke his >Bachelor and Master's Degrees, and co-operate with the police to >chargesheet and arrest all the three men." > > >"Apart from the shame of a top >University colluding with criminals, even more shameful is that these >so-called mastermind academics cannot even come up with a plausible >cover-up!" > > >"Demand action against the tormentors of a helpless, harmless young >life." > >......What an attitude! The attitude of the 'occupational forces'. >The respectable Gao Burha was treated like a vermin. Comaparable >with the occupational forces of Israel: the arab in their own land >has to seek permission of the occupational army to grow vegetables >or fruits for sustenance. The 'Irish' setter's [not a desi mongrel >there] status is obviously higher than the lowly cur of a Gao Burha. >Mr. Shukla should have tried that stuff in his own state with the >village pramukh. > >Just look at her sense of retribution. Only because a dog is a food >(as also in China where Beijing olympic is being staged) for a >scholar, he should be arrested as a criminal! What about the rape >perpetrated by the Indian Jawans in the north east? What about >quarantining of the villages of the north east since 'independence' >so that the old and feeble and the very young of starvation and >mal- nutrition? What about the wanton killing of the innocent by the >army in these areas? Are these not crimes? Has shshould diee >ever made a whisper? > >No Mr. Goyari, we do not have to be apologetic about our food habit. >If we eat a dog, so what? It is like eating vegetables, another form >of life. We are not here to please the sensibilities of the likes of >Mrs. Shukla here. > > > >Uttam Kumar Borthakur > >--- On Tue, 15/7/08, Phanindra Goyari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From: Phanindra Goyari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [Assam] Murder Most Foul >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[email protected] >Date: Tuesday, 15 July, 2008, 4:09 PM > > > > >Following article appeared in Deccan Chronicle paper today. >I also love dogs and other animals. But author's one sentence >is not palatable for many north-eastern people:It says: > >"Apparently North-Eastern students at JNU regularly lynch >and barbecue dogs". > >I heard that many people in Nagaland state eat dog meat. Now >North-Eastern (NE)India consists of eight states: Assam, Arunachal, >Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, Tripura and Sikkim. Except >some people in Nagaland, people from other NE states do not eat >dog meat. FYI, many people in NE India are vegetarians. Thus, >it may be right to say that many students from Nagaland eat dog meat, >but it is not right to say that whole north-eastern students kill dogs >for meat. > >Ambika's above statement is hurting the sentiment of many people of >north-easter region of India. > > >Regards, >Phanindra >Hyderabad >********************************** > > >Murder Most Foul >article by Ambika Shukla >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Murder Most Foul >Pets >One of the most anxious days of our army posting in Nagaland had nothing >to do with the insurgency. It was the day, our Irish Setter, Bindu went >missing. Given a free rein of the area, she would romp happily over hill >and dales yet magically appear at one whistle or call. But one evening >there was no familiar figure loping homeward in response to our frantic >whistles and calls. After combing the area, my husband visited the Gaon >Burha (village Pradhan) of the closest Naga settlement and spelt out all >sorts of dire consequences if the dog did not return. Twenty minutes >later, Bindu was safely home. > >An incident that occurred this week brings home the awful fate that Bindu >so narrowly escaped. > >On the night of July 7, Yoronso, a 30-year-old Naga student at Delhi's >prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) invited two pals over to his >hostel room. Kali, a friendly eight-year-old campus dog (born and brought >up there) happened to be sitting near the stairs. Using biscuits they >lured her upstairs into Yoronso' s room (No 248 Kaveri Hostel) and bolted >the door. Yoronso fed Kali some rice from the hostel mess and then tied up >her mouth. > >The three then began to bludgeon the little creature with a cricket bat >and curtain rods. After battering her for more than half-an-hour, Yoronso >stuck a knife into the still conscious dog and began to cut her, even as >she moaned and writhed in pain. Finally, they took a brick and smashed >Kali's swollen, bleeding skull. The noise and blood seeping under the door >attracted attention and a crowd of students and the warden began to bang >on the door, forcing it open. Yoronso and his accomplices were caught >red-handed - literally. > >Everyone was nauseated to find the battered remains of Kali and the >cruelty that had been inflicted on the dog. Some students immediately >summoned the police. But the warden, anxious to avoid any controversy, >immediately planned a cover up by removing the body and the murder >weapons. Students were warned not to make any statement to the police or >press. When the police arrived, they conducted a cursory check; but >neither made any arrests nor recorded the prima facie evidence. In fact, >they would have done nothing had not one of the students called up >activist Maneka Gandhi who immediately intervened and lodged an FIR. > >On learning that Gandhi had been informed; the warden issued a letter to >Yoronso asking him to vacate his hostel accommodation. Yoronso is due to >submit his Ph.D on July 21 and was already in the process of vacating his >room prior to this event, so the Warden's action is surely an eyewash. >Here is what the institution should do to punish such a crime and its >perpetrators; firstly, Yoronso should be expelled and blacklisted from the >school. > >The University should also refuse to accept Yoronso's Ph.D thesis, which >his guide should also refuse to sign. The varsity must also revoke his >Bachelor and Master's Degrees, and co-operate with the police to >chargesheet and arrest all the three men. > >Instead, let's look at how JNU, this haloed learning ground, is actually >conducting itself in the issue. Yoronso has been coached by the University >to say that he reacted in self-defence after the dog attacked him. This is >clearly untrue for a lot of reasons. > >First, the students unanimously vouch for Kali's gentle, friendly nature. >Second, you shoo away or escape from a ferocious dog, you certainly don't >lock it inside with you. When this theory failed, Yoronso was provided a >second story. > >Now Kali was supposed to have entered his room and eaten his food. Why >would his food be lying on the floor, and again, why did he not chase the >dog away rather than locking her inside? Apart from the shame of a top >University colluding with criminals, even more shameful is that these >so-called mastermind academics cannot even come up with a plausible >cover-up! > >But that does not mean that Yoronso won't get away. In this cruel and >crazy world, even such blatant barbarity might go unpunished if we all do >not protest. This apparently is not the first instance of dogs being >killed at JNU. Apparently North-Eastern students at JNU regularly lynch >and barbecue dogs. Kali's mother, Leela, was an earlier victim. > >This won't stop unless we make it stop. I am listing below the numbers of >the dean's and the warden and the email addresses of the JNU >Faculty.Demand action against the tormentors of a helpless, harmless young >life. This could have been my Bindu. > >If we don't act today, it could be yours tomorrow > >Prof. Yash Pal (Chancellor), >Off: 0112610 2430, >Residence: 01202512075 >Soumen Chattopadhyay, Warden >+91 9873439840 >Email addresses: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Feedback is welcome at [EMAIL PROTECTED] >*************************************************** >http://www.deccan.com/Hyderabad%20chronicle/Hyderabad%20ChronicleDescription.asp#Murder%20most%20foul > > > >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >[email protected] >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > Bring your gang together. Do your thing. 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