> One should learn to > look at issues critically. And one should also know to keep issues separate. Comparing one crime with another can't bring an excuse to cruelty. Cruelty need to be stopped, not indulged by other examples. While I don't agree with revoking the degrees, I am also of the opinion - who cares what degrees one has, if one is found guilty of a crime?
“In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass.” > Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:38:40 -0500> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: > [Assam] Murder Most Foul> > 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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