Amazing tale! And even more amazing is the state
of Indian journalism and its 'democracy' .
Allow me to introduce myself: I am an ethnic
Assamese , living in the USA and an observer of
Indian Institutions of democracy, its
'journalism' and the role of its intelligentsia (
or more precisely its absence from) in shaping
them.
The author opens up on Nagas with her military
husband's terrorizing a Naga village head-man,
that produced her missing Irish Setter in twenty
minutes!
Where did this military man get the power to
terrorize the village? What was the cause?
It was an Irish Setter, a pet dog, missing for
less than twenty minutes. Imagine that! Imagine
the state of due process, imagine the power of
the occupation forces, imagine accountability of
the military--the wife of a two bit two-bit
military officer can brag about it in the
national media, imagine the professionalism of
the Indian army that its apologists never fail
to wave at the world!
Now let us look at the professionalism of the
Deccan Herald, its journalistic ethics, its
editorial responsibility and its role as a
watchdog of democracy that chose to publish this
gem of an article:
The writer not only publicly accuses this
man, the Naga PhD student , Yoronso, of a crime,
but also convicts him and then recommends
punishment. And the Deccan Herald goes
right along with this prosecutor, judge,
jury and executioner all neatly packed into one,
in
the perfect image of the Indian
military's half century old occupation and
terrorism in the
northeastern states and publishes it. Why
shouldn't it? The writer provided all the proof,
didn't she?
Of course the writer had all the proof
she ever needed, right? Must have had a hidden
video camera in the room to record all
the gruesome details. Or could it have been
confessions of the accused extracted by
someone like her military husband ? They
sure know how to get those confessions.
Just ask the dead Ajit Mahanta of Kakopothar,
Assam who was taken by the army from his
wife and little baby, sodomized with bamboo
poles causing massive internal injuries
before beating him to death and then dumping the
body on the roadside, merely on
suspicion that he was an ULFA 'collaborator'.
Did Ajit
Mahanta get any justice? Of course, the
commanding general apologized. What more can
anyone ask?
No wonder the Indian intelligentsia and
its renowned journals never found it necessary to
write expose's about such forgettable
events. But a dog at JNU--that is different. A
Naga
killed it! And you expect its
intelligentsia and its press to let it go with a
wink and a nod?
Not in desi-demokrasy!
>Apparently North-Eastern students at JNU
>regularly lynch and barbecue dogs. Kalis
>mother, Leela, >was an earlier victim.
The truth be told! These damn northeasterners!
Them slant eyed, dog-eating, independence seeking
sub-humans are a murderous lot! Rein them in, and
not a moment too soon! And who better to educate
the right-proper Indians about them than a
military wife once posted in Nagaland? Don't even
think of trying to muddy the picture by trying to
tell them that there is no such race of people
as northeasterners, or that there is political
or geographical entity as the Northeast. , that
it is a convenient
creation of Indian intellectual sloth and
colonial mind-set to avoid getting headaches of
the headless by learning what makes them the
savage lot it is!
Disgustedly yours,
Chandan Mahanta
>Murder Most Foul
>article by Ambika Shukla
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>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 Delhis
>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
>Kalis 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 Wardens 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 Yoronsos Ph.D thesis, which
>his guide should also refuse to sign. The varsity must also revoke his
>Bachelor and Masters Degrees, and co-operate with the police to
>chargesheet and arrest all the three men.
>
>Instead, lets 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 Kalis gentle, friendly nature.
>Second, you shoo away or escape from a ferocious dog, you certainly dont
>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 wont 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. Kalis mother, Leela, was an earlier victim.
>
>This wont stop unless we make it stop. I am listing below the numbers of
>the deans 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 dont act today, it could be yours tomorrow
>
>Prof. Yash Pal (Chancellor),
>Off: 0112610 2430,
>Residence: 01202512075
>Soumen Chattopadhyay, Warden
>+91 9873439840
>Email addresses:
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