Even if the details of the incident have been exaggerated, the fact remains that an animal was beaten to death in a hostel room. I think that's a crime by any standards of a civil society. Just as a gun is not allowed in JNU campus, I don't think killing an animal in the hostel rooms is allowed. "Beating an animal to death" is certainly not a humane way of killing an animal for food. I stand by by statement that this person should be punished for his crime. As for the editor, he did make a generalization, but it does not take people long to form an opinion based on a few incidents. It happens in the west too. JS
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:24 PM, uttam borthakur < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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" <assam@assamnet.org> > 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], >> assam@assamnet.org >> 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 >> assam@assamnet.org >> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >> >> Bring your gang together. Do your thing. 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