Hi Prasenjit:
Umesh is only saying things that are/were true. That some of our brethren in the NE are cannibals or eat dogs. Obviously the movie-maker Mani-what's-his-name was only talking about unpleasant truths in the now banned film, Tango Charlie, because he portrayed Bodos as cannibals.
Can't you handle the truth? Why are you trying to divert attention away from them cannibal, dog-eating, head-hunting, loin-cloth sporting tribals who prefer that damned Christianity over Umesh's Hinduism? He hasn't labeled YOU a trial yet, has he? Besides, what is wrong in that label anyway?
Umesh came to Assam Net to show you and me what civilization is all about. He realizes we , north-easterners, are like what we are because Hinduttwa never touched us. So he came to propagate the Hindu identity and Hinduttwa as he sees it, with the zeal of a Christian Missionary, who has been so successful in winning the NE over to them X-ians. He realized that we are disaffected because we were treated like dogs in a Hindu household. So he has been trying to let us into their Hinduttwa home. His is a noble goal. Don't give him a hard time.
Umesh has told us it is perfectly OK to eat human corpses, or dogs, or crickets, or snakes. Why should we feel defensive about it? He does not feel defensive about the culture of those who suck the blood of live people ( I mean metaphorically), or dowry burning, or sati-daah, or public corruption, or religious intolerance. He is always saying all those nice things of Dalits, even wants Mira Nair to make movies about them instead of making movies that put their culture in a bad light as in Monsoon Wedding. Imagine she had to go show family incest, and pre-marital sex and desi-hypocrisy, How shameless!
cm :-)
At 9:47 PM -0400 5/2/05, Prasenjit Chetia wrote:
On the contrary i don't find any reason to discuss cows and pigs either. If you eat it that's good, you eat it as food which you eat like any other dish. What's there to discuss ? As I said earlier there are many more important things other than silly matters to discuss. You are a student like I am. So we should not misuse our precious time on silly things. We have a long way to go bro.
Regards Prasenjit
On 5/2/05, umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> >
I think our discussion had veered towards what animals are being eaten in India and where. Someone mentioned what about Mijoram and Meghalaya.
I am highlighting that dogs, "gaur" (cow/buffalo) and other animals have been traditionally eaten by atleast some of the tribals of those regions --but I also wish to highlighht/stress that eating such animals is not a peculiarity or shameful -as such a point was raised -or atleast it seemed to me so.
People all over the world do it.
Umesh PS: Maybe we should stick to only cows and pigs discussion
Prasenjit Chetia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What's great about it Umesh. Are you researching on some cuisine, which are rarely found. I didn't get the context on which you forwarded the links.
Prasenjit
On 5/2/05, umesh sharma wrote: > Here are some websites about how people all over the world have been eating > insects, dogs and a variety of animals: > > Eating Insects in Thailand > http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A767252 > > Insects as Food for Humans > > http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmnh/buginfo/inasfood.htm > > For Most People, Eating Bugs Is Only Natural > >
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0715_040715_tvinsectfood.html > > Taste like chicken: US govt > > http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/weirdscience/story5/insecteaters.htm > > BBC: Eating Insects and Grubs > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A476859 > > Dog etc eating in East Asia> http://www.admh.org/index1.htm > > Dog Farms: > http://www.animalsasia.org/index.php?module=3&lg=en > > Dog eating in Hawaii: > http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1348432/posts > > Dog eating by French: > http://wolf.ok.ac.kr/~annyg/english/e6.htm > > Dog Eating by Swiss: > > http://www.europeanvegetarian.org/evu/english/news/news964/dogs.html > > Stop Dog eating: > > http://www.animalfreedom.org/english/column/dogmeattrade.html > > Dog meat festival: > http://www.seoulsearching.com/DogMeat.html > > Astronauts may eat insects: >
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/headline_universe/space_insects.html&edu=high > > Counter Point: http://www.koreananimals.org/kerr1.htm > > > > umesh sharma wrote: > Amlan-da, > > I am sorry if I hurt your feelings, but when someone questions why you do > not want cows to be killed - or that most Hindus do not want cows to be > killed - I gave a frank answer. I also mentioned that Hindus have among them > - Tantriks who eat human flesh ---if you consider that I am glorifying > cannibalism - well it is your view. > > The fact is that the tribals ( I assume you are from Assam - and not a > tribal) from various parts of North East -till recently atleast -- have been > eating dogs and other animals -- just like the Chinese. I never said that it > is good or bad. You made the judgement. > > Umesh > PS: personally I can eat anything - unless ofcourse you tell is me what it > is --maybe even dogs and cats and rats!! > > Amlan Saha wrote:
> Why do you always reek of the attitude that your culture or what is > practised in your religion or in the part of India that you come from > is the most superior or the supposedly right way of doing things? > > The questions you ask definitely have academic and research value but > you do not at all seem to be genuine in your inquest, at least not to > me. > > Amlan. > > > On 2 May 2005, at 22:41, umesh sharma wrote: > > > People in North East and other tribal areas might have been eating all > > animals, maybe even tigers and deer, who am I to question? > > > I don't care if anyone likes to eat rats or cockroaches - I think in > > South East Asia it is a delicacy. > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > Mailing list FAQ: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > To unsubscribe or change options: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > Mailing list FAQ: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > To unsubscribe or change options: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > > >
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