[Assam] Murder Most Foul - Pets

[Krishnendu Chakraborty]

Ram-da,   I am still awaiting a response from her (lucky you :) )

What I find amazing is her logic ---  "what was said and is still
> maintained is that North Eastern students into which category Naga
> students fall -- have killed JNU campus dogs "

IF she think that she can say a sweeping statement like Students of NE just because Nagaland is in NE,  she should logicaly say students of India because Nagaland is in India !!

And if she thinks eating any animal is uncivilized,  she should first condemn her own community (I assume she is Punjabi)  which is arguably the largest meat eating community in India.


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>Again Ms. Shukla,

>Go back a re-read your article. If you are unable and still cannot see the
light, maybe other netters and others from the NE canpin point these again
to you.

>I am again copying this to Assam net. There are many people from the NE at
Delhi and other places who find your article reprehensible - so it is NOT
JUST ME.

People still await a sincere apology from you, Ms. Shukla. Do the right
thing.

Sincerely & once again with best wishes.

Ram Sarangapani
Texas, USA



On 7/18/08, ambika shukla <ambikashukla at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>   Please do not use this correspondence to establish yourself as some kind
> of champion of  the North Eastern 'underdog'. Try and find a more worthwhile
> windmill.
>
> Nobody made any 'sweeping statements' , what was said and is still
> maintained is that North Eastern students into which category Naga
> students fall -- have killed JNU campus dogs in the past and there are
> specific instances to prove this.  The intention is not to indict all
> N.E students but definitely those guilty of this crime.
>
> As far as eating dogs being  uncouth and uncivilised , yes, it is as is
> eating any animal which I have repeated several times in my column.  Instead
> of looking at this in such a narrow partisan fashion, open up your heart and
> mind.   The issue here is about atrocities against those weaker than
> oneself-- whether the victim is human or animal is irrelevant and largely a
> matter of opportunity. For it is the same people who would torture a dog who
> would hit a woman or bully a child.
>
> As for due process , that is what is being asked for. The University and
> police must not try and cover up a crime  simply because the victim was
> 'only a dog'.
>
> The article is neither a discussion on the N.E., the army or indeed
> anything except the cruelty meted out to an animal by an insensitive lout
> who deserves to be punished to the maximum both legally and socially.
>
> If you cannot see that, please do not waste my time and your own any
> further.
>
>
>
> --- On *Fri, 7/18/08, Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
> From: Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Murder Most Foul - Pets
> To: ambikashukla at yahoo.com
> Date: Friday, July 18, 2008, 7:52 PM
>
>  Dear Ms. Shukla,
>
> Thanks for you response. Frankly, I was not expecting any.
>
> It is surprising, that inspite of being a journalist, you still seem not to
> have got the message.
>
> That message is simple:
>
> (a) You make sweeping statements, indict whole sections of people. If still
> do not understand, go back and re-read what you wrote in the article
> regarding North Easterners regularly torturing and eating dogs. Probably
> meaning that they are uncouth, uneducated, unsophiticated and so on, and
> only someone like you will be able to teach them a thing or two?
>
> (b) You brag (and probably still do) about the fact that your Army husband
> used the Indian Army for personal use - "combing" the Naga countryside for
> your lost pet pooch, and of threatening the village headman of 'dire
> consequences'.
>
> This statement alone speaks volumes of how certain people still look down
> upon poorer and unfortunate sections of people. It is pure and
> simple condescension backed by some kind of power-trip.
>
> (c) You indicted, then seemed to have passed summary judgement and
> punishment on the Naga student.
> In your exburance to fight for animal rights & cruelty (a noble cause), you
> seem to have promptly forgotten something very basic to a democracy, called
> "Due Process".
>
> If this was a crime, as you vehemently indicate, then go to court, prove
> it, and let the courts decide on the punishment. Are you the  judge, jury &
> executioneer?
>
> (d) Lastly, the whole thing has more to do with your 'holier than thou'
> attitude and your disregard for people from the NE, than the incident
> itself.
>
> My being an NRI, or other things have absolutely no bearing on the subject.
> If you are a sincere journalist, you will do the right thing for having
> hurt the sentiments of people from a number of States. And the right thing
> is to issue a quick, sincere apology by writing a retraction in the same
> Deccan Chronicle, maybe meet with the Assamese residents at Delhi and so on.
>
> Take care & once again with best wishes,
>
> Ram Sarangapani
> Texas, USA
>
>  PS: I am copying this to Assam net - an online group of people from the
> NE..
>
>