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The road comes to an end
In this final RLT, Soma Basu recalls the thrills and travails of exploring a hundred less-travelled roads

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VOICE YOUR VIEWS: JALLIKATTU
Misnomer

It is a poor imitation of the Spanish bull fight. The matador is substituted with groups of men chasing a single, terrified bull – jallikattu. The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has rightly objected to the conduct of ...

Bull taming – our traditional game – is highly commercialised. Though it is an integral part of our culture, it is bringing us shame for the gory deaths of bull fighters and even spectators.

M.Rajkumar, ...

Jallikattu is Tamil Nadu’s famous event. In fact, Alanganallur jallikattu is world famous. This type of heroic game is not found in any other country, except Spain. In the Sangam era, a lad had to tame a bull to be given in marriage to a ...

The traditional ‘jallikattu’ is barbaric. The torturing of the bull by a mob in the name of showing valour is inhuman in a civilised society. The youths can show valour against cases of atrocities against women and crime instead by ...

Jallikattu is a sport of heroism. It is one of the ‘nararasas’ or ‘veera rasas.’ It shows one’s valour and courage. Though it is a risky job, young people like to participate in the sport. Jallikattu, a world ...

Jallikattu - the native sport of Tamil Nadu - has been a tradition for Tamils to prove their bravery. Such sports make our State unique Though in practice from ancient times, many people get injured due to unruly conduct while the bulls are ...

It is a famous game for farmers of Tamil Nadu. It has many names like ‘eruthukattu’ and ‘manjuvirattu’. But there are some risks involved. The Government should ban the game for saving the lives of youth and avoiding ...

Tamils indulge in risky competitions to exhibit their courage. Bull fighting is systematically conducted in several Western countries too justifying the rules and restrictions. It is good if the game is conducted in strict discipline that ...

Jalikattu is an ancient game practised mostly in villages like Alanganallur. It is a game that enables the young and strong dominate a bull. Youngsters in their rush of blood and spirit do not realise the ill-effects of this game. Often ...

Jallikattu proves the brave heart of Tamils. Nowadays many want to play only technical, computer and virtual games. But Tamils have succeeded in keeping the honour of the world famous traditional game. But we should take care to prevent loss ...

Jallikattu is a sport conducted particularly in Tamil Nadu to give an opportunity to youths to expose their bravery strength and skill. In the olden days, only selected young youths were permitted to fight and catch bulls in jallikattu. But, ...

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