Jallikattu- the juggernaut that must be stopped!
Modernity is a myth, if it doesn’t abolishes orthodoxies which don’t find a sync in the moral views of the new world.
Every year a sleepy village in Tamil Nadu comes to mainstream media spotlight. Decorations and delight all around, the celebration is impregnated in the air and as hoards of spectators huddle together, the human perimeter around the field sinks in the fanfare. The frenzy of both locals and foreign tourists reaches an avalanche- a rural celebration of epic proportions? Wait.
Into this grand setting that may remind you of a tight budgeted amphitheater, an infuriated bull is unleashed — adorned with tawdry accessories, rubbed with bright colours and with money tied around its horns.
Animal cruelty knows no bounds when it comes to humans.
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