1. Four persons lost their lives and many sustained injuries in jallikattu (bull-taming sport) held during Pongal in Tamil Nadu. One fails to understand the craze for such a sport among some sections. Every year, participants and bystanders are gored by the bulls. Compared with the bullfight in countries such as Spain and Mexico, jallikattu is disorganized. It is time jallikattu was banned. - K.Venkataraman, Mumbai.
2. The so-called sport called jallikattu involves neither bravery nor sporting skills. The argument that it forms part of the Tamil tradition does not hold water as we have discarded many other traditional practices in the name of rationalism. In any case, none of our matrimonial advertisements these days seeks bridegrooms with skills to tame bulls. - Rettavayal S.Krishnaswamy, Chennai.
Courtesy: The Hindu, Madurai, January 20, 2009 ("Letters to the Editor").
Grateful thanks to M/s.K.Venkataraman, Rettavayal S.Krishnaswamy and The Hindu.
2. The so-called sport called jallikattu involves neither bravery nor sporting skills. The argument that it forms part of the Tamil tradition does not hold water as we have discarded many other traditional practices in the name of rationalism. In any case, none of our matrimonial advertisements these days seeks bridegrooms with skills to tame bulls. - Rettavayal S.Krishnaswamy, Chennai.
Courtesy: The Hindu, Madurai, January 20, 2009 ("Letters to the Editor").
Grateful thanks to M/s.K.Venkataraman, Rettavayal S.Krishnaswamy and The Hindu.
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