Man vs animal, the eternal struggle. It has been a long time since man gained an upper hand over his animal foes, thanks to growing civilization and tools aided by technology. Still the caveman tries to wakeup in the form of games like jallikattu where man tries to come out of the protection offered by technology and civilization to get even with nature and try to beat it in its own backyard.
For the man's desire to be one with nature, the beasts which are already one with nature are herded to their doom in quite unnatural circumstances. What is one man's game is another animals kill zone. They can't express themselves, they can't safeguard themselves, they can only follow their gut instinct which tells them to run at a maddening pace to escape this trap.
This is now getting justified in the name of Tamil culture and glorified. Anyone speaking against this practice is an anti tamil "Drohi".
Jallikattu served its purpose quite gloriously in the centuries that passed, it is not necessary that it needs to be carried forward for eons. The stated purposes of safeguarding native breeds, promotion of bull rearing,etc can be achieved by monetary funding and appropriate promotion itself. The barbarian act need not continue. Like so many other reforms this too can be accepted and society can move ahead.
Let peace be there between us and our bovine friends.
Monday, January 30, 2017
Jallikattu Man vs Bovine
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