A Not So Intellectual On Jallikkattu & Tamil Unity

OK, I had never heard of Radha Rajan until I read the posts above, so I went back and looked at a snippet from her interview (?) here (in Tamizh). What she's saying there is quite harmless. Her point is that no matter what the issue, you can get people to assemble in support of it. Such a gathering cannot by itself legitimize the issue in question; it remains open to debate. I find this unobjectionable.

Of course, she mentioned 'sex' and that too of a 'free' variety - woooooh ! And everyone got excited. Oooh la, la. What I think she really tried to say was that, even if one were to lobby for an outrageous position, like free sex, which is against prevailing moral standards, one could get people to come out in support of it - i.e. 'free sex' is objectionable in Indian society, but you can still find some people to come out in support of it. That does not make it right. Similarly, her position is that even if people gather in favor of jallikkattu, that does not vitiate a ban by the courts on grounds of animal cruelty (I haven't followed the issue. I don't know whether a ban is in place or pending). Nothing she said demeans women or Tamizh culture.

As for the jallikkattu itself, this comes across to me, uninformed as I am, as another case of elites trying to ram down the throats of 'country hicks' ideas that they are not quite ready for. It invites a reactionary backlash of just the sort that got Trump elected. I am a tree-hugging vegetarian, but I think there may perhaps be a more pressing issue or two to address in Tamil Nadu.

 

Real Google Glass Awards? Excellent! Kudos!
My point was simply that a majority of the threads on IL are driven by the members, not admin. There's no reason to feel that regional languages are actively excluded.

 

GG you might enjoy this excerpt from Douglas Adams' book "The Restuarant at the End of the Universe" about 'an animal that wants to be eaten' - coming soon to a GMO supermarket near you, no doubt!

 

GG Thanks for bringing out the clear picture of jallikattu .

There are many scientists in the world and only a very few get Nobel prize .is that mean others are not intelligent or not eligible.A few bulls are highlighted in the scene to show the potency of their breed."oru paanai sotrukku oru soru patham"is a proverb in Tamil .we just take a single rice iin the spoon and check whether it is cooked well .Is this related to some research?if so please share with us.

 

That was a fantastic snippet. Thank you thank you for this write up.. You have covered almost everything. So many times I have worried about our disability to do anything against the government and the other forces, so many times went on in a self introspective mode why are our hands tied to fight against corruption or any evil against the society. Now now is the proudest moment of every tamilian that we the tamilians are the first to take a step towards it. A huge crowd fighting rationally, ethically for the entire india, yes for entire india. If the ban is lifted then am sure the bans on other traditional games in other states would be lifted too. We cannot sideline jallikattu as a petty issue when other issues are to be addressed. Fighting the ban on jallikattu is not just a fight to conduct a game, its a fight against the corruption, against the fraudulent politicians who have sold themselves and pledged the public welfare for tonnes of money, against the forces trying to curb our pride, tradition and culture. Fighting for jallikattu is just a small spark for many more to come, it sure would have kindled the fear in all those corrupt forces that they are being watched, that we are not just going to be mute spectators for all the evils anymore, standing tall as an example for the other states that if we cant stand up for ourselves no one else will.

Massive respect my dearmost thamizhans and thamizhachis.

Ha ha ha ha brilliant question or i brilliant answer i must say.

What a perception, very nice

I thoroughly enjoyed your soul touching snippet.

 

GG you are right, a sport can be regulated not banned. And it is the failure to regulate jallikattu despite supremke court charting out some 70 plus rules and regulations that led to the ban. I hope this time the government would be more careful and would not look the other way when rules are violated. On one hand Jallikattu has become an economic proposition (It brings in dollars, particularly Alanganallur depends on tourist revenue) and when it becomes a business proposition and is commercialized, the tendency is to cut corners like not looking after bulls properly or torturing them to get the right amount of rge. This unfortunate tendency must be ended. As for PETA I have long suspected that it is a tool of agro-multinationals.