Jallikattu is legally and morally the right of Tamils
The game of ‘Jallikattu’ is more than just a leisure recreation. The sport is a cultural and customary tradition of Tamil Nadu aimed at preserving the vitality and agile strength of ...
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Rahul Gandhi’s U-turn on Jallikattu will turn your stomach
Rahul Gandhi, former and future Congress party President is slated to witness the bull-taming sport of Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai district on Thursday. The visit by Rahul Gandhi comes at a time when the ...
PETA went absolutely berserk during Jallikattu, its Bakrid tweet is a mere formality
Recently, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) tweeted a video from Mumbai's Deonar slaughterhouse which unmasked the heart-wrenching cruelty that was being meted out to animals which were brought ...
Oops they did it again – Jallikattu was simply a reiteration of past blunders
One of the famous quotes often repeated is “History repeats”. And history repeats because people fail to learn from the past mistakes and continue to do so. A quote attributed to ...
The Hijackers of the Jallikattu movement
Why Jallikattu is inherently Hindu: Vaishnavite tradition is profoundly descriptive about Jalikattu. Tamil Azhvars (Vaishnavite saints and seers) have for long sung about episodes of Krishna taming bulls. The bull and ...
Jallikattu has an answer to why India was attacked and ruled by so many foreigners?
“While the protests in other states was about demonetisation, for want of foods and higher wages, Tamilnadu stood out for its protests over Jallikattu; for an entertainment?” My senior colleague commented. ...
Why Jallikattu Ban will go down in History as a watershed moment?
As far as rituals and customs are concerned, the states of our vast nation are mini countries in themselves, each one has unique festivals and a distinct way of celebrating them. ...
Jallikattu – Understand it before attacking it
Some call it as Sankranti or Sankranthi, some call it as Bihu, some others call it as Sankraman, and in Tamil Nadu, they call it as Pongal. All in all, the ...
All the times, Aadhaar was discussed in Supreme Court
The constitutional legitimacy of the Aadhaar scheme was contested in a writ case filed in 2012 by Justice K. S. Puttaswamy, a retired judge of the High Court. The decisions of ...
Swapnil Tiwari Vs Union of India: The case which began Live Proceedings
Swapnil Tiwari Vs Union of India case: Renowned philosopher Jeremy Bentham once said, "In the darkness of secrecy, sinister interest and evil in every shape have full swing. Where there is ...
Right to be Forgotten is a fundamental right
Right to be forgotten: The Supreme Court’s use of an Oscar Wilde quote to acquit a paedophile has been criticised for misplacing it. It says, “The only difference between the saint ...
The case that gave transgenders the due recognition that they rightfully deserve
National Legal Services Authority vs Union of India case: It is really a travesty of justice if everyone in society does not get equal rights. Somehow, more than six decades after ...
