Yes, I have been surfing the news rather actively and here are some more observations in no particular order.
Short name Suppi Sir...
The protests are for ensuring respect to Tamil sentiments. But ironically, almost all of the protesters find themselves unable toframe a complete sentence in even reasonably good Tamil. Even allowing for camera nervousness and being in an emotionally agitated state, the health of spoken Tamil today in Tamilnadu needs some immediate care. And sadly this includes most of the press folks covering this. Tamil identity begins with speaking the language properly.
Saved by the bull
The Mannargudi mafia must be secretly thanking the stars for the relief that this protest has given them from the focus of the public and media. Gone are the pesky niece Deepa and the persistent advocate Krishnamoorthy from the limelight. But they also got one more validation of where Chinnamma stands in the public view: down in the gutters.
Vaai-la vasamba vechchu thekka
The tame rookies mutter the rather meek, less adventurous "jallicut ". The grizzled veterans who have seen them all feel emboldened to attempt with Jallikkattoo, jallikkattuh , jallikatta . And the name of Alanganallur rolling off the Hindi tongues looks like a jallikkattu bull had viciously trampled it. Visu is a visionary who wrote "thamizhan thamizhana irukkanam , telungan telungana irukkanam "
India Today
In what can be called a tight slap across the face of PETA, India Today in its coverage of thejallikkattu protests ran a split screen ad of, get this, "Salman at 51 - being bad to being human." Yes, the black buck committed suicide.
Short name Suppi Sir...
The protests are for ensuring respect to Tamil sentiments. But ironically, almost all of the protesters find themselves unable to
Saved by the bull
The Mannargudi mafia must be secretly thanking the stars for the relief that this protest has given them from the focus of the public and media. Gone are the pesky niece Deepa and the persistent advocate Krishnamoorthy from the limelight. But they also got one more validation of where Chinnamma stands in the public view: down in the gutters.
Vaai-la vasamba vechchu thekka
The tame rookies mutter the rather meek, less adventurous "
India Today
In what can be called a tight slap across the face of PETA, India Today in its coverage of the
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