Caution – Unverified news: Which way the jallikattu protest was going wrong and what made the state government to take a strong decision like lathi charge. Here are few essence of the information: * On 26th January, a tamil organisation (A federation of various small organisation and celebrities like Seeman, Amir, Gowthaman) have planned to introduce a separate tamilnadu flag, map. They have also planned to remove the Indian flag […]

India, wrote author VS Naipaul, is a country of a million little mutinies, reeling with rage and revolt. One such mutiny has brewed almost all of this week in southern Tamil Nadu state, where people have been protesting against a ban on a traditional bull-taming contest, known as jallikattu. They say the ban is an attack on their culture and identity. On Saturday evening, a harried government scrambled to bring […]

Residents have begun killing and eating dogs early in celebration of the summer solstice in a bid to avoid protests by animal rights campaigners. Some residents of the southern Chinese city of Yulin started gathering last weekend and eating dog meat and lychees to celebrate the longest day of the year, ahead of Saturday’s actual solstice, state media reported. The locals wanted to avoid protests which have in recent years […]