Jallikattu – the new fancy in media
With the ban on Jallikattu by Supreme Court and the subsequent lifting of it, Jallikattu is now a familiar name in media. And it is always associated with our city. So invariably Maduraiites living in other cities were asked by friends for their views about Jallikattu 
Anyway, an ordinary Maduraiite is not that much familiar with Jallikattu. Many local lads (particularly the software guys hailing from Madurai) had seen Jallikattu only on TV.
I grew up near the outskirts of Madurai and had the opportunity to watch many Jallikattu (also called Manju-virattu) and Rekhla Race two decades ago. But I’ve never witnessed the famed Alanganallur Jallikattu in person. There were numerous Jallikattu events in every other villages around Madurai then.
The present form of Jallikattu is not enthusing. The rules were watered down, now you are a winner if you just hang on to the bull somehow for certain distance.
