Life as a Jallikattu Champ: A Graphic Novel on a Tradition at Risk

A Jallikattu ‘Graphic novel’, featuring a former champion. Candid stuff on the sport, bull semen and weddings.

(This story was first published on 15 January 2019 and has been republished from The Quint’s archives to mark the annual Jallikattu event)

“Have you seen a Jallikattu bull mate with a cow?” asks Chandrasekhar, who owns a bicycle store in Alanganallur village. And then he proceeds to explain why the bull remains celibate for half a lifetime.

Here’s a graphic novel where the old men and women of a village get candid about Jallikattu, bull semen and weddings!