Sickening footage recently surfaced of a captive elephant, Myan Prince, enduring atrocities inflicted by his captors at a Buddhist Temple near Colombo, Sri Lanka. In the gut-wrenching video, Myan Prince screams in pain as a man beats him. The elephant is not only tightly chained by his back leg but has also collapsed into a dirty pool of […]
Animal rights
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Sri Lanka: Baberic avurudu Elephant racing under fire
By Vimukthi Fernando and Husna Inayathullah. New Year festivities in several parts of the country took a barbaric turn this year, with captive elephants used as participants in traditional avurudu games, sending shockwaves through the conservationist and animal activist community. The practice is entirely illegal, activists and lawyers told the Sunday Observer, and action can […]
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Jallikattu and the Bovine Underbelly of Indian Nationalism
Image:Popular poster – Chaurasi Devataon-wali Gai [Ravi Varma Press – 1897] By Sadanand Menon. The cow, the bull and the buffalo have waddled themselves into the centre of India’s politics, exposing its bovine underbelly. The cow has been milked in Indian politics for over a century now; the bull has sharpened its horns over the […]
