The great Chellappa's another great book. This is my second book of him. This book details the minutes of Jallikattu . Never read any book in tamil that explains this much details of a particular sport.I saw Jallikattu once near Ramanathapuram very interesting and was fascinated by the beast and men.Awesome!
This is the story of Kaari the legendary bull and Pichchi,who came to take revenge of his fathers death.Before getting into the story ,one need to understand the social settings of that period.The bull was the status symbol of Zamindars and rich and they make sure that no one comes for the competition and tame it.I should say my idea of the above was through movies , have not seen much like that in our side (Rameswaram area). In this book the author introduces the zamindar with others talking about him . For him, Kaari is everything.
On the other side Pichchi who is from working class wanted to tame the famed Kaari for the sake of his father's will. Maruthan Pichchi's brother-in-law helps him to overcome Kaari. Pichchi with great skill and hard work tames the famed Kaari. The author beautiful brings the essence of rich versus poor people when Zamindar meet Pichchi and gives his shawl and 100 rupees and latter the negative talks of people about the Kaari, which directed towards Zamindar himself. The Zamindar with all his status tarnished shot Kaari and kills it.
The flow and pace of the story is just awesome and more importantly the setting of the characters reflects the society beautifully.I liked the drawings by K.M Aathimoolam in the book ,just beautiful.
Wonderful book.
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