It happened in a random day. I would rather say, a very mesmerizing day. I got a leave from my office and find a chance to move around with my camera. It was a winter morning, and the city looked beautiful. My fellow civilized friends gave me a tough look as if I was holding a gun instead of a camera. They take me wrong and hide their faces, as if I am shooting them, instead of shot. DDDDDDDDDDDaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh this civilized morons. I promised to myslef , now today I am not gonna ruin my day. Today I am the dog, and I have to hunt. Late in the midnoon I came by this lake side, saw a swan and so lost I felt. I saw her gazing in a desert just for a little rain. Then I prayed to god to make this desert a lake. So that someone like her can join her to make life fulfilled. It takes long long hours and I had wait. Then the black swan came and my story got complete. subhasish christche winter, kolkata ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu8A_ZPVWLM

Jallikattu supporters of Kolkata has something to tell about their concern of banning the traditional festival. Bullfighting is a 400-year-old tradition in India and, as in other countries where the sport is popular, it attracts a lot of negative publicity. In 2014, the Supreme Court in India banned the four-century-old Jallikattu event that attracts thousands during the Pongal harvest festival in the state of Tamil Nadu, as a “barbaric” way of treating animals. It upheld the ban in 2016. Jallikattu is different from Spanish bull-fighting as the bull isn’t killed, and the man does not use a weapon. An agitated bull is set to run in an open space. Several people, empty handed, try to tame it by controlling its horns. The winner gets a prize, which is generally tied to the horns of the bull. Only men take part in this game. Betting is also common. Supporters of the sport, say native cattle breeds will face a fight for survival as a result of the ban. Jallikattu (or sallikkattu), also known as eru thazhuvuthal and manju virattu, is a traditional spectacle in which a Bos indicus bull, commonly of the Kangayam breed,[2] is released into a crowd of people and multiple human participants attempt to grab the large hump of the bull with both arms and hang on to it while the bull attempts to escape. Participants hold the hump for as long as possible, attempting to bring the bull to a stop. In some cases, participants must ride long enough to remove flags on the bull's horns. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9LiG9WPxl8