Daniel Grushkin, a New York Times travel columnist writes in detail about TamilNadu's very own daredevil sport of Jallikattu. It talks about the risks, the pain and agony that the young men and the bulls go through, but sums it up as a unique, nowhere-else in the world event. To win a Jallikattu contest, a competitor must catch and hang on to a bull as it runs past a 30-foot marker. In previous years, owners had reportedly resorted to punching their bulls, rubbing lemon juice in the bulls’ eyes and injecting them with chili powder in efforts to rile them up. And contestants (along with a few bulls) were inebriated on arrack, a homemade coconut liquor, before entering the ring. But that was before the death of the 14-year-old boy prompted a chorus of criticisms from newspaper editors, lawmakers and activists who complained that the sport was backward, dangerous, a violation of animals’ rights and detrimental to India’s modernizing image. This year, medical checkups were given to bu