: A new novel paints an unusual world of cockfights, politics, rajahs – and gory violence #IndiaNEWS The pavilion at the old polo ground had been converted into an arena for the illegal cockfights

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A new novel paints an unusual world of cockfights, politics, rajahs – and gory violence #IndiaNEWS
The pavilion at the old polo ground had been converted into an arena for the illegal cockfights that Murugan conducted on the raja’s behalf. When Murugan had first moved to Shikargarh in the late 1970s, he had been astounded by the untapped fighting potential of the Karianath and had decided to introduce the sport in Shikargarh. He brought in other fighting breeds from his native Tamil Nadu, trained a batch of Karianath fighters and soon got the locals hooked. The raja became obsessed with the blood sport and quickly appropriated it as part of his own martial tradition. Within months, he had labelled himself an expert in the field and fabricated an entire historiography of the sport in the Adhpanga lineage. This was of no consequence to Murugan, who was happy to stay in the shadows and cement his position in the larger scheme of things. He harnessed the insatiable appetite of the Kairus for drinking and gambling by establishing the Saturday-night cockfights. This weekly spectator-sport extravaganza was the only form of public entertainment in the area and brought in substantial revenue from illegal gambling, and illicit mahua and ganja sales. The raja took the lion’s share of the proceeds, but Murugan and...Read more

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