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\"ViswanathanChennai: Former world champion Viswanathan Anand<\/strong><\/a> may mercilessly slay horses, elephants, bishops, pawns, queen and the opponent king in a game of chess but in reality he is an animal lover and a proud Tamilian who supports Jallikattu.<\/p>\n

Massive protests continued on Thursday in Tamil Nadu in support of Jallikattu, the ancient and popular bull-taming sport.At the Marina beach here, protesters sat through Wednesday night and on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

 <\/o:p>“My state rises again. In unison. In peace. Proud to be a #tamizhanda. Genext here are modern yet culturally rooted,” Anand tweeted on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Read more: Jallikattu: Ban anti-national PETA, demands M.K. Stalin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

“#jallikattu is a cultural symbol. Respect it. I’m all for animal rights but here that is not the point. tradition & livelihood are,” Anand added.<\/p>\n

Confirming to IANS that the tweets were by the chess champion himself, his wife Aruna said: “Anand is preparing for a tournament. But he wanted to register his views on the issue.”<\/p>\n

“We don’t have any pets. But we love animals,” she said.<\/p>\n

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Chennai, Jan 19 (IANS) Former world champion Viswanathan Anand may mercilessly slay horses, elephants, bishops, pawns, queen and the opponent king in a game of chess but in reality he is an animal lover and a proud Tamilian who supports Jallikattu.<\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Massive protests continued on Thursday in Tamil Nadu in support of Jallikattu, the ancient and popular bull-taming sport.<\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

At the Marina beach here, protesters sat through Wednesday night and on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

“My state rises again. In unison. In peace. Proud to be a #tamizhanda. Genext here are modern yet culturally rooted,” Anand tweeted on Thursday.<\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

“#jallikattu is a cultural symbol. Respect it. I’m all for animal rights but here that is not the point. tradition & livelihood are,” Anand added.<\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Confirming to IANS that the tweets were by the chess champion himself, his wife Aruna said: “Anand is preparing for a tournament. But he wanted to register his views on the issue.”<\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

“We don’t have any pets. But we love animals,” she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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