Sankranti, the harvest festival, began with rooster fights, as usual, in many villages. Rooster fights, known as ‘Kodi Pandalu’ in local parlance, is part of the harvest festival,” says a youth, Chintala Appala Raju of Chikkala village in West Godavari district. Despite a ban on rooster fights, villagers arranged rooster fight rings in rural areas in many places. This year …
