The swing of a talon and a flurry of feathers leaves one rooster motionless and another triumphantly strutting the ring, living to fight another day in a sport binding disparate Indian forest communities together. India is renowned for its fanatical cricket obsession but in the verdant wilderness of the central state of Chhattisgarh, cockfighting is the only game in town. "Earlier there was no other entertainment and it helped us meet people from other villages," said Raju, whose skill in raising fighting fowl has made him something of a local celebrity. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES