after myself many trips and false alarmsi found myself in the Maidan in Kolkata on a Sunday
the young ones
displaying their skills
someone shouting instructions from a corner
the make-shift goals
often becoming a point of dispute every time the ball beat the goalkeeper
what was telling was thatthe entire nation was glued to IPL
and here were these boys
working themselves up over a sport
that is fast getting marginalised
one kid practiced furiously with the ballhitting it against a tree
every once in a while it would
bounce onto the road
or roll into a ditch
no one explained to him that he needed to find
a flatter surface
his enthusiasm reminded me of the skateboarders i met in Bastille.
1 comment:
yes, and the sincerity is mindblowing! some of them would probably have come from the suburbs, taken the locals on a sleepy sunday morning. even on rainy mornings, you are sure to find lots of enthusiasts...remember that bagan vs e bengal match and pk banerjee or was it chuni giving that "people will go and but fish" quote...don't remember clearly!
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