Long before Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo there were Chuni Goswami and PK Banerjee, icons of 1960s Kolkata football. The rest of the world may have embraced Brazilian samba and the legendary Pele, but for the Bengali dada, Pele was only the neighbourhood bhalo chhele. Maradona may have been touched by the hand of God, but since when has the Bengali been short of cosmic energy when Ma Kali is at hand in the Kalighat temple?
Back in those halcyon days in Bengal, not only were the Mohammedans always Sporting, but who needed a separate Gorkhaland when you had the great Shyam Thapa by your side? Why would you even need to annex Sikkim, when Bhaichung Bhutia was your main striker or moan Read More
