Rony

Hello everyone, I have decided to write a second blog after receiving words of encouragement from all of you after the first one. So, here is my take on FIFA (the video game series) on why is it so popular and how it is helping football to become popular in a country like India where cricket is considered less as a game and more as a religion. Please give it a read and let me know your opinions. Being born in the early 90's in India,like many others of that time, I was also born with a love for cricket in my genes. Football was barely on my radar when I was a child and I couldn't understand what the excitement was all about in the newspapers before the 2002 football world cup when India hadn't even qualified for it. Well now, not even a day goes by without reading numerous articles on  Real madrid and its title chances or the player transfer news or bragging to friends about the 12 UCL titles that we have in our kitty. So what changed? How did I , a kid dreaming to rep...

Here is my journey as a football fan in a nation obsessed with cricket and I hope some of you will be able to relate to it. Please do give it a read if you have the time. I was born and brought up in a small suburb in West Bengal. I am fully aware of the stereotype about Bengalis and their love for football but lemme break the stereotype right there and tell you that I didn't even touch football untill I was 10-12 years old and this was the norm with most of the kids around me in our town. I was an avid fan of cricket and the master blaster himself, as I guess, most of those born around my time were. I feel absolutely no shame in admitting that I used to adore cricket up untill a point in my life(you don't have to be a cricket hater to be a football fan I guess). The first memory I have about football is watching world cup 2002 final with my dad and he was the one who introduced me to this beautiful game. I distinctly remember him explaining the basic rules of football to me...