(This article originally appeared in Business Standard on May 8, 2022)
I stood gazing admiringly at the perfect green grass of the football field from the entrance to a famous Gymkhana Club in South Bombay. How lucky are the people who have the privilege of playing football here every day, I thought. I was dressed in my usual T-shirt, jeans, and athletic shoes, and felt like jumping on to the football field and kicking a few balls around, except that there was no one playing anything there…