#10: saadhu-samba

Finally some football news from India!! It's not really the headline that threatens the established football super-powers. But who knows what divine intervention can do.

If you can get the movie The Cup, watch it. You'll love it .... I guarantee it. It's a tale set in a Buddhist monastery in the remote hills of Sikkim, India. Among the monks are some eager 12-16 year-old disciples who are football-crazy. The light-hearted story traces the extreme lengths and extraordinary risks some of them take to fulfil their appetite for watching World Cup action. The movie was shot on site and without professional performers. The effect and emotions captured could not have been any simpler – yet so sincere, transparent, and touching.

I have lost interest in this year's World Cup. I have switched to making "philosophical" reflections on the sport in general. I can't wait for the Premiership season to begin. Maybe I'll get some "closure" then.