Football in India

India is an emerging power in the world economy, althought still with great contrasts between wealth and poverty.   Cricket is a far more popular mass sport than football, a game in which India has punched well below its weight.   China, for example, has made greater progress.


This piece by a MA in Economics student in India asks why football missed the bus in his country and cricket was so successful.

India is an emerging power in the world economy, althought still with great contrasts between wealth and poverty.   Cricket is a far more popular mass sport than football, a game in which India has punched well below its weight.   China, for example, has made greater progress.


This piece by a MA in Economics student in India asks why football missed the bus in his country and cricket was so successful.