VSK TN
The International
Festival of the Game of Football has justbegun. The World Cup is an occasion
when the world comes together – in a common aspiration, hope and determination
– while trying to win the trophy each country expresses its own uniqueness,
separateness and will and in being part of the greater game where the world comes together, each country forms part of that
larger whole – the world family!
Festival of the Game of Football has justbegun. The World Cup is an occasion
when the world comes together – in a common aspiration, hope and determination
– while trying to win the trophy each country expresses its own uniqueness,
separateness and will and in being part of the greater game where the world comes together, each country forms part of that
larger whole – the world family!
Football has been
a great unifier having admirers, fans, adherents and adepts across
civilisations, continents & borders. It has been so since ages – in ancient
India, as in ancient Greece the game of tackling the ball and hitting it around
with the foot was a hugely popular sport enjoyed by the vast majority – ruler
as well as the commoner.
a great unifier having admirers, fans, adherents and adepts across
civilisations, continents & borders. It has been so since ages – in ancient
India, as in ancient Greece the game of tackling the ball and hitting it around
with the foot was a hugely popular sport enjoyed by the vast majority – ruler
as well as the commoner.
At another
dimension too football is indeed a great leveler – as a game loved and played
by all sections and strata of society in a majority of the countries of the
world – this game deprives no one from partaking of its joys. Some of our most
enduring symbols of youth and youth power and youth potential are images of the
young in any part of the world, gustily and one pointedly playing football.
dimension too football is indeed a great leveler – as a game loved and played
by all sections and strata of society in a majority of the countries of the
world – this game deprives no one from partaking of its joys. Some of our most
enduring symbols of youth and youth power and youth potential are images of the
young in any part of the world, gustily and one pointedly playing football.
The game of
football exudes dynamism, energy, the power of will and conviction of reaching
the goal – it is a game which is dominated by the attempt and the urge to reach
the goal. It stands in contradiction to all that is static, stagnant,
stultifying – the constant speed and trajectory of the ball is symbolic of the
flow and vitality of life at a deeper level.
football exudes dynamism, energy, the power of will and conviction of reaching
the goal – it is a game which is dominated by the attempt and the urge to reach
the goal. It stands in contradiction to all that is static, stagnant,
stultifying – the constant speed and trajectory of the ball is symbolic of the
flow and vitality of life at a deeper level.
For us in India –
we have celebrated each such unifying occasion to reiterate our core civilisational
belief of the “world is one family” – “vasudhaiva kutumbakam” – the Football
World Cup Tournament is a manifestation of that civilisationalbelief through
the magic of ball. It is amazing to see how a ball unites the world!
we have celebrated each such unifying occasion to reiterate our core civilisational
belief of the “world is one family” – “vasudhaiva kutumbakam” – the Football
World Cup Tournament is a manifestation of that civilisationalbelief through
the magic of ball. It is amazing to see how a ball unites the world!