Just the other day, as fate still hung over whether India would watch this World Cup or not, a couple of us old colleagues – proud, foolish sports nuts, and football tragics – furiously engaged in debate over a useless piece of information from 40 years ago.Which was that World Cup match from Mexico’86 that Doordarshan first broadcast to us live, symbolically setting in motion a culture, somewhat entitled, of watching football and all sports beamed to us here?
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