Wednesday , April 24 2024

420 Grams S02E31: Football on the Margins & a Migrant Story that Fuelled Kolkata Derby!

On the occasion of BR Ambedkar’s birth anniversary the 420grams crew reflects on the hypocrisy prevalent in Indian society and how it has left a blot even in sport.

It all begins with the obsession with cult of personality without embracing the philosophies that made these men – India’s sporting heroes – who they were.

Jaydeep Basu also talks about Fred Pugsley, East Bengal’s first foreign player with a story unlike any other. A man of unmatched talent, a refugee and the striker who changed the Kolkata derby forever.

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