The KC Wizards wrote an article about how Sunil Chhetri landed at MLS. I’m flattered that they mentioned Dentsu Sports India and my efforts during this process. My involvement was a combination of right timing, right relationships, right country and a genuine desire to see more Indians make it to the highest levels of soccer in this world. Here is …
Another trip…another great sporting experience. I went down to Mumbai these past few days to attend the India International Sports Summit hosted by Transstadia. Fortunately, Vanita’s company sent her to the summit as well so we got a mini holiday out of it. The objective was to discuss ways to grow the sporting landscape in India. There were about 500 attendees made …
I just got back from spending a weekend in South Goa with Vanita. If Calcutta is a “Football Heaven” then Goa is definitely a “Football Paradise.” Goa is a former Portuguese colony located in southwest India just south of Mumbai. It’s a place full of beaches, great seafood, tourists and soccer fields. I’m not sure whether it …
This doesn’t have anything to do with sports, but I figured I would post it anyway. It’s a list I created in 2006 during my first trip to India with my best friend Phil. I was on the top bunk of a sleeper train going from Mt. Abu to Jaisalmer and decided to make a …
Before I left for India I had committed to my friend, Ethan Zohn, that I would run the NYC Marathon on behalf of Grassroots Soccer. Part of this commitment was to raise funds for his charity which uses soccer to educate youth about HIV/AIDS in Africa. Unfortunately I had to move before the date of …
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I went to the championship match of the Mir Iqbal Husain Trophy. It’s the national youth U-16 tournament. It happened to be held at a pretty nice stadium near my apartment in Gurgaon and our Dentsu sports team decided to go at the invitation of my good friend and AIFF Marketing Head Sukhi Singh (all pictured to the …
The title of this post says it all. I was fortunate enough to get invited to train with a professional soccer club in Kolkata. It was a beautiful day and I was definitely living out a dream of mine. I never thought that after just a few months of coming over that I would be …
I went to the FIH Field Hockey World Cup last night. India was playing Spain who are ranked 3rd in the world. Driving up to National Stadium in Delhi reminded me of when I went to Estadio Jalisco to watch a Chivas de Guadalajara match. Hordes of people, tons of noises and complete lack of …
When I first got to India the Australia v India 5 day cricket match was going on. I didn’t have to work that first week so I spent every evening with the company guesthouse caretaker, Madan, watching the cricket match. Initially, my purpose of watching was to learn more about the sport since I was …
I could really write an entire novel about all of the reasons why I love Calcutta and maybe I will one day. But since this is a soccer centric blog I will focus on the beautiful game. I went to Calcutta last week for some meetings. It was business trip, but it never feels like business …
