The action may be 24 hours and 15,000km away, but as Brazil kicks off the FIFA World Cup this week, time and distance cease to matter in the bylanes of Kolkata. Elsewhere in the country, new academies, many championed by international clubs, thrive and feed the football fever, even as experts wonder why, yet again, India remains a football-watching, not a football-playing, nation.
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