The Curious case of Kanteerva
A Curious Case at the Kanteerava As a vivid football fan, all you want is to have a football team from where you belong. In my case, we wanted a club from Odisha. This is what we dreamt of. I still remember, being mocked by my Bengali roommates for not having a football club and Odisha never being a part of the footballing entity. The pecks were light-hearted, but felt like splinters piercing through blood vessels. When pen was finally put to paper regarding Odisha FC's inception, we let out a huge sigh of relief and were really contented to finally have our own club. I called many of my like-minded and football enthusiastic friends and asked for their help to build a loyal fan base. This is how we started the East Indian Block. Amit and I, with the help of few more close friends, started this fan club and the sole motto was to do everything possible to make people aware that we have a state club to root for and we will seek their support for the team. By that time we created the f...