Dehradun, Dec. 23 -- Lionel Messi flanked by Rodrigo De Paul and Luis Suarez

Around the World with the Most Travelled Indian

Let me take a slight detour from the South America tour and yet not take a detour. After seeing my football hero live at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, I somehow had to write about the experience - the good, bad and the downright ugly part of it. And why is it not a detour from the current South America series? Well, I don't really need to tell you that the great Lionel Messi is from Argentina, which of course is in South America. In fact, we had gone to Buenos Aires quite recently (post the Argentine 2022 world cup win) and were on a pilgrimage tour of this football God and also of the Argentine football team - ...