Sir — This refers to the article, “Aiming at the right goalpost’ (July 1) by Kushan Mitra. Parents should encourage their kids to choose sports as a career. Given that India is not a major soccer-playing country on the world map, soccer-playing nations must be flabbergasted at the popularity the game enjoys among millions of people here, who sit through the night watching the ongoing World Cup matches.
If we seriously think of doing something and prepare the ground for its implementation, we can achieve what seems impossible for now. There is huge potential in our footballers, and what is needed is to tap it. If our sports administrators can manage that, there is no reason to dismiss the thought that one day, not too far off, India can qualify for the World Cup.