Blue isn’t merely a jersey colour for Indian hockey. It’s a century-old legacy of triumphs, memories and a national sporting culture. Changing its colour because of the turf is a sham explanation. Blue is nostalgia. Blue is an emotion. Why change an unmistakably Indian visual identity and create needless disconnect?
India’s blue hockey jersey is a legacy of triumph. Changing it for a turf is a sham explanation
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Former CM Naveen Patnaik has expressed his anguish.. Sat on the fence for a decade.
The only ones feeling disconnected are the Congress party, the socialist dynastic political parties and. of course, the communists. Maybe ThePrint too.
Nobody else is feeling disconnected.