For many, the memory of seeing Messi — even from a distance — has already faded. What remains is a transaction unresolved, and a demand that platforms, organisers, and authorities stop passing the buck.
The attempt is to keep talking about culture, arts, sociology, politics and an imagined Bengali identity. All of this, however, rests on an extremely rickety economic base.
In a video on Instagram, Bengali actor Subhashree Ganguly addressed the online abuse targeted at her after she posted photos of herself with Lionel Messi at Salt Lake Stadium.
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Lionel Messi was invited to Kolkata as part of his multicity GOAT India Tour 2025. As fans went on rampage at Salt Lake Stadium, police resorted to a lathi-charge to restore order.
As part of the GOAT India Tour 2025, which will begin on 13 December, Messi will visit Kolkata, Mumbai, and Delhi, with the organisers planning to add Ahmedabad to the list.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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