It was in the quiet moments during the arti. The priest chanted from the Chandi. The dhak rose and fell like a heartbeat. I looked at Maa Durga’s eyes, painted with such care, almost alive… and they ...

The country that once sent players like Chima Okorie, Emeka Ezugo and Chibuzor Nwakanma to the city’s football fields now houses a Kali temple whose deity was shipped from Calcutta itself ...