(a) how does the caste system work?
(b) you guys are all intelligent, then why are you so poor?
(c) why don't you play soccer/football?
question (c) unlikely to come from an American. Substitute the following for (c): How can you play a game that lasts for five days?
(a) is an irritating question; (b) is harder to answer but an answer can be attempted.
I have no clue why football isn't big in India.
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Of course football is big in India - just not in the places you normally spend your time...
You could tell people that (a) and (b) are related. Or you could just blame the Brits.
well yes in Kerala and Bengal maybe; plus there's enough interest in the football leagues in Europe and the World Cup etc.
But the question relates to playing the sport. Our football team is...I mean, I don't even know who plays football apart from Baichung Bhutia, who really isn't any great shakes.
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