The flame is catching nicely

Hockey again.
C’mon, an old flame needs more bearing than just one post.
Vikram Pillay, scorer for India against Australia yesterday, comes from a Pune suburb called Khadki, a nursery for hockey (Dhanraj Pillay comes from here).
I was thrilled to see him score. A couple of us hacks at the old Pune rag I used to work for made a concerted effort to give hockey a new lease of life years ago. We regularly put hockey on the front page, especially Vikram. So, good to see him in action still. And this world cup is really cooking now.