FOOTBALL AND KATRI....... What's not to like about football? Plus this is the FIFA, held once in every four years and the best of footballing nations play to win. While in the comfort of our own home, we can watch adult, fit men running around at high speed behind one small ball, trying to make a goal. These days the looks of the footballers has changed with dyed hair, tattooed arms and legs and a new found aggression. But the physical abuse continues. There is extraordinary violence, though there are a zillion cameras pointed towards the players and extremely active referees, giving out yellow cards like hard candy. While Murali and I would watch football in the days of yore too, I became more than a mere viewer when we brought out a football supplement during the 1992 FIFA. I was in Newstime then and spent late nights with the boys watching the game unfold, learnt some technical details and the passion for the game stuck. New rules have been set, but I am watching and learning. ...