When Calcutta had 'privilege' of hosting Pele in 1977

When Calcutta had 'privilege' of hosting Pele in 1977

The Dumdum Airport (now known as the Netaji Subhash Chandra International Airport) in Calcutta felt like a stadium around midnight of September 22, 1977; Pele was coming to town - along with his teammates from the New York Cosmos, who were to play an exhibition match against Mohun Bagan towards the end of a goodwill tour of Asia.

When Calcutta had 'privilege' of hosting Pele in 1977

The year was 1977. It was a different world, yet it was the same. The world was largely an analogue one - computers were in their infancy, television had just s