- Date:August, 2016
In a cricket field in Bhubaneshwar, the ground the ochre-red of central India’s mineral-rich earth, 36 young tribal children, dressed in identical school uniforms, are chasing after a ball. Kicking up large clouds of dust, they run, jump, defend, shout, all the while in hot pursuit of their prize. It could be any football field, anywhere in the country – until one leaps into the air and plucks a distinctly oval-shaped orb out of the air with his hands.