Saikat Chakraborty, Author at Football Paradise

Saikat Chakraborty

Saikat is a political correspondent by day and a football head by night based in Kolkata, India. He supports AFC Mohun Bagan and Arsenal. Other than politics and football, he likes movies, music, socio-cultural studies and non-fiction books.

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FC Start and the Legend of ‘The Death Match’

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From Soccer to Football: Jesse Marsch in Yorkshire

For years, cross-Atlantic sporting relations have revolved around the ‘Football’ vs ‘Soccer’ debate. Will Jesse…

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For many young African footballers who migrate to Europe, their challenge is not to break…