Over 200 Kodava families organise the largest hockey tournament in the world Some time back Star Sports India launched an advertisement campaign involving the Indian Hockey Team that was preparing for the FIH Hockey World League semi-finals in Belgium. The campaign #DeshKeLiye sent out a strong message saying that India became the first country to qualify for the Rio Olympics but could not qualify into the hearts of Indians. Needless to say, the plight of hockey in India isn’t that great. Off late, Indian Hockey is crippled with coach issues, financial issues and the worst of all, lack of fan support. At a time when the captain of the Indian Hockey Team features along with the other star players and urges for support, here is a tale of a community for whom hockey for whom is almost everything. This is the curious case of the Kodava Community of Karnataka. Kodavas reside in the border district of Kodagu, also known as Coorg. A place unknown to most of us, I stumbled up...