It’s a question that needs to be asked, now more than ever. It’s the proverbial elephant in the room that many fans from Kolkata and India’s eastern states, are loath to acknowledge. Kolkata, long considered India’s bastion of literature, fine arts, exquisite sea food and football finally looks like it has surrendered the mantle of being prime purveyors of the beautiful game, to that southern sunny paradise and tourist magnet Goa. The former Portuguese colony has seen its teams leap frog their illustrious Bengal counterparts in the race for footballing glory. But is this merely a cyclical pattern of various regions going through a series of peaks and troughs, with one enjoying a brief summer of resurgence before the balance of power returns to what the Kolkata clubs believe is the status quo? Three of TheHardTackle’s resident authors weigh in, with their opinions on what promises to be a tricky topic.