Boys in area of India’s Bangalore, where game is a religion, are being encouraged to study as sport offers little hope.
![Gowthamapura boasts of more than 25 football teams the oldest being Bangalore Mars FC [Keshav Vitla/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014611705670734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Boys in area of India’s Bangalore, where game is a religion, are being encouraged to study as sport offers little hope.
![Gowthamapura boasts of more than 25 football teams the oldest being Bangalore Mars FC [Keshav Vitla/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014611705670734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Political campaigning could add about $10bn into various sectors, from chartered flights to liquor distribution.
![Political parties offer daily-wage rates for people to attend their rallies [EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20141984024908580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Finding houses proves difficult for many in Bangalore as Muslims and non-upper caste Hindus complain of discrimination.
![A brochure of the Shankara Agraharam township says it is exclusively for Brahmins [Screenshot]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/201422611138688734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Inter-religious mixing comes under attack by vigilante groups amid widening communal divide in southern Karnataka state.
![Police have been accused of doing little to prevent vigilante attacks [Dayanand Kukkaje/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013129124537545621_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Breakaway Revolutionary Communist Party says violence is outdated and there is also lot to learn from Gandhian ideology.
![Hundreds have been killed in the conflict between Maoists and security forces over the years [AP Photos]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/201312207197908580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)