Mahilpur is neither a town nor a village. It falls somewhere in between. The villages around are surrounded by acres of green, flat cultivated lands with a few coniferous trees in between. You also find football grounds. The landscape is conducive to making grounds, and nearly every village has one. If they don’t, they share it with their neighbours. With little else for entertainment in the years past, football took a major role in the community. The facilities provided ample opportunity for the villages to play tournaments against each other.

The physical contest also resonated with the people. Punjab has witnessed many wars and skirmishes, and it was an entry point for invaders into what we now call India. They were not afraid of aggression, which even forms a part of their folk arts.

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