Hoi Kiw
Hoi Kiw
One voice we’ll stand
It’s the very name
Come lads come
In Lajong’s name we’ll cheer

This is the club theme song that crowds shout themselves hoarse with for the Shillong Lajong FC — a men’s professional football club in Meghalaya. Lajong meaning ‘our own’ in Khasi holds the distinction of being the first North-Eastern club to be a part of the I-League top division, the country’s top most football competition. The coinage of the name itself is evident of the pride Meghalaya has not only in the club but the sport itself. Tata Institute of Social Sciences’ graduate Vikram Buragohain captures the craze the sport evokes in Meghalaya, through his latest documentary Kicking From The Corner. Here, one witnesses public screenings of the 2014 World Cup semi-finals, women discussing their favourite team while washing clothes and people uttering the R-word (Religion) for football and not cricket, unlike the rest of the India. In fact, the crowds pray just before the game is launched.