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New Delhi: Footballers are like gladiators. Hundreds and thousands fill up the stands to watch these warriors display their skills. But unlike Roman times of yore it\u2019s not about bloodthirst but the calmer activity of defending and scoring on way to winning. The field is their amphitheater and their feet the tools.<\/p>\n
But what if the playing field is replaced by a field of another kind? Let\u2019s say a paddy field. Your head may be now screaming \u2013 \u2018You must be joking, right?\u2019<\/p>\n
Not really! In an era when many Footballers are all about the bling and flashy things in life, National Team winger CK Vineeth is cut from another cloth.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a son, it\u2019s my duty to help out my dad. Whenever I get the time to come home I try and help him on the paddy field. Everyone in the family puts in the work needed,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo with the hectic season having just ended, I felt best to go back to my roots and indulge in farming. It has always been a unique experience. Unwinding couldn\u2019t have better,\u201d added the man from Kannur, the naval port which has been the epicenter of naval strategic importance right from the time of the Portuguese to Dutch to the British and then finally the Indian Navy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe field is right in front of our home. My dad retired 4 years back but previously he used to work on the field only during his free time but now he is into farming on a more regular basis,\u201d Vineeth, who was on a scoring spree in the last season informed.<\/p>\n
For Vineeth, family comes above everything else and he treasures the time he spends around them. \u201cMy brother is an engineer in Bengaluru, and this year we went together to help get the field ready for the planting season.\u201d<\/p>\n
Incredible \u2013 isn\u2019t it? Apart from being a humble human being, Vineeth has detached himself from his roots — be it toiling the fields or planting saplings he never minds getting his hands dirty.<\/p>\n
The earthiness in him also reflects in his passion for photography. \u201cRight now I click whatever I like. It\u2019s a learning process right now. But I\u2019m mostly passionate about wildlife. I love clicking nature and hopefully I\u2019ll get better at it,\u201d he echoes. \u201cI love to travel and have been planning a trip to somewhere filled with nature and wildlife for a couple of years now. The prospect of doing that is very exciting to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s monsoon time in Kerala and the prolific winger is just itching to be back every day on the field once again \u2013 the paddy field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi: Footballers are like gladiators. Hundreds and thousands fill up the stands to watch these warriors display their skills. But unlike Roman times of yore it\u2019s not about bloodthirst but the calmer activity of defending and scoring on way to winning. The field is their amphitheater and their feet the tools. But what if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[6853,1343,466],"class_list":["post-35067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football","tag-ck-vineeth","tag-football","tag-indian-sports-news"],"yoast_head":"\n