THE LEAFY Surrey suburbs with which Harlequins are associated could not be further from the streets of Kolkata, where thousands struggle with life below the poverty line.
So why is it that street children from the West Bengal state can be seen running around and not only playing rugby but donning Harlequins shirts from years gone by to do so? To answer that we must go back some 37 years…
In 1987, Tim Grandage was the bank manager of an HSBC branch in Kolkata when he struck up a bond with some of the local street children as they looked after his car. By talking to them,
