Pakistan, Dec. 15 -- Two years back, on my annual winter break, I had the good fortune of visiting Beaufort Polo Club in Gloucestershire.

I explored the beautiful stables, the open playing fields, saw men and women practicing, and the trainers and players juggling various things at once, making the atmosphere bright and merry as though a page out of Black Beauty.

On speaking to one of the trainers, I was impressed on how much they knew about polo playing in Pakistan, and how according to them, the sport was one of the finest in my hometown. They termed our players as "true professionals" and "worthy of international recognition."

It is only but recently that I discovered how true these same attributes were for our younger players when ...