NEW DELHI, June 28 -- I was vaguely cognisant of the meaning of the Yiddish-origin word "chutzpah", but the full force of what it implied was driven home during the soccer World Cup in 1986. It was the quarter-finals between Argentina and England, sworn enemies since the Falklands War in 1982. The incomparable Diego Maradona scored the first goal using his hand, a clear foul that the referee did not see. He scored a second goal, deemed "the goal of the century", and Argentina went on to win the match 2-1. At the subsequent press conference, when asked about the illegal goal, he cheekily remarked that "it was the hand of God". My brother, a professor of English, told me that Maradona's comment was the consummate example of chutzpah - brazen,...