Haircuts, cutouts and rangolis: Here's how India is preparing for the World Cup

[caption id=“attachment_87290” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] (L) Workers carry cut-outs of football stars at a workshop ahead of FIFA World Cup 2014, in Kolkata on Monday. (R) Students draw a rangoli of the FIFA World Cup 2014 mascot Fuleco, in Moradabad on Monday. PTI[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_87291” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] (L) Football fans paint their heads to support their favourite teams ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2014, in Mumbai on Monday. (R) A football fan prepares for FIFA World Cup with a special hair-cut, in Howrah on Friday. PTI[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_87292” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri kicks a ball during launch of an ebook on World cup Football at the German embassy in New Delhi on Monday. PTI[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_87293” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] Footballer and TMC MP Prasun Banerjee with BJP MP Kirti Jha Azad at the release of DVFC soccer diary 2014 in New Delhi on Monday. PTI[/caption]