ranjit mal a handmade polo ball artisan polishes wooden polo balls at deulpur village about 45 km 28 miles southwest of the eastern indian city of kolkata july 30 2008 deulpur a small hamlet and once a leading centre for manufacturing wooden polo balls by the artisans of this village used to export several thousands across the world but with the advent of plastic balls the industry had almost had a natural death except for one family which continues to carry on the tradition despite all odds said the owner of the factory reutersparth sanyal india 2d1x76k.jpg from asterion rÃÂétro polo View Photo