Author : Kishin R. Wadhwaney
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 22,3 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Cricket players
ISBN :
Biography of Sunil Gavaskar, b. 1949, Indian cricket player.
Author : Rajdeep Sardesai
Publisher : Juggernaut Books
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 14,10 MB
Release : 2017-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9386228483
Bestselling author and journalist Rajdeep Sardesai narrates the story of post-Independence cricket through the lives of 11 extraordinary Indian cricketers who portray different dimensions of this change; from Dilip Sardesai and Tiger Pataudi in the 1950s to Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli today
Author : Sunil Gavaskar
Publisher : Rupa
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 13,60 MB
Release : 2009
Category :
ISBN : 9788129117533
Author : K R Wadhwaney
Publisher : Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 31,13 MB
Release : 2017-03-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9352618742
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Author : Mihir Bose
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 39,36 MB
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1134249233
In the last twenty years, Indian cricket has been transformed. With the arrival of global television networks, mass-media coverage and multinational sponsors, cricket has become big business and India has become the economic driving force in the world game. For the first time a developing country has become a major player in the international sports arena. This fully updated and revised edition of Mihir Bose's classic history is a unique account of the Indian cricket phenomenon. Drawing on a combination of extensive research and personal experience, Bose traces the development of the Indian game from its beginnings as a colonial pastime to its coming of age as a national passion and now a global commercial powerhouse. This illuminating study reveals Indian cricket's central place in modern India’s identity, culture and society. Insightful, honest and challenging, Bose tackles the myths and controversies of Indian cricket. He considers the game in terms of race, caste, politics, national consciousness and ambition, money, celebrity and the media, evoking all the unpredictability, frustration and glory that is the magic of Indian cricket.
Author : Kishin R. Wadhwaney
Publisher : Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 14,88 MB
Release : 2005
Category :
ISBN : 9788128808722
Author : Ashwin Narasimhan
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 34,54 MB
Release : 2022-12-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN :
In India, cricket is a religion and cricketers are Gods. This book is a pure celebration of India's cricket history and the players who took Indian cricket to great heights. Yet unlike other books that are one-dimensional, this book also looks at the flip side and asks the ‘why’ questions that are seldom asked in India. The book offers great insights into why India has never managed to reach the peaks that the great Australian and West Indian teams of the past did. More importantly, it offers great suggestions to make Indian cricket truly great.
Author : Subhas Ranjan Chakraborty
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 26,35 MB
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1317998375
Behind the spectacle of entertainment, sport is a subject with political issues at every level. These issues range from the social, with divisions created along gender and class lines, to the use of sport to pursue diplomatic and statecraft goals. In addition, some sports are positioned and promoted as national events both in public opinion and in the media. This book seeks to explore some aspects of the notion of power in sport in south Asia and among south Asians abroad. The first two chapters deal with the internal societal dimensions of the politics of sport; the next three relate to the politics inside the sporting world in the subcontinent and its bridge with the broader arena of the society through the media, while the last five relate to the use of sports in statecraft, consensus building and international politics. This book was based on two special issues of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
Author : Kishin R. Wadhwaney
Publisher :
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 13,94 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN :
Author : Anil Dharker
Publisher : Roli Books Private Limited
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 19,6 MB
Release : 2011-04-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8174369449
Sixty glorious years of independence of India mark several milestones and immense contributions from great men and women who have become part of its history. For the first time ever, this book showcases post-Independent India's twenty greatest living personalities who have and continue to set extraordinary examples for the nation. Brilliantly orchestrated and edited by renowned author Anil Dharker, the book singularly establishes the unparalleled greatness and iconic status of these men and women, including A P J Abdul Kalam, Amartya Sen, Amitabh Bachchan, Sachin Tendulkar, M F Husain, Charles Correa and Sonia Gandhi, by some of India's best known writers - Srinivas Laxman, Prem Shankar Jha, Maithili Rao, Dom Moraes, Ranjit Hoskote, and Kumar Ketkar, among others. A fascinating saga spanning several decades, this book unfolds the charisma, exceptional destinies, talents and achievements of twenty men and women who continue to shape today's India. 'The previous evening while he (K C Pant, former defence minister) and Dr Kalam were going for a walk, the minister asked him: "What would you like me to do to celebrate the success of Agni tomorrow?" Replied Kalam, "We need 100,000 saplings at the missile research centre." Srinivas Laxman on A P J Abdul Kalam'
