Category: Book Reviews

Great Indian Olympians and Profiles of Indian Hockey Olympians now available on Amazon With the Rio Olympics approaching, two of the Olympics books are now available on Amazon. Profiles of Indian Hockey Olympians Amazon link ...

Hindustan Times: Game Changer: A timely look at the world of Indian hockey Review: Profiles of Indian Hockey Olympians Sharmistha Chaudhuri, Hindustan Times July 13, 2012 First Published: July 13, 2012 Profiles of Indian Hockey ...

Happy go lucky? Surely not these Goans! By Jayadev Calamur April 9, 2012: Mumbai: For a state that has a population of approximately 14.5 lakh, Goa has produced a plenty of sportspersons. This, despite the ...

Very few sportsmen have lived such an eventful and colour life as Pakistan’s hockey great Islahuddin Siddiqui has had; for more than 40 years now. This hockey legend Islahuddin Siddiqui, World Cup and triple Asian ...

Mr Ranjan Negi, the much humiliated goalkeeper of the ill-fated 1982 Asian Games – he was widely condemned for conceding 7 goals against Pakistan in the final – has recently come out with his personal ...

Former hockey player Mr. Mir Ranjan Negi launched his book ‘From Gloom to Glory’ with noted Bollywood Actor & Ambassador of Indian Hockey Suniel Shetty at Crossword Bookstore Mumbai, September 24, 2008: Crossword–India’s leading lifestyle ...

Book of the week: Olympics: The India Story Boria Majumdar and Nalin Mehta HARPERCOLLINS RS 695 PP 505 By K. Arumugam Getting adequate funding to send Indian teams to the Olympics used to be a ...

Olympics: The India Story by Boria Majumdar and Nalin Mehta (HarperCollins Publishers India; 505 pages, illustrated. Price: Rs. 695). For long we tend to think that sports functioned in splendid isolation. ‘Olympics: The Indian story’, ...