Good response for Negi’s book

¦ Former hockey player Mir Ranjan Negi’s book ‘From Gloom to Glory’ has been getting tremendous response. The book which serves as a documentation of a very bizarre era in Indian hockey where players were mere pawns in the games officials played. It also a personal account of a heroic fight for sanity and the lack of bitterness in the account speaks well for Negi’s sporting attitude towards the fickleness of fame and fortune. The story in the book arcs from India’s defeat at the Asiad to Negi’s setting up a foundation for hockey and become a celebrity himself after the success of Chak De. The book may well inspire many unsung heroes of the game to come forward and tell their story. The book, priced at Rs 150, is definitely a good opportunity for hockey lovers to read about a great man.