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Olympics -The India Story

Author: No Author

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2012-06-18

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 9350295091

'A pioneering and long-awaited book ... a delightful read' -Hindustan Times 'The first detailed history of India's Olympic experience ... a valuable addition to contemporary knowledge'-India Today When and how did the Olympic movement take root in India? Who were the early players and why did they appropriate Olympic sport to further their political ambitions? In most accounts of Olympic history across the world, India's Olympic journey is a mere footnote. Olympics: The India Story sets that right. Drawing on previously unused archival sources, it demonstrates that India was an important strategic outpost in the Olympic family. It explores why the Indian elite became obsessed with the Olympic ideal at the turn of the twentieth century and how this relates to India's quest for a meaningful role on the international stage. First published to critical acclaim in 2008, this revised edition includes a new, incisive chapter on India's medal prospects at the London Olympics, thus bringing India's Olympic story up-to-date.

Olympics -The India Story

Author: No Author

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2012-06-18

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 9350295091

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Dreams of a Billion

Author: Boria Majumdar

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2020-01-24

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9353576016

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As India gears up for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the country will focus once again on the moments of glory we have had on the largest sports arena in the world, featuring such stalwarts as Abhinav Bindra, Mary Kom and PV Sindhu. But it will also be time to ask again the question we ask ourselves every four years: why does a country of a billion plus have so little to show for itself at the Olympics?Dreams of a Billion gives the reader an inside view of what goes on backstage in the Indian Olympics world, alongside a quick history of how India has fared at the Olympics over the past century, and a look at how the Indian Olympics world has changed in the last decade. Which brings us to the question: How good is India's preparation for Tokyo 2020? Can Tokyo be the gamechanger Indian sport wants it to be and hopes it will be?

India's Olympic Story

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Published: 2012

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9789350461884

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A Shot at History

Author: ABHINAV BINDRA. ROHIT BRIJNATH

Publisher: Harper Sport India

Published: 2017-07-19

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9789352645756

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Abhinav Bindra's journey to become the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold is an example of a single-minded quest for perfection. Shattered by his failure at the 2004 Athens Olympics, he changed as a shooter: he became an athlete bent on redemp

Olympics

Author: Boria Majumdar

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Published: 2008

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 9788172237592

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'At A Time When Historians Around The World Are Increasingly Recognizing Global Stories Of Olympism As Crucial To Understanding The Working Of Societies, There Has Been No Detailed History Of India'S Olympic Experience. This Is A Glaring Anomaly For A Country That Became The First Colonized Nation To Join The Olympic Movement, One That Dazzled The World With Its Early Hockey Wins And One Whose Olympic History Contains Within Its Folds Hitherto Unknown Chapters Of The Development Of Indian Nationalism And Identity&This Monograph Is Unique Because It Is Built On As Yet Virgin Archive Of Indian History. For The First Time We Have Unlimited Access To The Hitherto Inaccessible 'Official' Archive Of The International Olympic Committee At The Ioc Museum In Lausanne, Switzerland.'

A Shot At History

Author: Rohit Brijnath

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2011-10-11

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9350292963

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Abhinav Bindra once shot 100 out of 100 in practice six times in a row and walked out of the range unhappy. He is a perfectionist who once soled his shoes with rubber from Ferrari tyres because he thought it would help. He would wake up at 3 am to practise at his range at home if an idea suddenly struck him. It is from such obsession that greatness arrives. Abhinav Bindra's journey to become the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold, and the first Indian to win a World Championship gold, is a story of single-minded passion. The Olympics has been an all-consuming journey for him ever since he was shattering beer bottles and glass ampoules in his garden in Chandigarh. No obstacle was too hard to overcome, no amount of practice too much, no experiment too futile and no defeat so severe that it made a comeback impossible. Shattered by his failure at the 2004 Athens Olympics when a gold medal seemed imminent, he changed as a shooter: from a boy who loved shooting, he became an athlete bent on redemption, a scientist who would try anything - from mapping his own brain to drinking yak milk to climbing rock walls - to win at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. His victory was not just a personal triumph, it was a gift to his nation, a breaking down of a sporting barrier that had stood for a century. Bindra's feat has taught his peers, and those yet to come, that an Olympic gold isn't an impossible dream. In ranges, on fields, in arenas, Indian athletes now own a new belief, they wear the knowledge that no challenge is beyond them. Helping to tell this remarkable story is sportswriter Rohit Brijnath, who collaborated with Bindra in producing this compelling autobigraphy of one of India's greatest sportsmen.

Dreams of a Billion

Author: Boria Majumdar

Publisher: Harpersport

Published: 2020-01-25

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9789353576707

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As India gears up for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the country will focus once again on the moments of glory we've had on the world's largest sports arena, featuring such stalwarts as Abhinav Bindra, Mary Kom and P.V. Sindhu. But it will also be time to ask again the question we ask ourselves every four years: why does a country of a billion plus have so little to show for itself at the Olympics? Dreams of a Billion gives the reader an inside view of what goes on backstage in the Indian Olympics world alongside a quick history of how India has fared at the Olympics over the past century and a look at how the Indian Olympics world has changed in the last decade. Which brings us to the question: How good is India's preparation for Tokyo 2020? Can Tokyo be the game changer Indian sport wants it to be and hopes it will be?

India and the Olympics

Author: Boria Majumdar

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-05-07

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 1135275750

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The Olympic movement, including the relevant records and statistics, provides a unique prism to understand the complex evolution of modern Indian society. Drawing on hitherto unused archival sources, this book examines the relations between India's place in the Olympic movement and the country's quest for a national and international identity.