India At The Olympic Games

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:2013310553

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India at the Olympic Games by Anonim Pdf

Author : Boria Majumdar
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789353576011

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Dreams of a Billion by Boria Majumdar Pdf

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?

Author : Boria Majumdar,Nalin Mehta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135275747

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India and the Olympics by Boria Majumdar,Nalin Mehta Pdf

In most accounts of Olympic history across the world, India's Olympic journey is a mere footnote. This book is a corrective. Drawing on newly available and hitherto unused archival sources, it demonstrates that India was an important strategic outpost in the Olympic movement that started as a global phenomenon at the turn of the twentieth century. Among the questions the authors answer are: When and how did the Olympic ideology take root in India? Who were the early players and why did they appropriate Olympic sport to further their political ambitions? What explains India's eight consecutive gold medals in Olympic men’s hockey between 1928 and 1956 and what altered the situation drastically, so much so that the team failed to qualify for the 2008 Beijing Games? India and the Olympics also explores why the Indian elite became obsessed with the Olympic ideal at the turn of the twentieth century and how this obsession relates to India's quest for a national and international identity. It conclusively validates the contention that the essence of Olympism does not reside in medals won, records broken or television rights sold as ends in themselves. Particularly for India, the Olympic movement, including the relevant records and statistics, is important because it provides a unique prism to understand the complex evolution of modern Indian society.

Author : Bipin Menon
Publisher : BFC Publications
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9789355090713

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India's Olympic Renaissance & The road to Paris 2024 by Bipin Menon Pdf

India’s exhilarating performance at the Tokyo Olympics provides us with much room for optimism across various disciplines. The book has focused on this performance by our star sportspersons, the existing sporting infrastructure, the outstanding performance of the Games and how India should look at strengthening is existing institutions and explore new disciplines to deliver consistent results at the pantheon of sports, the Olympics. With the right tweaking and strategies, we can surely ensure that India enters into the annals of sporting powerhouses and performs consistently well at the Olympics. I am sure the book would be useful for sports buffs, sport administrators, sportspersons and the private sector which is involved in sports development.

Author : Seetha Natesh
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-20
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9789354220180

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India At The Olympics by Seetha Natesh Pdf

"This book will inspire the younger generation to be like our sporting heroes by helping them take up sports and make it a daily part of their life." Sakshi Malik, Bronze Medallist, Rio 2016 India at the Olympics celebrates 100 years of Indian athletes' participation in the world's biggest sporting event. Packed with rare images and colourful illustrations, this unique book: Traces the incredible history of the Olympics from the time of the Ancient Greek Olympics to its present, modern-day avatar Focuses on India's 100-year participation - its achievements and records Includes profiles of India's biggest sporting legends such as Dhyan Chand, PT Usha, Karnam Malleswari, Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, Mary Kom, Abhinav Bindra and Leander Paes among others. A visual treat for sports enthusiasts of all ages!

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8196709145

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How India Won Its Olympic Medals by Anonim Pdf

Author : No Author
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9789350295090

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Olympics -The India Story by No Author Pdf

'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.

Author : Digvijay Singh Deo,Amit Bose
Publisher : Random House India
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-02
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789386057518

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My Olympic Journey by Digvijay Singh Deo,Amit Bose Pdf

Chronicling the stories of fifty of India's leading Olympians for the first time ever in one comprehensive edition, Digvijay Singh Deo and Amit Bose bring you the Games through the eyes of some of the best sportspersons in the country. These first-person accounts of Olympic medalists from 1948 till 2012, such as Balbir Singh, Leander Paes, Karnam Malleswari, Abhinav Bindra and Sushil Kumar, and pioneers like Milkha Singh, P.T. Usha, Anjali Bhagwat, reveal their hopes, superstitions, grit and challenges. Their experiences and interactions are sure to make you laugh, shed a tear and, most importantly, open your eyes to the struggles they had to endure to reach the Olympics. These personal stories give a close-up view of what it means to represent India at the most prestigious sporting event in the world, making you a part of the soaring glory and shattering disappointment that only an Olympic Games can deliver. With photos from the personal archives of each athlete, this is a front-row seat to the privileged Olympic experience.

Author : H. Singh
Publisher : Discovery Publishing House
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Olympics
ISBN : 8171417647

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33 Olympic Games by H. Singh Pdf

Contents: History of Summer Olympic Games: Archery, Athletics (Track), Athletics (Field), Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Canoe/Kayak, Cycling, Diving, Eqestrian, Fencing, Football (Soccer), Gymnastics, Handball, Hockey, Judo, Modern Pentathlon, Rowing, Sailing Solo, Sailing Team, Shooting, Softball, Swimming, Synchronized Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon. Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Water Polo, Weight Lifting, Wrestling, Olympic Records.

Author : Rohit Brijnath
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789350292969

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A Shot At History by Rohit Brijnath Pdf

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.

Author : C S Sobti
Publisher : books catalog
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2004-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8129105683

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The Rupa Olympics Games Fact Book by C S Sobti Pdf

The book briefs on all the Olympic Games since its rebirth in 1896 - the number of competitors, nations participated, sports events; medal winners; highlights etc. It reveals interesting facts about gender ratio; India's performance; discontinued sports; the Olympic flame, oath, mascot, medal and much more. The International Olympic Committee wants to keep the Olympics relevant to the modern world. Simultaneously, this book keeps you attached with the mystery and joy of the Olympics, far away from the track.

Author : David Hassan,Shakya Mitra
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317618652

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The Olympic Games: Meeting New Global Challenges by David Hassan,Shakya Mitra Pdf

As the World’s greatest sporting event, the Olympic Games has always commanded intrigue, analysis and comment in equal measure. This book looks to celebrate the significance of the Olympics, their historical impact, controversies that presently surround them and their possible future direction. It begins with a detailed, if controversial, analysis of the scale of the modern Summer Olympics and considers whether in fact the Games have simply become too big? Thereafter considerable coverage is afforded the often contentious bidding process, required of successful host cities wishing to attract the Games, and asks why some cities are successful and others are not. This book also reflects on the growing security measures that surround the Olympics and considers their full impact on the civil liberties of those impacted by them. For scholars of the Olympic movement this book represents essential reading to understand further the Olympic Games, their significance and effect, as the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro draw ever closer. This book was published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

Author : Boria Majumdar,Nalin Mehta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135275754

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India and the Olympics by Boria Majumdar,Nalin Mehta Pdf

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.

Author : Arun Kumar Pandya
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Nationalism and sports
ISBN : NYPL:33433100584899

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Quest for Olympic Gold by Arun Kumar Pandya Pdf

Author : Boria Majumdar,Nalin Mehta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Nationalism and sports
ISBN : 8172237596

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Olympics by Boria Majumdar,Nalin Mehta Pdf

'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.'