India and the Olympics

by Majumdar; Boria

• ISBN13: 9780415804974
• ISBN10: 0415804973
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-20
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Prologue	p. 1
Games of Self-Respect: A Colony at the Olympics	p. 9
'Everyone Wants a Bite of the Cherry': The Struggle for Control of Olympic Sports in India	p. 33
The Golden Years: 'We Climb the Victory Stand'	p. 53
Hitler's Games: Captain Dhyan Chand and Indian Nationalism in the Third Reich	p. 76
The 'National' Game: Hockey in the Life of Independent India	p. 98
'The Fall of Rome': The Fall and Decline of Indian Hockey	p. 126
'The Big Brother of Asia': Nehruvian India, Sport Diplomacy and a New Order	p. 147
Appu on Television: The 1982 Asiad and the Creation of a New Indian Public	p. 177
When Olympic Sports Lost Out: Cricket, Television and Globalization in India	p. 211
The Army, Indian-ness and Sport: The Nation in the Olympic Ideal	p. 244
Torchbearers of a Billion: India at the Games	p. 273
Epilogue	p. 295
Postscript	p. 306
Endnotes	p. 315
Index	p. 366
Appendix	p. 381
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