India and the Olympics
By: Boria Majumdar and Nalin Mehta.
Contributors: Mehta, Nalin, 1968-
Series: Routledge research in sport, culture and society -- 2
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9780415804974; 9780203872789
Subjects: Olympics -- Participation, Indian -- History -- 20th century; Sports and state -- India; Nationalism -- India; India -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Games of self-respect : a colony at the Olympics; title: 'Everyone wants a bite of the cherry' : the struggle for control of Olympic sports in India; title: The golden years : 'we climb the victory stand'; title: Hitler's games : Captain Dhyan Chand and Indian nationalism in the Third Reich; title: The 'national' game : hockey in the life of independent India; title: 'The fall of Rome' : the fall and decline of Indian hockey; title: 'The big brother of Asia' : Nehruvian India, sport diplomacy and a new order; title: Appu on television : the 1982 Asiad and the creation of a new Indian public; title: When Olympic sports lost out : cricket, television and globalization in India; title: The army, Indian-ness and sport : the nation in the Olympic ideal; title: Torchbearers of a billion : India at the games.