| Publication |
Chennai, Tulika Publishers, 2012.
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| Description |
72pWhite Spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
India's olympic story provides facts, figures and perspectives. Illustrated with true stories from the lives of sportspersonalities, the book explores the seven Olympic and Paralympic values of excellence, friendship, respect, courage, determination, equality and inspiration.
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| Contents |
Section One: The Olympic Game
The beginnings
Between ancient and modern
The games today
Politics and sport
The paralympic games
India at the olympic games
India and the paralympic games
Traditional Indian games
Mind games
Section Two: Saluting the Olympic spirit
Dhyan Chand
P.T. Usha
K.D.Jadhav
Prasanta Karmakar
M.C.Mary Kom
Abhinav Bindra
Deepika Kumari
Books, films, websites
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| Standard Number |
9350461889 Pb.
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