India and the Olympics - Majumdar, Boria, 1976-; Mehta, Nalin, 1968-; T&F eBooks (New York : Routledge, 2009)
Games of self-respect : a colony at the Olympics -- 'Everyone wants a bite of the cherry' : the struggle for control of Olympic sports in India -- The golden years : 'we climb the victory stand' -- Hitler's games : Captain Dhyan Chand and Indian nationalism in the Third Reich -- The 'national' game : hockey in the life of independent India -- 'The fall of Rome' : the fall and decline of Indian hockey -- 'The big brother of Asia' : Nehruvian India, sport diplomacy and a new order -- Appu on television : the 1982 Asiad and the creation of a new Indian public -- When Olympic sports lost out : cricket, television and globalization in India -- The army, Indian-ness and sport : the nation in the Olympic ideal -- Torchbearers of a billion : India at the games.
"First published by HarperCollins Publishers India in 2008"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Also available in print edition.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Keywords: Olympics -- Participation, Indian -- History -- 20th century; Sports and state -- India; Nationalism -- India; India -- History -- 20th century; Electronic books