A Social History of Indian Football covers the period 1850-2004. It considers soccer as a derivative sport, creatively and imaginatively adapted to suit modern Indian socio-cultural needs - designed to fulfil political imperatives and satisfy economic aspirations. The book is concerned with the appropriation, assimilation and subversion of sporting ideals in colonial and post-colonial India for nationalist needs. The book assesses the role of soccer in colonial Indian life, to delineate the inter-relationship between those who patronised, promoted, played and viewed the game, to analyse the impact of the colonial context on the games evolution and development and shed light on the diverse nature of trysts with the sport across the country. Throughout this book, soccer is the lens that illuminates India's colonial and post-colonial encounter. This volume was previously published as a special issue of the journal Soccer and Society.

Football has evolved enormously since Nagendra Prasad kicked a ball 150 years ago. Unlike any other sport, football has left a socio-cultural-economic influence throughout our quest for independence and onto the journey of becoming the world's largest democracy. From Mohun Bagan's 1911 IFA Shield win igniting a nationalist movement to the Indian footballing family's newest child, Bengaluru FC envisaged in a corporate suit, A Game of Two Halves gives its readers a chance to turn back the clock and revisit the glorious days of 11 clubs that made Indian club football invaluable.

Are you battling between reality and dreams? Is your mind troubled constantly with questions rather than finding the answers? Why are humans trained to suffer? Is competition necessary to derive competence? What does success actually mean? After years of chasing a dream, has the accomplishment brought happiness? Here comes the Dice of Dreams to inspire you to think, link and sink. Think about yourself, your identities and roles, and the different ways you get misplaced in life. Link and empathize with the characters of the book, sinking in the emotions and the philosophies that the book beholds! In the end, there is a special challenge for readers! Guess correctly and win gifts! Some stories are purely fictional and some are based on real-life incidents. After you read the book, email your guesses as to the titles of stories that you think are fictional and the titles of stories that you think are based on true incidents, along with your contact details to the email-id [email protected]. If you guess them all right, you will win a prize. It’s time to roll the dice of dreams!

India is ready for football’s strongest comeback. 'India’s Football Dream' is a modern day guidebook to Indian Football that extensively covers the journey Indian Football has made from inception till the biggest event till date, FIFA U17 World Cup 2017. The book while talking about inception of the sport and its growth in India is also focussed towards to modern day leagues such as Indian Super League & I-League. Football is the sport that the world plays and it has been a very popular sport in India. With rich and illustrious past in India the sport is now making a very strong come back in India. Young children across India are now taking on to Football. The book aims to take the readers on a fascinating journey of the sport of Football through a diverse India and how the sport captured attention of millions of Indians in various regions. So Hop on the fascinating journey of the sport of football.”

This book is a result of my deep concern for the brutal realities that our athletes face and realities that the public rarely hears about. I felt compelled to write this book because the conditions that our sportspeople endure defy not just the laws of sportsmanship, but the fundamental principles of human rights This book is my way of exposing these violations. The right to dignity, to fair treatment, to a life free from exploitation—these are rights that our athletes are denied . This book is also a tribute to those forgotten athletes—the ones who gave their all for the nation, only to be discarded when they could no longer compete at the highest level My hope is that this book will serve as a wake-up call, a rallying cry for change.

Every human being dreams to scale the towering ladder of success. And this book will definitely steer you to have an appealing voyage to discover the same. Additionally, we all have the compelling desire for enhancing our happiness. This piece of work not only deals with the principles of success and happiness but also the theory and practice of handling failures, setbacks and defeats which we may encounter sometimes. People are definitely capable of enhancing their happiness provided they are ready to have an appetite for the same and prepared to alter and adopt behaviours conducive to it. Several chapters are dedicated to unveil these significant principles and practical steps. Additionally, you will come across numerous ground-breaking and captivating ideas to enhance your overall flourishing – success, good relationships, rewarding career, long life and happiness. All sections of people especially teenagers, youngsters, couples, middle-aged and senior citizens can dig up numerous life-transforming concepts and captivating practical wisdom in the pages of this work.

About the Book A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF INDIAN TENNIS THAT CAPTURES THE SPORT OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES. The history of Indian tennis begins in the late nineteenth century, soon after it was established as a competitive sport in England. The sport quickly caught the imagination of the colonised just as much as it had of the colonisers. In those early years, Mohammed Sleem, the Fyzee brothers, S.M. Jacob and Ghaus Mohammed (whose genius was sadly curtailed by the Second World War) were the heroes tennis needed, claiming it for India. After Independence, a new set of players set the courts ablaze: Dilip Bose, Sumant Misra, Naresh Kumar and the dazzling Ramanathan Krishnan, who remains one of India’s biggest icons. In the 1970s and 1980s, Vijay Amritraj and Ramesh Krishnan established India as a regular on the international stage, until finally in the mid-1990s, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi earned the country its first Grand Slam titles. Today, tennis is deeply entrenched in India, with players like Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza—the superstar who transformed women’s tennis in her country—being huge sporting icons and much sought after for endorsements. Advantage India is a deeply researched and engaging account of the exhilarating journey of Indian tennis, with a special section on the Doubles game and on women’s tennis in India. A must-have for every sports lover.