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Olympics: The India Story

Patrix | Sports

The section on the 1982 Asiad Games and their effect on Indian television is a minor diversion from the book’s central theme, but it lays the ground for what is to follow: an examination of how the rise of TV as a medium coincided with the growing popularity of cricket in India and the simultaneous waning of the Olympic sports.

With the 2008 Beijing Olympics mere hours away, Jai Arjun reviews Olympics: The India Story based on the letters and documents exchanged between the IOC and Indian sports administrators over 75 years.

What about this Olympics? Well, our hockey team didn’t qualify but we are sending 4 hockey coaches to Beijing.

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