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Arjuna Award Winners from All Categories Year Category Name
OLYMPIC DREAM INDIA Arjuna Award Winners from All Categories Year Category Name 2016 Boxing Shiva Thapa 2016 Billiards & Sourav Kothari Snooker 2016 Athletics Lalita Shivaji Babar 2016 Cricket Ajinkya Rahane 2015 Gymnastics Dipa Karmakar 2015 Kabaddi Abhilasha Shashikant Mhatre 2015 Rowing Sawarn Singh 2015 Weightlifting Sathish Kumar Sivalingam 2015 Boxing Mandeep Jangra 2015 Athletics Machettira Raju Poovamma 2015 Archery Naib Subedar Sandeep Kumar 2015 Shooting Jitu Rai 2015 Kabaddi Manjeet Chhillar 2015 Cricket Rohit Sharma 2015 Wrestling Bajrang Kumar 1 OLYMPIC DREAM INDIA 2015 Wrestling Babita Kumari 2015 Wushu Yumnam Sanathoi Devi 2015 Swimming Sharath M. Gayakwad (Paralympic Swimming) 2015 RollerSkating Anup Kumar Yama 2015 Badminton Kidambi Srikanth Nammalwar 2015 Hockey Parattu Raveendran Sreejesh 2014 Weightlifting Renubala Chanu 2014 Archery Abhishek Verma 2014 Athletics Tintu Luka 2014 Cricket Ravichandran Ashwin 2014 Kabaddi Mamta Pujari 2014 Shooting Heena Sidhu 2014 Rowing Saji Thomas 2014 Wrestling Sunil Kumar Rana 2014 Volleyball Tom Joseph 2014 Squash Anaka Alankamony 2014 Basketball Geetu Anna Jose 2 OLYMPIC DREAM INDIA 2014 Badminton Valiyaveetil Diju 2013 Hockey Saba Anjum 2013 Golf Gaganjeet Bhullar 2013 Athletics Ranjith Maheshwari (Athlete) 2013 Cricket Virat Kohli 2013 Archery Chekrovolu Swuro 2013 Badminton Pusarla Venkata Sindhu 2013 Billiards & Rupesh Shah Snooker 2013 Boxing Kavita Chahal 2013 Chess Abhijeet Gupta 2013 Shooting Rajkumari Rathore 2013 Squash Joshna Chinappa 2013 Wrestling Neha Rathi 2013 Wrestling Dharmender Dalal 2013 Athletics Amit Kumar Saroha 2012 Wrestling Narsingh Yadav 2012 Cricket Yuvraj Singh 3 OLYMPIC DREAM INDIA 2012 Swimming Sandeep Sejwal 2012 Billiards & Aditya S. Mehta Snooker 2012 Judo Yashpal Solanki 2012 Boxing Vikas Krishan 2012 Badminton Ashwini Ponnappa 2012 Polo Samir Suhag 2012 Badminton Parupalli Kashyap 2012 Hockey Sardar Singh 2012 Kabaddi Anup Kumar 2012 Wrestling Rajinder Kumar 2012 Wrestling Geeta Phogat 2012 Wushu M. -
Mahendra Singh Dhoni Exemplified the Small-Town Spirit and the Killer Instinct of Jharkhand by Ullekh NP
www.openthemagazine.com 50 31 AUGUST /2020 OPEN VOLUME 12 ISSUE 34 31 AUGUST 2020 CONTENTS 31 AUGUST 2020 7 8 9 14 16 18 LOCOMOTIF INDRAPRASTHA MUMBAI NOTEBOOK SOFT POWER WHISPERER OPEN ESSAY Who’s afraid of By Virendra Kapoor By Anil Dharker The Gandhi Purana By Jayanta Ghosal The tree of life Facebook? By Makarand R Paranjape By Srinivas Reddy By S Prasannarajan S E AG IM Y 22 THE LEGEND AND LEGACY OF TT E G MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI A cricket icon calls it a day By Lhendup G Bhutia 30 A WORKING CLASS HERO He smiled as he killed by Tunku Varadarajan 32 CAPTAIN INDIA It is the second most important job in the country and only the few able to withstand 22 its pressures leave a legacy By Madhavankutty Pillai 36 DHONI CHIC The cricket story began in Ranchi but the cultural phenomenon became pan-Indian By Kaveree Bamzai 40 THE PASSION OF THE BOY FROM RANCHI Mahendra Singh Dhoni exemplified the small-town spirit and the killer instinct of Jharkhand By Ullekh NP 44 44 The Man and the Mission The new J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha’s first task is to reach out and regain public confidence 48 By Amita Shah 48 Letter from Washington A Devi in the Oval? By James Astill 54 58 64 66 EKTA KAPOOR 2.0 IMPERIAL INHERITANCE STAGE TO PAGE NOT PEOPLE LIKE US Her once venerated domestic Has the empire been the default model On its 60th anniversary, Bangalore Little Streaming blockbusters goddesses and happy homes are no for global governance? Theatre produces a collection of all its By Rajeev Masand longer picture-perfect By Zareer Masani plays performed over the decades By Kaveree Bamzai By Parshathy J Nath Cover photograph Rohit Chawla 4 31 AUGUST 2020 OPEN MAIL [email protected] EDITOR S Prasannarajan LETTER OF THE WEEK MANAGING EDITOR PR Ramesh C EXECUTIVE EDITOR Ullekh NP Congratulations and thanks to Open for such a wide EDITOR-AT-LARGE Siddharth Singh DEPUTY EDITORS Madhavankutty Pillai range of brilliant writing in its Freedom Issue (August (Mumbai Bureau Chief), 24th, 2020). -
ICC Annual Report 2014-15
ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 INCLUDING SUMMARISED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OUR VISION OF SUCCESS AS A LEADING GLOBAL SPORT, CRICKET WILL CAPTIVATE AND INSPIRE PEOPLE OF EVERY AGE, GENDER, BACKGROUND AND ABILITY WHILE BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN CONTINENTS, COUNTRIES AND COMMUNITIES. Strategic Direction A BIGGER, BETTER, GLOBAL GAME TARGETING MORE PLAYERS, MORE FANS, MORE COMPETITIVE TEAMS. Our long-term success will be judged on growth in participation and public interest and the competitiveness of teams participating in men’s and women’s international cricket. Mission Statement AS THE INTERNATIONAL GOVERNING BODY FOR CRICKET, THE INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL WILL LEAD BY: • Providing a world class environment for international cricket • Delivering ‘major’ events across three formats • Providing targeted support to Members • Promoting the global game Our Values THE ICC’S ACTIONS AND PEOPLE ARE GUIDED BY THE FOLLOWING VALUES: • Fairness and Integrity • Excellence • Accountability • Teamwork • Respect for diversity • Commitment to the global game and its great spirit 01 CONTENTS FOREWORD 02 Chairman’s Report 04 Chief Executive’s Report 06 Highlights of the Year 08 Obituaries & Retirements DELIVERING MAJOR EVENTS 12 ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 20 ICC Women’s Championship 22 Pepsi ICC World Cricket League PROMOTING THE GLOBAL GAME 26 LG ICC Awards 2014 28 ICC Cricket Hall of Fame 30 Cricket’s Great Spirit PROVIDING A WORLD-CLASS ENVIRONMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL CRICKET 34 Governance of the Global Game 36 ICC Members 38 Development 40 Commercial 42 Cricket -
Cobbling Together the Dream Indian Eleven
COBBLING TOGETHER THE DREAM INDIAN ELEVEN Whenever the five selectors, often dubbed as the five wise men with the onerous responsibility of cobbling together the best players comprising India’s test cricket team, sit together to pick the team they feel the heat of the country’s collective gaze resting on them. Choosing India’s cricket team is one of the most difficult tasks as the final squad is subjected to intense scrutiny by anybody and everybody. Generally the point veers round to questions such as why batsman A was not picked or bowler B was dropped from the team. That also makes it a very pleasurable hobby for followers of the game who have their own views as to who should make the final 15 or 16 when the team is preparing to leave our shores on an away visit or gearing up to face an opposition on a tour of our country. Arm chair critics apart, sports writers find it an enjoyable professional duty when they sit down to select their own team as newspapers speculate on the composition of the squad pointing out why somebody should be in the team at the expense of another. The reports generally appear on the sports pages on the morning of the team selection. This has been a hobby with this writer for over four decades now and once the team is announced, you are either vindicated or amused. And when the player, who was not in your frame goes on to play a stellar role for the country, you inwardly congratulate the selectors for their foresight and knowledge. -
CRAMPED for ROOM Mumbai’S Land Woes
CRAMPED FOR ROOM Mumbai’s land woes A PICTURE OF CONGESTION I n T h i s I s s u e The Brabourne Stadium, and in the background the Ambassador About a City Hotel, seen from atop the Hilton 2 Towers at Nariman Point. The story of Mumbai, its journey from seven sparsely inhabited islands to a thriving urban metropolis home to 14 million people, traced over a thousand years. Land Reclamation – Modes & Methods 12 A description of the various reclamation techniques COVER PAGE currently in use. Land Mafia In the absence of open maidans 16 in which to play, gully cricket Why land in Mumbai is more expensive than anywhere SUMAN SAURABH seems to have become Mumbai’s in the world. favourite sport. The Way Out 20 Where Mumbai is headed, a pointer to the future. PHOTOGRAPHS BY ARTICLES AND DESIGN BY AKSHAY VIJ THE GATEWAY OF INDIA, AND IN THE BACKGROUND BOMBAY PORT. About a City THE STORY OF MUMBAI Seven islands. Septuplets - seven unborn babies, waddling in a womb. A womb that we know more ordinarily as the Arabian Sea. Tied by a thin vestige of earth and rock – an umbilical cord of sorts – to the motherland. A kind mother. A cruel mother. A mother that has indulged as much as it has denied. A mother that has typically left the identity of the father in doubt. Like a whore. To speak of fathers who have fought for the right to sire: with each new pretender has come a new name. The babies have juggled many monikers, reflected in the schizophrenia the city seems to suffer from. -
Best Sports Venues in Mumbai"
"Best Sports Venues in Mumbai" Erstellt von : Cityseeker 5 Vorgemerkte Orte SMAAASH "All About Sports, Fun & Games" Smaaash, stands true to its name and is a smashing hit amongst sport aficionados. This spacious venue promises an unlimited fun and a great time. This one-of-a-kind place offers sports-oriented entertainment and gaming options. Cricket lovers can try their hand at the cricket simulator, where bowling machines throw challenges at you; bowling fans can go for by battlecreekcvb the bowling alleys. That's not it, you can also enjoy motor racing, hoopla zone, laser maze, paintball war and so forth. And, if action is not for you, simply head to the on-site spa and rejuvenate yourself, while your kids enjoy. When it's a fun zone, it has to have great dining options too, at the Bazinga Sports Cafe you can indulge in comfort food like burgers or simply go for Indian dishes. With such great activities and atmosphere, Smaaash is an ideal venue for hosting your party or event. For reservations and other details, call ahead. +91 22 4914 3143 smaaash.in/ [email protected] Pandurang Budhkar Marg, City Studio, Gate 4, Oasis Complex, Mumbai Mahalaxmi Race Course (Royal Western India Turf Club) "Breathing Space!" Accessible from both the Haji Ali sea-face and Keshavrao Khadye Marg, this world-class turf club and racecourse was built under the enthusiastic direction of Major E Hughes in 1880. The Mahalaxmi racecourse is open throughout the year for the general public and most visitors come for a jog around the 2.2km inner circuit, only to regain the lost calories at Gallops. -
Pushpinder Singh Saints & Warriors’ Founder Goes Back in Time
August 16-31, 2012 Volume 1, Issue 7 `100 22 DEFINING MOMENTS Pushpinder Singh Saints & Warriors’ founder goes back in time. 26 Can targeted programming make the youth fall in love with television all over again? NEROLAC Tuning in Fully The paints company is Elusive Audience thinking social media. 40 PROFILE 32 Sudha Natrajan The Lintas long timer branches out on her own. AFAQS! INITIATIVES Double Bill 34 PHILIPS Stepping out in Style 50 9XM Appetiser to Happytizer 51 UNINOR Small is Better 51 EDITORIAL This fortnight... Volume 1, Issue 7 EDITOR Sreekant Khandekar ornstar-turned-television star-turned Bollywood actor, Sunny Leone, recently made a statement PUBLISHER Pin the media – I think the young generation of people are ready to see someone like me on Prasanna Singh TV. She was referring to the reality show Bigg Boss in which she participated as an inmate in the EXECUTIVE EDITOR Bigg Boss house. Prajjal Saha SENIOR LAYOUT ARTIST Well that could be one side of the story, but the fact is what Indian youth Vinay Dominic wants to watch on television is open to debate . Until a few years ago, such was PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE Andrias Kisku August 16-31, 2012 Volume 1, Issue 7 `100 the impact of media that there was an entire generation which grew up as the 22 MTV/Channel V generation. At that time, the variety of content was limited ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES Neha Arora, (0120) 4077866, 4077837 and music was the only way to click with the youth. However, unfortunately the Noida DEFINING MOMENTS Pushpinder Singh television channels weren’t able to hold on to this audience for long. -
Magazine1-4 Final.Qxd (Page 3)
SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2020 (PAGE 4) SPORTS A Dream Indian Cricket Team Sunil Fernandes The advent of limited-over cricket from the 1970s has irrevocably changed the way the game is played. With all fixtures locked down, one cricket fan lets his mind wander to what might have been. Vasant Raji, India’s oldest first-class cricketer, passed away recently. He was 100 years old. His passing, perhaps, is a time for cricket to remember and cele- brate some of the other great stalwarts of Indian test cricket too – especially when the coronavirus pandemic has meant no sporting events can take place. India played its ever first ever test match at the historic Lords Cricket Ground in 1932 against England. Forty-two years later, in 1974, India played its first ever limited-over international, also in England. Pahlan Ratanji “Polly” Unarguably, the advent of limited-over cricket, from the 1970s, has irrevoca- Mulvantrai Himmatlal Vijay Merchant Lala Amarnath C.K. “Colonel” Nayudu M.A.K. “Tiger” Pataudi bly changed the way the game is played. We have come across several compila- “Vinoo” Mankad Bharadwaj (Captain) Umrigar (Vice-Captain) tions of All Time Best India XI but hardly any All Time Indian XI consisting of those cricketers, whose cricket wasn’t affected or influenced by the one-day game at all, those who played test matches only. The legends of a forgotten era. Here is that XI. THE OPENERS Mulvantrai Himmatlal “Vinoo” Mankad Along with Pankaj Roy, this right-hand batsman scored 413 runs, the then highest ever partnership by an opening pair. -
Mr. Arun K. Singh C.V
CURRICULUM VITAE ARUN KUMAR SINGH S.A.I. CRICKET COACH House No.08, LNIPE Campus, Shakti Nagar, Gwalior Mobile No.: 09425122842 M.P. – 474002 Personal Strength: - Aspiration for excellence, enthusiastic and hard working, to work under any given circumstances and come out with a positive result, commitment to work Loves discipline and believe in presenting examples. Career Objective: - To serve the profession with utmost sincerity, dedication and diligence, respects its healthy traditions and norms to produce quality sportsman who can excel in the field of cricket and can bring laurels to the country. Education Qualification: - M.A. (History) from University of Allahabad (U.P.) in 1987. Achievements in Cricket: - Played first class cricket from 1984 to 1989 as all rounder. Right arm medium pace bowler and middle order batsman. Attended India Camp (U-15) in 1979-80 at Mount Abu. Represented University of Allahabad in North Zone Inter University Cricket Tournament from 1983 to 1989 Captained University of Allahabad in N.Z.I.U. (North Zone Inter University) in 1988-89 Awarded “Colour” by University of Allahabad for best performance in 1985-86. Played for “Sungrace Mafatlal” Bombay as a professional under the Captaincy of Sandeep Patil from 1987-1989. Professional Qualification: - Diploma in Cricket Coaching in 1991-92 from Sports Authority of India, National Institute of Sports, Patiala, India. Toped in Level-A Cricket Coaching Course of BCCI (NCA) in 2010. Job Experience: - Indian telephone industries Ltd. Naini. Allahabad. Offered the post of Dy. Sports officer through sports quota, served there from Jan. 1989 to Aug. 1992 and represented I.T.I. -
District Census Handbook, Greater Bombay
CENSUS OF INDIA, 1981 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK GREATER BOMBAY Compiled by THE MAHARASHTRA CENSUS DIRECTORATE BOMBAY 1'1l00'ED IN INDIA. BY THE MANAGER, YERAVDA PRISON PllESS, pum AND pmLlSHED mY THE DIRECTOR, GOVERNlrfENT PRINTING AND STATIONEK.Y, :t4AHAIASHTltA STATE, BOMBAY 400 004, 1986 [ Price ; Rs. 30.00 ] MAHARASHTRA <slOISTRICT GREATER BOMBAY ..,..-i' 'r l;1 KM" LJIo_'=:::I0__ ";~<====:io4 ___~ KNS . / \ z i J I i I ! ~ .............. .~ • .--p;_.. _ • K¢'J· '- \ o BUTCHER ..~ ISLANO '.. , * o' J o Boundary ('i5lrict ,-.-._. __ .- ,,' / ,~. Nat:onal iiighway ",- /" State Highw«y ... SH i Railwuy line with station. Broad Gauge j Riwr and Stream ~ w. ter lea I urIs ~;::m I Degr.e College and lech.kat Institution Res! Hcu~e. Circwit Hou~. ( P. W. D.l RH. CH Poot and Jel.graph office PlO ~~';; ® Based "pon Surv~! af IIIifia mat> wlth 1M 1J@rm~ion. of l~" SUfVI!YlII' G~QI rJ! Ifda. Tile territorial waters 01 Indio ~d into Ihe sea to a dOslonce of twet.... n(llltic:ol milos meGsIlt'ell hllm tn& "PlllVp..-Qle ~G5e lin~. ~ MOTIF V. T. Station is a gateway to the 'Mumbai' where thousands of people come every day from different parts of India. Poor, rich, artist, industrialist. toumt alike 'Mumbainagari' is welcoming them since years by-gone. Once upon a time it was the mai,n centre for India's independence struggle. Today, it is recognised as the capital of India for industries and trade in view of its mammoth industrial complex and innumerable monetary transactions. It is. also a big centre of sports and culture. -
Important Stadiums in India & World
Is Now In CHENNAI | MADURAI | TRICHY | SALEM | COIMBATORE | CHANDIGARH | BANGALORE|NAMAKKAL|ERODE|PUDUCHERRY www.raceinstitute.in | www.bankersdaily.in IMPORTANT STADIUMS IN INDIA & WORLD Chennai: #1, South Usman Road, T Nagar. | Madurai: #24/21, Near Mapillai Vinayagar Theatre, Kalavasal. | Trichy: opp BSNL office, Juman Center, 43 Promenade Road, Cantonment. | Salem: #209, Sonia Plaza / Muthu Complex, Junction Main Rd, State Bank Colony, Salem. | Coimbatore #545, 1st floor, Adjacent to SBI (DB Road Branch), Diwan Bahadur Road, RS Puram, Coimbatore (Kovai) – 641002 | Chandigarh: SCO 131-132 Sector 17C. | Bangalore. H.O: 7601808080 / 9043303030 | www.raceinstitute.in Important Stadiums in India: 1. Wankhede Stadium Mumbai, Maharashtra Cricket 2. Feroz Shah Kotla Ground Delhi Cricket 3. M.A. Chidambaram Stadium Chennai , Tamil Nadu Cricket 4. Eden Gardens Kolkata, West Bengal Cricket 5. Gymkhana Ground Mumbai , Maharashtra Cricket 6. Jsca Stadium Ranchi, Jharkhand Cricket 7. Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium Pune , Maharashtra Cricket 8. Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium Hyderabad, Telangana Cricket 9. Barkatullah Khan Stadium Jodhpur, Rajasthan Cricket 10. Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium Kochi, Kerala Multipurpose ( football (soccer) and cricket) 11. K.D. Singh Babu Stadium Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Multipurpose 12. Fatorda Stadium Margao, Goa Football & Cricket 13. Maulana Azad Stadium Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir Cricket 14. Indira Priyadarshini Stadium Visakhapatnam, Andhra Cricket Pradesh 15. University Stadium Thiruvananthapuram, Multi-purpose Kerala 16. Roop Singh Stadium Gwalior , Madhya Pradesh Cricket 17. Nehru Stadium Pune, Maharashtra Multipurpose 18. Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium Delhi Multipurpose 19. Keenan Stadium Jamshedpur , Jharkhand Multipurpose 20. Sardar Patel Stadium Ahmedabad , Gujarat Cricket 21. Moti Bagh Stadium Vadodara , Gujarat Cricket 22. Sher-I-Kashmir Stadium Srinagar, Jammu & Cricket Kashmir 23. -
ICA 2019 Election – Candidate Information Sheet
ICA 2019 Election – Candidate Information Sheet Name: Ashok Malhotra Post: President Key Agenda for ICA (Maximum 20 words): To make a body which looks after the welfare of the Cricketers, i,e., pensions, Insurance and also the welfare of the Women’s Cricketers. Cricketing and Administrative Credentials (Maximum 150 words): Has played 1st class cricket for 24 years for Haryana and Bengal, has played for INDIA from 1982 -86, was member of the victorious World Champions Team in 1986 in Australia. Was selector of Indian cricket Team from 1999 – 2003, was also the coach of Indian Team during the Bangladesh tour in the year 2003. And also Coached Bengal for Two Years in Ranji Trophy (2011 to 2013). Personal Statement to ICA Voters (Maximum 300 words): Will try to work for the Cricketers who are going through tough times financially, will try to appeal to the BCCI to give pension to the 1st class Cricketers who has played even one match, try to get the pension increased for Cricketers, will try to get insurance covers to all the past and present Cricketers. Strive to find solution for age fudging at junior level strictly. Try to bring the remuneration to Junior National Cricketers at par with Ranji Trophy Players. To bring Travel insurance at par with International Cricketer. Will strive to have zonal academies in all the zones and to promote cricket all over India where our ex Ist class cricketers can coach and guide the budding cricketers. Coaches training will be of utmost important and more Level 1 and Level 2 programs will be organised.