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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). -
Ladino and Indigenous Pageantry in Neocolonial Guatemala
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER: LADINO AND INDIGENOUS PAGEANTRY IN NEOCOLONIAL GUATEMALA by Jillian L. Kite A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL August 2014 Copyright by Jillian L. Kite 2014 ii iii ABSTRACT Author: Jillian L. Kite Title: The Eye of the Beholder: Ladino and Indigenous Pageantry in Neocolonial Guatemala Institution: Florida Atlantic University Thesis Co-Advisors: Dr. Josephine Beoku-Betts and Dr. Mark Harvey Degree: Master of Arts Year: 2014 In this thesis I utilize a feminist case study method to explore gender, race, authenticity, and nationalism in the context of globalization. Each year, Guatemala conducts two ethno-racially distinct pageants – one indigenous, the other ladina. The indigenous pageant prides itself on the authentic display of indigenous culture and physiognomies. On the contrary, during the westernized ladina pageant, contestants strive to adhere to western beauty ideals beauty and cultural norms engendered by discourses of whiteness. However, when the winner advances to the Miss World Pageant, they misappropriate elements of Mayan culture to express an authentic national identity in a way that is digestible to an international audience. In the study that follows, I examine the ways in which national and international pageants are reflective of their iv respective levels of social and political conflict and how they serve as mechanisms of manipulation by the elite at the national and global levels. v THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER: LADINO AND INDIGENOUS PAGEANTRY IN NEOCOLONIAL GUATEMALA I. -
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. -
Sports and Politics in India
International Journal of Research e-ISSN: 2348-6848 p-ISSN: 2348-795X Available at https://edupediapublications.org/journals Volume 05 Issue 07 March 2018 Sports and Politics in India BMallikarjun C Pujari & Vijay kumar S.D 1Assistant Professor of Physical Education (Contractual) College of Forestry Sirsi Karnataka 2Guest Lecturer,Govt, First Grade Degree College, Jewargi Karnataka Abstract given rise to popular personalities such as Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev, Apart from the rich culture and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Irfan Pathan, diverse arts presence, India has Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, tremendous experience in different Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar sporting activities such as athletics, ,Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli etc.Apart cricket, shooting, hockey, chess, from the players the sport has given badminton, boxing, golf, kabaddi, rise to the popularity of coaches and wrestling, swimming etc. Besides this even commentators. Cricket players the country has respectable are given a lot of attention by traditional sports such as boat the media and advertising companies. racing,kushti, gilli-danda and India wins one match against others. But the most popular sport in Pakistan or Australia and there goes the country is cricket. This sport is the line of cash prices and cheque’s played at all age groups starting from being showered on them by ministers the grassroots right up to the and state governments. Even in terms international level. The game has of incentives, the other sportsmen and Available online: https://edupediapublications.org/journals/index.php/IJR/ P a g e | 1352 International Journal of Research e-ISSN: 2348-6848 p-ISSN: 2348-795X Available at https://edupediapublications.org/journals Volume 05 Issue 07 March 2018 women lag far behind the cricketers. -
Chapter -1 Introduction
CHAPTER -1 INTRODUCTION THE LOCALE We are living in an over-communicative world. It is dominated by a very fast growing mass communication industry which attempts to influence vast maltitudes of humanity with persuasive messages for a variety of purposes economic, political, social or educational, And society spends enormous funds to influence, change images, beliefs, attitudes, values, intentions, behaviour etc. The persuet of principles of effective INFLUENCE PROCESS that aim at influencing the behaviour of masses has yielded some useful insights into the process of mass communication, which has led to the development of a new field of study called CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR. But this is just a beginning, the advertising industry is increasingly using these insights provided by the new explosion of knowledge. Advertising is one of the four major tools of marketing Communication mix (Promotion mix). Advertising has been defined as "any paid form of non-personal presentation and promotion of ideas or services by an identified sponsor". Advertising involves an analysis of the Communication and decision process that will affect a desired behaviour. Operationally this usually involves using advertising- response measures that intervene between the incidence of the stimuli (advertising) and the ultimate behavioural response (certain purchase decision). Such response measures are 1 called intervening variables and refer to a wide range of mental Constructs such as awareness, interests, brands knowledge, intention, attitude action. Even though the end goal is behavioural the operational objectives guiding decision making will often be specified in terms of one or more of such intervening variables. The determination of which intervening variables provide the best link to the desired behaviour and which can be influenced economically by advertising is, of course, a challenge. -
Of 2 19Th August 2012 Chorus Against FAC Members Gets Louder The
Chorus against FAC members gets louder The newly-constituted Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has kicked up a controversy over the choice of two of its independent members, who have been alleged to have a clear interest in mining and hydroelectricity. It’s their conflict of interest that has led environmentalists to be up in arms against the duo’s selection. The FAC is the statutory body that decides on key issues related to diversion of forest land for road, mining and other development projects in the country. In a letter (dated August 20), written to Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, a large number of environmentalists have urged her to immediately cancel the appointments of two of its members KP Nyati and Prof NP Todria as independent members of the FAC and reconstitute the committee. Human urine can be used to reduce pollution Apart from oceans, soil, rocks and trees, human and animal urine can also absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) and help reduce pollution, says a Spanish researcher. Absorbing CO2 and other greenhouse gases in cities would require millions of tonnes of some naturally occurring substance. Urine is produced in large quantities and is close to the pollution hubs of large cities. “For every molecule of urea in urine, one mole (a unit to measure the quantity of a substance) of ammonium bicarbonate is produced along with one mole of ammonia that could be used to absorb one mole of atmospheric CO2,” said study author Manuel Jimenez Aguilar, the Journal of Hazardous Materials reports. -
Tracking Media Behaviour in the Time of a Pandemic
A JOURNAL OF THE PRESS INSTITUTE OF INDIA ISSN 0042-5303 October-December 2020 Volume 12 Issue 4 Rs 60 COVID-19 Tracking media behaviour in the time of a pandemic A pandemic is a public health emergency and much more. It CONTENTS not only galvanizes the health institutions but several other • Domestic workers bear the brunt, parts of public life, says Pradeep Krishnatray seek return to good times / Sudha Umashankar ass media is an integral part of public life. It has to necessarily • How the innovative Indian is report about and react to the pandemic. How it does and whose fighting a deadly pandemic / Rina Mukherji perspective it adopts, is of critical importance. There are at least M • Learning in the new normal four ways of examining this in its entirety. Put together, they help explain comes with a set of challenges / media behaviour. Afsana Rashid The first, of course is content. That is, what the media chooses to tell or • Anxiety, job losses, financial woes not tell is of importance. The second aspect is its role vis-à-vis the state and driving more people to suicide / Shoma A. Chatterji Central Government of the day --- the agency tasked to deal with the pan- • A different Durga Puja, with poor demic. Does it adopt a watchdog role, an adversarial role, or a supportive craftsperson the hardest hit / role? The third is its public function, its relationship with the society from Manjira Mazumdar which it derives its credibility and sustainability. Whose side it is on or • Of contributors, editors and what version of the truth does it prefer to bet on? Does it speak up for the journalistic ethics / Sakuntala Narasimhan people? Finally, a lot depends on the media’s ability to manage the tension • Wanted: objectivity and and contradictions that invariably emerge from its editorial stance. -
International Leaders
International Leaders Country Name Info Jigme Khesar Namgyel Bhutan King of Bhutan. Chief guest for 26th Jan. 2013. Wangchuck First woman President of Brazil. She replaced Lula Desilva. Brazil Dilma Rousseff (Lula got Indira Gandhi peace prize.) Replaced Hu Jintao, China. He is expected to become China Xi Jingping President, in March 2013. China Li Kequiang New PM of China. Replaced Wen Jiabao. China Bo Xilai corrupt leader in Chinese politbureu. Expelled Cuba Raul Castro President of Cuba. Replaced Fidel Castro Egypt Mohd. Morsy President of Egypt. Eu Herman Van Rompuy PM of Belgium. President of European Council President of France. He defeated Sarkozi. Belongs to Socialist France Francois Hollande party PM Greece. Name is important only because Greece Atonis Samras Greece=#EPICFAIL economy. Iran Aytollah Khamenei Supreme leader of Iran Iran Ahmedijad President of Iran. President Shimon Peres. Israel PM Benjamin Their parliament =Knesset. Netanyahu. Japan Shinzo Abe PM japan. Defeated Yoshiko Noda. Their parliament =Diet. Liberia Ellen Sirleaf President of Liberia, got Indira Gandhi peace price. (2012) Maldives Nasheed N Waheed after coup, Nasheed was replaced by Waheed -Coup Mali-coup Diarra N Traore After coup, Diarra was replaced by Traore President of Mauratius. He was chief guest @Pravasi bharatiya Mauritius Rajkeshwur Purryag Divas 2013 Mexico Enrique Nieto Mexico new President Myanmar Thein Sein Myanmar president Nobel peace 91. Opposition leader in Myanmar. Party Myanmar Aung San Suu Ki National league for democracy. Visited India in Nov 12 N.Korea Kim Jong-Un North Korea President. After his father King Jong-il Died Pak Raja Parvez PM of Pakistan, SC ordered his arrested. -
India Not Stretched in Regaining Cup
India not stretched in regaining cup From R. Mohan and Srikkanth. If Siddhu was castled by that incutter he could blame only his physical condition which did DHAKA, Nov. 4. not permit free movement from the crease. He did India added a second Asia Cup to its glittering col- walk with a springy step when he went to receive lection of international limited-overs cricket trophies. the 'Man of the Match' award from Lt. Gen. Ershad, Its triumph today in an uninspiring final was analogous President of Bangladesh, to taking candy from a kid because Sri Lanka fell Promising beginning: The only inspirational part of back to old and ingenuous ways. The Sri Lankans' the Sri Lankan innings was the opening stand. It Was running between the wickets was a pathetic represen- a good track to bat on even early in the day. tation of their inexperience. Mahanama and Kuruppu were outstanding in running . A side so reliant on batting strength could not af- between the wickets. They never refused each other's ford to throw away its entire middle order to a mid- calls for the singles, but the pattern of the innings morning madness. While the sense of occasion tends changed completely when Mahanama fell leg before. to heighten India's performance, it seemed to inhibit In stretching out, Kapil bowled at least five extra the Sri Lankans so much that they could not live up balls in his first spell because of the no balls and the to the ambitions they had stoked in themselves with wides. -
↓ This Dumb Thing Was Made-Ed Sometime During October, 2012, Methinks
South Korea has reached an agreement with the U.S. that allows the southeast Asian nation to more than double the range of its future ballistic missiles, as the country grapples with what it considers a growing threat from its disavowed northern portion. The updated missiles will be capable of travelling nearly eight feet—up from the current three—and will be available in a wide variety of new flavored-combustions, including Toasty Dermis®, Pyongflamed®, Koreans BBQ™, Sriracha Seoulmate® and Whole Flax 'n Fallout™. ↓ this dumb thing was made-ed sometime during October, 2012, methinks A recent study by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has revealed that the current fall television schedule features more gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered characters amongst its scripted offerings than any other season in the medium's one-hundred-plus-year history. Among the new and returning programs most representative of the LGBT community, ABC's I Muff Lucy; ESPN's This Week In NASCAR; The Weather Channel's ongoing documentary series History's Gayest Hurricanes: From Bruce, Thom and Rodd, To Turbo, Brett Butler and Xena; USA Network's Here Comes Robin: Holy Cow Was That Closet Stuffy, Batman!; and Fox News Channel's Fox & Friends stand out—with each respective show sporting an overwhelmingly homosexual cast of characters—while the lattermost stands above all, unexpectedly boasting a 138% LGBT-character count—a first for any fictional comedy program. ↓ this dumb thing was made-ed sometime during October, 2012, methinks A Massachusetts mother who entrusted her son with the routine task of taking the family's eight-year-old pet cat, Lady, to a veterinarian's office to undergo a standard flea bath has learned the animal was instead mistakenly euthanized, after a tragic paperwork mix-up. -
Sourav Ganguly: Cricket, Captaincy and Controversy Free
FREE SOURAV GANGULY: CRICKET, CAPTAINCY AND CONTROVERSY PDF Saptarshi Sarkar | 310 pages | 23 Feb 2016 | HarperCollins India | 9789351364801 | English | New Dehli, India Chappell–Ganguly controversy - Wikipedia Ganguly was one of the big figures in Indian cricket, a man who changed the face often a controversial one. While he is remembered for a stellar career, there were times when he found himself in the midst of unwanted Sourav Ganguly: Cricket. Nishad Pai Vaidya lists 12 such controversies. InGanguly was a part of the Indian team on the tour to Australia, where he made his one-day debut. That was to be his only Sourav Ganguly: Cricket appearance in four years until he made his comeback on the tour to England in It was alleged that Ganguly had refused to carry drinks, one of the roles of a benched player, on that tour Down Under. Years later, Ganguly denied these suggestions. We had a manager on the trip to Australia inMr. Ranbir Singh. He is probably the worst guy I have ever seen in my life. It is a shame that we have had managers like him for India on long tours. He Captaincy and Controversy a shame, a shame to Indian cricket. Ganguly played county cricket for Lancashire in There were also murmurs that he had expected others to carry his kit bag. Also, when he hit a fifty once, none of his teammates were seen applauding Sourav Ganguly: Cricket the dressing room balcony. He turned up as if he was royalty — it was like having Prince Charles on your side.