INDIAN SPORTS Further Conversations and Reflections

Book on Indian sports personalities Vijayan Bala is a well-known sports journalist, commentator, and educationist. He has interviewed prominent Indian players, coaches and umpires who have made a name in their respective sports. These interviews have appeared in leading newspapers such as the Hindustan Times and Rajasthan Patrika (English) and in well-known magazines such as Sportsweek, SWARAJYA, Weekend Review, Woman's EraWoman's EraWoman's Era and ALIVE. These interviews aim to chronicle the sportmans journey and to provide inspiration, guide, information to the reader. The people interviewed in this Indian sports book, include Indian sporting greats as Saina Nehwal, P. V. Sindhu (Badminton); Vijender Singh (Boxing); Devendra Jhajharia (Paralympics); Limba Ram (Archery); Milkha Singh, P. T. Usha, Shiny Abraham Wilson (Athletics); Dinesh Khanna, Madhumita Bisht, Aparna Popat, Koneri Humpy (Chess); Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid, Chetan Chauhan, Syed Abid Ali, Smriti Mandhana (Cricket); Pankaj Advani (Cue Sports); T. Balaram, Bhaichung Bhutia (Football); Gurbux Singh, Dr. M. P. Ganesh, M. K. Kaushik, Dhanraj Pillay, Sardara Singh (Hockey); Gagan Narang, Jaspal Rana, Rahi Sarnabot (Shooting); G. Sathiyan (Table Tennis); Ramanathan Krishnan, Ramesh Krishnan, Leander Paes, Sania Mirza (Tennis); Karnam Malleswari (Weightlifting) and Yogeshwar Dutt (Wrestling). Indian sports book will benefit players, sports lovers, sports writers, sports broadcasters and libraries and also serve as an inspiration for our youth.