The politics of sport in South Asia

1. Introduction: Fields of Power Subhas Ranjan Chakraborty, Shantanu Chakraborti and Kingshuk Chatterjee 2. Physical Education, Sport and the Intersection and Articulation of 'Modernities': The Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal Joseph S. Alter 3. The Hindu Ascetic as Fitness Instructor: Reviving Faith in Yoga Chandrima Chakraborty 4. The Centrality of Cricket in Indo-Australian Relations: India, Australia and the 'Cricket Imaginary' Brian Stoddart 5. Feel Good, Goodwill and India's Friendship Tour of Pakistan, 2004: Cricket, Politics and Diplomacy in Twenty-First-Century India Kausik Bandyopadhyay 6. The Golden Years of Indian Hockey: 'We Climb the Victory Stand' Boria Majumdar 7. 'The Wood Magic': Cricket in India - A Postcolonial Benediction Somshankar Ray 8. The Culture and Politics of Local Sporting Heroes in Late Colonial Bengal and Princely Orissa: The Case of Santimoy Pati Projit B. Mukharji 9. Fair's Unfair: Simulations of Consumption and Career in Indian Advertising Anisha Datta 10. The Great Indian Willow Trick: Cricket, Nationalism and India's TV News Revolution, 1998 - 2005 Nalin Mehta 11. Reading Cricket Fiction in the Times of Hindu Nationalism and Farmer Suicides: Fallacies of Textual Interpretation Nissim Mannathukkaren 12. Virtually There: Cricket, Community, and Commerce on the Internet Sanjay Joshi