Shamya Dasgupta

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Knock-down, drag-out tale of Indian boxing

If there is one criticism about sports literature in India, it is simply this — there is just not enough of it. Over the years, books relating to sports in India have tended — perhaps inevitably — to be on cricket. Cricket dominates not just the headlines, but also the most mindspace and, consequently, much of the literary effort has tended to be on or around the willow game.

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.