Once Upon a Furore Lost Pages of Indian Cricket

Extensively based on nearly forgotten and long out-of-print classic titles, old newspaper reports and official archives,Once Upon A Furore is an important addition to the steadily growing corpus of contemporarywriting on the history of Indian cricket. Each chapter of the book presents acaptivating story of intrigue and power-play. Through a look at controversiesthat have plagued Indian cricket over the years, this book draws attention tothe fact that the country's intense engagement with the game stretches back morethan a century. In doing so the author brings to light the writings of those hecalls the 'day-to-day historians' of cricket, like J.C. Maitra, BerrySarbadhikary and J.M. Ganguly, who had written on the game for years innewspapers and journals, yet remain little known to even the most avid sportsenthusiast in contemporary India. An engaging slice from the fascinating saga ofIndian cricket, this book is as much a collector's item for the sportsenthusiast, as it is serious reading for the cultural historian.