Triumph in Bombay: Travels During the Cricket World Cup Book Information:

Vaibhav Vats was ten years old when the 1996 cricket World Cup was held in South Asia. Celebrations erupted after India beat Pakistan and he saw the local confectioner give away his sweets for free. But the euphoria soon turned to gloom as the Indian team subsequently crashed out in the semifinal. It remained one of the defining memories of his childhood. Fifteen years later, in 2011, when the World Cup returns to the subcontinent, Vaibhav decides to travel across Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India, following the Cup. It is a journey both personal and exploratory, to understand what the game means in his own life and what it means to more than a billion people. Through six breathless weeks, he shadows the tournament from its exhilarating opening in Dhaka to the last ball at the Wankhede Stadium. In between, he spends time with oddballs and followers of all hues, such as a Sinhalese coach in Tamil-dominated Trincomalee and cricket aficionados at the RSS headquarters in Nagpur and finally, he witnesses the Indian team, as if propelled by destiny, claim the greatest victory of all. Anecdotal and incisive, Triumph in Bombay is an extraordinary travelogue that announces the arrival of a brilliant new talent.Book Features: A brilliantly written book on India's most memorable World Cup since 1983 Part travelogue, part cricket analysis, part social commentary, the book brings alive the heady spring days of 2011 that led to India claiming the World Cup. A remarkable first book from a young and immensely talented writer

• Book Type :

Indian Writing

• Book Binding :

Paperback

• Language :

English

• Number of Pages :

• ISBN - 10 :

0670085979

• Triumph in Bombay: Travels During the Cricket World Cup Published On :

27 Aug 2013

• Resource:

Literature & Fiction, Indian Writing Books for Students, Teachers, Graudates, Professionals and all others

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