Paul and Glenn are back for another entertaining and information packed episode. This week we celebrate Indian culture and sport and some of the well-known sportspeople from India. Some of what will be discussed include:
- August 15, Independence Day in India and how it is celebrated.
- Cricket in India and the people’s great passion for the sport.
- Great Indian cricket players. Eg, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Bishan Bedi.
- 1983 World Cup win by India. One of sports greatest upsets.
- A former Indian batsman who standing at only 5ft 4inches stood up to the world’s great fast bowlers and amassed over 10,000 test runs.
- Abhinav Bindra
- Babir Singh Dosanjh
- Leander Paes
- Viswanathan Anand
- Neeraj Chopra
- Milkha Singh
- Dhyan Chand
- Mary Kom
- Pankaj Advani
- The sport of badminton and its popularity in India
- A successful Indian badminton player who has claimed numerous medals at the World Championships, Olympics and Commonwealth Games.
We have our Claps and Slaps for the week. We also have the Quiz and Who Am I? We also have our Where Are They Now segment and Glenn finishes off the show with another cracking joke.
India Independence Day Sport sources
1. Topend sports.com ‘sport in india’, by robert wood, 2014.
2. brittanica.com ‘Indpendence day: indian holiday’, by the editors of encyclopaedia britannica’, 4/7/24.
3. Australian government, department of foreign arrears and trade ‘India: india country brief’, n.d.
4. imdb.com ‘50 Greatest Indian athletes of all time’, by abtheboss, 2023.
5. https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/india-population/#google_vignette
6. Amateur kabaddi federation of india, akfi ‘history of kabaddi’, last update 13/7/24.
7. bollycurves.com ‘’what is bollywood?’, bollyshape, 2024.
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namaste_Trump#:
9. espn.com ‘every medal India has won at the olympics’, by sunaadh sagar, 14/7/24.
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Dravid
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunil_Gavaskar
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balbir_Singh_Sr.
13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leander_Paes
14. britannica.com ‘viswanathan anand’, by the editors of encyclopedia britannica, 24/6/24.
15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_World_Chess_Championship_1995
16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunil_Chhetri
17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neeraj_Chopra
18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milkha_Singh
19. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachin_Tendulkar
20. Go colours.com ‘best women players in indian cricket: trailblazers and icons’, the rise of indian women in cricket’, 12/10/23.
21. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badminton_in_India
22. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._V._Sindhu
23. Badminton australia ‘history’, 2020.
24. https://www.britannica.com/biography/P-V-Sindhu
25. https://www.britannica.com/sports/badminton
26. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prakash_Padukone
27. newsabplive.com ‘have you dated anyone? Pv sindhu, two-time olympic medal winner, faces awkward question’, by abp news bureau, 5/12/23.
28. TRS clips ‘pv sindhu opens up about her relationship status’, the ranveer show reports, 2/12/23.
29. hyderabad.telangana.gov ‘hyderabad district: about district’, developed and hosted by national informatics centre, ministry of electronics and information technology, govt of india, 12/7/24.
30. sportskeeda.com ‘list of all bharat ratna award winners’, by shubham mazumdar, 1/6/2019.
31. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Ratna
32. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Australian_of_the_Year_Award_recipients
33. Sporting news.com ‘which indian badminton players have qualified for the paris olympics? A look at indian stars competing at the 2024 olympic games’, by rahul chalke, 17/7/24.
34. Daily excelsior.com ‘PV Sindhu name goodwill ambassador for 2024 earth hour india’, by daily excelsior, 7/3/24.
