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Book Synopsis The Games India Plays by : Amitabh Satyam
Download or read book The Games India Plays written by Amitabh Satyam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-18 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are losing sports culture due to the insistence on western sports such as tennis or cricket or golf that require expensive courts and equipment. Do you know atya-patya, lagori, gilli danda, nondi and kabaddi are infinitely exciting games, requiring little infrastructure or equipment? Do you know that a game that has nine chasers for just three runners? That Rugby is is similar but has a longer history to Yubi Lakpi known for thousands of years in India ? We have picked 15 fun games that schools and colleges can integrate into their sports class. Apartment complexes, dense neighbourhoods and sports clubs can use this book as a reference to play these games and organize events. Our games also connect us with our history and culture. With the onslaught of digital games, many children are becoming couch potatoes and socially inept. If you don't play sports because you don't have a tennis court or cricket grounds within your reach, then why not play right where you live and have ten times more fun! We want to see the neighbourhoods revived. Hungama in apartment complexes. School breaks to be loud with laughter and excitement.
Download or read book Nation at Play written by Ronojoy Sen and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reaching as far back as ancient times, Ronojoy Sen pairs a novel history of India's engagement with sport and a probing analysis of its cultural and political development under monarchy and colonialism, and as an independent nation. Some sports that originated in India have fallen out of favor, while others, such as cricket, have been adopted and made wholly India's own. Sen's innovative project casts sport less as a natural expression of human competition than as an instructive practice reflecting a unique play with power, morality, aesthetics, identity, and money. Sen follows the transformation of sport from an elite, kingly pastime to a national obsession tied to colonialism, nationalism, and free market liberalization. He pays special attention to two modern phenomena: the dominance of cricket in the Indian consciousness and the chronic failure of a billion-strong nation to compete successfully in international sporting competitions, such as the Olympics. Innovatively incorporating examples from popular media and other unconventional sources, Sen not only captures the political nature of sport in India but also reveals the patterns of patronage, clientage, and institutionalization that have bound this diverse nation together for centuries.
Book Synopsis Games Indians Play by : V Raghunathan
Download or read book Games Indians Play written by V Raghunathan and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Raghunathan writes really well . . . there are rare instances where a reviewer thinks; I wish I could write like that. This is one of those rare instances’ —Bibek Debroy in Indian Express In a rare attempt to understand the Indianness of Indians—among the most intelligent people in the world; but also; to a dispassionate eye; perhaps the most baffling—V. Raghunathan uses the props of game theory and behavioural economics to provide an insight into the difficult conundrum of why we are the way we are. He puts under the scanner our attitudes towards rationality and irrationality; selflessness and selfishness; competition and cooperation; and collaboration and deception. Drawing examples from the way we behave in day-to-day situations; Games Indians Play tries to show how in the long run each one of us—whether businessmen; politicians; bureaucrats; or just plain us—stand to profit more if we were to assume a little self-regulation; give fairness a chance and strive to cooperate and collaborate a little more even if self-interest were to be our main driving force.
Book Synopsis The Art of Play by : Andrew Topsfield
Download or read book The Art of Play written by Andrew Topsfield and published by . This book was released on 2007-02-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated survey of the games of India, many of which are popular today.
Book Synopsis Gaming Culture(s) in India by : Aditya Deshbandhu
Download or read book Gaming Culture(s) in India written by Aditya Deshbandhu and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2020-05-13 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume critically analyzes the multiple lives of the "gamer" in India. It explores the "everyday" of the gaming life from the player’s perspective, not just to understand how the games are consumed but also to analyze how the gamer influences the products’ many (virtual) lives. Using an intensive ethnographic approach and in-depth interviews, this volume situates the practice of gaming under a broader umbrella of digital leisure activities and foregrounds the proliferation of gaming as a new media form and cultural artifact; critically questions the term gamer and the many debates surrounding the gamer tag to expand on how the gaming identity is constructed and expressed; details participants’ gaming habits, practices and contexts from a cultural perspective and analyzes the participants’ responses to emerging industry trends, reflections on playing practices and their relationships to friends, communities and networks in gaming spaces; and examines the offline and online spaces of gaming as sites of contestation between developers of games and the players. A holistic study covering one of the largest video game bases in the world, this volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of cultural studies, media and communication studies and science and technology studies, as well as be of great appeal to the general reader.
Book Synopsis Games Indians Play by : V. Raghunathan
Download or read book Games Indians Play written by V. Raghunathan and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2007 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attempts to understand the Indianness of Indians - among the most intelligent people in the world. The author uses the props of game theory and behavioural economics to provide an insight into the difficult conundrum of why we are the way we are.
Book Synopsis Religions in Play by : Philippe Bornet
Download or read book Religions in Play written by Philippe Bornet and published by Theologischer Verlag Zürich. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often dismissed as "not serious", the notion of play has nevertheless been at the centre of classical theories of religion and ritual (Huizinga, Caillois, Turner, Staal, etc.). What can be retained of those theories for the contemporary study of religions? Can a study of "play" or "game" bring new perspectives for the study of religions? The book deals with the history of games and their relation to religions, the links between divination and games, the relations between sport and ritual, the pedagogical functions of games in religious education, and the interaction between games, media and religions. Richly illustrated, the book contributes to the study of religions, to ritual, game and media studies, and addresses an academic as well as a general public. Philippe Bornet, Dr. Phil., born in 1977, is Lecturer in the Study of Religion at the Faculty of Lettres of the University of Lausanne, with focus on the history of interrelations between India and Europe. Maya Burger is Professor of Indian Studies and History of Religions at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lausanne, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations.
Book Synopsis Video Games and Storytelling by : Souvik Mukherjee
Download or read book Video Games and Storytelling written by Souvik Mukherjee and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The potential of video games as storytelling media and the deep involvement that players feel when they are part of the story needs to be analysed vis-à-vis other narrative media. This book underscores the importance of video games as narratives and offers a framework for analysing the many-ended stories that often redefine real and virtual lives.
Book Synopsis Rules of Play by : Katie Salen Tekinbas
Download or read book Rules of Play written by Katie Salen Tekinbas and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2003-09-25 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An impassioned look at games and game design that offers the most ambitious framework for understanding them to date. As pop culture, games are as important as film or television—but game design has yet to develop a theoretical framework or critical vocabulary. In Rules of Play Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman present a much-needed primer for this emerging field. They offer a unified model for looking at all kinds of games, from board games and sports to computer and video games. As active participants in game culture, the authors have written Rules of Play as a catalyst for innovation, filled with new concepts, strategies, and methodologies for creating and understanding games. Building an aesthetics of interactive systems, Salen and Zimmerman define core concepts like "play," "design," and "interactivity." They look at games through a series of eighteen "game design schemas," or conceptual frameworks, including games as systems of emergence and information, as contexts for social play, as a storytelling medium, and as sites of cultural resistance. Written for game scholars, game developers, and interactive designers, Rules of Play is a textbook, reference book, and theoretical guide. It is the first comprehensive attempt to establish a solid theoretical framework for the emerging discipline of game design.
Book Synopsis Chess and Playing Cards by : Stewart Culin
Download or read book Chess and Playing Cards written by Stewart Culin and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Critical Play written by Mary Flanagan and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2013-02-08 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of subversive games like The Sims—games designed for political, aesthetic, and social critique. For many players, games are entertainment, diversion, relaxation, fantasy. But what if certain games were something more than this, providing not only outlets for entertainment but a means for creative expression, instruments for conceptual thinking, or tools for social change? In Critical Play, artist and game designer Mary Flanagan examines alternative games—games that challenge the accepted norms embedded within the gaming industry—and argues that games designed by artists and activists are reshaping everyday game culture. Flanagan provides a lively historical context for critical play through twentieth-century art movements, connecting subversive game design to subversive art: her examples of “playing house” include Dadaist puppet shows and The Sims. She looks at artists’ alternative computer-based games and explores games for change, considering the way activist concerns—including worldwide poverty and AIDS—can be incorporated into game design. Arguing that this kind of conscious practice—which now constitutes the avant-garde of the computer game medium—can inspire new working methods for designers, Flanagan offers a model for designing that will encourage the subversion of popular gaming tropes through new styles of game making, and proposes a theory of alternate game design that focuses on the reworking of contemporary popular game practices.
Book Synopsis Physical Education: Textbook for ICSE Class 10 by : Rupa Pandit
Download or read book Physical Education: Textbook for ICSE Class 10 written by Rupa Pandit and published by Oswal Publishers. This book was released on 2022-02-23 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Let’s Play written by SWARN LAMBA and published by Zorba Books. This book was released on 2021-12-17 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kho-Kho, Oonch-Neech, Gulli Danda- names that bring back memories of outdoor games and time spent with friends. Rushing out into the courtyard after finishing schoolwork. Playing until the birds went home to nest and mothers stood in doorways, calling their children to come home. Children pleading for a few more minutes of play. The rules of these games have been passed down by word of mouth from one generation to another. The rules are so flexible that there is no right or wrong way of playing as long as the group agrees to the rules. The names of the games and the rules vary from region to region and neighbourhood to neighbourhood. Playing games outdoors provided an occasion to meet up with other kids and every game created its own momentum and helped develop the child into a better person. This unique and wonderful novella about Indian outdoor games will introduce children to the delightful classic games. Join- – Preeto as she breaks the stereotype by playing Gulli Danda with the boys; – Sri, who encouraged by his parents, plays Kho Kho; – Jai, as he plays with and collects colourful marbles; – Urmi and Abhoy in a competitive game of Pittu. – in the chanting of Poshampa and Oonch Neech as it fills the evening air. – the hop-scotch players as they try for the Dullej – Fajaton as she plays Sagol Kangjei (polo); – Deepu as he flies his own kite for the first time on Uttarayan. This exciting collection will bring back old memories and give you a chance to make some new ones! These games are just as much fun today! Wouldn’t it be wonderful to revive them with your children and grandchildren?
Download or read book Rain Stops Play written by Andrew Hignell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A geographical history of cricket in England and Wales in a global context.
Book Synopsis Dph Sports Series-Hockey by : H.C. Dubey
Download or read book Dph Sports Series-Hockey written by H.C. Dubey and published by Discovery Publishing House. This book was released on 1999 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: Introduction, Practice Methods, How to Play Hockey, Technique of Strokes, The Hockey Stick, General Exercises, Beating an Opponent, The Defence, Rules and Regulations.
Book Synopsis The Indian Reorganization Act by : Vine Deloria
Download or read book The Indian Reorganization Act written by Vine Deloria and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1934, Commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier began a series of "congresses" with American Indians to discuss his proposed federal bill for granting self-government to tribal reservations. In "The Indian Reorganization Act," Vine Deloria, Jr., compiled the actual historical records of those congresses and made available important documents of the premier years of reform in federal Indian policy as well as the bill itself.
Book Synopsis The Magic of Indian Cricket by : Mihir Bose
Download or read book The Magic of Indian Cricket written by Mihir Bose and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic and popular interest in this subject continues to grow, as India and Indian cricket emerge on the world stage. Fits into an established tradition of writing on cricket. Bose’s name will appeal to mainstream sports readers as well as academics. Mihir Bose is an award-winning sports journalist and writer, with a very high profile in the UK and India. The author's style and unique perspective make the book both readable and revealing. Revised edition brings the book right up to date with India's new economic and cricketing prominence. There is an opportunity to establish this book as the defininitive telling of the story, in the mould of CLR James's Beyond a Boundary. Strong Publicity. The Daily Telegraph will support publication and other cricket press – eg Wisden, Wisden online, will be approached.
