Autobiographies Of Indian Sports Persons

1. A Shot at History By Abhinav Bindra & Rohit Brijnath

I started reading it yesterday and finished today and that I swear I used to be unable to sleep yesterday night, with every word of this book haunting my memory! My goodness, haven't seen such a fanatical love about his/her sport in any of the sports autobiographies I even have read thus far. Had it been before ten years, I might have taken shooting as a career after reading this book! I used to be always a Bindra fan ever since Athens and even argued tons with my friends defending him once they criticized him after he couldn't have best in London Olympics b4 fortnight. After reading this book, I m not only a lover but a mad fan of Abhinav Bindra, head over heels in love together with his book, his sport, and during away with him! Hats off to both AB and Rohit (co-author)

Bindra’s case of winning the Olympic gold was very Indian, therein he had worked despite the system and managed it. At no point does he make any excuses or apologies for it. He's clear that his dad was rich and he could afford those coaches or the range reception, which he points out, as an example about the system, is best than the national one in Bangalore where the remainder of the shooters had to coach before Significant events. This is often no Cinderella Man fairytale of 1 man rising against the chances and therefore the system and having a fairytale finish. This is often just sport at its grittiness.

2. Sachin Tendulkar: Playing it my way By Sachin Tendulkar

The narrative starts from Sachin's childhood and travels through his entire cricketing journey through a number of the foremost glorious moments of his career. The book is written in strict chronological order. English is direct and doesn't contain bombastic words or phrases. Evidently, it's written brooding about the common cricket-loving masses of India and therefore the world. However, it's to be noted that Sachin has either totally avoided or mentioned minimally about various controversies from 1989 to 2013. He has not shown any Indian cricketer in a negative light. However, the difficulty of the many niggling injuries has returned time and again. The reader also involves skills Sachin tackled these problems motivated by his love of the sport and for the country.

Lessons learned from the Autobiography

1. Never Give Up!
2. Respect Your Opponent!
3. It’s Enough! When Time comes, Don’t Stay Quiet!
4. Bullseye!
5. My Guru, My God!
6. Little Contributions make a Lot of Difference!

3. The Race of My Life: An Autobiography  By Milkha Singh

The Race of my Life is an autobiography of the planet renowned athlete, ‘Milkha Singh’ The book is written by him, alongside his daughter Sonia Sanwalka. The introduction is penned by Jeev Milkha Singh (his son) and therefore the foreword is graced by the words of popular director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. The book encapsulates the journey of his life. It opens with Milkha’s birth, and subsequently, his family is introduced.

The day his whole family was massacred to the day when he won his first gold medal; the day he was forced to urge back to Pakistan to face all his painful memories and it was further crowned with the title of ‘Flying Sikh’; in the world, all the jubilant and gloomy days of his life are captured.

His entire journey is actually stimulating. it'll imbue you with a way of determination, and can teach you to possess strong willpower which can ultimately lead you to fulfill your dreams.

4. Ace Against Odds By Sania Mirza

Finding her passion for tennis at a really young age, Sania became a moment sensation after she won the Wimbledon championship girl’s doubles title at the age of 16. She had an interesting career during her late teens. She may be a six-time slam champion and between August 2015 and February 2016, Sania and her Swedish partner Martina Hingis garnered 41 consecutive victories in doubles. She is currently world no.1 in women’s doubles category. Ace against odds is that the autobiography penned down by Sania with the assistance of her father and mentor Imran Mirza and sports journalist Shivani Gupta. 

The autobiography goes not only into Sania Mirza the sportsperson, but the explanations for her being the person she is. Discussing how her father Imran and mother Naseema, who ran a printing concern, moved to us of America to raise the family’s fortunes – but the choice to maneuver back to India would prove crucial for both family and athlete.

A riveting read, the book draws the reader in from the very beginning because it charts each of Mirza’s earliest ups and downs, taking over an almost storybook-Esque quality in its narrative. The 29-year-old takes fans through the first a part of her career, significantly her start within the singles. Mirza had started there with significant successes against a number of the foremost established within the sport, including Svetlana Kuznetsova, whom Mirza fondly calls 'Kuzy', and her now-doubles partner Martina Hingis, who is widely considered one among the simplest singles players within the history of the game.

5. Unbreakable: An Autobiography By M.C. Mary Kom

Unbreakable by M.C. Mary Kom could are the story of any woman living in rural India. For a majority of Indian women, life may be a struggle – a struggle to follow their dreams, a struggle to say their rights, a struggle to form ends meet. What sets her apart is that the sheer grit with which she faces every hurdle, and her determination to not let her struggle to enter vainly.

Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom may be a woman who has worked really hard to differentiate herself as an achiever. A five-time World Boxing Champion, she is that the only woman boxer to possess won a medal in all of the six world championships. At the London Olympics 2012, the primary time women’s boxing was introduced as an Olympic sport, she won a bronze.

Unbreakable traces Mary Kom’s life from the time she was born, to her sojourn at the 2012 London Olympics. Born during a small village in Manipur, during a family primarily hooked into farming, her attempts to review despite the house-work and farm-work may be a story many young Indian girls will identify with. She describes how she discovered her passion for boxing, her initial days of coaching, even going into details of the politics among sports bodies, both at the state and national levels. Anecdotes about each of her five World Champion medals are tightly woven with incidents in her personal life – her shift to Delhi, falling crazy, marriage, the birth of her children, loss of a parent. The book highlights the maternal side of her as well; her agony at having to part from her children during the long training camps, spending her breaks setting the house in order; making her encounter as no different than most other working women of her age. The 12 pages of photographs from her personal and business life cause you to feel as if you've got known her all of your life.