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| Front Cover : Democracy's XI |
Genre: Biography
Hardcover: 371 pages
Language: English
I was one of the people who was present at the
Calcutta Club on November 2017 for the Kolkata-launch of the Democracy’s XI, The
Great Indian Cricketing History, written by Rajdeep Sardesai. Besides the
author, who is also a renowned journalist based out of Delhi, the other two
people present at the event were former India captain, Sourav Ganguly and the
famous cricket historian, Boria Majumder, who was also the moderator for the
evening. It was a memorable 2-hour in which a lot of cricket stories related to
various players including Sourav and his teammates were shared.
One of the things you can look to do at a book launch
event is to get your personal copy signed by the author. I, being no exception,
got my copy signed by Rajdeep Sardesai at the end of the event. However, I
didn’t read the book straightaway. It was there, lying around on the shelf for
some time before I could get to it finally after a few months.
The book, as the cover pretty much gives away what it
is all about, is a collection of short biographies about eleven Indian
cricketers who, according to the writer, made a mark during their tenure as a
player and changed the course of cricketing history in India.
