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The Hindu Book on hockey Olympians released

Book on hockey Olympians released Special Correspondent

A book on hockey Olympians was released in New Delhi last week.

Titled Profiles of Indian Hockey Olympians, and complied by hockey historian and chronicler, K. Arumugam, the book covers the career profiles of all the players who played for the country in the Olympic Games from 1928 onwards with several rare photographs.

The book also provides thumb-nail sketches of players who are in the squad for the 2012 Games in London.

A good reference book for every hockey aficionado, it is priced at Rs. 780.

It is available with Field Hockey Publications, J-1/31, Flat No. D-2, Khirki Extension, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi-110017.

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New Delhi based freelance journalist and hockey lover K. Arumugam is the founder editor A science graduate from the Presidency College (Chennai) and a post-graduate from prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay) in Geology and Hydrology, Arumugam has been professionally a water expert. He has taken volunteer retirement from a lucrative government job and is devoting full time for hockey. Arumugam has been watching hockey for over two decades and has painstakingly collected hockey statistics, images and information from bits and scratches. As a result, he is in possession of rare records, literature and images. He has professionally covered hockey for various magazines and newspapers, besides this site. He covered many prestigious events such as World Cups and Champions Trophies. Stick2hockey.com runs out of his own resources.