Nirupama Sanjeev announces the launch of her book, The Moonballer NEW DELHI, AUG. 2: It is a book that every Indian girl would easily relate to, especially so, if she indulges in sports. A pioneer in Indian women’s tennis, Nirupama Sanjeev (nee Vaidyanathan) has told her story in a crisp book, arrestingly named ‘’the moonballer’’. ‘’I realised that I had a lot of stories to tell. The attempt is to inspire the youngsters to the idea that where there is a will, there is a way’’, said Nirupama, as she announced the launch of her book in a media interaction here on Friday. ‘’Everybody can relate to my story’’, said the 36-year-old Nirupama, who is now based in the US, and runs a tennis academy. ‘’It was the most hated style of play. It was the way I played when I started. It taught me patience’’, observed Nirupama, as she discussed the title of her book. From a modest beginning, when she was coached by her father, Vaidyanathan, a first class cricketer of Tamil Nadu, near home in Coimbatore, Nirupama had risen to become No.134 in the world with her perseverance. She represented the country in SAF Games, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and the Sydney Olympics apart from the Fed Cup. Though it is likely to be perceived to be a hard hitting book which exposes people and their self-centred approach, Nirupama said that she had only tried to tell the facts. She conceded that it was impossible for her to write it in any other way. Nirupama remarked that it was possible to have a set of good players, if a system was in place, and conceded that it would only be the odd spark otherwise, in the form of a Sania Mirza that would beat the system and shine. Suggesting that she was willing to help the Indian juniors, but only on her own terms, Nirupama said that sports persons should be in an advisory board, if they are not themselves competent to run the sports federations efficiently. Viewing the sad state of affairs in Indian women’s tennis, Nirupama said that it was not enough to play two or three tournaments once in a while, but results can be expected only if players competed in the circuit for about 30 weeks a year, around the world. Recalling her experience of losing a match from a winning position in Japan, owing to a sudden spell of freezing conditions, unequipped as she was for the cold after having endured 42 degree temperature in Chennai the previous week, Nirupama said that there was no ‘’google’’ in those days to tap information freely. ‘’The temperature was sub-zero and I had only a light jacket’’, said Nirupama, as she hinted that the younger generation had a lot to appreciate, rather than complain, in its pursuit of excellence. The book, nicely brought out by Konark Publishers, will be formally launched by tennis ace Vijay Amritraj in Chennai on August 5. Please click on the following link to read : epaper.thehindu/index.php?rt=email/viewemail&a=MjAxMzA4MDNBXzAxNzEwMzAwNg==&V=UGRm
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 22:11:38 +0000
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