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    Bengal Traditional Games And Sports Culture Around In Twentieth-Century North Bengal
    (University of North Bengal, 2019-03) Roy, Badal; Lama, Sudash
    Games and Sports are an integral part ofthe culture.Traditional games and sportsform the backbone of a community, thus intangible heritage and a symbol ofthe cultural diversity of our societies. It also reflects different cultural expressions that create a bridge among the cultures.This article aims at exploring how children particularly in rural areas of NorthBengal contribute to sports despitethe economically poor but culturally richtradition of the country. They did so to enjoy their leisure with the limited resources available to them like broken bangles, tamarind seeds, and old clothes especially for those who cannot afford to buy expensive goods.
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    Sports and sports policy in India since 1982 : Transformations and impact
    (University of North Bengal, 2023) Sharma, Shakti; De, Soumitra
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    Sports for Disciplining and Character Formation: The Study of English Public Schools in Colonial India
    (University of North Bengal, 2020-03) Gupta, Ritesh
    The politics of the body in colonial India was intrinsically linked with the imperial project of hegemonic rule. The colonial imaginary that stereotyped the Indian body and character as effete and effeminate was employed to justify British rule in India. The politics of the body in colonial India manifested at the different contested sites of powers viz. medicine/hospitals, lunatic asylums, prisons, and educational institutions. However, the most aggressive expression of colonization of the Indian body concerning the imperial project of ‘disciplining the body’ was most apparent in English public schools. In this context, the present paper deals with the politics of body centred around sports as manifested in the English public schools of colonial India. Taking case studies of some public schools established in India during the colonial period, the paper examines colonial raison d’etre for introducing sports.