Highlights of the book
Edmund Hillary’s life had been full of adventure. He came into limelight when he conquered the highest
peak in the world, the Mount Everest with Sherpa Tensing. This book is an account of his thrilling
experiences during this expedition.
The book also covers account of his other major adventures like
Expeditions to South Pole and North Pole on a Snow-Tractor
Jet-boat voyage from the Sea of Bengal to the origin of Ganges
This book also touches upon
An autobiographical account of tragedies in his personal life
His involvement in the social activities for the poor living in Himalayan ranges.
His special relationship with India and his tenure as a High Commissioner for New Zealand Embassy in
India (1985-89) are other the other highlights of the book. Several colour photographs from
Hillary’s personal collection are added attraction.
Cricket World Cup Highlights (1975 to 2003)
Author: Dwarakanath Sanzgiri Pages: 266 Price: Rs. 150/-
Dwarakanath Sanzgiri is a senior sports-journalist from Maharashtra. He has had a unique
privilege to be witness to all the 8 cricket world cup events held from 1975 to 2003.
This book contains world-cup-wise sections giving detailed accounts of several interesting events
including the memorable innings played by great players, noteworthy partnerships, commentary
on the exceptional team spirit displayed during the sport, controversial umpiring decisions and
contribution of the rains that occasionally played the spoil sport.
The above highlights include
Scintillating batting performances by Lloyd –102 (1975), Kapil-175 (1983), Sachin-98 (2003)
Great bowling spells by Shane Warne 4/33 (1999 final), Hat trick by Chetan Sharma (1987)
Added attraction several coloured photographs and all statistics by Sudhir Vaidya
Chittavedhak Vishwachashak 2003
(1975 to 2003)
Author: Dwarakanath Sanzgiri Preface: Sachin Tendulkar
Pages: 266 Price: Rs. 175/-
Dwarakanath Sanzgiri a senior sports-journalist from Maharashtra covered the Cricket
World Cup 2003, held in South Africa. The Indian trio of Sachin-Rahul-Saurav were at the peak
of their careers then and the Indian team made it to the finals.
This book contains details of all these matches including the league matches, super-six events,
semi-finals and the nail biting finish matches, their scorecards, statistics and accounts of great
batting and bowling performances.
Coloured photographs of momentous events are the added attraction.
