On The " LABYRINTH " Of Sporting Soul


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On the Labyrinth of the Sporting Soul
There are moments in the long theatre of time when man stands before his own shadow
trembling and beholding his fire. Sport is one such mirror; a vast, echoing amphitheatre where
flesh and faith are locked in their eternal dance. Beneath its clamour lies contest, confession,
vanity, and vision. The athlete who steps upon the field walks, as it were, upon the edge of his
own soul, where every heartbeat resounds like the tolling of fate.
Methinks the field is no mere patch of turf, but a stage upon which the human spirit rehearses
eternity. Every leap, every stumble, every cry of triumph is but a fragment of that grand narrative
which hath haunted mankind since Eden with a desire to rise, to strive, and to touch the stars
with sweat-stained hands. In such striving lies a holiness that no temple could contain. For what
is the will to win, if not a trembling petition to the divine, and a yearning for meaning amidst the
thunder of existence?
In the quiet before a race, one may hear the strange murmuring of consciousness itself; the
whispers of fear, the breath of resolve, and the haunting echo of past defeats. The psychology
of sport is thus the theatre of man’s inner discord where a thousand selves debate, deceive, and
deliver. As Dostoevsky once wandered through the corridors of the human mind to unearth its
contradictions, so too must the athlete wander through his own chaos to find his calm. He must
tame his inner demons with dialogue; for even the darker voices within him envy, despair and
pride must be acknowledged before they can be transfigured into strength.
Herein lies the great paradox: victory is not born from conquest, but from communion — from
that rare harmony between body and mind, between ambition and acceptance. The champion,
like Shakespeare’s Hamlet or Lear, must wrestle with the world, with himself, must hear the
chorus of his doubts and yet walk on. He is both actor and spectator of his own becoming
caught in that sacred Bakhtinian carnival of the self, where laughter and lament dwell side by
side.
This book, dear reader is psalter of struggle: a record of those who have bled, failed, risen, and
dreamt again. Its pages bear witness to that undying ember within the human breast which
refuses extinction. It speaks to every man and woman who hath felt the bitter taste of defeat and
yet returned to the fray with defiant grace.
In the great sweep of history, the names of champions may fade like chalk in the rain, but their
essence endures in medals and in meaning. To read of Dhyan Chand’s divine artistry, of Pele’s
poise, of Maradona’s madness, is to glimpse not legends, but lessons — each a parable of
persistence, each a verse in the epic of endurance.
The authors Ravi Teja Mandapaka and Shyamal Bhattacharjee hath rendered a mere
compendium where the echoes of sport’s eternal music shall not perish. In these pages, sweat
is sanctified, struggle exalted, and every broken dream restored to its rightful majesty.
Read, then, not as a spectator, but as a seeker. Let each word be a mirror to thine own striving;
let each story summon thee toward that inner field where the mind meets its maker. For sport, in
its truest and oldest sense, is not play — it is prayer.

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Mr Shyamal Bhattacharjee, the author was born at West Chirimiri Colliery at District Surguja, Chattisgarh on July 6th 1959 He received his early education at Carmel Convent School Bishrampur and later at Christ Church Boys' Higher Secondary School at Jabalpur. He later joined Hislop College at Nagpur and completed his graduation in Science and he also added a degree in  B A thereafter. He joined the HITAVADA, a leading dailies of Central India at Nagpur as a      Sub-Editor ( Sports ) but gave up to complete his MBA in 1984 He thereafter added a Diploma In Export Management. He has authored EIGHT ,  books namely Notable Quotes and Noble Thought published by Pustak Mahal in 2001 Indian Cricket : Faces That Changed It  published by Manas Publications in 2009 and Essential Of Office Management published by NBCA, Kolkatta  in 2012, GOLDEN QUOTES on INSPIRATION , SORROW , PEACE and LIFE published by B.F.C Publications, Lucknow, , and QUOTES:: Evolution and Origin of Management Electives by by BOOKSCLINIC  Publishing House , , Bilaspur , Chhattisgarh  ,From Dhyan To Dhan :: Indian Hockey - Sudden Death Or Extra Time published by   BOOKS CLINIC  Publishing House , Bilaspur , Chattisgarh and his FIRST book on Hindi poem, which reads as        " BHED HAI GEHRA - BAAT JARA SI   and  MIDAS TOUCH AND MIRACLES OF INDIAN SPORTS published by Books Clinics , Bilaspur , Chhattisgarh,  

He has a experience of about 35 years in Marketing , and Business Analytics .

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