Tamil Indians: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Dinesh Karthik, Viswanathan Anand, Veerapandiya Kattabomman, Vedha Muthu Mukandar

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 185. Not illustrated. Chapters: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Dinesh Karthik, Viswanathan Anand, Veerapandiya Kattabomman, Vedha Muthu Mukandar, V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, Suruli Rajan, Susheela Raman, Gemini Ganesan, Manorama, Polygar War, Vadivelu, K. V. Narayanaswamy, Monica, K. M. Kader Mohideen, S. S. Palanimanickam, K. G. Ramanathan, A. Raja, Tejashree, Rani Velu Nachiyar, Best Ramasamy, J. Mahendran, K. V. Thangkabalu, R. Dhanuskodi Athithan, E. V. K. S. Elangovan, R. S. Manohar, Gingee N. Ramachandran, V. Radhika Selvi, E. G. Sugavanam, R. Prabhu, N. S. V. Chitthan, L. Ganesan, Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan, P. Mohan, R. Velu, C. Kuppusami, A. K. S. Vijayan, Thengai Srinivasan, M. Appadurai, M. S. K. Bhavani Rajenthiran, K. Venkatapathy, A. Krishnaswamy, A. Ravichandran, A. K. Moorthy, K. A. Thangavelu, K. Subbarayan, K. Rani, K. C. Palanisamy, D. Venugopal, K. Dhanaraju, C. Krishnan, E. Ponnuswamy, Kavimani Desigavinayagam Pillai. Excerpt: Krishnakumar Dinesh Karthik (Tamil: .) (born 1 June 1985 in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India) is a wicketkeeper-batsman who has made his debut for the Indian cricket team in 2004 and has been a regular member of the team for varying periods since then, including a stint in 2007 as a specialist opening batsman and non-wicket-keepter. Karthik was a batsman in his junior career, but turned to wicket-keeping in order to improve his future prospects. Throughout his career, Karthik has been criticised for unreliable glovework symptomatic of a non-specialist wicket-keeper. Rising through the junior ranks, Karthik made his first-class debut in late-2002 for Tamil Nadu as a 17-year-old, and was dropped in his first season despite his healthy run-scoring because of his problematic glovework. He fought his way back into the team and after playing for India at the 2004 Under-19 World Cup, ... Show more