Telecon with Dr.

Prashant Kidambi University of Liester dated March 24,

2014


The following is the record of discussions between Dr PrashantKidambi
Professor at University of Liecester United Kingdom and V.Srinivas, Joint
Secretary Culture at 5.30 pm on March 24, 2014 regarding the Cricket
Exhibition in South Africa in June 2014.

1. The exhibition to have 3 themes
a. Long history of Cricket relations between India and South Africa
with focus on Indian migrant communities in South Africa Dr
PrashantKidambi;

b. Sporting Exchanges between India and South Afrcia Dr. Suresh
Menon;

c. Sport and Diplomacy- Notable Individuals in Cricket, lifting of
Aparthied Ban and first Indian Cricket Tour

2. Write up for Theme A:
3. To be written by Dr PrashantKidambi in consultation with clubs in South
Africa with the request to lend items in their possession; Items describing
early clubs in South Africa

4. Coordination and Write up for Theme B:
a. To be written by Dr. Suresh Menon who was a cricketing journalist
on the 1991 tour along with BCCI memorabilia

5. Memorablia required for theme C:
a. Photographs of the first Indian post apartheid tour of 1991;
b. Signed Cricket bats by Nelson Mandela;
c. Advertisements/ News paper clippings/ souveniers of the 1991 tour

6. Write up in form of snippets on P.V.NarasimhaRao and Nelson Mandela
interactions in the run up to the first Indian Cricket Tour

7. Photograph of Mahatma Gandhi with Indian Cricket Team in 1915 tour:
Text with the historical element

8. Embassy in South Africa to establish contact with clubs in South Africa
to lend items in their possession

9. Indian community in South Africa love of cricket

10. India-South Africa post apartheid cricketing visits Suresh Menon can
focus on that segment - Times of India digital archives

11. 2014 Interviews of Mohammad Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar and
KapilDev of the tour and how they perceived South Africa