The film Chak De India has emerged as the runaway success of the year,and the credit must certainly go to those who participated in its making. Inpart, however, that credit must be shared by the sport of field hockey, and theunique place it has in India's imagination. While other, more elitist games,secure much of the support and sponsorship that makes for high profileprojection in the media, it is hockey that captures the true spirit of Indiansport. It is here that one finds, to borrow Dryden's words, "God'splenty". At the selection trials for the Under-18 Probables held on August30 at Gurgaon, for instance, 41 boys were selected from across the country. Noother sport in India can boast such diversity.