Chennai, 155
Chetty, Shunmugan Nganasamantham, 255–258
childhood, 123–126
China, 133
Chinese culture, 398
Chowgule, Ashok, 31
Christianity, 12, 46–50
Christians
cultural assimilation by, 25
as Indians, 190
in Kerala, 281
violence against, 46–48
Churchill, Winston, 87, 129, 381
cinema, 69–72
cities
lost heritage of, 159–162
renaming of, 153–158
Citigroup, 389
citizenship, eligibility for, 14
civic culture, lack of, 91
civic engagement, 315–318
civil conflicts, 315–318
civilization
Arab, 229–230
early Indian, 159–162
Islamic, 229–230
civil society, 384
“clash of civilizations” thesis, 17–18, 229–230
clubs, 448
Cochin, 155–156
Collective Choice and Social Welfare (Sen), 224
colonialism, 72
common good, disregard for, 91–92
communalism, 34, 41–42, 46–48, 57, 70, 181, 385
See also Hindutva movement
communal violence, 448–449
Communist Party, 16
conflicts, civil, 315–318
Congress, 449
Congress Party, 80, 176, 185
consumer goods market, 373–376
corruption, 83–87, 437, 449–450
Cousins, Norman, 171
cows, 297, 450
Cowsik, Shyamala, 73–76
cricket, 55–62, 95–103, 239–248, 405–407, 450
crime, 149–151
crowds, 450–451
cultural assimilation, 24–25, 62–63
cultural tolerance, 51–53
culture
Hindu, 15–18, 24–26
hybrid, 7–18
Indian, 52, 398–403
Islamic, 15–16, 24–25, 311–312, 343
lack of civic, 91
popular, 69–72, 399–400
promotion of, abroad, 398–403
soft power and, 398
Westernization of, 131–136
youth, 115–117
dacoits, 451
da Gama, Vasco, 252, 281
dance, 451
Dantzig, Tobias, 310
Davos, Switzerland, 369–371
Delhi, 156–157
democracy
agreement in, 14–15
dangers to India's, 434
Hindu fanatics and, 32
Islam and, 230
literacy and, 140
Nehru and, 168–171
state of Indian, 83–87
demographic imbalances, 437–438
Deve Gowda, H. D., anniversary speech by, 9
development, politicalization of, 436
dhabas, 452
dharma, 37–40, 45, 259
Discovery of India, The (Nehru), 13
disinvestment, 452
diversity
in Hinduism, 14, 16–17
Indian, 7–10, 381–384
of languages, 12–14
of religions, 11–12, 14
doctors, who emigrate, 348–352
doodhwalas, 452
dowry, 452
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Party, 80, 155
dualism, 40
Dubai, 96
Durant, William, 313
Durrani, Salim, 57
East Africa, 345–347
East Pakistan, 182–183
economic development, call centers and, 387–389
economic myths, 373–376
economic success, education and, 139–140
economists, 223–224
economy
foreign trade and, 429–432
Indian, 369–371
education
in Kerala, 279
literacy and, 137–143
Nalanda University, 145–148
public schools, 475
of girls and women, 141–143
elections, 453
election symbols, 453–454
Ellora cave temples, 353–360
Elst, Keonraad, 189
Emergency, 454
Engineer, Asghar Ali, 24
English language, 13, 462–463
Englishman, 11
entrepreneurs, 391–393
environmental issues, 91–93
epic interpretations, 73–76
epic narratives, 234–237
Ethnic Conflict and Civil Life (Varshney), 315–318
ethnicity, 11
eve-teasing, 454–455
expatriates, 96, 337–352
doctors, 348–352
entrepreneurs, 391–393
in the Gulf countries, 342–345
in Kenya, 345–347
Fabian, K. P., 222
families, 89–93
family planning, 455
fasts, 455–456
fasts, personal, 456–457
federalism, 438
feminism, 131–136
Festival of India, 400–401
festivals, 15–16, 119–121
film industry, 69–72
films, 457
See also Bollywood
foreign imports, 373–376
foreign trade, 429–432
France, 11, 398
free trade, 429–430
Friedman, Thomas, 374
fundamentalism, 17, 22, 39, 42–44
Gandhi, Feroze, 205–206
Gandhi, Indira, 127–128, 138, 205–210, 463–464
Gandhi, Mahatma, 127, 133, 165–171, 174–175, 179, 183, 193, 401, 456, 458
Gandhi, Rajiv, 208, 321, 458
Gandhi, Sanjay, 207–208
Gandhi, Sonia, 17, 18, 383–384
Gandhi-Irwin Pact, 177
Ganga River, 458
Garten, Jeffrey, 147
Gavaskar, Sunil Manohar, 239–248, 458–459
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 429–430
Geneva Cricket Club, 98
geography, 14
Germany, 11
gheraos, 459
girls, education of, 141–143
globalization, outsourcing and, 387–389
godmen, 459
God's Own Country (Tharoor and Husain), 278
Gopal, Sarvepalli, 127, 180, 182
Government of India Act, 177
Grameen Bank, 418–419
Great Bengal Famine (1943), 224
Great Indian Novel, The (Tharoor), 37–38, 40, 95, 108
gross domestic product (GDP), 370
“Group of 77,” 430
GTR Campbell (GTRC), 422–423
Gujarat riots, 27, 317, 318, 403
Gulf, The, 459–460
Gulf countries, 342–345
Habib, Shahnaz, 62–65
Haldane, J. B. S., 217
Harappans, 311, 314
Harijans, 192, 460
Hasnain, Syed Iqbal, 61–62
health, education and, 142
Healey, Denis, 129
Heller, Joseph, 260
Henriksson, Anders, 299
heresy, 20
Herzl, Theodore, 24
Hindi language, 9, 12, 460–461
Hindu chauvinism, 41
See also Hindutva movement
Hindu culture, 15–18
embracing of, by non-Hindus, 24–26
as uniting factor, 24–26
Hindu festivals, 15–16, 119–121
Hindu fundamentalism, 17, 22, 39, 42–43
Hinduism, 461
accomodationism in, 20
agnosticism in, 227
diversity of, 14, 16–17, 20–21
Hindutva movement and, 22, 26
Islam and, 15–16
as majority religion, 9–10, 15
merging of Islam and, 24–25
misuse of, 24
opposites and, 39
pride in, 31–32, 33–35
tolerance as tenet of, 20–24, 30, 49–50
as uniting factor, 24–26
Hindu-Muslim riots, 27–30, 32–33
Hindu myths, 15
Hindus, animosity of, toward Muslims, 44–46
Hindustani, 12
Hindutva movement, 15, 17, 33
communalism and, 46–47
Hinduism and, 22, 26
names and, 66–67
religious intolerance and, 33–35, 47–49
secularism and, 37
Sen on, 228
historical amnesia, 13
historicism, 13
history
Arab, 229–230
faith and, 30–31
of Indian science, 309–314
role of, 33