Nimbus Communication, 111–113
nonalignment, 472
Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), 337–352
nonviolence movement, 165–166, 175
Noorani, A. G., 41
Nowrojee, Pheroze, 347
NTR. See Rao, N. T. Rama
Nye, Joseph, 395–402
oblivion, 33
obsolescence, 441–442
Olympics, 105–109
One Night @ the Call Center (Bhagat), 388
opinions, 472
outsourcing, 387–389
overpopulation, 435, 450–451, 455
paan, 472
Padamsee, Pearl, 124, 261
Paes, Lander, 108–109
Paithan, 364–365
Pakistan, 32, 41, 229
arguments for creation of, 46, 49
creation of, 168
defeat of, 56–57
relations with, 425–428
trade with, 430–432
Pakkar Koya, A. M., 42–44
Palghat, 275
Paradox of American Power, The (Nye), 397
Parameshwar, Tharoor, 252–255
Park, Michael Y., 55
Parliament, 83–87
Partition of 1947, 14, 45–46, 181–182, 427–428, 473
debate over, 185–189
Gandhi and, 168
Muslims after, 32
Parvati-bai, Rani Gouri, 279
past, weight of, in present, 13, 27–28
Patel, Sardar Vallabhbhai, 173–183, 187
Pathan, Irfan, 58–62, 68
Paz, Octavio, 33, 52
per capita income, 142–143
Persian Gulf states. See Gulf countries
photocopying, 486
physics, 313–314
pi, 311
Planet India (Kamdar), 381, 384–386
pluralism, 7–18, 33, 44–45, 402–403, 433–434
police, 149–151
political culture, secularism and, 40–42
political elections, 453
political humor, 127–130
political parties, 473–474
political science, 315–318
politicians
problems with, 83–87
religious beliefs of, 19–21
Stephanian, 319–324
politics
actors in, 79–82
of development, 436
Hindutva movement. See Hindutava movement
of identity, 27–35
pollution, 91–93, 474–475
popular culture, 69–72, 398–400
population, 475
population control, 455
poverty, 370–371, 434–435
poverty alleviation programs, 417–419
power
hard, 395
soft, 395–403
Prabhakar, Ron, 417–419
Pravsai Bharatiya Divas, 337–342
Prince, Antony, 422–423
privatization, 475
Prussia, 398
public schools, 475
Puttaparthi, 305–308
Qatar, 344
queues, 476
Quit India movement, 177, 185
Quran, 45–46
racist ads, 111–113
railways, 476
Rajeevan, Thachomn Poyila, 284–285
Ramachandran, M. G., 80–81
Ramakrishna Rao, K. S., 46
Ramanujan, Srinivasa, 215–217
Ramayana, 73–76
Ram Janmabhoomi temple, 27–33
Ram Lila, 15
Ram Sila Poojab campaign, 27
Ranganathananda, Swami, 38
Rao, N. T. Rama, 79–82
Rath, Vishwa P., 350
Ravana, 73–74
RAW, 211–214
Ray, Satyajit, 476–477
Raza, Rahi Masoom, 15–16
Reagan, Ronald, 79
Reliance, 477
religion, 477–478
as basis for nationhood, 14, 48–49
diversity of, 11–12, 13–15
as factor in identity, 230–231
misuse of, 20–21, 24
place of, in Indian society, 37–38
politics and, 19–21
religious conversions, 46–49
religious intolerance, 27–35, 46–50
religious sites, destruction of, 27–33, 50–53
religious tolerance, 51–53, 188–190, 227–228
renaming phenomena, 153–158, 301–304, 478
Renan, Ernest, 11, 13
respiratory diseases, 92
rice, 478–479
Rig Veda, 312, 393
riots
civic engagement and, 316–318
Gujarat, 27, 317, 318, 403
Hindu-Muslim, 27–30, 32–33
Riot (Tharoor), 27
Rithambhara, Sadhvi, 34
Rosenberg, Tina, 50
Round Table Conference, 176–177
Rowlatt Act, 167
rural development, 417–419
Rushdie, Salman, 7, 29, 57
Sai Baba, Sathhya, 305–308
sainthood, 219–222
Saint Thomas, 48, 281
Samajwadi Party, 79
sanghas, 193
Sapre, Madhu, 106
saris, 131–136, 479
Satanic Verses, The (Rushdie), 7, 29
satyagraha, 166, 175
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 79
science
future of, 391–393
prehistory of Indian, 309–314
sectarianism, threat of, 26
secularism, 16, 37–46, 62, 227–228, 479–480
Sen, Amartya, 25–26, 41, 140, 223–232, 284
separatism, 42
sexism, 131–136
Shakespeare, William, 121
Shankaracharya, 281
Sharma, Shankar Dayal, 89
Shastri, Lal Bahadur, 170
Shaw, George Bernard, 223
Shivaji, 24
Sibal, Nina, 258–259
Silliman, Jael, 266–267
Singapore, 96–97
Singh, Kanwar Natwar, 320
Singh, Khushwant, 480
Singh, Manmohan, 18, 338
Singh, Neera, 392
Singh, Raj, 392
Sinha, Shatrtughan, 82
Smith, Wilfred Cantwell, 43
soap operas, 89, 93
socialism, 91, 480–481
Society for Rural Improvement (SRI), 417–419
“soft power,” 395–403
South, 269–271
Spielberg, Steven, 413–415
sports
cricket, 55–62, 95–103, 239–248, 405–407, 450
Olympics, 105–109
square roots, 311
Sreesanth, Shantakumaran, 405–407
Stephanians, 319–324
Stephen, C. M., 378–379
St. Stephen's College, 319–324
Sulba Sutras, 311
superstition, 301–302
Surat, 317
svabhava, 314
Switzerland, 11, 97–99
Tagore, Rabindranath, 29, 140, 481
Taj Mahal, 481
Taj Mahal Hotel, 295–296
Taliban, 50
Tamil Nadu, 269–271
Tampi, B. J. K., 37–39
Taparelli d'Azeglio, Massimo, 10
Tata, Jamsetji, 295
Tata dynasty, 481–482
technology, 314
cell phones, 377–379
future of, 391–393
Technopark, 423–424
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), 379
television
popular culture and, 399–400
racist ads on, 111–113
soap operas, 89, 93
Telugu Desam, 79–80
Tendulkar, Sachin, 482
Teresi, Dick, 310, 311–312
terrorism, 402
Thackeray, Bal, 60–61
Thailand, 11, 25
Tharoor, Chandran, 249–252
threats, 433–438
tigers, 483
tolerance, 51
cultural, 51–53
Hinduism and, 20–21, 22–24
religious, 50–51, 188–190, 227–228
tourism
ayurvedic, 325–331
at cave temples, 353–365
traffic, 483
truth, 166
Uganda, 345
underdevelopment, 483
unemployment, 435–436, 483–484
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 256–257
United States, 11
cricket in, 99–103
Indian doctors in, 348–352
Indians in, 391–393
soft power and, 397–399
universities, 145–148
untouchables, 192–194, 195, 446–447