India Rising: Tales from a Changing Nation (36 page)

24 Frames,
307
–8

Aaj Tak,
303
,
323

Abraham and Thankere,
182

Abujhmad,
244

Acting Ki Funshaala
,
128

Actor Prepares training academy,
107
,
112
,
120

Adarsh Nagar district,
80

adivasi (indigenous communities):

consensus decision making,
254
;

development,
239
,
252
–3,
255
–7;

employment,
255
,
258
;

history,
229
–30;

legal restrictions on,
231
,
253
–4;

legal tenure of ancestral lands,
238
,
253
;

numbers,
232
,
244
;

relationship with Naxals,
245
,
248
,
249
,
255
;

self-empowerment,
253
–4;

status,
230
,
232
,
243
;

traditions,
235

Advani, Pankaj,
154

Agarwal, Ajjay,
288

Agnee,
308

Ahmedabad,
323

Air Deccan,
14
,
15
–
18
,
19
,
20
,
82

Airtel Digital,
15

Ajesh (acting student),
109

Aliani, Giovanni,
268

All India Management Association (AIMA),
116

Ambani, Anil,
13

Ambani, Mukesh,
13
,
177

Ambedkar, Dr,
81

Ameen, Nihar,
153
–4

Amitraj, Anand,
154

Amitraj, Vijay,
154

Amnesia bar attack,
212
–14,
215
,
220

Amol,
229
,
235
,
237
,
239

Amrutha,
32
–3,
34

Anand, Viswanathan,
154

Aniket,
78
–
80
,
81
–2

Ante, Baba,
253

Aravind,
84
–5

Arjuna Award,
326

Armori,
231
–3,
236
–7

Ashdeen,
174
–80,
182
–7,
326

Asian Para Games,
326

Ashish:

appearance,
270
;

background,
270
,
274
,
279
–80,
282
;

earnings,
276
,
279
;

future career plans,
282
–3,
290
,
327
;

goals,
273
–4,
281
,
283
,
308
;

lessons,
272
,
274
–6;

motivation,
278
,
279
–80,
295
;

pupils,
270
–1,
283
,
284
;

view of teaching standards,
276
–7,
278
;

volunteer teacher,
270
,
272
–3,
276
–9

Ashvaraj,
271
,
283

Ashvari,
273

Association for Democratic Reform,
327

Association for Social Health in India,
202
–5

AwakIND,
283
,
290
,
327

Ayodhya riots,
54

Babu (Mohammed Sheikh):

appearance,
37
,
45
;

bike,
37
–8,
45
;

boss’s apartment,
72
–3;

childhood,
43
–4,
54
;

chauffeur,
36
,
39
–
40
,
59
–
60
,
75
,
325
;

Film City visit,
58
–9;

finances,
40
–1,
62
–3;

future plans,
73
–4,
325
;

Ganesh Murty Nagar slum,
42
–3,
44
–7,
52
–3;

Geeta Nagar slum,
64
–
70
;

home,
38
,
49
–
52
,
66
;

marriage,
48
,
49
–
50
,
51
–2;

meals,
55
–6,
60
,
61
–2,
70
–1;

parents,
43
–4,
63
–4,
66
–9;

relationship with author,
58
–9,
70
–1;

religion,
36
–7,
48
,
70
;

sons,
54
–7;

tour of Mumbai,
41
–2;

view of India,
60
–2;

view of Nano car,
57
–8;

view of rich people,
71
–2;

water supplies,
43
–4

Bachchan, Amitabh,
298
–9

Ballutia, Puja,
121

Banerjee, Arya,
121
–3,
129
,
326

Banerjee, Dibakar,
122

Basuraj,
271
,
272

Beenagonda,
243
–4,
246
,
257

Bengaluru:

airport,
15
;

civil liberties group,
215
;

development,
321
;

entrepreneurs,
21
;

fashion stores,
181
;

Gopi’s career,
13
,
292
;

Indus International,
284
;

K. C. Reddy Swim Centre,
153
–4,
326
;

rush-hour,
20
;

schools,
284
–5;

Valley School,
284
–5;

Vittal Mallya Road,
12
;

women’s rights activists,
213

Besant,
212

A Better India: A Better World
(Murthy),
31
–2

Beyoncé,
326

Bhagavad Gita,
252

Bharatiya Janata Party,
37

Bhatt, Mahesh,
127

Bibli,
226

Bindra, Abhinav,
154

Bishnoi community,
309

Bollywood:

actors,
121
,
126
–7;

entry to,
107
,
126
;

influence,
107
,
221
,
323
;

professional training for,
126
,
128
;

set construction,
81
;

stars,
107
,
113
–14,
141
,
162
,
298
–9,
326

Branson, Richard,
17

bribes,
42
,
46
,
233

Buddhists,
5
,
311

‘business processing outsourcing’ (BPO),
22

call-centre boom,
22

Care and Share,
260
–9

caste:

councils,
226
;

dalit,
262
;

diet,
56
;

discrimination,
300
;

fishermen,
83
,
217
;

Ganesh Murty Nagar slum community,
48
–9;

government quotas,
271
;

Hindu militants,
217
;

labour market,
268
;

marriages,
221
,
225
;

voting patterns,
281
,
289

Chandhok, Karun,
288

Chandigarh,
126

Changa,
310
,
311

Charandas,
252
–7,
269

Chaudhuri, Nirad,
7

Chavela,
229
–35,
236
–7,
243

Chennai (Madras),
2
,
268
,
293

Chennai Super Kings,
141

Chhattisgarh,
236
,
244
,
249

Children of the Pyre
,
300
–2,
327

Chinna,
261

Cholleru:

description,
94
;

mobile shop,
88
–
91
;

retail outlets,
91
,
92
–4,
97
;

Shakti programme,
96
–9,
100
;

stockroom,
94
–5

Chopal, Thupten,
319

Chowdhary, Renuka,
216

Christians,
48
,
83
,
217

CNBC,
297

CNN,
323

CNN–IBN,
298
–9

Colaba,
66
–7,
71

Commonwealth Games,
136
,
147
,
150
–3,
158
–9,
312
,
326

Communist Party of India,
237
,
239

Consortium of Pub-going, Loose and Forward Women,
213
,
216
,
219

Constitution, Indian,
232

Cowdrey, Matthew,
157
,
158

cricket:

boys playing,
43
,
65
,
79
,
105
;

Brabourne Stadium,
136
;

Commonwealth Games,
147
;

Indian Premier League,
136
–46,
217
,
326
;

sponsorship,
18
;

stars,
140
–1,
145
,
146
–9,
288
,
326