India Rising: Tales from a Changing Nation (38 page)

Hanuman,
16

Hazare, Anna,
296

Headlines Today,
147

Hedge, Dr Smitha,
218

Hello!
magazine,
171

Hernan,
120
–1,
123
–4

Hi Blitz
179

Hindu Marriage Act,
199
,
227

Hindus:

Care and Share,
262
;

caste,
217
,
225
;

clans,
225
–6;

diet,
167
;

dowries,
226
–7;

law,
197
,
199
,
227
;

militant,
212
–13;

mixed–faith couples,
48
,
217
,
305
;

Mumbai,
36
,
48
;

political parties,
37
,
216
,
217
,
289
;

religious violence,
54
;

scriptures,
279
;

tradition,
47
–8,
216
,
219

Hindustan Times
,
297

Hindustan Unilever,
see
Unilever

Hindutva,
37
,
216
,
217

HIV/AIDS,
259

Home TV,
326

‘honour killings’,
226

hospitals,
21
–2

household spending,
40
,
62

ICICI Bank,
273

India Today
,
287
–8,
309

Indian Express
,
226

Indian Idol
,
128

Indian Institute of Technology,
25
,
26
,
29
,
209
–10,
274
,
289

Indian Mujahidin,
280
–1

Indian Premier League (IPL),
136
–9,
141
,
145
–6,
217
,
273
,
326

Indian Railways,
268

India’s Got Talent
,
288

indigenous communities,
see
adivasi

Infosys,
29
–
35
,
270
,
275
–6,
279
–80

InMobi,
23
,
27
–8,
82
,
325

International Buddhist Centre,
319

Irinjalakuda,
169
–70

Israni, Mohit,
121

ITC,
87

iTunes,
308

Jadhav, Mr,
45
–6

Jaipur,
4

Jala, Rajesh,
295
,
299
–
304
,
309
,
327

Jamalamma,
259
–61

Jayaraj,
258
–67

Jayasuriya, Sanath,
136
–8

Jeevan,
229
–35,
237
,
238
,
255

Juhu,
290

Julian,
176
,
179

Jyoti,
37
–8,
40
,
48
,
49
–
52
,
54
–6,
61

Kabir,
285

Kalmadi, Suresh,
136

Kanash Lifestyle Management Centre,
205
–8

Kanphade, Rajendra (Deputy Collector):

appearance,
241
;

Beenagonda visit,
243
–4;

career,
242
,
248
–9,
327
;

diving,
241
,
248
;

on Naxals,
244
–8;

office,
240
–1;

on rural development,
242
–3

Kanti,
80

Kanwal, Rahul,
146
–52,
159

Kanyakumari,
85
–6

Karmakar, Prasanta,
152
–4,
157
–60,
326

Kathmandu,
319
,
327

Kerala,
82
,
84
,
162
,
166
–8,
239

Khan, Salman,
113
–15,
125
–9

Khan, Shah Rukh,
139
,
162

Khanna, Rahul,
180
–2,
183
,
185
,
187

Khap Maha Panchayat,
226

Kher, Anupam,
112
,
117
,
122
,
124
–5,
132

Kingfisher,
17
–
18
,
179

Kings XI Punjab,
326

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,
27

Kochi:

Bay Pride Mall,
173
–4;

Lulu Mall,
174
;

Oberon Mall,
162
–70

Kochi Tuskers,
145

Kolkata:

cricket riots,
141
;

description,
193
–4;

family court,
191
–6;

heart surgery,
22
;

lifestyle management,
205
–8 marriage counselling,
202
–5;

swimmers,
152
,
153
,
155

Kolkata Knight Riders,
139
,
326

Kopulwar, Dr Manesh,
237
–9,
246
,
257

Korlaiah,
267
–8

Krishnamurty,
285

Kumar, Akshay,
58

Kumar, Ravi,
90
,
93
–4,
96
,
99
–
100

Kumar, Sushil,
288

Ladakh,
309
–13

Lamba, Rima,
121

Laxman, R. K.,
18

Laxman, V. V. S.,
145

Laxshmi,
80

Leana, Ashmia,
179

Leh,
309
–10

Leheri,
243
,
244

literacy:

politics,
287
;

pre-school centres,
261
,
262
,
265
;

rates,
257
;

rural illiteracy,
232
,
237
–8,
256
;

technology,
289
;

women,
198
,
199

loans,
77
–
82

Luthria, Milan,
326

Mabani, Anil,
71

Madhyama Kendra,
212

Madurai,
87

Maharashtra,
48
,
217
,
236
,
238
,
277
,
327

Maharashtra Navanirman Sena,
37

Mahindra Lifespaces,
1
,
4

Mahindra World City,
1
–
5
,
6
,
24
,
31
,
48
,
264
–5

Mahmood, Nida,
183
–5,
187

Maleena, Ashi,
182

Malinga, Lasith,
141
–3

Mallya, Vijay,
13
,
17
–
18
,
179

Mangalore:

Amnesia bar,
212
–14,
215
;

college dating scene,
218
–21;

cultural policing,
215
–17;

description,
212
;

Liquid Lounge,
214

Manipal,
211
–12,
221
–3,
327

Manish,
273

Manjula,
79
–
80

Manjunathea,
28
–
34

Manoj,
226

Marcelin,
86
,
87
–8

Marie Claire
,
183

Marine Products Export Development Authority,
85

marriage:

arranged,
207
,
221
;

breakdown,
197
–
202
,
206
–8;

caste issues,
225
;

clan issues,
225
–6;

counselling,
202
–5;

divorce,
see
divorce;

dowries,
115
,
118
,
226
–7;

honour killings,
226
;

love,
207
,
227
;

mixed–faith,
51
;

online searching,
223
–5

Masdura,
321

Max Live,
144

Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
(Mehta),
53

Maxx Mobile,
288

McKinsey,
20
,
25

Medhi, Indrani,
289
,
290

Mehta, Suketu,
53

Mendha Lekha,
249
,
252
–7

Microsoft,
24
,
270
,
289

Miller, Simon,
157
,
158

Mishra, Swaransh,
307

Mistry, Rohinton,
217

Mital, Lakshmi,
13

Mizapur,
115

Mondal, Shilpi,
205
–8

MTV,
185

mudslides,
311
,
312

Mukesh,
47
–8

Mukherjee, Mrs,
203
,
206
,
207
–8

Mumbai:

airport,
39
;

Altamount Road,
170
;

Andheri East district,
76
;

animal life,
39
;

bird life,
292
;

Brabourne Stadium,
136
–44;

Central railway station,
126
;

descriptions,
1
,
71
,
72
–3,
78
,
321
;

development schemes,
255
;

Dharavi slum,
78
;

employment opportunities,
128
;

fashion stores,
181
;

Ganesh Murty Nagar slum,
38
,
42
–9,
325
;

gangs,
53
;

Gautan Nagar slum,
81
;

Geeta Nagar slum,
64
–9;

Goregaon,
105
–6,
326
;

Indian Institute of Technology,
289
;

Kalyan East,
326
;

marathon,
154
;

micro–finance (loans),
76
,
79
,
325
;

politics,
37
,
217
,
289
–94;

Projects,
105
–7,
109
,
130
,
134
;

rail travel to,
111
,
113
,
115
,
117
,
126
,
236
,
288
;

religious riots,
54
;

slums,
42
,
52
,
79
;

terrorists,
41
;

tourism,
74
;

University,
41
,
217

Mumbai Angels,
325

Mumbai Indians,
137
,
140

MumbaiVotes.com,
289
–93,
296
–7,
309
,
327

mundus,
167
–8,
187

Murthy, Narayana,
29
,
31
,
34

Muslims:

diet,
167
;

fishermen’s disputes,
217
;

Ladakh,
311
;

mixed–faith couples,
48
,
217
;

Mumbai,
36
–7,
48
;

political pressures on,
36
–7;

religious violence,
54

Muthalik, Pramod,
216

Mysore,
28
–
35
,
279