India Rising: Tales from a Changing Nation (39 page)

Nagarajan (‘Nags’),
22
–3

Nagpur,
241
–2,
250

Nanda, Mr,
1
–
2
,
3
–
5
,
6

Nandan,
153
,
155
,
157

Nandeep,
229
–31,
233
,
237
,
239

Nano car,
57
–8,
100

Narain, Sunita,
150

Narayana Hrudayalaya,
21

National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme,
233
–4

National School of Drama,
126

National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC),
176
,
186

National Thermal Power Corporation,
274

Naval:

acting classes,
107
–8,
112
,
130
–1;

advice for,
122
,
123
,
124
;

ambitions,
118
–19;

appearance,
107
–8,
130
;

arrival in Mumbai,
111
–13;

attempt to
see
Salman Khan,
113
–15,
125
;

background,
109
,
115
–18;

career,
131
,
135
,
326
;

career plans,
119
,
129
,
131
–4;

determination,
109
,
116
–18,
129
;

home,
105
–7,
109
–11,
132
,
326

Naxals (Naxalites),
236
–8,
243
,
244
–9,
255
,
280
–1

NDTV,
297

Nethra,
178

New Life Fellowship,
48
,
49

newspaper industry,
297
–8

Nilambari,
272
,
275
,
283

Nilekani, Nandan,
29
,
34

Nitesh,
76
–9,
80
–1

Noel,
218
–20

Nonita,
176
–7,
178

nuclear weapons,
60
–1

Operation Green Hunt,
236

Orkut social-networking site,
222

Outlook
,
249

paan,
61
,
106
,
150

Padukone, Prakash,
154

Pakistan:

cricket,
139
,
141
,
217
;

Indian views of,
60
,
217
;

wars with India,
12
,
64

Pandey, Arjun:

background and character,
304
–6;

conservationist,
295
,
306
,
308
–9,
312
–13;

current projects,
327
;

guiding philosophy,
306
–7;

Ladakh project,
309
–13,
327
;

media company,
295
,
307
–8

Pandey, Mike,
305
–6,
307

Pankaj and Nidhi,
186
,
187

Pant, Dr Harsh V.
229

Parijat Academy,
289

Pathan, Yusuf,
137
–8,
140
,
144
,
145
,
326

Peschardt, Michael,
127

politics,
289
–95

population:

average age,
287
;

growth,
61
;

poor,
92
;

urban,
3

Prahalad, C. K.,
76
,
92
,
95

Prajwal,
218
,
220
,
221

Prarambh,
280

Praveen,
91
–3

Pravisha,
218
–21

Prianka,
32
–3,
34

Procter & Gamble,
100

prostitution,
259
–60,
261
–2

Pujara, Cheteshwar,
288

Pullaiah,
261

Pune:

Aundh slum,
280
;

Infosys,
270
;

Koregoan Park,
280
;

Lt V. B. Gogate School,
269
–77,
288
;

schools and colleges,
269
;

swimming pool,
154
;

Tata Motors,
57
;

voting patterns,
281
,
289

Rabani and Rakha,
182

Rahman, A. R.,
120

Rajasthan Royals,
137
,
139
,
140
,
143
–4,
326

Ravi (acting student),
109

Ravindran, Rahul:

appearance,
163
,
164
–5,
168
;

background,
162
,
169
–70;
181
;

career plans,
163
,
167
,
172
–4,
326
;

cinema visit,
161
–2;

interest in girls,
166
–7;

interests,
163
;

people watching in mall,
165
–6,
168
;

religion,
162
;

social life,
163
–4;

software package,
163

Recognition of Forest Rights Act,
238

Red Corridor,
236
,
249

religion (
see also
Buddhists, caste, Christians, Hindus, Muslims):

absence of public worship,
31
,
48
;

attitudes to,
47
–8,
161
–2;

diet,
56
;

employment issues,
36
–7;

mixed-faith couples,
217
;

monastery life,
314
–20,
322
–4;

online matchmaking,
224
–5;

political parties,
37
,
216
–17;

saints and holy men,
86
;

violence,
51
,
53
–4,
212
–13;

voting patterns,
289

Richards, Viv,
146
–9

Right To Information Act,
298

Ritesh,
280
,
281
–2

Rochi,
44
,
57

Rohan,
273

Rolland, Romain,
105

Roy, Arundhati,
249

Royal Challengers,
18

Saddath,
147
,
148

Sahay,
83
–5

Sai Baba,
17
,
162

St Aloysius Jesuit college,
212
,
215
,
217
–18

Sakya United Football Club,
321
–2

Sangpo, Gunden,
319

Sangpo, Tashi,
317
–24,
327

Sangpo, Tempa,
319

Sangpur, Kunga,
319

Santish, Rajagopal,
140

Santyam (acting student),
109

saris,
182
,
183
–4

Sasha,
266
–7

Satyamma,
99

SDM,
212

Sejwal, Sandeep,
154

Sekhose, Atsu,
177
,
187

Sen, Dr Binayak,
249

Sethi, Sunil,
176

sex (
see also
divorce, marriage):

abuse,
202
–3;

finding a girlfriend,
166
–7,
209
–12,
223
–5;

marriage problems,
199
;

mixed-faith couples,
217
;

pornography,
210
;

prostitution,
259
–60,
261
–2;

religious issues,
209
,
212
–13,
216
–17,
219
–21

Shaadi.com,
223
–4

Shah, Pinaki,
155
–7

Shah, Sourav,
155
–7,
159

Shah, Vipul,
58
–9

Shaikh, Naruddin Nabi,
63
–4,
67
–8

Shakti Ammas,
96
–8,
100
,
325
–6

Sharma, Mr,
111
–12

Shatimaans,
325
–6

Shertalo Ventures,
27

Shetty, Dr Devi,
21
–3

Shetty, Pawan,
213
–14

Shetty, Shilpa,
139
,
143

Shilabhadra, Mr,
111
–12,
133

Shiv Sena,
37
,
217

Shriram, Ram,
25
,
27
–8

Simply Fly
(Gopinath),
12
,
14
,
27

Singh, Manmohan,
236
,
287

Singh, Vir,
63

Singhania, Gautam,
170
–2

Slumdog Millionaire
,
1

Sonita,
291
–2

South Indian Federation of Fisherman Societies,
82
–7

sport,
151
–5,
321
–2

Sri Ram Sena,
212
–13,
214
,
216
,
217
,
220
–1

Srilatha,
89
–1,
94
–
100
,
326

Srinivas, Naga,
263

Srinvas (acting student),
108

Srinwas (husband of Srilatha),
97
–8,
100
–1,
326

Star TV,
15

Star Vivaah,
223

State Bank of India,
326

Sun Direct,
15

Sundra Natapu,
87

Sunny,
208
–12,
221
–3,
225
–8,
274
,
327

Surisetti,
266

Suyalu,
99

Svasti (micro–finance firm),
76
,
80
,
325

Swaminarayan sect,
323