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by Arundhati Roy


  Hindu Rashtra, 163, 176, 796–97, 799–800, 802, 809, 825. See also Hindu nationalism; Hindutva

  Hindu Seva Prathishtan, 422

  Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverage Pvt. Ltd.: Indian Environmental Council, 325

  Hindustan Times, 381–83, 385, 405, 407, 428, 479, 589, 682, 736

  Hindu Succession Act (India), 952n263

  Hindutva, xx–xxi, 168, 303, 421–22, 434–35, 444, 470–71, 474–75, 527, 663, 704, 743, 800, 802–14, 818–19, 831, 865, 867, 941n95, 943n152. See also Hindu nationalism; Hindu Rashtra

  Hirakud Dam, 25

  Hitler, Adolf, 34, 164, 176, 212, 222, 274, 418, 420, 424, 710, 717, 800, 942n122. See also Holocaust; Nazis; Third Reich

  HIV/AIDS, 208, 275, 287, 598, 644–45

  Hizbul Mujahideen, 385

  Hollywood, 212, 214, 218, 330, 447, 688

  Holocaust, 412, 417. See also Hitler, Adolf; Nazis; Third Reich

  Ho people, 513, 764

  Human Rights Watch Asia, 924n3

  Hurriyat. See All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC)

  Hussein, Saddam, 199, 223, 225, 239, 244–49, 251–52, 255–59, 262, 269, 286, 288, 332, 341; attacks on Kurds, 197, 359, 903n11; invasion of Kuwait, 198; supported by US/UK, 143, 197–98, 243, 278, 346, 358–59; US capture of, 291; weapons of mass destruction, 250, 256, 358

  Illinois (USA): Chicago, 252, 638, 703

  Immigration Bill (South Africa), 734

  Independent Labour Party (ILP, India), 761, 780, 951n245

  Independent on Sunday, 247

  India Against Corruption, 616

  Indian Air Force, 494, 589, 829

  Indian Army, xxi, 13, 27, 145, 297, 351, 390–91, 399, 407, 421, 431, 435, 439–40, 453, 457, 459, 483, 533, 576, 588, 608, 615, 626, 629, 664, 803, 826, 833; Corps of Signals, 509; Mahar Regiment, 741; Naga Battalion, 493–94, 546, 548, 560; Rashtriya Rifles, 390–91, 803

  Indian Census, 315, 679–81, 683–84, 871n36, 932n6

  Indian Constituent Assembly, 694–95, 783, 938n68, 939n75

  Indian Constitution, xiii–xiv, xxi, 155, 173, 235, 513, 581, 583–84, 586, 684, 689, 693–96, 762, 765, 767, 772, 783–84, 788–89, 818, 833, 932n6, 938n62, 939n70; Article 25, 951n247, 952n263; Fifth Schedule, 501, 949n228; Sixth Schedule, 949n228

  Indian Election Commission, 170, 808; Code of Conduct, 481

  Indian Express, 33, 55, 237, 587, 682

  Indian Forest Department, 323, 492, 529–31, 597

  Indian History Congress, 936n41

  Indian Indepedence Day, 274, 438, 937n53

  Indian Institute of Public Administration, 94

  Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 310

  Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai, 813

  Indian Intelligence Bureau, 385, 407

  Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests, 39, 97, 310

  Indian Ministry of Food and Civil Supplies, 94

  Indian Ministry of Home Affairs, 790

  Indian Ministry of Panchayati Raj, 582, 598

  Indian Ministry of Power, 84

  Indian Ministry of Rural Development: “State Agrarian Relations and the Unfinished Task of Land Reforms,” 926n13

  Indian National Congress (India), 89, 162, 169, 185, 352, 366, 423–24, 458, 471, 475, 477–81, 532, 536, 579, 681, 706, 707–8, 750–52, 761, 768, 773, 783, 798–800, 806, 809, 821, 923n20, 932n6, 946n190, 949n231, 951n245, 953n265; Ambedkar and, 692, 749, 756, 769, 774, 825, 944n166, 947n209, 950n234; BJP and, xvi–xvii, 18–19, 86–87, 166, 302, 304, 316, 333–35, 420, 470, 474, 476, 482, 553, 616, 654, 665, 796–97, 911n28; Indira Gandhi and, 18, 166, 474; Mahendra Karma and, 517; Mohandas Gandhi and, 692, 694, 707–10, 736, 739, 745, 756, 766, 774–76, 780, 825, 865, 944n166; Rajiv Gandhi and, 166, 805; Shankarsing Vaghela and, 474; Sikh massacre (1984), 166, 232, 297, 412, 474, 805; Sonia Gandhi and, 334

  Indian National Movement, 17, 688, 707, 712, 728, 743, 780

  Indian Official Secrets Act, 385; Section 144, 45, 570–71

  Indian Opinion, 718–19, 721

  Indian Parliament, 4, 151, 169, 171, 173–74, 304–6, 477, 480, 490, 502, 513, 539, 571, 579, 581, 583, 594–95, 603, 613–15, 624, 650, 695, 762–63, 782, 796, 936n43, 953n265; BJP in, 87, 422, 471, 801, 809, 811, 824; Brahmins in, 680, 935n29; Congress Party in, 471, 476; Lok Sabha, 308, 680, 935n28; Rajya Sabha, 366, 656, 680, 686, 784, 912n5, 912n11, 936n41, 939n70; RSS and, xxi

  Indian Parliament attack (12/13/2001), 228, 294, 363–407, 452, 458, 465, 550, 654–58, 660, 663–64, 803–4, 820–21, 864, 912n11. See also Afzal Guru, Mohammad; December 13th (film); Geelani, Syed A. R.; Guru, Afsan; Guru, Shaukat Hussain

  Indian Penal Code, 405; Section 313, 398

  Indian Planning Commission, 32, 597, 936n44; “Development Challenges in Extremist Affected Areas,” 492–93

  Indian Review, 708

  Indian Supreme Court, 34, 88, 117–18, 169–70, 286, 312, 324, 393, 424–25, 469, 498, 503, 572, 626, 790, 825, 916n29; December 13th film case, 383, 656; demographics of, 680–81, 684, 936n38; Mohammad Afzal Guru/Parliament attacks case, 364, 367, 372, 377–79, 384, 389–90, 396–97, 401, 404–5, 407, 458, 550, 655–57, 662–63, 820, 912n11; Salwa Judum case, 534, 789; Sardar Sarovar Dam case, 26–27, 52–53, 59, 92, 98, 116, 121–22, 150–59, 170, 233, 236–38, 316, 327, 873n56, 939n76

  India–Pakistan war (1999). See Kargil War

  India Today, 237, 912n11

  Indira Sagar Dam, 183

  Indochina, 209, 214, 217–19, 416. See also individual countries

  Indonesia, 140, 193, 257–58, 358, 413, 637–38

  Indo-Tibetan Border Police, 494, 536, 558, 577

  Indravati River, 512, 558, 565–66

  Indus River, 64, 68, 184, 704, 797

  Information Revolution, 95, 120

  Infosys, 622, 636, 640, 649

  International Coalition Against Terror, 126, 129, 138, 140, 170, 180. See also War on Terror

  International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD), 92

  International Computer Systems, 358

  International Criminal Court (ICC), 894n44

  International Labour Organization Convention, 312

  International Monetary Fund (IMF), 90, 204, 221, 250, 273, 288–89, 337–39, 342, 360, 577, 622, 635, 641

  International Rivers Network, 346

  International Sociological Association, 936n41

  Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI, Pakistan), 131–32, 145, 234, 294, 437, 439, 452–53, 664, 865, 888n22, 898n16

  Iran, 5, 148, 255, 257, 278, 358, 445, 489, 619, 637, 894n1

  Irani, Smriti, 824, 833

  Iraq, 5, 129–30, 264, 285, 288, 340, 344, 455, 487; Baghdad, 199, 244, 246, 257, 259, 321, 903n26; Basra, 246, 252, 257; civil war, 809; Halabja, 257; Mosul, 904n26; Umm Qasr, 247; US invasion/occupation of, xxii, 135, 140, 191, 197–201, 209, 213, 224–26, 230, 239, 242–52, 255–62, 265–66, 268–72, 278, 281, 290–91, 332, 335–36, 341–42, 346, 352–62, 415, 419, 461, 483, 618–19, 665, 806, 899n3, 903n26. See also Operation Iraqi Freedom

  Iraq National Museum, 259–60

  Iron Triangle, 40, 65

  ISIS, 809

  Islamic Caliphate/Khilafat, 708–10, 751

  Islamophobia, xx, 473, 641, 806

  Israel, 5, 200, 269, 286, 335, 435, 455, 471, 515, 650, 677, 893n24, 919n19; invasion of Lebanon, 135, 213; Jerusalem, 740; occupation of Palestine, 135, 195–96, 213, 331, 354, 416, 419, 477, 643. See also Occupied Territories

  Israeli Army, 643

  Italy, 207, 262, 265, 332, 369, 420, 710; Rome, 143, 770

  Ivory Snow, 335, 796

  Jaffri, Ehsan, 162, 888n11

  Jagdalpur Legal Aid Group, 828

  Jahan, Ishrat, 806

  Jain Hawala case, 83, 865

  Jainism, 707, 951n247, 952n263

  Jai Prakash Associates, 62

  Jaipur Literary Festival, 630

  Jaish-e-Mohammed, 366, 368, 370–72, 376, 381–83, 389, 402, 663–64, 804, 824

  Jaiswal, Shriprakash, 953n265

  Jai
tley, Arun, 165

  Jamaat-ud-Daawa, 450–51

  Jambudweep temple, 234, 303

  Jammu and Kashmir (India), 13, 169, 235, 297, 385, 445, 662, 689, 821, 823, 927n18; Baramullah, 399; Batmaloo, 440; Chittisinghpura, 294, 803; Keran, 400; Kudur, 564–66; Kupwara, 391, 448; Ladakh, 486; Kargil, 188, 228, 803, 890n43; Nagrota, 391; Parimpora, 401; Shopian, 607–9; Sopore, 399, 403, 440; Srinagar, 367, 371, 391, 394–95, 399–401, 435, 438, 443, 465, 484, 607, 609, 655, 824; Green Zone, 439; Lal Chowk, 407, 438. See also Kashmir

  Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, 443–44, 914n7

  Jammu and Kashmir Police, 372, 391, 394, 453, 657; Special Task Force (STF), 368, 370–71, 399, 401, 406

  Jammu-Srinagar highway, 435

  Janatana Sarkars, 531, 533, 542, 545, 550–51, 557, 559–60, 562

  Jan Jagran Abhiyaan, 532–48, 547

  Jan Lokpal Bill (India), 612–13, 615–17, 639

  Janmashtami, 951n247

  Jan Natya Manch (JNM), 541

  Jantar Mantar, 380, 384, 386, 537, 570–73, 601

  Japan, 40–41, 46, 48, 328, 629, 636; Hiroshima, 48, 135, 178, 193–94, 220, 415, 619; Nagasaki, 48, 135, 178, 193–94, 212–13, 415, 619; Tokyo, 415–16

  Japan Bank for International Cooperation, 328

  Jat-Pat Todak Mandal (Forum for Break-up of Caste), 700, 704

  Jats, 808–9

  Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, 572

  Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), 297, 684–85, 791, 817–26, 828–31, 888n14, 933n13; Centre for Historical Studies, 936n41

  Jeevan Reddy report, 589

  Jefferson, Thomas, 695

  Jesus Christ, xv, 489, 607, 615, 735, 738–40, 779

  Jethmalani, Ram, 387, 392

  Jharkhand (India), 13, 242, 304, 424, 426, 449, 470, 478, 491, 498–501, 513–14, 524, 526, 574, 584, 599, 625, 818; dams in, 123, 233, 574; Jadugoda, 118, 123; Nagarnar, 234, 303; Potka, 586; violence in, 233, 235, 295, 303, 350–51, 497, 565, 593, 626, 807, 826

  Jim Crow, 675, 772

  Jindal, Savitri Devi, 678

  Jindal Aluminum Ltd., 649

  Jindal Group, 501, 593, 622–23, 630, 649, 678

  Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, 649

  Jindal Steel, 479, 505

  Joori, Comrade, 537, 551, 567

  Judaism, 194–96, 212, 417–19, 421, 427, 431, 448, 449, 672, 760; Holocaust, 212, 412, 417–19, 421, 427, 431, 450, 710, 717, 942n122. See also Zionism

  Jungle Warfare Training School, 504, 516

  Justice for Jessica, 425, 570

  Justice Rajinder Sachar Committee, 936n43

  Kabir (poet), 687, 697, 742, 819

  Kahars, 58, 100, 865

  Kaisari-Hind Gold Medal for Public Service, 735

  Kalburgi, M. M., 811–12

  Kalimachak tributary, 315, 321

  Kali Yuga, 954n276

  Kallenbach, Hermann, 725

  Kalpasar Dam, 628

  Kalpavriksh, 69

  kaMancinza, Bhambatha: Bhambatha Rebellion, 718–20

  Kamla, Comrade, 524–25, 538, 540, 542, 547, 557, 563–64, 567–69, 574

  Kamli/Shahbano, 508–9

  Kannabiran, K. G., 387

  Kapur, Shekhar, 503

  Karachi Session (1931), 768

  Kargil War (1999), 188, 228, 803, 890n43

  Karkare, Hemant, 459, 807

  Karma, Mahendra, 517, 527, 531–32, 789

  Karnataka (India), 44, 424, 474, 516, 866; Bangalore, 164, 310, 448, 475; Bijapur, 528, 530, 533, 547, 584; Kachlaram, 557; Kutroo, 532; Dharwad, 811; Kambalapalli, 931n4; Mangalor, 475

  Karo River, 123, 233–34, 328, 449, 585, 865

  Karzai, Hamid, 200, 344

  Kashmir, 175, 235, 376, 380, 386–87, 399–400, 456–59, 496, 553, 577, 584, 585, 589, 613, 654, 658, 662–64, 702, 795–96, 802, 804, 821–24, 829; 2008 uprising, 433–46, 465, 661; dams in, 627; Indian military occupation of, xx, 370, 385, 419, 433, 441, 446, 461–62, 483–84, 506, 509, 516, 555, 607–8, 626, 661, 826, 831, 833–34; violence in, 13, 131, 145, 168, 179, 185, 190, 194, 228, 285, 293–97, 304, 341, 349, 351–56, 364, 379, 390, 401–2, 406, 443, 448–49, 452, 455, 483, 485–87, 507, 606–11, 628, 631, 666, 803, 826. See also Jammu and Kashmir (India); Jammu and Kashmir Police

  Kashmiri Pandits, 442, 445

  Kathiawar Peninsula, 703, 944n156

  Kejriwal, Arvind, 616, 638

  Kerala (India), 118, 156, 219, 267, 325, 528, 596, 599, 684–85, 761, 776, 865, 936n44; Ayemenem, 668; Chengara, 449; Kottayam, 751; Malabar, 687; Vaikom, 751–52, 946n195, 947n202; Wyanad: Muthanga, 234, 239, 303, 866

  Kerry, John, 334–36, 796

  Kesari, 750

  Kevadia Colony, 60–63, 72

  Kevats, 58, 100, 865

  Khairlanji massacre, 671

  Khalid, Umar, 823–24, 830, 832

  Khalistani movement, 665

  Khan, Abdul Qadeer, 890n42

  Khatris, 679, 748

  Khilafat movement. See Islamic Caliphate/Khilafat

  Khmer Rouge, 553. See also Pol Pot

  Kinara Bachao Andolan, 866

  Kinara Bachao Sangharsh Samiti (Save the Coast Action Committee), 233

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 267, 274, 276–79, 646–47, 674, 740, 813, 929n57; “I Have a Dream” speech, 273. See also King Library and Archives of the Civil Rights Movement; Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change

  Kirpal, B. N., 324–25, 469

  Kishore, Kamal, 396, 657

  Kishwar, Madhu, 933n12

  Knesset (Israel), 919n19

  Kodopi, Lingaram, 828

  Koel Karo Dam, 123, 233, 234, 328, 585

  Koel Karo Sanghathan, 123, 866

  Koel River, 123, 233–34, 328, 449, 585, 865

  Kol people, 513, 764

  Koran, 160, 443, 445, 739

  Korea, 135, 140, 193, 213, 619; North, 5; South, 5

  Kotrapal Jan Adalat, 550

  Koya Commandos. See Salwa Judum

  Koya people, 526, 541

  Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangathan (Revolutionary Adivasi Women’s Association, KAMS), 523, 543, 545–47, 557, 560

  Krishna (deity), 1, 22, 712, 742, 952n247

  Kshatriyas, 674, 679, 700, 785, 937n51

  Kumar, Himanshu, 494

  Kumar, Kanhaiya, 823, 825, 829–32

  Kumar, Nitish, 812

  Kumbh Mela, 106, 865

  Kurds, 197–98, 257, 278, 358–59, 409

  Kyoto Protocol, 894n44

  Labour Party (UK), 689; New Labour, 263, 335

  Lal Johar (Red Salute), 282, 865

  Lalwala, Hasmukh, 910n12, 918n26

  Lancet, 357

  Land Acquisition Act (India), 33, 115, 498, 582, 788, 827, 870

  Land Act (South Africa), 732

  Land Rover, 623; Range Rover, 41

  Laos, 140, 193, 213–14, 218; Khang Khay, 216; Plain of Jars, 215–16; Xieng Khouangville, 216

  Lashkar-e-Taiba (Army of the Pure), 366, 368, 376, 389, 449–50, 452–53, 456, 577, 804, 806–7, 824

  Latin America, 209, 213, 224–25, 251–52, 279, 285, 337, 619, 623, 637. See also individual countries

  Lebanon, 5; Israeli invasion of, 135, 213

  Left Front (India), 478–79

  Lehman Brothers, 616, 638

  Leng, Comrade, 541–42, 550

  Lenin, Vladimir, 270, 595, 633, 819

  Leninists, 351, 491, 525, 594–95, 762, 824

  Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), 145, 234, 453, 476, 491, 495, 664, 865, 898n16

  Libya, 140, 213, 256, 809

  Lifton, Robert J., 414, 416, 428, 430

  Lincoln, Abraham, 261, 633

  Lindqvist, Sven, 418–19, 427

  Line of Control, 438, 442, 803

  Linlithgow, Lord, 297, 865

  Lothian Committee, 940n86

  Luddites, 27, 337, 730

  Lula (Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva), 289, 338

  Maan Dam, 179, 183

  Maase, Comrade, 523�
�24, 543, 554, 557, 567, 574

  MacDonald, Ramsay, 767, 770

  Ma Danteshwari, 511, 517

  Madhav, Comrade, 522, 537, 567, 574

  Madhya Pradesh (India), 38–39, 54, 63, 85, 98–99, 115, 118, 154, 179, 183–85, 235, 304, 351, 424, 526, 532, 863; Amarkantak, 37; Badwani, 46; Bhind, 846; Bhopal: gas leak, 136, 571, 615; Tin Shed, 182, 184, 186; Chhanera, 317–18, 326; Harsud, 309–28; Indore, 742; Jabalpur, 29, 44, 53, 97, 321; Jalsindhi, 25; Jalud, 58–59, 101; Jamunia, 323; Jhabua, 315; Khandwa, 313, 328; Mehndi Kheda, 233, 303, 866; Nimad, 53, 58, 100; rehabilitation policy, 312; Shahdol, 37

  Madras. See Tamil Nadu: Chennai/Madras

  Mahabharata, 509, 712, 742, 813

  Maharashtra (India), 37–39, 54, 70, 86–89, 97, 287, 302, 359, 501, 512, 526, 532, 701, 762, 827, 867, 926n13; Aheri, 790; Ambeli, 533, 548; Ballarshah, 791; Dabhol/Dabul, 311; Domkhedi, 25; Gadchiroli, 527, 543, 556, 559; Jaitapur, 615; Khairlanji, 670–71, 755; Kolhapur, 751, 811; Korenjad, 557; Mahad, 752–54, 756, 912n11, 947nn202–3; Manibeli, 52, 55; Mumbai/Bombay, 3, 14, 110, 295, 296, 334, 343, 349, 350, 368, 392, 457, 507, 553, 629, 648, 653, 729, 736, 742–45, 752, 763, 765, 772, 814, 847, 873n64, 939n76, 944n166, 951n245; 1993 massacre, 232, 297, 470–71, 805, 814; 2008 attacks, 447–48, 452–56, 460, 462, 465, 486, 493, 806–7; Altamount Road, xv, 621; Girangaon, 947n209; Nagpur, 751, 784, 790–91, 794; Nashik, 554; Malegaon, 448, 459–60, 807; Pandharpur, 697, 699; Pathrad, 100; Pune/Poona, 615, 770, 772–76, 782, 812–13, 950n242, 951n245; Vadaj, 56; Ralegan Siddhi, 616; Satara, 741–42; Surung, 25; Thane, 368; Warora, 526

  Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), 459–60, 807

  Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Committee (MERC), 88–89

  Maharashtra Police, 787, 791, 807

  Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB), 87–89

  Mahars, 675, 741–42, 756

  Mahatma Mandir, 774

  Mahato, Chhatradhar, 495

  Maheshwar Dam, 53, 58–59, 78–79, 85, 91–92, 97–102, 183, 316, 323, 328, 346

  Mahindra, Anand, 649

  Mahindra Group, 649

  Mahi River, 42

  Mahishasur, 818

  Mahishasur Martyrdom Day, 818

  Maikanj, 234, 303

  Majoor Mahajan Sangh/Workersand Mill-Owners Association/Textile Labour Union, 757–59

  Malaysia, 40–41, 47, 123, 524, 533

  Malcolm X, 276, 279

  Malimath Committee (Committee on Reforms of the Criminal Justice System), 296–97, 865

 

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