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by Arundhati Roy


  Russian Revolution, 531, 553, 595

  Rwanda, 168, 412, 416–17, 473, 487

  Sabarmati Express, 160, 164, 294, 392, 452

  Sabarmati River, 42, 566

  Sachar Committee Report, 685

  Saeed, Hafiz, 449–52, 824

  Sahasrabuddhe, G. N., 947n203

  Saibaba, G. N., 787–92, 794

  Sainath, P., 502, 638, 940n84

  Salt March to Dandi, 164, 290, 308, 344–45, 864

  Salwa Judum, 427–28, 476, 494, 503, 517, 521, 527–28, 532–36, 539, 545–48, 551, 584, 592, 625–26, 788–89, 926n13

  Salwa Judum-2, 789

  Samajik Samrasta Manch, 422

  Samjhauta Express bombing (2007), 452, 802, 807

  Sampoorna Kranti (Total Revolution), 585, 624

  Sanatan Hinduism, 707, 738

  Sangh Parivar, 165–66, 171, 232, 306, 460, 801, 807, 811–12, 814, 817–18, 825, 832, 867. See also Bajrang Dal; Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, India); Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (National Self-Help Group, RSS); Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council, VHP)

  Sankaracharya of Kanchipuram, 940n84

  Santhal people, 513, 739, 763–64, 818

  Saraswati Vidya Mandir schools, 421

  Sardar Sarovar Dam, xiii–xv, 20, 29, 33, 38–39, 41–51, 55, 57, 60, 63–64, 67–71, 75, 97, 117, 183, 315, 324, 566, 871n36, 872n54, 874n83; Supreme Court case, 26–27, 52–53, 59, 92, 98, 116, 121–22, 150–59, 170, 233, 236–38, 316, 327, 873n56, 939n76

  Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam, 57, 70, 875n83

  Saroja, Comrade, 523, 574

  Satyagraha, 594, 601, 659, 708–9, 717, 719, 724–27, 733, 736, 759, 770, 867, 942n129, 947n207; Champaran Satyagraha, 736; Mahad Satyagraha, 752–56, 947n202; Monsoon Satyagraha, 52; Salt Satyagraha, 768–69; Vaikom Satyagraha, 751–52, 946n195, 947n202

  Satyashodhak Samaj, 687

  Saudi Arabia, 5, 144, 190, 258, 332, 445, 463, 619, 666

  Savarkar, Vinayak Damodar, 753, 773, 944n152; Hindutva, 743, 941n92

  Savarna Hinduism, 301, 867

  Scheduled Castes (SCs), 33, 155, 671, 683–84, 780, 783–84, 819, 932n6, 932n9, 936nn43–44, 947n209. See also Dalits; Other Backward Classes (OBC); Untouchables; individual castes

  Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act (India), 671, 932n6, 932n9

  Scheduled Castes Federation, 780, 783–84, 947n209

  Scheduled Tribes, 33, 155, 671, 683–84, 819, 932n9, 936nn43–44. See also individual tribes

  School of the Americas, 193

  Scorpions, 493, 536, 577

  Second Round Table Conference, 712, 766

  Seetharamiah, Kondapalli, 525

  Sen, Amartya, 179, 267, 298, 427, 891n3

  Sen, Mala: India’s Bandit Queen, 837–38, 848, 851, 853–54, 857

  Shah, Amit, 793, 809

  Shah, Mohammad Reza, 358, 489

  Shah, Rajiv, 952n259

  Shahu, Chhatrapati, 751

  Sharia, 132, 407

  Sharma, Nawal Kishore, 951n247

  Sharmila, Irom, 614–15

  Sharon, Ariel, 170, 335

  Sheikh, Sohrabuddin, 793, 807, 809

  Shia Islam, 246, 252, 257, 261, 358, 449

  Shiva, 315, 509, 707

  Shiv Sena, 10, 86–87, 167, 232, 392, 451, 459, 757, 781–82, 805, 814, 865, 867

  Shoolpaneshwar Sanctuary Interpretation Center, 62–64

  Shradhananda Dalituddhar Sabha, 704

  Shri Maheshwar Hydel Project. See Maheshwar Dam

  Shuddhi, 703–5

  Shudras, 675–76, 679, 682, 700, 702, 724, 743, 751, 760, 778, 782, 785, 817, 937n51, 954n276. See also Other Backward Classes (OBC)

  Siachen Glacier, 487, 826

  Siddharth Continental Hotel, 62

  Siemens, 83, 99, 102, 302

  Sikhs, 163, 275, 281, 294, 296, 350, 390–91, 423, 555, 583–84, 688, 706–7, 749–50, 765–66, 770, 777, 779, 781, 798, 803, 826, 910n12, 918n26, 946n195, 952nn263–64; Dalit Sikhs, 672, 702–3, 799, 932n6, 933n10; Delhi massacre (1984), 166, 232, 297, 412, 474, 805; Mazhabi Sikhs, 672

  Sikligar, Liversingh Tej Singh, 910n12, 918n26

  Simon Commission, 940n86

  Singapore, 5, 163

  Singh, Bant, 672

  Singh, Beant, 665

  Singh, Bhagat, 583, 819

  Singh, Digvijay, 185, 312, 318, 322, 326

  Singh, Dravinder, 371–72, 401

  Singh, Jaswant, 165, 890n47

  Singh, Khushwant, 935n31; “Brahmin Power,” 680–81

  Singh, Man, 842, 845–46

  Singh, Manmohan, 302, 431, 476, 532, 575, 577, 583, 788, 912n11, 936n43

  Singh, Rajbir, 387–88, 395, 915n16

  Singh, Raman, 533, 548

  Singh, Sawai Jai, II, 570

  Singh, Vishwanath Pratap, 457, 949n231

  Sita, 22, 728

  Sitaram Jindal Foundation, 649

  S. Kumars, 53, 58–59, 78, 99, 101–3

  Slumdog Millionaire, 573, 645, 923n20

  Smuts, Jan, 718, 733–34

  Social Service League, 947n203

  Somalia, 135, 193, 213, 449, 463, 487, 809

  Sori, Soni, 626–27, 828, 927n19

  South Africa, 264, 274, 276, 289, 331, 338, 340–41, 445, 580, 647, 707, 709, 712–13, 717–18, 721–23, 726, 730–34, 736, 743, 757–58, 763, 942n114, 942n118, 949n224; Durbhan, 415, 673, 715–16, 724, 735, 752, 759; Chatsworth, 275; Johannesburg, 725, 735, 943n133; Kimberley, 716; Pietermaritzburg, 714; Robben Island, 735; Witwatersrand, 716

  South African War (Anglo-Boer War/White Man’s War), 716–19, 742; Treaty of Vereeniging, 717

  South America, 193, 580. See also individual countries

  Soviet Union, 28, 141, 204, 218–19, 247, 413, 453, 638, 647; collapse, 419, 466–67, 677; presence in Afghanistan, 131–33, 145, 214, 231, 344, 461, 466, 536. See also Russia

  Special Economic Zones, 426, 498, 573–75, 586, 615–16, 622–23, 628, 678

  Special Marriage Act (India), 938n68

  Special Operations Group, 387, 390, 401, 803

  Special Police Officers (SPOs), 399, 453, 493, 502, 528–29, 533–36, 548–49, 562, 588, 592, 602. See also Cobras; Greyhounds; Salwa Judum; Scorpions

  Sri Lanka, 5, 145, 267, 453, 476, 491, 495, 631, 664, 686, 784, 865

  Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway, 438, 443

  Staines, Graham, 474, 803

  Stalin, Joseph, 237, 324, 413, 595, 602

  Standard Oil Company, 632–33

  State Agrarian Relations and the Unfinished Task of Land Reform, 536, 926n13

  Sterlite, 503, 623

  Students’ Islamic Movement of India, 146

  Sudan, 140, 213, 348, 449, 473, 487

  Suharto, 358, 413, 638, 647

  Sukhdev, Comrade, 543–44, 555, 564–65, 567–68

  Sukhiari, 560–61

  Suklu, Kovasi, 557

  Sumitomo Corporation, 41, 328

  Summit of the Powerless, 927n26

  Sunni Islam, 261, 708

  Swadeshi Jagran Manch, 421, 935n25

  Swami, Praveen, 663–64

  Sweden, 5, 328, 575

  Swedish Export Credit Agency, 328

  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 328

  Switzerland, 59, 84, 346, 445, 502

  Sydney Peace Foundation: Peace Prize, 355

  Syria, 261, 668, 751, 809

  Tabassum, 660–61

  Tagore, Rabindranath, 732, 740, 771

  Taliban, 130, 132–33, 136, 139–44, 147–48, 167, 190, 203, 258, 261, 332, 358, 486, 636, 645, 667, 669, 809

  Tamil Nadu (India), 295, 350, 683; Chennai/Madras, 676, 681, 771, 813–14, 942n129; Keezhvenmani, 931n4; Koodankulam, 615, 642; Melavalavu, 931n4; Samraj, 58–59; Tiruchi; Thunniyam, 932n9; Tirunelveli: Meenakshipuram/Rahmat Nagar, 940n84

  Tamil people, 491, 555, 631, 664, 686, 688, 734, 784, 940n84, 946n196. See also Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

  Tamil Tigers. See Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE)

  Tasmania (Australia), 431; Hobart, 418

  Tata, Ratan, 411, 475

  Tata, Ratanji Jamsetji, 718

  Tata Group, 104, 425–28, 451, 475, 501

  Tata Nano, 426, 479, 481

  Tata Sons, 636

  Tata Steel, 504, 532, 536–37, 625, 630–31, 648–49, 718, 926n13

  Tehelka bribery case (2001), 158–59, 166, 424, 868

  Tehri Dam, 123, 316, 327

  Telangana (India), 533, 543, 555, 597, 832; Adilabad, 527, 569; Hyderabad, 555, 791, 814, 826; Daulatabad, 777; Warangal, 351, 491, 541, 554, 574

  Teltumbde, Anand, 752, 936n43, 947n203, 948n222

  Telugu (language), 516, 524, 542

  Terrorist and Disruptive Areas Act (India), 349

  Texas (US), 259; Houston, 86, 148

  Textile Labour Union. See Majoor Mahajan Sangh/Workers and Mill-Owners Association/Textile Labour Union

  Thackeray, Bal, 10, 167, 175

  Thailand, 40, 248

  Thanksgiving (US), 211, 284, 287–88

  Thapars, 529, 636

  Thass, Iyothee, 688

  Third Reich, 34, 369. See also Hitler, Adolf; Holocaust; Nazis; Reichstag fire

  Thorat, Sukhadeo, 936n44

  Three Gorges Dam, 41

  Tibet, 290, 341, 494, 536, 553, 558, 577

  Tigris River, 242, 260

  Tihar Jail, 159, 386, 613, 654, 660, 820–21

  Tilak, Bal Gangadhar, 741, 743, 745, 750

  Tilak Marg Police, 151–52

  Times Now, 460, 682, 795, 823

  Times of India, 682; “India Poised” campaign, 429

  Togadia, Pravin, 286, 460, 867

  Tolstoy Farm, 725–27

  Tories (Conservative and Unionist Party, UK), 335

  Tourist Reception Center (TRC), 438–39, 442

  Transvaal (British colony), 717, 720–21, 726, 732–34, 943n132

  Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Act (UK), 720–21

  Travancore Kingdom, 687, 751–52

  Treaty of Vereeniging, 717

  Tripura (India), 13, 297, 679

  Tubman, Harriet, 723–24

  Tukaram, 687, 697, 742, 752, 819

  Turkey, xxi, 258, 262; attacks on Kurds, 198; denial of Armenian genocide, 409, 416, 466, 488; Istanbul, 408–10, 466, 488

  Turkist Penal Code: Article 301, 410

  Twitter, 811, 824, 833

  Union Carbide, 136

  Union Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment, 870n16

  Unique Identification Number (UID) project, 640

  United Arab Emirates, 619; Sharjah, 31

  United Kingdom (UK), 103, 139, 198, 200, 258, 288, 328, 332, 686. See also England; Great Britain; Wales

  United Nations (UN), 129–30, 138, 143, 196, 199, 200–201, 226, 243, 253, 258, 259, 288, 303, 336, 346, 358, 414, 415, 476, 495, 632, 634, 669, 671, 933n14; Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 460, 922n21; Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), 894n44; Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crimes of Genocide, 411–12, 416, 563, 917n8; Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), 894n44; Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 894n44; Development Program (UNDP), 49; Human Development Index, 15; General Assembly, 331, 911n29; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 312; Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UN-MOGIP), 438–39; partition of Palestine, 195; Security Council, 246, 248, 262, 487; Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 312; weapons inspectors, 278, 357

  United Progressive Alliance (UPA, India), 475–78, 480, 788, 922n14, 949n231

  United Provinces of British India, 709, 737, 739

  United States, 3, 6, 13, 15, 34, 77–78, 80, 103–4, 206, 264, 272, 274, 284, 287–88, 292, 347, 376, 390, 418, 447, 455, 465–66, 490, 672, 677, 686, 703, 705–6, 723–24, 735, 740, 803, 810, 894n44; “anti-American” label, 189–90, 209, 251, 331; capitalism, 41, 457, 619, 632–41, 647–49, 651, 738; civil rights movement, 276–79, 646–47, 747, 813; Cold War, 453, 650; denial of Armenian genocide, 416; elections, 334–36, 357, 475; Gulf War, 188, 197–99, 248, 257, 357–58, 471; imperialism, 214–21, 255, 291, 334–36, 339, 415, 417, 419, 486, 604, 620, 632; mass incarceration, 267, 772; media, 126, 146, 212, 228–29, 255–56, 265–66, 270, 330, 471; non-intervention in Kashmir, 606–7; Pakistan drone strikes, 618, 669; presence in Africa, 193, 211, 213, 251–52, 278–79, 331, 415, 619; presence in India, 81, 83, 87, 89, 99, 101, 287; support for Israel, 135, 195–96, 286, 893n24; support for mujahideen, 471; support for Pinochet, 192–93, 269, 638; support for Saddam Hussein, 197–98, 225, 257, 278, 358; support for Saudi Arabia, 190, 619, 666; support for Suharto, 358, 638; universities, 21, 639–40, 929n52; Vietnam War, 140, 213–20, 247, 276–78, 415–16, 619; War on Terror and, xx–xxii, 126–49, 167–68, 170, 188–91, 197–204, 207–11, 213, 224–26, 228, 230, 239, 242–53, 255–63, 265–72, 278, 281, 290–91, 294, 303, 331–32, 335–36, 340–42, 344, 346, 348, 352–62, 392, 415, 419, 452–55, 461, 483, 606–7, 618–19, 645, 656, 662, 664–67, 665, 806, 899n3, 903n26; WTO and, 114, 204, 342; WWII, 212–13, 415, 619

  University of Chicago, 638. See also Chicago Boys

  University of Hyderabad (UOH), 814, 825, 832

  Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (India), 506, 585, 631, 789, 791

  Unocal, 148, 200, 233

  Unseeables, 675, 700

  Untouchables, 102, 190, 668–70, 675, 679, 681, 687, 689, 696–97, 700, 702, 703–8, 711, 726, 746, 751–53, 758–60, 767, 798–99, 815, 932n6, 933n10, 9345n18, 940n83, 951n245, 954n276; Ambedkar’s views on, 648–49, 671–94, 701, 713, 745–83, 825, 940n86, 950n242; displaced by dams, 183; Gandhi’s views on, 691, 694, 713, 725, 731, 745–81, 944n158, 945n188; “harijan” term, 616, 762, 774–76, 779, 864; Phule’s views on, 724; treatment by Hindu nationalists, 527. See also Dalits; Scheduled Castes (SCs)

  US Agency for International Development (USAID), 269

  US Air Force, 126, 201, 214, 243

  USA Patriot Act, 268, 348

  US Army, 126, 130, 201, 243–44, 266–67, 277, 291, 360, 515, 618, 638; Special Forces, 245, 650

  US Congress, 127, 197–99, 249, 266; House of Representatives, 268; Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities, 270

  US Defense Policy Board, 199, 267–68

  US Department of Defense, 142, 647, 929n57

  US Department of Homeland Security, 461–62

  US Department of State, 148, 636, 639

  Usendi, Gudsa, 543, 548, 574

  US Marine Corps, 190, 201, 219, 243, 268, 454; Fifth Regiment, 899n3

  US Navy, 126, 201, 243

  US Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA), 259–60

  Uttarakhand (India), 13; Kashipur, 234, 303

  Uttar Pradesh (India), 90, 295, 304, 631, 677, 709, 833, 846–47, 950n242; Ayodhya, xvii, 111, 161, 232, 237, 422, 470, 473, 785, 801, 805, 863, 867–68; Behmai, 843, 845, 848, 855, 857–59; Chauri Chaura, 709; Dadri, 811; Gorakhpur, 44, 739, 824; Kanpur, 682, 704; Muzaffarnagar, xxi, 438, 443, 808–9, 814; Simra, 946n190

  Vaikom Mahadeva Temple, 751

  Vaishyas, 675, 678–80, 682, 688, 700, 785, 937n51, 954n276

  Vajpayee, Atal Bihari, 366, 421, 710, 804, 912n11

  Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, 802, 807

  Vedanta, 489, 501, 503, 515–16, 519, 544, 578, 600, 622, 630, 949n223

  Vedas, 19, 120, 701, 743, 763, 941n95; Rig Veda, 687, 937n51. See also Manusmriti

  Vemula, Rohith, 798, 815–16, 820–21, 827, 830–32, 934

  Venu, Comrade, 523, 525, 527–32, 539, 544, 559, 564

  Verghese, B. G., 584, 587

  VEW, 99, 102

  Vietcong, 214–15

  Vietnam, 5, 131, 135, 140, 189, 193, 198, 213, 218, 247, 251, 276–78, 340, 415, 531, 604, 619, 646; North, 214, 217; South, 214, 217; Trang Bang, 219

  Vietnam War, 131, 135, 140, 189, 193, 198, 213, 214–18, 247, 251, 276–78, 340, 415, 531, 619, 646

  Vishwa Hi
ndu Parishad (World Hindu Council, VHP), 5, 146, 161–62, 165, 169, 294, 303, 420, 423, 444, 451, 497, 600, 781, 802, 867, 888n22, 940n84; Babri Majid attack (1992), xvii, 19, 93, 166, 232, 301–2, 304, 422, 452, 455–56, 470, 482, 785, 801, 805, 863, 868

  Visthappen Virodhi Ekta Manch, 586

  Viswanath, Rupa, 672, 932n6

  Vivekananda, Swami, 686, 688, 703, 940n88

  von Trotha, Adolf Lebrecht, 417

  Wall Street, 623, 639. See also Occupy Wall Street movement

  War on Terror, xx, 129, 170, 179, 186, 188, 201, 203–4, 224, 235, 249, 261, 286, 303, 331, 335, 452, 461, 495, 665, 780, 806, 809. See also Al-Qaeda: Al-Qaeda versus Al-Fayda; International Coalition Against Terror; Operation Enduring Freedom; Operation Infinite Justice; Operation Iraqi Freedom

  Washington (state, US): Seattle, 115, 342, 348

  Washington, DC (US), 29, 47, 139, 199, 207, 225, 250, 252, 257, 268–69, 273, 279, 284, 332, 447, 674

  Welch, Jack, 82, 90

  West Bengal (India), 470, 499, 501, 504, 512, 514, 555, 577, 596, 818, 826, 946n196; Calcutta/Kolkata, 72, 453, 626, 736, 739; Jangalmahal, 584, 597; Lalgarh, 449, 479, 494–95, 497, 505, 563, 564, 586, 615; Marichjhapi, 932n4; Nandigram, 426–27, 449, 479, 495, 597, 601, 615; Naxalbari, 513, 593, 595, 597, 762; Purulia, 479; Singur, 426, 449, 479, 495, 597, 615

  White House (US), xxiv, 199, 225, 334, 357, 471

  White Man’s War. See South African War (Anglo-Boer War/White Man’s War)

  Winning Hearts and Minds (WHAM) policy, 247, 536

  Wolpert, Stanley: A New History of India, 711

  Workers’ Party (Brazil), 289, 338

  World Bank, 39, 41–42, 45–51, 46, 67–68, 90–91, 97, 120–21, 204, 221, 328, 337, 342, 346, 351, 416, 635, 651, 871n30, 872n51, 939n76; Annual Report, 40; Draft Country Assistance Strategy, 326–27; Independent Evaluation Group, 928n46; Inspection Panel, 102; Water Resources Sector Strategy, 236–37; World Bank Award for Outstanding Public Service, 639

  World Commission on Dams Report, 93, 117

  World Conference against Racism, 415, 673

  World Cup, 15, 614

  World Economic Forum, 116

  World Social Forum (WSF), 284, 289–90, 292, 338, 343, 345, 362

  World Trade Center, 126, 128, 149, 208, 213, 228, 239, 243, 255

  World Trade Organization (WTO), 114–16, 204, 221, 288, 337, 342, 414

  World War I, 708, 718, 740, 757

  World War II, 4, 140, 212–13, 298, 636, 710, 942n122

  World War III, 4, 213–14

  World Wildlife Fund, xxiv

 

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