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public services decay
public-private partnership (PPP)
public–private partnership (PPP)
Puri, Hardeep Singh
Pvt sec
Pyatt, Geoffrey R.
quality and affordability
Quattrocchi, Ottavio
Quraishi, S.Y.
Radia, Nira
Rae Bareli
Rafale
Raghuram Cement
Rahman, General Ziaur
Rahman, Sheikh Mujibur
Rai, Vinod
Raja Mohan, C.
Raja, A. see also 2G scam
Rajagopal, Lagadapati
Rajan, Raghuram
Rajapaksa, Mahinda
Raju, M.M. Pallam
Raju, Ramalinga
Rajus
Raksha Udyog Ratnas
Ram, N.
Ram, Sukh
Ramachandran, M.G. (MGR)
Ramdev, Baba (Yoga guru)
Ramesh, Jairam
Ramky Group
Ranbaxy
Rand Corporation
Rangarajan, C.
Rao, G. Bhaskara
Rao, G. Mallikarjuna
Rao, K. Chandrasekhar
Rao, Kavuri Sambasiva
Rao, L., Madhusudan
Rao, N.T. Rama (NTR)
Rao, P. Ahobala ‘Billy’
Rao, P.V. Narasimha
Rao, Rayapati Sambasiva
Rao, Surendra
rapes and crime/violence against women
Ras Al Khaimah (RAK)
Rashid, Ahmed
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)
Rashtriya Sanjay Manch
Raytheon
real estate, corruption
recycling
Reddy, G.V. Krishna
Reddy, Kallam Anji
Reddy, Raja
Reddy, T. Subbarami
Reddy, Y.S. Jaganmohan
Reddy, Y.S. Rajasekhara (YSR), and Jaganmohan Reddy
Reddys
redevelopment, new economic realities
regional political parties
Reliance Group
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)
religious traditions and beliefs
Ren Zhengfei
Renault and Nissan
Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
resettlement process
resistance to change
restrictive trade practices
Reva e20 car
Reva Electric Car Company (RECC)
Revolution by Chetan Bhagat
Rheinmetall Air Defence
Rice, Susan
right to information (RTI) and CAG
Ritinjali
river water sharing agreement with Bangladesh
road-building programme
Roberts, Adam
Rolls Royce
Roy, Mukul
Royal Enfield Bullet
rule of law
Rungta Mines, Jharkhand
Rungta, Siddhath
rupee convertibility
rupee exchange rate
rural: communities and identities development employment guarantee scheme money-lending roads programme
Saeed, Hafiz
Sahu, Abhaya
Sainath, P.
Sakshi TV
Salim Group
Samata Party
Samsung
Sandur Power Company
Sangma, P.A.
sanitation facilities, inadequacy
Santi
satellite television
Satwant Singh
Satyam
Satyam Infoway (Sify)
Save the Children Fund
Scindia (business family)
Scindia, Jyotiraditya
Scindia, Madhavrao
second-generation wireless telephone technology
security strategy. see defence
self-esteem and frugality
SemIndia
Sen, Amartya
Senkaku island
services sector
Seth, Chetan
Seth, Suhel
Sethi, Rajeev
sewage and drainage
Shah, M.B.
Shanghai Electric Group
Sharif, Nawaz
Sharma, Anand
Shastri, Lal Bahadur
Shinde, Sushilkumar
Shipping Corporation of India
Shiv Sena
Shivalik class
Shourie, Arun
Shriram (DCM)
Shukla, Ajay
Shyam Saran
Siachen Glacier
Sibal, Kanwal
Sibal, Kapil
Siliguri Corridor
Singapore Technologies Kinetic (STK)
Singh, Ajit
Singh, Amarinder
Singh, Charan
Singh, Digvijaya
Singh, General V.K.
Singh, Jaswant
Singh, Kushal Pal
Singh, Manmohan and India-China, relations and corruption scandals—2G Spectrum Coalgate, defence scandals and economic reforms (privatization) and environmental issues foreign policy and Indo-US defence deal legacy at risk and mining projects in Odisha and neighbouring states, relations overstated role peace-talks with Pakistan and Rahul Gandhi secretary general of South Commission
Singh, N.K.
Singh, Sujatha
Singh, V.P.
Singur. see Nandigram and Singur
Sir Creek
Sky Light Hospitality
Slumdog Millionaire
Slums
Small Wonder: The Making of the Nano
Snamprogetti
Snamprogetti
social and economic policy foundations
social and economic restrictions
social change unrest and protests
social issues
social media, role in anti-corruption movement
social structure, cracks
social wasteland
socialism
society: caste and community segmentations criminalisation hierarchical traditions patriarchal
software information technology industry
South Asia: dynastic rivalries
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
South China Sea
Soviet Union disintegration missiles in Cuba
special economic zones (SEZs)
Sreedharan, E.
Sri Lanka dynastic rivalries posting of Indian troops Tamil minorities
Srinivasan, N.
Stalin, M.K.
Starbucks
stock market
strategic autonomy
Subbarao, Duvvuri
Submarine building plan
subsidies
subsistence agriculture
Sukhoi aircraft
Sun Tzu
Sundarbans tidal mangrove
Sunracer solar-powered racing car
Supreme Court, ruling against convicted MPs
Suzuki, Japan . see also Maruti Udyog
Suzuki, Osamu
Swan Telecom
Syndicate
Syniram
system failure
tactical battlefield communication system
Tadoba Andhari tiger reserve, Maharashtra
Tahiliani, Tarun
Talbott, Strobe
Taliban
Tamil Nadu , telecom scandal
Tanham, George
Tata and Singapore Airlines, joint ventures
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Tata Group
Tata Indicomm
Tata, J.R.D.
Tata Motors
Tata Power SED (Strategic Engineering Division)
Tata, Ratan
Tata Sons
Tata Steel
Tatra trucks
technology, technological development and defence, foreign, foreign investment in inf
rastructure, know-how, and jugaad state-of-art, transfer. see also information technology
Tehelka
Tejas light combat aircraft
teji-mandi
Telangana movement
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TSR)
Telcon
telecom and aviation, opening to private sector
telecommunication scam
Telenor of Norway
Telugu Desam Party (TDP)
Telugu film industry
terrorism. see also Pakistan
Tetley Tea
Thackeray, Bal
Tharoor, Shashi
Thatcher, Margaret
The Economist
Thinley, Jigme Yoser
Thomas, Michael
Tibet issue and Indo-China relations
tigers, extinction
Times of India
Tobgay, Tshering
trade reforms
Transparency International
tribals and dalits, tribal communities displacement losing, neglect
Trinamool Congress. see also Banerjee, Mamata
Trishul missile system
tryst with destiny
tryst with reality
Tully, Mark
Twenty- cricket matches
2G case
2G Telecom scam
unauthorized colonies/ constructions, regularization as a political gesture before elections
underperformance
unemployment
Union Carbide
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). see also Aadhaar
Unitech
United Kingdom (UK): industrial decline, privatization
United Nations (UN) General Assembly, Security Council
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition government Common Minimum Programme
United States , civil rights movement, India, relations equity in defence nuclear deal (2008) progress and myths and Pakistan, relations terrorists’ attack (9/11)
unsafe buildings
urban planning processes, lack of, political influence urban decay, urban reforms
urbanization
Uttar Pradesh: assembly elections (2012) land and infrastructure, Lokayukta
Uttarakhand, natural disaster (2013), special hill-state investment incentives
Vadra, Priyanka (nee Gandhi)
Vadra, Robert
Vajpayee, Atal Behari and Golden Quardilateral highway programme peace talks with Pakistan trip to Lahore
Vanpic (Vadarevu and Nizampatnam ports)
Varma, Pawan
Vectra
Vedanta Alumina
Venkatasubbaiah
Verito
Verma, Abhishek
Verma, Amar Nath
Verma, Justice J.S.
Vietnam
Virmani, Arvind
Vodafone
Volvo
vote-bank politics
V-Waves
Vysya Bank
Waheed, Mohammed
Walchand
Wangchuck, Jigme Singye King of Bhutan
Wangchuk, Jigme Khesar Namgeyal
Washington, George
water supply
wealth: equals success illicit accumulation, a permissive religion
Wen Jiabao
WestElm
WikiLeaks
wildlife, trafficking
Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI)
Wildlife Society of Orissa
Wipro
World Bank
World Economic Forum
World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Wright, Belinda
Xerox
Xi Jinping
Yadav, Akhilesh
Yadav, Bhupendra
Yadav, Lalu Prasad
Yadav, Yogendra
Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority
Yenigalla, Prasad
YSR Congress
Zardari, Asif Ali
Zardari, Bilawal Bhutto
Zhou Enlai (Chou en-Lai)
About the Author
BELINDA WRIGHT
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