Father, 2–10, 26, 29, 33–37, 40, 41, 44, 45, 48, 50–53, 57, 62, 71, 85, 95, 112, 259
Marriage, 50–53, 57–59
Mother (Jayalakshmi), 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 33, 37, 38, 57, 71, 84
Gorur, 1–2, 4, 5, 10, 15, 33, 34, 50, 53, 58, 70, 71, 131
Gosling, Jonathan, 162
Gowda, Deve, 93, 102, 105–08, 151, 166, 214, 215
Gowda, Jayamma, 49
Gowda, Manje, 44–45, 48–49, 52, 53, 63, 97, 138
Gowda, Ramachandra, 101
Goyal, Naresh, 283, 339
GPS system, 185, 190, 250
Gray, John, 193, 195–98
Ground handling, 285–86, 328–29, 356
HAL Airport, 137, 138, 144, 147, 170, 176, 177, 178, 283
HAL, 138, 254, 265, 285–86
Hanks, Tom, 222
Happiness, 4, 112–13, 115, 186, 199
Harinarayana, Dr Kota, 265
Hassan Investments, 89
Hassan, 1, 6–9, 21, 37, 42, 48, 57–58, 64, 78, 79–94, 98, 99, 101, 102– 05, 109–10, 112, 113, 125, 137, 156, 192, 215, 247, 298, 305
HCL, 282, 290
Hegde, Ramakrishna, 93, 102, 211–12, 241
Helicopter maintenance, 137, 143, 147, 148, 183, 242, 244, 257, 258, 264–65, 272, 276, 277–78, 282, 285, 287, 294, 314, 319, 341
Helicopter, Chetak, 137
Helicopters, uses of, 121, 123, 183–85, 191–93, 202–03, 205–06, 209–10, 213, 227–28, 230, 232, 247–48
Heli-tourism, 187, 189, 202
Hemavathy, 1, 3, 6, 34, 86
Hemingway, 93
Hero Mindmine, 322
Hierarchy, 2–3, 16, 140, 175, 320
Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, 11, 24
Himalayas, 24–25, 162, 190, 195, 223, 254
Hindustan Thomson Associates, 168, 194
Hooks, David, 213–14
Horticulture, 54, 61, 71, 89–90, 109, 145
Hotel business, 84, 85–88, 90, 119, 164
Hubli, 249, 261–62, 279, 287–89, 291, 293–94, 305, 324
IAS officers, 12, 28, 140, 149, 243, 290
Ibrahim, C.M., 166–67
ICICI, 128, 295, 305–06, 309–10, 315, 316–18
If (Kipling’s poem), 352–53
IKEA, 159
Indian Airlines (IA), 150, 188, 194, 243, 244, 255, 262, 266, 270, 277, 282, 285, 293, 298, 314, 315–16, 319, 324, 332, 337, 347, 356
Indian military Academy (IMA), 12, 15, 97, 113, 136, 139, 222
Indigo Partners, 305–06
Indigo, 306, 329, 334–35, 337, 350
Infosys, 28, 182, 184, 326, 327, 335, 352
Infrastructure, 34, 44, 89, 98, 100, 119, 121, 124, 130, 135, 148, 153, 188, 191, 204, 207, 208, 235, 237, 241, 242, 244, 263, 272, 276, 282, 283, 294, 297, 299, 314, 333–34, 338, 357, 359
Innovation and Enterprise, 123
Innovation, 69, 77, 121, 123, 164, 165, 179, 259, 261, 263, 266, 270, 291–92, 349
Insurance, 148, 207, 209, 229, 232, 270, 293, 337, 348
Interglobe Technologies (IGT), 275–76, 334–36
International Air Transport Association (IATA), 269
Internet-based airlines, 267–68, 270–71
Investec, 325
IPO, 316, 317–19, 321
ITC Leasing International, 145–46, 151
Iyengar Bakery, 112
Jain, Bhawar Lal, 90
Jakkur airfield, 144, 147–50, 176
Janata Dal, 93, 97, 102, 105, 106, 108
Japan, 117, 118, 120, 128, 145–46, 151, 152, 158, 159, 162, 163–64, 167, 169, 215, 222–23
Javagal, 35, 46, 80, 104–05, 113, 114, 137–39, 245
Jayaraman, T., 174–75
Jet Airways, 194, 255, 262, 265, 270, 279, 282, 283, 285–86, 293, 298, 314, 315–17, 319–20, 332, 337
Jhunjhunwala, Amitabh, 341
Julius Ceaser, 153
Kaavya, 212–13, 247
Kale, G.D., 11
Kaleshwar, Swami, 193, 196–98, 200, 209
Kalpavriksha, 40
Kamath, K.V., 316, 339
Kamprad, Ingvar, 159
Kanchenjunga, 24
Kannada, 1, 6, 7, 20, 36, 46, 48, 62, 85, 86, 89, 100, 103, 104–07, 191, 192, 194, 253, 342
Kanthi, S.R., 8
Karanth, Shivaram, 3
Karnataka, 1, 5–8, 10, 35, 45, 51, 52, 60, 74, 76, 84, 90, 93, 94, 109, 112, 117, 118, 122, 137, 144, 148, 160, 166, 185, 194, 206, 211, 241, 242, 243, 249, 278, 289–93, 297, 298, 315, 341, 351
Kasturi, 84–87
Kela, Madhu, 338
Kesri, Sitaram, 214–15
Khan, Amjad Ali, 311
Khandige, Ravi, 79
Khanna, Munesh, 305
Khanna, Vinod, 299, 311
Kharge, Mallikarjun, 288–89
Kingfisher Airlines, 283, 329–33, 337, 341, 344, 346–52, 358
Kipling, Rudyard, 14, 352–53
Kochekan, Capt. / Major General E.J., 30–31
Konsagra, Bulo, 341
Kotiyal, Capt. Rajiv, 265, 302, 303
Krishna, S.M., 241, 249–50, 255, 278, 290–91
Krishnaswamy, R., 266
Krithika, 83, 109–10, 113, 238
KSIIDC (Karnataka State Industrial Investment Development Corporation), 144, 158
Kumar, Ananth, 94, 101
Kumar, Arun, 245
Kumar, Mohan, 129–31, 143, 153, 155–58, 169, 254, 262, 263, 266, 268, 318, 320–21, 323–25, 335–36, 357
Kurien, Dr Verghese, 78–79
Kuruvilla, John, 194, 291, 300
Ladhani, S.N., 155–57, 262–63, 275, 352
Lamba, Air Marshal, 150
Laxman, R.K., 99, 311–13
Leahy, John, 321
Leonard, Jean Michael, 264
Lincoln, Abraham, 131
Lindbergh, Charles, 238–39
Lindenau, Thierry, 328, 357
Logistics company, 354–58
Logistics support, 147, 202–03, 227, 264–65, 341
Low-cost carrier (LCC), 256
Lucose, Vijaya, 266, 278–79, 350
Macau, 147, 158, 231
Mahajan, Pramod, 101
Mahindra, Anand, 124, 296
Malhotra, Amitabh, 305
Mallya, Vijay, 124, 329–33, 337, 340–51, 358–59
Malnad Mobikes, 81–82
Mandela, Nelson, 96, 131, 273
Manekshaw, General, 20, 23
Manipal Hospital, 206, 208–09, 295
Manjunath, Lt, 20–21, 248–49
Market crash, 317
Marketing, 123, 168, 178–79, 195, 205, 243, 266, 273, 286, 295, 296, 303–04, 334, 335, 346
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 135
Mathias, John, 10–11
Matsushita, Konusuke, 163–64
Maugham, Somerset, 25, 114
McCarthy, Connor, 255–56, 262
McCormack, Mike, 215
Media, 70, 101, 177, 179–82, 195–96, 214, 244, 248, 262, 267, 278, 291, 294, 295, 300, 302–04, 317, 323, 328, 333, 336, 339, 344, 345
Medical evacuation service, 121, 183, 202, 205–07, 209
Member of legislative assembly (MLA), 31, 81, 87, 95, 100, 102, 299, 300–02
Member of parliament (MP), 95, 151, 214, 228, 278, 287, 299, 300, 301–02, 351
Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus, 195
Menon, Capt. G.V., 229–32
Menon, Vijaya, 295, 300, 301, 323
Merger, Deccan-Kingfisher, 337, 345, 351–52, 354
Ministry of Civil Aviation, 136, 140, 144, 174, 211, 278, 287
Ministry of Defence, 7, 200, 211–12, 333
Ministry of External Affairs, 140
Ministry of Finance, 42
Ministry of Science and Technology, 288
Ministry, Home, 133, 136, 287, 288
Mintzberg, Henry, 125, 160–62, 165, 178
Miyagawa, Kennichi, 158
Mobile phone, 214, 272, 282, 292, 293, 356
Model Farmer
to Model Leader, 103
Model Farmer, Model Soldier, 102
Money-lender, 55, 153, 247
Monopoly, 130, 180, 262, 270, 271, 274, 298, 299, 314, 315, 330
Mugabe, Robert, 236
Mukherjee, Nitish, 296
Mukti Bahini, 18, 21, 22
Mullick, Lt. Col. R.N., 8
Munda, Arjun, 297
Murthy, Narayana, 28, 182, 297
Myanmar, 147, 150, 171–72, 216, 219–23
Mysore, 1, 2, 8, 34–35, 48, 79, 111, 117, 184, 185, 186, 189, 190, 250, 313
Myth of the Sisyphs, 91
Nagpur, 137, 267, 278, 355–56, 359
Naidu, Chandrababu, 241–44, 249, 255, 299, 301, 302, 303
Naidu, Venkaiah, 101, 228, 255, 259, 278, 290, 299, 302–04
Naipaul, V.S., 111
Nair, Radhakrishna, 296
Nanjappa, Major M.C., 20–21
Nanjundiah, B.S., 7
Narahari, Brig. / Gen. N.S.I., 27–29, 30–31, 33, 132, 143, 167
Narasimhachar, Pu Thi, 6, 160
Narasimhaiah, Dr H., 199
Narayan, Prof. Thiru, 94
Narayan, R.K., 107
National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), 78
National Defence Academy (NDA), 11–15, 30, 97, 113–14, 136, 139, 175, 352–53
National Geographic, 29, 75, 212
Navitaire, 271–73, 275–76, 334–36
NDA credo, 15–16
Nedungadi, Ravi, 330, 343
Nehru, 9, 94
Nexus (contractor & MLA), 100
NOC, 140–41, 143, 144
No-frills business, 8, 147, 259–60, 269, 283–84, 323, 348, 350
Nonaka, Prof. Ikujiro, 163
O’Leary, Michael, 255
Ogilvy on Advertising, 131
Ogilvy, David, 131–32, 179
One Straw Revolution, 165
ONGC, 203–04
Online booking, 274, 281, 290–91, 309
Orchard Advertising, 194, 290, 296
Pakistan, 17–18, 20–23, 32–33, 116, 147–48, 156, 224, 238, 240, 297
Pakistan, East (see Bangladesh also), 17–20, 22–23, 297
Pal, Air Vice Marshal Satya, 132
Pallavi, 78–79, 83, 109–10, 113, 238, 307
Panchayats, 97, 100, 101
Pandey, Dr Ashok, 140
Pandey, Reena, 140, 174
Parameshwar, K., 170
Parliament, hung, 145–46
Partition, 156
Patel, J.H., 147, 148
Patel, Praful, 324
Pawan Hans, 123, 144, 245–46
Pesticides, 55–56, 70, 72–74, 116
Philip, Capt. Preetham, 245–46, 350
Pilatus, 233–35, 237–41, 249–50
Planners, urban, 111
PMO, 174
Poovaiah, Capt. Jayanth, 17, 22, 124, 139, 170
Post & Telegraph department, 272, 292
Poverty, 3–5, 26, 34, 42, 70, 74, 82, 85, 92, 99, 116, 117, 224, 230, 247, 252, 327
Prahalad, C.K., 326–27, 358
Prakash, Satya, 89
Premji, Azim, 297, 311, 335
Private sector, 123, 130, 142, 200, 242, 244, 316
Public issue of Air Deccan, 317
Pujari, Janardhan, 42
Radix, 336
Ragging, 13–14
Raghavachar, 85
Raj, Sugandha, 243
Rajesh, 105–06
Raju, 37–38, 57, 62, 65–66, 69, 83, 96–97, 109, 137–39, 198
Ram, N., 181–82
Ramanathan, Renuka, 295, 306, 318
Ramanuja, saint, 2
Ramesh, N., 176
Rao, Capt Suresh, 30
Rao, Girish, 254
Rao, Gundu, 213
Rao, Kiran, 321–23, 329–31, 340
Rao, P. V. Narasimha, 121–22, 144, 169
Rawal, Capt. Vishnu, 17, 136–39, 158, 238, 359
Rawal, Rahul Singh, 250
Rawal, Rahul, 238
RBI, 143, 168–70
Recession, 262, 265, 319
Reddy, Rajashekhar, 301
Reliance Internet cafes, 292
Reliance Mutual Fund, 338
Reshma, 350
Revanna, 105, 107
Robbins, Mike, 134, 145, 151
Rodents, 41, 74–75
Rolex Award for Enterprise, 77, 89, 116
Rotary International, 71
Rothschild, 305–06
RSS, 94
Rudy, Rajiv Pratap, 259, 261–62, 278, 287, 290, 299, 302–04
Rural India, 95, 250–52, 255, 257
Russell, Bertrand, 135, 162
Ryan Air, 179, 255–56, 262, 283–84, 305, 328, 340, 349
Sabarmati Ashram, 58
Safety, 16, 38, 147, 166, 208, 229, 231, 233, 234, 245, 277–78, 286–87, 293–96, 301, 303–04
Saibaba, 198–99, 201
Sainik School, 6, 8–9, 11–12, 90
Sampath, 50
Samuel (Sam), Capt K.J., 17, 22, 113–16, 121, 123–29, 131, 134, 136, 139–40, 143–47, 155, 170, 176, 178, 183, 215–26, 238, 252, 350, 352, 359
Samuel, Maya, 170, 226
Sanitation, 92, 99, 230, 237
SEBI, 317–18, 340, 343
Seng, Choon Chew, 306, 308
Sericulture, 50–51, 75, 77, 90, 113
Service, Pickup and drop, 285
Seshan, T.N., 104, 106
Seven Pillars of Freedom, 40
Shakespeare, 153
Sharma, Maya, 193
Shaw, George Bernard, 109, 257
Shields, Brooke, 222
Shivappa, B.B., 94
Shivaram (MLA), 102
Shourie, Arun, 167
Shrinivasa, Dr Udupi, 77
Sikkim, 17, 18, 23–24, 26
Siliguri, 19–20
Silkworm-rearing, 40, 46, 54, 74–77, 89, 92, 117–18
Simplifly Deccan, 346
Simplifly, 290, 295, 346, 349
Singapore Airlines (SIA), 148, 255, 306–08, 350, 355
Singapore, 111, 120, 134, 147–50, 152, 155, 166, 187, 209, 214–17, 221, 224, 255, 305–08, 350, 355–57
Singh, A.P., 242–43
Singh, Capt. Tirath, 21
Singh, Capt./ Col. D.V., 143, 178, 287
Singh, Dr Manmohan, 122, 144
Singh, Lt. Col. K.L.K., 18, 20
Singh, Maj. Balkar, 22
Singh, Satyender, 286–87, 291
Singh, V.P., 88
Singh, Virbhadra, 297
Singh, Wing Commander K.D., 10–11
Sinha, A.D., 132
Sinha, Shatrughan, 103–04
Smith, Dell, 151
Smith, Fred, 355–56
Socrates, 3
South Africa, 94, 232–34, 236–39, 252, 325
Special economic zones (SEZs), 358–59
SpiceJet, 329, 332, 341, 350
Spiritual, 23, 26–27, 47, 54, 71, 199, 299
Srinagar, 27, 246
Stock-brokerage firm, 89
Subramaniam, Dr L., 290
Sun Microsystem, 286–87, 291
Sundaram, Ramki, 324–25, 343
Tagore, 3, 4, 26, 49, 94
Taneja Aerospace, 282, 285
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), 136
Tax benefits, 119
Taxation, double, 153, 159
Technology, 1, 54, 77, 98, 122, 161, 165, 210–11, 221, 227, 234, 241– 42, 256, 271, 273, 280, 281–82, 288, 293, 299, 349, 352, 357
Tennyson, Lord Alfred, 360
Tents, 9, 10, 29, 31, 32, 33, 37–38, 43, 45, 46, 47, 57, 62, 64, 138, 147, 150, 183, 186
Texas Specific Group, 340
Thailand, 114, 116, 118, 151, 152, 211, 216, 218–20, 224
The Road Not Taken (poem), 220
Thimmaiah, P.N., 289
Thirunarayana, Prof. P.N., 112, 159, 346
Thomas, Lewis, 60, 73, 296
Ticketing system, 267–68, 271, 273, 282
Tier II & III cities, 249, 257, 258, 280, 300, 324
Tiger Airways, 308, 350
Tilak, 9
Tiwari, Narayan Dutt, 297
To a Mouse (poem), 146
Tolstoy, Leo, 25, 132–33
Tourism, 121, 138, 157, 184, 187, 188, 189, 191, 202, 234, 235, 239, 250, 253, 283, 296, 297, 298
Tourists, 158, 172, 184, 185, 187–90, 210, 218–19, 235, 239, 244, 253, 298
Transaction time, 274, 309
Travel agents, 185, 232, 263, 269–70, 272, 273, 274, 281, 290, 292, 335
Travel agents, IATA, 269, 270, 274, 296
Travels with Charlie, 31
Turnkey projects, 90, 284
UB Air, 262, 329
Udupi hotel / restaurant, 8, 84, 86–88, 112, 187, 259–60, 283
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), 12
USSR, 122
Vaishno Devi, 244–46
Vajpayee, Atal Be/ihari, 99–101, 146
Venkataramana, Dr N.K., 206–08
Venture capital, 128–29, 295
Verma, Capt. J.S., 16, 22
Verma, Sanjay, 238
Vicar of Wakefield, 93
Vietnam, 120–21, 125
Vir Chakra, 21
Virgin Atlantic, 307–08
Virgin Blue, 307–08
Virgin Express, 307
Vishwanathan, N., 148–50
Wal Mart, 124, 349
Walton, Sam, 123
War, Bangladesh Liberation, 17–23, 139, 223–24, 297
War, India-China, 24–26
War, Vietnam, 120–21
War, World, 223, 253, 318
Water diviners, 67–69
Waugh, Steve, 214
Wayne, John, 23
Winfrey, Oprah, 196–97
Wipro, 335
Wodeyar, Jayachamarajendra, 8
Wordsworth, 9, 39
Yadav, Laloo Prasad, 229
Yadav, Sharad, 228
Yagachi, 6, 34, 86
Yeddyurappa, B.S., 94, 101
Yeta, 60
Acknowledgements
W
hile many helped write this story, I must especially thank Pratyasha Singh, my colleague, who spent days and months transcribing 260 hours of recorded ramblings—seemingly an impossible task!
It is M.K. Shankar, a ‘man of many parts’ to whom I am indebted who edited the transcript and sat with me patiently for almost six months and rewrote it again and again with infinite patience and brought out a lucid account of the haphazard narrative. I cannot thank him enough—especially as he had to put up with my hectic and erratic schedule.
And my other dear colleague, Cecilia who has the patience of an angel, who must have typed all of 600 pages a million times for my proof reading again and again and again—as I still don’t sit in front of a computer. Where would I be without her in today’s hi-tech world.
And also Vijaya Menon, who assisted in all the publishing work, collecting and collating data and pictures and help keep the timeline.
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