bohemian and alternative culture, 39–43, 81–84
Bombay cinema, 176–77
bourgeoisie. See middle classes
Brazil, 445
briefcase politics, 317
British East India Company, 154–55
British Indian Empire, 186–87
bureaucracy, 319–28
Burma, 186–87
business families
advantages of, 224–27
continuity of purpose in, 225–26
examples of, 6–16, 213–24, 227–34
relationships necessary for commerce, development of, 9–11
warrior ethos and, 212–13, 224–27
business-politician partnerships, 347–53
business process outsourcing (BPO), 60–69
American Express and, 61–62
entrepreneurship and, 62–64
GECIS and, 64–67
Gurgaon as home of, 64, 68–69
opportunities for middle classes offered by, 72–74
Quatrro and, 67–68
Raman Roy and, 60–62, 64–69
cafés, 80–81
Calcutta, 29, 166
capitalism
corporate, 77–81
global (See global capitalism/globalisation)
Chhattisgarh, 260
China, 266, 267, 313, 399, 445
Chopra, Mickey, 7, 15, 353–61, 365, 366, 370–73
cinema, 176–77
Clinton, Bill, 93–94
coffee/caffeine, 80–81
colonialism, 140, 200, 259
Commonwealth Games, 2010, 23, 223, 275, 400–404
Communist Manifesto, The (Marx & Engels), 258
Congress Party, 56, 313, 314, 315, 318, 336, 337
construction workers, 265–66, 276
corporations
business process outsourcing (BPO) and, 60–69
corporate culture, impact of, 41, 77–81
hospital, 96–114
Japanese, and development of Indian industry, 10
private townships and, 3–4
corruption, 312–13, 317–18
Bofors financial scandal, 344
bureaucratic, 320–28
business-politician partnerships and, 347–53
middle-class resentment of, 406
countryside/rural India, problems of, 258–71
creativity, 82
credit, 9
Cultural Revolution, China, 445
culture
Anglicisation and, 172–74
language and, 173–77
Partition and, 191, 193–95
Curzon, Lord, 164
customs services, 320–21
Dasgupta, Rana
attempts to visit father’s home, 46–48
family history of, 29–35
moves to Delhi, 35–36
police prostitution sting and, 307–10
Defence Colony, 177–85
Dehlvi, Sadia, 157, 158–63
Delhi
accelerated change in, 47–48
anti-Sikh violence following Gandhi’s assassination, 334–38, 339–42
architecture of New Delhi, 167–68
bohemian and alternative culture in, 39–43, 81–84
British decision to move capital to, 165–67
building contractors as aristocracy of New Delhi, 168–72
bureaucracy of, 319–28
business migration to, during Gandhi’s time, 317–18
cafés in, 80–81
corporate capitalism, impact of, 77–81
Defence Colony, 177–85
driving in, 17–21
elites in (See elites/aristocracy)
families, stresses on, 115–33
“farmhouse” estates of elites in, 1–16
gay scene, 82, 90
globalisation and, 37, 39–46, 436, 443–46
Hindu mythology in, 195–200
history of, 149–56
hospital care in, 96–114
hyper-aggressive masculinity and violence in, 202–6
languages in, 173–77
legal system in, 158–59
liberalisation of 1991 and, 36–37
malls in, 117–18
as mature city, exemplifying world’s future, 433–39
middle classes in (See middle classes)
Mughal dynasty and, 150–51
Muslims’ experience in, 157–63
Nadir Shah’s sacking of, 151
New Delhi, 150, 165–74
New York’s development compared, 434–37
Partition refugees in, 192–95
in poetry and literature, 151–54
poor in (See poor and working classes)
pre-globalisation life in, 37–39
property price rise, in late 2000s, 404–5
rape and sexual violence in, 43–44, 138–40, 142–48
real estate wealth in, 364–73
rebellion against and reprisal by Britain, 1857, 154–56
roads and thoroughfares of, 17–27
as segregated city, 16–17
sewage system of, 430–31, 441–42
Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi), 150, 151–53, 155, 167–68
social life of, 16–17
walking in, 17–18
water system of, 426–33
working classes in (See poor and working classes)
Yamuna River and, 423–31, 439–43, 446–48
Delhi Development Authority (DDA), 72, 288–89, 362
Delhi Metro, 40
Desai, Morarji, 315, 329, 331–32
devaluation, rupee of, 315
development indicators, 399
Dham, Vinod, 93
Dickens, Charles, 444
Diwali festival, 196
DLF, 3, 64, 362, 364
Dostoevsky, Fyodor, 225–26
driving, 17–21
by buses, scooters and rickshaws, 21
by car, 17–21
privilege and, 20–21
road deaths and, 21
drugs
in Bhalswa Colony, 247
elites and, 375–78
elites/aristocracy, 344–96
Anglicisation of, 172–74
building contractors of New Delhi as, 168–72
business-politician partnerships and, 347–53
centralised authority, relation to, 436–38
Chopra (fictitious name) interview, 353–61
drugs and parties of, 375–78
“farmhouse” estates of, 1–16
middle class resentment of, 399–407
plight of poor and, 271–73, 277
private townships of, 3–4
real estate wealth, 362–73
servants of, 263
spiritual problems with money and wealth, 378–96
emasculation of men, and hyper-aggressive behavior, 200–206
Emergency, 328–30
Engels, Friedrich, 258
England. See Great Britain
English language, 173–74, 176, 314
entrepreneurship
business process outsourcing (BPO) and, 62–64
warrior ethos and, 212–13
Fabian Socialists, 50
Facebook, 327
factory workers, 265–66, 271
families, stresses on, 115–33
famine, 313
Faridabad, 273
Fish Fry, 85
Five-year Plans in, 53, 54–55
flyovers, 23
food deficits, 313
Forbes, 364
Gandhi, Feroze, 314
Gandhi, Indira, 137–38, 290, 314–18, 328–34
achievements of, 316–17
assassination of, 331, 334
autocratic rule of, 328–31
leftward turn of, 315–16
loss of power, in 1977 election, 331–32
national emergency declared by, 328–30
1971 elections, 316, 328
populism of, 316
reelected, in 1980, 332
Gandhi, Rajiv, 56, 336, 344–45
Gandhi, Sanjay, 274, 330–31, 332, 361–62
Ganges River, 430, 440
gay scene, 82, 90
GE Capital International Services (GECIS), 64–67, 68
General Electric, 64–67
Genpact, 67
George V, King, 166
George VI, King, 50
Ghalib, Mirza, 155–56, 157, 160, 161
global capitalism/globalisation, 37, 39–46, 59, 95–96, 150, 436, 443–46
Americanization, 93–96
cheap labour exploitation and, 267–68
energy and utopianism in early years of, 39–43