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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