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by Dave Prager


  fear of, 30–31

  generation gap, 224–225

  liberalization of in 1990s, 220–221, 223, 366

  moving out , 359–361, 378

  old vs. new, 220–221, 224–228, 287–288, 362–372, 381

  Partition, 301–302

  “real” India, 355–356

  South India, 356–357, 361

  Indian food

  in America, 128–129

  Mughal-style, 150, 163

  South Indian, 150, 165

  intellectual property, 201–204

  jugaad, 257–260

  languages

  cursing, 83–84, 98–100

  English, 95-96, 98-100

  Hindi, 20–22, 95–98, 360

  Lutyens, Edward, 40, 42

  Lutyens’ Delhi, 40–45

  maids. See servants

  malls, 224–227

  Saket Citywalk Mall, 225

  manual labor, 249, 312–319, 326–329

  guards, 276–277, 316–319

  kabadiwallahs, 2, 28–29

  painters, 317

  repairmen, 324–326

  sweepers, 10

  markets, 39, 48–49, 196, 200, 213–214, 225–228, 352

  Hauz Khas Market, 176, INA Market, 221, 224

  Khan el-Khalili (Cairo), 67

  Khan Market, 150–151, 221–224, 227

  Nehru Place, 193–197

  Palika Bazaar, 36, 199–201

  Saket PVR Market, 191–192

  Sunday book market, 197–199

  marriage, 119–122

  medical care. See also hospitals

  dentists, 186, 192

  doctors, 189–190

  emergencies, 184–186

  pharmacies, 175, 206–207

  pharmacies in New York City, 175, 205

  medication, 174–177, 189-192

  antibiotics, 174–175

  folk remedies, 178–179

  malaria medicine, 189–192

  Mehrauli-Gurgaon (MG) Road, 14, 78, 85, 211, 232–237, 372

  toll booth, 89–91

  middle class, 326–329, 376

  mom-and-pop stores, See retail, subsidence retail

  Mumbai, 290, 334

  Malabar Hill, 334

  music, 86–87

  Gayatri Mantra (song), 243–244

  National Capital Region. See Delhi region

  National Highway (NH) 8, 232–235, 252

  negotiating, 63–70, 135–137, 196, 209–214

  ill will, 66, 70

  in the US, 209–210

  tactics, 210–214

  neighborhoods

  Chanakyapuri, 42–43

  Connaught Place (CP), 35–36, 165–166, 199–200, 211, 223, 364

  Daryaganj, 376–378

  Greater Kailash-I, 46

  Greater Kailash-II, 4, 30, 31, 33, 46, 92, 361–362

  Green Park, 47

  Hauz Khas Enclave, 46, 214–221, 353

  Hauz Khas Market area, 1, 16, 45–46

  Hauz Khas Village, 46

  Lajpat Nagar IV, 52

  Lutyens’ Delhi, 40–45

  Malviya Nagar, 46

  Manju Ta Kila, 38–39

  New Delhi. See above: Chanakyapuri; Lutyens’ Delhi,

  Okhla Industrial Estates Phase III, 231–232

  Old Delhi, 32–35, 163

  Saket, 46

  Shanti Niketan, 16, 46

  Vasant Vihar, 46

  New Delhi. See Lutyens’ Delhi; neighborhoods, Chanakyapuri

  New York City,

  attitude, 100–103

  crime in, 293–294

  development, 373–375

  newspapers, 280–281, 283–285, 290

  nuisances

  drunk driving, 288–289

  hijras, 184, 262

  honking, 2

  littering, 284

  monkeys, 173

  pigeons, 9

  pollution, 11–12, 14–15, 230–231, 281

  public urination, 280–284

  spitting, 284

  stray dogs, 8–9

  office boys. See peons

  office culture, 245–252, 256–257, 262–263, 300–303, 362

  in New York City, 300–301

  peons, 247–251

  office environment, 230, 242–244, 255–257

  Outer Ring Road, 234–235

  Pardada Pardadi Educational Society, 229–230, 263–269

  parks, 49–50, 180

  Gulmohar Park, 50, 180

  peons, 247–251

  pirated goods. See bootlegged goods

  police, 296–299, 311

  politicians, 40–41, 233

  poverty, 302–304

  desensitization, 304

  migrants, 253, 314, 326

  ragpickers, 323–324

  public transportation. See transportation

  rape. See crime, against women

  real estate, 221–224, 376–378

  religion

  Christianity, 107–109

  Hinduism, 105–110

  Islam, 109–110

  Judaism, 107–109

  langar, 166

  poojas, 108

  Sikhism, 166

  restaurants, 92–94, 147–151, 285

  Bukhara, 148–149

  Café Coffee Day, 260–261, 354

  dhabas, 161–162

  Domino’s Pizza, 261

  five-star hotels, 148–149

  Indian, 149–151

  Karim’s, 162–164, 167–169

  Nathu’s Sweets, 92–93, 135, 161, 361

  non-Indian, 148

  Roshan Di Kulfi, 162

  Sagar Ratna, 150

  Saravana Bhavan, 36, 150

  sweets shops, 161–162

  upscale, 150–151

  Western chains, 147

  retail, 208–209. See also markets

  subsidence retail, 208–209, 216–219

  “sealed” buildings, 236–237

  security, 183–185. See also crime servants, 10, 20–21, 129–131, 319–323

  servents (continued) in the US, 319–320

  sewage, 39

  Shri Morning Palace, 219–221

  Simpsons, The, 31–32

  Singapore, 379–381

  crime in, 290

  Little India, 379–380

  Orchard Road, 223

  skyscrapers, 41–42. See also Gurgaon, DLF Cyber City

  Slumdog Millionaire (movie), 138–139

  spices

  chaat masala, 154

  Roopak (spice shops), 203

  spiciness, 131

  status, Western and Indian perceptions of, 251–252

  street vendors, 304–306, 309–312, 354–355

  subway. See transportation, Delhi Metro

  Sulabh International Social Service Organization, 283

  swimming, 350–351

  taxes, 344–346

  taxis, 79–91

  drivers, 80–81, 83–91, 316

  fare negotiation, 81

  taxi stand, 79–81

  terrorism, 182–183

  toilets, public, 281-284

  tourists

  domestic, 103–105

  Western, 330–334

  traffic, 52, 232–235, 237–241, 244–245, 309–310, 367–369

  transportation

  bicycling, 61

  Blueline, 170–173

  Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), 52, 72

  buses, 170–173, 357–358.

  Delhi Metro, 235–237, 281, 286–288, 312–313, 365, 370–372

  drivers, 59–60

  motorcycles, 78–79

  public transportation, 60–61, 238–239

  urban design, 41–42, 47–48, 53–54, 58, 281–284, 367–372

  villages, 258, 264–269, 365

  weather, 49

  fall, 19

  heat, 15–16, 18–19, 178–179, 352

  humidity, 16–17

  monsoon, 17–19

  rain, 17–18, 49–50

  spring, 15<
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  summer, 16–17

  winter, 11–15, 143, 289, 316–318

  weddings, 114–118

  Mehndi Ceremony, 115–116, 118

  Western, 116–117

  women’s safety. See crime, against

  women

  Yamuna River, 37–40, 374–375

 

 

 


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