Authors: Robin Jeffrey
Bangalore,
21
,
37
,
92
,
196
,
221
;
see also
Bengalaru
Bangladesh,
37
,
54
bank accounts,
116
–
17
,
125
; women and,
130
; branches,
126
; basic,
128
; in Kenya,
123
bans on phones,
165
,
167
,
174
,
195
,
225
n,
256
n
Barabanki,
157
–
8
Barelvi, Sayyid Ahmed,
22
Barendregt, Bart,
13
Basque separatists,
145
BBC,
160
bees,
212
Behram Baug,
100
Beijing,
205
Bell telephone company,
67
Bell, Alexander Graham,
26
,
202
Below the Poverty Line (BPL),
222
Benegal, Shyam,
29
Bengal Gazette
,
23
Bengal,
22
,
190
Bengalaru,
21
,
92
,
195
–
6
,
221
;
see also
Bangalore
bhaaichaara samitis
,
152
–
5
Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL),
30
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL),
50
–
1
,
55
–
7
,
78
,
93
,
96
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),
47
,
49
,
152
,
196
Bharti Airtel,
53
–
4
,
77
,
140
;
see also
Airtel
Bhojpuri,
82
,
106
,
187
–
9
,
217
,
254
n
bicycles,
ix
,
116
,
147
,
149
,
158
,
163
,
220
Bihar,
116
–
17
,
123
,
126
,
128
–
9
,
166
,
190
,
199
,
217
,
222
,
254
n,
258
n
Bilaspur,
161
Birla Institute of Technology,
123
Birla,
55
–
6
Birla, Aditya,
55
Blackberry,
102
,
208
Bloch, Marc,
20
,
22
Block
Development Officer (BDO),
222
Bluetooth,
xxxii
,
192
–
4
,
199
–
200
,
217
,
219
boatmen at Banaras,
9
,
82
,
132
–
5
,
169
Bollywood,
104
–
05
,
181
,
193
,
209
,
214
Boston Globe
,
9
bottom of the pyramid (BOP),
6
,
87
,
119
,
199
Brahmins,
2
,
21
–
3
,
25
,
149
,
152
–
4
,
163
,
189
brandy: needed by printers,
24
Braudel, Fernand,
223
–
4
bribery,
8
,
129
,
131
,
201
,
246
n; digital,
223
brides and mobiles,
11
,
169
–
70
,
173
,
175
,
177
,
181
,
204
Britain,
3
–
4
,
20
,
24
,
69
broadcast: ability to,
8
,
10
,
162
,
169
,
195
,
197
,
200
,
202
,
204
,
221
,
223
Bushmen,
168
–
9
Butter Chicken in Ludhiana
,
53
cable,
35
,
42
,
51
,
57
,
138
,
246
n; needs estimated,
35
California,
65
calls: cost of,
x
,
12
,
46
,
67
,
72
,
141
,
151
,
210
cameras: in phones,
9
,
76
,
99
,
109
,
156
,
159
,
194
–
6
,
250
n
Canada,
35
,
168
,
191
cancer,
212
car industry,
89
–
90
,
96
,
100
,
102
;
see also
automobile
Caribbean,
11
,
121
Cash, Johnny,
14
caste Hindus,
154
,
163
caste,
3
,
14
–
15
,
19
,
22
,
30
–
1
,
78
,
109
,
118
,
143
,
146
–
8
,
152
,
154
,
157
,
163
,
166
–
7
,
174
,
176
,
181
,
188
,
210
,
214
,
220
,
231
n,
249
n,
254
n
Castells, Manuel,
9
,
134
,
145
,
209
,
215
Catholic Church,
9
CDMA,
51
,
54
–
5
,
74
CDs/VCDs/DVDs,
187
–
8
,
191
,
193
,
195
,
217
cell phones,
see
mobiles, phones, teledensity
Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI),
74
–
5
census,
6
,
148
,
232
n
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI),
47
,
58
Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT),
33
CGNet Swara,
160
–
2
,
219
Chandigarh,
131
Charan Singh,
31
Cheeka,
67
–
9
,
216
,
238
n
Chemmeen
,
120
Chennai,
26
,
39
–
40
,
43
,
55
–
6
,
75
,
78
,
91
,
96
Chhattisgarh,
160
,
162
,
219
Chicago, University of,
125
Chile,
169
China mobiles,
80
,
99
,
102
,
107
,
197
,
242
n,
249
n
China,
3
,
6
,
13
,
30
–
1
,
75
,
148
,
169
,
204
,
208
,
216
,
239
n
Chopra, Priyanka,
105
Chorwad,
54
Choudhary, Shubhranshu,
160
–
2
Christians,
12
,
118
Churasia, Sumit,
65
,
83
–
4
Chaze Mobile,
191
ClearTrail,
204
Clinton, Bill,
222
Coca-Cola,
168
Code Division
Multiple Access (CDMA),
see
CDMA
‘Code of Morals, A’,
204
Cohn, Bernard S.,
23
Communications, Department of,
42
–
5
Communications, Minister of,
5
,
48
,
57
–
8
,
202
–
03
Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG),
58
–
9