Authors: Robin Jeffrey
GSM,
see
Global System for Mobile communication
Gujarat,
54
,
133
,
155
GupShup,
220
Gupta, Ranjeet,
116
–
17
Guptas,
78
handset, cost of,
141
;
see also
phone, mobile
Haneef, Muhamed,
206
Harvard Business Review
,
19
Harvard University,
43
Haryana,
204
Hastings, Warren,
23
Havas,
4
Hazratganj,
97
health,
211
–
13
Heatwole, Anneryan,
167
heliograph,
204
henna,
116
–
17
Henry
VIII,
165
Hicky, James,
23
hierarchy, social,
3
,
137
,
152
,
174
,
210
Himachal Futuristic Communications Ltd (HFCL),
46
Himachal Pradesh,
6
,
46
Himalayas,
22
Hind Swaraj
,
26
Hindi,
15
,
28
,
96
,
102
,
105
–
7
,
150
,
199
,
220
,
223
Hindu cosmology,
190
,
214
Hindu values,
196
Hindu
,
204
Hindustan Times
,
198
Holy Qur’an,
12
Home Ministry,
203
Hong Kong,
55
,
67
Horst, Heather,
10
,
31
,
122
,
182
Hutch,
75
Hutchison Whampoa,
55
,
67
Hutchison,
69
,
71
,
75
;
see also
Hutchison Whampoa
Hutchison-Essar group,
67
–
8
;
see also
Essar
Hyderabad,
217
,
222
Hyundai,
40
IBN Live,
207
Ibrahim, Mo,
3
ICICI Bank,
124
,
131
Idea,
55
,
94
IFFCO Kisan Sanchar Ltd (IKSL),
140
–
1
illiteracy,
15
,
20
,
24
–
5
,
29
,
125
,
127
,
134
,
139
,
150
,
154
IMEI number,
102
,
117
,
197
Income Tax department,
202
India Calling
,
53
India Telecom Infra Ltd (ITIL),
95
India Today
,
25
,
166
–
7
,
196
India’s Telecommunications Industry
,
40
Indian Post and Telegraphs (IP&T),
ix
,
28
,
29
,
148
,
150
Indian Telecom Industries (ITI),
92
–
3
Indonesia,
13
,
219
Indore,
204
Indus Towers,
94
industrialization,
20
‘information have-less’,
218
Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd,
95
Intelligence Bureau,
203
International Herald Tribune
,
69
International Monetary Fund (IMF),
43
iPhone,
110
Israel,
11
–
12
,
14
,
253
n; intelligence services of,
205
izzat
,
171
J. Walter Thompson (JWT),
66
Jaipur,
102
Jamaica,
11
,
31
,
122
,
182
Japan,
11
,
14
,
200
,
208
,
219
,
227
n,
Java,
12
Jensen, Robert,
119
,
122
,
144
Jews,
11
Jharkhand,
127
,
220
jihad
,
22
Journal of International Development
,
115
kabaadiwala
,
214
Kalahari Desert,
168
Kalighat
paintings,
190
Kaliyug,
190
–
1
Kannada,
139
,
263
n
Kanshi Ram,
147
–
8
,
150
,
152
–
3
,
158
Kanyakumari,
210
Karbonn,
80
,
102
Kargil,
205
Karnataka,
196
,
204
,
256
n
Karunanidhi, K.,
61
Kashmir,
205
,
210
Katz, James,
10
Kaveri River,
37
keitai
,
219
Kenya,
123
,
129
Kerala,
xii
,
22
–
3
,
95
–
6
,
118
–
19
,
120
–
3
,
132
,
144
,
196
King, Rodney,
159
,
161
Kipling, Rudyard,
204
Kochi,
96
,
118
Kolkata,
24
,
26
,
43
,
52
,
55
–
6
,
85
,
161
kotwal
,
37
Kumbakonam,
21
Kuwait,
54
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
,
173
La Demoiselle du téléphone
,
221
Lal, Dinesh,
188
Lamb, Sarah,
175
languages in India: number of,
139
,
160
,
194
,
217
,
219
–
20
Lava,
191
Leacock, Stephen,
125
Leone, Sunny,
191
LG,
80
–
1
,
83
,
100
,
103
–
04
Liebling, A. J.,
24
Ling, Rich,
10
,
200
,
215
literacy,
xi
,
8
,
19
–
20
,
29
,
143
,
150
,
172
,
199
,
see also
illiteracy, mobile literacy
London School of Economics,
145
London,
212
Los Angeles Times
,
194
Los Angeles,
159
‘love marriages’,
168
Love, Sex aur Dhoka
,
194
Lucknow,
21
,
81
,
96
–
8
,
100
,
150
,
154
Ludhiana,
53
machinery: ‘like a snake-hole’,
26
Madon, Shirin,
9
Madrid train bombing,
145
,
205
Magic pre-paid card,
72
–
3
;
see also
pre-paid cards and services
Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd (MTNL),
33
Maharashtra,
71
,
138
–
9
,
201
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA),
102
,
125
–
6
,
249
n
Mahe,
23
Malaysia,
11
,
56
Mallah,
176
,
181
mallahis
,
132
Manmohan Singh,
57
–
8
Manucci, Niccolao,
20
,
37
Mao Zedong,
153
,
160
Marathas,
22
,
122