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Prahalad, C. K.,
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20
pregnancy,
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pre-paid cards and services,
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6
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71
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2
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74
,
79
,
82
,
124
,
127
–
8
,
199
,
205
,
223
Press Trust of India,
39
priests,
21
–
2
,
120
,
134
,
136
,
189
,
190
Prime Ministers: from lower castes,
31
printing,
20
,
23
–
5
private investment in telecom,
48
privatization,
49
–
50
Public Call Offices (PCO),
x
,
33
–
4
,
36
,
42
,
170
–
1
Pune,
21
–
2
,
131
Punia, P. L.,
156
–
9
Punjab University,
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Punjab,
53
,
212
Putin, Vladimir,
159
rabbis,
12
Radhika, A. Neela,
73
Radia, Niira,
202
–
03
radiation, electromagnetic,
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Radio
Frequency (RF) spectrum,
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45
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73
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89
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95
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,
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210
,
237
n
radio,
4
,
29
Raebareli,
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Rafael, Vicente,
144
Rahman, A. R.,
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railways,
4
,
24
–
6
,
28
,
30
,
57
,
123
,
216
,
231
n
Rainie, Lee,
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3
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204
Raj Ghat,
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3
Raja, A.,
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,
59
,
202
–
03
Ram, Kanshi,
see
Kanshi Ram
Ram, Sukh,
see
Sukh Ram
Ramnagar,
176
Rangaswamy, Nimmi,
86
,
98
,
100
Ranjit Singh, Emperor,
20
,
22
recycling,
213
;
see also
e-waste
Reddy family,
56
Reddy, Dr Pratap,
56
Reddy, Suneeta,
56
Rediffusion,
66
Reliance mobiles,
79
–
80
Reliance Telecom Limited (RTL),
70
–
1
Reliance,
51
–
2
,
54
–
5
,
74
–
5
,
83
,
178
,
223
;
see also
Ambani
religion: mobiles and,
11
–
14
,
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;
see also
mobile phones, morality and;
reservation,
30
,
148
Reuters,
4
Revenue Intelligence, Department of,
203
revolver,
162
,
218
Rheingold, Howard,
144
–
5
Rise of the Network Society, The
,
9
roads,
22
,
37
,
154
,
224
Roh Moo-Hyun,
144
Roman alphabet,
219
Rosy the Riveter,
107
Ruia family,
56
Ruia, Ravi,
55
Ruia, Shashi,
55
Russia,
159
Saharanpur,
71
,
104
Samajwadi Party,
156
–
7
Samsung,
15
,
76
–
7
,
80
–
1
,
83
,
100
,
102
Sanskrit,
219
Satish Babu, D.,
75
–
7
Sawai, Akshay,
192
State Bank of India,
131
Scheduled Castes (SCs),
30
,
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see also
Dalits
Scheduled Tribes (ST),
30
scripts, Indian,
219
;
see also
languages
Seattle,
144
Sebastian, Bobby,
73
,
95
–
6
Second World War,
107
Seelampur,
214
Senators, US,
57
Sevagram,
26
‘sexting’,
194
Shah Jahan, Emperor,
21
Sharma, Ranjan,
141
Shimla,
26
,
204
Shirky, Clay,
9
,
197
Shiva,
180
–
2
shoes,
2
,
105
,
152
,
185
,
225
n
Shoghi,
204
shopkeepers,
71
–
2
,
79
; EKO and,
128
Sibal, Kapil,
59
Siddiqui, Saif,
97
–
8
Siddiqui, Salim,
97
SIM card,
80
,
83
,
85
,
99
,
117
,
127
,
140
,
205
;
see also
Subscriber
Identity Module
Singapore,
54
Singh, Manmohan,
see
Manmohan Singh
Singtel,
54
Sinha, Abhinav,
123
–
4
Sinha, Abhishek,
123
–
4
,
131
Skycell,
75
Slim, Carlos,
3
small business,
116
;
see also
shopkeepers
Smart Mobs
,
144
SMS,
13
,
82
,
138
,
153
–
4
,
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,
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,
185
,
210
,
218
–
19
sociability,
10
Sony Ericsson,
80
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2
Sony,
76
–
7
,
80
–
1
,
105
,
108
–
09
sousveillance
,
159
–
60
South Africa,
14
,
158
–
9
South Korea,
144
Spanish general elections, 2004,
144
Special Economic Zones (SEZ),
40
,
90
–
1
,
93
Spice,
55
,
102
Spider Man software,
102
spying,
13
,
19
,
205
,
229
n;
see also
surveillance
Sreekumar, T. T.,
121
Sri Lanka,
12
,
54
Sriperumbudur,
39
–
40
,
90
–
1
,
103
Srivastava, Sanjay,
195
Stalin, Josef,
160
Star Global Resources Ltd,
140
Star Network,
69
State Bank of India (SBI),
124
State Domestic Product (SDP),
115
Subscriber Identity Module (SIM),
73
–
4
;
see also
SIM
subscribers,
6
,
7
,
73
;
see also
phones: numbers of, teledensity
Sudra,
22
,
143
suicide,
9
,
39
,
196
,
247
n
Sukh Ram,
45
–
7
,
61
Sullivan, Kevin,
118
,
120
Supreme Court,
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,
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