Rana Dasgupta: Capital: The Eruption of Delhi

rural land seizures and, 259–60

safety net for rural communities, 271

as servants, 262–65

slum and squatter settlements, growth and demolition of, 274–76, 330

street dwellers, 21–22

transfer of wealth and resources from, in globalization of 2000s, 37–38

urban protests, 272

vasectomy program and, 330–31

Poverty and Un-British Rule in India (Naoroji), 51

Pratap (fictitious name), 295–98

private townships, 3–4

privatization of basic resources, 345–46

privilege, 20–21

property market. See real estate business

public administration, 345–47

Puneet (fictitious name), 381–96

Punjabi (language), 174, 176

qawwali, 158, 206–8

Quatrro, 60, 67–68

Qutab Minar, 4

Rakesh (fictitious name), 6–16

Rama, 196–99, 200

Ramayana , 197

Ramesh (fictitious name), 79–80

Ranjit (fictitious name), 294, 299–304

rape

in Delhi, 43–44, 138–40, 142–48

during Partition, 189, 190

Ravanna, 196, 197–98

real estate business, 362–73

Baljeet (fictitious name) interviews, 288–91, 302–3

black money and, 325

of Chopra, 353–61, 365, 366, 370–73

Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and, 72, 288–89, 362

imperialist expansion in Africa and central Asia, 367–68

price increases in Delhi properties, in late 2000s, 404–5

of Singh, K.P., 362–66

warrior ethos and, 366–67

Reebok, 85

Renuka lake, 430

reputation, 210–12

resettlement, of working people, 237–39

rich. See elites/aristocracy

Right to Information Act, 271

Rig Veda, 440

road deaths, 21

roads and thoroughfares, 17–27

bicycle travel and, 21

car travel and, 17–21

construction of, 22–24

driving and, 17–21

foot travel and, 21

as home, 21–22

road deaths, 21

traffic lights and, 25

Roberts, Emma, 151–53, 154, 195

Roy, Arundhati, 42

Roy, Raman, 60–62, 64–69, 351–52

at American Express, 61–62

at GECIS, 64–67

Quattro founded by, 67–68

Spectramind founded by, 67

rupee, devaluation of, 315

Russia, 316, 353, 445

Nehru visit to, 51–52

safety net for rural communities, 271

Sahara holdings, 370

Salwa Judum, 260

Saraswati (fictitious name), 240, 242–44

Scorsese, Martin, 434

servants, 262–65

sewage system, 430–31, 441–42

sexual crimes

in Delhi, 43–44, 138–40, 142–48

during Partition, 189, 190

Shah Jahan, 150, 151

Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi), 150, 151–53, 155, 167–68

Shama , 159

Sharma, Manu, 204

Shastri, Lal Bahadur, 313

Shibani (fictitious name), 99–110

shopping malls, 95, 117–18

Siddhartha (fictitious name), 69–76

Sikhs, 29, 157, 188–89, 192, 194–95, 201–2, 332–38, 340

anti-Sikh violence following Gandhi’s assassination, 334–38, 339–42

Bhindranwale-led uprising and Ghandi response, 332–34

Jaswant (fictitious name) interviews, 338–43

Simran (fictitious name), 227–34

Singh, Kushal Pal, 362–66

Singh, Manmohan, 49, 50, 57–59, 260, 374

Singh, Ranjit, 169–71

Sita, 197–98

slums

Bhalswa Colony, 236–52

demolitions of, 274–76, 330

growth of, 274

South Africa, 367

Soviet Union. See Russia

Spectramind, 67

spiritualism

advisers/gurus, 380–81

middle classes, spiritual impacts of global capitalism on, 95–96

Puneet (fictitious name) interviews, 381–96

Western societies reconciliation of spiritual problems with money and property, 379

women’s historical spiritual purity, 140–41

Stalin, Joseph, 445

sterilisation (male vasectomy program), 330–31

street dwellers, 21–22

Sufism, 157–58, 159

Sukhvinder (fictitious name), 116–32

Sultanate, Delhi, 397

Suzuki, 10–11, 12–13, 362

Swatantra Party, 315

Syndicate, 314, 315–16

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 54

tax services, 320–21

Tehelka , 204

Time , 94

trading families, 8–9, 63

traffic lights, 25

travel business, 302

United States, 316, 353

business process outsourcing (BPO) and, 61–67

food imports from, 313

Indo-U.S. partnership, 93–95

urban protests, 272

urban violence, 43–44

Urdu, 153, 156, 159–60, 160, 174, 176–77

Uttar Pradesh, 258

Vajpayee, Bihari, 329

vasectomy program, 330–31

violence

anti-Sikh violence following Gandhi’s assassination, 334–38, 339–42

hyper-aggressive masculinity and, in Delhi, 202–6

during Partition, 189–91, 194

sexual ( See sexual crimes)

urban, and globalisation, 43–44

Vishnu, 196, 199

Walgreens, 67

walking, 17–18

warrior ethos, of business people, 212–13, 224–27, 366–67

Washington Consensus, 50

water, 260–61

Delhi water system, 426–33

groundwater, 5–6, 425–26, 428, 431–32

illegal wells, 180, 431

Iltutmish’s construction of wells and tanks, 5

tanker deliveries of, 24–25, 432

water parks, 432

water tanks, 5, 426, 431–33

wells

illegal of middle-class homes, 180, 431

Iltutmish’s construction of, 5

Wendt, Gary, 64–66

Wipro, 67

women

Partition, and abduction and return of, 200–202

professional, 134–36

rape and sexual aggression against, 43–44, 138–40, 142–48, 189, 190

traditional role of, 140–42

wives and mother-in-laws, conflicts between, 136–38

working classes. See poor and working classes

World Bank, 315

Yadav, Vikas, 204–5

Yadav, Vishal, 205

Yama, 440

Yami, 440

Yamuna River, 423–31, 439–43, 446–48

Zakaria, Fareed, 94–95

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