Keywords for India : A Conceptual Lexicon for the 21st Century

Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Advisory Board Members
Acknowledgements
Diacritic Characters Based on the Indic Syllabary
Introduction
	Prolegomenon: homologies
	Initiation: forms of the collective
	Lexis: forms of the keyword
	Genealogy: forms of the book
	Conversations: forms of the unpredictable
	Postscript: Homo phoneticus indicus
	References
Chapter 1: Classical heritages: Databases of memory
	Atma (ātmā)
	Ahimsa (Ahinsā/Hinsā/Satya/Asatya/Sānti)
	Artha (artha)
	Aryan (Āryan)/Dravidian
	Asmita (Asmitā)
	Bhava (bhāva)
	Bhakti (Bhakti)
	Caste
	Colonialism/postcolonialism
	Darshana (Darśana)
	Dharma (Dharma)
	Dhyana (Dhyāna)
	Golden Temple
	Guru (Guru)
	Haj
	Heritage sites
	Hinduism
	Indian Ocean
	Itihasa (itihāsa)
	Janmapatri (Janmapatrī)
	Kama and Kamasutra (Kāma and kāmasūtra)
	Mahabharata (Mahābhārata)
	Mantra, Tantra, Yantra (Mantra, Tantra, Yantra)
	Manuvadi (Manuvādī)
	Maya (Māyā)
	Moksha/Nirvana (mōks·a/nirvān∙ a)
	Mussalman (Musalmān)
	Orientalism
	Parsi (Pārsī)
	Pir/Murid (Pīr/murīd)
	Purana (Purāna)
	Kismat/Takdir (Qismat/takadīr)
	Ramayana (rāmāyaṇa)
	Sati/Jauhar (satī/jauhar)
	Sufi (Sūfī)
	Zero
Chapter 2: Contemporary aesthetic modes: Reimaginings
	Alankara (alaṅkāra)
	Beauty parlour
	Bharatnatyam (Bharatanāt∙yam)
	Bhoot (Bhūta)
	Bollywood
	Foto (Phōtō)
	Gana (Gānā)
	Gorapan (Gōrāpan)
	Gym
	Hero/Heroine
	Ishq/Pyar (Iśq/pyār)
	Jatra (Jātrā)
	Leela (līlā)
	Naach (Nāc)
	Nakhra (Nakhrā)
	Padma awards
	Qawwālī (Qavvāli)
	Raga (Rāga)
	Ramlila (rāmlīlā)
	Rangoli (Ran∙gōlī)
	Rasa (rasa)
	Sahitya (Sāhitya)
	Saree (Sārī)
	Saundarya (Saundarya)
	Selfie
	Shamiyana (śāmiyāna)
	South Indian films
	Taj Mahal
	Tamasha (Tamāśā)
	Vaastu (Vāstu)
	Yoga (Yōga)
Chapter 3: Economic mantras, media and technological change
	Aadhaar (Ādhār)
	Aspatre/Haspatal (aspatre/haspatāl)
	Benami
	Black Economy
	Breaking News
	Climate Change
	Computer/Laptop/Mobile
	Corporate Social Responsibility
	Cyberbhakt
	Demonetization
	Development
	Digital India
	Green Revolution
	Human Development
	Indian Railways
	Inflation
	Inheritance systems
	Jhuggi, Jhopri, Slum, Chawl (Jhuggī, jhōpD∙i, slum, cāl)
	Jobless Growth
	Land Grabbing
	LPG
	Mai Baap Sarkaar (Maim·  bāp sarkār)
	Mall
	Mandi/E-chaupal (Man∙d∙ī/E-Caupāl)
	Microfinance
	Middle Class
	Nasbandi (Nasbandī)
	NREGA (Naregā)
	Outsourcing
	Policy Paralysis
	Pollution
	Public Private Partnership
	Public Health
	Refugee
	Reserve Bank of India
	Sensex
	Social Media
	Start-up
	Tax
Chapter 4: Intimacies: Culture and material culture
	Azan (Azān)
	Badh (Badh)
	Balti and Lota (Bālt∙ī and Lota)
	Behenji (Bahanjī)
	Bhadralok (Bhadralōk)
	Bhailo/Bhaiya/Ghanti/Paklo
	Bhukamp (Bhūkamp)
	Chappal (Cappal)
	Choolah (Cūl’hā)
	Coolie
	Cricket
	Cycle-wala (Sā’ikilwālā)
	Danda/Lathi/Lathi Charge (Dandā/Lāthī/Lāt∙Hī Charge)
	Female Foeticide
	Food
	Godmen
	Godrej Almirah (Godrej Ālmirah)
	Haram/Halal (Harām/halāl)
	Izzat/Sharam/Honour Killing (Izzat/śaram)
	Jagannath/Juggernaut (Jagannāth/juggernaut)
	Jagran/Kirtan/Bhajan (Jāgaran∙/kīrtan/bhajan)
	Jharoo/Teel Jharoo/Eerkali Chool (Jhādū//Teel Jhādū/Eerkali Chool)
	Jootha (Jūthā)
	Kabbadi, Gili Danda, Jallikatta (Kabaddī, Gillī Dandā, Jallīkattū)
	Kai (Kāī)
	Kayaka (Kayaka)
	Khadi (Khādī)
	Lakshman Rekha (Laksman∙ Rēkhā)
	Mada, Nall (Mād, Nāl)
	Mela (Mēlā)
	Missed Call
	Prakriti/Sanskriti (Prakr̥ti/sanskr̥iti)
	Ramzan (Ramzān)
	Shamshan (S´amśāna)
	Sogadu (Sogārū)
	Susegad (Sussegād)
	Stamp Paper
	Street Children
	Street Vendors
	Temple Entry
	Tribal Customary Law
	Zanana (Zanānā)
Chapter 5: Emancipatory imaginaries
	Adivasi (Ādivāsī)
	Ambedkarite
	Amir Gharib (Amīr/Gharīb)
	Anganwadi (Āṅganavāḍī)
	Ayush (Āyūṣ)
	Bhaichara (Bhā’īcārā)
	Chandrayaan (Candrayāṇ)
	Democracy
	Disability
	Dowry (Dahēj)
	Gandhian
	Gaon (GĀNV)
	Hijra (Hijdā)/LGBT
	Janta (Jantā)/PUBLIC
	Love Marriage
	Maa (Mām)
	Madrasa (Madrasā)
	Modernity
	Mohalla (Mōhallā)
	Nehruvian
	Parivar/Samaj/Biradri (Parivār/samĀj/birādarī)
	Patriarchy
	Police reforms
	RTI
	Shakti (Śakti)
	Scientific Temper
	Self-Respect
	Seva (Sēvā)
	Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (sarva śiksā abhiyān)
	Sudhar (sudhār)
	Sukh-Dukh (Sukh-Dukh)
	Swaraj (Svarāj)
	Virangana (Vīrānganā)
	Visva-Bharati (Viśva-Bhāratī)
	Vote bank
	Yojana (yōjanā)/Planning
Chapter 6: Language and self-reflection
	Adda (aḍḍā)
	Adjust
	Akshara (Akshara)
	Baat-Cheet (Bātcīt)
	Bhasha (bhāṣā)
	Eighth Schedule
	Endangered languages
	English
	File
	Firangi/Angrez (phiran∙gī/AngrēZ)
	Gaali (Gālī)
	Hello-ji (Hēlō jī)
	Indian Writing in English (IWE)
	Jugaad (jugād· )
	Karpu
	Khari Boli (khad· ī bōlī)
	Kolaveri (Kōlāverī)
	Languages and Linguistic States
	Matlabi (matlabī)
	Nara (nārā)
	Neta (nētā)
	Pravachan (Pravacan)
	Settled
	Shruti and Smriti (śruti and smr̥ti)
	Thalaivar (Talaivar)
	Tension
	Three language formula
	Time-pass
	Translation
	VIP
Chapter 7: Politics and the political
	AFSPA and other Draconian Laws
	Atrocity
	Ayodhya (Ayōdhyā)
	Babu/Sarkar/Revenue Officer (bābū/sarkār/revenue officer)
	Border
	Bureaucracy
	Chunav (Cunāv)/election
	Coalition dharma
	Communal violence
	Corruption
	Desivad (Dēsīvād)
	Dharna/Rail Roko/Bandh/Hartal/Gherao (Dharnā/rēl rōkō/bandh/har· tāl/ghērāv)
	DM/BDO
	Dominant caste
	Emergency
	Fatwa (Fatvā)
	Ghar Wapsi (Ghar vāpsī)
	Hindu Rashtra (Hindū rāstra)
	Human Rights
	IAS, IFS
	Insurgency/Terrorist/Jiha¯Di¯/Militant
	Jumla (Jumlā)
	Lal Batti (Lāl battī)
	Lok Adalat (Lōk Adālat)
	Minorities
	Nagar Palika (Nagar pālikā)
	National, anti-national
	Naxalite (nakslā’it)
	Northeast India
	Panchayati raj (pan̄cāyatī rāj)
	Partition
	Patwari (pat·vārī)
	Peasant movements
	Political parties
	Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha (Rājya Sabhā, Lōk Sabhā)
	Rape
	SAARC
	Sarkar (Sarkār)
	Schedule
	Secular
	Subaltern
	Thana (thānā)
	UPSC
	Violence
Epilogue
Contributors
Index