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

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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