Cell Phone Nation: How Mobile Phones Have Revolutionized Business, Politics and Ordinary Life in India (61 page)

Prahalad, C. K.,
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pregnancy,
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pre-paid cards and services,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Press Trust of India,
39

priests,
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–
2
,
120
,
134
,
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,
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,
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Prime Ministers: from lower castes,
31

printing,
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,
23
–
5

private investment in telecom,
48

privatization,
49
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50

Public Call Offices (PCO),
x
,
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–
4
,
36
,
42
,
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1

Pune,
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2
,
131

Punia, P. L.,
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9

Punjab University,
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Punjab,
53
,
212

Putin, Vladimir,
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rabbis,
12

Radhika, A. Neela,
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Radia, Niira,
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–
03

radiation, electromagnetic,
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Radio
Frequency (RF) spectrum,
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n

radio,
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,
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Raebareli,
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Rafael, Vicente,
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Rahman, A. R.,
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railways,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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n

Rainie, Lee,
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Raj Ghat,
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3

Raja, A.,
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,
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,
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03

Ram, Kanshi,
see
Kanshi Ram

Ram, Sukh,
see
Sukh Ram

Ramnagar,
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Rangaswamy, Nimmi,
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,
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,
100

Ranjit Singh, Emperor,
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,
22

recycling,
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see also
e-waste

Reddy family,
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Reddy, Dr Pratap,
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Reddy, Suneeta,
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Rediffusion,
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Reliance mobiles,
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80

Reliance Telecom Limited (RTL),
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–
1

Reliance,
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2
,
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–
5
,
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–
5
,
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,
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,
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;
see also
Ambani

religion: mobiles and,
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14
,
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;

see also
mobile phones, morality and;

reservation,
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,
148

Reuters,
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Revenue Intelligence, Department of,
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revolver,
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,
218

Rheingold, Howard,
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–
5

Rise of the Network Society, The
,
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roads,
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,
37
,
154
,
224

Roh Moo-Hyun,
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Roman alphabet,
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Rosy the Riveter,
107

Ruia family,
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Ruia, Ravi,
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Ruia, Shashi,
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Russia,
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Saharanpur,
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,
104

Samajwadi Party,
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–
7

Samsung,
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,
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7
,
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–
1
,
83
,
100
,
102

Sanskrit,
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Satish Babu, D.,
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–
7

Sawai, Akshay,
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State Bank of India,
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Scheduled Castes (SCs),
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,
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see also
Dalits

Scheduled Tribes (ST),
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scripts, Indian,
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;
see also
languages

Seattle,
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Sebastian, Bobby,
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,
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–
6

Second World War,
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Seelampur,
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Senators, US,
57

Sevagram,
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‘sexting’,
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Shah Jahan, Emperor,
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Sharma, Ranjan,
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Shimla,
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,
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Shirky, Clay,
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,
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Shiva,
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–
2

shoes,
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,
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,
152
,
185
,
225
n

Shoghi,
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shopkeepers,
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–
2
,
79
; EKO and,
128

Sibal, Kapil,
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Siddiqui, Saif,
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–
8

Siddiqui, Salim,
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SIM card,
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,
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,
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,
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,
117
,
127
,
140
,
205
;
see also
Subscriber
Identity Module

Singapore,
54

Singh, Manmohan,
see
Manmohan Singh

Singtel,
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Sinha, Abhinav,
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–
4

Sinha, Abhishek,
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–
4
,
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Skycell,
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Slim, Carlos,
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small business,
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;
see also
shopkeepers

Smart Mobs
,
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SMS,
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4
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,
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sociability,
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Sony Ericsson,
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Sony,
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1
,
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,
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09

sousveillance
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South Africa,
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–
9

South Korea,
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Spanish general elections, 2004,
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Special Economic Zones (SEZ),
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,
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1
,
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Spice,
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,
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Spider Man software,
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spying,
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,
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n;
see also
surveillance

Sreekumar, T. T.,
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Sri Lanka,
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Sriperumbudur,
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40
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1
,
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Srivastava, Sanjay,
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Stalin, Josef,
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Star Global Resources Ltd,
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Star Network,
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State Bank of India (SBI),
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State Domestic Product (SDP),
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Subscriber Identity Module (SIM),
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–
4
;
see also
SIM

subscribers,
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,
7
,
73
;
see also
phones: numbers of, teledensity

Sudra,
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suicide,
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,
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,
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,
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n

Sukh Ram,
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–
7
,
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Sullivan, Kevin,
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,
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Supreme Court,
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