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Tamara,
178

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University,
87

Tata, Ratan,
57

Tata Consultancy Services,
34
,
281

Tata Motors,
57
,
100

Tata Sky,
15
,
281

Teach for India:

programme,
272
–3,
277
,
284
;

volunteers,
272
–3,
276
,
277
–8,
280
–2,
327

teachers:

drama,
107
,
130
;

income,
276
;

influence,
296
;

Infosys,
31
;

literacy centre,
265
–6;

monastery,
318
,
320
;

qualifications,
276
–7;

religious issues,
36
–7;

status,
278
,
289
;

village schools,
231
,
243
,
245
;

volunteer,
270
–1,
276
,
277

Tehelka
,
298

Tejas (acting student),
109

Tejas (schoolboy),
275

television,
297
–8

Telugu,
262
,
266
,
267

Tendulkar, Sachin,
140
,
141
,
145
,
326

Teron, Uttam,
289

Tewari, Naveen,
23
–8,
35
,
325

Thackeray, Bal,
37

Thackeray, Raj,
37

Thiruvallur,
86

Thiruvananthapuram,
82
,
87

Time
magazine,
306

Times of India
18
,
253
,
288
,
297

Tinu,
178

trees,
309
,
312
–13

tribal groups,
see
adivasi

TV Today,
303

Unilever,
91
–3,
95
–8,
325
–6

Uniyal, Amit ‘Mitu’,
142

Vaishnavi,
271
,
283

Valentine’s Day,
213
,
217
,
220
–1

Verma, Prashant,
182

Vijayawada:

Bombay colony,
264
–5;

canals,
258
,
260
–1;

Care and Share charity,
260
,
261
,
262
–9,
279
;

description,
258
;

education,
261
,
262
–3,
265
–9;

employment,
268
;

NSC Bose Nagar,
265
,
267
;

population,
262
;

rail hub,
258
;

slum communities,
262

Vindhyanagar,
274

Vivek,
289
–95,
296
–7,
308
,
327

Vivekananda, Swami,
86

Vogue
,
183

Vogue India
,
177
,
185

Vyas, Suraj,
107
–8,
119
,
120
,
130

Warne, Shane,
142

water supplies,
43
–4,
101
,
306

Whipro,
34

The White Tiger
(Adiga),
11
,
13

14

World Bank,
92

Yadav, Parvenn,
121

YouTube,
308

 
About the author
 
 

Oliver Balch is a UK freelance journalist specialising in business and world affairs. He work has appeared in a wide range of international publications, including the
Guardian
, the
Financial Times
,
Condé Nast Traveller
and
The Traveller
.

His first book,
Viva South America!
was shortlisted as Book of the Year at the UK Travel Press Awards.

 

www.oliverbalch.com

By the same author
 
 

by the same author

Viva South America!: A Journey through a Restless Continent

 

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First published in
2012
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Oliver Balch
,
2012

 

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Oliver Balch
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