Indianama

Indianama

Ten cricket stars of indian origin

Ten English films with
an Indian touch

Ten leaders with India
in their blood

Ten Indians who
arent quite

Alvin Kallicharan
Asif Iqbal
Colin Cowdrey
Deepak Patel
Douglas Jardine
Nasser Hussain
Pataudi Sr
Ranjitsinhji
Rohan Kanhai
Sonny Ramadhin

Bhawani Junction
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Holy Smoke
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Jungle Book
Little Buddha
Man Who Would Be King
Nine Hours to Rama
Octopussy
Passage to India

Anirudh Jagganauth
Clarence Chandran
Frene Noshir Ginwalla
Indira Nooyi
Keith Vaz
Max Vadukul
Mahender Chaudhury
Melvin Durai
Vinod Khosla
Zain Verjee

Anaida
Bob Christo
Cheema Okerie
Jean Dreze
Laurie Baker
Louis Banks
Robin Singh
Simone Tata
Sophiya Haque
Udit Narain

But For

ALL INDIA RADIO
About 988 million Indians have access to AIR, and nothing covers the country better, not even water. From 207 broacasting centres, voices in 24 Indian languages and 146 dialects flow into over 120 million radio sets to inform, educate and entertain. The only thing that reaches 90 per cent of the country (water is 50 per cent), the country will probably never run out of AIR. Among the countless stories told about AIR is that it once turned away a young man. His voice was too bad, said the stations bosses. We now know that man as Amitabh Bachchan

ENGLISH
At the stroke of the midnight hour when the world..., Buy one bra, get one panty free, Visitors: Please park vehicle outside gate or air will be taken off, Shankar TailorsExpert in shirts and fants, Dr Sheelas ClinicJob done in 30 minutes. Secrecy is our motto, Head Master Hair Stylist, When you drop dead, drop inMichael Pinto Undertakers, Do not urinate on the Wall, Alliance invited for fair girl convent educated, 22/BSc from fair NRIs/well- settled boys. Sub-caste no bar, Koi mere dil se pooche a love story... with a terrifying twist.... Where would we be without the Queens language or whatever we make of it in various parts of the country?

BUREAUCRACY
When he is the great-catch suitable boy whom the marriage broker has brought home for your daughter, he is called the IAS officer. When you have to go to him for clearance-of- factory-site, he is a bloody bureaucrat. We have always known him. He is the guy who studied all night when he was young, passed an exam which clears one out of every 100 who write it, and now stands reverently besides a 5th standard dropout to get a signature or a thumb impression. Apart from this, its not clear what he does but whatever it is that he does, it is called bureaucracy. And who doesnt know what that means in India id est Bharat in circa 2001?

RAILWAYS & POSTS
More than 62,915 km of railway lines and 12,617 km of double tracks carry over 1.2 crore people every day, each one of them paying about 20 paise per kilometre. India doesnt exist anywhere but outside the window of a moving train that may or may not derail. Strangers talk across the berths, addresses are exchanged and marriages are fixed. And, on the platforms, life never changes: the same sights, the same sounds. Howrah-Cochin Mail running 14 hours late. Thats why the postman is also always late. But he has united many generations of lovers, estranged an equal number, reassured a few million mothers. And, when he is on time, take it for granted that the unbelievable has happened.