1857 War of Independence, 18, 33
1989 Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 52
Abdullah, Farooq, 91
Abdullah, Omar, 91
Adityanath, Yogi, 143–144, 159, 178
Adivasis, 24
BJP and, 54
education and, 52
NRC and, 178
Singh on, 68
Africa, 69
Agence France-Presse, 114
Ahomiya Hindus, 118
Ahomiya Muslims, 118
Aligarh Muslim University, 140
Al Jazeera, 114
All Assam Students’ Union, 123
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 190
Amazon, 184
Ambani, Mukesh, 84
Ambedkar, B. R., 11, 147, 153, 155
Anandamath (Chattopadhyay), 42
Annihilation of Caste (Ambedkar), 11
Arabic language, 12, 14, 33, 36
Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 26
Arunachal Pradesh, 129
Assam, 15–16, 51, 86, 98, 11–23, 125–130, 178
Assam Accord, 122
Assamese language, 118
Assam Public Works, 123
assimilation, 86
Aurangzeb, 167
Australia, 69
Awadhi, 37
Axomiya, 16
Azad, Chandrashekhar, 52
BJP and, 143
Babri Masjid mosque, 51, 106, 133
Baganiya, 16
Bahujan Samaj Party, 107
Bai, Rasoolan, 40
Balakot, Pakistan, 57
Baldwin, James, 79–80
Bangalore, 156
Bangladesh, 12, 105, 109, 120, 123, 131
Bareilly, 187
Baroda, 40
Bayer, 133
BBC, 114
Bengali language, 12, 42, 118–121
Berger, John, 71
Bharatiya Janata Party, 77, 102, 105–107, 159
2014 elections and, 103
2019 elections and, 3, 48–49, 61, 62, 74, 94
Adivasis and, 54
Assam and, 123
Azadi and, 143
coronavirus and, 185
Delhi pogrom and, 177
demonetization policy and, 49
Gujarat massacre and, 23
in Madhya Pradesh, 184
The Ministry and, 157
RSS and, 100–101, 108–109, 139
in Uttar Pradesh, 143
Bhide, Sambhaji, 53
Bhojpuri, 37
Bi, Kauser, 53
Bodos, 118
Bollywood, 4, 59, 93, 156, 157
Bolsonaro, Jair, 184
Booker Prize, 76
Border Security Force, 60
Brahmins, 11, 35, 52, 73, 102, 146
Braj Bhasha, 37
Brazil, 66
Britain, 97
British Airways, 44
British Empire, 8–10, 33–34, 53, 59, 83–86, 117–119, 148
British Residency, 17
Cachar, 118
Ambedkar on, 11
Gandhi on, 73–74
The God of Small Things and, 151
Hindu nationalism and, 107–108, 146–148, 150
language and, 34–36
Central Reserve Police Force, 60
Chattopadhyay, Bankim Chandra, 42
Chhattisgarh, 55
Hindu nationalism and, 73, 148
Travancore Christian Succession Act, 76
Citizenship Amendment Act, 130–132, 139–140, 149
Dalits and, 155
protests and, 4, 155, 178, 183
climate change, 69, 99, 113, 152
Communist Party, 43
Communist Party of India (Maoist), 28, 67
Communist Party of India (Marxist), 75
Congress Party, 50, 54, 105, 122, 147, 184
borders and, 2
fascism and, 3
in the United States, 182–183, 188, 190
rupture with the past, 1
Curry, Marshall, 112
Dabholkar, Narendra, 72
Daesh (ISIS), 67
Dalit Camera: Through
Un-Touchable Eyes, 153
2019 elections an, 63
activism of, 53
Ambedkar and, 147
Bhima–Koregaon victory and, 52–53
education and, 52
English language and, 11
Indian state and, 9
Islam and, 153
lynchings and, 20, 72, 107, 152
Modi and, 153
NRC and, 178
Danish language, 15
Delhi, 10, 18, 53, 85, 96, 137, 180
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 190
BJP in, 144
Bolsonaro in, 184
coronavirus lockdown and, 188
independence celebration in, 83
Jamia Millia Islamia University, 140, 176
Khari Boli and, 33
pogroms in, 4–5, 137, 175–177, 184
Red Fort in, 93
Shaheen Bagh, 140
Trump in, 4
voting in, 66
Delhi Assembly, 184
Delhi University, 19
Dhaka, 120
Dhawale, Sudhir, 53
Disturbed Areas Act, 27
The Doctor and the Saint, 73, 145
Doordarshan, 20
Dussehra, 154
East India Company, 33
Ekbote, Milind, 53
Elgar Parishad, 52–54
Eliot, T. S., 135–136
“The End of Imagination,” 22–23, 77–78
English language, 7–11, 13–22, 43, 45, 125
The Ministry and, 26–30
coronavirus in, 190
fascism in, 73, 100–101, 111, 158
racism in, 73
fascism, 47, 67, 72, 95, 150–151, 158–159
caste and, 146
European, 73, 94, 100–101, 158
US, 112
feminism, 141, 179. See also women’s activism
Ferreira, Arun, 52
fiction, 1, 29, 70–72, 75, 79, 137–138, 145, 150–151, 158, 167
First Anglo-Burmese War, 118
Foreigners Tribunals, 122, 127, 130, 132
Forest Advisory Committee, 113
Gandhi (Attenborough), 147
Gandhi, Indira, 120–122
Gandhi, Mohandas, 5, 73–74, 145, 147–148
Gates Foundation, 107
Geneva Convention, 64
Germany, 100–101, 106, 132–133, 139
Ghazipur, 188
Goalpara, 125
The God of Small Things, 13, 68
Booker Prize and, 76
caste and, 151
Comrade K. N. M. Pillai, 76
criminal charges and, 76–77
critique of the Left in, 76, 151
Esthappen, 170
Hindu nationalism and, 21–22
Kalyani, 76
Kolkata reading from, 7
Godhra, 23
Gogoi, Justice Ranjan, 123, 128
Golwalkar, M. S., 131–132
Gonsalves, Vernon, 52
Goods and Services Tax, 104
2002 massacre in, 23, 38–41, 43, 103, 159–161, 177
Trump in, 184
Hajela, Prateek, 128
Harlem, 66
Hindi language, 10, 16, 18–19, 45, 112
canon of, 37
Gujarat massacre and, 23
The Ministry and, 14, 25, 28, 33, 37
Hindi Nationalism (Rai), 35
Hinduism, 34, 73, 101, 147, 152, 153, 154, 155
Hindu nationalism, 145, 155, 184. See also Gujarat; RSS
2019 election and, 3
Assam and, 128
demonetization and, 104
fascism and, 144, 148–150, 151–152, 158
Golwalkar on, 132
in Assam, 126
slogans of, 41–42, 101, 136, 162–163, 177, 178
terror networks of, 50–51
Hindus, 136
in Afghanistan, 179
Anandamath and, 42
in Assam, 118, 120, 121, 126, 128, 130
in Jammu and Kashmir, 87
in Kashmir, 88
Kumbh Mela and, 51
The Ministry and, 28, 30, 32, 154–155
NRC and, 178
police violence and, 143
in Tripura, 129
vigilante violence and, 4–5, 60, 72, 94, 102, 106, 110–111, 137, 152–154, 184
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, 50
Hollywood, 19
House Un-American Activities Committee, 65
Hyderabad House, 4
IG Farben, 133
Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunal) Act, 122–123
Independence, 30
Indian Air Force, 62
The Ministry and, 27
RSS and, 102
Indian Constitution, 10, 20, 83, 84, 93, 99, 108, 140
Indian Parliament, 5, 83–84, 86, 95, 112, 139, 144, 157, 183
indigenous people. See also Adivasis
in Assam, 126
diversity of, 100
eastern and central India, 16
Hinduism and, 34
protests by, 97
Singh on, 68
in Tripura, 129
Instrument of Accession, 83–84, 86–87, 108
Intelligence Bureau, 60
International Committee of the Red Cross, 64
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones, 19
Iran, 67
caste and, 34
Dalits and, 153
Hussain and, 25
Kashmir and, 88
Pakistan and, 22
Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 12
Italy, 100
Jafarabad, 177
Jahan, Ishrat, 53
Jama Masjid, 167
Jamia Millia Islamia University, 140, 176
Jammu and Kashmir, 59–60, 87, 108, 114, 129
assimilation and, 86
siege of, 3, 83–84, 92, 99, 180
Jammu and Kashmir Police, 60–61, 91
Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019, 84, 112
Jammu city, 89
Jammu massacre, 87
Jawaharlal Nehru University, 51
Jharkhand, 110
Kabul, 26
Kaithi, 35
Kalburgi, M. M., 72
Kali, 9
2019 election and, 3
Hindu nationalism and, 62, 88–89, 113, 143
Hindus in, 88
Indian migrant labor in, 91
international law and, 64
militarization of, 60, 89, 138
The Ministry and, 26–27, 79, 137–138, 141–142, 151, 167–172
misogyny and, 85
Modi and, 57, 59, 62–63, 90–93
Muslims in, 88–89
nuclear war and, 57
Pakistan and, 57–58, 59, 64, 86–88, 92, 116
siege of, 83–87, 91–94, 98–99, 108–109, 113–116, 139, 180
silencing of, 85, 112–114, 138, 141
Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti, 88–89
Kashmir Valley, 58, 87, 88, 108, 143, 169
Kathakali, 17
Kayasthas, 35
The God of Small Things and, 21, 75–76, 151
Khalid, Umar, 51
Khan, Imran, 64
Khan, Syed Ahmed, 36
Khan, Ustad Faiyaz, 40
Khari Boli, 33
Khattar, Manohar Lal, 85
Kipling, Rudyard, 17
Kottayam, 17
Krishen, Pradip, 19
Kumar, Kanhaiya, 142
Lalung, 118
Lawrence, Sir Henry, 17–18
Lebensraum, 111
Libya, 66
Lord Ram, 96, 106, 109, 110, 154–155
Loya, Justice Brijgopal Harkishan, 95, 177
MacDonnell, Sir Anthony, 36
Madhav, Ram, 94
Madhya Pradesh, 184
Madras, 74
Maithili, 37
Malayalam, 15, 17–18, 20–21, 23, 43
Malik, Satya Pal, 114
Mallya, Vijay, 49
Marathi, 23
Marenbon, Dr. John, 136
Meenachal River, 75
Meghalaya Residents Safety and Security Act, 129
Mexico, 72
Miller, Arthur, 65
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
2002 Gujarat massacre and, 38–41, 161, 162
Anjum, 24, 28–30, 38, 41, 43, 45, 81, 137, 152–153, 161–167
BJP and, 157
Dasgupta, Biplap (Garson Hobart), 80
D.D. Gupta, 80
Dr. Azad Bhartiya, 25, 28, 165
Garson Hobart, 26, 40, 141–142, 170–173
Gayatri Mantra and, 43–45
The God of Small Things and, 28, 79, 81
Hazrat Sarmad, 167
Hindus and, 28, 30, 32, 154–155
indigenous people, 154–155
Jahanara Begum, 30–31
Kashmir and, 79, 137–138, 141–142, 151, 167–172
Language Map of, 29
Lankesh and, 156
Maryam Ipe, 27
Nagaraj Hariharan, 27
Pakistan and, 151
Saddam Hussain, 24–25, 44–45, 152–153, 164–166
Tilotamma, 26–27
Zakir Mian, 38, 41, 43, 161–162
Ministry of Defense, 63
Mishing, 118
Mishra, Kapil, 177–178
Mizoram, 86
Modi, Narendra
2019 elections and, 3, 48, 62–63, 66
ascent of, 102–103
assassination charges and, 53, 72
cabinet of, 144
Dalits and, 153
Delhi pogroms and, 176
demonetization policy of, 48–49, 63, 103–104
“Father of the Nation” title and, 5
in Gujarat, 23, 103, 159–161, 164
Kashmir and, 57, 59, 62–63, 90–93
Kashmiris in India and, 61
lynchings and, 111
“Make in India” and, 49–50
masks of, 4
NRC and, 129–130
on graveyards, 159
on secularism, 100
Pakistan and, 57, 61–62, 65, 90, 144
protests and, 143–144
RSS and, 94, 102–103, 105, 139, 145
Sardar Sarovar Dam and, 97
Modi, Nirav, 49
Morrison, Toni, 136
Mufti, Mehbooba, 91
Munda, Birsa, 155
Muralidhar, S., 177
Muslims, 96, 127, 142, 148–149
2002 Gujarat massacre and, 177
2019 elections and, 63
Anandamath and, 42
in Ayodhya, 106
CAA and, 4, 130–132, 140, 149, 155, 178, 183
Delhi pogroms and, 4–5, 137, 175–177, 184, 188
Devangarai and, 35–36
disenfranchisement of, 109–110
Gandhi and, 147
graveyards of, 29, 81, 136–137, 160
Gujarat massacre and, 23, 103, 159–160
Indian state and, 9
in Jammu and Kashmir, 87
in Kashmir, 88–89
in Ladakh, 129
lynchings and, 20, 52, 60, 72, 94, 137, 160
Muzaffarnagar massacre and, 103
The Ministry and, 28, 29, 30, 32, 152, 154
in Naroda Patiya, 160
NRC and, 178
police violence and, 143
protests and, 143
RSS and, 73, 100–101, 109, 131–132, 139
segregation and, 137
Mussolini, Benito, 73, 94, 145
Muzaffarnagar, 103
My Seditious Heart, 79
Nagari Pracharini Sabhas, 35
Nariman, Justice Rohinton Fali, 123
Natal Legislative Assembly, 148
National Anthem, 176
National Awards, 20
National Conference, 91
National Crime Records Bureau, 107, 111
National Intelligence Agency, 60
National Population Register, 130, 178
National Register of Citizens, 51, 98–99, 109, 117–118, 121–133, 178
National Relief Fund, 188
NATO, 68
Naxalites, 54
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 87
Nellie massacre, 121–122
Neruda, Pablo, 45
New Delhi, 25, 62, 88, 89, 179
New York, 182
North-Western Frontier Province, 87
North-Western Provinces, 36
nuclear weapons, 57, 60, 63, 64, 67, 77–78, 151
Old Delhi, 24, 30, 32, 81, 154, 161, 167
Ootacamund, 16
“Operation Green Hunt,” 69
Orissa, 19
East Bengal and, 120–122
Hindu nationalism and, 101, 136, 149
Hindus in, 149
Kashmir and, 57–58, 59, 64, 86–88, 92, 116
Modi and, 57, 61–62, 65, 90, 144
United States and, 120
Pandits, 88–89
Pansare, Govind, 72
Partition, 32, 85–87, 120, 149, 187
Patel, Keshubhai, 23
People’s Democratic Party, 91
People’s Union for Civil Liberties, 55
Persian language, 12, 30–31, 33, 35–40, 43
Peshwa regime, 53
Phule, Jotiba and Savitribai, 147, 155
Poonch, 87
Portugual, 8
Prasad, Chandra Bhan, 11
Prosser, Simon, 1
Public Safety Act, 139
Pulwama, 57–61
The Quint, 111
Raees, Abdul, 153
Rai, Alok, 35
Rao, Varavara, 52
Rashtriya Janata Dal, 107
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, 12, 73–74, 94, 108–109, 145
Assam and, 122
BJP and, 139
Delhi pogrom and, 177
Gandhi and, 147
Gujarat massacre and, 23
on lynching, 111
Modi and, 94, 102, 102–103, 105, 145
Muslims and, 100–101, 109, 131, 132, 139
NRC and, 131
nuclear tests and, 77
Raut, Mahesh, 53
Ravan, 154–155
Rawat, Bipin, 114
Reliance Defence Limited, 50
Reliance Industries, 84
Reporters Without Borders, 72
Republic Day, 183
Research and Analysis Wing, 60
Reserve Bank of India, 49
Right to Information Act, 72
River Indus, 12
Saibaba, 55
Salwa Judum, 54
Samajwadi Party, 107
Sanatan Sanstha, 50
Sanders, Bernie, 183
Sanskrit, 12, 35–36, 43, 44–46
Saudi Arabia, 133
Sawant, Justice, 52–53
Sen, Dr. Binayak, 54–55
Sen, Shoma, 53
Shah, Amit, 95, 114, 130, 144, 178
Shahjahanabad, 155
Shakespeare, William, 17, 29, 45, 135, 165
Sheikh, Sohrabuddin, 53
Shiva, 90
Siemens, 133
Sikhism, 146
Singh, Hari, 86–87
Singh, Manmohan, 68
Sinhala language, 12
Sonowal, Sarbananda, 123
Sontag, Susan, 12
South India, 16
South Vietnam, 88
Spain, 8
Sri Lanka, 12
Sultana, Rehna, 128–129
Supreme Court, 24, 61, 76, 106, 123–124, 160
Tablighi Jamaat, 189
Tehelka magazine, 160
Thakur, Anurag, 178
Tibet, 85
translation, 12–13, 23–25, 28, 45, 70
Travancore Christian Succession Act, 76
Trump, Donald, 3–5, 85, 112, 184
Turkey, 66
United Nations, 180
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 69
United Nations Security Council, 69
United Progressive Alliance, 50, 54
United States, 3–4, 52, 65–68, 102, 111, 117, 133
Congress of, 112
coronavirus in, 182–183, 188, 190
Pakistan and, 120
racism in, 73
South Vietnam and, 88
Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 53, 95
Anjum and, 24
Azadi in, 43
Devangarai and, 35–38
The Ministry and, 14, 25, 28, 30–33, 38–39
Muslims and, 37–38
partitioning of, 33
slogans in, 43
Uri, Jammu and Kashmir, 59
Uttar Pradesh, 33, 38, 103, 130, 178, 188
BJP in, 105, 107, 143–144, 159
Vajpayee, Atal Bihari, 77
Verma, Parvesh, 178
Vishwa Hindu Parishad, 106
Washington Post, 114
Welsh language, 16
We or Our Nationhood Defined (Golwalkar), 131
What the Fields Remember, 122
women’s activism, 4, 43, 102, 140, 144, 178
World Health Organization, 185
Yemen, 72
Zafar, Bahadur Shah, 34